ALL THE WORLD’S BIRDS PART THREE Updates
On this page you can view how changes to the IOC bird list have impacted on the contents of this ATWB eBook since its first annual edition.
2020 edition -> 2021 edition IOC bird list v 9.2 -> IOC bird list v 10.2
249/145E White-faced Plover Charadrius dealbatus (breeds se China)
has been split from:
249/1450 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
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274/1530 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
has been split into two species:
274/1530 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
274/153E Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus (Americas)
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Within Order Charadriiformes, single species Family: Dromadidae – Crab-plover has been resequenced to precede Family: Glareolidae – Coursers, Pratincoles:
237/1398 Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
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286/164T West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
(w coast of Africa)
has been split from:
286/1648 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus (coasts of Americas)
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Within Order Suliformes, Family: Anhingidae – Anhingas, Darters has been resequenced to precede Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants, Shags
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Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants, Shags has been resequenced.
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120/076F Black Bittern (ASIA AUS IO)
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new scientific name:
120/076F Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis
2019 edition -> 2020 edition IOC bird list v 8.2 -> IOC bird list v 9.2
Non-Passerine Orders have been resequenced.
The following families have been moved from elsewhere to Part 3 of the IOC birdlist:
19 Charadriiformes families from Part 2
Family: Rhynochetidae – Kagu from Part 2
Family: Eurypygidae – Sunbittern from Part 2
Family: Phaethontidae – Tropicbirds from Part 1
Family: Gaviidae – Loons from Part 1
Family: Spheniscidae – Penguins from Part 1
Family: Oceanitidae – Austral Storm Petrels from Part 1
Family: Diomedeidae – Albatrosses from Part 1
Family: Hydrobatidae – Northern Storm Petrels from Part 1
Family: Procellariidae – Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels from Part 1
Family: Ciconiidae – Storks from Part 1
Family: Fregatidae – Frigatebirds from Part 1
Family: Sulidae – Gannets, Boobies from Part 1
Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants, Shags from Part 1
Family: Anhingidae – Anhingas, Darters from Part 1
Family: Threskiornithidae – Ibises, Spoonbills from Part 1
Family: Ardeidae – Herons, Bitterns from Part 1
Family: Scopidae – Hamerkop from Part 1
Family: Balaenicipitidae – Shoebill from Part 1
Family: Pelecanidae – Pelicans from Part 1
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The following families have been moved from Part 3 to elsewhere in the IOC birdlist:
Family: Musophagidae – Turacos to Part 2
Family: Cuculidae – Cuckoos to Part 2
Family: Pteroclidae – Sandgrouse to Part 2
Family: Columbidae – Pigeons, Doves to Part 2
Family: Tytonidae – Barn Owls to Part 4
Family: Strigidae – Owls to Part 4
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The following family has a modified English name:
Family: Laridae – Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
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274/156F Spoon-billed Sandpiper
has had its species epithet amended. Its scientific name is now:
Calidris pygmaea
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286/164P Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
(Australia, s New Guinea)
has been split from:
286/1646 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
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146/0851 Pygmy Cormorant
has had its species epithet amended. Its scientific name is now:
Microcarbo pygmaeus
2018 edition -> 2019 edition IOC bird list v 7.3 -> IOC bird list v 8.2
303/1847 Indigo-crowned Quail-Dove (nw Ecuador, sw, wc Colombia)
has a new English name:
303/1847 Purple Quail-Dove Geotrygon purpurata
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303/1893 Southern Crowned Pigeon Goura scheepmakeri
(s, se New Guinea)
has been split into two species:
303/1893 Scheepmaker’s Crowned Pigeon Goura scheepmakeri
(se Papua New Guinea)
303/189E Sclater’s Crowned Pigeon Goura sclaterii
(s New Guinea)
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311/2043 Ruwenzori Turaco (AF)
has a new English name:
311/2043 Rwenzori Turaco Ruwenzorornis johnstoni
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323/2261 Colombian Screech Owl Megascops colombianus
(wc, sw Colombia, nw Ecuador)
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
323/2260 Rufescent Screech Owl Megascops ingens
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323/2267 Roraiman Screech Owl (nw South America)
has a new English name:
323/2267 Foothill Screech Owl Megascops roraimae
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323/2268 Napo Screech Owl Megascops napensis
(e Andean slope of nw South America)
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
323/2267 Foothill Screech Owl Megascops roraimae
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323/227E Santa Marta Screech Owl Megascops gilesi
(ne Colombia)
is a newly described species
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323/2364 White-browed Hawk-Owl (ne, sw, s Madagascar)
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new English name:
323/2364 White-browed Owl Athene superciliaris
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323/234Y Forest Owlet (wc India)
has been ascribed to a different genus:
323/234Y Forest Owlet Athene blewitti
