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.

2022 edition -> 2023 edition     IOC bird list v 11.2 -> IOC bird list v 12.2

274/1518    South American Snipe

has a new English name:

274/1518    Pantanal Snipe    Gallinago paraguaiae

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079/0539    New Caledonian Storm Petrel    Fregetta lineata

(breeds New Caledonia?)

is a newly described species.

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087/0571    Hornby’s Storm Petrel

has a new English name:

087/0571    Ringed Storm Petrel    Hydrobates hornbyi

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091/058E    MacGillivray’s Prion    Pachyptila macgillivrayi

(breeds Tristan da Cunha, St. Paul Island)

has been split from:

091/0583    Salvin’s Prion    Pachyptila salvini

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091/0613    De Filippi’s Petrel

has a new English name:

091/0613    Masatierra Petrel    Pterodroma defilippiana

 

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2021 edition -> 2022 edition     IOC bird list v 10.2 -> IOC bird list v 11.2

217/1352    Hottentot Buttonquail

has a new English name:

217/1352    Fynbos Buttonquail    Turnix hottentottus

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217/1357    Madagascan Buttonquail

has a new English name:

217/1357    Madagascar Buttonquail    Turnix nigricollis

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249/1446    Madagascan Plover

has a new English name:

249/1446    Madagascar Plover    Charadrius thoracicus

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261/1482    Madagascan Jacana

has a new English name:

261/1482    Madagascar Jacana    Actophilornis albinucha

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274/1514    Madagascan Snipe

has a new English name:

274/1514    Madagascar Snipe    Gallinago macrodactyla

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274/151T    Magellanic Snipe    Gallinago magellanica

(Chile, c, s Argentina, Falkland Islands)

has been split from:

274/1518    South American Snipe    Gallinago paraguaiae

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280/1589    Madagascan Pratincole

has a new English name:

280/1589    Madagascar Pratincole    Glareola ocularis

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286/162Y    Mew Gull

has been split into two species:

286/162Y    Common Gull    Larus canus

286/162T    Short-billed Gull    Larus brachyrhynchus    (nw North America)

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Family: Spheniscidae – Penguins has been resequenced.

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The species within genus Oceanodroma of Family: Hydrobatidae – Northern Storm Petrels have been resequenced and ascribed to existing genus Hydrobates.

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Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants, Shags has been revised.

The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:

146/0852    Red-legged Cormorant    Poikilocarbo gaimardi

146/0857    Brandt’s Cormorant    Urile penicillatus

146/0859    Red-faced Cormorant    Urile urile

146/0858    Pelagic Cormorant    Urile pelagicus

146/0860    European Shag    Gulosus aristotelis

146/0853    Flightless Cormorant    Nannopterum harrisi

146/085F    Neotropic Cormorant    Nannopterum brasilianum

146/085Y    Double-crested Cormorant    Nannopterum auritum

146/086F    Rock Shag    Leucocarbo magellanicus

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115/0744    Madagascan Ibis

has a new English name:

115/0744    Madagascar Ibis    Lophotibis cristata

 

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