ALL THE WORLD’S BIRDS PART FOUR 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.
2024 edition -> 2025 edition IOC bird list v 13.2 -> IOC bird list v 14.2
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
167/1000 Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
167/1001 Sulawesi Goshawk Lophospiza griseiceps
167/1003 Red-chested Goshawk Aerospiza toussenelii
167/1004 African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
167/1005 Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Aerospiza castanilius
167/1006 Shikra Tachyspiza badia
167/1007 Nicobar Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza butleri
167/1008 Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
167/1009 Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
167/100F Frances’s Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza francesiae
167/100Y Spot-tailed Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza trinotata
167/1010 Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
167/1011 Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster
167/1012 Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
167/1013 Black-mantled Goshawk Tachyspiza melanochlamys
167/1014 Pied Goshawk Tachyspiza albogularis
167/1015 White-bellied Goshawk Tachyspiza haplochroa
167/1016 Fiji Goshawk Tachyspiza rufitorques
167/1017 Moluccan Goshawk Tachyspiza henicogramma
167/1018 Slaty-mantled Goshawk Tachyspiza luteoschistacea
167/1019 Imitator Goshawk Tachyspiza imitator
167/101F Grey-headed Goshawk Tachyspiza poliocephala
167/101Y New Britain Goshawk Tachyspiza princeps
167/1020 Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythropus
167/1021 Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
167/1022 Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
167/1023 Besra Tachyspiza virgata
167/1024 Dwarf Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza nanus
167/1025 Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythrauchen
167/1026 Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
167/1027 New Britain Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brachyura
167/1028 Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza rhodogaster
167/1035 Cooper’s Hawk Astur cooperii
167/1036 Gundlach’s Hawk Astur gundlachi
167/1037 Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
167/1038 Chilean Hawk Astur chilensis
167/1039 Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
167/103F Henst’s Goshawk Astur henstii
167/103Y Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
167/103T American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
167/1040 Meyer’s Goshawk Astur meyerianus
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167/1002 Grey-bellied Hawk Accipiter poliogaster
has been resequenced.
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167/0999 Doria’s Goshawk
has been resequenced and has a new English name:
167/0999 Doria’s Hawk Megatriorchis doriae
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Genus Athene within Family: Strigidae – Owls has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Trogonidae – Trogons has been resequenced.
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363/294Y Black-throated Trogon
has been split into four species:
363/294K Northern Black-throated Trogon Trogon tenellus
(Central America, extreme nw Colombia)
363/294P Choco Black-throated Trogon Trogon cupreicauda
(w Colombia, nw Ecuador)
363/294Y Amazonian Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus (Amazonia)
363/294T Atlantic Black-throated Trogon Trogon chrysochloros
(ec, se Brazil, e Paraguay, ne Argentina)
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407/319E Eastern Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus granti (c, locally wc Africa)
has been split from:
407/3190 Black Dwarf Hornbill
which has a new English name:
407/3190 Western Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi
(southern w Africa, northern wc Africa)
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407/319K Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus cassini
(nc, wc, south-east w Africa)
has been split from:
407/3191 White-crested Hornbill
which has a new English name:
407/3191 Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
(south central, south-west w Africa)
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379/3003 Hombron’s Kingfisher
has a new English name:
379/3003 Blue-capped Kingfisher Actenoides hombroni
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379/3032 Winchell’s Kingfisher
has a new English name:
379/3032 Rufous-lored Kingfisher Actenoides hombroni
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379/306P Rufous-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx rufidorsa
has been split from:
379/3069 Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher
which has a new English name:
379/3069 Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
2023 edition -> 2024 edition IOC bird list v 12.2 -> IOC bird list v 13.2
Genera Stephanoaetus, Nisaetus, Clanga, Hieraaetus, Aquila and Haliaeetus of Eagles, Hawk-Eagles within Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Hawks, Eagles have been resequenced.
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167/103T American Goshawk Accipiter atricapillus
has been split from:
167/103Y Northern Goshawk
which has a new English name:
167/103Y Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
167/105F White-bellied Sea Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster
167/105Y Sanford’s Sea Eagle Icthyophaga sanfordi
167/1060 African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
167/1061 Madagascar Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vociferoides
167/1066 Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis
167/1067 Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
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Birds resident in Lesser Antilles which were previously considered to be of the species:
319/219E American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
have been ascribed to:
319/2201 Ashy-faced Owl Tyto glaucops
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319/2204 Congo Bay Owl
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new English name:
319/2204 Itombwe Owl Tyto prigoginei
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Genus Otus of Scops Owls within Family: Strigidae – Owls has been partially resequenced.
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323/222P Principe Scops Owl Otus bikegila
(Príncipe Island – São Tomé and Príncipe)
is a newly described species.
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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:
323/2284 Fraser’s Eagle-Owl Ketupa poensis
323/228Y Akun Eagle-Owl Ketupa leucosticta
323/2289 Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
323/2288 Shelley’s Eagle-Owl Ketupa shelleyi
323/2291 Blakiston’s Fish Owl Ketupa blakistoni
323/2287 Barred Eagle-Owl Ketupa sumatrana
323/2286 Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis
323/228F Dusky Eagle-Owl Ketupa coromanda
323/2290 Philippine Eagle-Owl Ketupa philippensis
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Genera Ketupa and Scotopelia within Family: Strigidae – Owls have been resequenced.
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323/2266 Vermiculated Screech Owl
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
323/2265 Middle American Screech Owl Megascops guatemalae
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407/317T West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus (southern w Africa)
has been split from:
407/317Y African Pied Hornbill
which has a new English name:
407/317Y Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
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Genus Dacelo of Kookaburras within Family: Alcedinidae – Kingfishers has been resequenced.
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
379/3015 Shovel-billed Kookaburra Dacelo rex
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379/306E Malaysian Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo peninsulae
(c, s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo)
has been split from:
379/3063 Blue-banded Kingfisher
which has a new English name:
379/3063 Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo euryzona (Java)
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379/306T Sangihe Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx sangirensis
(Sangihe Island: nc Indonesia) [possibly extinct]
has been split from:
379/306Y Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx fallax
(Sulawesi and nearby Lembeh Island)
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379/307F Malaita Dwarf Kingfisher
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
379/307Y Guadalcanal Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx nigromaxilla
2022 edition -> 2023 edition IOC bird list v 11.2 -> IOC bird list v 12.2
162/0903 Eastern Osprey Pandion cristatus
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
162/0902 Western Osprey
which has a new English name:
162/0902 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
167/0953 Congo Serpent Eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis
167/099F Tiny Hawk Microspizias superciliosus
167/099Y Semicollared Hawk Microspizias collaris
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167/1115 Archer’s Buzzard Buteo archeri (highlands of coastal n Somalia)
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
167/1118 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
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319/2192 Minahassa Masked Owl
has a new English name:
319/2192 Minahasa Masked Owl Tyto inexspectata
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323/235T Tasmanian Boobook Ninox leucopsis
(Tasmania)
has been split from:
323/235F Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
(New Zealand, Norfolk Island)
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Each of the following species, formerly named as a Hawk-Owl, has been renamed as a Boobook:
323/235Y Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
323/2362 Hume’s Boobook Ninox obscura
323/2363 Andaman Boobook Ninox affinis
323/2365 Luzon Boobook Ninox philippensis
323/2366 Mindanao Boobook Ninox spilocephala
323/236F Camiguin Boobook Ninox leventisi
323/236Y Sulu Boobook Ninox reyi
323/2369 Cebu Boobook Ninox rumseyi
323/2368 Romblon Boobook Ninox spilonotus
323/2367 Mindoro Boobook Ninox mindorensis
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323/2380 Little Sumba Hawk-Owl
has a new English name:
323/2380 Least Boobook Ninox sumbaensis
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323/223K Wetar Scops Owl Otus tempestatis (Wetar)
has been split from:
323/2234 Moluccan Scops Owl Otus magicus (sc, ne Indonesia)
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323/2273 Palau Owl
has a new English name:
323/2273 Palau Scops Owl Otus podarginus
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323/2285 Usambara Eagle-Owl Bubo vosseleri (ne Tanzania)
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
323/2284 Fraser’s Eagle-Owl Bubo poensis
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323/230Y Pere David’s Owl Strix davidi (c China)
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
323/230F Ural Owl Strix uralensis
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The following family has a modified English name:
Family: Leptosomidae – Cuckoo-roller
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367/2970 Cuckoo Roller
has a new English name:
367/2970 Cuckoo-roller Leptosomus discolor
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379/3014 Lilac Kingfisher
has been split into two species:
379/3014 Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher Cittura cyanotis
(n, ec, se Sulawesi)
379/301E Sangihe Lilac Kingfisher Cittura sanghirensis
(Sangihe, Siau islands)
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379/301F Glittering Kingfisher
has a new English name:
379/301F White-rumped Kingfisher Caridonax fulgidus
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379/302E Brown-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon gularis (Philippines)
has been split from:
379/3023 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
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391/313T Rufous-crowned Bee-eater Merops americanus (Philippines)
has been split from:
391/3135 Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
2021 edition -> 2022 edition IOC bird list v 10.2 -> IOC bird list v 11.2
167/0912 Madagascan Harrier-Hawk
has a new English name:
167/0912 Madagascar Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides radiatus
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167/0916 Madagascan Serpent Eagle
has a new English name:
167/0916 Madagascar Serpent Eagle Eutriorchis astur
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167/0927 Madagascan Cuckoo-Hawk
has a new English name:
167/0927 Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda madagascariensis
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167/1029 Madagascan Sparrowhawk
has a new English name:
167/1029 Madagascar Sparrowhawk Accipiter madagascariensis
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167/1061 Madagascan Fish Eagle
has a new English name:
167/1061 Madagascar Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vociferoides
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167/110F Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
has a new species epithet.
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167/1117 Madagascan Buzzard
has a new English name:
167/1117 Madagascar Buzzard Buteo brachypterus
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Family: Strigidae – Owls has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
323/2321 Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
323/232E Sunda Owlet Taenioptynx sylvaticum
323/2273 Palau Owl Otus podarginus
323/2382 Jamaican Owl Asio grammicus
323/2383 Striped Owl Asio clamator
323/2384 Fearful Owl Asio solomonensis
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323/232E Sunda Owlet Taenioptynx sylvaticus
has a modified species epithet.
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323/237Y Solomons Boobook
has been ascribed to a different genus and split into four species:
323/237Y West Solomons Owl Athene jacquinoti (n, ec Solomons)
323/23F7 Guadalcanal Owl Athene granti (Guadalcanal: s Solomons)
323/23F8 Malaita Owl Athene malaitae (Malaita: s Solomons)
323/23F9 Makira Owl Athene roseoaxillaris (Makira: s Solomons)
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323/222T Annobon Scops Owl Otus feae (Annobón Island in Gulf of Guinea)
has been split from:
323/222Y African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
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323/223T Banggai Scops Owl Otus mendeni (Banggai Islands)
has been split from:
323/223F Sulawesi Scops Owl Otus manadensis (Sulawesi)
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323/2388 Madagascan Owl
has a new English name:
323/2388 Madagascar Owl Asio madagascariensis
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323/228E Arabian Eagle-Owl Bubo milesi (s, e Arabian Peninsula)
has been split from:
323/2282 Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
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395/3152 Madagascan Hoopoe
has a new English name:
395/3152 Madagascar Hoopoe Upupa marginata
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379/305F Madagascan Pygmy Kingfisher
has a new English name:
379/305F Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher Corythornis madagascariensis
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391/312E Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii (ne Africa)
has been split from:
391/3125 Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
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391/3130 Green Bee-eater
has been split into three species.
391/313E African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus (n Africa)
391/313K Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys
(se Israel, wc, sw Jordan, Arabian Peninsula)
391/3130 Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
2020 edition -> 2021 edition IOC bird list v 9.2 -> IOC bird list v 10.2
Family: Cathartidae – New World Vultures has been resequenced.
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Genus Megascops of Screech Owls in Family: Strigidae – Owls has been revised and resequenced.
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323/2271 Puerto Rican Screech Owl
has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new English name:
323/2271 Puerto Rican Owl Gymnasio nudipes
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323/229T Maghreb Owl Strix mauritanica (nw Africa)
has been split from:
323/229Y Tawny Owl Strix aluco
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323/232E Sunda Owlet Glaucidium sylvaticum
(nw Sumatra, c, nc Borneo)
has been split from:
323/2321 Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei
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Genus Chloroceryle of American Kingfishers in Family: Alcedinidae – Kingfishers has been resequenced.
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 4 of the IOC birdlist:
Family: Cathartidae – New World Vultures from Part 2
Family: Sagittariidae – Secretarybird from Part 2
Family: Pandionidae – Ospreys from Part 2
Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Hawks, Eagles from Part 2
Family: Tytonidae – Barn Owls from Part 3
Family: Strigidae – Owls from Part 3
The following families have been moved from Part 4 to elsewhere in the IOC birdlist:
Family: Podargidae – Frogmouths to Part 1
Family: Steatornithidae – Oilbird to Part 1
Family: Nyctibiidae – Potoos to Part 1
Family: Caprimulgidae – Nightjars to Part 1
Family: Aegothelidae – Owlet-nightjars to Part 1
Family: Hemiprocnidae – Treeswifts to Part 1
Family: Apodidae – Swifts to Part 1
Family: Trochilidae – Hummingbirds to Part 1
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323/2359 Southern Boobook Ninox boobook
has been split into four species:
323/2359 Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
323/23F0 Rote Boobook Ninox rotiensis (Rote: Lesser Sundas)
323/23F1 Timor Boobook Ninox fusca (Timor: Lesser Sundas)
323/23F2 Alor Boobook Ninox plesseni (Alor: Lesser Sundas)
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323/2372 Hantu Boobook Ninox squamipila
has been split into two species:
323/2372 Seram Boobook Ninox squamipila (Seram: se Moluccas)
323/237E Buru Boobook Ninox hantu (Buru: sw Moluccas)
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371/298E Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis
has been split from:
371/2981 Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
2018 edition -> 2019 edition IOC bird list v 7.3 -> IOC bird list v 8.2
339/2495 Ruwenzori Nightjar Caprimulgus ruwenzorii
(c Africa)
has been lumped with and is now represented by three subspecies of:
339/2494 Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
(ne, c Africa, s Arabian Peninsula)
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355/2804 Admirable Hummingbird (Costa Rica, w Panama)
has a new English name:
355/2804 Talamanca Hummingbird Eugenes spectabilis
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