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.
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
