ALL THE WORLD’S BIRDS PART FIVE 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
Three subspecies of:
431/3363 Blue-eared Barbet
have been split to form a new species with the same English name:
431/336E Blue-eared Barbet Psilopogon cyanotis
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431/3363 Blue-eared Barbet
has a new English name:
431/3363 Black-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii
(s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo)
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Family: Lybiidae – African Barbets has been partially resequenced.
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435/340E Western Yellow-billed Barbet Trachyphonus goffinii
(southern w Africa)
has been split from:
435/3402 Yellow-billed Barbet
which has a new English name:
435/3402 Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachyphonus purpuratus
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
435/3378 Green Barbet Cryptolybia olivacea
435/3399 Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus
435/339F Black-backed Barbet Pogonornis minor
435/339Y Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
435/3400 Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
435/3401 Black-breasted Barbet Pogonornis rolleti
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435/338E Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus uropygialis
(ne, ec Africa)
has been split from:
435/3385 Red-fronted Tinkerbird
which has a new English name:
435/3385 Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
(se Africa)
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444/355E Guatemalan Flicker Colaptes mexicanoides
(highlands of c Middle America)
has been split from:
444/3556 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
444/3614 Orange-backed Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes validus
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454/3690 Kakapo Strigops habroptilus
has a modified scientific name.
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Family: Cacatuidae – Cockatoos has been resequenced.
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458/3708 Solomons Cockatoo
has a new English name:
458/3708 Solomons Corella Cacatua ducorpsii
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467/3928 Chatham Parakeet
has a new English name:
467/3928 Chatham Islands Parakeet Cyanoramphus forbesi
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The following two species have been resequenced:
467/3999 Camiguin Hanging Parrot Loriculus camiguinensis
467/399T Black-billed Hanging Parrot Loriculus bonapartei
2023 edition -> 2024 edition IOC bird list v 12.2 -> IOC bird list v 13.2
427/3333 Green-billed Toucan
has a new English name:
427/3333 Red-breasted Toucan Ramphastos dicolorus
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435/3384 White-chested Tinkerbird (nw Zambia)
[known only from a single specimen]
is now considered to be an aberrant form of:
435/3383 Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
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439/3417 Thick-billed Honeyguide
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
439/3418 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
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444/3431 Black-dotted Piculet
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
444/3433 Scaled Piculet Picumnus squamulatus
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
444/344Y African Piculet Verreauxia africana
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444/351E Necklaced Woodpecker Dryobates pernyii
(c, sc China, e Myanmar, nc South-East Asia)
has been split from:
444/3515 Crimson-breasted Woodpecker
which has a new English name:
444/3515 Crimson-naped Woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius
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444/3551 Bronze-winged Woodpecker Colaptes aeruginosus
has been resequenced.
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444/3562 Scaly-breasted Woodpecker
has been lumped with and is now represented by four subspecies of:
444/3561 Waved Woodpecker Celeus undatus
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444/357E Splendid Woodpecker Campephilus splendens
(n, e Panama, w Colombia, w Ecuador)
has been split from:
444/3578 Crimson-bellied Woodpecker Campephilus haematogaster
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Monotypic genus Reinwardtipicus within Family: Picidae – Woodpeckers comprising:
444/3614 Orange-backed Woodpecker Reinwardtipicus validus
has been resequenced.
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One subspecies of:
444/3616 Buff-rumped Woodpecker
has been split to form a species that has been allocated the same English name:
444/361E Buff-rumped Woodpecker Meiglyptes grammithorax
(c, s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo)
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444/3616 Buff-rumped Woodpecker
has a new English name:
444/3616 Zebra Woodpecker Meiglyptes tristis (Java)
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
450/3648 White-rumped Falcon Neohierax insignis
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458/3703 Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new English name:
458/3703 Pink Cockatoo Cacatua leadbeateri
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458/371E Citron-crested Cockatoo Cacatua citrinocristata
(Sumba: Lesser Sundas)
has been split from:
458/3710 Yellow-crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea
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463/3782 Tres Marias Amazon
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
463/3781 Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix
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463/3788 Northern Mealy Amazon
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
463/3789 Southern Mealy Amazon
which has a new English name:
463/3789 Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
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Genus Coracopsis of Vasa Parrots and Black Parrots within Family: Psittaculidae – Old World Parrots has been resequenced.
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467/386E Comoros Black Parrot
has a new English name:
467/386E Comoro Black Parrot Coracopsis sibilans
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467/3889 Eclectus Parrot
has been split into four species:
467/3889 Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus (Moluccas)
467/38F0 Sumba Eclectus Eclectus cornelia (Sumba: Lesser Sundas)
467/38F1 Tanimbar Eclectus Eclectus riedeli (Tanimbar Islands)
467/38F2 Papuan Eclectus Eclectus polychloros
(Kai Islands, New Guinea and nearby islands, Solomons, nc Queensland)
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Genus Cyanoramphus of Parakeets within Family: Psittaculidae – Old World Parrots has been resequenced.
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467/3934 Western Ground Parrot
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
467/3933 Eastern Ground Parrot
which has a new English name:
467/3933 Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus
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467/3952 Papuan Lorikeet
has a new English name:
467/3952 West Papuan Lorikeet Charmosyna papou
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467/399E Black-fronted Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta nigrifrons
(nc, coastal ec, n slope of highlands of se New Guinea)
and
467/399K Dusky-cheeked Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta melanogenia
(Aru Islands, sc, s slope of highlands of se New Guinea)
have been split from:
467/3993 Orange-breasted Fig Parrot
which has a new English name:
467/3993 Blue-fronted Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii (West Papua)
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467/399T Black-billed Hanging Parrot Loriculus bonapartei
(c, sw Sulu Islands: sw Philippines)
has been split from:
467/3998 Philippine Hanging Parrot Loriculus philippensis
2022 edition -> 2023 edition IOC bird list v 11.2 -> IOC bird list v 12.2
Birds resident in south-east w Africa, sw Uganda, central and west central Africa which were previously considered to be of the species:
444/3485 Green-backed Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes socialis
have been ascribed to:
444/3486 Little Green Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
and these two species have been resequenced.
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444/3485 Green-backed Woodpecker
has a new English name:
444/3485 Little Spotted Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes socialis
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444/360T Malabar Flameback Chrysocolaptes socialis
(coastal w peninsular India)
has been split from:
444/3608 Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
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Four subspecies of:
467/3894 Blue-backed Parrot
have been split to form a new species with the same English name:
467/389K Blue-backed Parrot Tanygnathus everetti (Philippines)
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467/3894 Blue-backed Parrot
has a new English name:
467/3894 Azure-rumped Parrot Tanygnathus sumatranus (nc Indonesia)
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467/3969 Yellowish-streaked Lory
has a new English name:
467/3969 Yellow-streaked Lory Chalcopsitta scintillata
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467/3979 Ornate Lorikeet
has had its species epithet amended. Its scientific name is now:
Saudareos ornata
2021 edition -> 2022 edition IOC bird list v 10.2 -> IOC bird list v 11.2
435/3407 Usambiro Barbet Trachyphonus usambiro (sw Kenya, nc Tanzania)
has been split from:
435/3406 D’Arnaud’s Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
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444/359T Sumatran Woodpecker Picus dedemi (w Sumatra)
has been split from:
444/3599 Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
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444/361F Sooty Woodpecker
has been split into two species.
444/361F Northern Sooty Woodpecker Mulleripicus funebris
(n Philippines)
444/361T Southern Sooty Woodpecker Mulleripicus fuliginosus
(ec, s Philippines)
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450/3636 Northern Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
450/3637 Southern Crested Caracara
which has a new English name:
450/3637 Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
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463/3798 Large-billed Parrotlet
has a new English name:
463/3798 Riparian Parrotlet Forpus crassirostris
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463/3797 Blue-winged Parrotlet
has a new English name:
463/3797 Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius
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Genus Ara of Macaws within Family: Psittacidae – African & New World Parrots has been resequenced.
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467/386E Comoros Black Parrot Coracopsis sibilans (Comoros)
has been split from:
467/3867 Lesser Vasa Parrot Coracopsis nigra (Madagascar)
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467/389E Simeulue Parrot Psittinus abbotti
(Simeulue and nearby islet off nw Sumatra)
has been split from:
467/3891 Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus
(c, s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo)
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The Lorikeet and Lory genera within Family: Psittacidae – African & New World Parrots have been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
467/3947 Pygmy Lorikeet Charminetta wilhelminae
467/3948 Red-fronted Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna rubronotata
467/3949 Red-flanked Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna placentis
467/3945 Blue-fronted Lorikeet Charmosynopsis toxopei
467/3950 Fairy Lorikeet Charmosynopsis pulchella
467/3946 Striated Lorikeet Synorhacma multistriata
467/394Y Duchess Lorikeet Charmosynoides margarethae
467/3944 Meek’s Lorikeet Vini meeki
467/3943 Red-chinned Lorikeet Vini rubrigularis
467/3942 Palm Lorikeet Vini palmarum
467/394F Red-throated Lorikeet Vini amabilis
467/3958 Collared Lory Vini solitaria
467/3972 Goldie’s Lorikeet Glossoptilus goldiei
467/3987 Mindanao Lorikeet Saudareos johnstoniae
467/3971 Iris Lorikeet Saudareos iris
467/3979 Ornate Lorikeet Saudareos ornatus
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467/395E Stella’s Lorikeet Charmosyna stellae (c, e New Guinea)
has been split from:
467/3952 Papuan Lorikeet Charmosyna papou (e West Papua)
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467/3986 Citrine Lorikeet
has been ascribed to a new genus and split into two species.
467/3986 Sula Lorikeet Saudareos flavoviridis (Sula Islands)
467/398E Yellow-cheeked Lorikeet Saudareos meyeri (Sulawesi)
2020 edition -> 2021 edition IOC bird list v 9.2 -> IOC bird list v 10.2
427/3323 Curl-crested Aracari
has had its species epithet amended. Its scientific name is now:
Pteroglossus beauharnaisii
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444/3444 Tawny Piculet Picumnus fulvescens
is now considered to be a plumage variant of monotypic species:
444/3443 Ochraceous Piculet Picumnus limae (e Brazil)
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Genera Campethera and Geocolaptes (Ground Woodpecker) within Family: Picidae – Woodpeckers have been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
444/3488 Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
444/3489 Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli
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444/348T Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema
(northern ec Africa)
has been split from:
444/3487 Tullberg’s Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi
(Bioko Island, wc Cameroon, se Nigeria)
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444/359F Olive-backed Woodpecker Gecinulus rafflesii
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new scientific name.
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The folllowing species have been ascribed to a new genus:
458/3699 Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea
458/369F Baudin’s Black Cockatoo Zanda baudinii
458/369Y Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo Zanda latirostris
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Genus Forpus of Parrotlets within Family: Psittacidae – African & New World Parrots has been resequenced.
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Genus Ara of Macaws within Family: Psittacidae – African & New World Parrots 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 family has been moved from Part 2 to Part 5 of the IOC birdlist:
Family: Cariamidae – Seriemas
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450/3683 Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides
(Canary Islands, nw, ne Africa, sw ASIA)
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
450/3682 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
2018 edition -> 2019 edition IOC bird list v 7.3 -> IOC bird list v 8.2
444/3512 Brown-fronted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes auriceps
The eastwards extension of this species’ range is now restricted to c Nepal (formerly the species was locally present in e Nepal). Hence in the Asia region list, this species’ range has been amended to:
(nw, nc fringes of Indian Subcontinent)
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