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.
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)
