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.
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)
