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.

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

 

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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)