ALL THE WORLD’S BIRDS PART SEVEN 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
Genus Chiroxiphia within family: Pipridae – Manakins has been resequenced.
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The following species have been reascribed to this genus:
519/5154 Araripe Manakin Chiroxiphia bokermanni
519/5155 Helmeted Manakin Chiroxiphia galeata
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523/5182 Northern Royal Flycatcher
and
523/5183 Pacific Royal Flycatcher
have been lumped with and are now each represented by a subspecies of:
523/5181 Amazonian Royal Flycatcher
which has a new English name:
523/5181 Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
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523/518T White-tailed Tityra Tityra leucura (sw Amazonia)
[known only from one sight record and a single specimen]
has been accepted as a valid species.
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The following two species have been resequenced:
523/5202 Andean Laniisoma Laniisoma buckleyi
523/5201 Brazilian Laniisoma Laniisoma elegans
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543/527K Sandhill Grasswren Amytornis oweni (wc, c, sc Australia)
has been split from:
543/527P Rufous Grasswren
which has a new English name:
543/527P Pilbara Grasswren Amytornis whitei
(Pilbara, Cape ranges: northern wc Australia)
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548/5439 Yellow-billed Honeyeater
has a new English name:
548/5439 Yellow-billed Giant Honeyeater Gymnomyza viridis
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548/543F Giant Honeyeater
has a new English name:
548/543F Duetting Giant Honeyeater Gymnomyza brunneirostris
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Family: Acanthizidae – Australasian Warblers has been resequenced.
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560/5488 Chatham Gerygone
has a new English name:
560/5488 Chatham Islands Gerygone Gerygone albofrontata
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636/5741 Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina striata
has been split into five species. The four newly recognised species are:
636/57F0 Mindoro Cuckooshrike Coracina mindorensis
(Mindoro: wc Philippines)
636/57F1 Visayan Cuckooshrike Coracina panayensis
(wc Philippines)
636/57F3 Mindanao Cuckooshrike Coracina kochii
(ec, s Philippines)
636/57F2 Sulu Cuckooshrike Coracina guillemardi
(sw Philippines)
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Five subspecies of:
636/5731 Large Cuckooshrike
have been reascribed to:
636/5732 Javan Cuckooshrike
which has been renamed as:
636/5732 Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
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636/573E Malayan Cuckooshrike Coracina larutensis
(c, n Peninsular Malaysia)
has been split from:
636/5731 Large Cuckooshrike
which has a new English name:
636/5731 Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
636/574F Halmahera Cuckooshrike Coracina parvula
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636/577E Malaita Cicadabird Edolisoma tricolor
(Malaita: s Solomon Islands)
has been split from:
636/5772 Solomons Cuckooshrike
which has a new English name:
636/5772 Solomons Cicadabird Edolisoma holopolium
(Solomons) [not Makira, Malaita]
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636/576P Sangihe Cicadabird Edolisoma salvadorii
(Sangihe Islands, Talaud Islands)
has been split from:
636/5767 Sulawesi Cicadabird Edolisoma morio (Sulawesi)
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Birds resident on St. Matthias Islands, Umboi Island, New Britain and nearby islet: Bismarck Archipelago that were previously considered to be of the species:
636/5760 Common Cicadabird
have been reascribed to:
636/5764 Grey-capped Cicadabird
and then:
636/576T Central Melanesian Cicadabird Edolisoma erythropygium
(Solomons, smaller islands of ne Bismarck Archipelago)
has been split from:
636/5764 Grey-capped Cicadabird
which has a new English name:
636/5764 Bismarck Cicadabird Edolisoma remotum
(c, e Bismarck Archipelago)
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636/5760 Common Cicadabird
has been split into eight species:
636/5760 Sahul Cicadabird Edolisoma tenuirostre
(New Guinea and nearby islands, n, e Australia)
636/57Y6 Rossel Cicadabird Edolisoma rostratum
(Rossel Island se of New Guinea)
636/57Y3 Geelvink Cicadabird Edolisoma meyerii
(Numfor, Biak islands off nw New Guinea)
636/57Y1 Banggai Cicadabird Edolisoma pelingi
(Banggai Islands off ec Sulawesi)
636/57Y2 Obi Cicadabird Edolisoma obiense
(Obi: c Moluccas)
636/57Y4 North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
(Tukangbesi Islands off se Sulawesi, n Moluccas)
636/57Y5 South Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma amboinense
(s Moluccas)
636/57Y0 Timor Cicadabird Edolisoma timoriense
(c Lesser Sundas, islands in Flores Sea)
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Birds resident on Timor, Wetar: c, e Lesser Sundas that were previously considered to be of the species:
656/5849 Yellow-throated Whistler Pachycephala macrorhyncha
have been reascribed to:
656/5848 Rusty-breasted Whistler
which has a new scientific name:
656/5848 Rusty-breasted Whistler Pachycephala calliope
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656/584K Selayar Whistler Pachycephala teysmanni
(Selayar Island off sw Sulawesi)
has been split from:
656/5848 Rusty-breasted Whistler Pachycephala calliope
(s Indonesia, Timor-Leste)
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Birds resident on Romang, Leti, Moa: e Lesser Sundas that were previously considered to be of the species:
656/5849 Yellow-throated Whistler Pachycephala macrorhyncha
have been reascribed to:
656/5846 Fawn-breasted Whistler Pachycephala orpheus
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656/58Y0 Yellow-throated Fiji Whistler Pachycephala graeffii (n, c Fiji)
has been split from:
656/5857 Fiji Whistler
which has a new English name:
656/5857 White-throated Fiji Whistler Pachycephala vitiensis (s Fiji)
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656/58Y1 Nendo Whistler Pachycephala ornata
(n Santa Cruz Islands)
and
656/58Y2 Utupua Whistler Pachycephala utupuae
(c Santa Cruz Islands)
have been split from:
656/585P Temotu Whistler
which has a new English name:
656/585P Vanikoro Whistler Pachycephala vanikorensis
(s Santa Cruz Islands)
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656/584P Babar Whistler Pachycephala sharpei
(Babar Island: e Lesser Sundas)
has been split from:
656/5849 Yellow-throated Whistler Pachycephala macrorhyncha
2023 edition -> 2024 edition IOC bird list v 12.2 -> IOC bird list v 13.2
519/515T Choco Manakin Cryptopipo litae
(e Panama, w Colombia, w Ecuador)
has been split from:
519/515Y Green Manakin Cryptopipo holochlora
(lower e Andean slope of nw South America)
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523/521E Cryptic Becard Pachyramphus salvini
(central nw South America)
has been split from:
523/5211 Black-and-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus
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596/557E Malawi Batis Batis dimorpha
(ne Zambia, Malawi, n Mozambique)
has been split from:
596/5577 Cape Batis Batis capensis
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616/567E Comoro Blue Vanga Cyanolanius comorensis (Comoros)
has been split from:
616/5677 Blue Vanga
which has a new English name:
616/5677 Madagascar Blue Vanga Cyanolanius madagascarinus (Madagascar)
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636/5755 Comoros Cuckooshrike
has a new English name:
636/5755 Comoro Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris cucullatus
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Family: Falcunculidae – Shriketits has a modified English name.
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654/582F Northern Shriketit Falcunculus whitei (nc Australia)
and
654/582Y Western Shriketit Falcunculus leucogaster (sw Australia)
have been split from:
654/5830 Crested Shriketit
which has a new English name:
654/5830 Eastern Shriketit Falcunculus frontatus (e Australia)
2022 edition -> 2023 edition IOC bird list v 11.2 -> IOC bird list v 12.2
519/514P Velvety Manakin Lepidothrix velutina
(nw Ecuador to c Costa Rica)
has been split from:
519/5144 Blue-crowned Manakin
which has a new English name:
519/5144 Blue-capped Manakin Lepidothrix coronata (w, c Amazonia)
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535/523E Huon Bowerbird Amblyornis germanus
(Huon Peninsula: ec New Guinea)
has been split from:
535/5234 MacGregor’s Bowerbird Amblyornis macgregoriae
(c, e New Guinea)
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
548/5331 Scaly-crowned Honeyeater Sugomel lombokium
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548/5290 Black Honeyeater
has had its species epithet amended. Its scientific name is now:
Sugomel nigrum
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548/530K Bacan Myzomela Myzomela batjanensis
(Bacan: ne Indonesia)
has been split from:
548/5302 Sulawesi Myzomela Myzomela chloroptera
(c Indonesia)
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548/5353 Dusky Friarbird
has a new English name:
548/5353 Morotai Friarbird Philemon fuscicapillus
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548/5355 Black-faced Friarbird
has a new English name:
548/5355 Buru Friarbird Philemon moluccensis
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548/5333 Indonesian Honeyeater
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
548/5334 Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
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576/5536 Dwarf Longbill
has a new English name:
576/5536 Spectacled Longbill Oedistoma iliolophus
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596/5578 Woodward’s Batis
has a new English name:
596/5578 Woodwards’ Batis Batis fratrum
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596/5585 Angolan Batis
has a new English name:
596/5585 Angola Batis Batis minulla
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656/5832 Sangihe Shrikethrush
has a new English name:
656/5832 Sangihe Whistler Coracornis sanghirensis
2021 edition -> 2022 edition IOC bird list v 10.2 -> IOC bird list v 11.2
Genus Lipaugus of Pihas within Family: Cotingidae – Cotingas has been resequenced.
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The following species have been assigned to a different genus:
515/5103 Black-and-gold Cotinga Lipaugus ater
515/5104 Grey-winged Cotinga Lipaugus conditus
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The following three species:
548/52F0 Moluccan Myzomela Myzomela simplex (n Moluccas)
548/52F1 Red-tinged Myzomela Myzomela rubrotincta
(Obi and nearby island: c Moluccas)
548/52F2 Biak Myzomela Myzomela rubrobrunnea
(Biak Island off nw New Guinea)
have been split from:
548/5295 Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura
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548/529K Reddish Myzomela Myzomela erythrina
(e Bismarck Archipelago)
has been split from:
548/5296 Red Myzomela Myzomela cruentata
(New Guinea and nearby island, s Bismarck Archipelago)
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548/5299 Crimson-hooded Myzomela
has a new English name:
548/5299 Wetar Myzomela Myzomela kuehni
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548/531E Long-billed Myzomela Myzomela longirostris
(Goodenough Island off ec New Guinea)
has been split from:
548/5317 Red-collared Myzomela Myzomela rosenbergii (New Guinea)
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560/548T Rennell Gerygone Gerygone citrina
(Rennell: sw Solomon Islands)
has been split from:
560/5489 Fan-tailed Gerygone Gerygone flavolateralis (ne AUS)
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Family: Melanocharitidae – Berrypeckers, Longbills has been revised and partially resequenced.
576/553F Satin Berrypecker Melanocharis citreola (West Papua)
is a newly described species.
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Subspecies piperata of:
576/5535 Spotted Berrypecker
has been split to form a species with the same English name:
576/553E Spotted Berrypecker Rhamphocharis piperata
(ec, se New Guinea)
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576/5535 Spotted Berrypecker
has a new English name:
576/5535 Thick-billed Berrypecker Rhamphocharis crassirostris
(w, c New Guinea)
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580/5542 Crested Berrypecker
has been split into two species:
580/5543 Western Crested Berrypecker Paramythia olivacea (Papua)
580/5542 Eastern Crested Berrypecker Paramythia montium
(c, e New Guinea)
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596/558E West African Batis Batis occulta
has been split from:
596/5588 Fernando Po Batis Batis poensis (Bioko Island)
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636/5754 Madagascan Cuckooshrike
has a new English name:
636/5754 Madagascar Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris cinereus
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636/578E Biak Triller Lalage leucoptera
(Biak Island off nw New Guinea)
has been split from:
636/5784 Black-browed Triller Lalage atrovirens
(w, n New Guinea and nearby islands)
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Subspecies fuliginosa of
656/584Y Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
resident in sc Australia has been re-ascribed to:
656/5850 Western Whistler
which has a new species epithet: Pachycephala fuliginosa
2020 edition -> 2021 edition IOC bird list v 9.2 -> IOC bird list v 10.2
Family: Cotingidae – Cotingas has been resequenced.
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The following two species:
543/527P Rufous Grasswren Amytornis whitei (wc, c, sc Australia)
543/527T Opalton Grasswren Amytornis rowleyi (c Queensland)
have been split from:
543/527Y Striated Grasswren Amytornis striatus
(eastern sc, se Australia)
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Family: Meliphagidae – Honeyeaters has been revised and resequenced.
548/5406 Sooty Melidectes (c, e New Guinea)
has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new English name:
548/5406 Sooty Honeyeater Melionyx fuscus
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548/5409 Long-bearded Melidectes (ec New Guinea)
has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new English name:
548/5409 Long-bearded Honeyeater Melionyx princeps
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548/5408 Short-bearded Melidectes (c New Guinea)
has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new English name:
548/5408 Short-bearded Honeyeater Melionyx nouhuysi
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548/5407 Gilliard’s Melidectes (New Britain)
has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new English name:
548/5407 Gilliard’s Honeyeater Vosea whitemanensis
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548/529E Alor Myzomela Myzomela prawiradilagae
(Alor: Lesser Sundas)
is a newly described species.
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548/530E Taliabu Myzomela Myzomela wahe
(Taliabu: Sula Islands)
is a newly described species.
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
548/5349 Kadavu Honeyeater Meliphacator provocator
548/5424 Mottle-breasted Honeyeater Microptilotis mimikae
548/5425 Forest Honeyeater Microptilotis montanus
548/5426 Mountain Honeyeater Microptilotis orientalis
548/5427 Scrub Honeyeater Microptilotis albonotatus
548/5428 Mimic Honeyeater Microptilotis analogus
548/5429 Tagula Honeyeater Microptilotis vicina
548/542F Graceful Honeyeater Microptilotis gracilis
548/542Y Elegant Honeyeater Microptilotis cinereifrons
548/5430 Yellow-gaped Honeyeater Microptilotis flavirictus
548/5431 White-lined Honeyeater Territornis albilineata
548/5432 Kimberley Honeyeater Territornis fordiana
548/5433 Streak-breasted Honeyeater Territornis reticulata
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548/542T Cryptic Honeyeater Microptilotis imitatrix
(coastal ne Queensland)
has been split from:
548/542F Graceful Honeyeater Microptilotis gracilis
2019 edition -> 2020 edition IOC bird list v 8.2 -> IOC bird list v 9.2
The following families have modified English names:
Family: Psophodidae – Whipbirds
Family: Vangidae – Vangas & Allies
Family: Artamidae – Woodswallows, Butcherbirds & Allies
Family: Pachycephalidae – Whistlers & Allies
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Part of Family Acanthizidae – Australasian Warblers has been revised and resequenced.
560/5471 Bicolored Mouse-warbler (highlands of New Guinea)
has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new English name:
560/5471 Bicolored Scrubwren Aethomyias nigrorufus
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The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
560/5465 Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Hylacola pyrrhopygia
560/5466 Shy Heathwren Hylacola cauta
560/5470 Rusty Mouse-warbler Origma murina
560/5472 Mountain Mouse-warbler Origma robusta
560/5478 Yellow-throated Scrubwren Neosericornis citreogularis
560/5473 Pale-billed Scrubwren Aethomyias spilodera
560/5482 Vogelkop Scrubwren Aethomyias rufescens
560/5481 Buff-faced Scrubwren Aethomyias perspicillatus
560/5474 Papuan Scrubwren Aethomyias papuensis
560/5483 Grey-green Scrubwren Aethomyias arfakianus
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560/547E Spotted Scrubwren Sericornis maculatus (sc, sw, wc Australia)
has been split from:
560/5476 White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis (e, se, sc Australia)
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The Psophodidae family has been divided into two:
Family: Psophodidae – Whipbirds (identifier number ‘592’)
and new family:
Family: Cinclosomatidae – Jewel-babblers, Quail-thrushes (identifier number ‘593’)
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608/564E Albertine Sooty Boubou Laniarius holomelas (n, c Albertine Rift)
has been split from:
608/5644 Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis
(Bioko Island, wc Cameroon, se Nigeria)
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654/5830 Crested Shriketit Falcunculus frontatus (Australia)
has been moved from:
Family: Pachycephalidae – Whistlers & Allies (identifier number ‘656’)
to new monotypic family:
Family: Falcunculidae – Shriketit (identifier number ‘654’)
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The 7 species listed below have been split from Little Shrikethrush, which has a new English name:
656/5875 Arafura Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
(w, sc New Guinea, Aru Islands, n Australia)
The split species are:
656/583T Biak Whistler Pachycephala melanorhyncha
(Biak Island off nw New Guinea)
656/58F0 Variable Shrikethrush Colluricincla fortis (c, se New Guinea)
656/58F1 Waigeo Shrikethrush Colluricincla affinis
(Waigeo Island off w New Guinea)
656/58F2 Mamberamo Shrikethrush Colluricincla obscura (nc New Guinea)
656/58F3 Tagula Shrikethrush Colluricincla discolor
(Tagula Island off se New Guinea)
656/58F4 Sepik-Ramu Shrikethrush Colluricincla tappenbecki
(ne, ec New Guinea)
656/58F5 Rufous Shrikethrush Colluricincla rufogaster
(coastal ec, ne Australia, sc New Guinea)
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