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.
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)
