ALL THE WORLD’S BIRDS PART EIGHT 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.
2022 edition -> 2023 edition IOC bird list v 11.2 -> IOC bird list v 12.2
Family: Oriolidae – Figbirds, Old World Orioles, Piopios has a new English name.
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680/6119 Versicolored Monarch
has a new English name:
680/6119 Ogea Monarch Mayrornis versicolor
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680/612F Black-chinned Monarch
has a new English name:
680/612F Boano Monarch Symposiachrus boanensis
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680/612T Louisiade Monarch Symposiachrus melanopterus
(islands in wc, sw Solomon Sea)
has been split from:
680/612Y Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus
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Birds resident on Ambon, Seram and islands in ne Banda Sea that were formerly ascribed to:
680/612Y Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus
have been re-ascribed to:
680/6130 Moluccan Monarch Symposiachrus bimaculatus
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680/6131 White-tailed Monarch
has a new English name:
680/6131 Kai Monarch Symposiachrus leucurus
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680/6132 White-tipped Monarch
has a new English name:
680/6132 Tanahjampea Monarch Symposiachrus everetti
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680/6133 Black-tipped Monarch
has a new English name:
680/6133 Buru Monarch Symposiachrus loricatus
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
680/6141 Rufous Monarch Symposiachrus rubiensis
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684/6180 Crested Jay (c, s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo)
has been moved from:
Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays (identifier number ‘684’)
to new monotypic family:
Family: Platylophidae – Jayshrike (identifier number ‘683’)
and has a new English name:
683/6180 Crested Jayshrike Platylophus galericulatus
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684/6240 Henderson’s Ground Jay
has a new English name:
684/6240 Mongolian Ground Jay Podoces hendersoni
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684/6241 Biddulph’s Ground Jay
has a new English name:
684/6241 Xinjiang Ground Jay Podoces biddulphi
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684/6242 Pander’s Ground Jay
has a new English name:
684/6242 Turkestan Ground Jay Podoces panderi
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684/6243 Pleske’s Ground Jay
has a new English name:
684/6243 Iranian Ground Jay Podoces pleskei
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Genus Corvus within Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays has been partially resequenced.
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700/630E Tagula Manucode Manucodia alter
(Tagula Island off se New Guinea)
has been split from:
700/6304 Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater
(New Guinea and nearby w islands)
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
700/6337 Blue Bird-of-paradise Paradisornis rudolphi
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744/6439 European Crested Tit
has a new English name:
744/6439 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
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744/643F Grey Crested Tit
has a new English name:
744/643F Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
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760/6544 Angolan Lark
has a new English name:
760/6544 Angola Lark Mirafra angolensis
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764/660F Black-capped Bulbul
has had its species epithet amended. Its scientific name is now:
Rubigula melanictera
2021 edition -> 2022 edition IOC bird list v 10.2 -> IOC bird list v 11.2
660/589T Giant Grey Shrike Lanius giganteus (c China)
has been split from:
660/589Y Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
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Family: Vireonidae – Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
664/5953 Tawny-crowned Greenlet Tunchiornis ochraceiceps
664/5954 Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
664/594Y Dusky-capped Greenlet Pachysylvia hypoxantha
664/5950 Buff-cheeked Greenlet Pachysylvia muscicapina
664/594F Golden-fronted Greenlet Pachysylvia aurantiifrons
664/5949 Rufous-naped Greenlet Pachysylvia semibrunnea
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668/5980 Olive-brown Oriole
has been split into two species:
668/5980 Timor Oriole Oriolus melanotis
(Timor and nearby islands)
668/598E Wetar Oriole Oriolus finschi
(Wetar and nearby island)
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676/605E Biak Fantail Rhipidura kordensis
(Biak Island off nw Guinea)
has been split from:
676/6053 Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
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676/607P Peleng Fantail Rhipidura habibiei
has been resequenced to precede:
676/607E Taliabu Fantail Rhipidura sulaensis
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680/6094 Cerulean Paradise Flycatcher
has been transferred from Family: Monarchidae – Monarchs to Family: Rhipiduridae – Fantails and has a new English name:
676/6094 Cerulean Flycatcher Eutrichomyias rowleyi
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676/6081 Drongo Fantail Chaetorhynchus papuensis
has been resequenced to precede:
676/6094 Cerulean Flycatcher Eutrichomyias rowleyi
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The two species of Silktail in genus Lamprolia of Family: Rhipiduridae – Fantails have been resequenced.
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680/610E Tenggara Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone floris
(w, c Lesser Sundas)
has been split from:
680/6102 Blyth’s Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis
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680/614T Tanimbar Monarch Carterornis castus (Tanimbar Islands)
has been split from:
680/614Y White-naped Monarch Carterornis pileatus (n, sw Moluccas)
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680/616T Dyaul Flycatcher Myiagra cervinicolor
(Dyaul Island: Bismarck Archipelago)
has been split from:
680/616F Velvet Flycatcher
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Subspecies eichhorni of:
680/616F Velvet Flycatcher
has been split to form a species that has been allocated the same English name:
680/616P Velvet Flycatcher Myiagra eichhorni
(s, e Bismarck Archipelago)
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680/616F Velvet Flycatcher
has a new English name:
680/616F Mussau Flycatcher Myiagra hebetior
(St. Matthias Island: Bismarck Archipelago)
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684/6181 Black Magpie
has been split into two species:
684/6181 Malayan Black Magpie Platysmurus leucopterus
(c, s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra)
684/618E Bornean Black Magpie Platysmurus aterrimus (Borneo)
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684/6246 Large-spotted Nutcracker
has a new English name:
684/6246 Kashmir Nutcracker Nucifraga multipunctata
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684/625K Small Crow Corvus samarensis (n, ec, s Philippines)
has been split from:
684/6253 Slender-billed Crow Corvus enca
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684/625E Palawan Crow Corvus pusillus (w, wc Philippines)
has been split from:
684/6253 Slender-billed Crow Corvus enca
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700/6303 Paradise-crow
has been split into two species:
700/6303 Halmahera Paradise-crow Lycocorax pyrrhopterus (n Moluccas)
700/6302 Obi Paradise-crow Lycocorax obiensis (c Moluccas)
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704/634E Black-capped Robin Heteromyias armiti (c, e New Guinea)
has been split from:
704/6340 Ashy Robin Heteromyias albispecularis (West Papua)
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760/6526 Madagascan Lark
has a new English name:
760/6526 Madagascar Lark Eremopterix hova
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760/658P Arabian Lark Eremalauda eremodites
(Middle East, Arabian Peninsula)
has been split from:
760/6587 Dunn’s Lark Eremalauda dunni
(south-west nw Africa, Sahel)
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760/658Y Lesser Short-toed Lark
has been split into two species:
760/658Y Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
760/658T Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
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764/6706 Sunda Bulbul
has been split into two species:
764/670P Sumatran Bulbul Ixos sumatranus (w Sumatra)
764/6706 Javan Bulbul Ixos virescens (Java)
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764/672E Camiguin Bulbul Hypsipetes catarmanensis
(Camiguin Island: s Philippines)
has been split from:
764/6722 Yellowish Bulbul Hypsipetes everetti
(ec, s, sw Philippines)
2020 edition -> 2021 edition IOC bird list v 9.2 -> IOC bird list v 10.2
Genus Oriolus within Family: Oriolidae – Figbirds, Orioles & Turnagra has been resequenced.
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Genus Dicrurus within single genus Family: Dicruridae – Drongos has been revised and resequenced.
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672/602E Palawan Drongo Dicrurus palawanensis (w, wc Philippines)
has been split from:
672/6023 Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
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Birds resident in ec, s Philippines which were previously considered to be of the species:
672/6023 Hair-crested Drongo
have been ascribed to:
672/6022 Balicassiao Dicrurus balicassius
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676/607P Peleng Fantail Rhipidura habibiei (Peleng: Banggai Islands)
is a newly described species.
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684/6264 Northwestern Crow Corvus caurinus
(coastal s Alaska, w Canada, extreme nw USA)
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
684/6263 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
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704/637E Solomons Robin Petroica polymorpha
(Solomon Islands, ec Papua New Guinea)
has been split from:
704/6370 Pacific Robin Petroica pusilla
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Genus Poecile within Family: Paridae – Tits, Chickadees has been resequenced.
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Family: Pycnonotidae – Bulbuls has been revised and resequenced.
764/668P Yellow-eyed Bristlebill Bleda ugandae (northern c Africa)
has been split from:
764/6686 Yellow-lored Bristlebill Bleda notatus
(northern wc Africa, sc Nigeria)
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764/6695 Grey-cheeked Bulbul Alophoixus bres
has been split into two species:
764/669P Grey-cheeked Bulbul Alophoixus tephrogenys
(s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo)
764/6695 Brown-cheeked Bulbul Alophoixus bres (Java, Bali)
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764/669T Penan Bulbul Alophoixus ruficrissus (Borneo)
has been split from:
764/6694 Ochraceous Bulbul Alophoixus ochraceus
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764/6608 Black-headed Bulbul
has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new species epithet. Its scientific name is now:
Brachypodius melanocephalos
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764/662T Pale-faced Bulbul Pycnonotus leucops (Borneo)
has been split from:
764/6633 Flavescent Bulbul Pycnonotus flavescens
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The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
764/6603 Striated Bulbul Alcurus striatus
764/6605 Spot-necked Bulbul Alcurus tympanistrigus
764/6691 Finsch’s Bulbul Iole finschii
764/6604 Cream-striped Bulbul Hemixos leucogrammicus
764/6707 Seram Golden Bulbul Hypsipetes affinis
764/6708 Northern Golden Bulbul Hypsipetes longirostris
764/6709 Buru Golden Bulbul Hypsipetes mysticalis
764/6724 White-headed Bulbul Hypsipetes thompsoni
764/6628 Puff-backed Bulbul Euptilotus eutilotus
764/6606 Black-and-white Bulbul Microtarsus melanoleucos
764/662F Yellow-wattled Bulbul Poliolophus urostictus
764/6607 Grey-headed Bulbul Brachypodius priocephalus
764/6609 Andaman Bulbul Brachypodius fuscoflavescens
764/6629 Blue-wattled Bulbul Brachypodius nieuwenhuisii
764/663Y Spectacled Bulbul Ixodia erythropthalmos
764/6614 Grey-bellied Bulbul Ixodia cyaniventris
764/6613 Scaly-breasted Bulbul Ixodia squamata
764/660Y Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
764/6611 Flame-throated Bulbul Rubigula gularis
764/660F Black-capped Bulbul Rubigula melanicterus
764/6610 Ruby-throated Bulbul Rubigula dispar
764/6612 Bornean Bulbul Rubigula montis
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