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.
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
