ALL THE WORLD’S BIRDS PART NINE 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
Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been resequenced.
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768/673T Madagascar Martin Riparia cowani
(e, sw Madagascar)
has been split from:
768/673Y Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
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768/678K Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
has been split from:
768/6783 Rock Martin
which has a new English name:
768/6783 Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
(w Angola, s Africa)
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Six subspecies of:
768/6771 Pacific Swallow
have been split to form a species with the same English name:
768/677E Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
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768/6771 Pacific Swallow
has a new English name:
768/6771 Tahiti Swallow Hirundo tahitica
(Tahiti, Moorea: se Society Islands)
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
768/6799 Forest Swallow Atronanus fuliginosus
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768/679E European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
and
768/679K African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
have been split from:
768/6790 Red-rumped Swallow
which has a new English name:
768/6790 Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
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768/6793 Striated Swallow
has been lumped with and is now represented by four subspecies of:
768/6790 Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
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768/6792 West African Swallow
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
768/679K African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
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768/6794 Rufous-bellied Swallow Cecropis badia
has been resequenced.
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796/6882 Pygmy Bushtit Aegithalos exilis
has been resequenced.
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Monotypic genus Megalurus within Family: Locustellidae – Grassbirds & Allies comprising:
808/7047 Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
has been resequenced.
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
816/7073 Dusky Tetraka Crossleyia tenebrosa
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820/709E Huambo Cisticola Cisticola bailunduensis (wc Angola)
has been split from:
820/7091 Rock-loving Cisticola
that has been lumped with and is now represented by three subspecies of:
820/7090 Lazy Cisticola
which has been renamed as:
820/7090 Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
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820/717E Maasai Apalis Apalis stronachi (nc Tanzania, sw Kenya)
has been split from:
820/7170 Karamoja Apalis Apalis karamojae (ne Uganda)
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820/7204 Salvadori’s Eremomela
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
820/7203 Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
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838/750E Eye-ringed Parrotbill Suthora ricketti
(sw Sichuan, nc, ne Yunnan: sc China)
has been split from:
838/7507 Brown-winged Parrotbill Suthora brunnea
(c, ne Myanmar, wc, nw Yunnan)
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840/762E Kafa White-eye Zosterops kaffensis
(sw Ethiopia, nw Kenya)
has been split from:
840/7620 Heuglin’s White-eye
which has a new English name:
840/7620 Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus
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840/761T Angola White-eye Zosterops kasaicus
(c Democratic Republic of the Congo, nc, c, sw Angola)
has been split from:
840/761Y Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
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840/7605 Grey-throated White-eye
has a new English name:
840/7605 Makira White-eye Zosterops rendovae
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840/7583 Pearl-bellied White-eye
has a new English name:
840/7583 Kai Besar White-eye Zosterops grayi
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840/7584 Golden-bellied White-eye
has a new English name:
840/7584 Kai Kecil White-eye Zosterops uropygialis
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824/7254 Buff-chested Babbler
has been lumped with and is now represented by four subspecies of:
824/7253 Rufous-fronted Babbler Cyanoderma rufifrons
which has been resequenced.
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824/722E Red-eyed Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys imberbis
(c Myanmar, nw Thailand)
has been split from:
824/7221 Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys erythrogenys
(Himalayas)
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828/731E Glissando Babbler Pellorneum saturatum
(wc, sw Borneo and nearby islands)
and
828/731K Leaflitter Babbler Pellorneum poliogene
(n, e, c, sc Borneo)
have been split from:
828/7310 Short-tailed Babbler
which has a new English name:
828/7310 Mourning Babbler Pellorneum malaccense
(s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Riau Islands)
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828/731T Bornean Swamp Babbler Pellorneum macropterum
(Borneo)
has been split from:
828/7318 White-chested Babbler
which has a new English name:
828/7318 Malayan Swamp Babbler Pellorneum rostratum
(c, s Malay Peninsula, e Sumatra)
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832/7435 Steere’s Liocichla
has a new English name:
832/7435 Taiwan Liocichla Liocichla steerii
2023 edition -> 2024 edition IOC bird list v 12.2 -> IOC bird list v 13.2
768/6785 Common House Martin
has a new English name:
768/6785 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
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780/6845 Sunda Bush Warbler
has been lumped with and is now represented by eight subspecies of:
780/6846 Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
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804/6963 Grand Comoro Brush Warbler
has a new English name:
804/6963 Grande Comore Brush Warbler Nesillas brevicaudata
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820/712K Rufous-crowned Prinia Prinia khasiana (ne India, w Myanmar)
has been split from:
820/7129 Black-throated Prinia Prinia atrogularis (e Nepal, e Himalayas)
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836/746F Desert Whitethroat
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
836/7469 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
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836/746Y Hume’s Whitethroat
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
836/7469 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:
838/7519 Reed Parrotbill Paradoxornis heudei
838/7501 Great Parrotbill Paradoxornis aemodius
838/7503 Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor
838/7502 Three-toed Parrotbill Paradoxornis paradoxus
838/7515 Grey-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis
838/7516 Black-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis margaritae
838/7513 White-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis ruficeps
838/7514 Rufous-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis bakeri
838/7511 Short-tailed Parrotbill Suthora davidiana
838/7512 Pale-billed Parrotbill Suthora atrosuperciliaris
838/7504 Spectacled Parrotbill Suthora conspicillata
838/7508 Grey-hooded Parrotbill Suthora zappeyi
838/7507 Brown-winged Parrotbill Suthora brunnea
838/7505 Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
838/7506 Ashy-throated Parrotbill Suthora alphonsiana
838/7509 Przevalski’s Parrotbill Suthora przewalskii
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840/759T Wangi-wangi White-eye Zosterops paruhbesar
(Wangi-wangi Island: nc Indonesia)
is a newly described species.
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824/723E Brown-crowned Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus phayrei
has been split from:
824/7231 Coral-billed Scimitar Babbler
which has a new English name:
824/7231 Black-crowned Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ferruginosus
(e Nepal, e Himalayas)
2022 edition -> 2023 edition IOC bird list v 11.2 -> IOC bird list v 12.2
768/6770 Angolan Swallow
has a new English name:
768/6770 Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
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772/6808 Chinese Cupwing Pnoepyga mutica (sc, c China)
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
772/6807 Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
780/6856 Pale-footed Bush Warbler Hemitesia pallidipes
780/6857 Neumann’s Warbler Hemitesia neumanni
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Family: Aegithalidae – Bushtits has been resequenced.
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Family: Phylloscopidae – Leaf Warblers has a modified English name.
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800/694P Flores Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus floresianus
(Flores: c Lesser Sundas)
has been split from:
800/6941 Timor Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus presbytes
(Timor and nearby island: c Lesser Sundas)
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804/6977 Carolinian Reed Warbler
has a new English name:
804/6977 Caroline Reed Warbler Acrocephalus syrinx
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804/6994 African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus
has been lumped with and is now represented by six subspecies of:
804/6993 Eurasian Reed Warbler
which has a new English name:
804/6993 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
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808/7057 Melanesian Thicketbird
has been split into two species:
808/705E Guadalcanal Thicketbird Cincloramphus turipavae
(s Solomon Islands)
808/7057 Santo Thicketbird Cincloramphus whitneyi
(nw Vanuatu)
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Genus Zosterops within Family: Zosteropidae – White-eyes has been partially resequenced.
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840/76F8 Anjouan White-eye Zosterops anjuanensis
(Anjouan Island: ec Comoros)
and
840/76F9 Moheli White-eye Zosterops comorensis
(Mohéli Island: sc Comoros)
have been split from:
840/7628 Malagasy White-eye Zosterops maderaspatanus
(Madagascar and nearby islands)
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840/762T Meratus White-eye Zosterops meratusensis (se Borneo)
is a newly described species.
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824/726E Kangean Tit-Babbler Mixornis prillwitzi
(Kangean Islands in Java Sea)
has been split from:
824/7260 Grey-cheeked Tit-Babbler Mixornis flavicollis (Java)
2021 edition -> 2022 edition IOC bird list v 10.2 -> IOC bird list v 11.2
Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
768/6744 Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
768/673F Brazza’s Martin Phedinopsis brazzae
768/6762 Black-capped Swallow Atticora pileata
768/6766 White-thighed Swallow Atticora tibialis
768/675Y Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
768/6765 Black-collared Swallow Pygochelidon melanoleuca
768/6761 Pale-footed Swallow Orochelidon flavipes
768/6760 Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina
768/6763 Andean Swallow Orochelidon andecola
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768/678E Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
(breeds c, e Siberia, w Far East Russia, n, c Mongolia;
winters north-west se ASIA)
has been split from:
768/6785 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
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800/6906 Alpine Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus occisinensis
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
800/6905 Tickell’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
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Subspecies nesophilus of:
800/6940 Sulawesi Leaf Warbler
has been split to form a species that has been allocated the same English name:
800/694K Sulawesi Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus nesophilus
(n, c, se Sulawesi)
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800/6940 Sulawesi Leaf Warbler
has a new English name:
800/6940 Lompobattang Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus sarasinorum
(sw Sulawesi)
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804/6969 Madagascan Swamp Warbler
has a new English name:
804/6969 Madagascar Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus newtoni
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Family: Bernieridae – Madagascan Warblers
has a new English name:
Family: Bernieridae – Tetrakas & Allies
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816/7075 Madagascan Yellowbrow
has a new English name:
816/7075 Madagascar Yellowbrow Crossleyia xanthophrys
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820/708F Hunter’s Cisticola Cisticola hunteri
has been resequenced to precede:
820/7089 Chubb’s Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
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820/708T Kilombero Cisticola Cisticola bakerorum (c Tanzania)
is a newly described species.
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820/710E White-tailed Cisticola Cisticola anderseni (c Tanzania)
is a newly described species.
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820/7119 Madagascan Cisticola
has a new English name:
820/7119 Madagascar Cisticola Cisticola cherina
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820/712E Swinhoe’s Prinia
has a new English name:
820/712E Striped Prinia Prinia striata
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820/7128 Deignan’s Prinia
has a new (reinstated) English name:
820/7128 Brown Prinia Prinia polychroa
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820/713E Delicate Prinia Prinia lepida
(n Oman, UAE, s Turkey to Kuwait to n Indian Subcontinent)
has been split from:
820/7133 Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
(wc Middle East, locally ne Africa, ne, locally c, coastal w, s Arabian Peninsula)
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820/715T Brown-tailed Apalis Apalis flavocincta
(southern ne, northern ec Africa)
has been split from:
820/715F Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
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Family: Paradoxornithidae – Parrotbills & Allies has a modified English name.
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840/7551 Black-crowned Babbler
has been split into two species:
840/755E Calabarzon Babbler Sterrhoptilus affinis
(n Philippines)
840/7551 Visayan Babbler Sterrhoptilus nigrocapitatus
(c Philippines)
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Five subspecies of:
840/758Y Black-fronted White-eye
have been merged into three subspecies and split to form a species that has been allocated the same English name:
840/758T Black-fronted White-eye Zosterops chrysolaemus
(w, e New Guinea and nearby islands)
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840/758Y Black-fronted White-eye
has a new English name:
840/758Y Green-fronted White-eye Zosterops minor
(nc, c New Guinea and nearby island)
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840/759E Oya Tabu White-eye Zosterops crookshanki
(islands off se New Guinea)
has been split from:
840/7593 Capped White-eye Zosterops fuscicapilla
(w, c New Guinea)
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840/760K Bougainville White-eye Zosterops hamlini
(Bougainville: n Solomon Islands)
and
840/760P Guadalcanal White-eye Zosterops oblitus
(Guadalcanal: s Solomon Islands)
have been split from:
840/7605 Grey-throated White-eye Zosterops rendovae
(Makira: s Solomon Islands)
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824/725E Grey-hooded Babbler Cyanoderma bicolor (Borneo)
has been split from:
824/7250 Chestnut-winged Babbler Cyanoderma erythropterum
(c, s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra)
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824/7234 Rusty-throated Wren-Babbler
has a new English name:
824/7234 Mishmi Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis
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824/7229 Chestnut-backed Scimitar babbler
has been split into two species:
824/722T Sunda Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus bornensis
(s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo)
824/7229 Javan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus montanus (Java, Bali)
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828/7329 Black-capped Babbler
has been split into three species:
828/732P Malayan Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum nigrocapitatum
(c, s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra)
828/7329 Javan Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratum
(Java)
828/732T Bornean Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratoides
(Borneo)
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828/730E Tanzanian Illadopsis Illadopsis distans
(c, ne Tanzania, sc, sw Kenya)
has been split from:
828/7301 Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
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828/7292 Limestone Wren-Babbler
has been split into three species:
828/729P Annam Limestone Babbler Gypsophila annamensis
(n Vietnam, n Laos, nw Thailand, sc China)
828/729T Rufous Limestone Babbler Gypsophila calcicola
(c Thailand)
828/7292 Variable Limestone Babbler Gypsophila crispifrons
(c, se Myanmar, nw, wc Thailand)
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