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.

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)

 

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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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