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)
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)