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)