On this page you can view how the first release of the AviList impacted on the contents of this ATWB eBook.

To see how earlier updates to the IOC bird list impacted on the contents of this eBook, click here.

 

2025 edition -> 2026 edition     IOC bird list v 14.2 -> AviList v2025

Non-Passerine Orders have been resequenced. Within some Orders, there has also been a resequencing of families.

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The following families have been moved from elsewhere in the IOC bird list to Part 11 of the AviList:

Family: Promeropidae – Sugarbirds from Part 10

Family: Modulatricidae – Dapple-throat and Allies from Part 10

Family: Irenidae – Fairy-bluebirds from Part 10

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The following family has been moved from Part 11 of the IOC bird list to elsewhere in the AviList:

Family: Cinclidae – Dippers to Part 10

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Family: Modulatricidae – Dapple-throat and Allies has a modified English name.

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Family: Modulatricidae – Dapple-throat and Allies has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Dicaeidae – Flowerpeckers has been partially resequenced.

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921/8439    Cebu Flowerpecker    Dicaeum quadricolor

(Cebu: wc Philippines)

is annotated as possibly extinct in the AviList and has been removed.

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

921/8420    Olive-backed Flowerpecker    Pachyglossa olivacea

921/8427    Thick-billed Flowerpecker    Pachyglossa agilis

921/8429    Brown-backed Flowerpecker    Pachyglossa everetti

921/842F    Whiskered Flowerpecker    Pachyglossa propria

921/842Y    Yellow-vented Flowerpecker    Pachyglossa chrysorrhea

921/8430    Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker    Pachyglossa melanozantha

921/8431    Legge’s Flowerpecker    Pachyglossa vincens

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921/8428    Striped Flowerpecker

has been lumped with and is now represented by three subspecies of:

921/8427    Thick-billed Flowerpecker    Pachyglossa agilis

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Family: Nectariniidae – Spiderhunters and Sunbirds has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Nectariniidae – Spiderhunters and Sunbirds have been resequenced.

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925/856E    Tboli Sunbird    Aethopyga tibolii

(extreme sc Mindanao: s Philippines)

has been split from:

925/8561    Apo Sunbird    Aethopyga boltoni

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925/852E    Whyte’s Double-collared Sunbird

has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:

925/851Y    Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird    Cinnyris stuhlmanni

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925/8532    Hofmann’s Sunbird

has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:

925/8531    Shelley’s Sunbird    Cinnyris shelleyi

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Family: Ploceidae – Weavers and Allies has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Ploceidae – Weavers and Allies have been resequenced.

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

933/8698    Compact Weaver    Pachyphantes superciliosus

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Family: Viduidae – Whydahs and Indigobirds has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Viduidae – Whydahs and Indigobirds have been resequenced.

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Family: Estrildidae – Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Estrildidae – Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies has been partially resequenced.

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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:

937/8819    Star Finch    Emblema ruficauda

937/881F    Plum-headed Finch    Emblema modestum

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937/882E    Australian Zebra Finch

has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:

937/8822    Sunda Zebra Finch

which has a new English name:

937/8822    Zebra Finch    Taeniopygia guttata

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937/8831    Royal Parrotfinch

has been lumped with and is now represented by three subspecies of:

937/8830    Red-headed Parrotfinch

which has a new English name:

937/8830    Royal Parrotfinch    Erythrura cyaneovirens

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The species in Family: Prunellidae – Accentors have been resequenced.

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Family: Passeridae – Snowfinches and Old World Sparrows has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Passeridae – Snowfinches and Old World Sparrows have been resequenced.

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Family: Motacillidae – Wagtails and Pipits has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Motacillidae – Wagtails and Pipits have been resequenced.

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

953/8965    Yellow-breasted Pipit    Hemimacronyx chloris

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Family: Fringillidae – Finches, Euphonias, and Allies has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Fringillidae – Finches, Euphonias, and Allies have been resequenced.

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The following species are annotated as extinct in the AviList and have been removed:

961/9041    Kauai Nukupuu    Hemignathus hanapepe

(Kauai: Hawaiian Islands)

961/9042    Maui Nukupuu    Hemignathus affinis

(Maui: Hawaiian Islands)

961/9049    Maui Akepa    Loxops ochraceus

(Maui: Hawaiian Islands)

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961/9034    Oahu Alauahio    Dicaeum quadricolor

(O’ahu: c Hawaiian Islands)

is annotated as possibly extinct in the AviList and has been removed.

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961/902T    Chinese Long-tailed Rosefinch

has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:

961/9029    Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch

which has a new English name:

961/9029    Long-tailed Rosefinch    Carpodacus sibiricus

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961/9001    African Crimson-winged Finch

has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:

961/9000    Asian Crimson-winged Finch

which has a new English name:

961/9000    Crimson-winged Finch   Rhodopechys sanguineus

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961/905E    Bonin Greenfinch

has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:

961/9055    Oriental Greenfinch    Chloris sinica