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

Within Order PASSERIFORMES there has been a resequencing of some families.

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Family: Calcariidae – Longspurs and Snow Buntings has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Calcariidae – Longspurs and Snow Buntings have been resequenced.

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Family: Emberizidae – Old World Buntings has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Emberizidae – Old World Buntings have been resequenced.

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Family: Passerellidae – New World Sparrows has been partially resequenced.

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983/947P    Yellow-mandibled Sparrow    Arremon axillaris

(c Colombia, sw Venezuela)

has been split from:

983/9479    Pectoral Sparrow    Arremon taciturnus

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983/941F    Sooty Fox Sparrow

983/941Y    Slate-colored Fox Sparrow

and

983/9420    Thick-billed Fox Sparrow

have been lumped with and are now represented by seven, five and one subspecies respectively of:

983/9419    Red Fox Sparrow

which has a new English name:

983/9419    Fox Sparrow    Passerella iliaca

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983/947E    Grey-crowned Ground Sparrow    Melozone occipitalis

(sc Mexico, s Guatemala, wc El Salvador)

has been split from:

983/9474    White-eared Ground Sparrow    Melozone leucotis

(c Honduras, nc Nicaragua, n Costa Rica)

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983/9497    Merida Brushfinch

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

983/9496    Moustached Brushfinch    Atlapetes albofrenatus

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Family: Phaenicophilidae – Hispaniolan Tanagers has a modified English name.

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The genera in Family: Phaenicophilidae – Hispaniolan Tanagers have been resequenced.

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Family: Spindalidae – Spindalises has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Icteridae – New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies has a new English name.

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Monotypic Family: Icteriidae – Yellow-breasted Chat has been embedded within Family: Icteridae – New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies.

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The species in Family: Icteridae – New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies have been resequenced.

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973/9301    Scarlet-rumped Cacique

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

973/9302    Subtropical Cacique

which has a new English name:

973/9302    Scarlet-rumped Cacique    Cacicus uropygialis

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973/9313    Bullock’s Oriole    Icterus bullockiorum

has a new species epithet.

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Family: Parulidae – New World Warblers has been partially resequenced.

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965/9164    Bachman’s Warbler    Vermivora bachmanii

(formerly bred sc, ec, se USA; wintered Cuba, Bahamas)

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

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965/9176    Semper’s Warbler    Leucopeza semperi    (St. Lucia)

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

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965/917F    Chiriqui Yellowthroat

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

965/9184    Olive-crowned Yellowthroat    Geothlypis semiflava

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965/920F    Audubon’s Warbler

and

965/920Y    Goldman’s Warbler

have been lumped with and are now represented by two and one subspecies respectively of:

965/9209    Myrtle Warbler

which has a new English name:

965/9209    Yellow-rumped Warbler    Setophaga coronata

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965/922Y    Roraiman Warbler

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

965/922F    Two-banded Warbler    Myiothlypis bivittata

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Family: Cardinalidae – Cardinals and Allies has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Cardinalidae – Cardinals and Allies have been resequenced.

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993/989E    Rose-bellied Chat    Granatellus paraensis    (e Amazonian Brazil)

has been split from:

993/9894    Rose-breasted Chat    Granatellus pelzelni

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993/9871    Tooth-billed Tanager

and

993/9873    Hepatic Tanager

have been lumped with and are now represented by six and five subspecies respectively of:

993/9872    Red Tanager

which has a new English name:

993/9872    Hepatic Tanager    Piranga flava

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The genera in Family: Mitrospingidae – Mitrospingid Tanagers have been resequenced.

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Family: Thraupidae – Tanagers and Allies has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Thraupidae – Tanagers and Allies have been resequenced.

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985/9677    Yellow-tufted Dacnis

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

985/9676    Black-faced Dacnis    Dacnis lineata

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985/959F    Lemon-rumped Tanager

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

985/9599    Flame-rumped Tanager    Ramphocelus flammigerus

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985/976Y    Bright-rumped Yellow Finch    Sicalis uropygialis

has a modified species epithet.

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985/955Y    White-browed Hemispingus

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

985/955F    Black-capped Hemispingus    Kleinothraupis atropileus

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985/9622    Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager

has a new English name:

985/9622    Buff-banded Mountain Tanager    Dubusia taeniata

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985/967E    Black-hooded Tanager    Stilpnia whitelyi

(c Venezuela, wc Guyana, nw Brazil)

has been split from:

985/9671    Black-headed Tanager    Stilpnia cyanoptera

(ne Colombia, nw, nc Venezuela)