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 2 of the AviList:

Family: Opisthocomidae – Hoatzin from Part 3

The 19 families within Order CHARADRIIFORMES from Part 3

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The following families have been moved from Part 2 of the IOC bird list to elsewhere in the AviList:

Family: Phoenicopteridae – Flamingos to Part 1

Family: Podicipedidae – Grebes to Part 1

Family: Musophagidae – Turacos to Part 1

Family: Otididae – Bustards to Part 1

Family: Cuculidae – Cuckoos to Part 1

Family: Mesitornithidae – Mesites to Part 1

Family: Pteroclidae – Sandgrouse to Part 1

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Family: Columbidae – Doves and Pigeons has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Columbidae – Doves and Pigeons have been resequenced.

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303/1882    Sulu Bleeding-heart    Gallicolumba menagei    (sw Philippines)

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

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303/1963    Negros Fruit Dove    Ptilinopus arcanus    (c 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 or different genus:

303/1768    Lemon Dove    Aplopelia larvata

303/1967    Cloven-feathered Dove    Ptilinopus holosericeus

303/1935    Wompoo Fruit Dove    Megaloprepia magnifica

303/1929    Yellow-breasted Fruit Dove    Ramphiculus occipitalis

303/1927    Flame-breasted Fruit Dove    Ramphiculus marchei

303/1928    Cream-breasted Fruit Dove    Ramphiculus merrilli

303/192F    Red-eared Fruit Dove    Ramphiculus fischeri

303/192Y    Jambu Fruit Dove    Ramphiculus jambu

303/1931    Oberholser’s Fruit Dove    Ramphiculus gularis

303/1930    Banggai Fruit Dove    Ramphiculus subgularis

303/1932    Sula Fruit Dove    Ramphiculus mangoliensis

303/1933    Black-chinned Fruit Dove    Ramphiculus leclancheri

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303/185F    Azuero Dove

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

303/1858    Grey-headed Dove    Leptotila plumbeiceps

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303/192E    Ryukyu Green Pigeon

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

303/1922    Taiwan Green Pigeon

which has a new English name:

303/1922    Whistling Green Pigeon    Treron formosae

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303/1934    Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove    Megaloprepia formosa

has a new species epithet and has been ascribed to a new genus.

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Family: Gruidae – Cranes has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Heliornithidae – Finfoots has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Sarothruridae – Flufftails has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Sarothruridae – Flufftails have been resequenced.

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Family: Rallidae – Rails, Gallinules, and Coots has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Rallidae – Rails, Gallinules, and Coots have been resequenced.

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201/1288    Zapata Rail    Mustelirallus cerverai    (sw Cuba)

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

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201/1231    New Caledonian Rail    Gallirallus lafresnayanus

[formerly Cabalus lafresnayanus]    (New Caledonia)

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

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201/1304    Makira Woodhen    Gallinula silvestris    (Makira: Solomon Islands)

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 or different genus:

201/121F    Chestnut-headed Crake    Anurolimnas castaneiceps

201/1230    Calayan Rail    Gallirallus calayanensis

201/1293    Invisible Rail    Gallirallus wallacii

201/1292    Chestnut Rail    Gallirallus castaneoventris

201/1232    Lord Howe Woodhen    Gallirallus sylvestris

201/1233    Okinawa Rail    Gallirallus okinawae

201/1236    Buff-banded Rail    Gallirallus philippensis

201/1235    Pink-legged Rail    Gallirallus insignis

201/122F    Woodford’s Rail    Gallirallus woodfordi

201/1237    Guam Rail    Gallirallus owstoni

201/1234    Barred Rail    Gallirallus torquatus

201/1238    Roviana Rail    Gallirallus rovianae

201/1211    Ocellated Crake    Rufirallus schomburgkii

201/1220    Black-banded Crake    Rufirallus fasciatus

201/1228    Red-and-white Crake    Rufirallus leucopyrrhus

201/1229    Rufous-faced Crake    Rufirallus xenopterus

201/1210    Speckled Rail    Laterallus notatus

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The following have been lumped with and are now represented by one or more subspecies of:

201/1296    Western Swamphen

which has a new English name:

201/1296    Purple Swamphen    Porphyrio porphyrio

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201/1297    African Swamphen

201/1298    Grey-headed Swamphen

201/1299    Black-backed Swamphen

201/129F    Philippine Swamphen

201/129Y    Australasian Swamphen

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Family: Burhinidae – Thick-knees and Stone-curlews has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Burhinidae – Thick-knees and Stone-curlews have been resequenced.

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Family: Recurvirostridae – Stilts and Avocets has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Recurvirostridae – Stilts and Avocets have been resequenced.

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245/1407    White-backed Stilt

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

245/1406    Black-necked Stilt    Himantopus mexicanus

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Family: Haematopodidae – Oystercatchers has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Charadriidae – Plovers and Lapwings has a new English name.

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Family: Charadriidae – Plovers and Lapwings has been partially resequenced.

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

249/1465    Hooded Plover    Thinornis cucullatus

249/1466    Shore Plover    Thinornis novaeseelandiae

249/1467    Black-fronted Dotterel    Thinornis melanops

249/144F    Forbes’s Plover    Thinornis forbesi

249/1449    Three-banded Plover    Thinornis tricollaris

249/1441    Long-billed Plover    Thinornis placidus

249/1442    Little Ringed Plover    Thinornis dubius

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Family: Thinocoridae – Seedsnipes has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Rostratulidae – Painted-Snipes has a modified English name.

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Family: Rostratulidae – Painted-Snipes has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Scolopacidae – Sandpipers and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Scolopacidae – Sandpipers and Allies has been partially resequenced.

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274/152Y    Eskimo Curlew    Numenius borealis

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

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274/1532    Slender-billed Curlew    Numenius tenuirostris

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

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Monotypic genus Ortyxelos ‘Quail-plover’ within Family: Turnicidae – Buttonquail has been resequenced.

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217/135F    Buff-breasted Buttonquail    Turnix olivii    (ne Australia)

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

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Family: Dromadidae – Crab-Plover has a modified English name.

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Family: Glareolidae – Coursers and Pratincoles has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Glareolidae – Coursers and Pratincoles have been resequenced.

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The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:

280/1581    Double-banded Courser    Smutsornis africanus

280/1585    Australian Pratincole    Glareola isabella

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Family: Stercorariidae – Jaegers and Skuas has a new English name.

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Family: Stercorariidae – Jaegers and Skuas has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Alcididae – Auks, Puffins, and Murres has a new English name.

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Family: Alcididae – Auks, Puffins, and Murres has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Laridae – Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls has a new English name.

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Family: Laridae – Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls has been partially resequenced.

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286/1599    White Tern

has been split into three species:

286/1599    Atlantic White Tern    Gygis alba

(breeds islands in south-west c Atlantic Ocean)

286/159P    Blue-billed White Tern    Gygis candida

(breeds islands in Indian Ocean, c Pacific Ocean [including Marquesas Islands])

286/159T    Little White Tern    Gygis microrhyncha

(breeds Marquesas, Phoenix, Line islands)

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286/1652    Cabot’s Tern

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

286/1651    Sandwich Tern    Thalasseus sandvicensis