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

Within some Non-Passerine Orders there has been a resequencing of families.

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Family: Galbulidae – Jacamars has been moved from Order Piciformes to new order Galbuliformes.

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Family: Galbulidae – Jacamars has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Bucconidae – Puffbirds has been moved from Order Piciformes to new order Galbuliformes.

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The species in Family: Bucconidae – Puffbirds have been resequenced.

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415/3260    Chaco Puffbird

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

415/325Y    Caatinga Puffbird

which has a new English name:

415/325Y    Spot-backed Puffbird    Nystalus maculatus

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The species in Family: Megalaimidae – Asian Barbets have been resequenced.

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Family: Lybiidae – African Barbets has been partially resequenced.

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

435/3402    Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet    Trachylaemus purpuratus

435/340E    Western Yellow-billed Barbet    Trachylaemus goffinii

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435/3407    Usambiro Barbet

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

435/3406    D’Arnaud’s Barbet    Trachyphonus darnaudii

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The species in Family: Capitonidae – New World Barbets have been resequenced.

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Family: Semnornithidae – Prong-billed Barbet and Toucan Barbet has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Ramphastidae – Toucans have been resequenced.

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427/3335    Citron-throated Toucan

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

427/3334    Channel-billed Toucan    Ramphastos vitellinus

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427/3320    Stripe-billed Aracari

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

427/3321    Pale-mandibled Aracari    Pteroglossus erythropygius

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427/3317    Brown-mandibled Aracari

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

427/3316    Ivory-billed Aracari    Pteroglossus azara

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427/3301    Wagler’s Toucanet

and

427/3303    Blue-throated Toucanet

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

427/3302    Emerald Toucanet

which has a new English name:

427/3302    Northern Emerald Toucanet    Aulacorhynchus prasinus

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427/3308    Black-throated Toucanet

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

427/3307    White-throated Toucanet

which has a new English name:

427/3307    Southern Emerald Toucanet    Aulacorhynchus albivitta

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Monotypic genus Melichneutes within Family: Indicatoridae – Honeyguides has been resequenced.

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The species in Family: Picidae – Woodpeckers have been resequenced.

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444/3584    Ivory-billed Woodpecker    Campephilus principalis

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

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444/3585    Imperial Woodpecker    Campephilus imperialis

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

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444/359T    Sumatran Woodpecker

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

444/3599    Grey-headed Woodpecker    Picus canus

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444/3485    Little Spotted Woodpecker

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

444/3486    Little Green Woodpecker

which has a new English name:

444/3486    Green-backed Woodpecker    Campethera maculosa

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444/3561    Waved Woodpecker

has a new English name:

444/3561    Variable Woodpecker    Celeus undatus

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444/3551    Bronze-winged Woodpecker

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

444/354Y    Golden-olive Woodpecker    Colaptes rubiginosus

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444/3472    Velasquez’s Woodpecker

has been lumped with and is now represented by 11 subspecies of:

444/3471    Golden-fronted Woodpecker    Melanerpes aurifrons

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Family: Falconidae – Falcons and Caracaras has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Falconidae – Falcons and Caracaras have been resequenced.

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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:

450/3638    Yellow-headed Caracara    Daptrius chimachima

450/3639    Chimango Caracara    Daptrius chimango

450/3632    Carunculated Caracara    Daptrius carunculatus

450/3633    Mountain Caracara    Daptrius megalopterus

450/3634    White-throated Caracara    Daptrius albogularis

450/3635    Striated Caracara    Daptrius australis

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Family: Cacatuidae – Cockatoos has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Psittacidae – African and New World Parrots has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Psittacidae – African and New World Parrots have been resequenced.

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463/3760    White-capped Parrot

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

463/375Y    Plum-crowned parrot

which has a new English name:

463/375Y    Speckle-faced Parrot    Pionus tumultuosus

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463/377E    Lilacine Amazon    Amazona lilacina    (sw, wc Ecuador)

has been split from:

463/3775    Red-lored Amazon    Amazona autumnalis

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463/381E    Subandean Parakeet    Pyrrhura subandina

(Azuero Peninsula: sw Panama; also nw Colombia [where possibly extinct])

and

463/381K    Perija Parakeet    Pyrrhura caeruleiceps    (Perijá Mountains)

have been split from:

463/3810    Painted Parakeet    Pyrrhura picta    (nc South America)

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463/3839    Spix’s Macaw    Cyanopsitta spixii

has been declared extinct in the wild.

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463/3855    Red-throated Parakeet

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

463/3853    Green Parakeet    Psittacara holochlorus

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The species in Family: Psittaculidae – Old World Parrots have been resequenced.

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467/394F    Red-throated Lorikeet    Vini amabilis    (Fiji)

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

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467/3932    Reischek’s Parakeet

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

467/3930    Malherbe’s Parakeet    Cyanoramphus malherbi

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

467/399K    Dusky-cheeked Fig Parrot    Nannopsittacus melanogenia

467/3993    Blue-fronted Fig Parrot    Nannopsittacus desmarestii

467/399E    Black-fronted Fig Parrot    Nannopsittacus nigrifrons

467/3990    Large Fig Parrot    Cyclopsitta desmarestii

467/3991    Edwards’s Fig Parrot    Cyclopsitta edwardsii

467/3992    Salvadori’s Fig Parrot    Cyclopsitta salvadorii

467/3946    Striated Lorikeet    Charmosyna multistriata

467/394Y    Duchess Lorikeet    Vini margarethae

467/395Y    Little Lorikeet    Psitteuteles pusillus

467/3960    Purple-crowned Lorikeet    Psitteuteles porphyrocephalus

467/396F    Dusky Lory    Chalcopsitta fuscata

467/396Y    Cardinal Lory    Chalcopsitta cardinalis

467/398F    Musk Lorikeet    Trichoglossus concinnus

467/3987    Mindanao Lorikeet    Trichoglossus johnstoniae

467/3971    Iris Lorikeet    Trichoglossus iris

467/3979    Ornate Lorikeet    Trichoglossus ornatus

467/398E    Yellow-cheeked Lorikeet    Trichoglossus meyeri

467/3986    Sula Lorikeet    Trichoglossus flavoviridis

467/3976    Blue-streaked Lory    Trichoglossus reticulatus

467/3978    Blue-eared Lory    Trichoglossus semilarvatus

467/3975    Red Lory    Trichoglossus borneus

467/3977    Black-winged Lory    Trichoglossus cyanogenius

467/3973    Red-and-blue Lory    Trichoglossus histrio

467/3974    Violet-necked Lory    Trichoglossus squamatus