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.

 

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

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The following family has been moved from elsewhere in the IOC bird list to Part 9 of the AviList:

Family: Pycnonotidae – Bulbuls from Part 8

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The following families have been moved from Part 9 of the IOC bird list to elsewhere in the AviList:

Family: Macrosphenidae – Longbills, Crombecs, and Allies to Part 8

Family: Cisticolidae – Cisticolas and Allies to Part 8

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Family: Acrocephalidae – Reed Warblers and Allies has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Acrocephalidae – Reed Warblers and Allies have been resequenced.

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804/6962    Anjouan Brush Warbler

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

804/6960    Malagasy Brush Warbler    Nesillas typica

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Family: Donacobiidae – Donacobius has a new English name.

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Family: Bernieridae – Malagasy Warblers and Tetrakas has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Bernieridae – Malagasy Warblers and Tetrakas have been resequenced.

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Family: Locustellidae – Grasshopper Warblers, Grassbirds, and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Locustellidae – Grasshopper Warblers, Grassbirds, and Allies has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows has a new English name.

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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows has been partially resequenced.

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768/6731    White-eyed River Martin    Pseudochelidon sirintarae

(breeds Myanmar?, s China?, n/c Thailand?, Laos?; non-breeding c Thailand)

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

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Family: Aegithalidae – Tit-warblers, Bushtits, and Long-tailed Tit has a new English name.

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The two Tit-warbler species in genus Leptopoecile within Family: Aegithalidae – Tit-warblers, Bushtits, and Long-tailed Tit have been resequenced.

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796/6879    Black-browed Bushtit

and

796/687F    Burmese Bushtit

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

796/6878    Rufous-fronted Bushtit

which has a new English name:

796/6878    Black-browed Bushtit    Aegithalos iouschistos

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Family: Erythrocercidae – Yellow Flycatchers has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Cettiidae – Bush Warblers and Allies has a new English name.

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Monotypic Family: Scotocercidae – Streaked Scrub Warbler has been embedded within Family: Cettiidae – Bush Warblers and Allies.

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The species in Family: Cettiidae – Bush Warblers and Allies have been resequenced.

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Family: Phylloscopidae – Leaf Warblers has been partially resequenced.

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800/694P    Flores Leaf Warbler

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

800/6941    Timor Leaf Warbler    Phylloscopus presbytes

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The species in Family: Pycnonotidae – Bulbuls have been resequenced.

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764/6642    Kakamega Greenbul

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

764/6641    Shelley’s Greenbul    Arizelocichla masukuensis

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764/6680    Sharpe’s Greenbul

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

764/667Y    Yellow-streaked Greenbul    Phyllastrephus flavostriatus

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764/6675    Placid Greenbul

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

764/6674    Cabanis’s Greenbul    Phyllastrephus cabanisi

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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:

764/6628    Puff-backed Bulbul    Microtarsus eutilotus

764/662F    Yellow-wattled Bulbul    Microtarsus urostictus

764/6607    Grey-headed Bulbul    Microtarsus priocephalus

764/6608    Black-headed Bulbul    Microtarsus melanocephalos

764/6609    Andaman Bulbul    Microtarsus fuscoflavescens

764/6629    Blue-wattled Bulbul    Microtarsus nieuwenhuisii

764/663Y    Spectacled Bulbul    Rubigula erythropthalmos

764/6614    Grey-bellied Bulbul    Rubigula cyaniventris

764/6613    Scaly-breasted Bulbul    Rubigula squamata

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764/6626    Dodson’s Bulbul

764/6625    Somali Bulbul

and

764/6627    Dark-capped Bulbul

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

764/6624    Common Bulbul    Pycnonotus barbatus

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Family: Sylviidae – Sylviid Warblers and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Sylviidae – Sylviid Warblers and Allies has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Paradoxornithidae – Parrotbills and Allies has a modified English name.

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Family: Paradoxornithidae – Parrotbills and Allies has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Zosteropidae – White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Zosteropidae – White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies has been partially resequenced.

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840/7557    Mees’s White-eye

has a new English name:

840/7557    Javan Heleia    Heleia javanica

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The following species have been assigned a new English name by changing ‘White-eye’ to ‘Heleia’:

840/7554    Grey-hooded Heleia    Heleia pinaiae

840/7560    Pygmy Heleia    Heleia squamifrons

840/7555    Mindanao Heleia    Heleia goodfellowi

840/7559    Crested Heleia    Heleia dohertyi

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840/7556    Streak-headed White-eye

has a new English name:

840/7556    Sulawesi Heleia    Heleia squamiceps

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840/7558    Cream-browed White-eye

has a new English name:

840/7558    Eyebrowed Heleia    Heleia superciliaris

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840/755F    Spot-breasted Heleia

has a new English name:

840/755F    Timor Heleia    Heleia muelleri

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840/757F    Yellow-ringed White-eye

has a new English name:

840/757F    Yellow-spectacled Heleia    Heleia wallacei

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840/76F8    Anjouan White-eye

840/76F7    Aldabra White-eye

and

840/76F9    Moheli White-eye

have been lumped with and are now each represented by a subspecies of:

840/7628    Malagasy White-eye    Zosterops maderaspatanus

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840/758T    Black-fronted White-eye

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

840/758Y    Green-fronted White-eye

which has a new English name:

840/758Y    Black-fronted White-eye    Zosterops minor

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840/759E    Oya Tabu White-eye

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

840/7593    Capped White-eye    Zosterops fuscicapilla

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Family: Timaliidae – Tree Babblers, Scimitar Babblers, and Allies has a new English name.

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824/725E    Grey-hooded Babbler

has a new English name:

824/725E    Bicolored Babbler    Cyanoderma bicolor

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824/7253    Rufous-fronted Babbler    Cyanoderma rufifrons

has been resequenced.

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Family: Pellorneidae – Ground Babblers and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Pellorneidae – Ground Babblers and Allies has been partially resequenced.

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828/731E    Glissando Babbler

and

828/731K    Leaflitter Babbler

have been lumped with and are now each represented by a subspecies of:

828/7310    Mourning Babbler

which has a new English name:

828/7310    Short-tailed Babbler    Pellorneum malaccense

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828/731T    Bornean Swamp Babbler

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

828/7318    Malaysian Swamp Babbler

which has a new English name:

828/7318    White-chested Babbler    Pellorneum rostratum

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Family: Leiothrichidae – Laughingthrushes and Allies has a modified English name.

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Family: Alcippeidae – Alcippe Fulvettas has been embedded within Family: Leiothrichidae – Laughingthrushes and Allies.

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Family: Leiothrichidae – Laughingthrushes and Allies has been partially resequenced.