On this page you can view how changes to the IOC bird list have impacted on the contents of this ATWB eBook since its first annual edition.

2024 edition -> 2025 edition     IOC bird list v 13.2 -> IOC bird list v 14.2

The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

315/2149    Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo    Chalcites basalis

315/214F    Black-eared Cuckoo    Chalcites osculans

315/2150    Shining Bronze Cuckoo    Chalcites lucidus

315/2152    Little Bronze Cuckoo    Chalcites minutillus

315/2153    Pallid Cuckoo    Heteroscenes pallidus

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315/215F    Brush Cuckoo

has a new English name:

315/215F    Sahul Brush Cuckoo    Cacomantis variolosus

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Family: Turnicidae – Buttonquail has been resequenced.

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Family: Burhinidae – Stone-curlews, Thick-knees has been resequenced.

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Family: Charadriidae – Plovers has been resequenced.

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249/1465    Hooded Dotterel

has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new English name:

249/1465    Hooded Plover    Charadrius cucullatus

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

249/1467    Black-fronted Dotterel    Charadrius melanops

249/1461    Oriental Plover    Anarhynchus veredus

249/145F    Siberian Sand Plover    Anarhynchus mongolus

249/145Y    Greater Sand Plover    Anarhynchus leschenaultii

249/1459    Double-banded Plover    Anarhynchus bicinctus

249/1453    Red-capped Plover    Anarhynchus ruficapillus

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Family: Scolopacidae – Sandpipers, Snipes has been partially resequenced.

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

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Family: Stercorariidae – Skuas has been resequenced.

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Family: Diomedeidae – Albatrosses has been resequenced.

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083/0544    Wandering Albatross

has a new English name:

083/0544    Snowy Albatross    Diomedea exulans

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091/057Y    Cape Petrel

has a new English name:

091/057Y    Pintado Petrel    Daption capense

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Family: Fregatidae – Frigatebirds has been resequenced.

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Family: Sulidae – Gannets, Boobies has been resequenced.

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Family: Ardeidae – Herons, Bitterns has been resequenced.

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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:

120/076F    Black Bittern    Botaurus flavicollis

120/0765    Black-backed Bittern    Botaurus dubius

120/0784    Eastern Cattle Egret    Ardea coromanda

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120/0796    Intermediate Egret

has been split into three species. The species that is regularly present in Australia is:

120/079K    Plumed Egret    Ardea plumifera

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

167/1010    Grey Goshawk    Tachyspiza novaehollandiae

167/1012    Brown Goshawk    Tachyspiza fasciata

167/1026    Collared Sparrowhawk    Tachyspiza cirrocephala

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Family: Cacatuidae – Cockatoos has been resequenced.

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543/527K    Sandhill Grasswren    Amytornis oweni    (wc, c, sc Australia)

has been split from:

543/527P    Rufous Grasswren

which has a new English name:

543/527P    Pilbara Grasswren    Amytornis whitei

(Pilbara, Cape ranges: northern wc Australia)

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Family: Acanthizidae – Australasian Warblers has been resequenced.

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636/5760    Common Cicadabird

has a new English name:

636/5760    Sahul Cicadabird    Edolisoma tenuirostre

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Genus Rhipidura within Family: Rhipiduridae – Fantails has been resequenced.

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676/6079    Rufous Fantail

has a new English name:

676/6079    Australian Rufous Fantail    Rhipidura rufifrons

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Family: Petroicidae – Australasian Robins has been resequenced.

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768/6790    Red-rumped Swallow

has a new English name:

768/6790    Eastern Red-rumped Swallow    Cecropis daurica

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925/8551    Olive-backed Sunbird

has been split into eight species. The species that is regularly present in Australia is:

925/85F2    Sahul Sunbird    Cinnyris frenatus

(n Australasia, ne Australia)

 

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2023 edition -> 2024 edition     IOC bird list v 12.2 -> IOC bird list v 13.2

249/145Y    Greater Sand Plover    Charadrius leschenaultii

has been resequenced.

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249/145F    Lesser Sand Plover

has a new English name:

249/145F    Siberian Sand Plover    Charadrius mongolus

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

167/105F    White-bellied Sea Eagle    Icthyophaga leucogaster

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458/3703    Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo

has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new English name:

458/3703    Pink Cockatoo    Cacatua leadbeateri

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467/3889    Eclectus Parrot

has been split into four species. The species that is regularly present in Australia is:

467/38F2    Papuan Eclectus    Eclectus polychloros

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467/3934    Western Ground Parrot

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

467/3933    Eastern Ground Parrot

which has a new English name:

467/3933    Ground Parrot    Pezoporus wallicus

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Family: Falcunculidae – Shriketits has a modified English name.

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654/582F    Northern Shriketit    Falcunculus whitei    (nc Australia)

and

654/582Y    Western Shriketit    Falcunculus leucogaster    (sw Australia)

have been split from:

654/5830    Crested Shriketit

which has a new English name:

654/5830    Eastern Shriketit    Falcunculus frontatus    (e Australia)

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760/6548    Horsfield’s Bush Lark

has a new English name:

760/6548    Singing Bush Lark    Mirafra javanica

 

2022 edition -> 2023 edition     IOC bird list v 11.2 -> IOC bird list v 12.2

042/0143    Raja Shelduck

has a new English name:

042/0143    Radjah Shelduck    Radjah radjah

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162/0903    Eastern Osprey    Pandion cristatus

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

162/0902    Western Osprey

which has a new English name:

162/0902    Osprey    Pandion haliaetus

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323/235T    Tasmanian Boobook    Ninox leucopsis    (Tasmania)

has been split from:

323/235F    Morepork    Ninox novaeseelandiae

(New Zealand, Norfolk Island)

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548/5290    Black Honeyeater

has had its species epithet amended. Its scientific name is now:

Sugomel nigrum

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Family: Oriolidae – Figbirds, Old World Orioles, Piopios has a new English name.

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Family: Sturnidae – Starlings, Rhabdornises has a modified English name.

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937/8822    Zebra Finch

has been split into two species. The species regularly present in Australia is:

937/882E    Australian Zebra Finch    Taeniopygia castanotis    (Australia)