Country Guide AUSTRALIA Updates
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.
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)