Country Guide AviList PERU Updates
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 a part of the IOC bird list to a different part of the AviList:
Family: Phoenicopteridae – Flamingos (Part 2 to Part 1)
Family: Podicipedidae – Grebes (Part 2 to Part 1)
Family: Cuculidae – Cuckoos (Part 2 to Part 1)
Family: Opisthocomidae – Hoatzin (Part 3 to Part 2)
9 families within Order CHARADRIIFORMES (Part 3 to Part 2)
Family: Caprimulgidae – Nightjars and Nighthawks (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Steatornithidae – Oilbird (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Nyctibiidae – Potoos (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Apodidae – Swifts (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Trochilidae – Hummingbirds (Part 1 to Part 3)
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The species in Family: Tinamidae – Tinamous have been resequenced.
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Family: Anatidae – Ducks, Swans, and Geese has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Anatidae – Ducks, Swans, and Geese have been resequenced.
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042/0231 Andean Duck
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
042/0230 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
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Family: Cracidae – Guans, Curassows, and Chachalacas has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Cracidae – Guans, Curassows, and Chachalacas have been resequenced.
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The species in Family: Phoenicopteridae – Flamingos have been resequenced.
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Family: Podicipedidae – Grebes has been partially resequenced.
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315/2124 Squirrel Cuckoo
has a new English name:
315/2124 Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
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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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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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The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
201/121F Chestnut-headed Crake Anurolimnas castaneiceps
201/1211 Ocellated Crake Rufirallus schomburgkii
201/1220 Black-banded Crake Rufirallus fasciatus
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Family: Burhinidae – Thick-knees and Stone-curlews has a new English name.
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Family: Recurvirostridae – Stilts and Avocets has a modified 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: 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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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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Family: Stercorariidae – Jaegers and Skuas has a new English name.
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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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286/1652 Cabot’s Tern
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
286/1651 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
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The species in Family: Diomedeidae – Albatrosses have been resequenced.
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Family: Oceanitidae – Southern Storm Petrels has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Hydrobatidae – Northern Storm Petrels have been resequenced.
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Family: Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels have been resequenced.
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Family: Sulidae – Boobies and Gannets has a new English name.
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Family: Sulidae – Boobies and Gannets has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Anhingidae – Anhinga and Darters has a modified English name.
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Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants and Shags has a modified English name.
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Family: Threskiornithidae – Ibises and Spoonbills has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Threskiornithidae – Ibises and Spoonbills have been resequenced.
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The species in Family: Pelecanidae – Pelicans have been resequenced.
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Family: Ardeidae – Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns has a new English name.
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Family: Ardeidae – Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Caprimulgidae – Nightjars and Nighthawks has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Caprimulgidae – Nightjars and Nighthawks have been resequenced.
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
339/2454 Tschudi’s Nightjar Quechuavis decussata
339/2458 Spot-tailed Nightjar Antiurus maculicaudus
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The species in Family: Apodidae – Swifts have been resequenced.
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Family: Trochilidae – Hummingbirds has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Tytonidae – Bay Owls and Barn Owls has a new English name.
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Family: Strigidae – Owls has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Cathartidae – New World Vultures has been moved from Order Accipitriformes to new order Cathartiformes.
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Family: Pandionidae – Osprey has a modified English name.
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Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks have been resequenced.
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167/1033 Plain-breasted Hawk
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
167/1031 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
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Family: Momotidae – Motmots has been partially resequenced.
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The species in Family: Alcedinidae – Kingfishers have been resequenced.
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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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The species in Family: Capitonidae – New World Barbets have been resequenced.
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The species in Family: Ramphastidae – Toucans have been resequenced.
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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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427/3308 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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The species in Family: Picidae – Woodpeckers have been resequenced.
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444/3561 Waved Woodpecker
has a new English name:
444/3561 Variable Woodpecker Celeus undatus
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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
450/3633 Mountain Caracara Daptrius megalopterus
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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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Within Order PASSERIFORMES there has been a resequencing of some families.
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The following families have been moved from a part of the IOC bird list to a different part of the AviList:
Family: Pipridae – Manakins (Part 7 to Part 6)
Family: Cotingidae – Cotingas (Part 7 to Part 6)
Family: Tityridae – Tityras, Becards, and Allies (Part 7 to Part 6)
Family: Vireonidae – Shrike-babblers, Erpornis, and Vireos (Part 8 to Part 7)
Family: Cinclidae – Dippers (Part 11 to Part 10)
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Family: Pipridae – Manakins has been partially resequenced.
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The species in Family: Cotingidae – Cotingas have been resequenced.
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Family: Tityridae – Tityras, Becards, and Allies has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Tityridae – Tityras, Becards, and Allies have been resequenced.
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523/5205 Yellow-cheeked Becard
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
523/5204 Green-backed Becard Pachyramphus viridis
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521/5180 Sharpbill Oxyruncus cristatus
has been moved from:
Family: Tityridae – Tityras, Becards, and Allies (identifier number ‘523’)
to new monotypic family:
Family: Oxyruncidae – Sharpbill (identifier number ‘521’)
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The species in genera Onychorhynchus, Terenotriccus and Myiobius
have been moved from:
Family: Tityridae – Tityras, Becards, and Allies (identifier number ‘523’)
to new family:
Family: Onychorhynchidae – Royal Flycatchers and Allies (identifier number ‘522’)
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Family: Tyrannidae – Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Tyrannidae – Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies have been resequenced.
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511/481E Olive-striped Flycatcher
has been lumped with and is now represented by four subspecies of:
511/4810 Olive-streaked Flycatcher
which has a new English name:
511/4810 Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus
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511/478F Loja Tyrannulet
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
511/478Y Peruvian Tyrannulet Zimmerius viridiflavus
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511/4726 Chilean Elaenia
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
511/4725 White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
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511/4760 Southern Mouse-colored Tyrannulet
has a new English name:
511/4760 Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus
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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:
511/5014 Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus
511/4982 Tumbes Tyrant Ochthoeca salvini
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511/4933 Vermilion Flycatcher
has been lumped with and is now represented by nine subspecies of:
511/493P Scarlet Flycatcher
which has a new English name:
511/493P Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
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The species in Family: Conopophagidae – Gnateaters have been resequenced.
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Family Thamnophilidae – Antbirds, Antshrikes, Antwrens, and Antvireos has a new English name.
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The species in Family Thamnophilidae – Antbirds, Antshrikes, Antwrens, and Antvireos have been resequenced.
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487/436E Maranon Antshrike Thamnophilus shumbae (nc Peru)
has been split from:
487/4362 Collared Antshrike Thamnophilus bernardi
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The species in Family: Grallariidae – Antpittas have been resequenced.
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The genera in Family: Rhinocryptidae – Tapaculos have been resequenced.
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The species in Family: Formicariidae – Antthrushes have been resequenced.
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Family Furnariidae – Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers has a new English name.
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Family Furnariidae – Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers has been partially resequenced.
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483/429P Southern Long-tailed Woodcreeper
has a new English name:
483/429P Mournful Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura pallida
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Family: Vireonidae – Shrike-babblers, Erpornis, and Vireos has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Vireonidae – Shrike-babblers, Erpornis, and Vireos have been resequenced.
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664/5953 Tawny-crowned Greenlet
has been split into four species. The species that is regularly present in Peru is:
664/595E Rufous-fronted Greenlet Tunchiornis ferrugineifrons
(w Amazonia)
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Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays, and Magpies has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays, and Magpies have been resequenced.
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684/6206 Inca Jay
has a new English name:
684/6206 Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
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Family: Donacobiidae – Donacobius has a new English name.
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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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Family: Polioptilidae – Gnatwrens and Gnatcatchers has a new English name.
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Family: Polioptilidae – Gnatwrens and Gnatcatchers has been partially resequenced.
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The species in Family: Troglodytidae – Wrens have been resequenced.
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Family: Mimidae – Mockingbirds and Thrashers has a modified English name.
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Family: Turdidae – Thrushes and Allies has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Turdidae – Thrushes and Allies have been resequenced.
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Family: Motacillidae – Wagtails and Pipits has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Motacillidae – Wagtails and Pipits have been resequenced.
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Family: Fringillidae – Finches, Euphonias, and Allies has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Fringillidae – Finches, Euphonias, and Allies have been resequenced.
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Family: Passerellidae – New World Sparrows has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Icteridae – New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Icteridae – New World Blackbirds, Troupials, and Allies have been resequenced.
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973/9302 Subtropical Cacique
has a new English name:
973/9302 Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
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Family: Parulidae – New World Warblers has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Cardinalidae – Cardinals and Allies has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Cardinalidae – Cardinals and Allies have been resequenced.
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993/9871 Tooth-billed Tanager
has been lumped with and is now represented by six subspecies of:
993/9872 Red Tanager
which has a new English name:
993/9872 Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava
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Family: Thraupidae – Tanagers and Allies has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Thraupidae – Tanagers and Allies have been resequenced.
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985/959F Lemon-rumped Tanager
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
985/9599 Flame-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus flammigerus
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985/976Y Bright-rumped Yellow Finch Sicalis uropygialis
has a modified species epithet.
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985/955Y White-browed Hemispingus
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
985/955F Black-capped Hemispingus
985/955F Kleinothraupis atropileus
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985/9622 Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager
has a new English name:
985/9622 Buff-banded Mountain Tanager Dubusia taeniata