Country Guide COLOMBIA 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.
2024 edition -> 2025 edition IOC bird list v 13.2 -> IOC bird list v 14.2
355/2706 Racket-tailed Coquette
has a new English name:
355/2706 Racket-tipped Thorntail Discosura longicaudus
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Genus Mustelirallus within Family: Rallidae – Rails, Crakes & Coots has been resequenced.
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
221/1371 Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
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Family: Charadriidae – Plovers has been resequenced.
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
249/1443 Wilson’s Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
249/1456 Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
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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: Sulidae – Gannets, Boobies has been resequenced.
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142/084E Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri (ec Pacific Ocean)
has been split from:
142/0845 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
In v14.2 of the IOC bird list, birds that are regularly present along the Pacific coast of Central America and Colombia are incorrectly shown as being of species 142/0845 Brown Booby. This is the subspecies etesiaca, which should have been ascribed to species 142/084E Cocos Booby. In view of the significance of this error for the distribution of the newly-split species, that error has been acknowledged and corrected in this eBook.
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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:
120/0762 Stripe-backed Bittern Botaurus involucris
120/0763 Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
120/0783 Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
167/1037 Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
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363/294K Northern Black-throated Trogon Trogon tenellus
(Central America, extreme nw Colombia)
and
363/294P Choco Black-throated Trogon Trogon cupreicauda
(w Colombia, nw Ecuador)
have been split from:
363/294Y Black-throated Trogon
which has a new English name:
363/294Y Amazonian Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
(Amazonia)
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483/428P Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
(Middle America, western nw South America)
has been split from:
483/428T Plain Xenops
which has a new English name:
483/428T Amazonian Plain Xenops Xenops genibarbis
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
483/4256 Slaty-winged Foliage-gleaner Neophilydor fuscipenne
483/4257 Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner Neophilydor erythrocercum
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The following two species have been resequenced:
483/4254 Western Woodhaunter Automolus virgatus
483/4253 Eastern Woodhaunter Automolus subulatus
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The following two species have been resequenced:
487/4454 Northern White-fringed Antwren Formicivora intermedia
487/4453 Southern White-fringed Antwren Formicivora grisea
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
511/4706 White-fronted Tyrannulet Acrochordopus zeledoni
511/4712 Black-capped Tyrannulet Tyranniscus nigrocapillus
511/4713 Ashy-headed Tyrannulet Tyranniscus cinereiceps
511/4714 Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet Tyranniscus uropygialis
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Genus Chiroxiphia within family: Pipridae – Manakins has been resequenced.
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523/5182 Northern Royal Flycatcher
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
523/5181 Amazonian Royal Flycatcher
which has a new English name:
523/5181 Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Genus Cyanocorax of Magpie-Jays, Jays in Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays has been resequenced.
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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been resequenced.
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868/7724 House Wren
has been split into seven species. The species that is regularly present in Colombia is:
868/77F0 Southern House Wren Troglodytes musculus
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868/773F Chestnut-breasted Wren
has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in Colombia is:
868/773T Northern Chestnut-breasted Wren Cyphorhinus dichrous
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973/9284 Red-breasted Blackbird
has a new English name:
973/9284 Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
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973/9305 Band-tailed Oropendola
has a new English name:
973/9305 Band-tailed Cacique Cacicus latirostris
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973/9306 Casqued Oropendola
has a new English name:
973/9306 Casqued Cacique Cacicus oseryi
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
993/9880 Red-throated Ant Tanager Driophlox fuscicauda
993/9882 Sooty Ant Tanager Driophlox gutturalis
993/9883 Crested Ant Tanager Driophlox cristata
2023 edition -> 2024 edition IOC bird list v 12.2 -> IOC bird list v 13.2
Genus Anthracothorax of Mangos within Family: Trochilidae – Hummingbirds has been resequenced.
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355/282E Green Inca Coeligena conradii (nw Venezuela, ne Colombia)
has been split from:
355/2820 Collared Inca Coeligena torquata
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355/282P Perija Starfrontlet Coeligena consita (ne Colombia, nw Venezuela)
has been split from:
355/2822 Golden-bellied Starfrontlet Coeligena bonapartei (c Colombia)
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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:
201/128F Paint-billed Crake Mustelirallus erythrops
201/1289 Colombian Crake Mustelirallus colombianus
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Family: Ciconiidae – Storks has been resequenced.
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444/3562 Scaly-breasted Woodpecker
has been lumped with and is now represented by four subspecies of:
444/3561 Waved Woodpecker Celeus undatus
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444/357E Splendid Woodpecker Campephilus splendens
(n, e Panama, w Colombia, w Ecuador)
has been split from:
444/3578 Crimson-bellied Woodpecker Campephilus haematogaster
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463/3789 Southern Mealy Amazon
has a new English name:
463/3789 Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
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483/4299 Long-tailed Woodcreeper
has been split into three species. The species that are regularly present in Colombia are:
483/429T Little Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura typica
(Costa Rica, Panama, nw, nc Colombia)
483/429P Southern Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura pallida
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483/431F Tschudi’s Woodcreeper
has been lumped with and is now represented by three subspecies of:
483/4319 Ocellated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus ocellatus
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Nine subspecies and one newly described subspecies of:
483/428Y Plain Xenops Xenops minutus
have been split to form a species that has been allocated the same English name:
483/428T Plain Xenops Xenops genibarbis
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483/4271 Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner
has a new English name:
483/4271 Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus
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495/458E Boyaca Antpitta Grallaria alticola (c Colombia)
has been split from:
495/457Y Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
483/4204 Speckled Spinetail Thripophaga gutturata
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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:
495/4589 White-lored Antpitta Myrmothera fulviventris
495/4588 Thicket Antpitta Myrmothera dives
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511/4717 Grey Elaenia
has been split into three species. The species that are regularly present in Colombia are:
511/471E Choco Elaenia Myiopagis parambae
(nw Ecuador, sw, wc Colombia, e, c Panama)
and
511/471T Amazonian Elaenia Myiopagis cinerea (Amazonia)
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511/4760 Mouse-colored Tyrannulet
has been ascribed to a different genus and split into two species:
511/476E Northern Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus incomtus
511/4760 Southern Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus
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Four subspecies of:
511/4810 Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus
have been split to form a species that has been allocated the same English name:
511/481E Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes galbinus
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511/482P Mouse-grey Flycatcher Myiophobus crypterythrus
(nc, nw Peru, w Ecuador, sw Colombia)
has been split from:
511/4829 Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
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Genus Rhynchocyclus within Family: Tyrannidae – Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura has been resequenced.
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511/4880 Olivaceous Flatbill
has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in Colombia is:
511/488E Western Olivaceous Flatbill Rhynchocyclus aequinoctialis
(Panama, nw South America, sw Amazonia)
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The following two species have been resequenced and:
511/4886 Yellow-margined Flatbill
has a new English name:
511/4886 Yellow-winged Flatbill Tolmomyias flavotectus
511/4885 Zimmer’s Flatbill
has a new English name:
511/4885 Yellow-margined Flatbill Tolmomyias assimilis
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511/4914 Tropical Pewee
has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in Colombia is:
511/491E Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
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Birds present in the mountains of central, northern nw South America that were previously considered to be of the species:
511/5009 Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus
have been ascribed to:
511/5008 Golden-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes hemichrysus
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519/515T Choco Manakin Cryptopipo litae
(e Panama, w Colombia, w Ecuador)
has been split from:
519/515Y Green Manakin Cryptopipo holochlora
(lower e Andean slope of nw South America)
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523/521E Cryptic Becard Pachyramphus salvini
(central nw South America)
has been split from:
523/5211 Black-and-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus
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The following six species of Bush Tanager within genus Chlorospingus in Family: Passerellidae – New World Sparrows have new English names:
983/9529 Yellow-throated Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavigularis
983/9528 Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus Chlorospingus parvirostris
983/952Y Ashy-throated Chlorospingus Chlorospingus canigularis
983/9523 Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus
983/9524 Tacarcuna Chlorospingus Chlorospingus tacarcunae
983/9526 Dusky Chlorospingus Chlorospingus semifuscus
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973/9303 Northern Mountain Cacique
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
973/9304 Southern Mountain Cacique
which has a new English name:
973/9304 Mountain Cacique Cacicus chrysonotus
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993/9885 Olive Tanager
has a new English name:
993/9885 Yellow-lored Tanager Chlorothraupis frenata
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985/962E Carriker’s Mountain Tanager Dubusia carrikeri
(Santa Marta Mountains: ne Colombia)
has been split from:
985/9622 Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager Dubusia taeniata
2022 edition -> 2023 edition IOC bird list v 11.2 -> IOC bird list v 12.2
The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
335/2425 Rufous Potoo Phyllaemulor bracteatus
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351/2603 Neotropical Palm Swift
has a new English name:
351/2603 Fork-tailed Palm Swift Tachornis squamata
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The two genera Oxypogon and Chalcostigma within Family: Trochilidae – Hummingbirds have been resequenced.
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274/1518 South American Snipe
has a new English name:
274/1518 Pantanal Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae
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162/0902 Western Osprey
has a new English name:
162/0902 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
167/099F Tiny Hawk Microspizias superciliosus
167/099Y Semicollared Hawk Microspizias collaris
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Genus Epinecrophylla of Stipplethroats in Family: Thamnophilidae – Antbirds has been resequenced.
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
487/4522 White-shouldered Antbird Akletos melanoceps
487/4525 Sooty Antbird Hafferia fortis
487/4526 Blue-lored Antbird Hafferia immaculata
487/4527 Zeledon’s Antbird Hafferia zeledoni
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511/4774 Tawny-crowned Pygmy Tyrant
has been split into two species. The species regularly present in Colombia is:
511/4774 Fulvous-crowned Scrub Tyrant Euscarthmus meloryphus
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511/5039 Panamanian Flycatcher
has a new English name:
511/5039 Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis
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519/514P Velvety Manakin Lepidothrix velutina
(nw Ecuador to c Costa Rica)
has been split from:
519/5144 Blue-crowned Manakin
which has a new English name:
519/5144 Blue-capped Manakin Lepidothrix coronata (w, c Amazonia)
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953/8968 Yellowish Pipit
has a new species epithet. Its scientific name is now:
Anthus chii
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Family: Icteridae – Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds has a modified English name.
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985/990T Olivaceous Saltator
has a new English name:
985/990T Olive-grey Saltator Saltator olivascens
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985/990F Blue-grey Saltator
has a new English name:
985/990F Bluish-grey Saltator Saltator coerulescens
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985/9790 Caqueta Seedeater Sporophila murallae
(nw, locally sw Amazonia)
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
985/978Y Wing-barred Seedeater Sporophila americana
2021 edition -> 2022 edition IOC bird list v 10.2 -> IOC bird list v 11.2
Order Anseriformes has been resequenced to precede Order Galliformes.
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Order Caprimulgiformes has been split into four orders, each comprised of a single family. The revised sequence of the three orders/families that are regularly present in Colombia is as follows:
CAPRIMULGIFORMES/Caprimulgidae – Nightjars
STEATORNITHIFORMES/Steatornithidae – Oilbird
NYCTIBIIFORMES/Nyctibiidae – Potoos
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Genus Chaetura of New World swifts in Family: Apodidae – Swifts has been revised and resequenced.
351/2598 Mato Grosso Swift Chaetura viridipennis (w, s Amazonia)
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
351/2597 Chapman’s Swift Chaetura chapmani
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Genus Anthracothorax of Mangos within Family: Trochilidae – Hummingbirds has been resequenced.
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
355/2893 Purple-throated Woodstar Philodice mitchellii
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The species within genus Oceanodroma of Family: Hydrobatidae – Northern Storm Petrels have been resequenced and ascribed to existing genus Hydrobates.
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
146/085F Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
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Family: Strigidae – Owls has been revised and resequenced.
The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
323/2383 Striped Owl Asio clamator
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450/3636 Northern Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
450/3637 Southern Crested Caracara
which has a new English name:
450/3637 Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
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463/3798 Large-billed Parrotlet
has a new English name:
463/3798 Riparian Parrotlet Forpus crassirostris
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Genus Ara of Macaws within Family: Psittacidae – African & New World Parrots has been resequenced.
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487/444T Rusty-winged Antwren Herpsilochmus frater
has been split from:
487/444Y Rufous-winged Antwren
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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:
487/4522 White-shouldered Antbird Percnostola melanoceps
487/4525 Sooty Antbird Percnostola fortis
487/4526 Blue-lored Antbird Percnostola immaculata
487/4527 Zeledon’s Antbird Percnostola zeledoni
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Family: Grallariidae – Antpittas has been revised and partially resequenced.
495/4579 Rufous Antpitta
has been split into eight species. The species that are regularly present in Colombia are:
495/457E Sierra Nevada Antpitta Grallaria spatiator
(Santa Marta Mountains)
495/457K Perija Antpitta Grallaria saltuensis (Perijá Mountains)
495/4579 Muisca Antpitta Grallaria rufula
(e Andean slope of c Colombia, nw Venezuela)
495/457T Equatorial Antpitta Grallaria saturata
(wc, sw Colombia, c Ecuador, nw Peru)
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The following newly described species comprises a population that was formerly considered to be a representative of the species 495/4579 Rufous Antpitta:
495/45F0 Chami Antpitta Grallaria alvarezi
(w Andes of wc, sw Colombia)
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Genus Scytalopus within Family: Rhinocryptidae – Tapaculos has been revised and resequenced.
503/464Y Northern White-crowned Tapaculo
has a new English name:
503/464Y White-crowned Tapaculo Scytalopus atratus
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The Ground Tyrants, Black Tyrants, Monjitas, Shrike-Tyrants, Bush Tyrants and close relatives genera within Family: Tyrannidae – Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura have been revised and resequenced.
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Genus Lipaugus of Pihas within Family: Cotingidae – Cotingas has been resequenced.
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Family: Vireonidae – Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
664/5953 Tawny-crowned Greenlet Tunchiornis ochraceiceps
664/5954 Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
664/594Y Dusky-capped Greenlet Pachysylvia hypoxantha
664/594F Golden-fronted Greenlet Pachysylvia aurantiifrons
664/5949 Rufous-naped Greenlet Pachysylvia semibrunnea
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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
768/6766 White-thighed Swallow Atticora tibialis
768/675Y Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
768/6765 Black-collared Swallow Pygochelidon melanoleuca
768/6761 Pale-footed Swallow Orochelidon flavipes
768/6760 Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina
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Family: Polioptilidae – Gnatcatchers has been revised and resequenced.
872/775T White-browed Gnatcatcher Polioptila bilineata
(Middle America, w coast of nw South America)
has been split from:
872/7759 Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
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Family: Turdidae – Thrushes has been revised and resequenced.
900/802E Sclater’s Nightingale-Thrush
has a new English name:
900/802E Speckled Nightingale-Thrush Catharus maculatus
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Genera Chlorophonia and Euphonia of Family: Fringillidae – Finches, Euphonias have been revised and resequenced.
The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
961/9140 Golden-rumped Euphonia Chlorophonia cyanocephala
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965/923T Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
has been split from:
965/9238 Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons
(Mexico, c Guatemala, c Belize)
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985/990F Greyish Saltator
has been split into three species. The two species regularly present in Colombia are:
985/990T Olivaceous Saltator Saltator olivascens
(northern nw, nc South America)
985/990F Blue-grey Saltator Saltator coerulescens
(Amazonia, c South America)
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