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

065/0367    Szechenyi’s Monal-Partridge

has a new English name:

065/0367    Buff-throated Monal-Partridge    Tetraophasis szechenyii

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173/1136    Macqueen’s Bustard

has a new English name:

173/1136    Asian Houbara    Chlamydotis macqueenii

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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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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

249/145T    Tibetan Sand Plover    Anarhynchus atrifrons

249/145Y    Greater Sand Plover    Anarhynchus leschenaultii

249/1450    Kentish Plover    Anarhynchus alexandrinus

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

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Family: Glareolidae – Coursers, Pratincoles has been 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: Fregatidae – Frigatebirds 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

120/0768    Cinnamon Bittern    Botaurus cinnamomeus

120/0764    Little Bittern    Botaurus minutus

120/0766    Yellow Bittern    Botaurus sinensis

120/0784    Eastern Cattle Egret    Ardea coromanda

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120/0796    Intermediate Egret

has a new English name:

120/0796    Medium Egret     Ardea intermedia

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

167/1000    Crested Goshawk    Lophospiza trivirgata

167/1006    Shikra    Tachyspiza badia

167/1007    Nicobar Sparrowhawk    Tachyspiza butleri

167/1009    Chinese Sparrowhawk    Tachyspiza soloensis

167/1022    Japanese Sparrowhawk    Tachyspiza gularis

167/1023    Besra    Tachyspiza virgata

167/103Y    Eurasian Goshawk    Astur gentilis

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Genus Athene within Family: Strigidae – Owls has been partially resequenced.

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379/3069    Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher

has  a new English name:

379/3069    Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher    Ceyx erithaca

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Three subspecies of:

431/3363    Blue-eared Barbet

have been split to form a new species with the same English name:

431/336E    Blue-eared Barbet    Psilopogon cyanotis

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479/40Y0    Nicobar Hooded Pitta    Pitta abbotti    (Nicobar Islands)

has been split from:

479/4067    Hooded Pitta

which has a new English name:

479/4067    Western Hooded Pitta    Pitta sordida

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Five subspecies of:

636/5731    Large Cuckooshrike

have been reascribed to:

636/5732    Javan Cuckooshrike

which has been renamed as:

636/5732    Oriental Cuckooshrike    Coracina javensis

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636/5731    Large Cuckooshrike

has a new English name:

636/5731    Indian Cuckooshrike    Coracina macei

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684/6245    Spotted Nutcracker

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

684/624E    Southern Nutcracker    Nucifraga hemispila

(Himalayas, northern se Asia, Taiwan, sc, c, south-west ne China)

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

760/6552    Jerdon’s Bush Lark    Plocealauda affinis

760/6551    Indian Bush Lark    Plocealauda erythroptera

760/654Y    Bengal Bush Lark    Plocealauda assamica

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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:

764/6703    Nicobar Bulbul    Hypsipetes nicobariensis

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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been resequenced.

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Six subspecies of:

768/6771    Pacific Swallow

have been split to form a species with the same English name:

768/677E    Pacific Swallow    Hirundo javanica

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768/679E    European Red-rumped Swallow    Cecropis rufula

has been split from:

768/6790    Red-rumped Swallow

which has a new English name:

768/6790    Eastern Red-rumped Swallow    Cecropis daurica

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768/6793    Striated Swallow

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

768/6790    Eastern Red-rumped Swallow    Cecropis daurica

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Monotypic genus Megalurus within Family: Locustellidae – Grassbirds & Allies comprising:

808/7047    Striated Grassbird    Megalurus palustris

has been resequenced.

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824/7254    Buff-chested Babbler

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

824/7253    Rufous-fronted Babbler    Cyanoderma rufifrons

which has been resequenced.

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The two species of Spotted Creeper in genus Salpornis have been moved from:

Family:  Certhiidae – Treecreepers  (identifier number ‘884’)

to new family:

Family:  Salpornithidae – Spotted Creepers  (identifier number ‘886’)

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907/8172    Pale-chinned Blue Flycatcher

has a new English name:

907/8172    Pale-chinned Flycatcher    Cyornis poliogenys

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925/8551    Olive-backed Sunbird

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

925/85F0    Ornate Sunbird    Cinnyris ornatus

(se Asia, Lesser Sundas)

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953/8955    Buff-bellied Pipit

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

953/895E    Siberian Pipit    Anthus japonicus

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961/910K    Grey-crowned Goldfinch    Carduelis caniceps    (w, c Asia)

has been split from:

961/9103    European Goldfinch    Carduelis carduelis

 

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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 been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in India is:

249/145T    Tibetan Sand Plover    Charadrius atrifrons

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Family: Ciconiidae – Storks has been resequenced.

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111/0708    Woolly-necked Stork

has a new English name:

111/0708    Asian Woolly-necked Stork    Ciconia episcopus

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Genera Nisaetus and Aquila of Hawk-Eagles, Eagles within Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Hawks, Eagles have been resequenced.

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167/103Y    Northern Goshawk

has a new English name:

167/103Y    Eurasian Goshawk    Accipiter gentilis

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

167/105F    White-bellied Sea Eagle    Icthyophaga leucogaster

167/1066    Lesser Fish Eagle    Icthyophaga humilis

167/1067    Grey-headed Fish Eagle    Icthyophaga ichthyaetus

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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:

323/2286    Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl    Ketupa nipalensis

323/228F    Dusky Eagle-Owl    Ketupa coromanda

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444/3515    Crimson-breasted Woodpecker

has a new English name:

444/3515    Crimson-naped Woodpecker    Dryobates cathpharius

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475/403E    Grey-lored Broadbill    Serilophus rubropygius

(ne Indian Subcontinent, w, n Myanmar)

has been split from:

475/4038    Silver-breasted Broadbill    Serilophus lunatus

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664/5958    Himalayan Shrike-babbler

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

664/5959    Blyth’s Shrike-babbler

which has a new English name:

664/5959    White-browed Shrike-babbler    Pteruthius aeralatus

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Family: Laniidae – Shrikes has been resequenced and repositioned to immediately precede Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays.

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760/6549    Singing Bush Lark

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

760/6548    Horsfield’s Bush Lark

which has been renamed as:

760/6548    Singing Bush Lark    Mirafra javanica

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768/6785    Common House Martin

has a new English name:

768/6785    Western House Martin    Delichon urbicum

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820/712K    Rufous-crowned Prinia    Prinia khasiana    (ne India, w Myanmar)

has been split from:

820/7129    Black-throated Prinia    Prinia atrogularis    (e Nepal, e Himalayas)

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836/746F    Desert Whitethroat

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

836/7469    Lesser Whitethroat    Curruca curruca

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836/746Y    Hume’s Whitethroat

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

836/7469    Lesser Whitethroat    Curruca curruca

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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:

838/7501    Great Parrotbill    Paradoxornis aemodius

838/7503    Brown Parrotbill    Paradoxornis unicolor

838/7515    Grey-headed Parrotbill    Paradoxornis gularis

838/7513    White-breasted Parrotbill    Paradoxornis ruficeps

838/7514    Rufous-headed Parrotbill    Paradoxornis bakeri

838/7512    Pale-billed Parrotbill    Suthora atrosuperciliaris

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824/723E    Brown-crowned Scimitar Babbler    Pomatorhinus phayrei

has been split from:

824/7231    Coral-billed Scimitar Babbler

which has a new English name:

824/7231    Black-crowned Scimitar Babbler    Pomatorhinus ferruginosus

(e Nepal, e Himalayas)

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Family: Muscicapidae – Chats, Old World Flycatchers has been resequenced.

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961/8984    Common Chaffinch

has a new English name:

961/8984    Eurasian Chaffinch    Fringilla coelebs

 

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162/0902    Western Osprey

has a new English name:

162/0902    Osprey    Pandion haliaetus

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323/235Y    Brown Hawk-Owl

has a new English name:

323/235Y    Brown Boobook    Ninox scutulata

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323/2362    Hume’s Hawk-Owl

has a new English name:

323/2362    Hume’s Boobook    Ninox obscura

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323/2363    Andaman Hawk-Owl

has a new English name:

323/2363    Andaman Boobook    Ninox affinis

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444/360T    Malabar Flameback    Chrysocolaptes socialis

(coastal w peninsular India)

has been split from:

444/3608    Greater Flameback    Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus

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

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744/643F    Grey Crested Tit

has a new English name:

744/643F    Grey-crested Tit    Lophophanes dichrous

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

780/6856    Pale-footed Bush Warbler    Hemitesia pallidipes

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Family: Aegithalidae – Bushtits has been resequenced.

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Family: Phylloscopidae – Leaf Warblers has a modified English name.

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

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900/805F    Kessler’s Thrush

has a new English name:

900/805F    White-backed Thrush    Turdus kessleri

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

907/8186    White-tailed Flycatcher    Leucoptilon concretum

 

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Order Anseriformes has been resequenced to precede Order Galliformes.

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Family: Phasianidae – Pheasants & Allies has been revised and resequenced.

The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

065/0381    Grey Francolin    Ortygornis pondicerianus

065/0382    Swamp Francolin    Ortygornis gularis

065/0423    King Quail    Synoicus chinensis

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Order Caprimulgiformes has been split into four orders, each comprised of a single family. The revised sequence of the two orders/families that are regularly present in India is as follows:

CAPRIMULGIFORMES/Caprimulgidae – Nightjars

PODARGIFORMES/Podargidae – Frogmouths

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303/199E    Malabar Imperial Pigeon    Ducula cuprea    (sw India)

has been split from:

303/1997    Mountain Imperial Pigeon    Ducula badia

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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:

087/0566    Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel    Hydrobates monorhis

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167/110F    Himalayan Buzzard    Buteo refectus

has a new species epithet.

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Family: Strigidae – Owls has been revised and resequenced.

The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

323/2321    Collared Owlet    Taenioptynx brodiei

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391/3130    Green Bee-eater

has a new English name:

391/3130    Asian Green Bee-eater    Merops orientalis

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Family: Vireonidae – Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers has been revised and resequenced.

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684/6246    Large-spotted Nutcracker

has a new English name:

684/6246    Kashmir Nutcracker    Nucifraga multipunctata

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760/658Y    Lesser Short-toed Lark    Alaudala rufescens

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

760/658T    Turkestan Short-toed Lark    Alaudala heinei

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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been revised and resequenced.

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800/6906    Alpine Leaf warbler    Phylloscopus occisinensis

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

800/6905    Tickell’s Leaf Warbler    Phylloscopus affinis

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820/713E    Delicate Prinia    Prinia lepida

(n Oman, UAE, s Turkey to Kuwait to n Indian Subcontinent)

has been split from:

820/7133    Graceful Prinia    Prinia gracilis

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The following family has a modified English name:

Family: Paradoxornithidae – Parrotbills & Allies

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824/7234    Rusty-throated Wren-Babbler

has a new English name:

824/7234    Mishmi Wren-Babbler    Spelaeornis badeigularis

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892/7906    Pied Myna

has been a new English name:

892/7906    Indian Pied Myna    Gracupica contra

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Family: Turdidae – Thrushes has been revised and resequenced.

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907/8195    Vivid Niltava

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

907/819T    Chinese Vivid Niltava    Niltava oatesi

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Six subspecies of:

917/8404    Blue-winged Leafbird

have been split to form a new species with the same English name:

917/840E    Blue-winged Leafbird    Chloropsis moluccensis

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Family: Passeridae – Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches has been resequenced.

 

This ATWB eBook combines and expands on the contents of three former Interactive Checklists: SOUTH-WEST INDIA, NORTH CENTRAL INDIA and NORTH-EAST INDIA. You can view how earlier changes to the IOC bird list impacted on these three volumes by following the links at the foot of this page. The guide also incorporates the contents of the separate publication: ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS Interactive Checklist.

The remainder of this page details how changes to the IOC bird list impacted on the contents of the first edition of the compendium eBook.

2021 edition     IOC bird list v 9.2 -> IOC bird list v 10.2

303/1794    Red Turtle Dove

has a new English name:

303/1794    Red Collared Dove    Streptopelia tranquebarica

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Family: Rallidae – Rails, Crakes & Coots has been revised and resequenced.

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

201/1239    Slaty-breasted Rail    Lewinia striata

201/1281    Ruddy-breasted Crake    Zapornia fusca

201/1275    Black-tailed Crake    Zapornia bicolor

201/1269    Brown Crake    Zapornia akool

201/1277    Baillon’s Crake    Zapornia pusilla

201/1276    Little Crake    Zapornia parva

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274/1530    Whimbrel

has a new English name:

274/1530    Eurasian Whimbrel    Numenius phaeopus

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Within Order Charadriiformes, single species Family: Dromadidae – Crab-plover has been resequenced to precede Family: Glareolidae – Coursers, Pratincoles:

237/1398    Crab-plover    Dromas ardeola

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Within Order Suliformes, Family: Anhingidae – Anhingas, Darters has been resequenced to precede Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants, Shags

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120/076F    Black Bittern    Ixobrychus flavicollis

has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new scientific name.

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Family: Pittidae – Pittas has been resequenced.

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Genus Oriolus within Family: Oriolidae – Figbirds, Orioles & Turnagra has been resequenced.

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Genus Dicrurus within single genus Family: Dicruridae – Drongos has been revised and resequenced.

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Family: Pycnonotidae – Bulbuls has been revised and resequenced.

764/6608    Black-headed Bulbul

has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new species epithet. Its scientific name is now:

Brachypodius melanocephalos

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

764/6603    Striated Bulbul    Alcurus striatus

764/6607    Grey-headed Bulbul    Brachypodius priocephalus

764/6609    Andaman Bulbul    Brachypodius fuscoflavescens

764/660Y    Black-crested Bulbul    Rubigula flaviventris

764/6611    Flame-throated Bulbul    Rubigula gularis

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820/7127    Striated Prinia

has a new English name:

820/7127    Himalayan Prinia    Prinia crinigera

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Genus Locustella of Family: Locustellidae – Grassbirds & Allies has been resequenced.

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Family: Sylviidae – Sylviid Babblers has been revised and resequenced to follow Family: Cisticolidae – Cisticolas & Allies.

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Parrotbills, Fulvettas, Asian Babblers and Myzornis, all formerly in Sylviidae (identifier number ‘836’),

have been moved to new family:

Family: Paradoxornithidae – Parrotbills and allies (identifier number ‘838’)

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

836/746F    Desert Whitethroat    Curruca minula

836/7469    Lesser Whitethroat    Curruca curruca

836/746Y    Hume’s Whitethroat    Curruca althaea

836/7471    Eastern Orphean Warbler    Curruca crassirostris

836/7473    Asian Desert Warbler    Curruca nana

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Family: Zosteropidae – White-eyes has been revised and resequenced and has been moved from Part 10 to Part 9 of the IOC bird list.

840/7530    Striated Yuhina    Staphida castaniceps

has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new scientific name.

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Family: Timaliidae – Babblers, Scimitar Babblers has been revised and resequenced.

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

824/7259    Dark-fronted Babbler    Dumetia atriceps

824/725F    Pin-striped Tit-Babbler    Mixornis gularis

824/7257    Golden Babbler    Cyanoderma chrysaeum

824/7256    Black-chinned Babbler    Cyanoderma pyrrhops

824/7255    Rufous-capped Babbler    Cyanoderma ruficeps

824/7254    Buff-chested Babbler    Cyanoderma ambiguum

824/7220    Large Scimitar Babbler    Erythrogenys hypoleucos

824/7221    Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler    Erythrogenys erythrogenys

824/7224    Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler    Erythrogenys mcclellandi

824/723Y    Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler    Stachyris humei

824/7240    Cachar Wedge-billed Babbler    Stachyris roberti

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Family: Pellorneidae – Ground Babblers has a modified English name and has been revised and resequenced.

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

828/7273    Yellow-throated Fulvetta   Schoeniparus cinereus

828/7274    Rufous-winged Fulvetta    Schoeniparus castaneceps

828/7276    Rufous-throated Fulvetta    Schoeniparus rufogularis

828/7277    Rusty-capped Fulvetta    Schoeniparus dubius

828/7293    Streaked Wren-Babbler    Gypsophila brevicaudata

828/7306    Long-billed Wren-Babbler    Napothera malacoptila

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Genus Alcippe within Pellorneidae (identifier number ‘828’)

has been moved to new family:

Family: Alcippeidae – Alcippe Fulvettas (identifier number ‘830’)

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Family: Leiothrichidae – Laughingthrushes & Allies has been resequenced.

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Genus Sitta within single genus Family: Sittidae – Nuthatches has been resequenced.

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Genus Ficedula within Family: Muscicapidae – Chats, Old World Flycatchers has been resequenced.

907/8285    Slaty-backed Flycatcher

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

Ficedula erithacus

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907/8305    Pygmy Flycatcher    Ficedula hodgsoni

has been ascribed to genus Ficedula, and now has the scientific name which was formerly that of 907/8285    Slaty-backed Flycatcher.

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921/8430    Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker    Dicaeum melanozanthum

has a modified scientific name.

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Family: Estrildidae – Waxbills, Munias & Allies has been revised and resequenced.

 

To view how earlier changes to the IOC bird list impacted on the three volumes that preceded the publication of this compendium ATWB eBook, follow these links:

Interactive Checklist NORTH CENTRAL INDIA     Updates

Interactive Checklist NORTH-EAST INDIA    Updates

Interactive Checklist SOUTH-WEST INDIA    Updates