Country Guide MYANMAR 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
351/2574 Germain’s Swiftlet
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
351/2573 Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
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315/215Y Rusty-breasted Cuckoo
has a new English name:
315/215Y Sunda Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
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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
249/145E White-faced Plover Anarhynchus dealbatus
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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: 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
120/0767 Von Schrenck’s Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
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
167/1009 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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Birds resident in c, s Malay Peninsula that were previously considered to be of the species:
323/2221 Sunda Scops Owl Otus lempiji
have been reascribed to:
323/221Y Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
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379/306P Rufous-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx rufidorsa
has been split from:
379/3069 Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher
which 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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479/4067 Hooded Pitta
has a new English name:
479/4067 Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
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684/6245 Spotted Nutcracker
has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in Myanmar is:
684/624E Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
(Himalayas, northern se Asia, Taiwan, sc, c, south-west ne China)
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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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744/6465 Japanese Tit
has been lumped with and is now represented by eight subspecies of:
744/6466 Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
760/654F Burmese Bush Lark Plocealauda microptera
760/6550 Indochinese Bush Lark Plocealauda erythrocephala
760/654Y Bengal Bush Lark Plocealauda assamica
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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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768/6790 Red-rumped Swallow
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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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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824/722E Red-eyed Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys imberbis
(c Myanmar, nw Thailand)
has been split from:
824/7221 Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys erythrogenys
(Himalayas)
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828/7318 White-chested Babbler
has a new English name:
828/7318 Malayan Swamp Babbler Pellorneum rostratum
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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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The isolated populations of Bluetail in nc, ne China that were formerly considered to be part of the distribution of:
907/8261 Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
were shown, first of all, to be a valid subspecies of:
907/8260 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
and then split to form monotypic species:
907/826E Qilian Bluetail Tarsiger albocoeruleus
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925/8551 Olive-backed Sunbird
has been split into eight species. The species that is regularly present in Myanmar is:
925/85F0 Ornate Sunbird Cinnyris ornatus (se Asia, Lesser Sundas)
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925/8489 Purple-naped Sunbird
has a new English name:
925/8489 Purple-naped Spiderhunter Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
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953/8955 Buff-bellied Pipit
has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in Myanmar is:
953/895E Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
2023 edition -> 2024 edition IOC bird list v 12.2 -> IOC bird list v 13.2
065/0473 Crested Fireback
has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in Myanmar is:
065/047K Malayan Crested Fireback Lophura rufa
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315/2170 Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo
has a new English name:
315/2170 Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus
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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 Myanmar 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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Genus Nisaetus of Hawk-Eagles within Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Hawks, Eagles has 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:
323/2287 Barred Eagle-Owl Ketupa sumatrana
323/2286 Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis
323/228F Dusky Eagle-Owl Ketupa coromanda
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379/3063 Blue-banded Kingfisher
has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in Myanmar is:
379/306E Malaysian Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo peninsulae
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444/351E Necklaced Woodpecker Dryobates pernyii
(c, sc China, e Myanmar, nc South-East Asia)
has been split from:
444/3515 Crimson-breasted Woodpecker
which has a new English name:
444/3515 Crimson-naped Woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius
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444/3616 Buff-rumped Woodpecker
has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in Myanmar is:
444/361E Buff-rumped Woodpecker Meiglyptes grammithorax
(c, s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo)
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
450/3648 White-rumped Falcon Neohierax insignis
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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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664/5959 Blyth’s Shrike-babbler
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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760/6548 Horsfield’s Bush Lark
has a new English name:
760/6548 Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
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764/663K Pale-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus davisoni (sc, se Myanmar)
has been split from:
764/6630 Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni
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820/7129 Black-throated Prinia
has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in Myanmar is:
820/712K Rufous-crowned Prinia Prinia khasiana
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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
838/7514 Rufous-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis bakeri
838/7511 Short-tailed Parrotbill Suthora davidiana
838/7512 Pale-billed Parrotbill Suthora atrosuperciliaris
838/7507 Brown-winged Parrotbill Suthora brunnea
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824/7231 Coral-billed Scimitar Babbler
has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in Myanmar is:
824/723E Brown-crowned Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus phayrei
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892/7902 Vinous-breasted Starling
has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in Myanmar is:
892/7902 Burmese Myna Acridotheres burmannicus
(sc, c, ec Myanmar, sc China)
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Family: Muscicapidae – Chats, Old World Flycatchers has been resequenced.
2022 edition -> 2023 edition IOC bird list v 11.2 -> IOC bird list v 12.2
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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Family: Oriolidae – Figbirds, Old World Orioles, Piopios has a new English name.
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684/6180 Crested Jay (c, s Malay Peninsula)
has been moved from:
Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays (identifier number ‘684’)
to new monotypic family:
Family: Platylophidae – Jayshrike (identifier number ‘683’)
and has a new English name:
683/6180 Crested Jayshrike Platylophus galericulatus
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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: 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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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
907/8186 White-tailed Flycatcher Leucoptilon concretum
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907/8333 Stejneger’s Stonechat
has a new English name:
907/8333 Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
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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Family: Phasianidae – Pheasants & Allies has been revised and resequenced.
The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
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 Myanmar is as follows:
CAPRIMULGIFORMES/Caprimulgidae – Nightjars
PODARGIFORMES/Podargidae – Frogmouths
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303/178T Burmese Collared Dove Streptopelia xanthocycla (c Myanmar)
has been split from:
303/1789 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
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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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The following family has a modified English name:
Family: Calyptomenidae – African & Green Broadbills
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Family: Vireonidae – Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers has been revised and resequenced.
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684/6181 Black Magpie
has a new English name:
684/6181 Malayan Black Magpie Platysmurus leucopterus
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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been revised and resequenced.
768/678E Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
(breeds c, e Siberia, w Far East Russia, n, c Mongolia;
winters north-west se ASIA)
has been split from:
768/6785 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
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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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The following family has a modified English name:
Family: Paradoxornithidae – Parrotbills & Allies
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828/7329 Black-capped Babbler
has been split into three species. The species that is regularly present in Myanmar is:
828/732P Malayan Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum nigrocapitatum
(c, s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra)
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828/7292 Limestone Wren-Babbler
has a new English name:
828/7292 Variable Limestone Babbler Gypsophila crispifrons
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The following family has a modified English name:
Family: Paradoxornithidae – Parrotbills & Allies
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892/7906 Pied Myna
has been split into three species. The two species that are regularly present in Myanmar are:
892/7906 Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
(Indian Subcontinent, most of non-peninsular Myanmar, wc, sw Yunnan: sc China)
892/790E Siamese Pied Myna Gracupica floweri
(c, nw Cambodia, nw Laos, Thailand and adjacent e Myanmar)
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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 Myanmar 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 incorporates and expands on the contents of former Interactive Checklist: NON-PENINSULAR MYANMAR.
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. Only changes affecting species that are regularly present in NON-PENINSULAR Myanmar are listed.
2021 edition IOC bird list v 9.2 -> IOC bird list v 10.2
065/0448 Green-legged Partridge Tropicoperdix chloropus
has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new scientific name.
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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
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274/1530 Whimbrel
has a new English name:
274/1530 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
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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: Eurylaimidae – Typical Broadbills has been resequenced.
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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 or different genus:
764/6603 Striated Bulbul Alcurus striatus
764/6724 White-headed Bulbul Hypsipetes thompsoni
764/660Y Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
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820/7127 Striated Prinia
has a new English name:
820/7127 Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
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820/7128 Brown Prinia Prinia polychroa
has been split into three species. The species regularly present in Myanmar is:
820/712P Burmese Prinia Prinia cooki
(e Myanmar, nw Thailand, sc China)
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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’)),
which has been sequenced to follow Family: Cisticolidae – Cisticolas & Allies.
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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.
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
840/7537 White-collared Yuhina Parayuhina diademata
840/7530 Striated Yuhina Staphida castaniceps
840/7531 Indochinese Yuhina Staphida torqueola
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Family: Timaliidae – Babblers, Scimitar Babblers has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
824/725F Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
824/7257 Golden Babbler Cyanoderma chrysaeum
824/7253 Rufous-fronted Babbler Cyanoderma rufifrons
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
824/7223 Black-streaked Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys gravivox
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
828/7292 Limestone Wren-Babbler Gypsophila crispifrons
828/7306 Long-billed Wren-Babbler Napothera malacoptila
828/7305 Naung Mung Scimitar Babbler Napothera naungmungensis
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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.
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