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

343/252F    Karimui Owlet-nightjar    Aegotheles terborghi

(Karimui Basin: c Papua New Guinea)

has been split from:

343/2527    Barred Owlet-nightjar    Aegotheles bennettii

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

315/2148    Long-billed Cuckoo    Chalcites megarhynchus

315/2149    Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo    Chalcites basalis

315/214F    Black-eared Cuckoo    Chalcites osculans

315/214Y    Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo    Chalcites ruficollis

315/2150    Shining Bronze Cuckoo    Chalcites lucidus

315/2151    White-eared Bronze Cuckoo    Chalcites meyerii

315/2152    Little Bronze Cuckoo    Chalcites minutillus

315/2153    Pallid Cuckoo    Heteroscenes pallidus

315/2154    White-crowned Cuckoo    Caliechthrus leucolophus

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315/215K    Manus Brush Cuckoo    Cacomantis blandus

(Admiralty Islands: nw Bismarck Archipelago)

and

315/215P    Solomons Brush Cuckoo    Cacomantis addendus

(Solomons)

have been split from:

315/215F    Brush Cuckoo

which has a new English name:

315/215F    Sahul Brush Cuckoo    Cacomantis variolosus

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303/1803    MacKinlay’s Cuckoo-Dove

has a new English name:

303/1803    Spot-breasted Cuckoo-Dove    Macropygia mackinlayi

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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 or different genus:

249/1461    Oriental Plover    Anarhynchus veredus

249/145F    Siberian Sand Plover    Anarhynchus mongolus

249/145Y    Greater Sand Plover    Anarhynchus leschenaultii

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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: Fregatidae – Frigatebirds has been resequenced.

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Family: Sulidae – Gannets, Boobies 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

120/0766    Yellow Bittern    Botaurus sinensis

120/0765    Black-backed Bittern    Botaurus dubius

120/0784    Eastern Cattle Egret    Ardea coromanda

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120/0796    Intermediate Egret

has been split into three species. The species that is regularly present in Papua New Guinea is:

120/079K    Plumed Egret    Ardea plumifera

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

167/1011    Variable Goshawk    Tachyspiza hiogaster

167/1012    Brown Goshawk    Tachyspiza fasciata

167/1013    Black-mantled Goshawk    Tachyspiza melanochlamys

167/1014    Pied Goshawk    Tachyspiza albogularis

167/1018    Slaty-mantled Goshawk    Tachyspiza luteoschistacea

167/1019    Imitator Goshawk    Tachyspiza imitator

167/101F    Grey-headed Goshawk    Tachyspiza poliocephala

167/101Y    New Britain Goshawk    Tachyspiza princeps

167/1026    Collared Sparrowhawk    Tachyspiza cirrocephala

167/1027    New Britain Sparrowhawk    Tachyspiza brachyura

167/1040    Meyer’s Goshawk    Astur meyerianus

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167/0999    Doria’s Goshawk

has been resequenced and has a new English name:

167/0999    Doria’s Hawk    Megatriorchis doriae

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Family: Cacatuidae – Cockatoos has been resequenced.

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458/3708    Solomons Cockatoo

has a new English name:

458/3708    Solomons Corella    Cacatua ducorpsii

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The following two species have been resequenced:

479/40F7    Bismarck Pitta    Erythropitta novaehibernicae

479/40F6    Louisiade Pitta    Erythropitta meeki

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479/4067    Hooded Pitta

has been split into five species. The species that is regularly present in Papua New Guinea is:

479/40Y2    Eastern Hooded Pitta    Pitta novaeguineae

(New Guinea and nearby islands)

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Family: Acanthizidae – Australasian Warblers has been resequenced.

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636/5772    Solomons Cuckooshrike

has  a new English name:

636/5772    Solomons Cicadabird    Edolisoma holopolium

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Birds resident on St. Matthias Islands, Umboi Island, New Britain and nearby islet: Bismarck Archipelago that were previously considered to be of the species:

636/5760    Common Cicadabird

have been reascribed to:

636/5764    Grey-capped Cicadabird

and then:

636/576T    Central Melanesian Cicadabird    Edolisoma erythropygium

(Solomons, smaller islands of ne Bismarck Archipelago)

has been split from:

636/5764    Grey-capped Cicadabird

which has a new English name:

636/5764    Bismarck Cicadabird    Edolisoma remotum

(c, e Bismarck Archipelago)

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636/5760    Common Cicadabird

has been split into eight species. The two species that are regularly present in Papua New Guinea are:

636/5760    Sahul Cicadabird    Edolisoma tenuirostre

(New Guinea and nearby islands, n, e Australia)

636/57Y6    Rossel Cicadabird    Edolisoma rostratum

(Rossel Island se of New Guinea)

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Genus Rhipidura within Family: Rhipiduridae – Fantails has been resequenced.

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676/6054    Cockerell’s Fantail

has a new English name:

676/6054    White-winged Fantail    Rhipidura cockerelli

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676/6062    Brown Fantail

has a new English name:

676/6062    Bougainville Fantail    Rhipidura drownei

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676/60F1    Louisiade Fantail    Rhipidura louisiadensis

(islands off se New Guinea)

and

676/60F4    Solomons Rufous Fantail    Rhipidura rufofronta

(Solomons)

have been split from:

676/6079    Rufous Fantail

which has a new English name:

676/6079    Australian Rufous Fantail    Rhipidura rufifrons

(e Australia, sc New Guinea)

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680/6139    Black-tailed Monarch

has a new English name:

680/6139    Bismarck Monarch    Symposiachrus verticalis

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680/6145    Bougainville Monarch

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

680/6146    Chestnut-bellied Monarch    Monarcha castaneiventris

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680/616T    Dyaul Flycatcher

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

680/616P    Velvet Flycatcher    Myiagra eichhorni

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700/631P    Crescent-caped Lophorina

has been lumped with:

700/631Y    Greater Lophorina

which has then been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in Papua New Guinea is:

700/631K    Greater Lophorina    Lophorina latipennis    (c New Guinea)

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Family: Petroicidae – Australasian Robins has been resequenced.

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

704/6342    Black-chinned Robin    Leucophantes brachyurus

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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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900/8058    Island Thrush

has been split into 16 extant and one extinct species. The species that are regularly present in Papua New Guinea are:

900/80Y0    Papuan Island Thrush    Turdus papuensis

(New Guinea and nearby island)

900/80Y1    Bismarck Island Thrush    Turdus heinrothi

(Bismarck Archipelago: ne, ec Papua New Guinea)

900/80Y2    Bougainville Island Thrush    Turdus bougainvillei

(Bougainville Island: ec Papua New Guinea)

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925/8551    Olive-backed Sunbird

has been split into eight species. The species that are regularly present in Papua New Guinea are:

925/85F2    Sahul Sunbird    Cinnyris frenatus

(n Australasia, ne Australia)

925/85F6    Mamberamo Sunbird    Cinnyris idenburgi    (nc New Guinea)

 

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351/2579    Papuan Spine-tailed Swift

has a new English name:

351/2579    Papuan Spinetail    Mearnsia novaeguineae

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Family: Sarothruridae – Flufftails & Forest Rails has a new English name.

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249/145Y    Greater Sand Plover    Charadrius leschenaultii

has been resequenced.

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249/145F    Lesser Sand Plover

has a new English name:

249/145F    Siberian Sand Plover    Charadrius mongolus

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Genus Aquila of Eagles, Hawk-Eagles within Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Hawks, Eagles has been resequenced.

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

167/105F    White-bellied Sea Eagle    Icthyophaga leucogaster

167/105Y    Sanford’s Sea Eagle    Icthyophaga sanfordi

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Genus Dacelo of Kookaburras within Family: Alcedinidae – Kingfishers has been resequenced.

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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:

379/3015    Shovel-billed Kookaburra    Dacelo rex

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467/3889    Eclectus Parrot

has been split into four species. The species that is regularly present in Papua New Guinea is:

467/38F2    Papuan Eclectus    Eclectus polychloros

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467/3993    Orange-breasted Fig Parrot

has been split into three species. The species that are regularly present in Papua New Guinea are:

467/399E    Black-fronted Fig Parrot    Cyclopsitta nigrifrons

(nc, coastal ec, n slope of highlands of se New Guinea)

467/399K    Dusky-cheeked Fig Parrot    Cyclopsitta melanogenia

(Aru Islands, sc, s slope of highlands of se New Guinea)

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Family: Laniidae – Shrikes has been 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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937/885T    New Hanover Mannikin    Lonchura nigerrima

(New Hanover: Bismarck Archipelago)

has been split from:

937/885F    Hunstein’s Mannikin

which has a new English name:

937/885F    Mottled Mannikin    Lonchura hunsteini

(New Ireland: Bismarck Archipelago)