Country Guide SOUTH AFRICA 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.
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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596/5578 Woodward’s Batis
has a new English name:
596/5578 Woodwards’ Batis Batis fratrum
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Family: Oriolidae – Figbirds, Old World Orioles, Piopios has a new English name.
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Family: Phylloscopidae – Leaf Warblers has a modified English name.
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804/6994 African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus
has been lumped with and is now represented by six subspecies of:
804/6993 Eurasian Reed Warbler
which has a new English name:
804/6993 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
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Family: Sturnidae – Starlings, Rhabdornises has a modified English name.
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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042/0199 Hottentot Teal
has a new English name:
042/0199 Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
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Family: Phasianidae – Pheasants & Allies has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
065/0392 Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
065/0384 Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
065/0424 Blue Quail Synoicus adansonii
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Family: Musophagidae – Turacos has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been been ascribed to a new or different genus:
311/2046 Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
311/2042 Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
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217/1352 Hottentot Buttonquail
has a new English name:
217/1352 Fynbos Buttonquail Turnix hottentottus
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
087/0567 Leach’s Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
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Family: Strigidae – Owls has been revised and resequenced.
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The following family has a modified English name:
Family: Calyptomenidae – African & Green Broadbills
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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been revised and resequenced.
The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
768/6744 Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
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Family: Turdidae – Thrushes has been revised and resequenced.
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Family: Passeridae – Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches has been resequenced.
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