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.
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.
