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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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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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

 

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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 Vietnam is as follows:

CAPRIMULGIFORMES/Caprimulgidae – Nightjars

PODARGIFORMES/Podargidae – Frogmouths

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286/162Y    Mew Gull

has a new English name:

286/162Y    Common Gull    Larus canus

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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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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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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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820/7128    Deignan’s Prinia

has a new (reinstated) English name:

820/7128    Brown Prinia    Prinia polychroa

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828/7292    Limestone Wren-Babbler

has been split into three species. The species that is regularly present in Vietnam is:

828/729P    Annam Limestone Babbler    Gypsophila annamensis

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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 Vietnam 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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917/840Y    Greyish-crowned Leafbird    Chloropsis lazulina

has been split from:

917/8409    Orange-bellied Leafbird    Chloropsis hardwickii

(w Yunnan, extreme nw Vietnam, nc, nw Laos and to w)

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