On this page you can view how the first release of the AviList impacted on the contents of this ATWB eBook.

 

To see how earlier updates to the IOC bird list impacted on the contents of this eBook, click here.

 

2025 edition -> 2026 edition     IOC bird list v 14.2 -> AviList v2025     [Note: not published]

Non-Passerine Orders have been resequenced. Within some Orders, there has also been a resequencing of families.

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The following families have been moved from a part of the IOC bird list to a different part of the AviList:

Family: Podicipedidae – Grebes (Part 2 to Part 1)

Family: Cuculidae – Cuckoos (Part 2 to Part 1)

11 families within Order CHARADRIIFORMES (Part 3 to Part 2)

Family: Caprimulgidae – Nightjars and Nighthawks (Part 1 to Part 3)

Family: Aegothelidae – Owlet-nightjars (Part 1 to Part 3)

Family: Hemiprocnidae – Treeswifts (Part 1 to Part 3)

Family: Apodidae – Swifts (Part 1 to Part 3)

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Family: Casuariidae – Emu and Cassowaries has a new English name

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Family: Anatidae – Ducks, Swans, and Geese has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Anatidae – Ducks, Swans, and Geese have been resequenced.

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Family: Phasianidae – Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies has a new English name.

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099/0661    Tricolored Grebe

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

099/0660    Little Grebe    Tachybaptus ruficollis

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Family: Cuculidae – Cuckoos has been partially resequenced.

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315/209E    Kai Coucal

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

315/2095    Pheasant Coucal    Centropus phasianinus

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Family: Columbidae – Doves and Pigeons has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Columbidae – Doves and Pigeons have been resequenced.

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303/1934    Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove    Megaloprepia formosa

has a new species epithet and has been ascribed to a new genus.

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

303/192F    Red-eared Fruit Dove    Ramphiculus fischeri

303/1931    Oberholser’s Fruit Dove    Ramphiculus gularis

303/1930    Banggai Fruit Dove    Ramphiculus subgularis

303/1932    Sula Fruit Dove    Ramphiculus mangoliensis

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Family: Rallidae – Rails, Gallinules, and Coots has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Rallidae – Rails, Gallinules, and Coots have been resequenced.

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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:

201/1293    Invisible Rail    Gallirallus wallacii

201/1236    Buff-banded Rail    Gallirallus philippensis

201/1234    Barred Rail    Gallirallus torquatus

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The following have been lumped with and are now represented by one or more subspecies of:

201/1296    Western Swamphen

which has a new English name:

201/1296    Purple Swamphen    Porphyrio porphyrio

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201/1299    Black-backed Swamphen

201/129F    Philippine Swamphen

201/129Y    Australasian Swamphen

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Family: Burhinidae – Thick-knees and Stone-curlews has a new English name.

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Family: Recurvirostridae – Stilts and Avocets has a modified English name.

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Family: Recurvirostridae – Stilts and Avocets has a new English name.

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Family: Charadriidae – Plovers and Lapwings has a new English name.

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

249/1442    Little Ringed Plover    Thinornis dubius

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Family: Rostratulidae – Painted-Snipes has a modified English name.

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Family: Scolopacidae – Sandpipers and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Scolopacidae – Sandpipers and Allies has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Glareolidae – Coursers and Pratincoles has a modified English name.

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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:

280/1585    Australian Pratincole    Glareola isabella

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Family: Stercorariidae – Jaegers and Skuas has a new English name.

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Family: Laridae – Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls has a new English name.

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Family: Laridae – Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Oceanitidae – Southern Storm Petrels has a new English name.

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Family: Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels have been resequenced.

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The species in Family: Fregatidae – Frigatebirds have been resequenced.

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Family: Sulidae – Boobies and Gannets has a new English name.

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Family: Anhingidae – Anhinga and Darters has a modified English name.

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Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants and Shags has a modified English name.

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Family: Threskiornithidae – Ibises and Spoonbills has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Threskiornithidae – Ibises and Spoonbills have been resequenced.

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Family: Ardeidae – Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns has a new English name.

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Family: Ardeidae – Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns has been partially resequenced.

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120/077E    Little Heron    Butorides atricapilla

(all birds except those regularly present in Panama, South America)

has been split from:

120/0778    Striated Heron    Butorides striata

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Family: Caprimulgidae – Nightjars and Nighthawks has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Caprimulgidae – Nightjars and Nighthawks have been resequenced.

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The species in Family: Apodidae – Swifts have been resequenced.

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351/254Y    Cave Swiflet

has a new English name:

351/254Y    Linchi Swiftlet    Collocalia linchi

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351/2618    Pacific Swift

has a new English name:

351/2618    Fork-tailed Swift    Apus pacificus

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Family: Tytonidae – Bay Owls and Barn Owls has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Tytonidae – Bay Owls and Barn Owls have been resequenced.

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319/2194    Moluccan Masked Owl

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

319/2197    Australian Masked Owl

which has a new English name:

319/2197    Australasian Masked Owl    Tyto novaehollandiae

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Family: Strigidae – Owls has been partially resequenced.

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323/2358    Sumba Boobook

has a new English name:

323/2358    Great Sumba Boobook    Ninox rudolfi

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323/2380    Least Boobook

has a new English name:

323/2380    Little Sumba Boobook    Ninox sumbaensis

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Family: Pandionidae – Osprey has a modified English name.

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Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks have been resequenced.

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The species in Family: Bucerotidae – Hornbills have been resequenced.

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The species in Family: Coraciidae – Rollers have been resequenced.

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The species in genus Merops within Family: Meropidae – Bee-eaters have been resequenced.

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The species in Family: Alcedinidae – Kingfishers have been resequenced.

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The species in Family: Picidae – Woodpeckers have been resequenced.

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Family: Falconidae – Falcons and Caracaras has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Falconidae – Falcons and Caracaras have been resequenced.

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The species in Family: Psittaculidae – Old World Parrots have been resequenced.

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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:

467/3971    Iris Lorikeet    Trichoglossus iris

467/3979    Ornate Lorikeet    Trichoglossus ornatus

467/398E    Yellow-cheeked Lorikeet    Trichoglossus meyeri

467/3986    Sula Lorikeet    Trichoglossus flavoviridis

467/3976    Blue-streaked Lory    Trichoglossus reticulatus

467/3978    Blue-eared Lory    Trichoglossus semilarvatus

467/3975    Red Lory    Trichoglossus borneus

467/3973    Red-and-blue Lory    Trichoglossus histrio

467/3974    Violet-necked Lory    Trichoglossus squamatus

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Within Order PASSERIFORMES there has been a resequencing of some families.

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The following family has been moved from a part of the IOC bird list to a different part of the AviList:

Family: Oriolidae – Old World Orioles (Part 8 to Part 7)

Family: Cisticolidae – Cisticolas and Allies (Part 9 to Part 8)

Family: Pycnonotidae – Bulbuls (Part 8 to Part 9)

Family: Hylocitreidae – Hylocitrea (Part 8 to Part 10)

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Family: Acanthizidae – Gerygones, Thornbills, Scrubwrens, and Allies has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Meliphagidae – Honeyeaters have been resequenced.

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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:

548/5331    Scaly-crowned Honeyeater    Lichmera lombokia

548/5433    Streak-breasted Honeyeater    Meliphaga reticulata

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The species within Family: Campephagidae – Cuckooshrikes have been resequenced.

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636/5807    Scarlet Minivet

has been lumped with and is now represented by 18 subspecies of:

636/5806    Orange Minivet

which has a new English name:

636/5806    Scarlet Minivet    Pericrocotus flammeus

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Family: Artamidae – Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Artamidae – Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Oriolidae – Old World Orioles has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Oriolidae – Old World Orioles have been resequenced.

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Family: Pachycephalidae – Whistlers and Allies has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Pachycephalidae – Whistlers and Allies have been resequenced.

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656/5848    Rusty-breasted Whistler

has a new English name:

656/5848    Tenggara Whistler    Pachycephala calliope

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656/586F    Cinnamon-breasted Whistler

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

656/5869    Drab Whistler    Pachycephala griseonota

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Family: Rhipiduridae – Fantails and Silktails has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Rhipiduridae – Fantails and Silktails have been resequenced.

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676/6049    Malaysian Pied Fantail

has a new English name:

676/6049    Sunda Pied Fantail    Rhipidura javanica

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The species in Family: Dicruridae – Drongos have been resequenced.

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Family: Monarchidae – Monarch Flycatchers, Paradise Flycatchers, and Shrikebills has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Monarchidae – Monarch Flycatchers, Paradise Flycatchers, and Shrikebills have been resequenced.

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The species in Family: Paradisaeidae – Birds-of-paradise have been resequenced.

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Family: Laniidae – Shrikes has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays, and Magpies has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays, and Magpies have been resequenced.

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Family: Paridae – Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice has a new English name.

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Family: Cisticolidae – Cisticolas and Allies has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Cisticolidae – Cisticolas and Allies have been resequenced.

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Family: Acrocephalidae – Reed Warblers and Allies has a modified English name.

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Family: Locustellidae – Grasshopper Warblers, Grassbirds, and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Locustellidae – Grasshopper Warblers, Grassbirds, and Allies has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows has a new English name.

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Family: Cettiidae – Bush Warblers and Allies has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Cettiidae – Bush Warblers and Allies have been resequenced.

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Family: Phylloscopidae – Leaf Warblers has been partially resequenced.

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800/694P    Flores Leaf Warbler

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

800/6941    Timor Leaf Warbler    Phylloscopus presbytes

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The species in Family: Pycnonotidae – Bulbuls have been resequenced.

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Family: Zosteropidae – White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Zosteropidae – White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies has been partially resequenced.

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The following species have been assigned a new English name by changing ‘White-eye’ to ‘Heleia’:

840/7554    Grey-hooded Heleia    Heleia pinaiae

840/7559    Crested Heleia    Heleia dohertyi

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840/7556    Streak-headed White-eye

has a new English name:

840/7556    Sulawesi Heleia    Heleia squamiceps

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840/7558    Cream-browed White-eye

has a new English name:

840/7558    Eyebrowed Heleia    Heleia superciliaris

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840/755F    Spot-breasted Heleia

has a new English name:

840/755F    Timor Heleia    Heleia muelleri

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840/757F    Yellow-ringed White-eye

has a new English name:

840/757F    Yellow-spectacled Heleia    Heleia wallacei

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Family: Pellorneidae – Ground Babblers and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Sturnidae – Rhabdornis, Starlings, and Mynas has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Sturnidae – Rhabdornis, Starlings, and Mynas have been resequenced.

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892/7861    Violet-hooded Starling

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

892/7860    Metallic Starling    Aplonis metallica

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Family: Turdidae – Thrushes and Allies has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Turdidae – Thrushes and Allies have been resequenced.

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Family: Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Dicaeidae – Flowerpeckers has been partially resequenced.

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

921/8427    Thick-billed Flowerpecker    Pachyglossa agilis

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Family: Nectariniidae – Spiderhunters and Sunbirds has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Nectariniidae – Spiderhunters and Sunbirds have been resequenced.

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Family: Estrildidae – Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies has a new English name.

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937/8822    Sunda Zebra Finch

has a new English name:

937/8822    Zebra Finch    Taeniopygia guttata

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Family: Passeridae – Snowfinches and Old World Sparrows has a modified English name.

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Family: Motacillidae – Wagtails and Pipits has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Motacillidae – Wagtails and Pipits have been resequenced.

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Family: Fringillidae – Finches, Euphonias, and Allies has a new English name.

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