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

315/210E    Olive-capped Coua    Coua olivaceiceps

(sw, sc Madagascar)

has been split from:

315/2101    Red-capped Coua    Coua ruficeps    (nw, wc Madagacar)

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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 genus:

249/1460    Caspian Plover    Anarhynchus asiaticus

249/145T    Tibetan Sand Plover    Anarhynchus atrifrons

249/145Y    Greater Sand Plover    Anarhynchus leschenaultii

249/1446    Madagascar Plover    Anarhynchus thoracicus

249/1447    Kittlitz’s Plover    Anarhynchus pecuarius

249/1455    Chestnut-banded Plover    Anarhynchus pallidus

249/144Y    White-fronted Plover    Anarhynchus marginatus

249/1450    Kentish Plover    Anarhynchus alexandrinus

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Family: Scolopacidae – Sandpipers, Snipes has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Glareolidae – Coursers, Pratincoles has been 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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091/057Y    Cape Petrel

has a new English name:

091/057Y    Pintado Petrel    Daption capense

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The following species has been resequenced:

111/070E    African Woolly-necked Stork    Ciconia microscelis

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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 new or different genus:

120/0769    Dwarf Bittern    Botaurus sturmii

120/0764    Little Bittern    Botaurus minutus

120/0772    White-backed Night Heron    Calherodius leuconotus

120/0783    Western Cattle Egret    Ardea ibis

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120/0796    Intermediate Egret

has been split into three species. The species that is regularly present in East Africa and Madagascar is:

120/079E    Yellow-billed Egret    Ardea brachyrhyncha

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

167/1003    Red-chested Goshawk    Aerospiza toussenelii

167/1004    African Goshawk    Aerospiza tachiro

167/1006    Shikra    Tachyspiza badia

167/1008    Levant Sparrowhawk    Tachyspiza brevipes

167/100F    Frances’s Sparrowhawk    Tachyspiza francesiae

167/1020    Red-thighed Sparrowhawk    Tachyspiza erythropus

167/1021    Little Sparrowhawk    Tachyspiza minulla

167/1039    Black Sparrowhawk    Astur melanoleucus

167/103F    Henst’s Goshawk    Astur henstii

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407/3190    Black Dwarf Hornbill

has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in East Africa and Madagascar is:

407/319E    Eastern Dwarf Hornbill    Horizocerus granti    (c, locally wc Africa)

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407/3191    White-crested Hornbill

has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in East Africa and Madagascar is:

407/319K    Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill    Horizocerus cassini

(nc, wc, south-east w Africa)

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Family: Lybiidae – African Barbets has been partially resequenced.

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435/3402    Yellow-billed Barbet

has a new English name:

435/3402    Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet    Trachyphonus purpuratus

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

435/3378    Green Barbet    Cryptolybia olivacea

435/3399    Brown-breasted Barbet    Pogonornis melanopterus

435/339F    Black-backed Barbet    Pogonornis minor

435/339Y    Double-toothed Barbet    Pogonornis bidentatus

435/3401    Black-breasted Barbet    Pogonornis rolleti

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435/3385    Red-fronted Tinkerbird

has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in East Africa and Madagascar is:

435/338E    Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird    Pogoniulus uropygialis

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The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:

760/6553    Gillett’s Lark    Calendulauda gilletti

760/6555    Collared Lark    Amirafra collaris

760/6544    Angola Lark    Amirafra angolensis

760/6543    Flappet Lark    Amirafra rufocinnamomea

760/6541    Red-winged Lark    Corypha hypermetra

760/6542    Rufous-naped Lark    Corypha africana

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760/6533    Foxy Lark

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

760/6534    Fawn-colored Lark    Calendulauda africanoides

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Genus Mirafra in Family: Alaudidae – Larks has been resequenced.

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760/654K    Kidepo Lark    Corypha kidepoensis

(ec, se South Sudan and adjacent lands)

has been split from:

760/6541    Red-winged Lark    Corypha hypermetra

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760/65F1    Sentinel Lark    Corypha athi

(c, s Kenya, nc, ne Tanzania)

and

760/65F3    Plateau Lark    Corypha nigrescens

(ne Zambia, sc Tanzania, n Malawi)

have been split from:

760/6542    Rufous-naped Lark    Corypha africana

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764/6665    Yellow-throated Leaflove

has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in East Africa and Madagascar is:

764/666P    Pale-throated Greenbul    Atimastillas flavigula

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The following three species have had their English name changed by inserting the word ‘Mountain’:

764/6647    Uluguru Mountain Greenbul    Arizelocichla neumanni

764/6648    Black-browed Mountain Greenbul    Arizelocichla fusciceps

764/6649    Yellow-throated Mountain Greenbul    Arizelocichla chlorigula

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764/6645    Olive-breasted Greenbul

has a new English name:

764/6645    Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul    Arizelocichla kikuyuensis

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764/6646    Mountain Greenbul

has a new English name:

764/6646    Black-headed Mountain Greenbul    Arizelocichla nigriceps

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764/664Y    Olive-headed Greenbul

has been lumped with:

764/6650    Stripe-faced Greenbul

to form a species with the same English name:

764/6650    Olive-headed Greenbul    Arizelocichla striifacies

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764/6667    Red-tailed Leaflove

has a new English name:

764/6667    Leaf-love    Phyllastrephus scandens

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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been resequenced.

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768/673T    Madagascar Martin    Riparia cowani    (e, sw Madagascar)

has been split from:

768/673Y    Brown-throated Martin    Riparia paludicola

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768/6783    Rock Martin

has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in East Africa and Madagascar is:

768/678K    Red-throated Rock Martin    Ptyonoprogne rufigula

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768/6790    Red-rumped Swallow

has been split into thee species. The species that is regularly present in East Africa and Madagascar is:

768/679K    African Red-rumped Swallow    Cecropis melanocrissus

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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:

816/7073    Dusky Tetraka    Crossleyia tenebrosa

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820/7091    Rock-loving Cisticola

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

820/7090    Lazy Cisticola

which has been renamed as:

820/7090    Rock-loving Cisticola    Cisticola aberrans

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820/717E    Maasai Apalis    Apalis stronachi    (nc Tanzania, sw Kenya)

has been split from:

820/7170    Karamoja Apalis    Apalis karamojae    (ne Uganda)

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840/762E    Kafa White-eye    Zosterops kaffensis

(sw Ethiopia, nw Kenya)

has been split from:

840/7620    Heuglin’s White-eye    Zosterops poliogastrus

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The two species of Spotted Creeper in genus Salpornis have been moved from:

Family:  Certhiidae – Treecreepers  (identifier number ‘884’)

to new family:

Family:  Salpornithidae – Spotted Creepers  (identifier number ‘886’)

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925/8512    Bronzy Sunbird

has a new English name:

925/8512    Bronze Sunbird    Nectarinia kilimensis

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925/852T    Gorgeous Sunbird    Cinnyris melanogastrus

(c, sc, se Kenya, Tanzania)

has been split from:

925/852Y    Beautiful Sunbird    Cinnyris pulchellus

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925/8540    Shining Sunbird

has a new English name:

925/8540    Abyssinian Sunbird    Cinnyris habessinicus

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933/8688    Clarke’s Weaver

has a new English name:

933/8688    Kilifi Weaver    Ploceus golandi

 

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