Focus on EASTERN AUSTRALASIA 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.
2024 edition -> 2025 edition IOC bird list v 13.2 -> IOC bird list v 14.2
004/0084 Great Spotted Kiwi Apteryx maxima
has a new scientific name.
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343/252F Karimui Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles terborghi
(Karimui Basin: c Papua New Guinea)
has been split from:
343/2527 Barred Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles bennettii
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
315/2148 Long-billed Cuckoo Chalcites megarhynchus
315/2149 Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
315/214F Black-eared Cuckoo Chalcites osculans
315/214Y Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites ruficollis
315/2150 Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
315/2151 White-eared Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites meyerii
315/2152 Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
315/2153 Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
315/2154 White-crowned Cuckoo Caliechthrus leucolophus
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315/215K Manus Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis blandus
(Admiralty Islands: nw Bismarck Archipelago)
and
315/215P Solomons Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis addendus
(Solomons)
have been split from:
315/215F Brush Cuckoo
which has a new English name:
315/215F Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
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303/1803 MacKinlay’s Cuckoo-Dove
has a new English name:
303/1803 Spot-breasted Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia mackinlayi
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303/2004 Chatham Pigeon
has a new English name:
303/2004 Chatham Islands Pigeon Hemiphaga chathamensis
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Genus Rallicula of Forest Rails within Family: Sarothruridae – Flufftails & Forest Rails has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Burhinidae – Stone-curlews, Thick-knees has been resequenced.
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233/1393 Chatham Oystercatcher
has a new English name:
233/1393 Chatham Islands Oystercatcher Haematopus chathamensis
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Family: Charadriidae – Plovers has been resequenced.
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249/1466 Shore Dotterel
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new English name:
249/1466 Shore Plover Charadrius novaeseelandiae
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The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
249/1467 Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops
249/1461 Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
249/145F Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus
249/145Y Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
249/1459 Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
249/143F New Zealand Plover Anarhynchus obscurus
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Family: Scolopacidae – Sandpipers, Snipes has been partially resequenced.
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274/1506 Chatham Snipe
has a new English name:
274/1506 Chatham Islands Snipe Coenocorypha pusilla
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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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Family: Diomedeidae – Albatrosses has been resequenced.
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083/0544 Wandering Albatross
has a new English name:
083/0544 Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans
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091/057Y Cape Petrel
has a new English name:
091/057Y Pintado Petrel Daption capense
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091/060F Chatham Petrel
has a new English name:
091/060F Chatham Islands Petrel Pterodroma axillaris
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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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146/0879 Chatham Shag
has a new English name:
146/0879 Chatham Islands Shag Leucocarbo onslowi
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Family: Ardeidae – Herons, Bitterns has been resequenced.
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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:
120/076F Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
120/0766 Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
120/0765 Black-backed Bittern Botaurus dubius
120/0784 Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
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120/0796 Intermediate Egret
has been split into three species. The species that is regularly present in Eastern Australasia is:
120/079K Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
167/1009 Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
167/1011 Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster
167/1012 Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
167/1013 Black-mantled Goshawk Tachyspiza melanochlamys
167/1014 Pied Goshawk Tachyspiza albogularis
167/1015 White-bellied Goshawk Tachyspiza haplochroa
167/1018 Slaty-mantled Goshawk Tachyspiza luteoschistacea
167/1019 Imitator Goshawk Tachyspiza imitator
167/101F Grey-headed Goshawk Tachyspiza poliocephala
167/101Y New Britain Goshawk Tachyspiza princeps
167/1026 Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
167/1027 New Britain Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brachyura
167/1040 Meyer’s Goshawk Astur meyerianus
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167/0999 Doria’s Goshawk
has been resequenced and has a new English name:
167/0999 Doria’s Hawk Megatriorchis doriae
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Family: Cacatuidae – Cockatoos has been resequenced.
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458/3708 Solomons Cockatoo
has a new English name:
458/3708 Solomons Corella Cacatua ducorpsii
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467/3928 Chatham Parakeet
has a new English name:
467/3928 Chatham Islands Parakeet Cyanoramphus forbesi
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The following two species have been resequenced:
479/40F7 Bismarck Pitta Erythropitta novaehibernicae
479/40F6 Louisiade Pitta Erythropitta meeki
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479/4067 Hooded Pitta
has been split into five species. The species that are regularly present in Eastern Australasia are:
479/40Y2 Eastern Hooded Pitta Pitta novaeguineae
(New Guinea and nearby islands)
and
479/40Y3 Biak Hooded Pitta Pitta rosenbergii
(Biak Island off nw New Guinea)
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Family: Acanthizidae – Australasian Warblers has been resequenced.
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560/5488 Chatham Gerygone
has a new English name:
560/5488 Chatham Islands Gerygone Gerygone albofrontata
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636/577E Malaita Cicadabird Edolisoma tricolor
(Malaita: s Solomon Islands)
has been split from:
636/5772 Solomons Cuckooshrike
which has a new English name:
636/5772 Solomons Cicadabird Edolisoma holopolium
(Solomons) [not Makira, Malaita]
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Birds resident on St. Matthias Islands, Umboi Island, New Britain and nearby islet: Bismarck Archipelago that were previously considered to be of the species:
636/5760 Common Cicadabird
have been reascribed to:
636/5764 Grey-capped Cicadabird
and then:
636/576T Central Melanesian Cicadabird Edolisoma erythropygium
(Solomons, smaller islands of ne Bismarck Archipelago)
has been split from:
636/5764 Grey-capped Cicadabird
which has a new English name:
636/5764 Bismarck Cicadabird Edolisoma remotum
(c, e Bismarck Archipelago)
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636/57Y6 Rossel Cicadabird Edolisoma rostratum
(Rossel Island se of New Guinea)
and
636/57Y3 Geelvink Cicadabird Edolisoma meyerii
(Numfor, Biak islands off nw New Guinea)
have been split from:
636/5760 Common Cicadabird
which has a new English name:
636/5760 Sahul Cicadabird Edolisoma tenuirostre
(New Guinea and nearby islands, n, e Australia)
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656/58Y1 Nendo Whistler Pachycephala ornata
(n Santa Cruz Islands)
and
656/58Y2 Utupua Whistler Pachycephala utupuae
(c Santa Cruz Islands)
have been split from:
656/585P Temotu Whistler
which has a new English name:
656/585P Vanikoro Whistler Pachycephala vanikorensis
(s Santa Cruz Islands)
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Genus Rhipidura within Family: Rhipiduridae – Fantails has been resequenced.
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676/605K White-gorgeted Fantail Rhipidura coultasi
(Malaita: s Solomon Islands)
has been split from:
676/6054 Cockerell’s Fantail
which has a new English name:
676/6054 White-winged Fantail Rhipidura cockerelli
(ec Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands)
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676/606E Guadalcanal Fantail Rhipidura ocularis
(Guadalcanal: s Solomon Islands)
has been split from:
676/6062 Brown Fantail
which has a new English name:
676/6062 Bougainville Fantail Rhipidura drownei
(Bougainville: North Solomons)
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676/606K Vanuatu Streaked Fantail Rhipidura spilodera (Vanuatu)
has been split from:
676/6065 Streaked Fantail
which has a new English name:
676/6065 New Caledonian Streaked Fantail Rhipidura verreauxi
(New Caledonia)
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676/607T Supertramp Fantail Rhipidura semicollaris
(sc, e Indonesia, Timor-Leste)
has been split from:
676/607Y Arafura Fantail Rhipidura dryas
(coastal nc Australia, sw, se New Guinea)
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676/6079 Rufous Fantail
has been split into six species. The species that are regularly present in Eastern Australasia are:
676/6079 Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
(e Australia, sc New Guinea)
676/60F1 Louisiade Fantail Rhipidura louisiadensis
(islands off se New Guinea)
676/60F2 Santa Cruz Fantail Rhipidura melanolaema
(Santa Cruz Islands)
676/60F4 Solomons Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufofronta
(Solomons)
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680/6139 Black-tailed Monarch
has a new English name:
680/6139 Bismarck Monarch Symposiachrus verticalis
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680/613P Malaita Monarch Symposiachrus malaitae
(Malaita: s Solomon Islands)
has been split from:
680/613F Solomons Monarch Symposiachrus barbatus
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680/613T Vella Lavella Monarch Symposiachrus nigrotectus
(n New Georgia Islands: wc Solomon Islands)
has been split from:
680/613Y Kolombangara Monarch Symposiachrus browni
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680/6145 Bougainville Monarch
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
680/6146 Chestnut-bellied Monarch Monarcha castaneiventris
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680/616T Dyaul Flycatcher
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
680/616P Velvet Flycatcher Myiagra eichhorni
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700/631P Crescent-caped Lophorina
has been lumped with:
700/631Y Greater Lophorina
which has then been split into two species:
700/631Y Vogelkop Lophorina Lophorina superba
(West Papua: ne Indonesia)
700/631K Greater Lophorina Lophorina latipennis (c New Guinea)
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Family: Petroicidae – Australasian Robins has been resequenced.
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
704/6342 Black-chinned Robin Leucophantes brachyurus
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Six subspecies of:
768/6771 Pacific Swallow
have been split to form a species with the same English name:
768/677E Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
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768/6790 Red-rumped Swallow
has a new English name:
768/6790 Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
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840/7605 Grey-throated White-eye
has a new English name:
840/7605 Makira White-eye Zosterops rendovae
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900/8058 Island Thrush
has been split into 16 extant and one extinct species. The species that are regularly present in Eastern Australasia are:
900/80Y0 Papuan Island Thrush Turdus papuensis
(New Guinea and nearby island)
900/80Y1 Bismarck Island Thrush Turdus heinrothi
(Bismarck Archipelago: ne, ec Papua New Guinea)
900/80Y2 Bougainville Island Thrush Turdus bougainvillei
(Bougainville Island: ec Papua New Guinea)
900/80Y3 Solomons Island Thrush Turdus kulambangrae
(wc, s Solomon Islands)
900/80Y4 Vanikoro Island Thrush Turdus vanikorensis
(sw, se Solomon Islands, n, c Vanuatu)
900/80Y5 White-headed Island Thrush Turdus pritzbueri
(s Vanuatu)
900/80Y6 New Caledonian Island Thrush Turdus xanthopus
(Yande Island off nw New Caledonia)
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925/8551 Olive-backed Sunbird
has been split into eight species. The species that are regularly present in Eastern Australasia are:
925/85F2 Sahul Sunbird Cinnyris frenatus
(n Australasia, ne Australia)
925/85F6 Mamberamo Sunbird Cinnyris idenburgi
(nc New Guinea)
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351/2579 Papuan Spine-tailed Swift
has a new English name:
351/2579 Papuan Spinetail Mearnsia novaeguineae
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Family: Sarothruridae – Flufftails & Forest Rails has a new English name.
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249/145Y Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
has been resequenced.
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249/145F Lesser Sand Plover
has a new English name:
249/145F Siberian Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus
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Genus Aquila of Eagles, Hawk-Eagles within Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Hawks, Eagles has been resequenced.
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
167/105F White-bellied Sea Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster
167/105Y Sanford’s Sea Eagle Icthyophaga sanfordi
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Genus Dacelo of Kookaburras within Family: Alcedinidae – Kingfishers has been resequenced.
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
379/3015 Shovel-billed Kookaburra Dacelo rex
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379/307F Malaita Dwarf Kingfisher
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
379/307Y Guadalcanal Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx nigromaxilla
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467/3889 Eclectus Parrot
has been split into four species. The species that is regularly present in Eastern Australasia is:
467/38F2 Papuan Eclectus Eclectus polychloros
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Genus Cyanoramphus of Parakeets within Family: Psittaculidae – Old World Parrots has been resequenced.
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467/3952 Papuan Lorikeet
has a new English name:
467/3952 West Papuan Lorikeet Charmosyna papou
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467/399E Black-fronted Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta nigrifrons
(nc, coastal ec, n slope of highlands of se New Guinea)
and
467/399K Dusky-cheeked Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta melanogenia
(Aru Islands, sc, s slope of highlands of se New Guinea)
have been split from:
467/3993 Orange-breasted Fig Parrot
which has a new English name:
467/3993 Blue-fronted Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii (West Papua)
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Family: Laniidae – Shrikes has been repositioned to immediately precede Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays.
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760/6548 Horsfield’s Bush Lark
has a new English name:
760/6548 Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
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937/885T New Hanover Mannikin Lonchura nigerrima
(New Hanover: Bismarck Archipelago)
has been split from:
937/885F Hunstein’s Mannikin
which has a new English name:
937/885F Mottled Mannikin Lonchura hunsteini
(New Ireland: Bismarck Archipelago)
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042/0143 Raja Shelduck
has a new English name:
042/0143 Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah
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079/0539 New Caledonian Storm Petrel Fregetta lineata
(breeds New Caledonia?)
is a newly described species.
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162/0903 Eastern Osprey Pandion cristatus
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
162/0902 Western Osprey
which has a new English name:
162/0902 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
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467/3969 Yellowish-streaked Lory
has a new English name:
467/3969 Yellow-streaked Lory Chalcopsitta scintillata
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535/523E Huon Bowerbird Amblyornis germanus
(Huon Peninsula: ec New Guinea)
has been split from:
535/5234 MacGregor’s Bowerbird Amblyornis macgregoriae
(c, e New Guinea)
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576/5536 Dwarf Longbill
has a new English name:
576/5536 Spectacled Longbill Oedistoma iliolophus
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Family: Oriolidae – Figbirds, Old World Orioles, Piopios has a new English name.
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680/612T Louisiade Monarch Symposiachrus melanopterus
(islands in wc, sw Solomon Sea)
has been split from:
680/612Y Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
680/6141 Rufous Monarch Symposiachrus rubiensis
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
700/630E Tagula Manucode Manucodia alter
(Tagula Island off se New Guinea)
has been split from:
700/6304 Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater
(New Guinea and nearby w islands)
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
700/6337 Blue Bird-of-paradise Paradisornis rudolphi
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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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808/7057 Melanesian Thicketbird
has been split into two species:
808/705E Guadalcanal Thicketbird Cincloramphus turipavae
(s Solomon Islands)
808/7057 Santo Thicketbird Cincloramphus whitneyi
(nw Vanuatu)
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