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.
2022 edition -> 2023 edition IOC bird list v 11.2 -> IOC bird list v 12.2
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)