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351/2574    Germain’s Swiftlet

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

351/2573    Edible-nest Swiftlet    Aerodramus fuciphagus

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315/211E    Mentawai Malkoha    Phaenicophaeus oeneicaudus

(Mentawai Islands off w Sumatra)

has been split from:

315/2111    Chestnut-breasted Malkoha    Phaenicophaeus curvirostris

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

315/2149    Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo    Chalcites basalis

315/2152    Little Bronze Cuckoo    Chalcites minutillus

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315/215Y    Rusty-breasted Cuckoo

has a new English name:

315/215Y    Sunda Brush Cuckoo    Cacomantis sepulcralis

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Family: Turnicidae – Buttonquail has been resequenced.

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217/1360    Worcester’s Buttonquail

has a new English name:

217/1360    Luzon Buttonquail    Turnix worcesteri

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Family: Charadriidae – Plovers has been resequenced.

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

249/1461    Oriental Plover    Anarhynchus veredus

249/145T    Tibetan Sand Plover    Anarhynchus atrifrons

249/145F    Siberian Sand Plover    Anarhynchus mongolus

249/145Y    Greater Sand Plover    Anarhynchus leschenaultii

249/1454    Malaysian Plover    Anarhynchus peronii

249/1452    Javan Plover    Anarhynchus javanicus

249/1450    Kentish Plover    Anarhynchus alexandrinus

249/145E    White-faced Plover    Anarhynchus dealbatus

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Family: Jacanidae – Jacanas has been resequenced.

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

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

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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 different genus:

120/076F    Black Bittern    Botaurus flavicollis

120/0768    Cinnamon Bittern    Botaurus cinnamomeus

120/0767    Von Schrenck’s Bittern    Botaurus eurhythmus

120/0766    Yellow Bittern    Botaurus sinensis

120/0784    Eastern Cattle Egret    Ardea coromanda

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120/0796    Intermediate Egret

has a new English name:

120/0796    Medium Egret     Ardea intermedia

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

167/1000    Crested Goshawk    Lophospiza trivirgata

167/1009    Chinese Sparrowhawk    Tachyspiza soloensis

167/1022    Japanese Sparrowhawk    Tachyspiza gularis

167/1023    Besra    Tachyspiza virgata

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379/3003    Hombron’s Kingfisher

has a new English name:

379/3003    Blue-capped Kingfisher    Actenoides hombroni

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379/3032    Winchell’s Kingfisher

has a new English name:

379/3032    Rufous-lored Kingfisher    Actenoides hombroni

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379/306P    Rufous-backed Dwarf Kingfisher    Ceyx rufidorsa

has been split from:

379/3069    Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher

which has a new English name:

379/3069    Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher    Ceyx erithaca

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431/3363    Blue-eared Barbet

has a new English name:

431/3363    Black-eared Barbet    Psilopogon duvaucelii

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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:

444/3614    Orange-backed Woodpecker    Chrysocolaptes validus

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The following two species have been resequenced:

467/3999    Camiguin Hanging Parrot    Loriculus camiguinensis

467/399T    Black-billed Hanging Parrot    Loriculus bonapartei

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479/4067    Hooded Pitta

has a new English name:

479/4067    Western Hooded Pitta    Pitta sordida

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636/5741    Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike    Coracina striata

has been split into five species. The four newly recognised species are:

636/57F0    Mindoro Cuckooshrike    Coracina mindorensis

(Mindoro: wc Philippines)

636/57F1    Visayan Cuckooshrike    Coracina panayensis

(wc Philippines)

636/57F3    Mindanao Cuckooshrike    Coracina kochii

(ec, s Philippines)

636/57F2    Sulu Cuckooshrike    Coracina guillemardi

(sw Philippines)

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636/5732    Javan Cuckooshrike

has been renamed as:

636/5732    Oriental Cuckooshrike    Coracina javensis

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656/5848    Rusty-breasted Whistler    Pachycephala calliope

has a new scientific name.

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684/6253    Slender-billed Crow

has a new English name:

684/6253    Sunda Crow    Corvus enca

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684/625T    Sierra Madre Crow    Corvus sierramadrensis

(n Philippines)

has been split from:

684/625K    Small Crow

which has a new English name:

684/625K    Samar Crow    Corvus samarensis    (ec, s Philippines)

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684/627E    Philippine Jungle Crow    Corvus philippinus

(Philippines)

has been split from:

684/6275    Large-billed Crow    Corvus macrorhynchos

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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:

764/6604    Cream-striped Bulbul    Ixos leucogrammicus

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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been resequenced.

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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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768/6793    Striated Swallow

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

768/6790    Eastern Red-rumped Swallow    Cecropis daurica

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828/731E    Glissando Babbler    Pellorneum saturatum

(wc, sw Borneo and nearby islands)

and

828/731K    Leaflitter Babbler    Pellorneum poliogene

(n, e, c, sc Borneo)

have been split from:

828/7310    Short-tailed Babbler

which has a new English name:

828/7310    Mourning Babbler    Pellorneum malaccense

(s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Riau Islands)

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828/731T    Bornean Swamp Babbler    Pellorneum macropterum

(Borneo)

has been split from:

828/7318    White-chested Babbler

which has a new English name:

828/7318    Malayan Swamp Babbler    Pellorneum rostratum

(c, s Malay Peninsula, e Sumatra)

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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 Greater Sundas and Philippines are:

900/80F0    Mindoro Island Thrush    Turdus mindorensis

(Mindoro: Philippines)

900/80F1    Luzon Island Thrush    Turdus thomassoni

(n, s Luzon: Philippines)

900/80F2    Mindanao Island Thrush    Turdus nigrorum

(Negros, Mindanao: Philippines)

900/80F6    Sundaic Island Thrush    Turdus javanicus

(n, wc Sumatra, Java, nw Borneo)

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907/81F0    Larwo Shama    Copsychus omissus    (c, e Java)

has been split from:

907/8126    White-rumped Shama    Copsychus malabaricus

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921/8454    Blue-cheeked Flowerpecker

has a new English name:

921/8454    Red-chested Flowerpecker    Dicaeum maugei

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921/845P    Sumatran Flowerpecker    Dicaeum beccarii    (w Sumatra)

and

921/845T    Fire-throated Flowerpecker    Dicaeum luzoniense    (Philippines)

have been split from:

921/8458    Fire-breasted Flowerpecker    Dicaeum ignipectus

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921/8459    Blood-breasted Flowerpecker

has a new English name:

921/8459    Javan Flowerpecker    Dicaeum sanguinolentum

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925/85F0    Ornate Sunbird    Cinnyris ornatus

(se Asia, Lesser Sundas)

and

925/85F1    Palawan Sunbird    Cinnyris aurora    (w Philippines)

have been split from:

925/8551    Olive-backed Sunbird

which has a new English name:

925/8551    Garden Sunbird    Cinnyris jugularis

(n, c, s, sw Philippines)

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925/8566    Luzon Sunbird

and

925/8567    Bohol Sunbird

have been lumped with and are now each represented by a subspecies of:

925/8565    Metallic-winged Sunbird    Aethopyga pulcherrima

(n, ec, s Philippines)

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925/8489    Purple-naped Sunbird

has a new English name:

925/8489    Purple-naped Spiderhunter    Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum

 

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065/047E    Bornean Crestless Fireback    Lophura pyronota    (Borneo)

has been split from:

065/0472    Crestless Fireback

which has a new English name:

065/0472    Malayan Crestless Fireback    Lophura erythrophthalma

(Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra)

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065/047K    Malayan Crested Fireback    Lophura rufa

(c, s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra)

has been split from:

065/0473    Crested Fireback

which has a new English name:

065/0473    Bornean Crested Fireback    Lophura ignita

(Borneo, island off se Sumatra)

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065/044T    Sabah Partridge    Tropicoperdix graydoni

(c Sabah: n Borneo)

has been split from:

065/0447    Chestnut-necklaced Partridge    Tropicoperdix charltonii

(c, s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra)

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339/250E    Chirruping Nightjar    Caprimulgus griseatus    (Philippines)

has been split from:

339/2500    Savanna Nightjar    Caprimulgus affinis

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351/2578    Philippine Spine-tailed Swift

has a new English name:

351/2578    Philippine Spinetail    Mearnsia picina

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315/2170    Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo

has a new English name:

315/2170    Northern Hawk-Cuckoo    Hierococcyx hyperythrus

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303/197E    Enggano Imperial Pigeon    Ducula oenothorax

(Enggano Island off sw Sumatra)

has been split from:

303/1974    Green Imperial Pigeon    Ducula aenea

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249/145Y    Greater Sand Plover    Charadrius leschenaultii

has been resequenced.

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249/145T    Tibetan Sand Plover    Charadrius atrifrons

(breeds c Asia; non-breeding coasts of e Africa, s Asia, Sulawesi)

has been split from:

249/145F    Lesser Sand Plover

which has a new English name:

249/145F    Siberian Sand Plover    Charadrius mongolus

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Family: Ciconiidae – Storks has been resequenced.

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111/0708    Woolly-necked Stork

has a new English name:

111/0708    Asian Woolly-necked Stork    Ciconia episcopus

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Genus Nisaetus of 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

167/1066    Lesser Fish Eagle    Icthyophaga humilis

167/1067    Grey-headed Fish Eagle    Icthyophaga ichthyaetus

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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:

323/2287    Barred Eagle-Owl    Ketupa sumatrana

323/2290    Philippine Eagle-Owl    Ketupa philippensis

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379/306E    Malaysian Blue-banded Kingfisher    Alcedo peninsulae

(c, s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo)

has been split from:

379/3063    Blue-banded Kingfisher

which has a new English name:

379/3063    Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher    Alcedo euryzona    (Java)

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Monotypic genus Reinwardtipicus within Family: Picidae – Woodpeckers comprising:

444/3614    Orange-backed Woodpecker    Reinwardtipicus validus

has been resequenced.

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One subspecies of:

444/3616    Buff-rumped Woodpecker

has been split to form a species that has been allocated the same English name:

444/361E    Buff-rumped Woodpecker    Meiglyptes grammithorax

(c, s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo)

…………………………………………………………………….

444/3616    Buff-rumped Woodpecker

has a new English name:

444/3616    Zebra Woodpecker    Meiglyptes tristis    (Java)

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467/399T    Black-billed Hanging Parrot    Loriculus bonapartei

(c, sw Sulu Islands: sw Philippines)

has been split from:

467/3998    Philippine Hanging Parrot    Loriculus philippensis

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664/5959    Blyth’s Shrike-babbler

has a new English name:

664/5959    White-browed Shrike-babbler    Pteruthius aeralatus

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Three subspecies of:

668/5999    Black-and-crimson Oriole

have been split to form a new species which has the same English name:

668/599T    Black-and-crimson Oriole    Oriolus consanguineus

…………………………………………………………………….

668/5999    Black-and-crimson Oriole

has a new English name:

668/5999    Javan Oriole    Oriolus cruentus

…………………………………………………………………….

668/598K    Ventriloquial Oriole    Oriolus consobrinus

(n, northern ec Borneo, w Philippines)

has been split from:

668/5983    Dark-throated Oriole    Oriolus xanthonotus

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672/602K    Short-tailed Drongo    Dicrurus striatus

(ec, s Philippines)

has been split from:

672/6022    Balicassiao    Dicrurus balicassius

(n, wc Philippines)

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680/6104    Japanese Paradise Flycatcher

has a new English name:

680/6104    Black Paradise Flycatcher    Terpsiphone atrocaudata

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Family: Laniidae – Shrikes has been resequenced and 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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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:

764/6605    Spot-necked Bulbul    Pycnonotus tympanistrigus

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780/6845    Sunda Bush Warbler

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

780/6846    Aberrant Bush Warbler    Horornis flavolivaceus

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892/7901    Black-winged Starling

has a new English name:

892/7901    Black-winged Myna    Acridotheres melanopterus

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Family: Muscicapidae – Chats, Old World Flycatchers has been resequenced.

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907/816T    Rufous-breasted Blue Flycatcher    Cyornis camarinensis

(s Luzon: n Philippines)

has been split from:

907/8170    Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher    Cyornis herioti

(n, c Luzon: n Philippines)

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907/8239    White-browed Shortwing

has been split into five species. The species that are regularly present in Greater Sundas and Philippines are:

907/82F3    Philippine Shortwing    Brachypteryx poliogyna

907/82F4    Bornean Shortwing    Brachypteryx erythrogyna

907/82F5    Sumatran Shortwing    Brachypteryx saturata

907/8239    Javan Shortwing    Brachypteryx montana

 

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

201/1230    Calayan Rail    Aptenorallus calayanensis

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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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Each of the following species, formerly named as a Hawk-Owl, has been renamed as a Boobook:

323/235Y    Brown Boobook    Ninox scutulata

323/2365    Luzon Boobook    Ninox philippensis

323/2366    Mindanao Boobook    Ninox spilocephala

323/236F    Camiguin Boobook    Ninox leventisi

323/236Y    Sulu Boobook    Ninox reyi

323/2369    Cebu Boobook    Ninox rumseyi

323/2368    Romblon Boobook    Ninox spilonotus

323/2367    Mindoro Boobook    Ninox mindorensis

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379/302E    Brown-breasted Kingfisher    Halcyon gularis    (Philippines)

has been split from:

379/3023    White-throated Kingfisher    Halcyon smyrnensis

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391/313T    Rufous-crowned Bee-eater    Merops americanus    (Philippines)

has been split from:

391/3135    Blue-throated Bee-eater    Merops viridis

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Four subspecies of:

467/3894    Blue-backed Parrot

have been split to form a new species with the same English name:

467/389K    Blue-backed Parrot    Tanygnathus everetti    (Philippines)

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548/5333    Indonesian Honeyeater

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

548/5334    Brown Honeyeater    Lichmera indistincta

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

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684/6180    Crested Jay    (Sumatra, Java, Borneo)

has been moved from:

Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays  (identifier number ‘684’)

to new monotypic family:

Family: Platylophidae – Jayshrike  (identifier number ‘683’)

and has a new English name:

683/6180    Crested Jayshrike    Platylophus galericulatus

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Family: Phylloscopidae – Leaf Warblers has a modified English name.

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840/762T    Meratus White-eye    Zosterops meratusensis    (se Borneo)

is a newly described species.

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824/726E    Kangean Tit-Babbler    Mixornis prillwitzi

(Kangean Islands in Java Sea)

has been split from:

824/7260    Grey-cheeked Tit-Babbler    Mixornis flavicollis    (Java)

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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

…………………………………………………………………….

907/817T    Meratus Blue Flycatcher    Cyornis kadayangensis    (se Borneo)

is a newly described species.