Focus on SOUTHERN AFRICA 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
162/0902 Western Osprey
has a new English name:
162/0902 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
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444/3485 Green-backed Woodpecker
has a new English name:
444/3485 Little Spotted Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes socialis
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596/5578 Woodward’s Batis
has a new English name:
596/5578 Woodwards’ Batis Batis fratrum
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Family: Oriolidae – Figbirds, Old World Orioles, Piopios has a new English name.
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Family: Phylloscopidae – Leaf Warblers has a modified English name.
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804/6994 African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus
has been lumped with and is now represented by six subspecies of:
804/6993 Eurasian Reed Warbler
which has a new English name:
804/6993 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
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Family: Sturnidae – Starlings, Rhabdornises has a modified English name.
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907/8213 Angolan Cave Chat
has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new English name:
907/8213 Angola Cave Chat Xenocopsychus ansorgei
2021 edition -> 2022 edition IOC bird list v 10.2 -> IOC bird list v 11.2
Order Anseriformes has been resequenced to precede Order Galliformes.
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042/0199 Hottentot Teal
has a new English name:
042/0199 Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
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Family: Phasianidae – Pheasants & Allies has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
065/0392 Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
065/0384 Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
065/0424 Blue Quail Synoicus adansonii
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Family: Musophagidae – Turacos has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
311/2046 Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
311/2042 Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
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315/2179 Madagascan Cuckoo
has a new English name:
315/2179 Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii
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217/1352 Hottentot Buttonquail
has a new English name:
217/1352 Fynbos Buttonquail Turnix hottentottus
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
087/0567 Leach’s Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
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Family: Strigidae – Owls has been revised and resequenced.
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The following family has a modified English name:
Family: Calyptomenidae – African & Green Broadbills
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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been revised and resequenced.
The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
768/6744 Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
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907/8377 Boulder Chat
has been transferred from Family: Muscicapidae – Chats, Old World Flycatchers to Family: Turdidae – Thrushes:
900/8377 Boulder Chat Pinarornis plumosus
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Family: Turdidae – Thrushes has been revised and resequenced.
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Family: Passeridae – Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches has been resequenced.
This compendium ATWB eBook expands on the contents of the former ‘Focus On’ guide: SOUTHERN AFRICA Volume 2: PASSERINES to include both Non-Passerine and Passerine species.
The remainder of this page details how changes to the IOC bird list impacted on the contents of the first edition of the compendium eBook. Only changes affecting PASSERINE species are listed.
2021 edition IOC bird list v 9.2 -> IOC bird list v 10.2
Genus Oriolus within Family: Oriolidae – Figbirds, Orioles & Turnagra has been resequenced.
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Genus Dicrurus within single genus Family: Dicruridae – Drongos has been revised and resequenced.
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Family: Pycnonotidae – Bulbuls has been revised and resequenced.
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Within Order Passeriformes, Family: Sylviidae – Sylviid Babblers has been revised and resequenced to follow Family: Cisticolidae – Cisticolas & Allies.
The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
836/7489 Layard’s Warbler Curruca layardi
836/7488 Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
836/7475 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
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820/714F Red-winged Warbler
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new English name:
820/714F Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
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Family: Zosteropidae – White-eyes has been moved from Part 10 to Part 9 of the IOC bird list.
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Family: Leiothrichidae – Laughingthrushes & Allies has been resequenced.
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Family: Estrildidae – Waxbills, Munias & Allies has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
937/8839 Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
937/8840 Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
937/883Y Red-backed Mannikin Spermestes nigriceps
937/8807 Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
937/8795 Grey Waxbill Glaucestrilda perreini
937/8796 Cinderella Waxbill Glaucestrilda thomensis
937/878Y Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
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