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

 

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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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