Focus on SOUTH-EAST ASIA 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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323/235Y Brown Hawk-Owl
has a new English name:
323/235Y Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
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323/2362 Hume’s Hawk-Owl
has a new English name:
323/2362 Hume’s Boobook Ninox obscura
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323/2363 Andaman Hawk-Owl
has a new English name:
323/2363 Andaman Boobook Ninox affinis
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Family: Oriolidae – Figbirds, Old World Orioles, Piopios has a new English name.
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684/6180 Crested Jay (c, s Malay Peninsula)
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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744/643F Grey Crested Tit
has a new English name:
744/643F Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
780/6856 Pale-footed Bush Warbler Hemitesia pallidipes
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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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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
907/8186 White-tailed Flycatcher Leucoptilon concretum
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907/8333 Stejneger’s Stonechat
has a new English name:
907/8333 Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
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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Family: Phasianidae – Pheasants & Allies has been revised and resequenced.
065/043Y Malaysian Partridge
has a new English name:
065/043Y Malayan Partridge Arborophila campbelli
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065/049E Malaysian Crested Argus
has a new English name:
065/049E Malayan Crested Argus Rheinardia nigrescens
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
065/0423 King Quail Synoicus chinensis
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Order Caprimulgiformes has been split into four orders, each comprised of a single family. The revised sequence of the two orders/families that are regularly present in South-east Asia is as follows:
CAPRIMULGIFORMES/Caprimulgidae – Nightjars
PODARGIFORMES/Podargidae – Frogmouths
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303/178T Burmese Collared Dove Streptopelia xanthocycla (c Myanmar)
has been split from:
303/1789 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
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286/162Y Mew Gull
has a new English name:
286/162Y Common Gull Larus canus
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
087/0566 Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis
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167/110F Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
has a new species epithet.
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Family: Strigidae – Owls has been revised and resequenced.
The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
323/2321 Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
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391/3130 Green Bee-eater
has a new English name:
391/3130 Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
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The following family has a modified English name:
Family: Calyptomenidae – African & Green Broadbills
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Family: Vireonidae – Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers has been revised and resequenced.
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684/6181 Black Magpie
has a new English name:
684/6181 Malayan Black Magpie Platysmurus leucopterus
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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been revised and resequenced.
768/678E Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
(breeds c, e Siberia, w Far East Russia, n, c Mongolia;
winters north-west se ASIA)
has been split from:
768/6785 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
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800/6906 Alpine Leaf warbler Phylloscopus occisinensis
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
800/6905 Tickell’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
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820/7128 Deignan’s Prinia
has a new (reinstated) English name:
820/7128 Brown Prinia Prinia polychroa
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The following family has a modified English name:
Family: Paradoxornithidae – Parrotbills & Allies
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824/7229 Chestnut-backed Scimitar babbler
has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in South-East Asia is:
824/722T Sunda Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus bornensis
(s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo)
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828/7329 Black-capped Babbler
has been split into three species. The species that is regularly present in South-East Asia is:
828/732P Malayan Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum nigrocapitatum
(c, s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra)
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828/7292 Limestone Wren-Babbler
has been split into three species:
828/729P Annam Limestone Babbler Gypsophila annamensis
(n Vietnam, n Laos, nw Thailand, sc China)
828/729T Rufous Limestone Babbler Gypsophila calcicola
(c Thailand)
828/7292 Variable Limestone Babbler Gypsophila crispifrons
(c, se Myanmar, nw, wc Thailand)
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892/7906 Pied Myna
has been split into three species. The two species that are regularly present in South-East Asia are:
892/7906 Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
(Indian Subcontinent, most of non-peninsular Myanmar, wc, sw Yunnan: sc China)
892/790E Siamese Pied Myna Gracupica floweri
(c, nw Cambodia, nw Laos, Thailand and adjacent e Myanmar)
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Family: Turdidae – Thrushes has been revised and resequenced.
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907/8195 Vivid Niltava
has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in South-East Asia is:
907/819T Chinese Vivid Niltava Niltava oatesi
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Six subspecies of:
917/8404 Blue-winged Leafbird
have been split to form a new species with the same English name:
917/840E Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis moluccensis
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917/840Y Greyish-crowned Leafbird Chloropsis lazulina
has been split from:
917/8409 Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
(w Yunnan, extreme nw Vietnam, nc, nw Laos and to w)
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Family: Passeridae – Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches has been resequenced.
This compendium ATWB eBook combines the contents of two former ‘Focus On’ guides: SOUTH-EAST ASIA Volume 1: NON-PASSERINES and SOUTH-EAST ASIA Volume 2: PASSERINES. You can view how earlier changes to the IOC bird list impacted on these two volumes by following the links at the foot of this page.
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.
2021 edition IOC bird list v 9.2 -> IOC bird list v 10.2
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
065/0447 Chestnut-necklaced Partridge Tropicoperdix charltonii
065/0448 Green-legged Partridge Tropicoperdix chloropus
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065/0494 Crested Argus
has been split into two species:
065/0494 Vietnamese Crested Argus Rheinardia ocellata
(ec, se Laos, wc, locally se Vietnam)
065/049E Malaysian Crested Argus Rheinardia nigrescens
(nc Peninsular Malaysia)
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303/1794 Red Turtle Dove
has a new English name:
303/1794 Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
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Family: Rallidae – Rails, Crakes & Coots has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
201/1239 Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
201/1281 Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
201/1282 Band-bellied Crake Zapornia paykullii
201/1275 Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
201/1269 Brown Crake Zapornia akool
201/1277 Baillon’s Crake Zapornia pusilla
201/1286 White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
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249/145E White-faced Plover Charadrius dealbatus (breeds se China)
has been split from:
249/1450 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
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274/1530 Whimbrel
has a new English name:
274/1530 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
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Within Order Charadriiformes, single species Family: Dromadidae – Crab-plover has been resequenced to precede Family: Glareolidae – Coursers, Pratincoles:
237/1398 Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
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Within Order Suliformes, Family: Anhingidae – Anhingas, Darters has been resequenced to precede Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants, Shags
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120/076F Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new scientific name.
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444/359F Olive-backed Woodpecker Gecinulus rafflesii
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new scientific name.
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Family: Eurylaimidae – Typical Broadbills has been resequenced.
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Family: Pittidae – Pittas has been resequenced.
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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.
764/6608 Black-headed Bulbul
has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new species epithet. Its scientific name is now:
Brachypodius melanocephalos
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The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
764/6603 Striated Bulbul Alcurus striatus
764/6691 Finsch’s Bulbul Iole finschii
764/6724 White-headed Bulbul Hypsipetes thompsoni
764/6606 Black-and-white Bulbul Microtarsus melanoleucos
764/6628 Puff-backed Bulbul Euptilotus eutilotus
764/6609 Andaman Bulbul Brachypodius fuscoflavescens
764/663Y Spectacled Bulbul Ixodia erythropthalmos
764/6614 Grey-bellied Bulbul Ixodia cyaniventris
764/6613 Scaly-breasted Bulbul Ixodia squamata
764/660Y Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
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Two subspecies of:
764/6695 Grey-cheeked Bulbul Alophoixus bres
have been split to form a species that has been allocated the same English name:
764/669P Grey-cheeked Bulbul Alophoixus tephrogenys
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820/7127 Striated Prinia
has a new English name:
820/7127 Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
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820/7128 Brown Prinia
has been split into three species:
820/7128 Deignan’s Prinia Prinia polychroa
(c Thailand, Laos, sw, ne Cambodia, c Vietnam; Java)
820/712P Burmese Prinia Prinia cooki
(e Myanmar, nw Thailand, sc China)
820/712T Annam Prinia Prinia rocki
(se Vietnam, se Cambodia)
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Parrotbills, Fulvettas, Asian Babblers and Myzornis, all formerly in Sylviidae (identifier number ‘836’),
have been moved to new family:
Family: Paradoxornithidae – Parrotbills and allies (identifier number ‘838’),
which has been sequenced to follow Family: Cisticolidae – Cisticolas & Allies.
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Family: Zosteropidae – White-eyes has been revised and resequenced and has been moved from Part 10 to Part 9 of the IOC bird list.
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
840/7537 White-collared Yuhina Parayuhina diademata
840/7530 Striated Yuhina Staphida castaniceps
840/7531 Indochinese Yuhina Staphida torqueola
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Family: Timaliidae – Babblers, Scimitar Babblers has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
824/7261 Grey-faced Tit-Babbler Mixornis kelleyi
824/725F Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
824/7257 Golden Babbler Cyanoderma chrysaeum
824/7250 Chestnut-winged Babbler Cyanoderma erythropterum
824/7253 Rufous-fronted Babbler Cyanoderma rufifrons
824/7255 Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
824/7254 Buff-chested Babbler Cyanoderma ambiguum
824/7220 Large Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys hypoleucos
824/7221 Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys erythrogenys
824/7224 Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys mcclellandi
824/7223 Black-streaked Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys gravivox
824/7240 Cachar Wedge-billed Babbler Stachyris roberti
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824/7409 Black Laughingthrush Melanocichla lugubris
formerly in Leiothrichidae (identifier number ‘832’), has been moved to a new genus within Timaliidae (identifier number ‘824’).
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824/7252 Deignan’s Babbler [formerly n Thailand]
is now known to have been an aberrant form of:
824/7253 Rufous-fronted Babbler Stachyridopsis rufifrons
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Family: Pellorneidae – Ground Babblers has a modified English name and has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
828/7290 Large Wren-Babbler Turdinus macrodactylus
828/7291 Marbled Wren-Babbler Turdinus marmoratus
828/7273 Yellow-throated Fulvetta Schoeniparus cinereus
828/7274 Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps
828/7275 Black-crowned Fulvetta Schoeniparus klossi
828/7276 Rufous-throated Fulvetta Schoeniparus rufogularis
828/7277 Rusty-capped Fulvetta Schoeniparus dubius
828/7310 Short-tailed Babbler Pellorneum malaccense
828/7318 White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum
828/731F Ferruginous Babbler Pellorneum bicolor
828/7293 Streaked Wren-Babbler Gypsophila brevicaudata
828/7292 Limestone Wren-Babbler Gypsophila crispifrons
828/7306 Long-billed Wren-Babbler Napothera malacoptila
828/7308 White-throated Wren-Babbler Napothera pasquieri
828/7305 Naung Mung Scimitar Babbler Napothera naungmungensis
828/7304 Short-tailed Scimitar Babbler Napothera danjoui
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Genus Alcippe within Pellorneidae (identifier number ‘828’)
has been moved to new family:
Family: Alcippeidae – Alcippe Fulvettas (identifier number ‘830’)
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Family: Leiothrichidae – Laughingthrushes & Allies has been resequenced.
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Genus Sitta within single genus Family: Sittidae – Nuthatches has been resequenced.
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Genus Ficedula within Family: Muscicapidae – Chats, Old World Flycatchers has been resequenced.
907/8285 Slaty-backed Flycatcher
has had its species epithet changed. Its scientific name is now:
Ficedula erithacus
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907/8305 Pygmy Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsoni
has been ascribed to genus Ficedula, and now has the scientific name which was formerly that of 907/8285 Slaty-backed Flycatcher.
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921/8430 Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum melanozanthum
has a modified scientific name.
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Family: Estrildidae – Waxbills, Munias & Allies has been revised and resequenced.
To view how earlier changes to the IOC bird list impacted on the two volumes that preceded the publication of this compendium ATWB eBook, follow these links:
Focus on SOUTH-EAST ASIA VOLUME 1: NON-PASSERINES Updates
Focus on SOUTH-EAST ASIA VOLUME 2: PASSERINES Updates
All the World's Birds 