Focus on WALLACEA 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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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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319/2192 Minahassa Masked Owl
has a new English name:
319/2192 Minahasa Masked Owl Tyto inexspectata
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Birds present on Kai Islands that were previously considered to be of the species:
323/2359 Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
have been ascribed to:
323/2357 Barking Owl Ninox connivens
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323/2380 Little Sumba Hawk-Owl
has a new English name:
323/2380 Least Boobook Ninox sumbaensis
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323/223K Wetar Scops Owl Otus tempestatis (Wetar)
has been split from:
323/2234 Moluccan Scops Owl Otus magicus (sc, ne Indonesia)
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379/3014 Lilac Kingfisher
has been split into two species:
379/3014 Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher Cittura cyanotis
(n, ec, se Sulawesi)
379/301E Sangihe Lilac Kingfisher Cittura sanghirensis
(Sangihe, Siau islands)
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379/301F Glittering Kingfisher
has a new English name:
379/301F White-rumped Kingfisher Caridonax fulgidus
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467/3894 Blue-backed Parrot
has been split into two species. The species regularly present in Wallacea is:
467/3894 Azure-rumped Parrot Tanygnathus sumatranus
(nc Indonesia)
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467/3979 Ornate Lorikeet
has had its species epithet amended. Its scientific name is now:
Saudareos ornata
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
548/5331 Scaly-crowned Honeyeater Sugomel lombokium
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548/530K Bacan Myzomela Myzomela batjanensis
(Bacan: ne Indonesia)
has been split from:
548/5302 Sulawesi Myzomela Myzomela chloroptera
(c Indonesia)
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548/5353 Dusky Friarbird
has a new English name:
548/5353 Morotai Friarbird Philemon fuscicapillus
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548/5355 Black-faced Friarbird
has a new English name:
548/5355 Buru Friarbird Philemon moluccensis
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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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656/5832 Sangihe Shrikethrush
has a new English name:
656/5832 Sangihe Whistler Coracornis sanghirensis
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Family: Oriolidae – Figbirds, Old World Orioles, Piopios has a new English name.
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680/612F Black-chinned Monarch
has a new English name:
680/612F Boano Monarch Symposiachrus boanensis
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Birds resident on Ambon, Seram and islands in ne Banda Sea that were formerly ascribed to:
680/612Y Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus
have been re-ascribed to:
680/6130 Moluccan Monarch Symposiachrus bimaculatus
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680/6131 White-tailed Monarch
has a new English name:
680/6131 Kai Monarch Symposiachrus leucurus
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680/6132 White-tipped Monarch
has a new English name:
680/6132 Tanahjampea Monarch Symposiachrus everetti
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680/6133 Black-tipped Monarch
has a new English name:
680/6133 Buru Monarch Symposiachrus loricatus
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Genus Corvus within Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Phylloscopidae – Leaf Warblers has a modified English name.
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800/694P Flores Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus floresianus
(Flores: c Lesser Sundas)
has been split from:
800/6941 Timor Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus presbytes
(Timor and nearby island: c Lesser Sundas)
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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 different genus:
900/8009 Sulawesi Thrush Turdus turdoides
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Genus Ficedula within Family: Muscicapidae – Chats, Old World Flycatchers has been partially resequenced.
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921/8446 Flame-breasted Flowerpecker
has a new English name:
921/8446 Buru Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrothorax
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937/8822 Zebra Finch
has been split into two species. The species regularly present in Wallacea is:
937/8822 Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata (Lesser Sundas)
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.
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
065/0422 Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
065/0423 King Quail Synoicus chinensis
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Family: Aegothelidae – Owlet-Nightjars has been split from Order Apodiformes to form an order comprised of a single family:
AEGOTHELIFORMES/Aegothelidae – Owlet-Nightjars
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315/209E Kai Coucal Centropus spilopterus (Kai Islands)
has been split from:
315/2095 Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
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303/1788 Island Collared Dove
has a new English name:
303/1788 Sunda Collared Dove Streptopelia bitorquata
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303/1931 Oberholser’s Fruit Dove
has a new species epithet:
303/1931 Oberholser’s Fruit Dove Ptilinopus gularis
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
087/056Y Matsudaira’s Storm Petrel Hydrobates matsudairae
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Family: Strigidae – Owls has been revised and resequenced.
Subspecies kalidupae of
323/223F Sulawesi Scops Owl Otus manadensis
resident on Kaledupa Island off se Sulawesi has been re-ascribed to:
323/2234 Moluccan Scops Owl Otus magicus
…………………………………………………………………….
323/223T Banggai Scops Owl Otus mendeni (Banggai Islands)
has been split from:
323/223F Sulawesi Scops Owl Otus manadensis (Sulawesi)
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The Lorikeet and Lory genera within Family: Psittacidae – African & New World Parrots have been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
467/3949 Red-flanked Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna placentis
467/3945 Blue-fronted Lorikeet Charmosynopsis toxopei
467/3971 Iris Lorikeet Saudareos iris
467/3979 Ornate Lorikeet Saudareos ornatus
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467/3986 Citrine Lorikeet
has been ascribed to a new genus and split into two species.
467/3986 Sula Lorikeet Saudareos flavoviridis (Sula Islands)
467/398E Yellow-cheeked Lorikeet Saudareos meyeri (Sulawesi)
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479/407E Ornate Pitta Pitta concinna (n Lesser Sundas)
and
479/407T Banda Sea Pitta Pitta vigorsii (se, ec Indonesia)
have been split from:
479/4075 Elegant Pitta Pitta elegans
(sc, ne Indonesia, Timor-Leste)
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548/5295 Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura
has been split into four species. The two species regularly present in Wallacea are:
548/52F0 Moluccan Myzomela Myzomela simplex (n Moluccas)
548/52F1 Red-tinged Myzomela Myzomela rubrotincta
(Obi and nearby island: c Moluccas)
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548/5299 Crimson-hooded Myzomela
has a new English name:
548/5299 Wetar Myzomela Myzomela kuehni
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668/5980 Olive-brown Oriole
has been split into two species:
668/5980 Timor Oriole Oriolus melanotis (Timor and nearby islands)
668/598E Wetar Oriole Oriolus finschi (Wetar and nearby island)
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676/607P Peleng Fantail Rhipidura habibiei
has been resequenced to precede:
676/607E Taliabu Fantail Rhipidura sulaensis
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680/6094 Cerulean Paradise Flycatcher
has been transferred from Family: Monarchidae – Monarchs to Family: Rhipiduridae – Fantails and has a new English name:
676/6094 Cerulean Flycatcher Eutrichomyias rowleyi
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680/610E Tenggara Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone floris
(w, c Lesser Sundas)
has been split from:
680/6102 Blyth’s Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis
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680/614T Tanimbar Monarch Carterornis castus (Tanimbar Islands)
has been split from:
680/614Y White-naped Monarch Carterornis pileatus (n, sw Moluccas)
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700/6303 Paradise-crow
has been split into two species:
700/6303 Halmahera Paradise-crow Lycocorax pyrrhopterus (n Moluccas)
700/6302 Obi Paradise-crow Lycocorax obiensis (c Moluccas)
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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been revised and resequenced.
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Subspecies nesophilus of:
800/6940 Sulawesi Leaf Warbler
has been split to form a species that has been allocated the same English name:
800/694K Sulawesi Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus nesophilus
(n, c, se Sulawesi)
…………………………………………………………………….
800/6940 Sulawesi Leaf Warbler
has a new English name:
800/6940 Lompobattang Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus sarasinorum
(sw Sulawesi)
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Family: Turdidae – Thrushes has been revised and resequenced.
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907/8187 Russet-backed Jungle Flycatcher
has been split into two species:
907/8187 Flores Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis oscillans
(Sumbawa, Flores: Lesser Sundas)
907/818P Sumba Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis stresemanni
(Sumba: Lesser Sundas)
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907/8203 Streak-breasted Jungle Flycatcher
has a new English name:
907/8203 Buru Jungle Flycatcher Eumyias additus
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
937/8866 Timor Sparrow Padda fuscata
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961/9102 Mountain Serin
has a new English name:
961/9102 Indonesian Serin Chrysocorythus estherae
This compendium ATWB eBook combines the contents of two former ‘Focus On’ guides: WALLACEA Volume 1: NON-PASSERINES and WALLACEA 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
Genus Gallus of Junglefowl within Family: Phasianidae – Pheasants & Allies has been resequenced.
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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
201/1234 Barred Rail Hypotaenidia torquata
201/1236 Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis
201/1281 Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
201/1283 Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
201/1286 White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
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274/1530 Whimbrel
has a new English name:
274/1530 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
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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
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new scientific name:
120/076F Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis
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Family: Pittidae – Pittas has been resequenced.
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Family: Meliphagidae – Honeyeaters has been revised and resequenced.
The birds resident on Alor previously considered possibly to be of the species:
548/5299 Crimson-hooded Myzomela Myzomela kuehni
are now known to be a newly described species:
548/529E Alor Myzomela Myzomela prawiradilagae
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548/530E Taliabu Myzomela Myzomela wahe
(Taliabu: Sula Islands)
is a newly described species.
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548/5433 Streak-breasted Honeyeater (Timor, Semau)
has been ascribed to a new genus. Its scientific name is now:
548/5433 Streak-breasted Honeyeater Territornis reticulata
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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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676/607P Peleng Fantail Rhipidura habibiei
(Peleng: Banggai Islands)
is a newly described species.
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Family: Pycnonotidae – Bulbuls has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:
764/6707 Seram Golden Bulbul Hypsipetes affinis
764/6708 Northern Golden Bulbul Hypsipetes longirostris
764/6709 Buru Golden Bulbul Hypsipetes mysticalis
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800/6942 Island Leaf Warbler (n AUS islands)
has a new species epithet. Its scientific name is now:
800/6942 Island Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus poliocephalus
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A newly described Leaf Warbler resident on Peleng in the Banggai Islands has been ascribed as a subspecies of:
800/6942 Island Leaf Warbler
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808/701Y Chestnut-backed Bush Warbler
has been split into three species:
808/701Y Sulawesi Bush Warbler Locustella castanea
808/701P Seram Bush Warbler Locustella musculus
808/701T Buru Bush Warbler Locustella disturbans
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808/701E Taliabu Bush Warbler Locustella portenta
(Taliabu: Sula Islands)
is a newly described species.
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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 different genus:
840/7554 Grey-hooded White-eye Heleia pinaiae
840/7556 Streak-headed White-eye Heleia squamiceps
840/7558 Cream-browed White-eye Heleia superciliaris
840/7559 Crested White-eye Heleia dohertyi
840/757F Yellow-ringed White-eye Heleia wallacei
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Family: Pellorneidae – Ground Babblers has a modified English name.
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828/7319 Sulawesi Babbler Pellorneum celebense
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new scientific name.
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Genus Ficedula within Family: Muscicapidae – Chats, Old World Flycatchers has been resequenced.
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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 WALLACEA VOLUME 1: NON-PASSERINES Updates
Focus on WALLACEA VOLUME 2: PASSERINES Updates
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