Focus on WALLACEA Updates
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 this compendium eBook for its first annual edition.
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: SUBOSCINE PASSERINES Updates
