Interactive Checklist ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS 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.
2024 edition -> 2025 edition IOC bird list v 13.2 -> IOC bird list v 14.2
Family: Charadriidae – Plovers has been resequenced.
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
249/145T Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons
249/145Y Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
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Family: Scolopacidae – Sandpipers, Snipes has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Laridae – Gulls, Terns, Skimmers has been resequenced.
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Family: Fregatidae – Frigatebirds has been resequenced.
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Family: Ardeidae – Herons, Bitterns has been resequenced.
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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:
120/076F Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
120/0768 Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
120/0766 Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
120/0784 Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
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120/0796 Intermediate Egret
has a new English name:
120/0796 Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
167/1007 Nicobar Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza butleri
167/1009 Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
167/1022 Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
167/1023 Besra Tachyspiza virgata
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379/3069 Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher
has a new English name:
379/3069 Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
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479/4067 Hooded Pitta
has been split into five species. The species that is regularly present in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is:
479/40Y0 Nicobar Hooded Pitta Pitta abbotti (Nicobar Islands)
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Five subspecies of :
636/5731 Large Cuckooshrike
have been reascribed to:
636/5732 Javan Cuckooshrike
which has been renamed as:
636/5732 Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
764/6703 Nicobar Bulbul Hypsipetes nicobariensis
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Six subspecies of:
768/6771 Pacific Swallow
have been split to form a species with the same English name:
768/677E Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
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925/8551 Olive-backed Sunbird
has been split into eight species. The species that is regularly present in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is:
925/85F0 Ornate Sunbird Cinnyris ornatus
(se Asia, Lesser Sundas)
2023 edition -> 2024 edition IOC bird list v 12.2 -> IOC bird list v 13.2
249/145Y Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
has been resequenced.
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249/145F Lesser Sand Plover
has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is:
249/145T Tibetan Sand Plover Charadrius atrifrons
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
167/105F White-bellied Sea Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster
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Family: Laniidae – Shrikes has been repositioned to immediately precede Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays.
2022 edition -> 2023 edition IOC bird list v 11.2 -> IOC bird list v 12.2
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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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.
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 has been ascribed to a new genus:
065/0423 King Quail Synoicus chinensis
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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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Family: Strigidae – Owls has been revised and resequenced.
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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been revised and resequenced.
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Family: Turdidae – Thrushes has been revised and resequenced.
2020 edition -> 2021 edition IOC bird list v 9.2 -> IOC bird list v 10.2
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
201/1277 Baillon’s Crake Zapornia pusilla
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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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120/076F Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new scientific name.
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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.
764/6609 Andaman Bulbul Brachypodius fuscoflavescens
has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new scientific name.
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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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