On this page you can view how the first release of the AviList impacted on the contents of this ATWB eBook.

 

2025 edition -> 2026 edition     IOC bird list v 14.2 -> AviList v2025

Non-Passerine Orders have been resequenced. Within some Orders, there has also been a resequencing of families.

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The following families have been moved from a part of the IOC bird list to a different part of the AviList:

Family: Phoenicopteridae – Flamingos (Part 2 to Part 1)

Family: Podicipedidae – Grebes (Part 2 to Part 1)

Family: Musophagidae – Turacos (Part 2 to Part 1)

Family: Otididae – Bustards (Part 2 to Part 1)

Family: Cuculidae – Cuckoos (Part 2 to Part 1)

Family: Pteroclidae – Sandgrouse (Part 2 to Part 1)

13 families within Order CHARADRIIFORMES (Part 3 to Part 2)

Family: Caprimulgidae – Nightjars and Nighthawks (Part 1 to Part 3)

Family: Apodidae – Swifts (Part 1 to Part 3)

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The two species in Family: Struthionidae – Ostriches have been resequenced.

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Family: Anatidae – Ducks, Swans, and Geese has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Anatidae – Ducks, Swans, and Geese have been resequenced.

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042/0195    Eurasian Teal

has a new English name:

042/0195    Green-winged Teal    Anas crecca

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The species in Family: Numididae – Guineafowl have been resequenced.

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Family: Phasianidae – Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Phasianidae – Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies has been partially resequenced.

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The species in Family: Phoenicopteridae – Flamingos have been resequenced.

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Family: Musophagidae – Turacos has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Otididae – Bustards has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Cuculidae – Cuckoos has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Columbidae – Doves and Pigeons has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Columbidae – Doves and Pigeons have been resequenced.

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

303/1768    Lemon Dove    Aplopelia larvata

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Family: Sarothruridae – Flufftails has a new English name.

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Family: Rallidae – Rails, Gallinules, and Coots has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Rallidae – Rails, Gallinules, and Coots have been resequenced.

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201/1297    African Swamphen

has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:

201/1296    Western Swamphen

which has a new English name:

201/1296    Purple Swamphen    Porphyrio porphyrio

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Family: Burhinidae – Thick-knees and Stone-curlews has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Burhinidae – Thick-knees and Stone-curlews have been resequenced.

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Family: Recurvirostridae – Stilts and Avocets has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Recurvirostridae – Stilts and Avocets have been resequenced.

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Family: Charadriidae – Plovers and Lapwings has a new English name.

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

249/1449    Three-banded Plover    Thinornis tricollaris

249/1442    Little Ringed Plover    Thinornis dubius

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Family: Rostratulidae – Painted-Snipes has a modified English name.

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Family: Scolopacidae – Sandpipers and Allies has a new English name.

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Monotypic genus Ortyxelos ‘Quail-plover’ within Family: Turnicidae – Buttonquail has been resequenced.

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Family: Dromadidae – Crab-Plover has a modified English name.

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Family: Glareolidae – Coursers and Pratincoles has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Glareolidae – Coursers and Pratincoles have been resequenced.

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

280/1581    Double-banded Courser    Smutsornis africanus

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Family: Stercorariidae – Jaegers and Skuas has a new English name.

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Family: Laridae – Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls has a new English name.

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Family: Laridae – Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Oceanitidae – Southern Storm Petrels has a new English name.

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Family: Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels has a modified English name.

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Family: Ciconiidae – Storks has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Sulidae – Boobies and Gannets has a new English name.

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Family: Anhingidae – Anhinga and Darters has a modified English name.

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Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants and Shags has a modified English name.

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146/0866    White-breasted Cormorant

has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:

146/0865    Great Cormorant    Phalacrocorax carbo

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Family: Threskiornithidae – Ibises and Spoonbills has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Threskiornithidae – Ibises and Spoonbills have been resequenced.

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Family: Ardeidae – Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns has a new English name.

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Family: Ardeidae – Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns has been partially resequenced.

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120/0805    Dimorphic Egret

has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:

120/0803    Little Egret    Egretta garzetta

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120/077E    Little Heron    Butorides atricapilla

(all birds except those regularly present in Panama, South America)

has been split from:

120/0778    Striated Heron    Butorides striata

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Family: Caprimulgidae – Nightjars and Nighthawks has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Caprimulgidae – Nightjars and Nighthawks have been resequenced.

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The species in Family: Apodidae – Swifts have been resequenced.

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Family: Tytonidae – Bay Owls and Barn Owls has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Tytonidae – Bay Owls and Barn Owls have been resequenced.

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Family: Strigidae – Owls has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Pandionidae – Osprey has a modified English name.

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Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks have been resequenced.

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167/1057    Yellow-billed Kite

has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:

167/1056    Black Kite    Milvus migrans

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Genus Urocolius within Family: Coliidae – Mousebirds has been resequenced.

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395/3151    African Hoopoe

has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:

395/3150    Eurasian Hoopoe

which has a new English name:

395/3150    Common Hoopoe    Upupa epops

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Family: Phoeniculidae – Wood Hoopoes and Scimitarbills has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Phoeniculidae – Wood Hoopoes and Scimitarbills have been resequenced.

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399/315Y    Grant’s Wood Hoopoe

has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:

399/315F    Violet Wood Hoopoe    Phoeniculus damarensis

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Family: Bucorvidae – Ground Hornbills has been embedded within Family: Bucerotidae – Hornbills.

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The species in Family: Bucerotidae – Hornbills have been resequenced.

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The species in Family: Coraciidae – Rollers have been resequenced.

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The species in genus Merops within Family: Meropidae – Bee-eaters have been resequenced.

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The species in Family: Alcedinidae – Kingfishers have been resequenced.

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Family: Lybiidae – African Barbets has been partially resequenced.

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

435/3402    Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet    Trachylaemus purpuratus

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435/3407    Usambiro Barbet

has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:

435/3406    D’Arnaud’s Barbet    Trachyphonus darnaudii

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The species in Family: Picidae – Woodpeckers have been resequenced.

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444/3485    Little Spotted Woodpecker

has been lumped with and is now represented by three subspecies of:

444/3486    Little Green Woodpecker

which has a new English name:

444/3486    Green-backed Woodpecker    Campethera maculosa

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Family: Falconidae – Falcons and Caracaras has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Falconidae – Falcons and Caracaras have been resequenced.

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Family: Psittacidae – African and New World Parrots has a modified English name.

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Within Order PASSERIFORMES there has been a resequencing of some families.

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The following families have been moved from a part of the IOC bird list to a different part of the AviList:

Family: Oriolidae – Old World Orioles (Part 8 to Part 7)

Family: Hyliotidae – Hyliotas (Part 10 to Part 8)

Family: Macrosphenidae – Longbills, Crombecs, and Allies (Part 9 to Part 8)

Family: Cisticolidae – Cisticolas and Allies (Part 9 to Part 8)

Family: Pycnonotidae – Bulbuls (Part 8 to Part 9)

Family: Modulatricidae – Dapple-throat and Allies (Part 10 to Part 11)

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Family: Calyptomenidae – African and Green Broadbills has a modified English name.

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The species within Family: Campephagidae – Cuckooshrikes have been resequenced.

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Family: Malaconotidae – Bushshrikes and Allies has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Malaconotidae – Bushshrikes and Allies have been resequenced.

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

608/5633    Rosy-patched Bushshrike    Rhodophoneus cruentus

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Family: Platysteiridae – Wattle-eyes and Batises has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Platysteiridae – Wattle-eyes and Batises have been resequenced.

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

596/558Y    Chestnut Wattle-eye    Dyaphorophyia castanea

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596/5574    Forest Batis

has a new English name:

596/5574    Short-tailed Batis    Batis mixta

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Family: Vangidae – Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Oriolidae – Old World Orioles has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Dicruridae – Drongos have been resequenced.

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The species in Family: Monarchidae – Monarch Flycatchers, Paradise Flycatchers, and Shrikebills have been resequenced.

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Family: Laniidae – Shrikes has been partially resequenced.

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

660/5880    Yellow-billed Shrike    Corvinella corvina

660/5881    Magpie Shrike    Urolestes melanoleucus

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Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays, and Magpies has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays, and Magpies have been resequenced.

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Family: Paridae – Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Paridae – Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice have been resequenced.

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Family: Alaudidae – Larks has been partially resequenced.

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760/6588    Athi Short-toed Lark

has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:

760/658F    Somali Short-toed Lark    Alaudala somalica

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Family: Macrosphenidae – Longbills, Crombecs, and Allies has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Macrosphenidae – Longbills, Crombecs, and Allies have been resequenced.

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Family: Cisticolidae – Cisticolas and Allies has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Cisticolidae – Cisticolas and Allies have been resequenced.

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820/717F    Grey-backed Camaroptera

has been lumped with and is now represented by 11 subspecies of:

820/7179    Green-backed Camaroptera

which has a new English name:

820/7179    Bleating Camaroptera    Camaroptera brachyura

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820/715T    Brown-tailed Apalis

has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:

820/715F    Yellow-breasted Apalis    Apalis flavida

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820/7145    Black-faced Prinia

has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:

820/7144    Banded Prinia    Prinia bairdii

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Family: Acrocephalidae – Reed Warblers and Allies has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Acrocephalidae – Reed Warblers and Allies have been resequenced.

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Family: Locustellidae – Grasshopper Warblers, Grassbirds, and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows has a new English name.

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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows has been partially resequenced.

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The species in Family: Pycnonotidae – Bulbuls have been resequenced.

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764/6642    Kakamega Greenbul

has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:

764/6641    Shelley’s Greenbul    Arizelocichla masukuensis

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764/6675    Placid Greenbul

has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:

764/6674    Cabanis’s Greenbul    Phyllastrephus cabanisi

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764/6626    Dodson’s Bulbul

and

764/6627    Dark-capped Bulbul

have been lumped with and are now represented by one and three subspecies respectively of:

764/6624    Common Bulbul    Pycnonotus barbatus

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Family: Sylviidae – Sylviid Warblers and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Sylviidae – Sylviid Warblers and Allies has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Zosteropidae – White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Pellorneidae – Ground Babblers and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Leiothrichidae – Laughingthrushes and Allies has a modified English name.

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The two species in Family: Buphagidae – Oxpeckers have been resequenced.

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896/7962    Red-billed Oxpecker    Buphagus erythroryncha

has a modified species epithet.

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Family: Sturnidae – Rhabdornis, Starlings, and Mynas has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Sturnidae – Rhabdornis, Starlings, and Mynas have been resequenced.

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Family: Turdidae – Thrushes and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies has been partially resequenced.

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

907/8114    Bearded Scrub Robin    Tychaedon quadrivirgata

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Family: Modulatricidae – Dapple-throat and Allies has a modified English name.

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Family: Nectariniidae – Spiderhunters and Sunbirds has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Nectariniidae – Spiderhunters and Sunbirds have been resequenced.

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Family: Ploceidae – Weavers and Allies has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Ploceidae – Weavers and Allies have been resequenced.

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

933/8698    Compact Weaver    Pachyphantes superciliosus

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Family: Viduidae – Whydahs and Indigobirds has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Viduidae – Whydahs and Indigobirds have been resequenced.

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Family: Estrildidae – Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies has a new English name.

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Family: Estrildidae – Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Passeridae – Snowfinches and Old World Sparrows has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Passeridae – Snowfinches and Old World Sparrows have been resequenced.

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Family: Motacillidae – Wagtails and Pipits has a modified English name.

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The species in Family: Motacillidae – Wagtails and Pipits have been resequenced.

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Family: Fringillidae – Finches, Euphonias, and Allies has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Fringillidae – Finches, Euphonias, and Allies have been resequenced.

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Family: Emberizidae – Old World Buntings has a new English name.

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The species in Family: Emberizidae – Old World Buntings have been resequenced.