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

351/2574    Germain’s Swiftlet

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

351/2573    Edible-nest Swiftlet    Aerodramus fuciphagus

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

315/2152    Little Bronze Cuckoo    Chalcites minutillus

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315/215Y    Rusty-breasted Cuckoo

has a new English name:

315/215Y    Sunda Brush Cuckoo    Cacomantis sepulcralis

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Family: Charadriidae – Plovers has been resequenced.

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

249/1461    Oriental Plover    Anarhynchus veredus

249/145T    Tibetan Sand Plover    Anarhynchus atrifrons

249/145Y    Greater Sand Plover    Anarhynchus leschenaultii

249/1454    Malaysian Plover    Anarhynchus peronii

249/1450    Kentish Plover    Anarhynchus alexandrinus

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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: Sulidae – Gannets, Boobies 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

120/0767    Von Schrenck’s Bittern    Botaurus eurhythmus

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:

167/1000    Crested Goshawk    Lophospiza trivirgata

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 been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in East Malaysia is:

379/306P    Rufous-backed Dwarf Kingfisher    Ceyx rufidorsa

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431/3363    Blue-eared Barbet

has a new English name:

431/3363    Black-eared Barbet    Psilopogon duvaucelii

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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:

444/3614    Orange-backed Woodpecker    Chrysocolaptes validus

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479/4067    Hooded Pitta

has a new English name:

479/4067    Western Hooded Pitta    Pitta sordida

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684/6253    Slender-billed Crow

has a new English name:

684/6253    Sunda Crow    Corvus enca

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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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768/6790    Red-rumped Swallow

has a new English name:

768/6790    Eastern Red-rumped Swallow    Cecropis daurica

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828/7310    Short-tailed Babbler

has been split into three species. The species that are regularly present in East Malaysia are:

828/731E    Glissando Babbler    Pellorneum saturatum

(wc, sw Borneo and nearby islands)

and

828/731K    Leaflitter Babbler    Pellorneum poliogene

(n, e, c, sc Borneo)

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828/7318    White-chested Babbler

has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in East Malaysia is:

828/731T    Bornean Swamp Babbler    Pellorneum macropterum

(Borneo)

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900/8058    Island Thrush

has been split into 16 extant and one extinct species. The species that is regularly present in East Malaysia is:

900/80F6    Sundaic Island Thrush    Turdus javanicus

(n, wc Sumatra, Java, nw Borneo)

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925/8551    Olive-backed Sunbird

has been split into eight species. The species that is regularly present in East Malaysia is:

925/85F0    Ornate Sunbird    Cinnyris ornatus

(se Asia, Lesser Sundas)

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925/8489    Purple-naped Sunbird

has a new English name:

925/8489    Purple-naped Spiderhunter    Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum

 

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2023 edition -> 2024 edition     IOC bird list v 12.2 -> IOC bird list v 13.2

065/0472    Crestless Fireback

has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in East Malaysia is:

065/047E    Bornean Crestless Fireback    Lophura pyronota    (Borneo)

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065/0473    Crested Fireback

has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in East Malaysia is:

065/0473    Bornean Crested Fireback    Lophura ignita

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065/044T    Sabah Partridge    Tropicoperdix graydoni    (c Sabah: n Borneo)

has been split from:

065/0447    Chestnut-necklaced Partridge    Tropicoperdix charltonii

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315/2170    Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo

has a new English name:

315/2170    Northern Hawk-Cuckoo    Hierococcyx hyperythrus

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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 East Malaysia is:

249/145T    Tibetan Sand Plover    Charadrius atrifrons

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Family: Ciconiidae – Storks has been resequenced.

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Genus Nisaetus of Hawk-Eagles within Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Hawks, Eagles has been resequenced.

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

167/105F    White-bellied Sea Eagle    Icthyophaga leucogaster

167/1066    Lesser Fish Eagle    Icthyophaga humilis

167/1067    Grey-headed Fish Eagle    Icthyophaga ichthyaetus

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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:

323/2287    Barred Eagle-Owl    Ketupa sumatrana

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379/3063    Blue-banded Kingfisher

has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in East Malaysia is:

379/306E    Malaysian Blue-banded Kingfisher    Alcedo peninsulae

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Monotypic genus Reinwardtipicus within Family: Picidae – Woodpeckers comprising:

444/3614    Orange-backed Woodpecker    Reinwardtipicus validus

has been resequenced.

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444/3616    Buff-rumped Woodpecker

has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in East Malaysia is:

444/361E    Buff-rumped Woodpecker    Meiglyptes grammithorax

(c, s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo)

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664/5959    Blyth’s Shrike-babbler

has a new English name:

664/5959    White-browed Shrike-babbler    Pteruthius aeralatus

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668/5999    Black-and-crimson Oriole

has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in East Malaysia is:

668/599T    Black-and-crimson Oriole    Oriolus consanguineus

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668/598K    Ventriloquial Oriole    Oriolus consobrinus

(n, northern ec Borneo, w Philippines)

has been split from:

668/5983    Dark-throated Oriole    Oriolus xanthonotus

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680/6104    Japanese Paradise Flycatcher

has a new English name:

680/6104    Black Paradise Flycatcher    Terpsiphone atrocaudata

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Family: Laniidae – Shrikes has been repositioned to immediately precede Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays.

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780/6845    Sunda Bush Warbler

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

780/6846    Aberrant Bush Warbler    Horornis flavolivaceus

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Family: Muscicapidae – Chats, Old World Flycatchers has been resequenced.

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907/8239    White-browed Shortwing

has been split into five species. The species that is regularly present in East Malaysia is:

907/82F4    Bornean Shortwing    Brachypteryx erythrogyna

 

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

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684/6180    Crested Jay

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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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