Interactive Checklist GALÁPAGOS 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 has been ascribed to a new genus:
249/1443 Wilson’s Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
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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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091/060F Chatham Petrel
has a new English name:
091/060F Chatham Islands Petrel Pterodroma axillaris
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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 has been ascribed to a different genus:
120/0783 Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
2023 edition -> 2024 edition IOC bird list v 12.2 -> IOC bird list v 13.2
The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
201/128F Paint-billed Crake Mustelirallus erythrops
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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Family: Icteridae – Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds has a modified English name.
2021 edition -> 2022 edition IOC bird list v 10.2 -> IOC bird list v 11.2
The species within genus Oceanodroma of Family: Hydrobatidae – Northern Storm Petrels have been resequenced and ascribed to existing genus Hydrobates.
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
146/0853 Flightless Cormorant Nannopterum harrisi
2020 edition -> 2021 edition IOC bird list v 9.2 -> IOC bird list v 10.2
Family: Rallidae – Rails, Crakes & Coots has been revised and resequenced.
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274/153E Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus
has been split from:
274/1530 Whimbrel
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Family: Thraupidae – Tanagers & Allies has been revised and resequenced.
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