Interactive Checklist MADAGASCAR 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
315/210E Olive-capped Coua Coua olivaceiceps
(sw, sc Madagascar)
has been split from:
315/2101 Red-capped Coua Coua ruficeps
(nw, wc Madagacar)
**********************************************
Family: Charadriidae – Plovers has been resequenced.
…………………………………………………………………….
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
249/145Y Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
249/1446 Madagascar Plover Anarhynchus thoracicus
249/1447 Kittlitz’s Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
249/144Y White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
**********************************************
Family: Scolopacidae – Sandpipers, Snipes has been partially resequenced.
**********************************************
Family: Laridae – Gulls, Terns, Skimmers has been resequenced.
**********************************************
091/057Y Cape Petrel
has a new English name:
091/057Y Pintado Petrel Daption capense
**********************************************
Family: Fregatidae – Frigatebirds has been resequenced.
**********************************************
Family: Sulidae – Gannets, Boobies has been resequenced.
**********************************************
Family: Ardeidae – Herons, Bitterns has been resequenced.
…………………………………………………………………….
The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:
120/0764 Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
120/0783 Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
**********************************************
The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:
167/100F Frances’s Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza francesiae
167/103F Henst’s Goshawk Astur henstii
**********************************************
768/673T Madagascar Martin Riparia cowani
(e, sw Madagascar)
has been split from:
768/673Y Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
**********************************************
The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
816/7073 Dusky Tetraka Crossleyia tenebrosa