Interactive Checklist MAINLAND NEW ZEALAND 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

004/0084    Great Spotted Kiwi    Apteryx maxima

has a new scientific name.

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

315/2150    Shining Bronze Cuckoo    Chalcites lucidus

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Family: Charadriidae – Plovers  has been resequenced.

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The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:

249/1467    Black-fronted Dotterel    Charadrius melanops

249/1459    Double-banded Plover    Anarhynchus bicinctus

249/143F    New Zealand Plover    Anarhynchus obscurus

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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: Stercorariidae – Skuas has been resequenced.

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Family: Diomedeidae – Albatrosses has been resequenced.

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083/0544    Wandering Albatross

has a new English name:

083/0544    Snowy Albatross    Diomedea exulans

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091/057Y    Cape Petrel

has a new English name:

091/057Y    Pintado Petrel    Daption capense

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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: Ardeidae – Herons, Bitterns has been resequenced.

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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:

120/0784    Eastern Cattle Egret    Ardea coromanda

 

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