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