Interactive Checklist MOLUCCAS 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
351/2556 Halmahera Swiftlet
has a new English name:
351/2556 Moluccan Swiftlet Aerodramus infuscatus
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351/2558 Seram Swiftlet
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
351/2556 Moluccan Swiftlet Aerodramus infuscatus
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
315/214F Black-eared Cuckoo Chalcites osculans
315/2150 Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
315/2152 Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
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315/215F Brush Cuckoo
has a new English name:
315/215F Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
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315/2160 Moluccan Cuckoo
has a new English name:
315/2160 Moluccan Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis aeruginosus
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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:
249/1461 Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
249/145F Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus
249/145Y Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
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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
120/0766 Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
120/0784 Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
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120/0796 Intermediate Egret
has been split into three species. The species that is now considered to be regularly present in Moluccas is:
120/079K Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
167/1009 Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
167/1011 Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster
167/1012 Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
167/1017 Moluccan Goshawk Tachyspiza henicogramma
167/1025 Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythrauchen
167/1040 Meyer’s Goshawk Astur meyerianus
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Family: Cacatuidae – Cockatoos has been resequenced.
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
636/574F Halmahera Cuckooshrike Coracina parvula
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636/5760 Common Cicadabird
has been split into eight species. The three species that are regularly present in Moluccas are:
636/57Y2 Obi Cicadabird Edolisoma obiense
(Obi: c Moluccas)
636/57Y4 North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
(Tukangbesi Islands off se Sulawesi, n Moluccas)
636/57Y5 South Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma amboinense
(s Moluccas)
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676/6079 Rufous Fantail
has been split into six species. The species that is regularly present in Moluccas is:
676/60F0 Gilolo Fantail Rhipidura torrida (n, c Moluccas)
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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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900/8058 Island Thrush
has been split into 16 extant and one extinct species. The species that is regularly present in Moluccas is:
900/80F7 Moluccan Island Thrush Turdus deningeri
(w Sula Islands, Seram: nc, ne Indonesia)
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925/8551 Olive-backed Sunbird
has been split into eight species. The species that are regularly present in Moluccas are:
925/85F2 Sahul Sunbird Cinnyris frenatus
(n Australasia, ne Australia)
925/85F5 South Moluccan Sunbird Cinnyris clementiae
(ne, ec Indonesia)
2023 edition -> 2024 edition IOC bird list v 12.2 -> IOC bird list v 13.2
249/145Y Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
has been resequenced.
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249/145F Lesser Sand Plover
has a new English name:
249/145F Siberian Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus
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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
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467/3889 Eclectus Parrot
has been split into four species. The species that is regularly present in Moluccas is:
467/3889 Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus
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764/6708 Northern Golden Bulbul
has been split into six species. The species that are regularly present in Moluccas are:
764/67F3 Halmahera Golden Bulbul Hypsipetes chloris (n Moluccas)
764/67F4 Obi Golden Bulbul Hypsipetes lucasi (Obi: c Moluccas)
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Family: Muscicapidae – Chats, Old World Flycatchers has been resequenced.
2022 edition -> 2023 edition IOC bird list v 11.2 -> IOC bird list v 12.2
042/0143 Raja Shelduck
has a new English name:
042/0143 Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah
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162/0903 Eastern Osprey Pandion cristatus
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
162/0902 Western Osprey
which has a new English name:
162/0902 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
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548/530K Bacan Myzomela Myzomela batjanensis
(Bacan: ne Indonesia)
has been split from:
548/5302 Sulawesi Myzomela Myzomela chloroptera
(c Indonesia)
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548/5353 Dusky Friarbird
has a new English name:
548/5353 Morotai Friarbird Philemon fuscicapillus
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548/5355 Black-faced Friarbird
has a new English name:
548/5355 Buru Friarbird Philemon moluccensis
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Family: Oriolidae – Figbirds, Old World Orioles, Piopios has a new English name.
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680/612F Black-chinned Monarch
has a new English name:
680/612F Boano Monarch Symposiachrus boanensis
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Birds resident on Ambon, Seram and islands in ne Banda Sea that were formerly ascribed to:
680/612Y Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus
have been re-ascribed to:
680/6130 Moluccan Monarch Symposiachrus bimaculatus
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680/6133 Black-tipped Monarch
has a new English name:
680/6133 Buru Monarch Symposiachrus loricatus
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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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921/8446 Flame-breasted Flowerpecker
has a new English name:
921/8446 Buru Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrothorax
2021 edition -> 2022 edition IOC bird list v 10.2 -> IOC bird list v 11.2
Order Anseriformes has been resequenced to precede Order Galliformes.
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Family: Phasianidae – Pheasants & Allies has been revised and resequenced.
The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
065/0423 King Quail Synoicus chinensis
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
087/056Y Matsudaira’s Storm Petrel Hydrobates matsudairae
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Family: Strigidae – Owls has been revised and resequenced.
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The Lorikeet and Lory genera within Family: Psittacidae – African & New World Parrots have been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
467/3949 Red-flanked Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna placentis
467/3945 Blue-fronted Lorikeet Charmosynopsis toxopei
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548/5295 Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura
has been split into four species. The two species regularly present in Moluccas are:
548/52F0 Moluccan Myzomela Myzomela simplex (n Moluccas)
548/52F1 Red-tinged Myzomela Myzomela rubrotincta
(Obi and nearby island: c Moluccas)
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700/6303 Paradise-crow
has been split into two species:
700/6303 Halmahera Paradise-crow Lycocorax pyrrhopterus (n Moluccas)
700/6302 Obi Paradise-crow Lycocorax obiensis (c Moluccas)
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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been revised and resequenced.
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907/8203 Streak-breasted Jungle Flycatcher
has a new English name:
907/8203 Buru Jungle Flycatcher Eumyias additus
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.
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
201/1236 Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis
201/1286 White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
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274/1530 Whimbrel
has a new English name:
274/1530 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
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120/076F Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new scientific name.
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Family: Pittidae – Pittas has been resequenced.
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Family: Meliphagidae – Honeyeaters has been revised and resequenced.
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Genus Oriolus within Family: Oriolidae – Figbirds, Orioles & Turnagra has been resequenced.
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Genus Dicrurus within single genus Family: Dicruridae – Drongos has been revised and resequenced.
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Family: Pycnonotidae – Bulbuls has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:
764/6707 Seram Golden Bulbul Hypsipetes affinis
764/6708 Northern Golden Bulbul Hypsipetes longirostris
764/6709 Buru Golden Bulbul Hypsipetes mysticalis
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800/6942 Island Leaf Warbler (n AUS islands)
has a new species epithet. Its scientific name is now:
800/6942 Island Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus poliocephalus
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808/701P Seram Bush Warbler Locustella musculus
808/701T Buru Bush Warbler Locustella disturbans
have been split from:
808/701Y Chestnut-backed Bush Warbler
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Family: Zosteropidae – White-eyes has been revised and resequenced and has been moved from Part 10 to Part 9 of the IOC bird list.
840/7554 Grey-hooded White-eye Heleia pinaiae
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new scientific name.
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Genus Ficedula within Family: Muscicapidae – Chats, Old World Flycatchers has been resequenced.
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Family: Estrildidae – Waxbills, Munias & Allies has been revised and resequenced.
2019 edition -> 2020 edition IOC bird list v 8.2 -> IOC bird list v 9.2
Non-Passerine Orders have been resequenced.
The following families have been moved to a different part of the IOC birdlist:
Family: Caprimulgidae – Nightjars (Part 4 to Part 1)
Family: Aegothelidae – Owlet-nightjars (Part 4 to Part 1)
Family: Hemiprocnidae – Treeswifts (Part 4 to Part 1)
Family: Apodidae – Swifts (Part 4 to Part 1)
Family: Cuculidae – Cuckoos (Part 3 to Part 2)
Family: Columbidae – Pigeons, Doves (Part 3 to Part 2)
Family: Podicipedidae – Grebes (Part 1 to Part 2)
9 Charadriiformes families (Part 2 to Part 3)
Family: Phaethontidae – Tropicbirds (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Oceanitidae – Austral Storm Petrels (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Hydrobatidae – Northern Storm Petrels (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Procellariidae – Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Fregatidae – Frigatebirds (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Sulidae – Gannets, Boobies (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants, Shags (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Threskiornithidae – Ibises, Spoonbills (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Ardeidae – Herons, Bitterns (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Pelecanidae – Pelicans (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Pandionidae – Ospreys (Part 2 to Part 4)
Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Hawks, Eagles (Part 2 to Part 4)
Family: Tytonidae – Barn Owls (Part 3 to Part 4)
Family: Strigidae – Owls (Part 3 to Part 4)
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The following families have modified English names:
Family: Phasianidae – Pheasants & Allies
Family: Anatidae – Ducks, Geese, Swans
Family: Rallidae – Rails, Crakes & Coots
Family: Laridae – Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Family: Artamidae – Woodswallows, Butcherbirds & Allies
Family: Pachycephalidae – Whistlers & Allies
Family: Oriolidae – Figbirds, Orioles, Turnagra
Family: Cettiidae – Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies
Family: Phylloscopidae – Leaf Warblers & Allies
Family: Acrocephalidae – Reed Warblers & Allies
Family: Locustellidae – Grassbirds & Allies
Family: Cisticolidae – Cisticolas & Allies
Family: Estrildidae – Waxbills, Munias & Allies
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323/2372 Hantu Boobook Ninox squamipila
has been split into two species:
323/2372 Seram Boobook Ninox squamipila (Seram: se Moluccas)
323/237E Buru Boobook Ninox hantu (Buru: sw Moluccas)
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The Zosterops genus in Family: Zosteropidae – White-eyes has been revised and resequenced.
840/7579 Mountain White-eye Zosterops montanus
has been lumped with and is now represented by 9 subspecies of:
840/7569 Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
[formerly Japanese White-eye]
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840/758P Morotai White-eye Zosterops dehaani
(Morotai)
has been split from
840/7586 Cream-throated White-eye Zosterops atriceps
(n, c Moluccas)
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