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.
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)