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.
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)
