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

Family: Turnicidae – Buttonquail has been resequenced.

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Family: Burhinidae – Stone-curlews, Thick-knees has been resequenced.

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Family: Charadriidae – Plovers has been resequenced.

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

249/145T    Tibetan Sand Plover    Anarhynchus atrifrons

249/145Y    Greater Sand Plover    Anarhynchus leschenaultii

249/1450    Kentish Plover    Anarhynchus alexandrinus

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Family: Scolopacidae – Sandpipers, Snipes has been partially resequenced.

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Family: Glareolidae – Coursers, Pratincoles has been resequenced.

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Family: Laridae – Gulls, Terns, Skimmers 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

120/0768    Cinnamon Bittern    Botaurus cinnamomeus

120/0764    Little Bittern    Botaurus minutus

120/0766    Yellow Bittern    Botaurus sinensis

120/0784    Eastern Cattle Egret    Ardea coromanda

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120/0796    Intermediate Egret

has a new English name:

120/0796    Medium Egret     Ardea intermedia

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

167/1000    Crested Goshawk    Lophospiza trivirgata

167/1006    Shikra    Tachyspiza badia

167/1023    Besra    Tachyspiza virgata

167/103Y    Eurasian Goshawk    Astur gentilis

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Genus Athene within Family: Strigidae – Owls has been partially resequenced.

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Three subspecies of:

431/3363    Blue-eared Barbet

have been split to form a new species with the same English name:

431/336E    Blue-eared Barbet    Psilopogon cyanotis

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479/4067    Hooded Pitta

has a new English name:

479/4067    Western Hooded Pitta    Pitta sordida

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Five subspecies of :

636/5731    Large Cuckooshrike

have been reascribed to:

636/5732    Javan Cuckooshrike

which has been renamed as:

636/5732    Oriental Cuckooshrike    Coracina javensis

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684/6245    Spotted Nutcracker

has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in Nepal is:

684/624E    Southern Nutcracker    Nucifraga hemispila

(Himalayas, northern se Asia, Taiwan, sc, c, south-west ne China)

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

760/654Y    Bengal Bush Lark    Plocealauda assamica

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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been resequenced.

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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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Monotypic genus Megalurus within Family: Locustellidae – Grassbirds & Allies comprising:

808/7047    Striated Grassbird    Megalurus palustris

has been resequenced.

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907/8172    Pale-chinned Blue Flycatcher

has a new English name:

907/8172    Pale-chinned Flycatcher    Cyornis poliogenys

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953/8955    Buff-bellied Pipit

has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in Nepal is:

953/895E    Siberian Pipit    Anthus japonicus

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961/910K    Grey-crowned Goldfinch    Carduelis caniceps    (w, c Asia)

has been split from:

961/9103    European Goldfinch    Carduelis carduelis

 

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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 been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in Nepal is:

249/145T    Tibetan Sand Plover    Charadrius atrifrons

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Family: Ciconiidae – Storks has been resequenced.

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111/0708    Woolly-necked Stork

has a new English name:

111/0708    Asian Woolly-necked Stork    Ciconia episcopus

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Genera Nisaetus and Aquila of Hawk-Eagles, Eagles within Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Hawks, Eagles have been resequenced.

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167/103Y    Northern Goshawk

has a new English name:

167/103Y    Eurasian Goshawk    Accipiter gentilis

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

167/1066    Lesser Fish Eagle    Icthyophaga humilis

167/1067    Grey-headed Fish Eagle    Icthyophaga ichthyaetus

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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:

323/2286    Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl    Ketupa nipalensis

323/228F    Dusky Eagle-Owl    Ketupa coromanda

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444/3515    Crimson-breasted Woodpecker

has a new English name:

444/3515    Crimson-naped Woodpecker    Dryobates cathpharius

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664/5958    Himalayan Shrike-babbler

has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:

664/5959    Blyth’s Shrike-babbler

which has a new English name:

664/5959    White-browed Shrike-babbler    Pteruthius aeralatus

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Family: Laniidae – Shrikes has been resequenced and repositioned to immediately precede Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays.

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760/6549    Singing Bush Lark

has been lumped with and is now represented by four subspecies of:

760/6548    Horsfield’s Bush Lark

which has been renamed as:

760/6548    Singing Bush Lark    Mirafra javanica

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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:

838/7501    Great Parrotbill    Paradoxornis aemodius

838/7503    Brown Parrotbill    Paradoxornis unicolor

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824/7231    Coral-billed Scimitar Babbler

has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in Nepal is:

824/7231    Black-crowned Scimitar Babbler    Pomatorhinus ferruginosus

(e Nepal, e Himalayas)

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Family: Muscicapidae – Chats, Old World Flycatchers has been resequenced.

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961/8984    Common Chaffinch

has a new English name:

961/8984    Eurasian Chaffinch    Fringilla coelebs

 

2022 edition -> 2023 edition     IOC bird list v 11.2 -> IOC bird list v 12.2

162/0902    Western Osprey

has a new English name:

162/0902    Osprey    Pandion haliaetus

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323/235Y    Brown Hawk-Owl

has a new English name:

323/235Y    Brown Boobook    Ninox scutulata

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Family: Oriolidae – Figbirds, Old World Orioles, Piopios has a new English name.

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744/643F    Grey Crested Tit

has a new English name:

744/643F    Grey-crested Tit    Lophophanes dichrous

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

780/6856    Pale-footed Bush Warbler    Hemitesia pallidipes

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Family: Aegithalidae – Bushtits has been resequenced.

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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.

 

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 have been ascribed to a new genus:

065/0381    Grey Francolin    Ortygornis pondicerianus

065/0382    Swamp Francolin    Ortygornis gularis

065/0423    King Quail    Synoicus chinensis

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167/110F    Himalayan Buzzard    Buteo refectus

has a new species epithet.

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Family: Strigidae – Owls has been revised and resequenced.

The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

323/2321    Collared Owlet    Taenioptynx brodiei

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391/3130    Green Bee-eater

has a new English name:

391/3130    Asian Green Bee-eater    Merops orientalis

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Family: Vireonidae – Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers has been revised and resequenced.

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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been revised and resequenced.

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820/713E    Delicate Prinia    Prinia lepida

(n Oman, UAE, s Turkey to Kuwait to n Indian Subcontinent)

has been split from:

820/7133    Graceful Prinia    Prinia gracilis

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The following family has a modified English name:

Family: Paradoxornithidae – Parrotbills & Allies

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892/7906    Pied Myna

has a new English name:

892/7906    Indian Pied Myna    Gracupica contra

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Family: Turdidae – Thrushes has been revised and resequenced.

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Family: Passeridae – Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches has been resequenced.