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

351/2574    Germain’s Swiftlet

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

351/2573    Edible-nest Swiftlet    Aerodramus fuciphagus

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

315/2152    Little Bronze Cuckoo    Chalcites minutillus

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315/215Y    Rusty-breasted Cuckoo

has a new English name:

315/215Y    Sunda Brush Cuckoo    Cacomantis sepulcralis

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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

249/1454    Malaysian Plover    Anarhynchus peronii

249/1450    Kentish Plover    Anarhynchus alexandrinus

249/145E    White-faced Plover    Anarhynchus dealbatus

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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

120/0768    Cinnamon Bittern    Botaurus cinnamomeus

120/0767    Von Schrenck’s Bittern    Botaurus eurhythmus

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

167/1009    Chinese Sparrowhawk    Tachyspiza soloensis

167/1022    Japanese Sparrowhawk    Tachyspiza gularis

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Birds resident in c, s Malay Peninsula that were previously considered to be of the species:

323/2221    Sunda Scops Owl    Otus lempiji

have been reascribed to:

323/221Y    Collared Scops Owl    Otus lettia

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379/306P    Rufous-backed Dwarf Kingfisher    Ceyx rufidorsa

has been split from:

379/3069    Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher

which has a new English name:

379/3069    Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher    Ceyx erithaca

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431/3363    Blue-eared Barbet

has a new English name:

431/3363    Black-eared Barbet    Psilopogon duvaucelii

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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:

444/3614    Orange-backed Woodpecker    Chrysocolaptes validus

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479/4067    Hooded Pitta

has a new English name:

479/4067    Western Hooded Pitta    Pitta sordida

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636/5731    Large Cuckooshrike

has been split into three species. The species that is regularly present in Peninsular Malaysia is:

636/573E    Malayan Cuckooshrike    Coracina larutensis

(c, n Peninsular Malaysia)

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684/6253    Slender-billed Crow

has a new English name:

684/6253    Sunda Crow    Corvus enca

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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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828/7310    Short-tailed Babbler

has a new English name:

828/7310    Mourning Babbler    Pellorneum malaccense

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828/7318    White-chested Babbler

has a new English name:

828/7318    Malayan Swamp Babbler    Pellorneum rostratum

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925/8551    Olive-backed Sunbird

has been split into eight species. The species that is regularly present in Peninsular Malaysia is:

925/85F0    Ornate Sunbird    Cinnyris ornatus

(se Asia, Lesser Sundas)

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925/8489    Purple-naped Sunbird

has a new English name:

925/8489    Purple-naped Spiderhunter    Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum

 

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2023 edition -> 2024 edition     IOC bird list v 12.2 -> IOC bird list v 13.2

065/0472    Crestless Fireback

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

065/0472    Malayan Crestless Fireback    Lophura erythrophthalma

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065/0473    Crested Fireback

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

065/047K    Malayan Crested Fireback    Lophura rufa

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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 Peninsular Malaysia 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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Genus Nisaetus of Hawk-Eagles within Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Hawks, Eagles has been resequenced.

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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

167/1067    Grey-headed Fish Eagle    Icthyophaga ichthyaetus

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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:

323/2287    Barred Eagle-Owl    Ketupa sumatrana

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379/3063    Blue-banded Kingfisher

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

379/306E    Malaysian Blue-banded Kingfisher    Alcedo peninsulae

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Monotypic genus Reinwardtipicus within Family: Picidae – Woodpeckers comprising:

444/3614    Orange-backed Woodpecker    Reinwardtipicus validus

has been resequenced.

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444/3616    Buff-rumped Woodpecker

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

444/361E    Buff-rumped Woodpecker    Meiglyptes grammithorax

(c, s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo)

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664/5959    Blyth’s Shrike-babbler

has a new English name:

664/5959    White-browed Shrike-babbler    Pteruthius aeralatus

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668/5999    Black-and-crimson Oriole

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

668/599T    Black-and-crimson Oriole    Oriolus consanguineus

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680/6104    Japanese Paradise Flycatcher

has a new English name:

680/6104    Black Paradise Flycatcher    Terpsiphone atrocaudata

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

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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

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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684/6180    Crested Jay    (c, s Malay Peninsula)

has been moved from:

Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays  (identifier number ‘684’)

to new monotypic family:

Family: Platylophidae – Jayshrike  (identifier number ‘683’)

and has a new English name:

683/6180    Crested Jayshrike    Platylophus galericulatus

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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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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

907/8186    White-tailed Flycatcher    Leucoptilon concretum

 

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.

065/043Y    Malaysian Partridge

has a new English name:

065/043Y    Malayan Partridge    Arborophila campbelli

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065/049E    Malaysian Crested Argus

has a new English name:

065/049E    Malayan Crested Argus    Rheinardia nigrescens

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

065/0423    King Quail    Synoicus chinensis

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Order Caprimulgiformes has been split into four orders, each comprised of a single family. The revised sequence of the two orders/families that are regularly present in Peninsular Malaysia is as follows:

CAPRIMULGIFORMES/Caprimulgidae – Nightjars

PODARGIFORMES/Podargidae – Frogmouths

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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:

087/0566    Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel    Hydrobates monorhis

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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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The following family has a modified English name:

Family: Calyptomenidae – African & Green Broadbills

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

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684/6181    Black Magpie

has a new English name:

684/6181    Malayan Black Magpie    Platysmurus leucopterus

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

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824/7229    Chestnut-backed Scimitar babbler

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

824/722T    Sunda Scimitar Babbler    Pomatorhinus bornensis

(s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo)

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828/7329    Black-capped Babbler

has been split into three species. The species that is regularly present in Peninsular Malaysia is:

828/732P    Malayan Black-capped Babbler    Pellorneum nigrocapitatum

(c, s Malay Peninsula, Sumatra)

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Family: Turdidae – Thrushes has been revised and resequenced.

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Six subspecies of:

917/8404    Blue-winged Leafbird

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

917/840E    Blue-winged Leafbird    Chloropsis moluccensis

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

 

2020 edition -> 2021 edition     IOC bird list v 9.2 -> IOC bird list v 10.2

065/0447    Chestnut-necklaced Partridge    Tropicoperdix charltonii

has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new scientific name.

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065/049E    Malaysian Crested Argus    Rheinardia nigrescens

has been split from:

065/0494    Vietnamese Crested Argus

(ec, se Laos, wc, locally se Vietnam)

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Family: Rallidae – Rails, Crakes & Coots has been revised and resequenced.

The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:

201/1239    Slaty-breasted Rail    Lewinia striata

201/1281    Ruddy-breasted Crake    Zapornia fusca

201/1282    Band-bellied Crake    Zapornia paykullii

201/1277    Baillon’s Crake    Zapornia pusilla

201/1286    White-browed Crake    Poliolimnas cinereus

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249/145E    White-faced Plover    Charadrius dealbatus    (breeds se China)

has been split from:

249/1450    Kentish Plover    Charadrius alexandrinus

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274/1530    Whimbrel

has a new English name:

274/1530    Eurasian Whimbrel    Numenius phaeopus

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Within Order Suliformes, Family: Anhingidae – Anhingas, Darters has been resequenced to precede Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants, Shags

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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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444/359F    Olive-backed Woodpecker    Gecinulus rafflesii

has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new scientific name.

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Family: Eurylaimidae – Typical Broadbills has been resequenced.

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Family: Pittidae – Pittas has been 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.

764/6608    Black-headed Bulbul

has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new species epithet. Its scientific name is now:

Brachypodius melanocephalos

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The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:

764/6691    Finsch’s Bulbul    Iole finschii

764/6606    Black-and-white Bulbul    Microtarsus melanoleucos

764/6628    Puff-backed Bulbul    Euptilotus eutilotus

764/663Y    Spectacled Bulbul    Ixodia erythropthalmos

764/6614    Grey-bellied Bulbul    Ixodia cyaniventris

764/6613    Scaly-breasted Bulbul    Ixodia squamata

764/660Y    Black-crested Bulbul    Rubigula flaviventris

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Two subspecies of:

764/6695    Grey-cheeked Bulbul    Alophoixus bres

have been split to form a species that has been allocated the same English name:

764/669P    Grey-cheeked Bulbul    Alophoixus tephrogenys

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Family: Zosteropidae – White-eyes has been moved from Part 10 to Part 9 of the IOC bird list.

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Family: Timaliidae – Babblers, Scimitar Babblers has been revised and resequenced.

The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

824/725F    Pin-striped Tit-Babbler    Mixornis gularis

824/7257    Golden Babbler    Cyanoderma chrysaeum

824/7250    Chestnut-winged Babbler   Cyanoderma erythropterum

824/7253    Rufous-fronted Babbler   Cyanoderma rufifrons

824/7220    Large Scimitar Babbler    Erythrogenys hypoleucos

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824/7409    Black Laughingthrush    Melanocichla lugubris

formerly in Leiothrichidae (identifier number ‘832’), has been moved to a new genus within Timaliidae (identifier number ‘824’).

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Family: Pellorneidae – Ground Babblers has a modified English name and has been revised and resequenced.

The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:

828/7290    Large Wren-Babbler    Turdinus macrodactylus

828/7291    Marbled Wren-Babbler    Turdinus marmoratus

828/7274    Rufous-winged Fulvetta    Schoeniparus castaneceps

828/7310    Short-tailed Babbler    Pellorneum malaccense

828/7318    White-chested Babbler   Pellorneum rostratum

828/731F    Ferruginous Babbler    Pellorneum bicolor

828/7293    Streaked Wren-Babbler    Gypsophila brevicaudata

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Genus Alcippe within Pellorneidae (identifier number ‘828’)

has been moved to new family:

Family: Alcippeidae – Alcippe Fulvettas (identifier number ‘830’)

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Family: Leiothrichidae – Laughingthrushes & Allies has been resequenced.

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Genus Sitta within single genus Family: Sittidae – Nuthatches has been resequenced.

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

907/8305    Pygmy Flycatcher    Ficedula hodgsoni

has been ascribed to this genus and has a new scientific name.

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Family: Estrildidae – Waxbills, Munias & Allies has been revised and resequenced.