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: Turnicidae – Buttonquail has been resequenced.

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217/1360    Worcester’s Buttonquail

has a new English name:

217/1360    Luzon Buttonquail    Turnix worcesteri

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Family: Charadriidae – Plovers has been resequenced.

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

249/145F    Siberian Sand Plover    Anarhynchus mongolus

249/145Y    Greater Sand Plover    Anarhynchus leschenaultii

249/1454    Malaysian Plover    Anarhynchus peronii

249/1450    Kentish Plover    Anarhynchus alexandrinus

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Family: Jacanidae – Jacanas has been resequenced.

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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: 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

167/1009    Chinese Sparrowhawk    Tachyspiza soloensis

167/1022    Japanese Sparrowhawk    Tachyspiza gularis

167/1023    Besra    Tachyspiza virgata

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379/3003    Hombron’s Kingfisher

has a new English name:

379/3003    Blue-capped Kingfisher    Actenoides hombroni

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379/3032    Winchell’s Kingfisher

has a new English name:

379/3032    Rufous-lored Kingfisher    Actenoides hombroni

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379/3069    Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher

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

379/306P    Rufous-backed Dwarf Kingfisher    Ceyx rufidorsa

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The following two species have been resequenced:

467/3999    Camiguin Hanging Parrot    Loriculus camiguinensis

467/399T    Black-billed Hanging Parrot    Loriculus bonapartei

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479/4067    Hooded Pitta

has a new English name:

479/4067    Western Hooded Pitta    Pitta sordida

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636/5741    Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike    Coracina striata

has been split into five species. The four newly recognised species are:

636/57F0    Mindoro Cuckooshrike    Coracina mindorensis

(Mindoro: wc Philippines)

636/57F1    Visayan Cuckooshrike    Coracina panayensis

(wc Philippines)

636/57F3    Mindanao Cuckooshrike    Coracina kochii

(ec, s Philippines)

636/57F2    Sulu Cuckooshrike    Coracina guillemardi

(sw Philippines)

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684/625T    Sierra Madre Crow    Corvus sierramadrensis

(n Philippines)

has been split from:

684/625K    Small Crow

which has a new English name:

684/625K    Samar Crow    Corvus samarensis    (ec, s Philippines)

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684/627E    Philippine Jungle Crow    Corvus philippinus

(Philippines)

has been split from:

684/6275    Large-billed Crow    Corvus macrorhynchos

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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been resequenced.

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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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768/6793    Striated Swallow

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

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 are regularly present in Philippines are:

900/80F0    Mindoro Island Thrush    Turdus mindorensis

(Mindoro: Philippines)

900/80F1    Luzon Island Thrush    Turdus thomassoni

(n, s Luzon: Philippines)

900/80F2    Mindanao Island Thrush    Turdus nigrorum

(Negros, Mindanao: Philippines)

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921/845T    Fire-throated Flowerpecker    Dicaeum luzoniense    (Philippines)

has been split from:

921/8458    Fire-breasted Flowerpecker    Dicaeum ignipectus

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925/85F1    Palawan Sunbird    Cinnyris aurora    (w Philippines)

has been split from:

925/8551    Olive-backed Sunbird

which has a new English name:

925/8551    Garden Sunbird    Cinnyris jugularis

(n, c, s, sw Philippines)

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925/8566    Luzon Sunbird

and

925/8567    Bohol Sunbird

have been lumped with and are now each represented by a subspecies of:

925/8565    Metallic-winged Sunbird    Aethopyga pulcherrima

(n, ec, s Philippines)

 

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

339/250E    Chirruping Nightjar    Caprimulgus griseatus    (Philippines)

has been split from:

339/2500    Savanna Nightjar    Caprimulgus affinis

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351/2578    Philippine Spine-tailed Swift

has a new English name:

351/2578    Philippine Spinetail    Mearnsia picina

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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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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

167/1067    Grey-headed Fish Eagle    Icthyophaga ichthyaetus

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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:

323/2290    Philippine Eagle-Owl    Ketupa philippensis

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467/399T    Black-billed Hanging Parrot    Loriculus bonapartei

(c, sw Sulu Islands: sw Philippines)

has been split from:

467/3998    Philippine Hanging Parrot    Loriculus philippensis

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668/598K    Ventriloquial Oriole    Oriolus consobrinus

(Borneo [except sw], w Philippines)

has been split from:

668/5983    Dark-throated Oriole    Oriolus xanthonotus

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672/602K    Short-tailed Drongo    Dicrurus striatus

(ec, s Philippines)

has been split from:

672/6022    Balicassiao    Dicrurus balicassius    (n, wc Philippines)

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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 resequenced and repositioned to immediately precede Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays.

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760/6548    Horsfield’s Bush Lark

has a new English name:

760/6548    Singing Bush Lark    Mirafra javanica

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780/6845    Sunda Bush Warbler

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

780/6846    Aberrant Bush Warbler    Horornis flavolivaceus

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

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907/816T    Rufous-breasted Blue Flycatcher    Cyornis camarinensis

(s Luzon: n Philippines)

has been split from:

907/8170    Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher    Cyornis herioti

(n, c Luzon: n Philippines)

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907/8239    White-browed Shortwing

has been split into five species. The species that is regularly present in Philippines is:

907/82F3    Philippine Shortwing    Brachypteryx poliogyna

 

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

The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

201/1230    Calayan Rail    Aptenorallus calayanensis

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162/0902    Western Osprey

has a new English name:

162/0902    Osprey    Pandion haliaetus

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Each of the following species, formerly named as a Hawk-Owl, has been renamed as a Boobook:

323/235Y    Brown Boobook    Ninox scutulata

323/2365    Luzon Boobook    Ninox philippensis

323/2366    Mindanao Boobook    Ninox spilocephala

323/236F    Camiguin Boobook    Ninox leventisi

323/236Y    Sulu Boobook    Ninox reyi

323/2369    Cebu Boobook    Ninox rumseyi

323/2368    Romblon Boobook    Ninox spilonotus

323/2367    Mindoro Boobook    Ninox mindorensis

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379/302E    Brown-breasted Kingfisher    Halcyon gularis    (Philippines)

has been split from:

379/3023    White-throated Kingfisher    Halcyon smyrnensis

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391/313T    Rufous-crowned Bee-eater    Merops americanus    (Philippines)

has been split from:

391/3135    Blue-throated Bee-eater    Merops viridis

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Four subspecies of:

467/3894    Blue-backed Parrot

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

467/389K    Blue-backed Parrot    Tanygnathus everetti    (Philippines)

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

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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.