Interactive Checklist SULAWESI 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 or different genus:
201/1239 Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
201/1234 Barred Rail Hypotaenidia torquata
201/1236 Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis
201/1281 Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
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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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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Family: Pittidae – Pittas has been resequenced.
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Family: Meliphagidae – Honeyeaters has been revised and resequenced.
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548/530E Taliabu Myzomela Myzomela wahe
(Taliabu: Sula Islands)
is a newly described species [a Sula Islands specialty].
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Genus Dicrurus within single genus Family: Dicruridae – Drongos has been revised and resequenced.
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676/607P Peleng Fantail Rhipidura habibiei
(Peleng: Banggai Islands)
is a newly described species.
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764/6708 Northern Golden Bulbul Hypsipetes longirostris
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new scientific name.
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A newly described Leaf Warbler resident on Peleng in the Banggai Islands has been ascribed as a subspecies of:
800/6942 Island Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus poliocephalus
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808/701Y Chestnut-backed Bush Warbler
has a new English name:
808/701Y Sulawesi Bush Warbler Locustella castanea
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808/701E Taliabu Bush Warbler Locustella portenta
(Taliabu: Sula Islands)
is a newly described species [a Sula Islands specialty].
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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.
The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
840/7556 Streak-headed White-eye Heleia squamiceps
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Family: Pellorneidae – Ground Babblers has a modified English name.
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828/7319 Sulawesi Babbler Pellorneum celebense
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: 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: Ciconiidae – Storks (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: Anhingidae – Anhingas, Darters (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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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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840/758E Wakatobi White-eye Zosterops flavissimus
(Tukangbesi Islands)
has been split from
840/7580 Lemon-bellied White-eye Zosterops chloris
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Birds resident on Selayar Island sw of Sulawesi which were previously ascribed to the species:
907/8180 Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra
have been re-ascribed to:
907/8182 Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher Cyornis omissus
