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: 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:

249/1460    Caspian Plover    Anarhynchus asiaticus

249/1447    Kittlitz’s Plover    Anarhynchus pecuarius

249/144Y    White-fronted Plover    Anarhynchus marginatus

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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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The following species has been resequenced:

111/070E    African Woolly-necked Stork    Ciconia microscelis

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Family: Ardeidae – Herons, Bitterns has been resequenced.

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

120/0769    Dwarf Bittern    Botaurus sturmii

120/0764    Little Bittern    Botaurus minutus

120/0772    White-backed Night Heron    Calherodius leuconotus

120/0783    Western Cattle Egret    Ardea ibis

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120/0796    Intermediate Egret

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

120/079E    Yellow-billed Egret    Ardea brachyrhyncha

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

167/1003    Red-chested Goshawk    Aerospiza toussenelii

167/1004    African Goshawk    Aerospiza tachiro

167/1006    Shikra    Tachyspiza badia

167/1020    Red-thighed Sparrowhawk    Tachyspiza erythropus

167/1021    Little Sparrowhawk    Tachyspiza minulla

167/1039    Black Sparrowhawk    Astur melanoleucus

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407/3190    Black Dwarf Hornbill

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

407/319E    Eastern Dwarf Hornbill    Horizocerus granti

(c, locally wc Africa)

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407/3191    White-crested Hornbill

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

407/319K    Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill    Horizocerus cassini

(nc, wc, south-east w Africa)

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Family: Lybiidae – African Barbets has been partially resequenced.

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435/3402    Yellow-billed Barbet

has a new English name:

435/3402    Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet    Trachyphonus purpuratus

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435/3385    Red-fronted Tinkerbird

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

435/338E    Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird    Pogoniulus uropygialis

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

435/339Y    Double-toothed Barbet    Pogonornis bidentatus

435/3401    Black-breasted Barbet    Pogonornis rolleti

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760/6533    Foxy Lark

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

760/6534    Fawn-colored Lark    Calendulauda africanoides

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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:

760/6543    Flappet Lark    Amirafra rufocinnamomea

760/6542    Rufous-naped Lark    Corypha africana

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760/654K    Kidepo Lark    Corypha kidepoensis

(ec, se South Sudan and adjacent lands)

has been split from:

760/6541    Red-winged Lark    Corypha hypermetra

which has been ascribed to a new genus.

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764/6665    Yellow-throated Leaflove

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

764/666P    Pale-throated Greenbul    Atimastillas flavigula

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764/6645    Olive-breasted Greenbul

has a new English name:

764/6645    Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul    Arizelocichla kikuyuensis

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764/6667    Red-tailed Leaflove

has a new English name:

764/6667    Leaf-love    Phyllastrephus scandens

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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been resequenced.

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768/6783    Rock Martin

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

768/678K    Red-throated Rock Martin    Ptyonoprogne rufigula

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768/6790    Red-rumped Swallow

has been split into thee species. The species that is regularly present in Uganda is:

768/679K    African Red-rumped Swallow    Cecropis melanocrissus

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820/7091    Rock-loving Cisticola

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

820/7090    Lazy Cisticola

which has been renamed as:

820/7090    Rock-loving Cisticola    Cisticola aberrans

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The two species of Spotted Creeper in genus Salpornis have been moved from:

Family:  Certhiidae – Treecreepers  (identifier number ‘884’)

to new family:

Family:  Salpornithidae – Spotted Creepers  (identifier number ‘886’)

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925/8512    Bronzy Sunbird

has a new English name:

925/8512    Bronze Sunbird    Nectarinia kilimensis

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925/8540    Shining Sunbird

has a new English name:

925/8540    Abyssinian Sunbird    Cinnyris habessinicus

 

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