AFRICA 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.
2022 edition -> 2023 edition IOC bird list v 11.2 -> IOC bird list v 12.2
065/039E Elgon Francolin Scleroptila elgonensis (c, wc Kenya, ec Uganda)
has been split from:
065/0390 Moorland Francolin Scleroptila psilolaema (c Ethiopia)
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162/0902 Western Osprey
has a new English name:
162/0902 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
167/0953 Congo Serpent Eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis
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167/1115 Archer’s Buzzard Buteo archeri (highlands of coastal n Somalia)
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
167/1118 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
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323/2285 Usambara Eagle-Owl Bubo vosseleri (ne Tanzania)
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
323/2284 Fraser’s Eagle-Owl Bubo poensis
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The following family has a modified English name:
Family: Leptosomidae – Cuckoo-roller
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367/2970 Cuckoo Roller
has a new English name:
367/2970 Cuckoo-roller Leptosomus discolor
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Birds resident in south-east w Africa, sw Uganda, central and west central Africa which were previously considered to be of the species:
444/3485 Green-backed Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes socialis
have been ascribed to:
444/3486 Little Green Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
and these two species have been resequenced.
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444/3485 Green-backed Woodpecker
has a new English name:
444/3485 Little Spotted Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes socialis
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596/5578 Woodward’s Batis
has a new English name:
596/5578 Woodwards’ Batis Batis fratrum
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596/5585 Angolan Batis
has a new English name:
596/5585 Angola Batis Batis minulla
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Family: Oriolidae – Figbirds, Old World Orioles, Piopios has a new English name.
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760/6544 Angolan Lark
has a new English name:
760/6544 Angola Lark Mirafra angolensis
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768/6770 Angolan Swallow
has a new English name:
768/6770 Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
780/6857 Neumann’s Warbler Hemitesia neumanni
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Family: Phylloscopidae – Leaf Warblers has a modified English name.
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804/6994 African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus
has been lumped with and is now represented by six subspecies of:
804/6993 Eurasian Reed Warbler
which has a new English name:
804/6993 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
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Genus Zosterops within Family: Zosteropidae – White-eyes has been partially resequenced.
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840/76F8 Anjouan White-eye Zosterops anjuanensis
(Anjouan Island: ec Comoros)
and
840/76F9 Moheli White-eye Zosterops comorensis
(Mohéli Island: sc Comoros)
have been split from:
840/7628 Malagasy White-eye Zosterops maderaspatanus
(Madagascar and nearby islands)
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Family: Sturnidae – Starlings, Rhabdornises has a modified English name.
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907/8134 Angolan Slaty Flycatcher
has a new English name:
907/8134 Angola Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis brunneus
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907/8213 Angolan Cave Chat
has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new English name:
907/8213 Angola Cave Chat Xenocopsychus ansorgei
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Subspecies cavernicola and bambarae of:
907/8346 White-crowned Cliff Chat
resident in north-west w Africa have been re-ascribed as subspecies of:
907/8345 Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
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Subspecies kordofanensis of:
907/8345 Mocking Cliff Chat
resident in sc Sudan has been re-ascribed as a subspecies of:
907/8346 White-crowned Cliff Chat Thamnolaea coronata
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933/866T Ruvu Weaver Ploceus holoxanthus (ec Tanzania)
is a formerly recognised species that has now been re-established as being distinct from:
933/8668 Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
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937/8793 Angolan Waxbill
has a new English name:
937/8793 Angola Waxbill Coccopygia bocagei
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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042/0199 Hottentot Teal
has a new English name:
042/0199 Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
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042/0206 Madagascan Pochard
has a new English name:
042/0206 Madagascar Pochard Aythya innotata
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Family: Phasianidae – Pheasants & Allies has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
065/0392 Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
065/0384 Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
065/0385 White-throated Francolin Campocolinus albogularis
065/0386 Schlegel’s Francolin Campocolinus schlegelii
065/0424 Blue Quail Synoicus adansonii
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065/0417 Madagascan Partridge
has a new English name:
065/0417 Madagascar Partridge Margaroperdix madagarensis
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339/2497 Madagascan Nightjar
has a new English name:
339/2497 Madagascar Nightjar Caprimulgus madagascariensis
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351/257F Madagascan Spinetail
has a new English name:
351/257F Madagascar Spinetail Zoonavena grandidieri
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Family: Musophagidae – Turacos has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
311/2047 Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
311/2046 Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
311/2048 White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
311/2042 Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
311/2043 Rwenzori Turaco Gallirex johnstoni
311/2041 Ruspoli’s Turaco Menelikornis ruspolii
311/2040 White-cheeked Turaco Menelikornis leucotis
311/2044 Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
311/2045 Ross’s Turaco Tauraco rossae
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315/2179 Madagascan Cuckoo
has a new English name:
315/2179 Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii
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299/172F Madagascan Sandgrouse
has a new English name:
299/172F Madagascar Sandgrouse Pterocles personatus
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303/1914 Madagascan Green Pigeon
has a new English name:
303/1914 Madagascar Green Pigeon Treron australis
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303/1968 Madagascan Blue Pigeon
has a new English name:
303/1968 Madagascar Blue Pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis
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193/1191 Madagascan Wood Rail
has a new English name:
193/1191 Madagascar Wood Rail Mentocrex kioloides
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193/1199 Madagascan Flufftail
has a new English name:
193/1199 Madagascar Flufftail Sarothrura insularis
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201/124Y Madagascan Rail
has a new English name:
201/124Y Madagascar Rail Rallus madagascariensis
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099/0663 Madagascan Grebe
has a new English name:
099/0663 Madagascar Grebe Tachybaptus pelzelnii
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217/1352 Hottentot Buttonquail
has a new English name:
217/1352 Fynbos Buttonquail Turnix hottentottus
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217/1357 Madagascan Buttonquail
has a new English name:
217/1357 Madagascar Buttonquail Turnix nigricollis
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249/1446 Madagascan Plover
has a new English name:
249/1446 Madagascar Plover Charadrius thoracicus
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261/1482 Madagascan Jacana
has a new English name:
261/1482 Madagascar Jacana Actophilornis albinucha
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274/1514 Madagascan Snipe
has a new English name:
274/1514 Madagascar Snipe Gallinago macrodactyla
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280/1589 Madagascan Pratincole
has a new English name:
280/1589 Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis
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286/162Y Mew Gull
has a new English name:
286/162Y Common Gull Larus canus
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
087/0567 Leach’s Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
146/0860 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
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115/0744 Madagascan Ibis
has a new English name:
115/0744 Madagascar Ibis Lophotibis cristata
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167/0912 Madagascan Harrier-Hawk
has a new English name:
167/0912 Madagascar Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides radiatus
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167/0916 Madagascan Serpent Eagle
has a new English name:
167/0916 Madagascar Serpent Eagle Eutriorchis astur
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167/0927 Madagascan Cuckoo-Hawk
has a new English name:
167/0927 Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda madagascariensis
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167/1029 Madagascan Sparrowhawk
has a new English name:
167/1029 Madagascar Sparrowhawk Accipiter madagascariensis
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167/1061 Madagascan Fish Eagle
has a new English name:
167/1061 Madagascar Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vociferoides
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167/1117 Madagascan Buzzard
has a new English name:
167/1117 Madagascar Buzzard Buteo brachypterus
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Family: Strigidae – Owls has been revised and resequenced.
323/222T Annobon Scops Owl Otus feae
(Annobón Island in Gulf of Guinea)
has been split from:
323/222Y African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
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323/2388 Madagascan Owl
has a new English name:
323/2388 Madagascar Owl Asio madagascariensis
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395/3152 Madagascan Hoopoe
has a new English name:
395/3152 Madagascar Hoopoe Upupa marginata
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379/305F Madagascan Pygmy Kingfisher
has a new English name:
379/305F Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher Corythornis madagascariensis
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391/312E Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii (ne Africa)
has been split from:
391/3125 Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
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391/3130 Green Bee-eater
has been split into three species.
The species that is regularly present in Africa is:
391/313E African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus (n Africa)
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435/3407 Usambiro Barbet Trachyphonus usambiro (sw Kenya, nc Tanzania)
has been split from:
435/3406 D’Arnaud’s Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
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467/386E Comoros Black Parrot Coracopsis sibilans (Comoros)
has been split from:
467/3867 Lesser Vasa Parrot Coracopsis nigra (Madagascar)
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The following family has a modified English name:
Family: Calyptomenidae – African & Green Broadbills
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596/558E West African Batis Batis occulta
has been split from:
596/5588 Fernando Po Batis Batis poensis (Bioko Island)
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636/5754 Madagascan Cuckooshrike
has a new English name:
636/5754 Madagascar Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris cinereus
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760/6526 Madagascan Lark
has a new English name:
760/6526 Madagascar Lark Eremopterix hova
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760/658Y Lesser Short-toed Lark
has a new English name:
760/658Y Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
768/6744 Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
768/673F Brazza’s Martin Phedinopsis brazzae
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804/6969 Madagascan Swamp Warbler
has a new English name:
804/6969 Madagascar Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus newtoni
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Family: Bernieridae – Madagascan Warblers
has a new English name:
Family: Bernieridae – Tetrakas & Allies
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816/7075 Madagascan Yellowbrow
has a new English name:
816/7075 Madagascar Yellowbrow Crossleyia xanthophrys
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820/708F Hunter’s Cisticola Cisticola hunteri
has been resequenced to precede:
820/7089 Chubb’s Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
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820/708T Kilombero Cisticola Cisticola bakerorum (c Tanzania)
is a newly described species.
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820/710E White-tailed Cisticola Cisticola anderseni (c Tanzania)
is a newly described species.
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820/7119 Madagascan Cisticola
has a new English name:
820/7119 Madagascar Cisticola Cisticola cherina
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820/715T Brown-tailed Apalis Apalis flavocincta
(southern ne, northern ec Africa)
has been split from:
820/715F Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
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828/730E Tanzanian Illadopsis Illadopsis distans
(c, ne Tanzania, sc, sw Kenya)
has been split from:
828/7301 Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
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892/793F Madagascan Starling
has a new English name:
892/793F Madagascar Starling Hartlaubius auratus
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907/8377 Boulder Chat
has been transferred from Family: Muscicapidae – Chats, Old World Flycatchers to Family: Turdidae – Thrushes:
900/8377 Boulder Chat Pinarornis plumosus
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Family: Turdidae – Thrushes has been revised and resequenced.
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907/8123 Madagascan Magpie-Robin
has a new English name:
907/8123 Madagascar Magpie-Robin Copsychus albospecularis
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907/822E Short-tailed Akalat Sheppardia poensis
(se Nigeria, w Cameroon, Bioko Island, ec Democratic Republic of the Congo,
locally wc Tanzania)
has been split from:
907/8224 Bocage’s Akalat Sheppardia bocagei
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907/8335 Madagascan Stonechat
has a new English name:
907/8335 Madagascar Stonechat Saxicola sibilla
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907/835E Atlas Wheatear Oenanthe seebohmi (nw, winters w Africa)
has been split from:
907/8353 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
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907/8356 Heuglin’s Wheatear
has a modified species epithet: Oenanthe heuglinii
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907/837E Maghreb Wheatear Oenanthe halophila
(n Africa w of Nile river course)
has been split from:
907/8373 Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
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Subspecies tephrolaemus of:
925/8483 Grey-chinned Sunbird
has been split to form a new species with the same English name:
925/848E Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes tephrolaemus
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925/8483 Grey-chinned Sunbird
has a new English name:
925/8483 Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
(south-west w Africa)
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Family: Passeridae – Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches has been resequenced.
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937/8835 Madagascan Mannikin
has a new English name:
937/8835 Madagascar Mannikin Lepidopygia nana
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953/8925 Madagascan Wagtail
has a new English name:
953/8925 Madagascar Wagtail Motacilla flaviventris
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953/8957 Eurasian Rock Pipit
has a new English name:
953/8957 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
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961/908E Stripe-breasted Seedeater Crithagra striatipectus
(Ethiopia, wc Kenya, ec, se South Sudan)
has been split from:
961/9084 Reichard’s Seedeater Crithagra reichardi
This compendium ATWB eBook expands on the contents of the former ‘World Region’ guide: AFRICA Volume 2: PASSERINES to include both Non-Passerine and Passerine species.
The remainder of this page details how changes to the IOC bird list impacted on the contents of the first edition of the compendium eBook. Only changes affecting PASSERINE species are listed.
2021 edition IOC bird list v 9.2 -> IOC bird list v 10.2
Within Order Passeriformes, Family: Philepittidae – Asities has been revised and resequenced to precede Family: Eurylaimidae – Typical Broadbills
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Genus Smithornis within Family: Calyptomenidae – African and Green Broadbills 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.
764/668P Yellow-eyed Bristlebill Bleda ugandae
(northern c Africa)
has been split from:
764/6686 Yellow-lored Bristlebill Bleda notatus
(northern wc Africa, sc Nigeria)
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820/714F Red-winged Warbler
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new English name:
820/714F Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
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820/7175 Red-fronted Warbler
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new English name:
820/7175 Red-fronted Prinia Prinia rufifrons
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Genus Locustella of Family: Locustellidae – Grassbirds & Allies has been resequenced.
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Within Order Passeriformes, Family: Sylviidae – Sylviid Babblers has been revised and resequenced to follow Family: Cisticolidae – Cisticolas & Allies.
836/7464 Dohrn’s Thrush Babbler (Príncipe Island)
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new English name:
836/7464 Dohrn’s Warbler Sylvia dohrni
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836/747Y Subalpine Warbler
has been split into two species:
836/747T Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
(breeds/winters locally nw AF; winters w Sahel)
836/747Y Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
(winters Sahel, locally Libya, Egypt)
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The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
836/7461 Abyssinian Catbird Sylvia galinieri
836/7465 Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus
836/7462 African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica
836/7463 Rwenzori Hill Babbler Sylvia atriceps
836/7468 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
836/7489 Layard’s Warbler Curruca layardi
836/7487 Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
836/7488 Chestnut-vented Warbler Curruca subcoerulea
836/7469 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
836/7486 Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
836/7472 Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena
836/7470 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
836/7471 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
836/7474 African Desert Warbler Curruca deserti
836/7473 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
836/7479 Tristram’s Warbler Curruca deserticola
836/7482 Menetries’s Warbler Curruca mystacea
836/7483 Rüppell’s Warbler Curruca ruppeli
836/7484 Cyprus Warbler Curruca melanothorax
836/7481 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
836/7480 Moltoni’s Warbler Curruca subalpina
836/7475 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
836/747F Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
836/7477 Marmora’s Warbler Curruca sarda
836/7476 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
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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.
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Family: Pellorneidae – Ground Babblers has a modified English name and has been revised and resequenced.
828/7298 Spotted Thrush-Babbler Illadopsis turdina
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new scientific name.
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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.
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907/835F Black-eared Wheatear
has been split into two species:
907/835F Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
(breeds nw AF, nw Libya; winters w Sahel)
907/835T Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
(winters c, e Sahel)
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Family: Estrildidae – Waxbills, Munias & Allies has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
937/8819 Star Finch Bathilda ruficauda
937/8839 Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
937/8840 Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
937/883F Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
937/883Y Red-backed Mannikin Spermestes nigriceps
937/8759 Grey-headed Oliveback Delacourella capistrata
937/8794 Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
937/8795 Grey Waxbill Glaucestrilda perreini
937/8796 Cinderella Waxbill Glaucestrilda thomensis
937/8790 Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
937/878Y Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
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937/8838 Grey-headed Silverbill
has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new species epithet. Its scientific name is now:
Spermestes griseicapilla
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