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

The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

201/1230    Calayan Rail    Aptenorallus calayanensis

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162/0903    Eastern Osprey    Pandion cristatus

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

162/0902    Western Osprey

which 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

323/2362    Hume’s Boobook    Ninox obscura

323/2363    Andaman Boobook    Ninox affinis

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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323/230Y    Pere David’s Owl    Strix davidi    (c China)

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

323/230F    Ural Owl    Strix uralensis

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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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444/360T    Malabar Flameback    Chrysocolaptes socialis

(coastal w peninsular India)

has been split from:

444/3608    Greater Flameback    Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus

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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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548/5333    Indonesian Honeyeater

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

548/5334    Brown Honeyeater    Lichmera indistincta

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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, Sumatra, Java, Borneo)

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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684/6240    Henderson’s Ground Jay

has a new English name:

684/6240    Mongolian Ground Jay    Podoces hendersoni

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684/6241    Biddulph’s Ground Jay

has a new English name:

684/6241    Xinjiang Ground Jay    Podoces biddulphi

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684/6242    Pander’s Ground Jay

has a new English name:

684/6242    Turkestan Ground Jay    Podoces panderi

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684/6243    Pleske’s Ground Jay

has a new English name:

684/6243    Iranian Ground Jay    Podoces pleskei

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744/643F    Grey Crested Tit

has a new English name:

744/643F    Grey-crested Tit    Lophophanes dichrous

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764/660F    Black-capped Bulbul

has had its species epithet amended. Its scientific name is now:

Rubigula melanictera

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772/6808    Chinese Cupwing    Pnoepyga mutica    (sc, c China)

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

772/6807    Scaly-breasted Cupwing    Pnoepyga albiventer

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

780/6856    Pale-footed Bush Warbler    Hemitesia pallidipes

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Family: Aegithalidae – Bushtits has been resequenced.

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Family: Phylloscopidae – Leaf Warblers has a modified English name.

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804/6993    Eurasian Reed Warbler

has a new English name:

804/6993    Common Reed Warbler    Acrocephalus scirpaceus

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840/762T    Meratus White-eye    Zosterops meratusensis    (se Borneo)

is a newly described species.

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824/726E    Kangean Tit-Babbler    Mixornis prillwitzi

(Kangean Islands in Java Sea)

has been split from:

824/7260    Grey-cheeked Tit-Babbler    Mixornis flavicollis    (Java)

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Family: Sturnidae – Starlings, Rhabdornises has a modified English name.

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900/805F    Kessler’s Thrush

has a new English name:

900/805F    White-backed Thrush    Turdus kessleri

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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:

907/8186    White-tailed Flycatcher    Leucoptilon concretum

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907/817T    Meratus Blue Flycatcher    Cyornis kadayangensis    (se Borneo)

is a newly described species.

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907/8333    Stejneger’s Stonechat

has a new English name:

907/8333    Amur Stonechat    Saxicola stejnegeri

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925/854E    Arabian Sunbird    Cinnyris hellmayri    (coastal w, s Arabian Peninsula)

has been split from:

925/8540    Shining Sunbird    Cinnyris habessinicus

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949/8907    Arabian Accentor

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

949/8906    Radde’s Accentor    Prunella ocularis

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961/9028    Sillem’s Mountain Finch

has a new English name:

961/9028    Sillem’s Rosefinch    Carpodacus sillemi

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961/9029    Long-tailed Rosefinch

has been split into two species:

961/9029    Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch    Carpodacus sibiricus

961/902T    Chinese Long-tailed Rosefinch    Carpodacus lepidus    (c, sc China)

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981/941E    Masked Bunting    Emberiza personata

(breeds se Russia, n Japan)

has been split from:

981/9413    Black-faced Bunting    Emberiza spodocephala

 

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