NORTH AMERICA 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.
2024 edition -> 2025 edition IOC bird list v 13.2 -> IOC bird list v 14.2
The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
221/1371 Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
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Family: Charadriidae – Plovers has been resequenced.
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
249/1462 Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
249/1443 Wilson’s Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
249/1464 Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
249/1451 Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
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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: Stercorariidae – Skuas has been resequenced.
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Family: Alcidae – Auks has been resequenced.
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091/0641 Audubon’s Shearwater
has a new English name:
091/0641 Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
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Family: Sulidae – Gannets, Boobies has been resequenced.
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142/084E Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
(breeds islands off sw USA, nw, wc Mexico)
has been split from:
142/0845 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
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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:
120/0763 Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
120/0783 Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
167/1035 Cooper’s Hawk Astur cooperii
167/1036 Gundlach’s Hawk Astur gundlachi
167/103T American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
684/6207 Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been resequenced.
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868/7724 House Wren
has been split into seven species. The five species that are regularly present in North America are:
868/7724 Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
(Canada, USA, Mexico [not se])
868/77F2 Kalinago Wren Troglodytes martinicensis
(Dominica, Guadeloupe?)
868/77F3 St. Lucia Wren Troglodytes mesoleucus (ne St. Lucia)
868/77F4 St. Vincent Wren Troglodytes musicus
(St. Vincent – St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
868/77F5 Grenada Wren Troglodytes grenadensis (Grenada)
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888/784E St. Lucia Thrasher Ramphocinclus sanctaeluciae
(St. Lucia)
has been split from:
888/7843 White-breasted Thrasher
which has a new English name:
888/7843 Martinique Thrasher Ramphocinclus brachyurus
(Martinique)
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953/8955 Buff-bellied Pipit
has a new English name:
953/8955 American Pipit Anthus rubescens
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961/9098 Arctic Redpoll
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
961/9097 Common Redpoll
which has a new English name:
961/9097 Redpoll Acanthis flammea
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Family: Phaenicophilidae – Hispaniolan Palm-tanagers has a new English name.
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971/9844 Black-crowned Tanager
has a new English name:
971/9844 Black-crowned Palm-tanager Phaenicophilus palmarum
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971/9845 Grey-crowned Tanager
has a new English name:
971/9845 Grey-crowned Palm-tanager Phaenicophilus poliocephalus
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973/9284 Red-breasted Blackbird
has a new English name:
973/9284 Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
2023 edition -> 2024 edition IOC bird list v 12.2 -> IOC bird list v 13.2
The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
201/1288 Zapata Rail Mustelirallus cerverai
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167/103Y Northern Goshawk
has been split into two species. The species that is regularly present in North America is:
167/103T American Goshawk Accipiter atricapillus
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Birds resident in Lesser Antilles which were previously considered to be of the species:
319/219E American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
have been ascribed to:
319/2201 Ashy-faced Owl Tyto glaucops
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511/492Y Cordilleran Flycatcher
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
511/492F Pacific-slope Flycatcher
which has a new English name:
511/492F Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
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Family: Laniidae – Shrikes has been repositioned to immediately precede Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays.
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961/914E Puerto Rican Euphonia Chlorophonia sclateri (Puerto Rico)
and
961/914K Lesser Antillean Euphonia Chlorophonia flavifrons
(Lesser Antilles)
have been split from:
961/9141 Antillean Euphonia
which has a new English name:
961/9141 Hispaniolan Euphonia Chlorophonia musica (Hispaniola)
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985/981E Grand Cayman Bullfinch Melopyrrha taylori
has been split from:
985/9817 Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra
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