OCEANS 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.
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: Apodidae – Swifts (Part 4 to Part 1)
Family: Trochilidae – Hummingbirds (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)
Family: Phoenicopteridae – Flamingos (Part 1 to Part 2)
11 Charadriiformes families (Part 2 to Part 3)
Family: Phaethontidae – Tropicbirds (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Gaviidae – Loons (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Spheniscidae – Penguins (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Oceanitidae – Austral Storm Petrels (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Diomedeidae – Albatrosses (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: 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: 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: Cathartidae – New World Vultures (Part 2 to Part 4)
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: Vireonidae – Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers
Family: Cettiidae – Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies
Family: Phylloscopidae – Leaf Warblers & Allies
Family: Acrocephalidae – Reed Warblers & Allies
Family: Cisticolidae – Cisticolas & Allies
Family: Estrildidae – Waxbills, Munias & Allies
Family: Icteridae – Oropendolas, Orioles, Blackbirds
Family: Cardinalidae – Cardinals & Allies
Family: Thraupidae – Tanagers & Allies
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042/021T Stejneger’s Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
has been split from:
042/0219 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
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Genus Alopecoenas of ground doves has been renamed:
Pampusana
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The Zosterops genus in Family: Zosteropidae – White-eyes has been revised and resequenced.
840/7569 Japanese White-eye [introduced Hawaii]
has a new English name:
840/7569 Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
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840/76F7 Aldabra White-eye Zosterops aldabrensis
(Aldabra: sw Seychelles Islands)
has been split from:
840/7628 Malagasy White-eye Zosterops maderaspatanus
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2018 edition -> 2019 edition IOC bird list v 7.3 -> IOC bird list v 8.2
The following families have a modified English name:
Family: Procellariidae – Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
Family: Tyrannidae – Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Family: Vireonidae – Vireos, Greenlets & Shrike-babblers
Family: Fringillidae – Finches, Euphonias
Family: Cardinalidae – Cardinals, Grosbeaks and (Tanager) Allies
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286/1598 Grey Noddy
has had its species epithet amended. Its scientific name is now:
Anous albivitta
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Family Campephagidae – Cuckooshrikes has been revised and resequenced. As part of this review, the following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
636/5761 Palau Cicadabird Edolisoma monacha
636/5762 Yap Cicadabird Edolisoma nesiotis
636/5763 Pohnpei Cicadabird Edolisoma insperatum
636/5757 Mauritius Cuckooshrike Lalage typica
636/5758 Reunion Cuckooshrike Lalage newtoni
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The families in Part 12 of the IOC bird list have been revised and resequenced.
The following species:
981/9467 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
has been ascribed to a newly defined family (Family code ‘983’):
Passerellidae – New World Sparrows
