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.
[The 2020 edition of this title will be published in August 2019]
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
