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.
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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339/2497 Madagascan Nightjar
has a new English name:
339/2497 Madagascar Nightjar Caprimulgus madagascariensis
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303/194E Raiatea Fruit Dove Ptilinopus chrysogaster (w Society Islands)
has been split from:
303/1947 Grey-green Fruit Dove Ptilinopus purpuratus (e Society Islands)
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217/1357 Madagascan Buttonquail
has a new English name:
217/1357 Madagascar Buttonquail Turnix nigricollis
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Family: Spheniscidae – Penguins has been resequenced.
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The species within genus Oceanodroma of Family: Hydrobatidae – Northern Storm Petrels have been resequenced and ascribed to existing genus Hydrobates.
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
146/0859 Red-faced Cormorant Urile urile
146/0858 Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
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Family: Strigidae – Owls has been revised and resequenced.
The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
323/2273 Palau Owl Otus podarginus
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The Lorikeet and Lory genera within Family: Psittacidae – African & New World Parrots have been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:
467/394F Red-throated Lorikeet Vini amabilis
467/3958 Collared Lory Vini solitaria
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The two species of Silktail in genus Lamprolia of Family: Rhipiduridae – Fantails have been resequenced.
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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been revised and resequenced.
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820/7119 Madagascan Cisticola
has a new English name:
820/7119 Madagascar Cisticola Cisticola cherina
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Family: Turdidae – Thrushes has been revised and resequenced.
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Family: Passeridae – Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches has been resequenced.
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961/905E Bonin Greenfinch Chloris kittlitzi (Bonin Islands)
has been split from:
961/9055 Grey-capped Greenfinch Chloris sinica
2020 edition -> 2021 edition IOC bird list v 9.2 -> IOC bird list v 10.2
Family: Rallidae – Rails, Crakes & Coots has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
201/1236 Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis
201/1237 Guam Rail Hypotaenidia owstoni
201/1258 Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi
201/1283 Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
201/1284 Henderson Crake Zapornia atra
201/1286 White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
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274/1530 Whimbrel
has a new English name:
274/1530 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
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Within Order Charadriiformes, single species Family: Dromadidae – Crab-plover has been resequenced to precede Family: Glareolidae – Coursers, Pratincoles:
237/1398 Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
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Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants, Shags has been resequenced.
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120/076F Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new scientific name.
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Family: Meliphagidae – Honeyeaters has been revised and resequenced.
548/5349 Kadavu Honeyeater Meliphacator provocator
has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new scientific name.
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Family: Pycnonotidae – Bulbuls has been revised and resequenced.
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836/747F Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new scientific name.
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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: Estrildidae – Waxbills, Munias & Allies has been revised and resequenced.
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Family: Thraupidae – Tanagers & Allies has been revised and resequenced.
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
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.
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
