SOUTH AMERICA/MIDDLE 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.
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:
335/2425 Rufous Potoo Phyllaemulor bracteatus
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351/2603 Neotropical Palm Swift
has a new English name:
351/2603 Fork-tailed Palm Swift Tachornis squamata
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The three genera Oreonympha, Oxypogon and Chalcostigma within Family: Trochilidae – Hummingbirds have been resequenced.
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
355/2795 Brazilian Ruby Heliodoxa rubricauda
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355/273E Tres Marias Hummingbird Cynanthus lawrencei
(Tres Marías Islands off wc Mexico)
has been split from:
355/2730 Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
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355/2731 Doubleday’s Hummingbird
has a new English name:
355/2731 Turquoise-crowned Hummingbird Cynanthus doubledayi
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355/2664 Long-tailed Sabrewing Pampa excellens (sc Mexico)
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
355/2662 Curve-winged Sabrewing Pampa curvipennis
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
355/2765 Violet-crowned Hummingbird Ramosomyia violiceps
355/2766 Green-fronted Hummingbird Ramosomyia viridifrons
355/2767 Cinnamon-sided Hummingbird Ramosomyia wagneri
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274/1518 South American Snipe
has a new English name:
274/1518 Pantanal Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae
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087/0571 Hornby’s Storm Petrel
has a new English name:
087/0571 Ringed Storm Petrel Hydrobates hornbyi
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162/0902 Western Osprey
has a new English name:
162/0902 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
167/099F Tiny Hawk Microspizias superciliosus
167/099Y Semicollared Hawk Microspizias collaris
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Genus Epinecrophylla of Stipplethroats in Family: Thamnophilidae – Antbirds has been resequenced.
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
487/435Y Silvery-cheeked Antshrike Sakesphoroides cristatus
487/4438 Caatinga Antwren Radinopsyche sellowi
487/4522 White-shouldered Antbird Akletos melanoceps
487/4523 Goeldi’s Antbird Akletos goeldii
487/4525 Sooty Antbird Hafferia fortis
487/4526 Blue-lored Antbird Hafferia immaculata
487/4527 Zeledon’s Antbird Hafferia zeledoni
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495/45F1 Chachapoya Antpitta
has a new English name:
495/45F1 Chachapoyas Antpitta Grallaria gravesi
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511/4774 Tawny-crowned Pygmy Tyrant
has been split into two species:
511/4774 Fulvous-crowned Scrub Tyrant Euscarthmus meloryphus
511/477E Fulvous-faced Scrub Tyrant Euscarthmus fulviceps
(w Ecuador, nw, nc, wc Peru)
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511/4775 Rufous-sided Pygmy Tyrant
has a new English name:
511/4775 Rufous-sided Scrub Tyrant Euscarthmus rufomarginatus
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511/479Y Panamanian Tyrannulet
has a new English name:
511/479Y Panama Tyrannulet Phylloscartes flavovirens
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511/5039 Panamanian Flycatcher
has a new English name:
511/5039 Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis
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519/514P Velvety Manakin Lepidothrix velutina
(nw Ecuador to c Costa Rica)
has been split from:
519/5144 Blue-crowned Manakin
which has a new English name:
519/5144 Blue-capped Manakin Lepidothrix coronata (w, c Amazonia)
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953/8968 Yellowish Pipit
has a new species epithet. Its scientific name is now:
Anthus chii
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Family: Icteridae – Oropendolas, New World Orioles, Blackbirds has a modified English name.
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973/928E Chihuahuan Meadowlark Sturnella lilianae
(sw USA, nw, wc Mexico)
has been split from:
973/9283 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
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985/990T Olivaceous Saltator
has a new English name:
985/990T Olive-grey Saltator Saltator olivascens
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985/990F Blue-grey Saltator
has a new English name:
985/990F Bluish-grey Saltator Saltator coerulescens
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985/957T Inti Tanager Heliothraupis oneilli
is a newly described species.
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985/9790 Caqueta Seedeater Sporophila murallae
(nw, locally sw Amazonia)
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
985/978Y Wing-barred Seedeater Sporophila americana
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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052/028E Yungas Guan Penelope bridgesi (sc Bolivia, nw Argentina)
has been split from:
052/0283 Dusky-legged Guan Penelope obscura (ec South America)
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Order Caprimulgiformes has been split into four orders, each comprised of a single family. The revised sequence of the three orders/families that are regularly present in South America/Middle America is as follows:
CAPRIMULGIFORMES/Caprimulgidae – Nightjars
STEATORNITHIFORMES/Steatornithidae – Oilbird
NYCTIBIIFORMES/Nyctibiidae – Potoos
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Genus Chaetura of New World swifts in Family: Apodidae – Swifts has been revised and resequenced.
351/2598 Mato Grosso Swift Chaetura viridipennis (w, s Amazonia)
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
351/2597 Chapman’s Swift Chaetura chapmani
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351/259P Ashy-tailed Swift Chaetura andrei (e Venezuela)
has been split from:
351/2594 Vaux’s Swift Chaetura vauxi
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Genus Anthracothorax of Mangos and genus Chalcostigma of Thornbills within Family: Trochilidae – Hummingbirds have been resequenced.
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
355/2892 Magenta-throated Woodstar Philodice bryantae
355/2893 Purple-throated Woodstar Philodice mitchellii
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355/266E Diamantina Sabrewing Campylopterus diamantinensis (ec Brazil)
has been split from:
355/2665 Grey-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus largipennis
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274/151T Magellanic Snipe Gallinago magellanica
(Chile, c, s Argentina, Falkland Islands)
has been split from:
274/1518 South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae
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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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Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants, Shags has been revised.
The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
146/0852 Red-legged Cormorant Poikilocarbo gaimardi
146/0857 Brandt’s Cormorant Urile penicillatus
146/0858 Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
146/0853 Flightless Cormorant Nannopterum harrisi
146/085F Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
146/085Y Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
146/086F Rock Shag Leucocarbo magellanicus
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Family: Strigidae – Owls has been revised and resequenced.
The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
323/2383 Striped Owl Asio clamator
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450/3636 Northern Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
450/3637 Southern Crested Caracara
which has a new English name:
450/3637 Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
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463/3798 Large-billed Parrotlet
has a new English name:
463/3798 Riparian Parrotlet Forpus crassirostris
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463/3797 Blue-winged Parrotlet
has a new English name:
463/3797 Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius
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Genus Ara of Macaws within Family: Psittacidae – African & New World Parrots has been resequenced.
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483/418E Chinchipe Spinetail Synallaxis chinchipensis (nc Peru)
has been split from:
483/4185 Necklaced Spinetail Synallaxis stictothorax
(wc, sw Ecuador, nw Peru)
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483/4336 Rondonia Woodcreeper
has a new English name:
483/4336 Dusky-capped Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes fuscicapillus
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483/4337 Layard’s Woodcreeper (e Amazonian Brazil)
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
483/4336 Dusky-capped Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes fuscicapillus
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The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:
487/4459 Marsh Antwren Formicivora acutirostris
487/4522 White-shouldered Antbird Percnostola melanoceps
487/4523 Goeldi’s Antbird Percnostola goeldii
487/4525 Sooty Antbird Percnostola fortis
487/4526 Blue-lored Antbird Percnostola immaculata
487/4527 Zeledon’s Antbird Percnostola zeledoni
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487/444Y Rufous-winged Antwren
has been split into two species:
487/444T Rusty-winged Antwren Herpsilochmus frater
487/444Y Rufous-margined Antwren Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus
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Family: Grallariidae – Antpittas has been revised and partially resequenced.
495/4579 Rufous Antpitta
has been split into eight species:
495/457E Sierra Nevada Antpitta Grallaria spatiator
(Santa Marta Mountains)
495/457K Perija Antpitta Grallaria saltuensis (Perijá Mountains)
495/4579 Muisca Antpitta Grallaria rufula
(e Andean slope of c Colombia, nw Venezuela)
495/457T Equatorial Antpitta Grallaria saturata
(wc, sw Colombia, c Ecuador, nw Peru)
495/457P Cajamarca Antpitta Grallaria cajamarcae
(Andes of nw Peru)
495/45F6 Junin Antpitta Grallaria obscura
(e Andean slope of c Peru)
495/45F7 Urubamba Antpitta Grallaria occabambae
(e Andean foothills of southern c Peru)
495/45F8 Bolivian Antpitta Grallaria cochabambae
(e Andean slope of wc Bolivia)
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The following newly described species comprise populations that were formerly considered to be representatives of the species 495/4579 Rufous Antpitta:
495/45F0 Chami Antpitta Grallaria alvarezi
(w Andes of wc, sw Colombia)
495/45F1 Chachapoya Antpitta Grallaria gravesi
(e Andean slope of nc Peru)
495/45F2 Panao Antpitta Grallaria oneilli
(e Andean slope of northern c Peru)
495/45F3 Puno Antpitta Grallaria sinaensis
(e Andean slope of sc Peru, wc Bolivia)
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The following newly described species comprise populations that were formerly considered to be representatives of the monotypic species 495/457F Chestnut Antpitta:
495/45F4 Oxapampa Antpitta Grallaria centralis
(e Andean slope of northern c Peru)
495/45F5 Ayacucho Antpitta Grallaria ayacuchensis
(e Andean slope of c Peru)
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
495/4590 Speckle-breasted Antpitta Cryptopezus nattereri
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Genus Scytalopus within Family: Rhinocryptidae – Tapaculos has been revised and resequenced.
503/466T White-winged Tapaculo Scytalopus krabbei (ne Peru)
is a newly described species.
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503/466E Loja Tapaculo Scytalopus androstictus
(se Ecuador, nc Peru)
has been split from:
503/4669 Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus opacus
(c, sw Colombia, c Ecuador)
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503/466K Ampay Tapaculo Scytalopus whitneyi (sc Peru)
is a newly described species.
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503/466P Jalca Tapaculo Scytalopus frankeae (c Peru)
is a newly described species.
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503/464F Bolivian White-crowned Tapaculo
has a new English name:
503/464F Bolivian Tapaculo Scytalopus bolivianus
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503/464Y Northern White-crowned Tapaculo
has a new English name:
503/464Y White-crowned Tapaculo Scytalopus atratus
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503/467E Utcubamba Tapaculo Scytalopus intermedius (nc Peru)
has been split from:
503/4677 Blackish Tapaculo Scytalopus latrans
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511/4813 Tepui Flycatcher
has a new English name:
511/4813 Sierra de Lema Flycatcher Mionectes roraimae
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The Negritos, Ground Tyrants, Black Tyrants, Monjitas, Shrike-Tyrants, Bush Tyrants and close relatives genera within Family: Tyrannidae – Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura have been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
511/4949 Little Ground Tyrant Syrtidicola fluviatilis
511/4974 Rufous-webbed Bush Tyrant Cnemarchus rufipennis
511/4963 Fire-eyed Diucon Pyrope pyrope
511/4964 Grey Monjita Nengetus cinereus
511/4965 Black-crowned Monjita Neoxolmis coronatus
511/4968 Rusty-backed Monjita Neoxolmis rubetra
511/4969 Salinas Monjita Neoxolmis salinarum
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
511/5051 Flammulated Flycatcher Ramphotrigon flammulatum
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Genus Lipaugus of Pihas within Family: Cotingidae – Cotingas has been resequenced.
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The following species have been assigned to a different genus:
515/5103 Black-and-gold Cotinga Lipaugus ater
515/5104 Grey-winged Cotinga Lipaugus conditus
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Family: Vireonidae – Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
664/5953 Tawny-crowned Greenlet Tunchiornis ochraceiceps
664/5954 Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
664/594Y Dusky-capped Greenlet Pachysylvia hypoxantha
664/5950 Buff-cheeked Greenlet Pachysylvia muscicapina
664/594F Golden-fronted Greenlet Pachysylvia aurantiifrons
664/5949 Rufous-naped Greenlet Pachysylvia semibrunnea
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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
768/6762 Black-capped Swallow Atticora pileata
768/6766 White-thighed Swallow Atticora tibialis
768/675Y Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
768/6765 Black-collared Swallow Pygochelidon melanoleuca
768/6761 Pale-footed Swallow Orochelidon flavipes
768/6760 Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina
768/6763 Andean Swallow Orochelidon andecola
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The following family has a modified English name:
Family: Paradoxornithidae – Parrotbills & Allies
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Family: Regulidae – Goldcrests, Kinglets has been revised and resequenced.
The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
856/7654 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
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Family: Polioptilidae – Gnatcatchers has been revised and resequenced.
872/775T White-browed Gnatcatcher Polioptila bilineat
(Middle America, w coast of nw South America)
has been split from:
872/7759 Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
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Family: Turdidae – Thrushes has been revised and resequenced.
900/8028 Gould’s Nightingale-Thrush
has a new English name:
900/8028 Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush Catharus dryas
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900/802E Sclater’s Nightingale-Thrush
has a new English name:
900/802E Speckled Nightingale-Thrush Catharus maculatus
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Genera Chlorophonia and Euphonia of Family: Fringillidae – Finches, Euphonias have been revised and resequenced.
The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:
961/913Y Elegant Euphonia Chlorophonia elegantissima
961/9140 Golden-rumped Euphonia Chlorophonia cyanocephala
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961/913E West Mexican Euphonia Euphonia godmani (wc Mexico)
has been split from:
961/9130 Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
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989/9860 McCown’s Longspur
has a new English name:
989/9860 Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
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983/9452 Stripe-capped Sparrow
has been split into two species:
983/945E Yungas Sparrow Rhynchospiza dabbenei
(nw Argentina, sc Bolivia)
983/9452 Chaco Sparrow Rhynchospiza strigiceps
(nc Argentina, sc, wc Paraguay, se Bolivia)
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
983/9449 Five-striped Sparrow Amphispizopsis quinquestriata
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983/947T Moss-backed Sparrow Arremon dorbignii
(wc, sc Bolivia, nw Argentina)
has been split from:
983/9480 Saffron-billed Sparrow Arremon flavirostris
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965/923T Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
has been split from:
965/9238 Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons
(Mexico, c Guatemala, c Belize)
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985/990F Greyish Saltator
has been split into three species:
985/990P Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
(Middle America)
985/990T Olivaceous Saltator Saltator olivascens
(northern nw, nc South America)
985/990F Blue-grey Saltator Saltator coerulescens
(Amazonia, c South America)
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985/9745 White-winged Diuca Finch
has a new English name and a modified species epithet:
985/9745 Glacier Finch Idiopsar speculifer
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985/9747 Short-tailed Finch
has a new English name:
985/9747 Boulder Finch Idiopsar brachyurus
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985/9746 Common Diuca Finch
has a modified English name:
985/9746 Diuca Finch Diuca diuca
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
985/9607 Blue-and-yellow Tanager Rauenia bonariensis
This compendium ATWB eBook combines the contents of three former ‘World Region’ guides: SOUTH AMERICA/MIDDLE AMERICA Volume 1: NON-PASSERINES, SOUTH AMERICA/MIDDLE AMERICA Volume 2: SUBOSCINE PASSERINES and SOUTH AMERICA/MIDDLE AMERICA Volume 3: OSCINE PASSERINES. You can view how earlier changes to the IOC bird list impacted on these three volumes by following the links at the foot of this page.
The remainder of this page details how changes to the IOC bird list impacted on the contents of the first edition of the compendium eBook.
2021 edition IOC bird list v 9.2 -> IOC bird list v 10.2
Genus Dendrortyx of Wood Partridges within Family: Phasianidae – Pheasants & Allies has been resequenced.
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Family: Trochilidae – Hummingbirds has been revised and resequenced.
355/266T Dry-forest Sabrewing
has a new English name:
355/266T Outcrop Sabrewing Campylopterus calcirupicola
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355/269T Butterfly Coquette Lophornis verreauxii (w, c Amazonia)
has been split from:
355/269F Festive Coquette Lophornis chalybeus (se Brazil)
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355/2879 Geoffroy’s Wedgebill
has a new English name:
355/2879 Geoffroy’s Daggerbill Schistes geoffroyi
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355/287E White-throated Wedgebill
has a new English name:
355/287E White-throated Daggerbill Schistes albogularis
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The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
355/2901 Bumblebee Hummingbird Selasphorus heloisa
355/2902 Wine-throated Hummingbird Selasphorus ellioti
355/272Y Dusky Hummingbird Phaeoptila sordida
355/270F Golden-crowned Emerald Cynanthus auriceps
355/270Y Cozumel Emerald Cynanthus forficatus
355/2710 Canivet’s Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
355/2662 Curve-winged Sabrewing Pampa curvipennis
355/2663 Wedge-tailed Sabrewing Pampa pampa
355/2664 Long-tailed Sabrewing Pampa excellens
355/2666 Rufous Sabrewing Pampa rufa
355/2724 Coppery-headed Emerald Microchera cupreiceps
355/2723 White-tailed Emerald Microchera chionura
355/2729 Pirre Hummingbird Goldmania bella
355/2733 Mexican Woodnymph Eupherusa ridgwayi
355/2750 Tumbes Hummingbird Thaumasius baeri
355/2751 Spot-throated Hummingbird Thaumasius taczanowskii
355/2672 Sombre Hummingbird Eupetomena cirrochloris
355/2752 Olive-spotted Hummingbird Talaphorus chlorocercus
355/2765 Violet-crowned Hummingbird Leucolia violiceps
355/2766 Green-fronted Hummingbird Leucolia viridifrons
355/2767 Cinnamon-sided Hummingbird Leucolia wagneri
355/2764 Azure-crowned Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanocephala
355/277E Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni
355/2777 Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina
355/2776 Blue-tailed Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanura
355/2775 Snowy-bellied Hummingbird Saucerottia edward
355/2773 Steely-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia saucerottei
355/2774 Indigo-capped Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanifrons
355/2759 Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird Saucerottia castaneiventris
355/2778 Green-bellied Hummingbird Saucerottia viridigaster
355/2779 Copper-rumped Hummingbird Saucerottia tobaci
355/275F Amazilia Hummingbird Amazilis amazilia
355/2762 Andean Emerald Uranomitra franciae
355/273Y Shining-green Hummingbird Chrysuronia goudoti
355/2760 Versicolored Emerald Chrysuronia versicolor
355/2739 Sapphire-throated Hummingbird Chrysuronia coeruleogularis
355/273F Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird Chrysuronia lilliae
355/2745 Humboldt’s Sapphire Chrysuronia humboldtii
355/2744 Blue-headed Sapphire Chrysuronia grayi
355/2761 White-chested Emerald Chrysuronia brevirostris
355/275Y Plain-bellied Emerald Chrysuronia leucogaster
355/2768 Glittering-throated Emerald Chionomesa fimbriata
355/2769 Sapphire-spangled Emerald Chionomesa lactea
355/2754 White-bellied Hummingbird Elliotomyia chionogaster
355/2755 Green-and-white Hummingbird Elliotomyia viridicauda
355/276F Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis
355/276Y Charming Hummingbird Polyerata decora
355/2770 Purple-chested Hummingbird Polyerata rosenbergi
355/2763 White-bellied Emerald Chlorestes candida
355/2740 Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
355/2742 White-chinned Sapphire Chlorestes cyanus
355/2738 Violet-bellied Hummingbird Chlorestes julie
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
303/183Y Purple-winged Ground Dove Paraclaravis geoffroyi
303/1840 Maroon-chested Ground Dove Paraclaravis mondetoura
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Family: Rallidae – Rails, Crakes & Coots has been revised and resequenced.
201/1260 Rufous-naped Wood Rail
has a new English name:
201/1260 Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
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201/125Y Grey-necked Wood Rail
has a new English name:
201/125Y Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
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The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
201/1280 Ash-throated Crake Mustelirallus albicollis
201/121Y Russet-crowned Crake Rufirallus viridis
201/121F Chestnut-headed Crake Rufirallus castaneiceps
201/127Y Dot-winged Crake Laterallus spiloptera
201/1285 Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
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274/153E Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus
has been split from:
274/1530 Whimbrel
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Within Order Suliformes, Family: Anhingidae – Anhingas, Darters has been resequenced to precede Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants, Shags
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Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants, Shags has been resequenced.
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Family: Cathartidae – New World Vultures has been resequenced.
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Genus Megascops of Screech Owls in Family: Strigidae – Owls has been revised and resequenced.
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Genus Chloroceryle of American Kingfishers in Alcedinidae – Kingfishers has been resequenced.
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427/3323 Curl-crested Aracari
has had its species epithet amended. Its scientific name is now:
Pteroglossus beauharnaisii
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444/3444 Tawny Piculet Picumnus fulvescens
is now considered to be a plumage variant of monotypic species:
444/3443 Ochraceous Piculet Picumnus limae (e Brazil)
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Genus Forpus of Parrotlets within Family: Psittacidae – African & New World Parrots has been resequenced.
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Genus Ara of Macaws within Family: Psittacidae – African & New World Parrots has been resequenced.
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The following species have been assigned to a new or different genus:
483/4260 Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Dendroma rufa
483/4258 Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner Dendroma erythroptera
483/4121 Tawny Tit-Spinetail Sylviorthorhynchus yanacensis
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483/4192 Sulphur-bearded Spinetail
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new English name:
483/4192 Sulphur-bearded Reedhaunter Limnoctites sulphuriferus
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The eight species of Antwren in genus Epinecrophylla have new English names:
487/4403 Checker-throated Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla fulviventris
487/4404 Brown-bellied Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla gutturalis
487/4405 White-eyed Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla leucophthalma
487/4406 Rufous-backed Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla haematonota
487/4408 Rio Madeira Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla amazonica
487/440F Foothill Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla spodionota
487/440Y Ornate Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla ornata
487/4410 Rufous-tailed Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla erythrura
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487/4484 White-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena leuconota
has been split into three species:
487/448P Western Fire-eye Pyriglena maura
487/448T Tapajos Fire-eye Pyriglena similis
(se Amazonian Brazil)
487/4484 East Amazonian Fire-eye Pyriglena leuconota
(ec Amazonian Brazil, ne, ec Brazil)
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511/4779 Paltry Tyrannulet
has a new English name:
511/4779 Guatemalan Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus
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Family: Cotingidae – Cotingas has been resequenced.
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Genus Poecile within Family: Paridae – Tits, Chickadees has been resequenced.
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Genus Progne of American Martins within Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows, Martins has been resequenced.
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Single species genus Chamaea (Wrentit) has been transferred to new Family: Paradoxornithidae – Parrotbills and allies.
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Genus Sitta within single genus Family: Sittidae – Nuthatches has been resequenced.
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900/8077 Eastern Slaty Thrush
has a new English name:
900/8077 Blacksmith Thrush Turdus subalaris
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Family: Passerellidae – New World Sparrows has been revised and resequenced.
983/9520 Yellow-thighed Finch
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new English name:
983/9520 Yellow-thighed Brushfinch Atlapetes tibialis
…………………………………………………………………….
983/9521 Yellow-green Finch
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new English name:
983/9521 Yellow-green Brushfinch Atlapetes luteoviridis
…………………………………………………………………….
The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
983/9433 Nelson’s Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
983/9436 Baird’s Sparrow Centronyx bairdii
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993/991Y Rothschild’s Grosbeak
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new English name:
993/991Y Amazonian Grosbeak Cyanoloxia rothschildii
…………………………………………………………………….
The following species have been ascribed to a different genus:
993/991F Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
993/9920 Ultramarine Grosbeak Cyanoloxia brissonii
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Family: Thraupidae – Tanagers & Allies has been revised and resequenced.
985/9578 Chestnut-headed Tanager
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new species epithet. Its scientific name is now:
Thlypopsis pyrrhocoma
…………………………………………………………………….
985/9703 Giant Conebill
has been ascribed to a different genus and has a new species epithet. Its scientific name is now:
Conirostrum binghami
…………………………………………………………………….
985/9634 Cabanis’s Tanager
has been ascribed to a new genus and has a new English name:
985/9634 Azure-rumped Tanager Poecilostreptus cabanisi
…………………………………………………………………….
The following species have been ascribed to a new or different genus:
985/972F Mourning Sierra Finch Rhopospina fruticeti
985/9734 Band-tailed Sierra Finch Porphyrospiza alaudina
985/9733 Carbonated Sierra Finch Porphyrospiza carbonaria
985/9914 Black-throated Saltator Saltatricula atricollis
985/9826 Puerto Rican Bullfinch Melopyrrha portoricensis
985/9827 Greater Antillean Bullfinch Melopyrrha violacea
985/9820 Cuban Grassquit Phonipara canora
985/9823 Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
985/9824 Sooty Grassquit Asemospiza fuliginosa
985/9822 Dull-colored Grassquit Asemospiza obscura
985/9581 Flame-crested Tanager Loriotus cristatus
985/9584 White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus
985/9582 Yellow-crested Tanager Loriotus rufiventer
985/9818 White-naped Seedeater Sporophila fringilloides
985/9811 Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
985/9812 Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch Sporophila angolensis
985/9813 Nicaraguan Seed Finch Sporophila nuttingi
985/9815 Great-billed Seed Finch Sporophila maximiliani
985/9814 Large-billed Seed Finch Sporophila crassirostris
985/9816 Black-billed Seed Finch Sporophila atrirostris
985/956F Black-headed Hemispingus Pseudospingus verticalis
985/956Y Drab Hemispingus Pseudospingus xanthophthalmus
985/9768 Tucuman Mountain Finch Poospiza baeri
985/9767 Cochabamba Mountain Finch Poospiza garleppi
985/9568 Slaty-backed Hemispingus Poospiza goeringi
985/9569 Rufous-browed Hemispingus Poospiza rufosuperciliaris
985/9563 Grey-capped Hemispingus Kleinothraupis reyi
985/955F Black-capped Hemispingus Kleinothraupis atropileus
985/955Y White-browed Hemispingus Kleinothraupis auricularis
985/9560 Orange-browed Hemispingus Kleinothraupis calophrys
985/9561 Parodi’s Hemispingus Kleinothraupis parodii
985/9564 Oleaginous Hemispingus Sphenopsis frontalis
985/9565 Black-eared Hemispingus Sphenopsis melanotis
985/9566 Western Hemispingus Sphenopsis ochracea
985/9567 Piura Hemispingus Sphenopsis piurae
985/9562 Superciliaried Hemispingus Thlypopsis superciliaris
985/9753 Bay-chested Warbling Finch Castanozoster thoracicus
985/9756 Rufous-sided Warbling Finch Poospizopsis frontalis
985/9766 Chestnut-breasted Mountain Finch Poospizopsis caesar
985/975Y Buff-throated Warbling Finch Microspingus lateralis
985/9760 Grey-throated Warbling Finch Microspingus cabanisi
985/9757 Rusty-browed Warbling Finch Microspingus erythrophrys
985/9755 Plain-tailed Warbling Finch Microspingus alticola
985/9763 Ringed Warbling Finch Microspingus torquatus
985/9570 Three-striped Hemispingus Microspingus trifasciatus
985/9764 Black-capped Warbling Finch Microspingus melanoleucus
985/9765 Cinereous Warbling Finch Microspingus cinereus
985/9732 Ash-breasted Sierra Finch Geospizopsis plebejus
985/972Y Plumbeous Sierra Finch Geospizopsis unicolor
985/9730 Red-backed Sierra Finch Idiopsar dorsalis
985/9731 White-throated Sierra Finch Idiopsar erythronotus
985/9745 White-winged Diuca Finch Idiopsar speculiferus
985/9607 Blue-and-yellow Tanager Pipraeidea bonariensis
985/9623 Chestnut-bellied Mountain Tanager Dubusia castaneoventris
985/9606 Blue-capped Tanager Sporathraupis cyanocephala
985/9617 Masked Mountain Tanager Tephrophilus wetmorei
985/9615 Black-chested Mountain Tanager Cnemathraupis eximia
985/9616 Golden-backed Mountain Tanager Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis
985/9650 Dotted Tanager Ixothraupis varia
985/9651 Rufous-throated Tanager Ixothraupis rufigula
985/964F Spotted Tanager Ixothraupis punctata
985/964Y Speckled Tanager Ixothraupis guttata
985/9649 Yellow-bellied Tanager Ixothraupis xanthogastra
985/965Y Golden-naped Tanager Chalcothraupis ruficervix
985/9635 Grey-and-gold Tanager Poecilostreptus palmeri
985/9671 Black-headed Tanager Stilpnia cyanoptera
985/966Y Silver-backed Tanager Stilpnia viridicollis
985/966F Sira Tanager Stilpnia phillipsi
985/9670 Straw-backed Tanager Stilpnia argyrofenges
985/9669 Black-capped Tanager Stilpnia heinei
985/9663 Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
985/9662 Blue-necked Tanager Stilpnia cyanicollis
985/9664 Masked Tanager Stilpnia nigrocincta
985/9656 Black-backed Tanager Stilpnia peruviana
985/9657 Chestnut-backed Tanager Stilpnia preciosa
985/9659 Green-capped Tanager Stilpnia meyerdeschauenseei
985/9658 Scrub Tanager Stilpnia vitriolina
985/9654 Burnished-buff Tanager Stilpnia cayana
To view how earlier changes to the IOC bird list impacted on the three volumes that preceded the publication of this compendium ATWB eBook, follow these links:
SOUTH AMERICA/MIDDLE AMERICA VOLUME 1: NON-PASSERINES Updates
SOUTH AMERICA/MIDDLE AMERICA VOLUME 2: SUBOSCINE PASSERINES Updates
SOUTH AMERICA/MIDDLE AMERICA VOLUME 3: OSCINE PASSERINES Updates
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