SOUTH AMERICA/MIDDLE AMERICA VOLUME 3: OSCINE PASSERINES 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 contents of this eBook have been incorporated into a compendium eBook. For the impact of IOC bird list updates from 2021 edition onwards, click here.
2019 edition -> 2020 edition IOC bird list v 8.2 -> IOC bird list v 9.2
The following families have modified English names:
Family: Vireonidae – Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers
Family: Icteridae – Oropendolas, Orioles, Blackbirds
Family: Cardinalidae – Cardinals & Allies
Family: Thraupidae – Tanagers & Allies
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664/593T Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
has been split from:
664/593F Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
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868/7677 Rufous-naped Wren (Veracruz, n Oaxaca: ec Mexico)
has a new English name:
868/7677 Veracruz Wren Campylorhynchus rufinucha
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872/7752 Long-billed Gnatwren
has been split into two species:
872/7752 Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
872/775E Chattering Gnatwren Ramphocaenus sticturus
(ec Peru, nw Mato Grosso: sc Brazil)
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872/775P Yucatan Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiventris
(n Yucatán Peninsula)
has been split from:
872/7757 White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris
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900/808P Campina Thrush Turdus arthuri (nc, c Amazonia)
and
900/808T Pantepui Thrush Turdus murinus (s Venezuela, wc Guyana)
have been split from:
900/8085 Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis
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985/9598 Cherrie’s Tanager Ramphocelus costaricensis
(w Costa Rica, sw Panama)
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of Passerini’s Tanager, which has a new English name:
985/9597 Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii