WESTERN PALEARCTIC 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: Cuculidae – Cuckoos (Part 3 to Part 2)
Family: Pteroclidae – Sandgrouse (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)
12 Charadriiformes families (Part 2 to Part 3)
Family: Phaethontidae – Tropicbirds (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Gaviidae – Loons (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Oceanitidae – Austral Storm Petrels (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: Ciconiidae – Storks (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Sulidae – Gannets, Boobies (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants, Shags (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Anhingidae – Anhingas, Darters (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: 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: Oriolidae – Figbirds, Orioles, Turnagra
Family: Cettiidae – Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies
Family: Phylloscopidae – Leaf Warblers & Allies
Family: Acrocephalidae – Reed Warblers & Allies
Family: Locustellidae – Grassbirds & Allies
Family: Cisticolidae – Cisticolas & Allies
Family: Leiothrichidae – Laughingthrushes & Allies
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146/0851 Pygmy Cormorant
has had its species epithet amended. Its scientific name is now:
Microcarbo pygmaeus
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450/3683 Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides
(Canary Islands, nw Africa, ne Egypt, s ME)
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
450/3682 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
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660/589F Steppe Grey Shrike Lanius pallidirostris
(southern nw Kazakhstan)
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
660/5898 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
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Family Leiothrichidae – Laughingthrushes & Allies has been revised and resequenced. As part of this review the following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
832/7350 Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps
832/7351 Fulvous Babbler Argya fulva
832/7345 Iraq Babbler Argya altirostris
832/7347 Afghan Babbler Argya huttoni
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: Oriolidae – Figbirds, Orioles & Turnagra
Family: Leiothrichidae – Laughingthrushes and Allies
Family: Fringillidae – Finches, Euphonias
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The subspecies of the following two species of Shrike have been reassessed:
660/5898 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
660/5899 Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
The birds that are resident in the Canary Islands, nw Africa, locally n Libya, nc Egypt and s ME, and earlier thought to be subspecies of Southern Grey Shrike, have now been identified as being subspecies of Great Grey Shrike. Also as part of this review, Lanius meridionalis has a new English name:
660/5899 Iberian Grey Shrike (s France, Iberian Peninsula; winters nw Africa)
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The Eurasian Magpie Pica pica species complex in Family Corvidae – Crows, Jays has been revised. As part of this revision, the birds that are resident in north-west Africa have been split to a newly defined species:
684/62F0 Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica
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Family Phylloscopidae – Leaf Warblers and Allies has been revised and resequenced.
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Family Locustellidae – Grassbirds and Allies has been revised and resequenced.
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The families in Part 12 of the IOC bird list have been revised and resequenced. The 18 Emberiza species regularly present in the Western Palearctic world region have been ascribed to the re-defined family Emberizidae – Buntings.
