AviList AFRICA Updates
On this page you can view how the first release of the AviList impacted on the contents of this ATWB eBook.
To see how earlier updates to the IOC bird list impacted on the contents of this eBook, click here.
2025 edition -> 2026 edition IOC bird list v 14.2 -> AviList v2025 [Note: not published]
Non-Passerine Orders have been resequenced. Within some Orders, there has also been a resequencing of families.
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The following families have been moved from a part of the IOC bird list to a different part of the AviList:
Family: Phoenicopteridae – Flamingos (Part 2 to Part 1)
Family: Podicipedidae – Grebes (Part 2 to Part 1)
Family: Musophagidae – Turacos (Part 2 to Part 1)
Family: Otididae – Bustards (Part 2 to Part 1)
Family: Cuculidae – Cuckoos (Part 2 to Part 1)
Family: Mesitornithidae – Mesites (Part 2 to Part 1)
Family: Pteroclidae – Sandgrouse (Part 2 to Part 1)
13 families within Order CHARADRIIFORMES (Part 3 to Part 2)
Family: Caprimulgidae – Nightjars and Nighthawks (Part 1 to Part 3)
Family: Apodidae – Swifts (Part 1 to Part 3)
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The two species in Family: Struthionidae – Ostriches have been resequenced.
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Family: Anatidae – Ducks, Swans, and Geese has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Anatidae – Ducks, Swans, and Geese have been resequenced.
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042/0195 Eurasian Teal
has a new English name:
042/0195 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
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The species in Family: Numididae – Guineafowl have been resequenced.
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The species in Family: Odontophoridae – New World Quail have been resequenced.
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Family: Phasianidae – Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies has a new English name.
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Family: Phasianidae – Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies has been partially resequenced.
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065/042Y Rubeho Forest Partridge
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
065/042F Udzungwa Forest Partridge Xenoperdix udzungwensis
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The species in Family: Phoenicopteridae – Flamingos have been resequenced.
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Family: Musophagidae – Turacos has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Otididae – Bustards has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Cuculidae – Cuckoos has been partially resequenced.
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The species in Family: Mesitornithidae – Mesites have been resequenced.
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Family: Pteroclidae – Sandgrouse has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Columbidae – Doves and Pigeons has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Columbidae – Doves and Pigeons have been resequenced.
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
303/1768 Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
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Family: Gruidae – Cranes has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Sarothruridae – Flufftails has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Sarothruridae – Flufftails have been resequenced.
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Family: Rallidae – Rails, Gallinules, and Coots has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Rallidae – Rails, Gallinules, and Coots have been resequenced.
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201/1297 African Swamphen
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
201/1296 Western Swamphen
which has a new English name:
201/1296 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
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Family: Burhinidae – Thick-knees and Stone-curlews has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Burhinidae – Thick-knees and Stone-curlews have been resequenced.
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Family: Recurvirostridae – Stilts and Avocets has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Recurvirostridae – Stilts and Avocets have been resequenced.
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Family: Charadriidae – Plovers and Lapwings has a new English name.
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
249/144F Forbes’s Plover Thinornis forbesi
249/1449 Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
249/1442 Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
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Family: Rostratulidae – Painted-Snipes has a modified English name.
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Family: Scolopacidae – Sandpipers and Allies has a new English name.
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Family: Scolopacidae – Sandpipers and Allies has been partially resequenced.
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Monotypic genus Ortyxelos ‘Quail-plover’ within Family: Turnicidae – Buttonquail has been resequenced.
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Family: Dromadidae – Crab-Plover has a modified English name.
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Family: Glareolidae – Coursers and Pratincoles has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Glareolidae – Coursers and Pratincoles have been resequenced.
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
280/1581 Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
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Family: Stercorariidae – Jaegers and Skuas has a new English name.
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Family: Laridae – Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls has a new English name.
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Family: Laridae – Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Oceanitidae – Southern Storm Petrels has a new English name.
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Family: Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels have been resequenced.
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091/0634 Yelkouan Shearwater
has a new English name:
091/0634 Mediterranean Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
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Family: Ciconiidae – Storks has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Sulidae – Boobies and Gannets has a new English name.
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Family: Anhingidae – Anhinga and Darters has a modified English name.
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Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants and Shags has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants and Shags have been resequenced.
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146/0866 White-breasted Cormorant
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
146/0865 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
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Family: Threskiornithidae – Ibises and Spoonbills has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Threskiornithidae – Ibises and Spoonbills have been resequenced.
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Family: Ardeidae – Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns has a new English name.
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Family: Ardeidae – Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns has been partially resequenced.
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120/0805 Dimorphic Egret
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
120/0803 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
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120/077E Little Heron Butorides atricapilla
(all birds except those regularly present in Panama, South America)
has been split from:
120/0778 Striated Heron Butorides striata
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Family: Caprimulgidae – Nightjars and Nighthawks has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Caprimulgidae – Nightjars and Nighthawks have been resequenced.
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The species in Family: Apodidae – Swifts have been resequenced.
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351/2615 Fernando Po Swift
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
351/2613 African Black Swift Apus barbatus
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Family: Tytonidae – Bay Owls and Barn Owls has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Tytonidae – Bay Owls and Barn Owls have been resequenced.
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Family: Strigidae – Owls has been partially resequenced.
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323/224F Torotoroka Scops Owl
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
323/224Y Rainforest Scops Owl
which has a new English name:
323/224Y Madagascar Scops Owl Otus rutilus
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323/222T Annobon Scops Owl
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
323/222Y African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
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323/229T Maghreb Owl
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
323/229Y Tawny Owl Strix aluco
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Family: Pandionidae – Osprey has a modified English name.
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Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Accipitridae – Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks have been resequenced.
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
167/0953 Congo Serpent Eagle Circaetus spectabilis
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167/1003 Red-chested Goshawk
has been lumped with and is now represented by four subspecies of:
167/1004 African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
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167/1057 Yellow-billed Kite
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
167/1056 Black Kite Milvus migrans
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Genus Urocolius within Family: Coliidae – Mousebirds has been resequenced.
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395/3151 African Hoopoe
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
395/3150 Eurasian Hoopoe
which has a new English name:
395/3150 Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
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Family: Phoeniculidae – Wood Hoopoes and Scimitarbills has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Phoeniculidae – Wood Hoopoes and Scimitarbills have been resequenced.
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The following species has been ascribed to a different genus:
399/3156 Forest Wood Hoopoe Rhinopomastus castaneiceps
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399/315Y Grant’s Wood Hoopoe
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
399/315F Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis
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Family: Bucorvidae – Ground Hornbills has been embedded within Family: Bucerotidae – Hornbills.
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The species in Family: Bucerotidae – Hornbills have been resequenced.
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The species in Family: Brachypteraciidae – Ground Rollers have been resequenced.
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The species in Family: Coraciidae – Rollers have been resequenced.
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The species in genus Merops within Family: Meropidae – Bee-eaters have been resequenced.
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The species in Family: Alcedinidae – Kingfishers have been resequenced.
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Family: Lybiidae – African Barbets has been partially resequenced.
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
435/3402 Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
435/340E Western Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus goffinii
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435/3407 Usambiro Barbet
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
435/3406 D’Arnaud’s Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
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Monotypic genus Melichneutes within Family: Indicatoridae – Honeyguides has been resequenced.
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The species in Family: Picidae – Woodpeckers have been resequenced.
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444/3485 Little Spotted Woodpecker
has been lumped with and is now represented by three subspecies of:
444/3486 Little Green Woodpecker
which has a new English name:
444/3486 Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
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Family: Falconidae – Falcons and Caracaras has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Falconidae – Falcons and Caracaras have been resequenced.
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Family: Psittacidae – African and New World Parrots has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Psittacidae – African and New World Parrots have been resequenced.
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The species in Family: Psittaculidae – Old World Parrots have been resequenced.
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Within Order PASSERIFORMES there has been a resequencing of some families.
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The following families have been moved from a part of the IOC bird list to a different part of the AviList:
Family: Oriolidae – Old World Orioles (Part 8 to Part 7)
Family: Hyliotidae – Hyliotas (Part 10 to Part 8)
Family: Macrosphenidae – Longbills, Crombecs, and Allies (Part 9 to Part 8)
Family: Cisticolidae – Cisticolas and Allies (Part 9 to Part 8)
Family: Pycnonotidae – Bulbuls (Part 8 to Part 9)
Family: Cinclidae – Dippers (Part 11 to Part 10)
Family: Promeropidae – Sugarbirds (Part 10 to Part 11)
Family: Modulatricidae – Dapple-throat and Allies (Part 10 to Part 11)
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Family: Philepittidae – Asities has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Eurylaimidae – Grauer’s Broadbill and Asian Broadbills has a new English name.
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Family: Calyptomenidae – African and Green Broadbills has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Calyptomenidae – African and Green Broadbills have been resequenced.
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The species within Family: Campephagidae – Cuckooshrikes have been resequenced.
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Family: Malaconotidae – Bushshrikes and Allies has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Malaconotidae – Bushshrikes and Allies have been resequenced.
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
608/5633 Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
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Family: Platysteiridae – Wattle-eyes and Batises has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Platysteiridae – Wattle-eyes and Batises have been resequenced.
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
596/558Y Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea
596/558F West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora
596/5590 White-spotted Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia tonsa
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596/5575 Reichenow’s Batis
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
596/5574 Forest Batis
which has a new English name:
596/5574 Short-tailed Batis Batis mixta
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Family: Vangidae – Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Vangidae – Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies have been resequenced.
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616/5684 Ward’s Flycatcher
has a new English name:
616/5684 Ward’s Vanga Pseudobias wardi
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Family: Oriolidae – Old World Orioles has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Oriolidae – Old World Orioles have been resequenced.
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The species in Family: Dicruridae – Drongos have been resequenced.
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Family: Monarchidae – Monarch Flycatchers, Paradise Flycatchers, and Shrikebills has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Monarchidae – Monarch Flycatchers, Paradise Flycatchers, and Shrikebills have been resequenced.
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680/609F Annobon Paradise Flycatcher
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
680/6099 Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
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Family: Laniidae – Shrikes has been partially resequenced.
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
660/5880 Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
660/5881 Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
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Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays, and Magpies has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Corvidae – Crows, Jays, and Magpies have been resequenced.
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684/623Y Stresemann’s Bushcrow
has a new English name:
684/623Y Ethiopian Bushcrow Zavattariornis stresemanni
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684/6273 Hooded Crow
has been lumped with and is now represented by four subspecies of:
684/6272 Carrion Crow Corvus corone
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The species in Family: Remizidae – Penduline Tits have been resequenced.
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Family: Paridae – Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Paridae – Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice have been resequenced.
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744/6479 Cinnamon-breasted Tit
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
744/6478 Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris
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Family: Alaudidae – Larks has been partially resequenced.
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760/6517 Benguela Long-billed Lark
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
760/6516 Karoo Long-billed Lark Certhilauda subcoronata
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760/651F Agulhas Long-billed Lark
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
760/6519 Cape Long-billed Lark Certhilauda curvirostris
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760/6575 Maghreb Lark
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
760/6573 Crested Lark Galerida cristata
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760/6588 Athi Short-toed Lark
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
760/658F Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica
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Family: Macrosphenidae – Longbills, Crombecs, and Allies has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Macrosphenidae – Longbills, Crombecs, and Allies have been resequenced.
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Family: Cisticolidae – Cisticolas and Allies has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Cisticolidae – Cisticolas and Allies have been resequenced.
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820/717F Grey-backed Camaroptera
has been lumped with and is now represented by 11 subspecies of:
820/7179 Green-backed Camaroptera
which has a new English name:
820/7179 Bleating Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
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820/715T Brown-tailed Apalis
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
820/715F Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
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820/7145 Black-faced Prinia
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
820/7144 Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii
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820/718F Rubeho Warbler
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
820/7189 Winifred’s Warbler Scepomycter winifredae
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Family: Acrocephalidae – Reed Warblers and Allies has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Acrocephalidae – Reed Warblers and Allies have been resequenced.
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804/6962 Anjouan Brush Warbler
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
804/6960 Malagasy Brush Warbler Nesillas typica
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Family: Bernieridae – Malagasy Warblers and Tetrakas has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Bernieridae – Malagasy Warblers and Tetrakas have been resequenced.
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Family: Locustellidae – Grasshopper Warblers, Grassbirds, and Allies has a new English name.
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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows has a new English name.
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Family: Hirundinidae – Swallows has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Erythrocercidae – Yellow Flycatchers has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Cettiidae – Bush Warblers and Allies has a new English name.
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Monotypic Family: Scotocercidae – Streaked Scrub Warbler has been embedded within Family: Cettiidae – Bush Warblers and Allies.
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The species in Family: Cettiidae – Bush Warblers and Allies have been resequenced.
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Family: Phylloscopidae – Leaf Warblers has been partially resequenced.
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The species in Family: Pycnonotidae – Bulbuls have been resequenced.
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764/6642 Kakamega Greenbul
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
764/6641 Shelley’s Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis
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764/6680 Sharpe’s Greenbul
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
764/667Y Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
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764/6675 Placid Greenbul
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
764/6674 Cabanis’s Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
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764/6626 Dodson’s Bulbul
764/6625 Somali Bulbul
and
764/6627 Dark-capped Bulbul
have been lumped with and are now represented by one, one and three subspecies respectively of:
764/6624 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
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Family: Sylviidae – Sylviid Warblers and Allies has a new English name.
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Family: Sylviidae – Sylviid Warblers and Allies has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Zosteropidae – White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies has a new English name.
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Family: Zosteropidae – White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies has been partially resequenced.
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840/76F8 Anjouan White-eye
and
840/76F9 Moheli White-eye
have been lumped with and are now each represented by a subspecies of:
840/7628 Malagasy White-eye Zosterops maderaspatanus
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Family: Pellorneidae – Ground Babblers and Allies has a new English name.
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Family: Leiothrichidae – Laughingthrushes and Allies has a modified English name.
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Family: Leiothrichidae – Laughingthrushes and Allies has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Regulidae – Kinglets has a new English name.
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The two species in Family: Buphagidae – Oxpeckers have been resequenced.
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896/7962 Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
has a modified species epithet.
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Family: Sturnidae – Rhabdornis, Starlings, and Mynas has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Sturnidae – Rhabdornis, Starlings, and Mynas have been resequenced.
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892/7922 Miombo Blue-eared Starling
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
892/7921 Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
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Family: Turdidae – Thrushes and Allies has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Turdidae – Thrushes and Allies have been resequenced.
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Family: Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies has a new English name.
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Family: Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies has been partially resequenced.
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The following species have been ascribed to a new genus:
907/8112 Karoo Scrub Robin Tychaedon coryphoeus
907/8113 Forest Scrub Robin Tychaedon leucosticta
907/811Y Brown Scrub Robin Tychaedon signata
907/8114 Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
907/8115 Miombo Scrub Robin Tychaedon barbata
907/8166 Böhm’s Flycatcher Myopornis boehmi
907/8165 Ussher’s Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri
907/8164 Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa
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907/814E Mediterranean Flycatcher
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
907/8145 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
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907/822P Olive-backed Forest Robin Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus
(wc, sw, ne Gabon, sw Republic of the Congo)
and
907/822K Yellow-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis mabirae
(northern c Africa)
have been split from:
907/8223 Forest Robin
which has a new English name:
907/8223 Orange-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
(northern wc, southern w Africa)
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907/8335 Madagascar Stonechat
has been lumped with and is now represented by three subspecies of:
907/8334 African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
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907/8346 White-crowned Cliff Chat
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
907/8345 Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
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907/8352 Ruaha Chat
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
907/8351 Arnot’s Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
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907/837E Maghreb Wheatear
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
907/8373 Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
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Family: Modulatricidae – Dapple-throat and Allies has a modified English name.
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Family: Modulatricidae – Dapple-throat and Allies has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Nectariniidae – Spiderhunters and Sunbirds has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Nectariniidae – Spiderhunters and Sunbirds have been resequenced.
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925/852E Whyte’s Double-collared Sunbird
has been lumped with and is now represented by two subspecies of:
925/851Y Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris stuhlmanni
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925/8532 Hofmann’s Sunbird
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
925/8531 Shelley’s Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi
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Family: Ploceidae – Weavers and Allies has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Ploceidae – Weavers and Allies have been resequenced.
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
933/8698 Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
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Family: Viduidae – Whydahs and Indigobirds has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Viduidae – Whydahs and Indigobirds have been resequenced.
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Family: Estrildidae – Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies has a new English name.
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Family: Estrildidae – Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies has been partially resequenced.
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Family: Passeridae – Snowfinches and Old World Sparrows has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Passeridae – Snowfinches and Old World Sparrows have been resequenced.
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Family: Motacillidae – Wagtails and Pipits has a modified English name.
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The species in Family: Motacillidae – Wagtails and Pipits have been resequenced.
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The following species has been ascribed to a new genus:
953/8965 Yellow-breasted Pipit Hemimacronyx chloris
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Family: Fringillidae – Finches, Euphonias, and Allies has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Fringillidae – Finches, Euphonias, and Allies have been resequenced.
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961/9001 African Crimson-winged Finch
has been lumped with and is now represented by a subspecies of:
961/9000 Asian Crimson-winged Finch
which has a new English name:
961/9000 Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus
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Family: Emberizidae – Old World Buntings has a new English name.
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The species in Family: Emberizidae – Old World Buntings have been resequenced.