ATWB Updates

In June 2025 the first version of the The Global Avian Checklist (AviList) was formally launched. All ATWB titles are being revised to conform to the taxonomy, English names and scientific names in AviList v2025. This exercise will take some time. The first ‘All the World’s Birds 2026’ titles were released in late 2025, with others to be made available during the first quarter of 2026.

For every ATWB eBook title that is in its second or subsequent annual edition, you can view how the changes introduced by the AviList have impacted on the contents of the eBook.

Update information arising from the changes introduced by the AviList can be viewed for the following titles:

 

ATWB SERIES  +++ All the World’s Birds 20XX: A Companion Guide – PART-BY-PART

The first eleven 2026 PART-BY-PART Companion Guides have been published, as listed below. They cover all the world’s 4308 ‘known to be extant’ Non-Passerine bird species, plus the 1393 ‘known to be extant’ Suboscine Passerine species and the first 4367 ‘known to be extant’ Oscine Passerine species as they appear in v2025 of the AviList. You can view all eleven titles on ATWB Online here. For each title, click on the “Updates” link below to see how changes introduced by the AviList and prior releases of the IOC bird list have impacted on the contents of the eBook.

[Note: for information about 2025 PART-BY-PART Companion Guides, scroll down this page.]

 

PART ONE: Ostriches to Sandgrouse      Updates

PART TWO: Doves and Pigeons to Skimmers, Noddies, Terns, and Gulls      Updates

PART THREE: Sunbittern to Hummingbirds      Updates

PART FOUR: Bay Owls and Barn Owls to Kingfishers      Updates

PART FIVE: Jacamars to Old World Parrots      Updates

PART SIX: New Zealand Wrens to Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers      Updates

PART SEVEN: Lyrebirds to Whistlers and Allies      Updates

PART EIGHT: Fantails and Silktails to Cisticolas and Allies      Updates

PART NINE: Reed Warblers and Allies to Laughingthrushes and Allies      Updates

PART TEN: Palmchat to Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies      Updates

PART ELEVEN: Sugarbirds to Finches, Euphonias, and Allies      Updates

 

ATWB SERIES  +++ All the World’s Birds 20XX: COUNTRY GUIDES

Five of 12 2026 ATWB COUNTRY GUIDES have been published, all of which are in their second or subsequent annual edition. For each title listed below, click on the “Updates” link to see how changes introduced by the AviList and prior releases of the IOC bird list have impacted on the contents of the eBook.

[Note: for information about 2025 ATWB COUNTRY GUIDES, scroll down this page.]

 

Country Guide SOUTH AFRICA     Updates

Country Guide INDIA     Updates

Country Guide INDONESIA     Updates

Country Guide AUSTRALIA     Updates

Country Guide PAPUA NEW GUINEA     Updates

 

ATWB SERIES  +++ All the World’s Birds 20XX: INTERACTIVE CHECKLISTS

Twenty-three of 27 2026 ATWB INTERACTIVE CHECKLISTS have been published, of which twenty are in their second or subsequent annual edition. For each title listed below, click on the “Updates” link to see how changes introduced by the AviList and prior releases of the IOC bird list have impacted on the contents of the eBook.

[Note: for information about 2025 ATWB INTERACTIVE CHECKLISTS, scroll down this page.]

 

Interactive Checklist UGANDA     Updates

Interactive Checklist KENYA     Updates

Interactive Checklist TANZANIA     Updates

Interactive Checklist MALAWI     Updates

Interactive Checklist MADAGASCAR     Updates

Interactive Checklist NAMIBIA     Updates

Interactive Checklist BOTSWANA     Updates

Interactive Checklist ZIMBABWE     Updates

Interactive Checklist NEPAL     Updates

Interactive Checklist SRI LANKA     Updates

Interactive Checklist CAMBODIA     Updates

Interactive Checklist ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS     Updates

Interactive Checklist PENINSULAR MALAYSIA     Updates

Interactive Checklist EAST MALAYSIA     Updates

Interactive Checklist PHILIPPINES     Updates

Interactive Checklist SULAWESI     Updates

Interactive Checklist MOLUCCAS     Updates

Interactive Checklist NUSA TENGGARA     Updates

Interactive Checklist SOLOMON ISLANDS     Updates

Interactive Checklist MAINLAND NEW ZEALAND     Updates

 

 

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For every ATWB eBook title that was in its second or subsequent annual edition in the 2025 series, you can view how changes to the IOC bird list impacted on the contents of the eBook since it was first published. The most recent version of the IOC bird list to be incorporated into ATWB eBooks was Version 14.2 published August 21 2024. Changes arising from this version were reflected in the 2025 series of ATWB Companion Guides published from September 2024 onwards.

Update information arising from changes to the IOC bird list can be viewed for the following titles:

 

ATWB SERIES  +++ All the World’s Birds 20XX: A Companion Guide – PART-BY-PART

PART ONE: Ostriches to Hummingbirds     Updates

PART TWO: Turacos to Flamingos     Updates

PART THREE: Buttonquail to Hoatzin     Updates

PART FOUR: New World Vultures to Bee-eaters     Updates

PART FIVE: Jacamars to Old World Parrots     Updates

PART SIX: New Zealand Wrens to Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura     Updates

PART SEVEN: Cotingas to Whistlers & Allies     Updates

PART EIGHT: Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers to Bulbuls     Updates

PART NINE: Swallows, Martins to Laughingthrushes & Allies     Updates

PART TEN: Dapple-throat & Allies to Chats, Old World Flycatchers     Updates

PART ELEVEN: Dippers to Finches, Euphonias     Updates

PART TWELVE: Longspurs, Snow Buntings to Tanagers & Allies     Updates

 

ATWB SERIES  +++ All the World’s Birds 20XX: A Companion Guide – WORLD REGIONS

SOUTH AMERICA/MIDDLE AMERICA     Updates

NORTH AMERICA     Updates

WESTERN PALEARCTIC     Updates

AFRICA     Updates

ASIA     Updates

AUSTRALASIA     Updates

OCEANS     Updates

 

ATWB SERIES  +++ All the World’s Birds 20XX: A Companion Guide – FOCUS ON

Focus on NORTH-WEST SOUTH AMERICA   Updates

Focus on EAST AFRICA AND MADAGASCAR     Updates

Focus on SOUTHERN AFRICA     Updates

Focus on INDIAN SUBCONTINENT     Updates

Focus on SOUTH-EAST ASIA     Updates

Focus on GREATER SUNDAS AND PHILIPPINES     Updates

Focus on WALLACEA     Updates

Focus on EASTERN AUSTRALASIA     Updates

 

ATWB SERIES  +++ All the World’s Birds 20XX: COUNTRY GUIDES

Country Guide ECUADOR     Updates

Country Guide PERU     Updates

Country Guide COLOMBIA     Updates

Country Guide SOUTH AFRICA     Updates

Country Guide INDIA     Updates

Country Guide MYANMAR     Updates

Country Guide VIETNAM     Updates

Country Guide INDONESIA     Updates

Country Guide AUSTRALIA     Updates

Country Guide PAPUA NEW GUINEA     Updates

 

ATWB SERIES  +++ All the World’s Birds 20XX: INTERACTIVE CHECKLISTS

Interactive Checklist GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS     Updates

Interactive Checklist UGANDA     Updates

Interactive Checklist MADAGASCAR     Updates

Interactive Checklist NAMIBIA     Updates

Interactive Checklist BOTSWANA     Updates

Interactive Checklist ZIMBABWE     Updates

Interactive Checklist NEPAL     Updates

Interactive Checklist SRI LANKA     Updates

Interactive Checklist CAMBODIA     Updates

Interactive Checklist ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS     Updates

Interactive Checklist PENINSULAR MALAYSIA     Updates

Interactive Checklist EAST MALAYSIA     Updates

Interactive Checklist PHILIPPINES     Updates

Interactive Checklist SULAWESI     Updates

Interactive Checklist MOLUCCAS     Updates

Interactive Checklist NUSA TENGGARA     Updates

Interactive Checklist MAINLAND NEW ZEALAND     Updates

Former Interactive Checklists AMAZONIAN ECUADOR, ANDEAN ECUADOR, WESTERN LOWLAND ECUADOR have been incorporated into Country Guide ECUADOR (see above).

Former Interactive Checklists AMAZONIAN PERU, ANDEAN PERU, WESTERN LOWLAND PERU have been incorporated into Country Guide PERU (see above).

Former Interactive Checklists NORTH CENTRAL INDIA, NORTH-EAST INDIA, SOUTH-WEST INDIA have been incorporated into Country Guide INDIA (see above).

Former Interactive Checklist NON-PENINSULAR MYANMAR has been incorporated into Country Guide MYANMAR (see above).