We appreciate the many constructive comments received, and we will continue to revisit problematic English names on a case by case basis. We also refine and adjust English names as required by changes of species taxonomy.
ENGLISH NAME UPDATES - IOC Version 2.10 (draft) |
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Seq |
Previous IOC Lists |
Scientific Name |
IOC List v2.10 |
Notes |
46 | Grey-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | Grey-headed Gull | Name in Africa prevails elsewhere - are ssp really conspecific? |
52 | Maroon-chinned Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus subgularis | Banggai Fruit Dove | Rheindt, Eaton & Verbelen 2011 |
127 | Somali Boubou | Laniarius (erlangeri) nigerrimus | Black Boubou | Redman comments (PUZZLING BOUBOUS) |
148 | Cricket Longtail | Spiloptila clamans | Cricket Warbler | Restore established name?; avoids confusion with Green Longtail (Urolais) |
149 | Red-fronted Apalis | Urorhipis rufifrons | Red-fronted Warbler | No longer in Apalis |
ENGLISH NAME UPDATES - IOC Version 2.9 (July 10, 2011) |
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Seq |
Previous IOC Lists |
Scientific Name |
IOC List v2.9 |
Notes |
22 | Western Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes chrysocome | Southern Rockhopper Penguin | With lump of Eastern Rockhopper Penguin (E. filholi) |
46 | Swift Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Greater Crested Tern | Consistency with other major world lists |
48 | Common Pigeon | Columba livia | Rock Dove | We acknowledge widespread opposition to IOC 1.0 proposal of Common Pigeon to avoid conflict with Petrophassa " Rock Pigeons"; accept BOU choice of classic Rock Dove for this species native to British Isles. Feral Pigeon is available for populations introduced worldwide. |
57 | Mauritius Parakeet | Psittacula echo | Echo Parakeet | Cheke & Hume 2008 |
63 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | Diederik Cuckoo | "Diederik" is correct spelling of established name that attempts to match the call of this cuckoo (R Payne comm) |
84 | Northern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris | Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Consistency with other major world lists |
110 | Scale-backed Antbird | Willisornis poecilinotus | Common Scale-backed Antbird | Follows split of Xingu Scale-backed Antbird |
132 | Common Fiscal | Lanius collaris | Southern Fiscal | Follows split of Northern Fiscal L.humeralis |
138 | Mexican Jay | Aphelocoma ultramarina | Transvolcanic Jay | Follows split of A.wollweberi, which assumes established name of Mexican Jay |
142 | Hypocolius | Hypocolius ampelinus | Grey Hypocolius | Accept appeal to use more popular name |
146 | Blanford’s Short-toed Lark | Calandrella blanfordi | Blanford's Lark | Accept recommendation to use shorter name |
151 | Tiny Greenbul | Phyllastrephus debilis | Lowland Tiny Greenbul | Follows split of Montane Tiny Greenbul (P. albigula) |
158 | Banded Warbler | Sylvia [Parisoma] boehmi | Banded Parisoma | Accept request by SAfr Checklist Committee, Redman, and others to restore established name |
158 | Brown Warbler | Sylvia [Parisoma] lugens | Brown Parisoma | Accept request by SAfr Checklist Committee, Redman, and others to restore established name |
177 | Kurdistan Wheatear | Oenanthe xanthoprymna | Kurdish Wheatear | Adjectival modifier is preferred |
177 | Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | Common Rock Thrush | Restore English name of Monticola saxatilis to better established Common Rock Thrush |
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ENGLISH NAME UPDATES - IOC Version 2.8 (mar 31,2011) |
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Seq |
Previous IOC Lists |
Scientific Name |
IOC List (v2.8) |
Notes |
24 | Macaronesian Shearwater | Puffinus baroli | Barolo Shearwater | Follows split of Boyd's Shearwater |
28 | Western Great Egret | Egretta alba | Great Egret | Follows removal of Eastern Great Egret, pending revision of species limits in this worldwide complex |
73 | Wedge-tailed Sabrewing | Campylopterus curvipennis | Curve-winged Sabrewing | Follows split of C.pampa; English names follow Ridgway, Sibley & Monroe 1993, AOU 1998 |
128 |
Chabert's Vanga |
Leptopterus chabert |
Chabert Vanga |
Chabert refers not to a person, but to the Malagasy rendition of this species' call (Gregory comm) |
142 | Carp's Black Tit | Parus carpi | Carp's Tit | Change to established name in South Africa |
143 | Groundpecker | Parus humilus | Ground Tit | Conform to major works |
161 | Clicking Shrike-Babbler | Pteruthius intermedius | Clicking Shrike-babbler | Not a babbler, lower case |
168 | Parrot-Finch | Erythrura spp | Parrotfinch | IOC guidelines are flexible re spelling of compound "finch" names; best to conform to established use of parrotfinch by Dickinson, BLI, Clements |
202 |
Stripe-headed Brush Finch |
Arremon torquatus |
White-browed Brush Finch |
Follows break up of torquatus species complex |
ENGLISH NAME UPDATES - IOC Version 2.7 (DEC 29, 2010) |
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Seq |
Previous IOC Lists |
Scientific Name |
IOC List (v2.7) |
Notes |
55 |
Violet Lorikeet |
Vini peruviana |
Blue Lorikeet |
Correct to established name (D Pratt comm) |
56 | Ground Parrot | Pezoporus wallicus | Eastern Ground Parrot | Follows split of flaviventris (Western Ground Parrot) (Murphy et al 2010) |
69 |
Indian Jungle [Grey] Nightjar |
Caprimulgus indicus |
Jungle Nightjar |
Simpler name aligns with IOC guidelines |
80 |
Violaceous Trogon |
Trogon violaceus |
Guianan Trogon |
Follows split of ramonianus to avoid misapplication of historical 'group' name (SACC 430) |
120 |
Thick-billed Grasswren |
Amytornis textilis |
Western Grasswren |
Follows split of modestus, which takes name Thick-billed Grassbird (Black et al 2010) |
152 |
Canary-Flycatcher |
Culicicapa spp |
Canary-flycatcher |
Not "flycatchers" |
ENGLISH NAME UPDATES - IOC Version 2.6 (Oct 23, 2010) |
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Seq |
Previous IOC Lists |
Scientific Name |
IOC List (v2.6) |
Notes |
16 |
Forest Francolin |
Peliperdix lathami |
Latham's Francolin |
Change in accord w consensus view |
38 |
Brown Bush-hen |
Amaurornis akool |
Brown Crake |
Change to widely adopted Brown Crake |
40 |
Kurrichane Buttonquail |
Turnix sylvaticus |
Common Buttonquail |
Name used in HBW and by Dickinson 2003 more appropriate for this widespread species |
42 |
Inland Plover |
Peltohyas australis |
Inland Dotterel |
Change English name of Peltohyas australis back to "Dotterel" to align with latest molecular evidence on relationships, ie not in Charadrius contra Christidis & Boles (2008) |
69 |
Whip-poor-will |
Caprimulgus vociferus |
Eastern Whip-poor-will |
Follows AOU with split of Mexican Whip-poor-will |
94 |
Banded Pitta |
Hydrornis [Pitta] guajanus |
Javan Banded Pitta |
Follows splits of Malayan and Bornean Banded Pittas |
110 |
Pale-faced Antbird |
Phlegopsis (Skutchia) borbae |
Pale-faced Bare-eye |
Follows merge of Skutchia into Phlegopsis; SACC 432 |
128 |
Crossley's Babbler |
Mystacornis crossleyi |
Crossley's Vanga |
Mystacornis is a terrestrial vanga, not a babbler |
131 |
Yellow-flanked Whistler |
Hylocitrea bonensis |
Hylocitrea |
Current parlance is shifting to use genus as the English name of this non whistler |
125 |
Malaysian Rail-babbler |
Eupetes macrocerus |
Rail-babbler |
Only one species and the simpler name conforms to other leading works (HBW, Inskipp). |
136 |
Elepaio |
Chasiempis sandwichensis |
Hawaii Elepaio |
Follows AOU splits of Kauai and Oahu Elepaios |
159 |
Wren-Babbler |
Pnoepyga spp |
Wren-babbler |
Pnoepyga Wren-babblers are not babblers, hence lower case |
161 |
Shrike-Babbler |
Pteruthius spp |
Shrike-babbler |
Shrike-babblers are not babblers, but vireo relatives; hence lower case. |
161 |
White-browed Shrike-babbler |
Pteruthius flaviscapis |
Pied Shrike-babbler |
Follows splits recommended by Rheindt & Eaton 2009 |
161 |
Chestnut-fronted Shrike-babbler |
Pteruthius aenobarbus |
Trilling Shrike-babbler |
Follows splits recommended by Rheindt & Eaton 2009 |
163 |
Dappled Mountain Robin |
Arcanator orostruthus |
Dapple-throat |
Agrees with HBW 12 and removes conflict with Mountain Robin (Petroica bivittata) |
165 |
Madagascar White-eye |
Zosterops maderaspatanus |
Malagasy White-eye |
Also occurs on Comores, Aldabra (Range Update) |
167 |
Eastern Winter Wren |
Troglodytes hiemalis |
Winter Wren |
Follow NACC reversal to simpler traditional name, IOC's original recommendation |
167 |
Western Winter Wren |
Troglodytes pacificus |
Pacific Wren |
Follow NACC reversal to simpler new name, IOC's original recommendation |
197 |
Campo Pipit |
Anthus chacoensis |
Pampas Pipit |
Follows SACC (407) |
197 |
Campo Pipit |
Anthus chacoensis |
Pampas Pipit |
Follows SACC (407) |
ENGLISH NAME UPDATES - IOC Version 2.5 (July 4, 2010) |
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Seq |
Previous IOC Lists |
Scientific Name |
IOC List (v2.5) |
Notes |
16 |
Nahan's Francolin |
Ptilopachus nahani |
Nahan's Partridge |
Change English name re assignment to Odontophoridae(Fjeldsa) |
68 |
Cinnamon Frogmouth |
Rigidipenna inexpectata |
Solomons Frogmouth |
Guy Dutson et al 2010 |
70 |
Enigmatic Owlet-nightjar |
Aegotheles savesi |
New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar |
Guy Dutson et al 2010 |
83 |
Blue-crowned Motmot |
Momotus momota |
Amazonian Motmot |
More appropriate name for nominate with split of M. momota complex, SACC |
83 |
Highland Motmot |
Momotus aequatorialis |
Andean Motmot |
Conform to SACC |
86 |
Toucan-Barbet |
Semnornis ramphastinus |
Toucan Barbet |
Remove reappearing hyphen |
111 |
Matorral Tapaculo |
Scytalopus griseicollis |
Pale-bellied Tapaculo |
Align with SACC. |
113 |
Bar-winged Cinclodes |
Cinclodes fuscus |
Buff-winged Cinclodes |
English name change required with split of Bar-winged Cinclodes which is polyphyletic |
122 |
Graceless Honeyeater |
Meliarchus sclateri |
Makira Honeyeater |
Guy Dutson et al 2010 |
130 |
Black-bellied Cicadabird |
Coracina holopolia |
Solomons Cuckooshrike |
Guy Dutson et al 2010 |
138 |
Western Scrub Jay |
Aphelocoma californica |
California Scrub Jay |
Follow's split of Woodhouse's Scrub Jay (NACC 2009-A-02) |
153 |
Bismarck Thicketbird |
Megalurulus grosvenori |
New Britain Thicketbird |
Guy Dutson et al 2010 |
164 |
Bare-ringed White-eye |
Zosterops rennellianus |
Rennell White-eye |
Guy Dutson et al 2010 |
164 |
Yellow-billed White-eye |
Zosterops luteirostris |
Gizo White-eye |
Guy Dutson et al 2010 |
164 |
Splendid White-eye |
Zosterops splendidus |
Ranongga White-eye |
Guy Dutson et al 2010 |
164 |
New Georgia White-eye |
Zosterops kulambangrae |
Solomons White-eye |
Guy Dutson et al 2010 |
164 |
Hermit White-eye |
Zosterops murphyi |
Kolombangara White-eye |
Guy Dutson et al 2010 |
164 |
Sulphur White-eye |
Zosterops minutus |
Small Lifou White-eye |
Guy Dutson et al 2010 |
164 |
Forest White-eye |
Zosterops inornatus |
Large Lifou White-eye |
Guy Dutson et al 2010 |
167 |
Winter Wren |
Troglodytes troglodytes |
Eurasian Wren |
Follows split of NA Troglodytes spp |
169 |
Vanuatu Starling |
Aplonis santovestris |
Mountain Starling |
Guy Dutson et al 2010 |
169 |
Long-billed Rhabdornis |
Rhabdornis grandis |
Grand Rhabdornis |
Kennedy 2000, HBW |
181 |
White-mottled Flowerpecker |
Dicaeum tristrami |
Mottled Flowerpecker |
Guy Dutson et al 2010 |
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ENGLISH NAME UPDATES - IOC Version 2.4 (Mar 2010) |
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Seq |
Previous IOC Lists |
Scientific Name |
IOC List (v2.4) |
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22 |
Black Scoter |
Melanitta nigra |
Common Scoter |
Correct English name to follow BOU and (probably) AOU (Sangster 2009) |
22 |
American Scoter |
Melanitta americana |
Black Scoter |
Correct English name to follow BOU and (probably) AOU (Sangster 2009) |
35 |
New Guinea Hawk-Eagle |
Hieraaetus weiskei |
Pygmy Eagle |
English name change follows recommendation of Gjershaug et al 2009 |
39 |
Gough Gallinule |
Gallinula comeri |
Gough Moorhen |
Correct English name to established "moorhen" (P.Ryan) |
45 |
New Zealand Snipe |
Coenocorypha aucklandica |
Subantarctic Snipe |
Required with splits of C. huegeli and C. iredalei |
49 |
Brown Cuckoo-Dove |
Macropygia amboiensis |
Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove |
Correct name for amboinensis; Brown Cuckoo-Dove is used for M. phasianella |
103 |
Caatinga Black Tyrant |
Knipolegus franciscanus |
Sao Francisco Black Tyrant |
Change English Name to location; is not a species of caatinga habitat (RSR) |
103 |
Patagonian Negrito |
Lessonia rufa |
Austral Negrito |
Revert to shorter name from Ridgely and Tudor (1994) BSA II |
103 |
Plain-capped Ground Tyrant |
Muscisaxicola griseus |
Taczanowski's Ground Tyrant |
SACC name change allows retention of Plain-capped Ground Tyrant for superspecies alpinus + griseus |
106 |
Bamboo Flatbill |
Ramphotrigon megacephalum |
Large-headed Flatbill |
Bamboo Flatbill of Hilty (2003) is better name, but "Large-headed" prevails. |
111 |
Paramo Tapaculo |
Scytalopus canus |
Paramillo Tapaculo |
Change English name with split of opacus, which retains Paramo Tapaculo (Krabbe & Cadena 2010) |
113 |
Mas Afuera Rayadito |
Aphrastura masafuerae |
Masafuera Rayadito |
One word Masafuera is correct |
115 |
Red-eyed Thornbird |
Phacellodomus ferrugineigula |
Orange-breasted Thornbird |
Accept SACC arguments for name change |
115 |
Inquisivi Spinetail |
Cranioleuca henricae |
Bolivian Spinetail |
SACC name proposed by describer is easier, if less specific |
125 |
Wattled Crows |
Callaeidae |
New Zealand Wattlebirds |
NZ Checklist Committee, BJ Gill (Convener) in press |
125 |
Kokako |
Callaeas cinereus |
South Island Kokako |
Required with split of North Island Kokako |
125 |
Saddleback |
Philesturnus carunculatus |
South Island Saddleback |
Required with split of North Island Saddleback |
127 |
Tropical Boubou |
Laniarius aethiopicus |
Ethiopian Boubou |
With spilt from aethiopicus, widespread major takes the existing English name |
127 |
Zanzibar Boubou |
Laniarius sublacteus |
East Coast Boubou |
Follow current use in Redman et al 2009, HBW |
174 |
Western Forest Robin |
Stiphrornis erythrothorax |
Forest Robin |
Follows lumping of four taxa as subspecies |
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Black-throated Firefinch |
Lagonsticta larvata |
Black-faced Firefinch |
English name change follows lump of L. vinacea |
196 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Dendroica coronata |
Myrtle Warbler |
English name change follows split of Audubon's Warbler |
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ENGLISH NAME UPDATES - IOC Version 2.3 (DEC 2009) |
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Seq |
Previous IOC Lists |
Scientific Name |
IOC List (version 2.3) |
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13 |
Darwin's Rhea |
Rhea pennata |
Lesser Rhea |
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14 |
Blue-knobbed Curassow |
Crax alberti |
Blue-billed Curassow |
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14 |
Red-knobbed Curassow |
Crax blumenbachii |
Red-billed Curassow |
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14 |
Northern Helmeted Curassow |
Pauxi pauxi |
Helmeted Curassow |
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14 |
Southern Helmeted Curassow |
Pauxi unicornis |
Horned Curassow |
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16 |
Severtzov's Grouse |
Tetrastes sewerzowi |
Chinese Grouse |
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21 |
Speckled Teal |
Anas flavirostris |
Yellow-billed Teal |
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35 |
Grey-lined Hawk |
Buteo nitidus |
Grey Hawk |
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37 |
Speckled Crake |
Coturnicops notatus |
Speckled Rail |
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53 |
Zoe Imperial Pigeon |
Ducula zoeae |
Zoe's Imperial Pigeon |
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53 |
Pinon Imperial Pigeon |
Ducula pinon |
Pinon's Imperial Pigeon |
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53 |
Bismarck Imperial Pigeon |
Ducula subflavescens |
Yellowish Imperial Pigeon |
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56 |
Red-crowned Parakeet |
Cyanoramphus saisseti |
New Caledonian Parakeet |
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56 |
Red-fronted Parakeet |
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae |
Red-crowned Parakeet |
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58 |
Reddish-bellied Parakeet |
Pyrrhura frontalis |
Maroon-bellied Parakeet |
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60 |
White-cheeked Amazon |
Amazona kawalli |
Kawall's Amazon |
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74 |
Ruby Topaz |
Chrysolampis mosquitus |
Ruby-topaz Hummingbird |
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74 |
Black-breasted Plovercrest |
Stephanoxis lalandi |
Plovercrest |
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80 |
Amazonian White-tailed Trogon |
Trogon viridis |
Green-backed Trogon |
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80 |
Western White-tailed Trogon |
Trogon chionurus |
White-tailed Trogon |
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104 |
d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant |
Ochthoeca oenanthoides |
D'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant |
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122 |
Macgregor's Honeyeater |
Macgregoria pulchra |
MacGregor's Honeyeater |
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123 |
Black Myzomela |
Myzomela nigrita |
Papuan Black Myzomela |
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123 |
Red-headed Black Myzomela |
Myzomela erythromelas |
Black-bellied Myzomela |
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126 |
Black-and-white Flycatcher |
Bias musicus |
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher |
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126 |
Shrike-flycatcher |
Megabyas flammulatus |
African Shrike-flycatcher |
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169 |
Stripe-headed Creeper |
Rhabdornis mystacalis |
Stripe-headed Rhabdornis |
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169 |
Stripe-breasted Creeper |
Rhabdornis inornatus |
Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis |
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169 |
Long-billed Creeper |
Rhabdornis grandis |
Long-billed Rhabdornis |
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171 |
Peleng Thrush |
Zoothera mendeni |
Red-and-black Thrush |
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179 |
Chinese Flycatcher |
Ficedula elisae |
Green-backed Flycatcher |
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184 |
Jungle Sparrow |
Passer pyrrhonotus |
Sind Sparrow |
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185 |
Yellow Weaver |
Ploceus subaureus |
Eastern Golden Weaver |
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185 |
African Golden Weaver |
Ploceus xanthops |
Holub's Golden Weaver |
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185 |
Tanzania Masked Weaver |
Ploceus reichardi |
Tanzanian Masked Weaver |
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189 |
Pictorella Munia |
Heteromunia pectoralis |
Pictorella Mannikin |
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190 |
Cuckoo Weaver |
Anomalospiza imberbis |
Cuckoo Finch |
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198 |
Greater Antillean Oriole |
Icterus dominicensis |
Hispaniolan Oriole |
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Seq |
Previous IOC Lists |
Scientific Name |
IOC List (version 2.2) |
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14 |
Scrubfowl |
Megapodius reinwardt |
Orange-footed Scrubfowl |
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14 |
Biak Megapode |
Megapodius geelvinkianus |
Biak Scrubfowl |
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14 |
New Guinea Megapode |
Megapodius decollatus |
New Guinea Scrubfowl |
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23 |
Cahow |
Pterodroma cahow |
Bermuda Petrel |
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27 |
Rufous Night Heron |
Nycticorax caledonicus |
Nankeen Night Heron |
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32 |
Forest Fish Eagle |
Haliaeetus sanfordi |
Sanford's Sea Eagle |
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34 |
Grey Sparrowhawk |
Accipiter brachyurus |
New Britain Sparrowhawk |
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37 |
Chestnut Forest Crake |
Rallina rubra |
Chestnut Forest Rail |
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37 |
White-striped Forest Crake |
Rallina leucospila |
White-striped Forest Rail |
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37 |
Forbes's Forest Crake |
Rallina forbesi |
Forbes's Forest Rail |
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37 |
Mayr's Forest Crake |
Rallina mayri |
Mayr's Forest Rail |
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39 |
Papuan Flightless Rail |
Megacrex inepta |
New Guinea Flightless Rail |
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49 |
Spot-breasted Cuckoo-Dove |
Macropygia mackinlayi |
MacKinlay's Cuckoo-Dove |
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49 |
Black-billed Cuckoo-Dove |
Macropygia nigrirostris |
Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove |
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51 |
Purple Ground Dove |
Gallicolumba jobiensis |
White-breasted Ground Dove |
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53 |
Shining Imperial Pigeon |
Ducula chalconota |
Rufescent Imperial Pigeon |
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53 |
Growling Imperial Pigeon |
Ducula finschii |
Finsch's Imperial Pigeon |
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53 |
Floury Imperial Pigeon |
Ducula pistrinaria |
Island Imperial Pigeon |
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54 |
Rose-breasted Pygmy Parrot |
Micropsitta bruijnii |
Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot |
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54 |
Citrine Pygmy Parrot |
Micropsitta meeki |
Meek's Pygmy Parrot |
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54 |
Emerald Pygmy Parrot |
Micropsitta finschii |
Finsch's Pygmy Parrot |
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54 |
Green-fronted Hanging Parrot |
Loriculus tener |
Bismarck Hanging Parrot |
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55 |
Streaked Lory |
Chalcopsitta sintillata |
Yellowish-streaked Lory |
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55 |
Shawl-collared Lorikeet |
Trichoglossus rosenbergii |
Biak Lorikeet |
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55 |
Broad-crested Corella |
Cacatua ducorpsii |
Solomons Cockatoo |
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57 |
Singing Parrot |
Geoffroyus heteroclitus |
Song Parrot |
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61 |
Flame-headed Fig Parrot |
Psittaculirostris desmarestii |
Large Fig Parrot |
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61 |
Scarlet-cheeked Fig Parrot |
Psittaculirostris edwardsii |
Edwards's Fig Parrot |
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61 |
Yellow-cheeked Fig Parrot |
Psittaculirostris salvadorii |
Salvadori's Fig Parrot |
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62 |
Pied Coucal |
Centropus ateralbus |
White-necked Coucal |
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62 |
Violet Coucal |
Centropus violaceus |
Violaceous Coucal |
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68 |
Jungle Boobook |
Ninox theomacha |
Papuan Boobook |
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68 |
Spangled Boobook |
Ninox odiosa |
New Britain Boobook |
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68 |
Barred Boobook |
Ninox variegata |
New Ireland Boobook |
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69 |
Cloud-forest Nightjar |
Eurostopodus archboldi |
Archbold's Nightjar |
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81 |
Galatea Paradise Kingfisher |
Tanysiptera galatea |
Common Paradise Kingfisher |
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81 |
Cobalt Paradise Kingfisher |
Tanysiptera carolinae |
Numfor Paradise Kingfisher |
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81 |
Fairy Paradise Kingfisher |
Tanysiptera nympha |
Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher |
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81 |
Russet Paradise Kingfisher |
Tanysiptera danae |
Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher |
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82 |
Chameleon Dwarf Kingfisher |
Ceyx lepidus |
Variable Dwarf Kingfisher |
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120 |
Hill-forest Honeyeater |
Meliphaga orientalis |
Mountain Honeyeater |
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121 |
Papuan Friarbird |
Philemon novaeguineae |
New Guinea Friarbird |
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121 |
White-naped Friarbird |
Philemon albitorques |
Manus Friarbird |
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122 |
Olive-streaked Honeyeater |
Ptiloprora meekiana |
Yellowish-streaked Honeyeater |
|
122 |
Sooty Honeyeater |
Melidectes fuscus |
Sooty Melidectes |
|
122 |
Gilliard's Honeyeater |
Melidectes whitemanensis |
Gilliard's Melidectes |
|
122 |
Short-bearded Honeyeater |
Melidectes nouhuysi |
Short-bearded Melidectes |
|
122 |
Long-bearded Honeyeater |
Melidectes princeps |
Long-bearded Melidectes |
|
122 |
Cinnamon-browed Honeyeater |
Melidectes ochromelas |
Cinnamon-browed Melidectes |
|
122 |
White-capped Honeyeater |
Melidectes leucostephes |
Vogelkop Melidectes |
|
122 |
Yellow-browed Honeyeater |
Melidectes rufocrissalis |
Yellow-browed Melidectes |
|
122 |
Huon Honeyeater |
Melidectes foersteri |
Huon Melidectes |
|
122 |
Belford's Honeyeater |
Melidectes belfordi |
Belford's Melidectes |
|
122 |
Ornate Honeyeater |
Melidectes torquatus |
Ornate Melidectes |
|
122 |
Bare-eyed Honeyeater |
Melipotes gymnops |
Arfak Honeyeater |
|
123 |
Midget Myzomela |
Myzomela adolphinae |
Mountain Myzomela |
|
123 |
Scarlet-bibbed Myzomela |
Myzomela sclateri |
Sclater's Myzomela |
|
123 |
Splendid Myzomela |
Myzomela erythromelas |
Red-headed Black Myzomela |
|
123 |
Ebony Myzomela |
Myzomela pammelaena |
Bismarck Black Myzomela |
|
123 |
Crimson-fronted Myzomela |
Myzomela pulchella |
New Ireland Myzomela |
|
124 |
Rusty Mouse Warbler |
Crateroscelis murina |
Rusty Mouse-warbler |
|
124 |
Bicolored Mouse Warbler |
Crateroscelis nigrorufa |
Bicolored Mouse-warbler |
|
124 |
Mountain Mouse Warbler |
Crateroscelis robusta |
Mountain Mouse-warbler |
|
124 |
Papuan Thornbill |
Acanthiza murina |
New Guinea Thornbill |
|
124 |
Treefern Gerygone |
Gerygone ruficollis |
Brown-breasted Gerygone |
|
125 |
Lemon-breasted Berrypecker |
Melanocharis longicauda |
Mid-mountain Berrypecker |
|
125 |
Green-crowned Longbill |
Toxorhamphus novaeguineae |
Yellow-bellied Longbill |
|
125 |
Plumed Longbill |
Oedistoma iliolophus |
Dwarf Longbill |
|
125 |
Dimorphic Jewel-babbler |
Ptilorrhoa geislorum |
Brown-headed Jewel-babbler |
|
128 |
Clicking Shieldbill |
Peltops blainvillii |
Lowland Peltops |
|
128 |
Tinkling Shieldbill |
Peltops montanus |
Mountain Peltops |
|
129 |
Black-tipped Cicadabird |
Coracina schisticeps |
Grey-headed Cuckooshrike |
|
130 |
St. Matthias Triller |
Lalage conjuncta |
Mussau Triller |
|
134 |
Ribbon-tailed Drongo |
Dicrurus megarhynchus |
Paradise Drongo |
|
135 |
White-winged Fantail |
Rhipidura cockerelli |
Cockerell's Fantail |
|
137 |
Rufous-collared Monarch |
Arses insularis |
Ochre-collared Monarch |
|
137 |
Magpielark |
Grallina cyanoleuca |
Magpie-lark |
|
137 |
Torrentlark |
Grallina bruijni |
Torrent-lark |
|
139 |
Larger-spotted Nutcracker |
Nucifraga multipunctata |
Large-spotted Nutcracker |
|
140 |
Ifrit |
Ifrita kowaldi |
Blue-capped Ifrita |
|
140 |
Carola's Parotia |
Parotia carolae |
Queen Carola's Parotia |
|
141 |
Cloud-forest Robin |
Petroica vittata |
Mountain Robin |
|
141 |
Olive-yellow Robin |
Poecilodryas placens |
Banded Yellow Robin |
|
141 |
Yellow-bellied Robin |
Microeca (not Eopsaltria) flaviventris |
Yellow-bellied Flyrobin |
|
157 |
Tit-Hylia |
Pholidornis rushiae |
Tit Hylia |
|
163 |
Dappled Mountain-robin |
Aracanator orostruthus |
Dappled Mountain Robin |
|
163 |
Greater Rufous-headed Parrotbill |
Paradoxornis ruficeps |
White-breasted Parrotbill |
|
163 |
Lesser Rufous-headed Parrotbill |
Paradoxornis atrosuperciliaris |
Pale-billed Parrotbill |
|
164 |
Islet White-eye |
Zosterops griseotinctus |
Louisiade White-eye |
|
176 |
Canary Islands Bush Chat |
Saxicola dacotiae |
Canary Islands Stonechat |
|
189 |
Streak-headed Munia |
Lonchura tristissima |
Streak-headed Mannikin |
|
189 |
White-spotted Munia |
Lonchura leucosticta |
White-spotted Mannikin |
|
189 |
Great-billed Munia |
Lonchura grandis |
Great-billed Mannikin |
|
189 |
Grey-banded Munia |
Lonchura vana |
Grey-banded Mannikin |
|
189 |
Grey-headed Munia |
Lonchura caniceps |
Grey-headed Mannikin |
|
189 |
Grey-crowned Munia |
Lonchura nevermanni |
Grey-crowned Mannikin |
|
189 |
Hooded Munia |
Lonchura spectabilis |
Hooded Mannikin |
|
189 |
Yellow-rumped Munia |
Lonchura flaviprymna |
Yellow-rumped Mannikin |
|
189 |
Chestnut-breasted Munia |
Lonchura castaneothorax |
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin |
|
189 |
Black Munia |
Lonchura stygia |
Black Mannikin |
|
189 |
Black-breasted Munia |
Lonchura teerinki |
Black-breasted Mannikin |
|
189 |
Eastern Alpine Munia |
Lonchura monticola |
Eastern Alpine Mannikin |
|
189 |
Western Alpine Munia |
Lonchura montana |
Western Alpine Mannikin |
|
189 |
Sooty Munia |
Lonchura melaena |
Buff-bellied Mannikin |
|
189 |
Mottled Munia |
Lonchura hunsteinii |
Hunstein's Mannikin |
|
189 |
New Ireland Munia |
Lonchura forbesi |
Forbes's Mannikin |
|
208 |
Red-rumped Warbling Finch |
Poospiza lateralis |
Buff-throated Warbling Finch |
|
210 |
Warbler Finch |
Certhidea olivacea |
Green Warbler-Finch |
|
|
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Seq |
Previous IOC Lists |
Scientific Name |
IOC List (v2.1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
Scaly-breasted Partridge |
Arborophila charltonii |
Chestnut-necklaced Partridge |
|
23 |
Royal Albatross |
Diomedea epomophora |
Southern Royal Albatross |
|
23 |
Yellow-nosed Albatross |
Thalassarche chlororhynchos |
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross |
|
24 |
Pediunker |
Procellaria cinerea |
Grey Petrel |
|
28 |
Yellow-billed Egret |
Egretta intermedia |
Intermediate Egret |
|
29 |
Pelagic Shag |
Phalacrocorax pelagicus |
Pelagic Cormorant |
|
29 |
Red-faced Shag |
Phalacrocorax urile |
Red-faced Cormorant |
|
29 |
Red-legged Shag |
Phalacrocorax gaimardi |
Red-legged Cormorant |
|
58 |
Jamaican Parakeet |
Aratinga nana |
Olive-throated Parakeet |
|
70 |
Spangled Owlet-nightjar |
Aegotheles tatei |
Starry Owlet-nightjar |
|
72 |
Ashy-tailed Swift |
Chaetura meridionalis |
Sick's Swift |
|
149 |
Fairy Warbler |
Stenostira scita |
Fairy Flycatcher |
|
153 |
Vanuatu Thicketbird |
Megalurulus whitneyi |
Melanesian Thicketbird |
|
153 |
Melanesian Thicketbird |
Megalurulus llaneae |
Bougainville Thicketbird |
|
161 |
Nilgiri Laughingthrush |
Garrulax cachinnans |
Black-chinned Laughingthrush |
|
162 |
Chestnut-tailed Minla |
Minla strigula |
Bar-throated Minla |
|
165 |
Madeiracrest |
Regulus madeirae |
Madeira Firecrest |
|
165 |
Firecrest |
Regulus ignicapilla |
Common Firecrest |
|
175 |
Cameroon Mountain Robin |
Cossypha isabellae |
Mountain Robin-Chat |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Seq |
Previous IOC Lists |
Scientific Name |
IOC List (v2.0) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
40 |
Black-rumped Buttonquail |
Turnix hottentatus |
Hottentot Buttonquail |
|
57 |
Mindanao Racquet-tail |
Prioniturus waterstradti |
Mindanao Racket-tail |
|
79 |
Blue-tailed Trogon |
Apalharpactes reinwartii |
Javan Trogon |
|
84 |
Red-billed Hornbill |
Tockus erythrorhynchus |
Northern Red-billed Hornbill |
|
91 |
Piaui Woodpecker |
Celeus obrieni |
Kaempfer’s Woodpecker |
|
113 |
Band-tailed Eremobius |
Ochetorhynchus (Upucerthia) phoenicurus |
Band-tailed Earthcreeper |
|
116 |
Guttulated Foliage-gleaner |
Syndactyla guttulata |
Guttulate Foliage-gleaner |
|
119 |
Macgregor's Bowerbird |
Amblyornis macgregoriae |
MacGregor's Bowerbird |
|
122 |
Macgregor's Lappetface |
Macgregoria pulchra |
Macgregor's Honeyeater |
|
125 |
Velvet Satinbird |
Cnemophilus loriae |
Loria's Satinbird |
|
125 |
Antenna Satinbird |
Cnemophilus macgregorii |
Crested Satinbird |
|
125 |
Silken Satinbird |
Loboparadisea sericea |
Yellow-breasted Satinbird |
|
137 |
Kulanbangra Monarch |
Monarcha browni |
Kolombangara Monarch |
|
141 |
White-necked Picathartes |
Picathartes gymnocephalus |
White-necked Rockfowl |
|
141 |
Grey-necked Picathartes |
Picathartes oreas |
Grey-necked Rockfowl |
|
145 |
Clapper Lark |
Mirafra apiata |
Cape Clapper Lark |
|
151 |
Grey-olive Bulbul |
Phyllastrephus cerviniventris |
Grey-olive Greenbul |
|
151 |
Pale-olive Bulbul |
Phyllastrephus fulviventris |
Pale-olive Greenbul |
|
157 |
Omei Warbler |
Seicercus omeiensis |
Martens's Warbler |
|
157 |
Burnt-neck Eremomela |
Eremomela usticollis |
Burnt-necked Eremomela |
|
164 |
Cape White-eye |
Zosterops pallidus |
Orange River White-eye |
|
175 |
Bocage's Robin |
Sheppardia bocagei |
Bocage's Akalat |
|
198 |
Para Oropendola |
Psarocolius bifasciatus |
Olive Oropendola |
|
209 |
Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater |
Sporophila torqueola |
White-collared Seedeater |
|
Update 1.5 |
White-tipped Imperial Pigeon |
Ducula luctuosa |
Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon |
|
Update 1.5 |
Mattoral Tapaculo |
Scytalopus griseicollis |
Matorral Tapaculo |
|