RANGES
A brief description of the range of each species is available on the spreadsheets. This range information is broad stroke; see below for terminology and abbreviations. With a few exceptions, we describe original ranges, not locations where a species is introduced. John Penhallurick's website World Bird Info provides detailed ranges of species and subspecies (into suboscines with steady progress).
RANGE UPDATES - IOC Version 2.10 (Draft) |
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RANGE UPDATES - IOC Version 2.9 (July 10, 2011) |
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Species |
Scientific Name |
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22 | Southern [Western] Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes chrysocome | Cape Horn to the Falkland Is;Kerguelen Is.; Subantarctic islands of New Zealand |
37 | Bar-winged Rail | Nesoclopeus poecilopterus | PO, not AU |
62 | Banded Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus cinctus | Bali, Lesser Sundas |
83 | Bllue-headed Bee=eater | Merops muelleri | s Cameroon to w Kenya |
85 | Chestnut-tipped Toucanet | Aulacorhynchus derbianus | se Colombia to ne Bolivia |
85 | Black-mandibled Toucan | Ramphastos ambiguus | se Honduras to w Ecuador (swainsonii), w Venezuela to c Peru (ambiguus) |
132 | Southern [Common] Fiscal | Lanius collaris | Namibia, sw Angola east to s Mozambique, Natal south to Cape Province,also ne, c, sw Tanzania, n Malawi |
138 | Transvolcanic [Mexican] Jay | Aphelocoma ultramarina | c Mexico from Colima east to Veracruz |
155 | Eurasian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | Europe and nw Africa to c Asia; Arabian Peninsula, ne Africa |
163 | Principe White-eye | Zosterops ficedulinus | Principe (only) |
RANGE UPDATES - IOC Version 2.8 (MAR 31,2011) |
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Scientific Name |
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14 | Plain Chachalaca | Ortalis vetula | s Texas to nw Costa Rica |
15 | Crested Bobwhite | Colinus cristatus | Costa Rica through n SA |
18 | Cheer Pheasant | Catreus wallichii | OR not EU |
24 | Barolo [Macaronesian] Shearwater | Puffinus baroli | Azores, Madeira, Canary Is, but not Cape Verde Is (P. boydi) |
25 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | Add EU |
28 | (Western) Great Egret | Ardea alba | NA, SA, AF, EU, OR, AU; Worldwide |
73 | Curve-winged [Wedge-tailed] Sabrewing | Campylopterus curvipennis | ec Mexico from se San Luis Potosi to Veracruz, ne Puebla, n Oaxaca |
86 | Brown-headed Barbet | Megalaima zeylanica | Add Sri Lanka to the breeding range |
91 | Lesser Goldenback | Dinopium benghalense | Indian subcontinent; records in Burma doubtful (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005) |
111 | Black-faced Antthrush | Formicarius analis | Honduras through n Bolivia and Amazonian Brazil |
129 | Marshall's Iora | Aegithina nigrolutea | Delete Pakistan from the breeding range; add Sri Lanka |
130 | Black-headed Cuckooshrike | Coracina melanoptera | Add Sri Lanka |
133 | Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler | Sphenocichla humei | Endemic to India; does not occur in Burma |
143 | Fire-capped Tit | Cephalopyrus flammiceps | Breeding range erroneously includes central India, which is actually the wintering range for the species. |
145 | White-throated Bushtit | Aegithalos niveogularis | OR not EU |
157 | Green-crowned Warbler | Seicercus burkii | OR not EU |
159 | Nepal Wren-babbler | Pnoepyga immaculata | Breeding range should also include Indian Himalayas west of Nepal |
159 | Naga Wren-Babbler | Spelaeornis chocolatinus | Endemic to India; does not occur in Vietnam as given in the list |
160 | Common Babbler | Turdoides caudata | OR not EU |
167 | Kashmir Nuthatch | Sitta cashmirensis | OR not EU |
173 | Tickell's Thrush | Turdus unicolor | OR not EU |
176 | White-browed Bush Chat | Saxicola macrorhynchus | Formerly present in Afghanistan and Pakistan; now restricted to nw India. |
182 | Purple-rumped Sunbird | Leptocoma zeylonica | Indian subcontinent; records in Burma doubtful (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005) |
184 | Sind Sparrow | Passer pyrrhonotus | OR not EU |
193 | Golden-rumped Euphonia | Euphonia cyanocephala | n Colombia to Trinidad and the Guianas, south to n Argentina, se Brazil, e Paraguay |
202 | White-browned [Stripe-headed] Brush Finch | Arremon torquatus | s Peru, Bolivia, Argentina (includes torquatus, fimbriatus, and borelli) |
202 | Black-headed Brush Finch | Arremon atricapillus | c, e Panama. Colombian Andes (includes atricapillus and tacarcunae) |
RANGE UPDATES - IOC Version 2.7 (DEC 29,2010) |
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Scientific Name |
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56 | Eastern Ground Parrot | Pezoporus wallicus | se Australia, Tasmania |
68 |
Blyth's Frogmouth |
Batrachostomus affinis |
N Thailand, s Burma, c Vietnam to peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo |
73 | Wedge-tailed Sabrewing | Campylopterus curvipennis | ec Mexico,Yucatan to Guatemala and Belize;ne Honduras (repeat Update v2.3) |
80 | Guianan [Violaceous] Trogon | Trogon violaceus | s Venezuela, n Brazil, theĀ Guianas, Trinidad |
120 | Western [Thick-billed] Grasswren | Amytornis textilis | w,s Australia |
149 |
Yellow-throated Apalis |
Apalis flavigularis |
Malawi (endemic), not Mozambique |
150 |
Olive-winged Bulbul |
Pynonotus plumosus |
s Burma and s Thailand, peninsular Malaysia, Greater Sundas |
158 |
Swee Waxbill |
Coccopygia (Estrilda) melanotis |
AF, s |
179 | Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassinus | Himalayas to Southeast Asia, Sumatra & Borneo |
204 | Black-eared Hemispingus | Hemispingus melanotis | sw Venezuela to wc Bolivia |
204 | Western Hemispingus | Hemispingus ochraceus | sw Colombia, w Ecuador |
204 | Piura Hemispingus | Hemispingus piurae | sw Ecuador, nw Peru |
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RANGE UPDATES - IOC Version 2.6 (Oct 23, 2010) |
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Species |
Scientific Name |
Update |
68 |
Javan Frogmouth |
Batrachostomus javensis |
w,c Java |
69 |
[Eastern] Whip-poor-will |
Caprimulgus vociferus |
Nonbreeding: se USA, n Mexico to Costa Rica |
91 |
Bay Woodpecker |
Blythipicus pyrrhotis |
Nepal to s Vietnam & se China, peninsular Malaysia |
94 |
{Javan] Banded Pitta |
Hydrornis [Pitta] guajanus |
Java |
94 |
Red-bellied Pitta |
Erythropitta erythrogaster |
add Sula Is with lump of Sula Pitta |
99 |
Warbling Doradito |
Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris |
se Brazil, Uruguay, n and c Argentina; Winters to ne Argentina, Paraguay, e Bolivia. |
121 |
White-naped Honeyeater |
Melithreptus lunatus |
e Australia |
129 |
Grey-capped Cicadabird |
Coracina remota |
Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands |
131 |
White-throated Whistler |
Pachycephala vitiensis |
Santa Cruz Islands, Fiji |
136 |
[Hawaii] Elepaio |
Chasiempis sandwichensis |
Hawaii, Hawaiian Is |
141 |
Drakensberg Rockjumper |
Chaetops aurantius |
e South Africa, Lesotho |
151 |
Grey-cheeked Bulbul |
Alophoixus bres |
Malay Peninsula to Greater Sundas |
160 |
Streaked Laughingthrush |
Garrulax lineatus |
e Afghanistan, Baluchistan, and Himalayas of n Pakistan to n w Bengal |
161 |
Pied [White-browed] Shrike-babbler |
Pteruthius flaviscapis |
Java |
161 |
Trilling [Chestnut-fronted] Shrike-babbler |
Pteruthius aenobarbus |
Java |
165 |
Malagasy [Madagascar] White-eye |
Zosterops maderaspatanus |
Madagascar, Comores, Aladabra |
174 |
Cocoa Thrush |
Turdus fumigatus |
n, ne Amazonia, n Colombia to Trinidad, Lesser Antilles in Grenada and St. Vincent [w past inclusion of Lesser Antillean Thrush to conform w AOU]. |
198 |
Epaulet Oriole |
Icterus cayanensis |
n,c SA |
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RANGE UPDATES - IOC Version 2.5 (July 4, 2010) |
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Scientific Name |
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39 |
Common Moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus |
Eurasia, Africa, Indian Ocean islands, s, se Asia to Philippines, n Mariana Is. |
63 |
Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx basalis |
Non-breeding range: Papua New Guinea, Greater and Lesser Sundas, Moluccas. |
64 |
Rusty-breasted Cuckoo |
Cacomantis sepulcralis |
Malay Peninsula to Philippines, Sulawesi and w, c Moluccas. |
64 |
Eastern Barn Owl |
Tyto delicatula |
AU: Lesser Sundas, Australasia, sw Pacific. |
83 |
Amazonian Motmot |
Momotus momota |
Amazonia from se Colombia and the Guyanas to n Argentina |
113 |
Buff-winged Cinclodes |
Cinclodes fuscus |
Breeding: c, s Chile; c, s Argentina; Nonbreeding: s Brazil, Uruguay, nw Argentina |
122 |
Makira Honeyeater |
Meliarchus sclateri |
Makira Is (se Solomon Islands). |
136 |
Japanese Paradise Flycatcher |
Tersiphone atrocaudata |
Non-breeding range: se Asia and Philippines |
138 |
California (Western) Scrub Jay |
Aphelocoma californica |
Washington state to Baja California |
161 |
Himalayan Cutia |
Cutia nipalensis |
ADD e Burma to n Indochina and s Yunnan. Peninsular Malaysia. |
188 |
Red-headed Parrot-Finch |
Erythrura cyaneovirens |
DELETE "Fiji Islands" |
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RANGE UPDATES - IOC Version 2.4 (Mar 2010) |
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Scientific Name |
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17 |
Udzungwa Forest Partridge |
Xenoperdix udzungwensis |
Udzungwa Mountains of s Tanzania |
23 |
Fea's Petrel |
Pterodroma feae |
Cape Verde Is, ranges e Atlantic |
24 |
Audubon's Shearwater |
Puffinus lherminieri |
North Atlantic and Caribbean |
24 |
Macaronesian Shearwater |
Puffinus baroli |
Azores, Madeira, Canary Is, Cape Verde Is |
25 |
Band-rumped Storm Petrel |
Oceanodroma castro |
e Japan, Hawaiian Is., Galapagos, e North Atlantic from the Azores and Madeira to the Canary Islands, Ascension, St. Helena |
34 |
Philippine Hawk-Eagle |
Nizaetus philippensis |
Luzon, Philippines (only) with split of S. pinskeri |
35 |
Pygmy Eagle (New Guinea Hawk-Eagle) |
Hieraaetus weiskei |
New Guinea, Halmahera, Seram |
43 |
Subantarctic Snipe |
Coenocorypha aucklandica |
Restrict range to "Antipodes Is., Auckland Is." with splits of C. huegeli and C. iredalei |
49 |
Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove |
Macropygia amboinensis |
Sulawesi, Moluccas to New Guinea and its islands |
57 |
Greater Vasa Parrot |
Coracopsis vasa |
Madagascar, Comoros Is |
57 |
Lesser Vasa Parrot |
Coracopsis nigra |
Madagascar, Comoros Is, Seychelles Is (Praslin) |
67 |
Brown Hawk-Owl |
Ninox scutulata |
ne Pakistan through s Asia, Malaysia to Borneo & Palawan |
86 |
Black-browed Barbet |
Megalaima oorti |
w Malaysia, Sumatra |
88 |
Velasquez's Woodpecker |
Melanerpes santacruzi |
e Mexico s to Nicaragua, islands off Honduras |
89 |
Gabon Woodpecker |
Dendropicus gabonensis |
s Nigeria, to Zaire, n Angola & w Uganda |
89 |
African Grey Woodpecker |
Dendropicus goertae |
Mauritania & Senegal to w Ethiopia to nw Tanzania, s Gabon, nw Angola & s-central Zaire |
111 |
Paramillo (formerly Paramo) Tapaculo |
Scytalopus canus |
w Colombia |
125 |
South Island Kokako |
Callaeas cinereus |
South I, Stewart I., NZ. |
125 |
South Island Saddleback |
Philesturnus carunculatus |
South I, NZ |
127 |
Mountain Sooty Boubou |
Laniarius poensis |
se Nigeria, sw Cameroon, Bioko and Abertine Rift in Zaire, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda |
127 |
Ethiopian Boubou |
Laniarius aethiopicus |
Eritrea, Ethiopia, nw Somalia; restricted range follows split of L. major. |
154 |
Large-billed Reed Warbler |
Acrocephalus orinus |
Breeding Range (recently discovered Timmins et al 2009) ne Afghanistan; Winter Range n India, sc Thailand |
154 |
Winifred's Warbler |
Scepomycter winifredae |
Uluguru Mts of E Tanzania |
174 |
Forest Robin |
Stiphrornis erythrothorax |
w,c Africa |
176 |
Siberian Stonechat |
Saxicola maurus |
Breeds e Caucuses, w Iran, c Siberia, c Asia, w, c China. Winters ne Africa; s Asia |
176 |
African Stonechat |
Saxicoloa torquatus |
SW Arabian Peninsula, sub-Saharan Africa |
187 |
Black-faced Firefinch |
Lagonosticta larvata |
Sudan & Ethiopia to w,c Africa |
196 |
Myrtle Warbler |
Dendroica coronata |
c, e USA and Canada. |
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RANGE UPDATES - IOC Version 2.3 (Dec 2009) |
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Species |
Scientific Name |
Update |
50 |
Bar-shouldered Dove |
Geopelia humeralis |
sc, se New Guinea, n, e Australia |
73 |
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing |
Campylopterus curvipennis |
ec Mexico,Yucatan to Guatemala and Belize;ne Honduras |
89 |
Golden-fronted Woopecker |
Melanerpes aurifrons |
Texas to sc Mexico |
94 |
Gurney's Pitta |
Pitta gurneyi |
Peninsular Thailand, s Burma |
126 |
Painted Quail-thrush |
Cinclosoma ajax |
w, s, se New Guinea |
154 |
Winifred's Warbler |
Scepomycter winifredae |
ec Tanzania |
154 |
Rodrigues Warbler |
Acrocephalus rodericanus |
Correct spelling to Rodrigues Island |
162 |
Spectacled Fulvetta |
Alcippe ruficapilla |
c,s China |
162 |
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta |
Alcippe morrisonia |
Taiwan |
166 |
Rufous-naped Wren |
Campylorhynchus rufinucha |
c Veracruz, Mexico |
179 |
Green-backed (Chinese) Flycatcher |
Ficedula elisae |
NonBreeding Range to: Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, possibly South Korea |
186 |
Rodrigues Fody |
Foudia flavicans |
Correct spelling to Rodrigues Island |
198 |
Hispaniolan (Greater Antillean) Oriole |
Icterus dominicensis |
Hispaniola |
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RANGE UPDATES - IOC Version 2.2 (Aug 2009) |
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Species |
Scientific Name |
Update |
46 |
Sandwich Tern |
Thalasseus sandvicensis |
Restrict range to EU, AF with split of New World Cabot's Tern |
64 |
Himalayan Cuckoo |
Cuculus saturatus |
(Breeding) Himalayas to Taiwan w split of C. optatus, (Nonbreeding) Indonesia, Philippines |
84 |
Tickell's Brown Hornbill |
Anorrhinus tickelli |
s Burma, sw Thailand |
139 |
Collared Crow |
Corvus pectoralis |
EU, OR |
139 |
Violet Crow |
Corvus violaceus |
s Moluccas to Seram |
163 |
White-breasted (Greater Rufous-headed) Parrotbill |
Paradoxornis ruficepts |
ne India, Bhutan and adjacent s China |
173 |
Olive Thrush |
Turdus olivaceus |
se AF, with split of Abyssinian Thrush |
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RANGE UPDATES - IOC Version 2.1 (May 2009) |
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Species |
Scientific Name |
Update |
23 |
Waved Albatross |
Phoebastria irrorata |
Galápagos Is, coastal Ecuador |
23 |
Southern Royal Albatross |
Diomedea epomophora |
(Breeding) Campbell and Auckland Is., NZ; (Nonbreeding) widespread SO |
23 |
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross |
Thalassarche chlororhynchos |
AO, (Breeding) Tristan da Cunha group, (Nonbreeding) widespread in SO |
36 |
Crested Hawk-Eagle |
Nisaetus cirrhatus |
Himalayas, c,s India & Sri Lanka to Greater Sundas & Philippines |
90 |
Golden-olive Woodpecker |
Colaptes rubiginosus |
Mexico to Guyana, nw Peru & nw Argentina |
58 |
Olive-throated Parakeet |
Aratinga nana |
Mexico to w Panama, also Jamaica |
52 |
Banded Fruit Dove |
Ptilinopis cinctus |
Bali, Lesser Sundas, n Australia. [Not on Java, range extension to n Australia with addition of P.c. alligator.] |
46 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull |
Larus fuscus |
(Breeding) w Europe to c Northern Siberia; also Greenland and Iceland, (Nonbreeding) n AF, sw Europe to nw India; also e NA |
46 |
Caspian Gull |
Larus cacchinans |
(Breeding) c Eurasia to ne China, (Nonbreeding ) sw, e Asia |
18 |
Scaly-breasted (=Chesnut-necklaced) Partridge |
Arborophila charltonii |
Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo" with allocation of ssp tonkiensis to Green-legged Partridge. |
67 |
Northern Pygmy Owl |
Glaucidium californicum |
w NA from se Alaska to s Baja |
67 |
Mountain Pygmy Owl |
Glaucidium gnoma |
se Arizona to c Honduras |
69 |
Greater Antillean Nightjar |
Caprimulgus cubanensis |
Cuba, Hispaniola" |
19 |
Malayan Peacock-Pheasant |
Polyplectron malacense |
sw Thailand, w Malaysia; records from Sumatra not valid (BLI) |
31 |
Spotted Kestrel |
Falco moluccensis |
Moluccas, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, Java & Bali |
68 |
Large Frogmouth |
Batrachostomus auritus |
Malay Penin., Sumatra, Borneo |
161 |
Himalayan Cutia |
Cutia nipalensis |
e,c Himalayas to sw Sichuan |
184 |
Grey-breasted Spiderhunter |
Arachnothera modesta |
s Burma to s Vietnam, Malay Penin., Borneo & Sumatra |
142 |
Black-bibbed Tit |
Poecile hypermelaenus |
OR |
174 |
White-tailed Alethe |
Alethe diademata |
w Africa from Senegambia to Togo. |
174 |
Fire-crested Alethe |
Alethe castanea |
w,c Africa from Nigeria to Uganda. |
156 |
Dusky Warbler |
Phylloscopus fuscatus |
ne Asia, wc China"; ssp weigoldi reassgined to P. fuligiventer. |
156 |
Smoky Warbler |
Phylloscopus fuligiventer |
e Himalayas, c, e Tibetan Plateau |
156 |
Tickell's Leaf Warbler |
Phylloscopus affinis |
Himalayas; range restriciton follows split of P. occisinensis |
107 |
White-streaked Antvireo |
Dysithamnus leucostictus |
Add n Venezuela to Range |
156 |
Mountain Leaf Warbler |
Phylloscopus trivirgatus |
Remove Philippines from range. |
144 |
West African Swallow |
Cecropis domicella |
w Africa from Senegambia to e Sudan |
139 |
Large-billed Crow |
Corvus macrorhynchos |
EU, OR;e Eurasia also c, s Malay Peninsula, Sundas, Philippines |
139 |
Eastern Jungle Crow |
Corvus levaillantii |
n India to n Malay Peninsula". |
132 |
Slaty Vireo |
Vireo brevipennis |
s Mexico" |
131 |
Melanesian Whistler |
Pachycephala caledonica |
Santa Cruz Is., Vanuatu, New Caledonia |
121 |
Helmeted Friarbird |
Philemon buceroides |
Lesser Sundas to n Australia |
153 |
Melanesian Thicketbird (formerly Vanuatu Thicketbird) |
Megalurulus whitneyi |
Guadalcanal in the se Solomon Is., n Vanuatu |
153 |
Bougainville Thicketbird (formerly Melanesian Thicketbird) |
Megalurulus llaneae |
Bougainville Is. in the c Solomon Islands |
192 |
Cape Canary |
Serinus canicollis |
s Africa, e Zimbabwe |
192 |
Yellow-crowned Canary |
Serinus flavivertex |
ne, e Africa, c Angola |
194 |
Red-mantled Rosefinch |
Carpodacus rhodochlamys |
c, nc Asia |
194 |
Blyth's Rosefinch |
Carpodacus grandis |
n Afghanistan to w Himalayas |
188 |
Cinderella Waxbill |
Estrilda thomensis |
w Angola, nw Namibia |
196 |
American Yellow Warbler |
Dendroica aestiva |
widespread in NA through central plateau of Mexico |
196 |
Mangrove Warbler |
Dendroica petechia |
extreme s US through West Indies to coastal MA and SA |
198 |
Mexican Cacique |
Cacicus melanicterus |
w Mexico to se Guatemala |
209 |
Large-billed Seed Finch |
Oryzoborus crassirostris |
n SA from w Colombia and nw Ecuador to n Brazil |
209 |
Great-billed Seed Finch |
Oryzoborus maximiliani |
n SA from e Venezuela to n Brazil and se Brazil |
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Hottentot Buttonquail |
Turnix hottentatus |
South Africa |
56 |
Horned Parakeet |
Eunymphicus cornutus |
AU, New Caledonia |
84 |
Northern Red-billed Hornbill |
Tockus erythrorhynchus |
s Mauritania through Somalia to ne Tanzania |
123 |
Scarlet Myzomela |
Myzomela sanguinolenta |
e Australia |
123 |
Red-headed Myzomela |
Myzomela erythrocephala |
s New Guinea, n Australia |
126 |
Fernando Po Batis |
Batis poensis |
AF; w,wc from Liberia to n Gabon |
136 |
Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher |
Terpsiphone rufiventer |
AF; wc |
145 |
Cape Clapper Lark |
Mirafra apiata |
sw Namibia, w, sc, S. Africa |
145 |
Black-browed Bushtit |
Aegithalos bonvaloti |
ne Burma, sw China |
164 |
Orange River White-eye |
Zosterops pallidus |
Namibia, nw South Africa |
179 |
Tanimbar Flycatcher |
Ficedula riedeli |
AU |
181 |
Brown-throated Sunbird |
Anthreptes malacensis |
Burma to Java, also Lesser Sundas & Sulawesi |
209 |
White-collared Seedeater |
Sporophila torqueola |
NA,MA; s Texas to Panama |
RANGE TERMINOLOGY
The ranges on the spreadsheet are presented in a two column format. The first column provides the geographical region(s) at the most general level: North America, Australasia, Pacific Ocean, and so on. The second column adds a qualifier such as (1) “widespread” to “e, se” referring to the general region specified in the first column or (2) the specific countries or parts thereof, for example “e, ne China” to “New Caledonia.” A third column adds a species’ non-breeding range if it differs substantially from the breeding range. Geographical terminology and abbreviations include the following:
A. General regions
- North America (NA)–includes the Caribbean
- Middle America (MA)—Mexico through Panama
- South America (SA)
- Latin America (LA)—Middle & South America
- Africa (AF)—entire continent rather than south of Sahara
- Eurasia (EU)–Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan.
- Oriental Region (OR)–South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus southeast Asia, the Philippines and Greater Sundas.
- Australasia (AU)–Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace’s Line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
- Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Tropical, Temperate, Northern & Southern Oceans (AO, PO, IO, TrO, TO, NO,SO)
- Antarctica (AN)
- Southern Cone (So. Cone) includes Argentina and Chile south of the Tropic of Capricorn, also Falkland Islands.
B. Regional Qualifiers
- Regions of continents or countries by compass (n,e,s,w)
- Formal subregions. The Oriental region, for example, includes South Asia (Pakistan to Taiwan and south to Sri Lanka, i.e all Indian subcontinent, plus southern China and Taiwan, but not Burma) and Southeast Asia (Indochina Peninsula from Burma east to s Vietnam, south to Singapore).
- Country name(s).
- Islands—specific or groups (Gr Sundas = Sumatra, Borneo, and Java).
- Landscape feature-Tepuis, Amazonia, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean, Antarctic Peninsula, Arabian Peninsula, and so on.