UPDATES: English Name Changes (version 1.5, January 16, 2008)
As expected, we have received strong reactions, both positive and negative, to some of the new English names that appear on our list. Some colleagues prefer no change at all, or continued use of different names for the same species. Others accept the need for some change, but preferably not involving their favorite species. Still others wish that we had improved consistency by changing many more names than we did. We appreciate the spirit and content of these critiques. We plan to revisit and to adjust the most problematic names later this year (2008).
Our first priority is to refine and adjust English names as required by (proposed) changes of species taxonomy or corrections that accompany this update. The list of name changes below respond to this need. The reasons for each change are specified in the Comments (ENG) and linked Footnotes for each species in the Names section of this website.
| Page | Original IOC List (1.0) | Scientific Name | Updated IOC List (1.5) |
| 14 | Common Piping Guan | Pipile pipile | Trinidad Piping Guan |
| 16 | Blue Grouse | Dendragapus obscurus | Dusky Grouse |
| 19 | Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | Taiga Bean Goose |
| 21 | Brown Teal | Anas aucklandica | Auckland Teal |
| 22 | Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes chrysocome | Western Rockhopper Penguin |
| 26 | Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopica | African Sacred Ibis |
| 33 | Malagasy Marsh Harrier | Circus maillardi | Reunion Harrier |
| 47 | Subantarctic Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | Brown Skua |
| 52 | Dark-eared Brown Dove | Phapitreron cinereiceps | Tawitawi Brown Dove |
| 64 | Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | Himalayan Cuckoo |
| 65 | Vermiculated Screech Owl | Megascops guatemalae | Middle American Screech Owl |
| 66 | Foothill Screech Owl | Megascops roraimae | Roraiman Screech Owl |
| 73 | Pale-tailed Barbthroat | Threnetes niger | Sooty Barbthroat |
| 84 | Brown Hornbill | Anorrhinus tickelli | Tickell's Brown Hornbill |
| 92 | White-necked Puffbird | Notharchus macrorhynchos | Guianan Puffbird |
| 95 | White-ruffed Manakin | Corapipo leurcorrhoa | White-bibbed Manakin |
| 103 | Dusky Flycatcher | Empidonax oberholseri | American Dusky Flycatcher |
| 103 | Grey Flycatcher | Empidonax wrightii | American Grey Flycatcher |
| 109 | Warbling Antbird | Hypocnemis cantator | Guianan Warbling Antbird |
| 111 | Rufous-rumped Tapaculo | Scytalopus griseicollis | Mattoral Tapaculo |
| 118 | Scalloped Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes squamatus | Scaled Woodcreeper |
| 122 | Smoky Honeyeater | Melipotes fumigatus | Common Smoky Honeyeater |
| 126 | Black-headed Batis | Batis minor | Eastern Black-headed Batis |
| 156 | White-tailed Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus davisoni | Davison's Leaf Warbler |
| 157 | Orphean Warbler | Sylvia hortensis | Western Orphean Warbler |
| 158 | Spot-breasted Scimatar Babbler | Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis | Black-necklaced Scimitar Babbler |
| 159 | Rabor's Wren-Babbler | Robsonius (Napothera) rabori | Rusty-faced Babbler |
| 159 | Long-tailed Wren-Babbler | Spelaeornis chocolatinus | Naga Wren-Babbler |
| 159 | Wedge-billed Wren-Babbler | Sphenocichla humei | Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler |
| 159 | Pygmy Babbler | Stachyris plateni | Mindanao Pygmy Babbler |
| 160 | Striped Tit-Babbler | Macronous gularis | Pin-striped Tit-Babbler |
| 160 | Miniature Tit-Babbler | Micromacronus leytensis | Visayan Miniature Babbler |
| 161 | Hwamei | Garrulax canorus | Chinese Hwamei |
| 161 | Cutia | Cutia nipalensis | Himalayan Cutia |
| 162 | Streak-throated Fulvetta | Alcippe cinereiceps | Grey-hooded Fulvetta |
| 171 | Sunda Whistling Thrush | Myophonus glaucinus | Javan Whistling Thrush |
| 171 | Moluccan Thrush | Zoothera dumasi | Buru Thrush |
| 176 | European Stonechat | Saxicola torquata | African Stonechat |
| 178 | Yellow-eyed Black Thrush | Melaenornis ardesiacus | Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher |
| 194 | Crimson-winged Finch | Rhodopechys sanguineus | Eurasian Crimson-winged Finch |
| 197 | Stripe-crowned Warbler | Basileuterus culicivorus | Golden-crowned Warbler |
| 200 | House Bunting | Emberiza striolata | Striolated Bunting |
| 208 | Tristan Finch | Nesospiza acunhae | Inaccessible Island Finch |
| 209 | Lesser Seed Finch | Oryzoborus angolensis | Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch |