TAXONOMIC UPDATES (Version 1.5, January 16, 2008)

       
Page IOC English Name Scientific Name Change CODE Source After Species
19 Green Pheasant Phasianus versicolor ADD AS BLI Common Pheasant
19 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris ADD AS AOU (Taiga) Bean Goose
21 Campbell Teal Anas nesiotis ADD AS BLI Auckland Teal
21 Brown Teal Anas chlorotis ADD AS BLI Campbell Teal
22 Eastern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes filholi ADD? PS BLI UR (Western) Rockhopper Penguin
22 Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi ADD? PS BLI UR Eastern Rockhopper Penguin
24 Beck's Petrel Pseudobulweria becki ADD AS BLI Tahiti Petrel
24 Newell's Shearwater Puffinus newelli ADD AS BLI Townsend's Shearwater
24 Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni ADD? PS BLI UR Audubon's Shearwater
24 Galapagos Shearwater Puffinus subalaris ADD? PS SACC Tropical Shearwater
24 Macaronesian Shearwater Puffinus baroli ADD? PS BOU Little Shearwater
26 Malagasy Sacred Ibis Threskiornis bernieri ADD AS BLI (African) Sacred Ibis
32 Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius ADD? PS BLI UR Black Kite
33 Malagasy Harrier Circus macrosceles ADD AS BLI UR Reunion (Malagasy Marsh) Harrier
34 Cuban Black Hawk Buteogallus gundlachi ADD AS AOU Mangrove Black Hawk
35 Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus ADD? PS BLI UR Common Buzzard
35 Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus ADD? PS BLI UR Eastern Buzzard
35 New Guinea Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus weiskei ADD AS BLI Little Eagle
36 Legge's Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus kelaarti ADD? PS TK Mountain Hawk-Eagle
36 Pinsker's Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus pinskeri ADD? PS BLI? Philippine Hawk-Eagle
39 Tristan Gallinule Gallinula nesiotis DELETE extinct    
39 Gough Gallinule Gallinula comeri ADD AS BLI Makira Woodhen
41 Chatham Oystercatcher Haematopus chathamensis ADD AS BLI Variable Oystercatcher
43 Australian Painted Snipe Rostratula australis ADD? PS BLI? Greater Painted Snipe
46 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus ADD? PS BOU (European) Herring Gull
46 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis ADD AS BOU Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans, previously Yellow-legged Gull)
52 Mindanao Brown Dove Phapitreron brunneiceps ADD AS BLI Dark-eared Brown Dove
54 White-tipped Imperial Pigeon Ducula luctuosa ADD AS BLI Pied Imperial Pigeon
54 Chatham (Island) Pigeon Hemiphaga chathamensis ADD? PS BLI UR New Zealand Pigeon
54 Sula Hanging Parrot Loriculus sclateri ADD AS BLI Moluccan Hanging Parrot
54 Camiguin Hanging Parrot Loriculus camiguinensis ADD? NEW BLI UR Philippine Hanging Parrot
56 Chatham Parakeet Cyanoramphus forbesi ADD AS BLI Yellow-crowned Parakeet
56 Malherbe's Parakeet Cyanoramphus malherbi ADD AS BLI Chatham Parakeet
57 Mindanao Racquet-tail Prioniturus waterstradti ADD AS BLI Montane Racquet-tail
58 Hocking's Parakeet Aratinga hockingi ADD? NEW SACC UR Scarlet-fronted Parakeet
58 Sulphur-breasted Parakeet Aratinga pintoi ADD? NEW SACC UR Sun Parakeet
58 Chapman's Parakeet Aratinga alticola ADD? PS SACC UR Mitred Parakeet
64 Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris ADD AS BLI (African) Grass Owl
64 Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus ADD AS BLI, AOU Himalayan Cuckoo ( C.saturatus , previously Oriental Cuckoo)
64 Sunda Cuckoo Cuculus lepidus ADD AS BLI Oriental Cuckoo
65 Anjouan Scops Owl Otus capnodes ADD AS BLI Karthala Scops Owl
66 Vermiculated Screech Owl  Megascops vermiculatus  ADD?  PS  SACC  Middle American Screech Owl 
66  Napo Screech Owl  Megascops napensis  ADD?  PS  SACC  Choco Screech Owl 
66 Rock Eagle-Owl Bubo bengalensis ADD AS BLI Eurasian Eagle-Owl
67 Albertine Owlet Glaucidium albertinum ADD AS BLI African Barred Owlet
68 Bornean Frogmouth Batrachostomus mixtus ADD AS BLI Short-tailed Frogmouth
69 Todd's Nightjar Caprimulgus heterurus ADD AS SACC Little Nightjar
70 Mees's Nightjar Caprimulgus meesi ADD? NEW BLI UR Large-tailed Nightjar
70 Andaman Nightjar Caprimulgus andamanicus ADD? PS BLI UR Mees's Nightjar
77 Gorgeted Puffleg Eriocnemis isabellae ADD? NEW SACC UR Black-breasted Puffleg
84 Austen's Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus austeni ADD AS BLI (Tickell's) Brown Hornbill
84 Luzon Hornbill Penelopides manillae ADD AS BLI Tarictic Hornbill
84 Mindoro Hornbill Penelopides mindorensis ADD AS BLI Luzon Hornbill
84 Samar Hornbill Penelopides samarensis ADD PS BLI UR Mindoro Hornbill
84 Mindanao Hornbill Penelopides affinis ADD AS BLI Samar Hornbill
86 Chinese Barbet Megalaima faber ADD? PS BLI UR Black-browed Barbet
86 Taiwan Barbet Megalaima nuchalis ADD? PS BLI UR Chinese Barbet
87 White-chested Tinkerbird Pogoniulus makawai ADD AS BLI Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
89 Sulu Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos ramsayi ADD AS BLI Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker
102 Rufous Twistwing Cnipodectes superrufus ADD? NEW SACC UR Brownish Twistwing
102 Yellow-rumped Myiobius Myiobius mastacalis STET PS SACC UR Whiskered Myiobius
108 Sincora Antwren Formicivora grantsui ADD? NEW SACC UR Rusty-backed Antwren
109 Imeri Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis flavescens ADD AS SACC (Guianan) Warbling Antbird
109 Peruvian Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis peruviana ADD AS SACC Imeri Warbling Antbird
109 Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis subflava ADD AS SACC Peruvian Warbling Antbird
109 Rondonia Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis ochrogyna ADD AS SACC Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird
109 Spix's Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis striata ADD AS SACC Rondonia Warbling Antbird
109 Humaita Antbird Schistocichla humaythae ADD AS SACC Spot-winged Antbird
109 Brownish-headed Antbird Schistocichla brunneiceps ADD AS SACC Humaita Antbird
109 Rufous-faced Antbird Schistocichla rufifacies ADD AS SACC Brownish-headed Antbird
109 Roraiman Antbird Schistocichla saturata ADD AS SACC Rufous-faced Antbird
111 Serro do Mar Tapaculo Scytalopus notorius ADD? PS SACC UR Mouse-colored Tapaculo
118 Brigida's Woodcreeper Hylexetastes brigidai ADD PS BLI UR Uniform Woodcreeper
121 Elegant Honeyeater Meliphaga cinereifrons ADD? PS BLI UR Graceful Honeyeater
121 Kimberley Honeyeater Meliphaga fordiana ADD? PS BLI UR White-lined Honeyeater
122 Wattled Smoky Honeyeater Melipotes carolae ADD NEW BLI (Common) Smoky Honeyeater
126 Dark Batis Batis crypta ADD? NEW BLI UR Forest Batis
126 Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri ADD? PS BLI UR (Eastern) Black-headed Batis
136 Santa Cruz Shrikebill Clytorhynchus sanctaecrucis ADD? PS BLI UR Black-throated Shrikebill
144 Hill Swallow Hirundo domicola ADD AS BLI Pacific Swallow
149 Rufous-fronted Tailorbird Orthotomus frontalis ADD AS BLI Philippine Tailorbird
153 Bouganiville Bush Warbler Cettia haddeni ADD? NEW BLI UR Fiji Bush Warbler
153 Bangwa Forest Warbler Bradypterus bangwaensis ADD AS BLI Cinnamon Bracken Warbler
155 Caspian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus fuscus ADD? PS BLI UR Eurasian Reed Warbler
155 Mangrove Reed Warbler Acrocephalus avicenniae ADD? PS BLI UR African Reed Warbler
156 Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae ADD AS BLI Blyth's Leaf Warbler
156 Hartert's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus goodsoni ADD AS BLI Claudia's Leaf Warbler
156 Kloss's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus ogilviegranti ADD AS BLI Davison's (White-tailed) Leaf Warbler
157 Eastern Orphean Warbler Sylvia crassirostris ADD AS BLI (Western) Orphean Warbler
157 Balearic Warbler Sylvia balearica ADD? PS AERC Marmora's Warbler
158 Black-streaked Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus gravivox ADD? PS BLI UR Black-necklaced Scimitar Babbler (=Spot-breasted, P.erythrocnemis )
158 Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus mcclellandi ADD? PS BLI UR Black-streaked Scimitar Babbler
158 Grey-sided Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus swinhoei ADD? PS BLI UR Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler
158 Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus ADD? PS BLI UR Indian Scimitar Babbler
158 Taiwan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus musicus ADD? PS BLI UR Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler
159 Naung Mung Scimitar Babbler Jabouilleia naungmungensis ADD? NEW BLI ?? Short-tailed Scimitar Babbler
159 Sumatran Wren-Babbler Rimator albostriatus ADD? PS BLI UR Long-billed Wren-Babbler
159 White-throated Wren-Babbler Rimator pasquieri ADD? PS BLI UR Sumatran Wren-Babbler
159 Grey-banded Babbler Robsonius (Napothera) sorsogonensis ADD? PS, GEN BLI UR Rusty-faced Babbler (=Rabor's Wren-Babbler)
159 Taiwan Wren-Babbler Pnoepyga formosana ADD? PS BLI UR Scaly-breasted Wren-Babbler
159 Grey-bellied Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis reptatus ADD? PS BLI UR Naga Wren-Babbler (=Long-tailed Wren-Babbler)
159 Chin Hills Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis oatesi ADD? PS BLI UR Grey-bellied Wren-Babbler
159 Pale-throated Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis kinneari ADD? PS BLI UR Chin Hills Wren-Babbler
159 Cachar Wedge-billed Babbler Sphenocichla roberti ADD? PS BLI UR Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler (=Wedge-billed Wren-Babbler)
159 Visayan Pygmy Babbler Stachyris pygmaea ADD? PS BLI UR (Mindanao) Pygmy Babbler
160 Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Macronous bornensis ADD? PS BLI UR Pin-striped ((Striped)Tit-Babbler
160 Mindanao Miniature Babbler Micromacronus sordidus ADD? PS BLI UR (Visayan) Miniature Babbler
160 Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush Garrulax ruficeps ADD? PS BLI UR White-throated Laughingthrush
160 Sumatran Laughingthrush Garrulax bicolor ADD AS BLI UR White-crested Laughingthrush
161 Bare-headed Laughingthrush Garrulax calvus ADD AS BLI UR Black Laughingthrush
161 Cambodian Laughingthrush Garrulax ferrarius ADD? PS BLI UR White-necked Laughingthrush
161 Rufous-cheeked Laughingthrush Garrulax castanotis ADD? PS BLI UR Grey Laughingthrush
161 Blue-crowned Laughingthrush Garrulax courtoisi ADD AS BLI Yellow-throated Laughingthrush
161 Buffy Laughingthrush Garrulax berthemyi ADD? PS BLI UR Rusty Laughingthrush
161 Orange-breasted Laughingthrush Garrulax annamensis ADD? PS BLI UR Spot-breasted Laughingthrush
161 Taiwan Hwamei Garrulax taewanus ADD? PS BLI UR (Chinese) Hwamei
161 Bhutan Laughingthrush Garrulax imbricatus ADD? PS BLI UR Streaked Laughingthrush
161 Assam Laughingthrush Garrulax chrysopterus ADD? PS BLI UR Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush
161 Silver-eared Laughingthrush Garrulax melanostigma ADD? PS BLI UR Assam Laughingthrush
161 Golden-winged Laughingthrush Garrulax ngoclinhensis ADD AS BLI Silver-eared Laughingthrush
161 Malayan Laughingthrush Garrulax peninsulae ADD? PS BLI UR Golden-winged Laughingthrush
161 Vietnamese Cutia Cutia legalleni ADD? PS BLI UR (Himalayan) Cutia
162 Collared Babbler Gampsorhynchus torquatus ADD? PS BLI UR White-hooded Babbler
162 Black-crowned Fulvetta Alcippe klossi ADD? PS BLI UR Rufous-winged Fulvetta
162 Indochinese Fulvetta Alcippe danisi ADD? PS BLI UR Spectacled Fulvetta
162 Manipur Fulvetta Alcippe manipurensis ADD? PS BLI UR Grey-hooded (=Streak-throated) Fulvetta
162 Taiwan Fulvetta Alcippe formosana ADD? PS BLI UR Manipur Fulvetta
162 Black-browed Fulvetta Alcippe grotei ADD? PS BLI UR Mountain Fulvetta
162 Indochinese Yuhina Yuhina torqueola ADD? PS BLI UR Striated Yuhina
163 Black-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis margaritae ADD? PS BLI UR Grey-headed Parrotbill
167 Bugun Liocichla Liocichla bugunorum ADD NEW BLI Emei Shan Liocichla
167 Rio Negro Gnatcatcher Polioptila facilis ADD? PS SACC Guianan Gnatcatcher
167 Para Gnatcatcher Polioptila paraensis ADD? PS SACC Rio Negro Gnatcatcher
167 Iquitos Gnatcatcher Polioptila clementsi ADD? NEW SACC Para Gnatcatcher
168 Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni ADD? PS BLI UR Eurasian Treecreeper
168 Manipur Treecreeper Certhia manipurensis ADD? PS BLI UR Brown-throated Treecreeper
170 Bornean Leafbird Chloropsis kinabaluensis ADD AS BLI Blue-winged Leafbird
170 Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni ADD AS BLI Bornean Leafbird
170 Sumatran Leafbird Chloropsis media ADD AS BLI Golden-fronted Leafbird
171 Bornean Whistling Thrush Myophonus borneensis ADD AS BLI Javan (=Sunda) Whistling Thrush
171 Seram Thrush Zoothera joiceyi ADD AS BLI Buru (=Moluccan) Thrush
171 Enggano Thrush Zoothera leucolaema NEW AS BLI Chestnut-capped Thrush
172 Guadalcanal Thrush Zoothera turipavae ADD? PS BLI UR White-bellied Thrush
173 Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus ADD? PS BLI UR Olive Thrush
176 Bornean Forktail Enicurus borneensis ADD? PS BLI UR White-crowned Forktail
176 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola ADD? PS BLI UR Canary Islands Bush Chat
176 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus ADD? PS BLI UR European Stonechat
178 Amber Mountain Rock Thrush Monticola (Pseudocossyphus) erythronotus ADD AS BLI Forest Rock Thrush
180 Bornean Leafbird Chloropsis kinabaluensis ADD AS BLI Blue-winged Leafbird
180 Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni ADD AS BLI Bornean Leafbird
180 Sumatran Leafbird Chloropsis media ADD AS BLI Golden-fronted Leafbird
183 Hofmann's Sunbird Cinnyris hofmanni ADD? PS BLI UR Shelley's Sunbird
189 Royal Parrotfinch Erythrura regia ADD? PS BLI Red-headed Parrotfinch
189 Fiji Parrotfinch Erythrura pealii ADD? PS BLI Royal Parrotfinch
192 Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus percivali ADD? PS BLI UR Socotra Golden-winged Grosbeak
194 African Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys alienus ADD? PS BLI UR (Eurasian) Crimson-winged Finch
195 Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina ADD AS BLI Eurasian Bullfinch
198 Ochre Oriole Icterus fuertesi ADD? PS TK Orchard Oriole
200 House Bunting Emberiza sahari ADD AS BLI Striolated (= House) Bunting
202 Atioquia Brush Finch Atlapetes blancae ADD? NEW SACC UR Rufous-naped Brush Finch
208 Nightingale Island Finch Nesospiza questi ADD? PS BLI UR Inaccessible Island (Tristan) Finch
             

SPECIES UPDATES FROM AOU (version 1.4, October 17,2006)
Page IOC English Name Scientific Name Change CODE Source After Species
12 Kalinowski's Tinamou Nothoprocta kalinowskii DELETE AL SACC  
14 Blue-throated Piping Guan Pipile cumanensis ADD AS SACC Trinidad Piping Guan
14 Red-throated Piping Guan Pipile cujubi ADD AS SACC Blue-throated Piping Guan
16 Dusky Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus ADD AS NACC Blue (Sooty) Grouse
21 Mexican Duck Anas diazi DELETE AL NACC  
59 Maroon-faced Parakeet Pyrrhura griseipectus ADD AS SACC Green-cheeked Parakeet
62 Scaled Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus squamiger ADD AS SACC Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo
65 Colombian Screech Owl Megascops colombianus ADD AS SACC Bare-shanked Screech Owl
73 Pale-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes leucurus ADD AS SACC Band-tailed Barbthroat
73 Baron's Hermit Phaethornis baroni DELETE AL SACC  
75 Emerald-bellied Woodnymph Thalurania hypochlora DELETE AL SACC  
76 Loja Hummingbird Amazilia alticola DELETE AL SACC  
76 Rondonia Emerald Amazilia rondoniae DELETE AL SACC  
76 Tepui Hummingbird Amazilia cupreicauda DELETE AL SACC  
77 Dusky Starfrontlet Coeligena orina ADD NEW SACC White-tailed Starfrontlet
77 Gould's Inca Coeligena inca DELETE AL SACC  
77 Golden-tailed Starfrontlet Coeligena eos DELETE AL SACC  
77 Longuemare's Sunangel Heliangelus clarisse DELETE AL SACC  
78 Coppery-naped Puffleg Eriocnemis sapphiropygia DELETE AL SACC  
92 White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus ADD AS SACC replace N.macrorhynchos
92 Guianan Puffbird Notharchus macrorhynchos ADD AS SACC White-necked Puffbird
95 White-ruffed Manakin Corapipo altera ADD AS NACC White-throated Manakin
99 Campo Suiriri Suiriri affinis DELETE AL SACC  
102 Yellow-rumped Myiobius Myiobius mastacalis STET PS

SEE BELOW

107 White-streaked Antvireo Dysithamnus leucostictus DELETE AL SACC  
107 Venezuelan Antvireo Dysithamnus tucuyensis DELETE AL SACC  
111 Planalto Tapaculo Scytalopus pachecoi ADD NEW SACC Serro do Mar Tapaculo
111 Upper Magdalena Tapaculo Scytalopus rodriguezi ADD NEW SACC Choco Tapaculo
111 Stiles's Tapaculo Scytalopus stilesi ADD NEW SACC Upper Magdalena Tapaculo
144 Ridgway's Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ridgwayi DELETE AL NACC  
197 Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii DELETE AL NACC  
198 Ochre Oriole Icterus fuertesi DELETE? PL NACC  
198 Olive Oropendola Psarcolius yuracares DELETE AL SACC  
202 Yellow-throated Brush Finch Atlapetes gutturalis DELETE AL NACC  
204 Lemon-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus icteronotus DELETE AL NACC  
205 White-bellied Tanager Tangara brasiliensis DELETE AL SACC  
209 Dubois's Seedeater Sporophila ardesiaca ADD AS SACC Yellow-bellied Seedeater
209 Thick-billed Seed Finch Oryzoborus funereus ADD AS NACC Entre Rios Seedeater
             

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