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1. The Passeriformes, or perching birds, include the majority of world bird species; parrots are the sister group of the perching birds (Hackett et al. 2008)
2. The shrike-flycatchers (Megabyas, Bias may be related to the woodshrikes and allies, not wattle-eyes and batises (Moyle et al 2006); needs confirmation
3. ADD modifier to English name of Megabyas to conform to guidelines with change of English name of Bias musicus
4. CHANGE English name of Bias musicus to Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher to align with other major lists
5. Batis reichenowi is split from B. mixta (Louette 2006), but is nested within B. mixta in molecular phylogenies, so it is not confidently a species (Fjeldså comm)
6. Batis crypta is a newly described species (Fjeldså et al 2006); BLI (1.0) recognizes
7. CHANGE: English name for Batis minor to Eastern Black-headed Batis to align with split of B.erlangeri
8. Batis erlangeri is split from B. minor (Louette 2005, BLI)
9. Proposed split of West African Batis and restrict Fernando Po Batis to Bioko Is.
10. Wattle-eyes previously assigned to the genus Dyaphorophyia are now included in Platysteira (Njabo et al. 2008)
11. Move Tephrodornis and Philentoma from Incertae Sedis to a new shrike family the Tephrodornithidae (Moyle et al 2006)
12. Move Hemipus from the Campephagidae to the Tephrodornithidae (Moyle et al 2006)
13. Tephrodornis sylvicola is split from T. virgatus (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005).
14. Tephrodornis affinis is split from T. pondicerianus (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005).
15. Chlorophoneus viridis, C. dohertyi, C. quadricolor form a separate clade with Telophorus, Rhodophoneus, all merged into Telophorus (Fuchs et al 2004, Fjeldsa comm)
16. Laniarus willardi is a newly described species (Voelker et al 2010)
17. Laniarius nigerrimus, previously erlangeri - a junior synonym - is split from L.aethiopicus based on DNA analyses (Nguembock et al.2008, Redman comments); resequence to follow Red-naped Bushshrike; CHANGE English name to Black Boubou
18. Laniarius major is split from L.aethiopicus (Nguembock et al.2008)
19. Laniarius sublacteus is split from L.aethiopicus based on DNA analyses (Nguembock et al.2008); preliminary English name (Zanzibar Boubou) changed to East Coast Boubou to conform to current uses (Redman et al 2009, HBW)
20. Boatbills may belong to the woodswallow - bushshrike assemblage with Peltops (Norman et al. 2009)
21. Delete possessive; name Chabert refers not to a person, but to the Malagasy rendition of this species call (Gregory comm)
22. Crossley's Babbler is a vanga (Johannson et al. 2008b); CHANGE English name to Crossley's Vanga (or Ground Vanga?) (Fjeldså comm)
23. Peltops species appear to be core members of the Artamidae (Norman et al 2009)
24. CHANGE: English name of Peltops blainvillii to Lowland Peltops (Gregory 2009)
25. CHANGE: English name of Peltops montanus to Mountain Peltops (Gregory 2009)
26. Bornean Bristlehead is related to Aegithina and perhaps the helmetshrikes (Prionopidae), not to the butcherbirds (Cracticidae) as previously thought (Moyle et al 2006)
27. Woodswallows are members of a larger assemblage that includes butcherbirds, peltops, bushshrikes, boatbills, and cuckooshrikes (Norman et al 2009)
28. CHANGE: English name of Coracina caledonica to (South) Melanesian Cuckooshrike with split of C. welchmani
29. Coracina welchmani is split from C. caledonica (Taylor 2005)
30. Coracina dobsoni is split from C. striata (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005).
31. CHANGE: English name of Coracina schisticeps to Grey-headed Cuckooshrike (Gregory 2009)
32. CHANGE English name of Coracina holopolia from Black-bellied Cicadabird to Solomons Cuckooshrike (Guy Dutson et al 2010)
33. Lalage conjuncta is split from L. leucomela (Taylor 2005);CHANGE: English name to Mussau Triller (Gregory 2009)
34. Pericrocotus albifrons is split from P. erythropygius (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005).
35. CHANGE: English name of Pericrocotus flammeus to Orange Minivet with split of P. speciosus,which assumes English name "Scarlet Minivet"
36. Pericrocotus speciosus is split from P. flammeus (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005).
37. Pachycephalidae includes Colluricincla, Pitohui and Oreoica previously separated as Colluricinclidae (Christidis and Boles 2008); remove Hylocitrea, a bombycillid (Spellman et al. 2008)
38. Falcunculus whitei includes F. whitei and F.leucogaster recognized by Schodde and Mason (1999), but lumped with F. frontatus by Christidis & Boles (2008) who urge further study.
39. Mottled Whistler belongs in a clade that includes wood swallows (Artamidae) and bushshrikes (Malaconotidae) (Norman et al 2009)
40. CORRECT: Scientific name of the Mangrove Whistler from Pachycephala grisola to P.cinerea(Walters 2003, Dickinson 2003, corregenda 7)
41. Pachycephala leucogastra is split from P. monacha (Boles 2007b)
42. Placement of Sooty Shrikethrush, aka Sooty Whistler, in Colluricincla rather than Pachycephala follows Dickinson (2003:489, footnote 2)
43. The Morningbird of Palau Islands may belong in Pachycephala not Colluricincla (Norman et al 2009)
44. White-bellied Pitohui should be transferred to Colluricincla, or separated to Pseudorectes Sharpe 1877 (Norman et al 2009)
45. Rusty Pitohui should be transferred to Colluricincla, or separated to Pseudorectes Sharpe 1877 (Norman et al 2009)
46. Crested Pitohui is related to Crested Bellbird; possibly reassign to genus Ornorectes (Norman et al 2009)
47. Black Pitohui is distantly related to Pachycephala and separated to Melanorectes Sharpe 1877 CHECK (Norman et al 2009) Sharpe 1877
48. Rufous-naped Whistler is related to Crested Bellbird (and Crested Pitohui); possibly separate as family Oreocidae (Norman et al 2009)
49. Lanius phoenicuroides is split from L. isabellinus (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)
50. Lanius excubitor complex requires serious revision including possible splits of Northern Grey Shrike L. borealis, incl sibiricus and Asian Grey Shrike L. lahtora (inclpallidirostris, aucheri) (Olsson et al 2009)
51. Lanius pallidirostris is split from Lanius meridionalis (King 1997, Hernández et al. 2004). Under review BLI.
52. Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis Is split from Southern [Common] Fiscal L.collaris (Fuchs et al 2011)
53. Change English name of Common Fiscal L.collaris to Southern Fiscal with split of Northern Fiscal L. humeralis; includes Uhehe Fiscal L.marwitzi as subspecies (Fuchs et al 2011)