NAMES >> Index

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. Ailuroedus melanotis is split from A. crassirostris (Christidis & Boles 2008)
3. CORRECT: English name of Amblyornis macgregoriae from Macgregor's Bowerbird to MacGregor's Bowerbird
4. Broad-billed Fairywren and Campbell's Fairywren are moved from Malurus to Chenorhamphus (Driskell et al 2011)
5. Molecular studies support species status of Campbell's Fairywren (Driskell et al 2011; cf Lecroy and Diamond 1995)
6. Remove Moho to Mohoidae and Notiomystis to Notiomystidae
7. See Nyari and Joseph (2010) Emu in press re phylogeny and proposed revisions of Lichenostomus honeyeaters
8. MOVE: White-fronted Honeyeater from Phylidonyris to Purnella following White-plumed Honeyeater (Driskell & Christidis 2004, Higgins et al 2008, Christidis & Boles 2008)
9. CHANGE: English name of Meliphaga orientalis to Mountain Honeyeater (Gregory 2009)
10. Meliphaga cinereifrons is split from M.gracilis (Norman et al. 2007, Christidis and Boles 2008)
11. Meliphaga fordiana is split from M.albilineata (Norman et al. 2007, Christidis and Boles 2008)
12. MOVE: Streak-breasted Honeyeater from Lichenostomus to Meliphaga (after Kimberley Honeyeater), noting gender agreement (Driskell & Christidis 2004, Higgins et al 2008)
13. Swan River Honeyeater is split from (paraphyletic) White-naped Honeyeater (Toon et al 2010); Swan River Honeyeater preferred English name over long Western White-naped Honeyeater (and change to Eastern White-naped Honeyeater)
14. MOVE: Banded Honeyeater from Certhionyx to Cissomela; resequence after Black-headed Honeyeater (Driskell & Christidis 2004, Higgins et al 2008, Christidis & Boles 2008)
15. Philemon plumigenis is split from Philemon moluccensis (Rheindt & Hutchinson 2007)
16. CHANGE: English name of Philemon novaeguineae to New Guinea Friarbird (Gregory 2009)
17. Status of Philemon yorki uncertain whether endemic ne AU species or conspecific with Papuan Friarbird (Sibley and Monroe 1990, Boles and Christidis 2008, P.Gregory comments)
18. CHANGE: English name of Philemon albitorques to Manus Friarbird (Gregory 2009)
19. MOVE: Regent Honeyeater from Xanthomyza to Anthochaera (Driskell & Christidis 2004, Higgins et al 2008, Christidis & Boles 2008)
20. CHANGE: English name of Melipotes gymnops to Arfak Honeyeater (Gregory 2009)
21. CHANGE: English name of Melipotes fumigatus from Smoky Honeyeater to Common Smoky Honeyeater with recognition of M.carolae
22. Melipotes carolae is a newly described species (Beehler et al. 2007)
23. CHANGE: English name of Macgregoria pulchra from Macgregor's Lappetface to MacGregor's Honeyeater; it is a honeyeater (Cracraft and Feinstein 2000)
24. CHANGE: English name of Melidectes fuscus to Sooty Melidectes (Gregory 2009)
25. CHANGE: English name of Melidectes whitemanensis to Gilliard's Melidectes (Gregory 2009)
26. CHANGE: English name of Melidectes nouhuysi to Short-bearded Melidectes (Gregory 2009)
27. CHANGE: English name of Melidectes princeps to Long-bearded Melidectes (Gregory 2009)
28. CHANGE: English name of Melidectes ochromelas to Cinnamon-browed Melidectes (Gregory 2009)
29. CHANGE: English name of Melidectes leucostephes to Vogelkop Melidectes (Gregory 2009)
30. CHANGE: English name of Melidectes rufocrissalis to Yellow-browed Melidectes (Gregory 2009)
31. CHANGE: English name of Melidectes foersteri to Huon Melidectes (Gregory 2009)
32. CHANGE: English name of Melidectes belfordi to Belford's Melidectes (Gregory 2009)
33. CHANGE: English name of Melidectes torquatus to Ornate Melidectes (Gregory 2009)
34. CHANGE English name of Meliarchus sclateri from Graceless Honeyeater to Makira Honeyeater (Guy Dutson et al 2010)
35. CHANGE: English name of Ptiloprora meekiana to Yellowish-streaked Honeyeater (Gregory 2009)
36. Lichmera limbata is split from Brown Honeyeater L.indistincta (Sibley and Monroe 1990, BLI)
37. Move Black Honeyeater from Certhionyx to Sugomel (Driskell & Christidis 2004, Higgins et al 2008, Christidis & Boles 2008)
38. CHANGE: English name of Myzomela nigrita to Papuan Black Myzomela to conform to IOC modifier rules and local use (Gregory in litt.)
39. CHANGE: English name of Myzomela pulchella to New Ireland Myzomela (Gregory 2009)
40. M.dammermani is split from M.erythrocephala (Higgins, Christidis & Ford 2008)
41. CHANGE: English name of Myzomela adolphinae to Mountain Myzomela (Gregory 2009)
42. Myzomela caledonica is split from M. sanguinolenta (Higgins, Christidis & Ford 2008)
43. CHANGE: English name of Myzomela sclateri to Sclater's Myzomela (Gregory 2009)
44. CHANGE: English name of Myzomela pammelaena to Bismarck Black Myzomela (Gregory 2009)
45. CHANGE English name of Myzomela erythromelas to simpler Black-bellied Myzomela in current use (Gregory in litt.)
46. MOVE: Green-backed Honeyeater from Timeliopsis to Glycichaera following Red-collared Myzomela (Driskell & Christidis 2004, Higgins et al 2008, Christidis & Boles 2008)
47. Gardner et al (2010) provide molecular evidence in support of family status of the Dasyornis bristlebirds
48. CHANGE: English name of Crateroscelis murina to Rusty Mouse-warbler (Gregory 2009)
49. CHANGE: English name of Crateroscelis nigroruf to Bicolored Mouse-warbler (Gregory 2009)
50. CHANGE: English name of Crateroscelis robusta to Mountain Mouse-warbler (Gregory 2009)
51. Sericornis humilis is split from S. frontalis (Christidis & Boles 2008)
52. Sericornis beccarii is split from S. magnirostra (Christidis & Boles 2008)
53. Sericornis virgatus is split from S. nouhuysi (Gregory 2007)
54. CHANGE: English name of Gerygone ruficollis to Brown-breasted Gerygone (Gregory 2009)
55. Gerygone hypoxantha is split from G. magnirostris (Gregory 2007)
56. CHANGE: English name of Acanthiza murina to New Guinea Thornbill (Gregory 2009)
57. The enigmatic Goldenface of New Guinea is not a whistler, but is a member of the Australasian warbler family Acanthizidae (Norman et al. 2009)
58. Mohoua, Finschia occupy a basal position in the Corvoidea and likely belong in a separate family (Norman et al. 2009)
59. CHANGE: English name of Cnemophilus loriae from novel "Velvet Satinbird" to "Loria's Satinbird" to retain established modifiers and align with Gregory (2008)
60. CHANGE: English name of Cnemophilus macgregorii from novel "Antenna Satinbird" to "Crested Satinbird" to retain established modifiers and align with Gregory (2008)
61. CHANGE: English name of Loboparadisea sericea from novel "Silken Satinbird" to "Yellow-breasted Satinbird" to retain established modifiers and align with Gregory (2008)
62. CHANGE: English name of Melanocharis longicauda to Mid-mountain Berrypecker (Gregory 2009)
63. CHANGE: English name of Oedistoma iliolophus to Dwarf Longbill (Gregory 2009)
64. CHANGE: English name of Toxorhamphus novaeguineae to Yellow-bellied Longbill (Gregory 2009)
65. Separate the painted berrypeckers (Oreocharis and Paramythia) from the Melanocharitidae to the Paramythiidae (Barker et al 2004; HBW)
66. Correct spelling of family name is "Callaeidae", not "Callaeatidae" (Bock 1994, H&M Corrigenda); Change family name to New Zealand Wattlebirds per NZ Checklist Committee, B.J. Gill (Convener) 2010
67. Callaeas wilsoni is split from C.cinereus (Checklist Committee of OSNZ 2010)
68. Kokako becomes South Island Kokako with split of North Island Kokako
69. Philesturnus rufusater is split from P.carunculatus (Checklist Committee of OSNZ)
70. Saddleback becomes South Island Saddleback with split of North Island Saddleback
71. Stitchbird is related to the wattled crows of New Zealand, not to honyeaters (Meliphagidae) (Driskell et al 2007)
72. Psophodidae provisionally includes Ptilorrhoa and Cinclosoma formerly in Eupetidae following Christidis and Boles (2008); should be separated to the Cinclosomatidae (Norman et al 2009)
73. Jewel-babblers and quail-thrushes are sister taxa, not related to whipbirds (Norman et al 2009); revised family taxonomy to come
74. Ptilorrhoa geislerorum is split from P. caerulescens (Boles 2007a);CHANGE: English name to Brown-headed Jewel-babbler (Gregory 2009)