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. Vireonidae includes Erpornis and Pteruthius (Reddy and Cracraft 2007, Reddy 2008)
3. CHANGE: Move Erpornis from babblers (Timaliidae) to vireos (Vireonidae) (Reddy and Cracraft 2007, Reddy 2008); Change English name (tentatively) to White-bellied Erpornis; it is not a Yuhina
4. Shrike-babblers are Old World vireos (Reddy 2008); resequence
5. CHANGE White-browed Shrike-babbler to Pied Shrike-babbler (Rheindt & Eaton 2009)
6. Himalayan Shrike-babbler is split from Pied [White-browed] Shrike-babbler P. flaviscapis (Rheindt & Eaton 2009).Its exact geographic area of turn-over with similar P. aeralatus(Blyth's S-B) is unknown. Sound evidence points to certain overlap
7. Blyth’s Shrike-babbler is split from Pied [White-browed] Shrike-babbler P.flaviscapis (Rheindt & Eaton 2009)
8. Dalat Shrike-babbler is split from Pied [White-browed] Shrike-babbler P.flaviscapis (Rheindt & Eaton 2009)
9. CHANGE Chestnut-fronted Shrike-babbler to Trilling Shrike-babbler (Rheindt & Eaton 2009)
10. Clicking Shrike-babbler is split from Trilling [Chestnut-fronted] Shrike-babbler P. aenobarbus (Rheindt & Eaton 2009)
11. see Jønsson et al 2010 for phylogenetic sequence of species
12. Piopio Turnagra belongs with Old World orioles (Oriolidae), not with bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae) (Johansson et al 2011, cf Christidis et al 1996)
13. Oriolus decipiens is split from O. bouroensis (Rheindt & Hutchinson 2007)
14. Oriolus isabellae is named after the Philippine province of Isabela (Peter Vercruijsse)
15. Oriolus kundoo is split from O. oriolus (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005, Collar 2005)
16. Black-naped Oriole is paraphyletic with respect to Eurasian Golden Oriole O.oriolus and Indian Golden Oriole O.kundoo (Jønsson et al 2010); await full resolution of population splits (Rheindt comm)
17. Relationships of Pygmy (=Mountain) Drongo uncertain; may be a whistler (Gregory, pers. comm)
18. Includes Principe Drongo pending full revision of this species complex (Borrow comm)
19. Tablas Drongo Dicrurus menagei is split from Hair-crested Drongo species complex D.hottentottus (Allen 2006, Rocamora & Yeatman-Berthelot 2009, BLI 4, Rheindt & Hutchinson 2007 , Rheindt et al 2010)
20. Dicrurus sumatranus is split from D.hottentottus (Sibley & Monroe 1990, King 1997, HBW 14)
21. Dicrurus densus is split from D.hottentottus (Sibley & Monroe 1990, King 1997, HBW 14)
22. CHANGE: English name of Dicrurus megarhynchus to Paradise Drongo (Gregory 2009)
23. Dicrurus lophorinus is split from unrelated D. paradiseus (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)
24. Rhipidura albogularis is split from R. albicollis (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005).
25. CHANGE: English name of Rhipidura cockerelli to Cockerell’s Fantail (Gregory 2009)
26. CHANGE: Species name of Rhipidura spilodera to Rhipidura verreauxi, which has precedence (Dickinson & Watling 2006)
27. Lamprolia victoria belongs with the Rhipiduridae, not the Monarchidae (Irestedt et al. 2008)
28. Dusky Crested Flycatcher, White-bellied Crested Flycatcher, & White-tailed Crested Flycatcher transferred from Trochocercus to Elminia (Dickinson 2003, Sinclair & Ryan 2003, Coates et al 2006 )
29. Terpsiphone rufiventer was omitted in error from Version 1.0.
30. Terpsiphone smithii is split from T.rufiventer (Sinclair and Ryan 2003)
31. Elepaios of Hawaiian Islands are split into three species (NACC 2010)
32. Elepaios of Hawaiian Islands are split into three species (NACC 2010)
33. Expanded English name (Hawaiian) Elepaio Follows AOU splits of Kauai and Oahu Elepaios
34. C.sanctaecrucis is split from C. nigrogularis (Dutson 2006, BLI).
35. Separate 19 species of Monarcha to Symposiachrus (Filardi & Smith 2005, Christidis & Boles 2008)
36. CORRECT: English name of Symposiachrus [Monarcha] browni to Kolombangara Monarch
37. Separate Golden Monarch from Monarcha to Carterornis (Filardi & Moyle 2005, Christidis & Boles 2008)
38. Separate White-eared Monarch and White-naped Monarch from Monarcha to Carterornis (Filardi & Moyle 2005, Christidis & Boles 2008)
39. CHANGE: English name of Arses insularis to Ochre-collared Monarch (Gregory 2009)
40. Myiagra ruficolis includes M.fulviventris (Tanimbar Flycatcher) as a subspecies (Dickinson 2003)
41. Myiagra nana is split from M. inquieta (Schodde and Mason 1999, cf Christidis & Boles 2008)
42. Platylophus is probably a shrike, not a jay (Jønsson et al. 2008b)
43. The distinctive Cyanocorax luxuosus of Middle America is split from C. yncas (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001; Hilty 2003); AOU may review. Note switch of "Green Jay" from C. yncas to C. luxuosus
44. Aphelocoma wollweberi<i> is split from <i>A.ultramarina; assumes English name of Mexican Jay (McCormack et al 2008, NACC 2010-B12)
45. CHANGE English name of Aphelocoma ultramarina to Transvolcanic Jay (NACC 2010-B12)
46. CHANGE English name to California Scrub Jay with split of Woodhouse's Scrub Jay (NACC 2009-A-02)
47. Woodhouse's Scrub Jay includes sumichrasti group pending probable split.
48. CHANGE: English name of Cissa thalassina to Javan Green Magpie with split of Bornean Green Magpie C. jefferyi)
49. Cissa jefferyi is split from Cissa thalassina (Madge 2009 (HBW 14), Van Balen et al 2011)
50. Eurasian Magpie comprises several potential species including Korean Magpie P.sericea, Mahgreb Magpie P. mauritanica and Asir Magpie P. asirensis (Lee et al. 2003,
51. Stresemann's Bush Crow may not be a corvid (Fry in Dickinson 2003); hence change to Bushcrow
52. Nucifraga multipunctata is split from N. caryocatactes (Madge & Burn 1994, Rasmussen & Anderton 2005); CHANGE English Name to more accurate Large-spotted Nutcracker
53. Assign Western Jackdaw and Daurian Jackdaw from Corvus to Coloeus (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)
54. Banggai Crow was 'rediscovered' in 2007 after 100 year absence
55. Violet Crow is best treated as a Seram endemic species, with Philippine populations assigned to Slender-billed Crow, pending formal breakup of that polytypic species (Rheindt and Hutchinson 2007
56. Corvus minutus is split from C. palmarum (Garrido et al. 1997, Raffaele et al. 1998, BLI)
57. Far East populations (orientalis) of Carrion Crow are genetically distinct and potentially merit species status (Haring et al 2007)
58. Species name of Collared Crow reverts from pectoralis to torquatus with elevation of Coloeus to generic level (fide A. Peterson)
59. CHANGE: English name of Corvus levaillantii to Eastern Jungle Crow with split of C. culminatus
60. Corvus culminatus is split from C. levaillantii (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)
61. Bismarck Crow is split from Torresian Crow Corvus orru based on distinctive call and differences in mensural proportions (Dutson et al ms)
62. Webb et al 2011 (Molec Ecology) demonstrate that C.c.principalis interbreeds freely with C.c.sinuatus despite deep divergence of their respective mtDNAs.
63. CHANGE: English name of Ifrita kowaldi to Blue-capped Ifrita (Gregory 2009); Related to Monarchidae? (Norman et al 2009)
64. CHANGE: English name of Parotia carolae to Queen Carola’s Parotia (Gregory 2009)
65. Separate Ashy Robin and Grey-headed Robin from other species of Poecilodryas to Heteromyias (Boles 2007c,Christidis & Boles 2008, BLI)
66. CHANGE: English name of Poecilodryas placens to Banded Yellow Robin (Gregory 2009)
67. Eastern Yellow Robin and Western Yellow Robin are sister species with 6-8% net genetic divergence (Loynes et al. 2009).
68. White-breasted Robin may be more closely related to species of Tregellasia than to species of Eopsaltria (Loynes et al. 2009)
69. Move Yellow-bellied Robin from Eopsaltria to Microeca (Loynes et al. 2009); change English name to Yellow-bellied Flyrobin to agree with other members of this genus.
70. CHANGE: English name of Petroica bivittata to Mountain Robin (Gregory 2009)
71. Ground-robins Amalocichla of New Guinea are sister to the other species of Australasian Robins (Petroicidae) (Norman et al 2009).
72. Rockfowl, rockjumpers, and rail-babbler form an ancient clade that is sister to the Petroica and in turn to the Passerida (Jønsson et al. 2007)
73. CHANGE English name from White-necked Picathartes to White-necked Rockfowl
74. CHANGE English name from Grey-necked Picathartes to Grey-necked Rockfowl
75. Restrict Eupetidae to Rail-babbler Eupetes; resequence as sister to Chaetops and in turn to Picathartes (Jønsson et al. 2007)
76. CHANGE: English name of Eupetes macrocerus to Rail-babbler, as it is the only species and the simpler name conforms to other leading works.