UPDATES: English Names
As expected, we have received strong reactions, both positive and negative, to some of the English names on our list. We appreciate the spirit and content of these critiques and are revisiting the most problematic names on a case by case basis. Version 2.2 (Aug 2009), for example, includes revisions recommended by Phil Gregory and colleagues for the English names of endemic and near endemic species of New Guinea (and Bismarck Archipeligo) bird species.
We strive to refine and adjust English names as required by (proposed) changes of species taxonomy or corrections that accompany each update. The reasons for each change are specified in the Comments (ENG) and linked Footnotes for each species in the IOC World Bird List section of this website.
ENGLISH NAME UPDATES - IOC Version 2.3 (Dec 2009) |
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Previous IOC Lists |
Scientific Name |
Updated IOC List (version 2.3) |
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13 |
Darwin's Rhea |
Rhea pennata |
Lesser Rhea |
|
14 |
Blue-knobbed Curassow |
Crax alberti |
Blue-billed Curassow |
|
14 |
Red-knobbed Curassow |
Crax blumenbachii |
Red-billed Curassow |
|
14 |
Northern Helmeted Curassow |
Pauxi pauxi |
Helmeted Curassow |
|
14 |
Southern Helmeted Curassow |
Pauxi unicornis |
Horned Curassow |
|
16 |
Svertzov's Grouse |
Tetrastes sewerzowi |
Chinese Grouse |
|
21 |
Speckled Teal |
Anas flavirostris |
Yellow-billed Teal |
|
35 |
Grey-lined Hawk |
Buteo nitidus |
Grey Hawk |
|
37 |
Speckled Crake |
Coturnicops notatus |
Speckled Rail |
|
53 |
Zoe Imperial Pigeon |
Ducula zoeae |
Zoe's Imperial Pigeon |
|
53 |
Pinon Imperial Pigeon |
Ducula pinon |
Pinon's Imperial Pigeon |
|
53 |
Bismarck Imperial Pigeon |
Ducula subflavescens |
Yellowish Imperial Pigeon |
|
56 |
Red-crowned Parakeet |
Cyanoramphus saisseti |
New Caledonian Parakeet |
|
56 |
Red-fronted Parakeet |
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae |
Red-crowned Parakeet |
|
58 |
Reddish-bellied Parakeet |
Pyrrhura frontalis |
Maroon-bellied Parakeet |
|
60 |
White-cheeked Amazon |
Amazon kawalli |
Kawall's Amazon |
|
74 |
Ruby Topaz |
Chrysolampis mosquitus |
Ruby-topaz Hummingbird |
|
74 |
Black-breasted Plovercrest |
Stephanoxis lalandi |
Plovercrest |
|
80 |
Amazonian White-tailed Trogon |
Trogon viridis |
Green-backed Trogon |
|
80 |
Western White-tailed Trogon |
Trogon chionurus |
White-tailed Trogon |
|
104 |
d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant |
Ochthoeca oenanthoides |
D'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant |
|
122 |
Macgregor's Honeyeater |
Macgregoria pulchra |
MacGregor's Honeyeater |
|
123 |
Black Myzomela |
Myzomela nigrita |
Papuan Black Myzomela |
|
123 |
Red-headed Black Myzomela |
Myzomela erythrocephala |
Black-bellied Myzomela |
|
126 |
Black-and-white Flycatcher |
Bias musicus |
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher |
|
126 |
Shrike-flycatcher |
Megabyas flammulatus |
African Shrike-flycatcher |
|
162 |
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta |
Alcippe morrisonia |
Taiwan Fulvetta |
|
169 |
Stripe-headed Creeper |
Rhabdornis mystacalis |
Stripe-headed Rhabdornis |
|
169 |
Stripe-breasted Creeper |
Rhabdornis inornatus |
Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis |
|
169 |
Long-billed Creeper |
Rhabdornis grandis |
Long-billed Rhabdornis |
|
171 |
Peleng Thrush |
Zoothera mendeni |
Red-and-black Thrush |
|
179 |
Chinese Flycatcher |
Ficedula elisae |
Green-backed Flycatcher |
|
184 |
Jungle Sparrow |
Passer pyrrhonotus |
Sind Sparrow |
|
185 |
Yellow Weaver |
Ploceus subaureus |
Eastern Golden Weaver |
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185 |
African Golden Weaver |
Ploceus xanthops |
Holub's Golden Weaver |
|
185 |
Tanzania Masked Weaver |
Ploceus reichardi |
Tanzanian Masked Weaver |
|
189 |
Pictorella Munia |
Heteromunia pectoralis |
Pictorella Mannikin |
|
190 |
Cuckoo Weaver |
Anomalospiza imberbis |
Cuckoo Finch |
|
198 |
Greater Antillean Oriole |
Icterus dominicensis |
Hispaniolan Oriole |
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ENGLISH NAME UPDATES - IOC Version 2.2 (Aug 2009) |
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Previous IOC Lists |
Scientific Name |
Updated IOC List (version 2.2) |
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Scrubfowl |
Megapodius reinwardt |
Orange-footed Scrubfowl |
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14 |
Biak Megapode |
Megapodius geelvinkianus |
Biak Scrubfowl |
|
14 |
New Guinea Megapode |
Megapodius decollatus |
New Guinea Scrubfowl |
|
23 |
Cahow |
Pterodroma cahow |
Bermuda Petrel |
|
27 |
Rufous Night Heron |
Nycticorax caledonicus |
Nankeen Night Heron |
|
32 |
Forest Fish Eagle |
Haliaeetus sanfordi |
Sanford's Sea Eagle |
|
34 |
Grey Sparrowhawk |
Accipiter brachyurus |
New Britain Sparrowhawk |
|
37 |
Chestnut Forest Crake |
Rallina rubra |
Chestnut Forest Rail |
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37 |
White-striped Forest Crake |
Rallina leucospila |
White-striped Forest Rail |
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37 |
Forbes's Forest Crake |
Rallina forbesi |
Forbes's Forest Rail |
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37 |
Mayr's Forest Crake |
Rallina mayri |
Mayr's Forest Rail |
|
39 |
Papuan Flightless Rail |
Megacrex inepta |
New Guinea Flightless Rail |
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49 |
Spot-breasted Cuckoo-Dove |
Macropygia mackinlayi |
MacKinlay's Cuckoo-Dove |
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49 |
Black-billed Cuckoo-Dove |
Macropygia nigrirostris |
Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove |
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51 |
Purple Ground Dove |
Gallicolumba jobiensis |
White-breasted Ground Dove |
|
53 |
Shining Imperial Pigeon |
Ducula chalconota |
Rufescent Imperial Pigeon |
|
53 |
Growling Imperial Pigeon |
Ducula finschii |
Finsch's Imperial Pigeon |
|
53 |
Floury Imperial Pigeon |
Ducula pistrinaria |
Island Imperial Pigeon |
|
54 |
Rose-breasted Pygmy Parrot |
Micropsitta bruijnii |
Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot |
|
54 |
Citrine Pygmy Parrot |
Micropsitta meeki |
Meek's Pygmy Parrot |
|
54 |
Emerald Pygmy Parrot |
Micropsitta finschii |
Finsch's Pygmy Parrot |
|
54 |
Green-fronted Hanging Parrot |
Loriculus tener |
Bismarck Hanging Parrot |
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55 |
Streaked Lory |
Chalcopsitta scintillata |
Yellowish-streaked Lory |
|
55 |
Shawl-collared Lorikeet |
Trichoglossus rosenbergii |
Biak Lorikeet |
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55 |
Broad-crested Corella |
Cacatua solomonensis |
Solomons Cockatoo |
|
57 |
Singing Parrot |
Geoffroyus heteroclitus |
Song Parrot |
|
61 |
Flame-headed Fig Parrot |
Psittaculirostris desmarestii |
Large Fig Parrot |
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61 |
Scarlet-cheeked Fig Parrot |
Psittaculirostris edwardsii |
Edwards's Fig Parrot |
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61 |
Yellow-cheeked Fig Parrot |
Psittaculirostris salvadorii |
Salvadori's Fig Parrot |
|
62 |
Pied Coucal |
Centropus ateralbus |
White-necked Coucal |
|
62 |
Violet Coucal |
Centropus violaceus |
Violaceous Coucal |
|
68 |
Jungle Boobook |
Ninox theomacha |
Papuan Boobook |
|
68 |
Spangled Boobook |
Ninox odiosa |
New Britain Boobook |
|
68 |
Barred Boobook |
Ninox variegata |
New Ireland Boobook |
|
69 |
Cloud-forest Nightjar |
Eurostopodus archboldi |
Archbold's Nightjar |
|
81 |
Galatea Paradise Kingfisher |
Tanysiptera galatea |
Common Paradise Kingfisher |
|
81 |
Cobalt Paradise Kingfisher |
Tanysiptera carolinae |
Numfor Paradise Kingfisher |
|
81 |
Fairy Paradise Kingfisher |
Tanysiptera nympha |
Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher |
|
81 |
Russet Paradise Kingfisher |
Tanysiptera danae |
Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher |
|
82 |
Chameleon Dwarf Kingfisher |
Ceyx lepidus |
Variable Dwarf Kingfisher |
|
120 |
Hill-forest Honeyeater |
Meliphaga orientalis |
Mountain Honeyeater |
|
121 |
Papuan Friarbird |
Philemon novaeguineae |
New Guinea Friarbird |
|
121 |
White-naped Friarbird |
Philemon albitorques |
Manus Friarbird |
|
122 |
Olive-streaked Honeyeater |
Ptiloprora meekiana |
Yellowish-streaked Honeyeater |
|
122 |
Sooty Honeyeater |
Melidectes fuscus |
Sooty Melidectes |
|
122 |
Gilliard's Honeyeater |
Melidectes whitemanensis |
Gilliard's Melidectes |
|
122 |
Short-bearded Honeyeater |
Melidectes nouhuysi |
Short-bearded Melidectes |
|
122 |
Long-bearded Honeyeater |
Melidectes princeps |
Long-bearded Melidectes |
|
122 |
Cinnamon-browed Honeyeater |
Melidectes ochromelas |
Cinnamon-browed Melidectes |
|
122 |
White-capped Honeyeater |
Melidectes leucostephes |
Vogelkop Melidectes |
|
122 |
Yellow-browed Honeyeater |
Melidectes rufocrissalis |
Yellow-browed Melidectes |
|
122 |
Huon Honeyeater |
Melidectes foersteri |
Huon Melidectes |
|
122 |
Belford's Honeyeater |
Melidectes belfordi |
Belford's Melidectes |
|
122 |
Ornate Honeyeater |
Melidectes torquatus |
Ornate Melidectes |
|
122 |
Bare-eyed Honeyeater |
Melipotes gymnops |
Arfak Honeyeater |
|
123 |
Midget Myzomela |
Myzomela adolphinae |
Mountain Myzomela |
|
123 |
Scarlet-bibbed Myzomela |
Myzomela sclateri |
Sclater's Myzomela |
|
123 |
Splendid Myzomela |
Myzomela erythromelas |
Red-headed Black Myzomela |
|
123 |
Ebony Myzomela |
Myzomela pammelaena |
Bismarck Black Myzomela |
|
123 |
Crimson-fronted Myzomela |
Myzomela pulchella |
New Ireland Myzomela |
|
124 |
Rusty Mouse Warbler |
Crateroscelis murina |
Rusty Mouse-warbler |
|
124 |
Bicolored Mouse Warbler |
Crateroscelis nigrorufa |
Bicolored Mouse-warbler |
|
124 |
Mountain Mouse Warbler |
Crateroscelis robusta |
Mountain Mouse-warbler |
|
124 |
Papuan Thornbill |
Acanthiza murina |
New Guinea Thornbill |
|
124 |
Treefern Gerygone |
Gerygone ruficollis |
Brown-breasted Gerygone |
|
125 |
Lemon-breasted Berrypecker |
Melanocharis longicauda |
Mid-mountain Berrypecker |
|
125 |
Green-crowned Longbill |
Toxorhamphus novaeguineae |
Yellow-bellied Longbill |
|
125 |
Plumed Longbill |
Oedistoma iliolophus |
Dwarf Longbill |
|
125 |
Dimorphic Jewel-babbler |
Ptilorrhoa geislorum |
Brown-headed Jewel-babbler |
|
128 |
Clicking Shieldbill |
Peltops blainvillii |
Lowland Peltops |
|
128 |
Tinkling Shieldbill |
Peltops montanus |
Mountain Peltops |
|
129 |
Black-tipped Cicadabird |
Coracina schisticeps |
Grey-headed Cuckooshrike |
|
130 |
St. Matthias Triller |
Lalage conjuncta |
Mussau Triller |
|
134 |
Ribbon-tailed Drongo |
Dicrurus megarhynchus |
Paradise Drongo |
|
135 |
White-winged Fantail |
Rhipidura cockerelli |
Cockerell's Fantail |
|
137 |
Rufous-collared Monarch |
Arses insularis |
Ochre-collared Monarch |
|
137 |
Magpielark |
Grallina cyanoleuca |
Magpie-lark |
|
137 |
Torrentlark |
Grallina bruijni |
Torrent-lark |
|
139 |
Larger-spotted Nutcracker |
Nucifraga multipunctata |
Large-spotted Nutcracker |
|
140 |
Ifrit |
Ifrita kowaldi |
Blue-capped Ifrita |
|
140 |
Carola's Parotia |
Parotia carolae |
Queen Carola's Parotia |
|
141 |
Cloud-forest Robin |
Petroica vittata |
Mountain Robin |
|
141 |
Olive-yellow Robin |
Poecilodryas placens |
Banded Yellow Robin |
|
141 |
Yellow-bellied Robin |
Microeca (not Eopsaltria) flaviventris |
Yellow-bellied Flyrobin |
|
157 |
Tit-Hylia |
Pholidornis rushiae |
Tit Hylia |
|
163 |
Dappled Mountain-robin |
Aracanator orostruthus |
Dappled Mountain Robin |
|
163 |
Greater Rufous-headed Parrotbill |
Paradoxornis ruficeps |
White-breasted Parrotbill |
|
163 |
Lesser Rufous-headed Parrotbill |
Paradoxornis atrosuperciliaris |
Pale-billed Parrotbill |
|
164 |
Islet White-eye |
Zosterops griseotinctus |
Louisiade White-eye |
|
176 |
Canary Islands Bush Chat |
Saxicola dacotiae |
Canary Islands Stonechat |
|
189 |
Streak-headed Munia |
Lonchura tristissima |
Streak-headed Mannikin |
|
189 |
White-spotted Munia |
Lonchura leucosticta |
White-spotted Mannikin |
|
189 |
Great-billed Munia |
Lonchura grandis |
Great-billed Mannikin |
|
189 |
Grey-banded Munia |
Lonchura vana |
Grey-banded Mannikin |
|
189 |
Grey-headed Munia |
Lonchura caniceps |
Grey-headed Mannikin |
|
189 |
Grey-crowned Munia |
Lonchura nevermanni |
Grey-crowned Mannikin |
|
189 |
Hooded Munia |
Lonchura spectabilis |
Hooded Mannikin |
|
189 |
Yellow-rumped Munia |
Lonchura flaviprymna |
Yellow-rumped Mannikin |
|
189 |
Chestnut-breasted Munia |
Lonchura castaneothorax |
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin |
|
189 |
Black Munia |
Lonchura stygia |
Black Mannikin |
|
189 |
Black-breasted Munia |
Lonchura teerinki |
Black-breasted Mannikin |
|
189 |
Eastern Alpine Munia |
Lonchura monticola |
Eastern Alpine Mannikin |
|
189 |
Western Alpine Munia |
Lonchura montana |
Western Alpine Mannikin |
|
189 |
Sooty Munia |
Lonchura melaena |
Buff-bellied Mannikin |
|
189 |
Mottled Munia |
Lonchura hunsteinii |
Hunstein's Mannikin |
|
189 |
New Ireland Munia |
Lonchura forbesi |
Forbes's Mannikin |
|
208 |
Red-rumped Warbling Finch |
Poospiza lateralis |
Buff-throated Warbling Finch |
|
210 |
Warbler Finch |
Certhidea olivacea |
Green Warbler-Finch |
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ENGLISH NAME UPDATES - IOC Version 2.1 (May 2009) |
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Scientific Name |
Updated IOC List (version 2.1) |
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Scaly-breasted Partridge |
Arborophila charltonii |
Chestnut-necklaced Partridge |
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23 |
Royal Albatross |
Diomedea epomophora |
Southern Royal Albatross |
|
23 |
Yellow-nosed Albatross |
Thalassarche chlororhynchos |
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross |
|
24 |
Pediunker |
Procellaria cinerea |
Grey Petrel |
|
28 |
Yellow-billed Egret |
Egretta intermedia |
Intermediate Egret |
|
29 |
Pelagic Shag |
Phalacrocorax pelagicus |
Pelagic Cormorant |
|
29 |
Red-faced Shag |
Phalacrocorax urile |
Red-faced Cormorant |
|
29 |
Red-legged Shag |
Phalacrocorax gaimardi |
Red-legged Cormorant |
|
58 |
Jamaican Parakeet |
Aratinga nana |
Olive-throated Parakeet |
|
70 |
Spangled Owlet-nightjar |
Aegotheles tatei |
Starry Owlet-nightjar |
|
72 |
Ashy-tailed Swift |
Chaetura meridionalis |
Sick's Swift |
|
149 |
Fairy Warbler |
Stenostira scita |
Fairy Flycatcher |
|
153 |
Vanuatu Thicketbird |
Megalurulus whitneyi |
Melanesian Thicketbird |
|
153 |
Melanesian Thicketbird |
Megalurulus llaneae |
Bougainville Thicketbird |
|
161 |
Nilgiri Laughingthrush |
Garrulax cachinnans |
Black-chinned Laughingthrush |
|
162 |
Chestnut-tailed Minla |
Minla strigula |
Bar-throated Minla |
|
165 |
Madeiracrest |
Regulus madeirae |
Madeira Firecrest |
|
165 |
Firecrest |
Regulus ignicapilla |
Common Firecrest |
|
175 |
Cameroon Mountain Robin |
Cossypha isabellae |
Mountain Robin-Chat |
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ENGLISH NAME UPDATES - IOC Version 2.0 (January 2009) |
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Scientific Name |
Updated IOC List (version 2.0) |
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Black-rumped Buttonquail |
Turnix hottentatus |
Hottentot Buttonquail |
|
57 |
Mindanao Racquet-tail |
Prioniturus waterstradti |
Mindanao Racket-tail |
|
79 |
Blue-tailed Trogon |
Apalharpactes reinwartii |
Javan Trogon |
|
84 |
Red-billed Hornbill |
Tockus erythrorhynchus |
Northern Red-billed Hornbill |
|
91 |
Piaui Woodpecker |
Celeus obrieni |
Kaempfer’s Woodpecker |
|
113 |
Band-tailed Eremobius |
Ochetorhynchus (Upucerthia) phoenicurus |
Band-tailed Earthcreeper |
|
116 |
Guttulated Foliage-gleaner |
Syndactyla guttulata |
Guttulate Foliage-gleaner |
|
119 |
Macgregor's Bowerbird |
Amblyornis macgregoriae |
MacGregor's Bowerbird |
|
122 |
Macgregor's Lappetface |
Macgregoria pulchra |
Macgregor's Honeyeater |
|
125 |
Velvet Satinbird |
Cnemophilus loriae |
Loria's Satinbird |
|
125 |
Antenna Satinbird |
Cnemophilus macgregorii |
Crested Satinbird |
|
125 |
Silken Satinbird |
Loboparadisea sericea |
Yellow-breasted Satinbird |
|
137 |
Kulanbangra Monarch |
Monarcha browni |
Kolombangara Monarch |
|
141 |
White-necked Picathartes |
Picathartes gymnocephalus |
White-necked Rockfowl |
|
141 |
Grey-necked Picathartes |
Picathartes oreas |
Grey-necked Rockfowl |
|
145 |
Clapper Lark |
Mirafra apiata |
Cape Clapper Lark |
|
151 |
Grey-olive Bulbul |
Phyllastrephus cerviniventris |
Grey-olive Greenbul |
|
151 |
Pale-olive Bulbul |
Phyllastrephus fulviventris |
Pale-olive Greenbul |
|
157 |
Omei Warbler |
Seicercus omeiensis |
Martens's Warbler |
|
157 |
Burnt-neck Eremomela |
Eremomela usticollis |
Burnt-necked Eremomela |
|
164 |
Cape White-eye |
Zosterops pallidus |
Orange River White-eye |
|
175 |
Bocage's Robin |
Sheppardia bocagei |
Bocage's Akalat |
|
198 |
Para Oropendola |
Psarocolius bifasciatus |
Olive Oropendola |
|
209 |
Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater |
Sporophila torqueola |
White-collared Seedeater |
|
Update 1.5 |
White-tipped Imperial Pigeon |
Ducula luctuosa |
Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon |
|
Update 1.5 |
Mattoral Tapaculo |
Scytalopus griseicollis |
Matorral Tapaculo |
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