Subspecies Updates

IOC Version 3.4 (Draft)
Species	Previous Versions	Proposed change	Code	Notes & Sources
Orange River Francolin	Scleroptila levaillantoides levaillantoides	Scleroptila gutturalis levalliantoides	TAX	Change frequently used spelling levaillantoides to original spelling levalliantoides. Zoonomen, H&M 4. See Taxonomy updates for change in species epithet.
Red-tailed Hawk	Buteo jamaicensis	Delete ssp. B. j. kriderii regarded as a white morph of B. j. borealis. Delete B. j. socorroensis included in B. j. calurus. Delete B. j. solitudinis included in B. j. umbrinus.	DEL	Preston & Beane, 2009. BNA On-line.
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus fruitii	Falco peregrinus furuitii	CORR	Correct original spelling fruitii to proper eponymic furuitii under ICZN code Article 32.5.1.
Sooty Barbthroat	Monotypic. Threnetes niger.	Move ssp loehkeni to Sooty Barbthroat from Pale-tailed Barbthroat. Add nominate ssp niger with allocation of ssp loehkeni to this species.	ADD	ssp loehkeni moved to T. niger from T. leucurus following SACC 77.
White-throated Toucanet	Monotypic. Aulacorhynchus albivitta	Move ssp phaeolaemus to White-throated Toucanet from Grey-throated Toucanet. Add nominate ssp albivitta with allocation of ssp phaeolaemus to this species. Grey-throated Toucanet, A. griseigularis, becomes monotypic.	CORR	ssp phaeolaemus moved to Aulacorhynchus albivitta from A. griseigularis. Navarro et al. 2001.
Long-tailed Cinclodes	Monotypic. Cinclodes pabsti	Add newly described ssp espinhacensis. Add nominate ssp pabsti with addition of espinhacensis to this species.	NEW	Freitas et al, 2012. SACC 548.
Mountain Fulvetta	Alcippe peracensis eremita	Move ssp eremita to Black-browed Fulvetta P. grotei.	CORR	Corrects error in original subspecies allocation.
Black-browed Fulvetta	Monotypic. Alcippe grotei.	Add nominate subspecies grotei with allocation of ssp eremita to this species.	ADD
Thrush-like Wren	Campylorhynchus turdinus aenigmaticus	Delete ssp. aenigmaticus	DEL	Proposed ssp aenigmaticus treated as a likely hybrid form following HBW 10 and Ridgely & Tudor.
Blue-and-white Flycatcher	Cyanoptila cyanomelana	Split ssp intermedia (Weigold, 1922) from cumatilis	AS	ssp cumatilis regarded as a c China breeding endemic. Leader & Carey, 2012.
Vitelline Masked Weaver	Ploceus vitellinus peixotoi	Move ssp peixotoi to Southern Masked Weaver P. velatus.	CORR	N. Borrow (comm). Corrects error in original subspecies allocation.


IOC Version 3.3 (Jan 30, 2013)
Species	Previous Versions	Proposed change	Code	Notes & Sources
Grey Teal	Monotypic. Anas gracilis	Add Anas g. remissa †. Add nominate subspecies Anas g. gracilis with recognition of Anas g. remissa.	ADD	Hume & Walters 2012, Dutson 2011
Wilson’s Storm Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	Add O.o. chilensis	ADD	Jaramillo 2009, Palma et al 2012. Formerly synonymized with the nominate, now increasingly recognized as a valid taxon
African Darter	Anhinga rufa	Add Anhinga r. chantrei	ADD	Schodde, Kirwan & Porter 2012
Australasian Darter	Monotypic. Anhinga novaehollandiae	Add Anhinga n. papua. Add nominate subspecies Anhinga n. novaehollandiae with recognition of Anhinga n. papua.	ADD	Schodde, Kirwan & Porter 2012
Black Rail	Laterallus jamaicensis	Add Laterallus jamaicensis tuerosi with lump of Junin Crake.	ADD	SACC 536
Bare-eyed Rail	Gymnocrex plumbeiventris	Add Gymnocrex plumbeiventris intactus †	ADD	Knox & Walters 1994. Often synonymized with nominate, but morphologically distinct.
Polynesian Ground Dove	Monotypic. Gallicolumba erythroptera	Add G. e. albicollis † Add nominate subspecies Gallicolumba e. erythroptera with recognition of G. e. alibcollis.	ADD	Hume & Walters 2012
Eclectus Parrot	Eclectus roratus	Add Eclectus roratus westermani †	ADD	Juniper & Parr 1998. Roselaar Accessed 2012. Often considered a possible hybrid or an aberrant E. r. roratus, but compelling evidence suggests otherwise. Known only from captive specimens. Provenance unknown.
Banded Bay Cuckoo	Cacomantis sonneratii schlegeli (Junge, 1948)	Cacomantis sonneratii fasciolatus (Müller, S, 1843)	TAX	C. s. fasciolatus has precedence and is a valid name for this taxon. Payne 2005.
Koepcke’s Screech Owl	Megascops koepckeae	Add newly described subspcies Megascops koepckeae hockingi. Add nominate subspecies M. k. koepckeae.	NEW	Fjeldså et al 2012
Malachite Kingfisher	Corythornis cristatus	Add C. c. nais and C. c. thomensis with lump of Principe Kingfisher and Sao Tome Kingfisher	ADD	Melo & Fuchs 2008
Pale-browed Treehunter	Cichlocolaptes leucophrus	Add Cichlocolaptes leucophrus holti (Pinto, 1941). Add nominate C. l. leucophrus with recognition of C. l. holti.	ADD	Ridgely & Tudor, 1994. HBW 8, p. 340
Spotted Antpitta	Hylopezus macularius diversus	Alter subspecies name to Hylopezus macularius dilutus.	TAX	H. m. diversus (Zimmer, JT, 1934) synonymized with H. m. dilutus (Hellmayr, 1910) by Carneiro et al 2012. dilutus has priority.
Immaculate Antbird	Myrmeciza immaculata	Add Myrmeciza immaculata concepcion	NEW	Donegan, 2012
Long-tailed Manakin	Chiroxiphia linearis	Delete C.l. fastuosa.	DEL	Treat as monotypic following Kirwin 2011
Large Woodshrike	Tephrodornis virgatus vernayi	Tephrodornis virgatus verneyi	TAX	Original spelling. fide Colin Jones, Normand David
Rufous-vented Tit	Periparus rubidiventris	Add Periparus rubidiventris whistleri split from P. r. beavani	ADD	Martens et al 2006
Coal Tit	Periparus ater	Add Periparus ater abietum split from the nominate	ADD	Martens et al 2006
Streaky-headed Seedeater	Crithagra gularis montium	Crithagra gularis montanorum	CORR	Correct error in transcription of subspecies epithet

IOC Version 3.2 (Oct 15, 2012)
Species	Previous Versions	Proposed change	Code	Notes & Sources
Green-legged Partridge	Arborophila chloropus	Add Arborophila chloropus tonkinensis reassigned from Arborophila charltonii	TAX	Clements 2006, Rheindt unpubl.
Clapper Rail	Rallus longirostris	Correct switched Ranges: R.l.pelodramus=Trinidad; waynei=coastal se USA	CORR	Thanks to Gustav Asplund
Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	Add C. a. nihonensis Deignan, 1941; range of dealbatus to se China	TAX	Kennerley et al, 2008
Black-legged Kittiwake	Monotypic, following Dickinson 2003	Add Rissa tridactyla pollicaris Ridgway, 1884	AS	HBW/IBC, BNA OnLine
Black-legged Kittiwake	Monotypic, following Dickinson 2003	Add Rissa tridactyla tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)	AS	HBW/IBC, BNA OnLine
Luzon (Philippine) Hawk-Owl	Ninox philippensis	Delete ssp N.p.proxima, included in N.p.philippensis	AL	Rasmussen et al 2012
Romblon Hawk-Owl	Ninox spilonota	Add newly described ssp N. s. fisheri. Add nominate ssp N. s. spilonota with recognition of N. s. fisheri.	NEW	Rasmussen et al 2012
Rusty-breasted Cuckoo	Cacomantis sepulcralis aeruginosus	Remove ssp aeruginosus and reassign to Moluccan Cuckoo, C. aeruginosus (See Taxonomic Updates).	TAX	Payne MS, Tebb et al 2008, Rheindt et al MS
Moluccan Cuckoo	Monotypic	Add ssp aeruginosus reassigned from C. sepulcralis. Also add C. aeruginosus heinrichi (See Taxonomic Updates).	TAX	Payne MS, Tebb et al 2008, Rheindt et al MS
Plain-brown Woodcreeper	Dendrocincla fuliginosa taunayi	Remove ssp taunayi and reassign to D. turdina	TAX, PHY	Weir & Price 2011
Plain-winged Woodcreeper	Dendrocincla turdina	Add Dendrocincla turdina taunayi reassigned from D. fuliginosa	TAX, PHY	Weir & Price 2011
Sand Lark	Calandrella raytal	C. r. krishnakumarsinhji, not C. r. krishnarkumarsinhji	TAX	H&M3, Corrigenda 8
Common Bulbul	Pycnonotus barbatus spurius	Remove ssp spurius and reassign to P. tricolor.	TAX	Correct error in original ssp allocation.
Common Bulbul	Pycnonotus barbatus layardi	Remove ssp layardi and reassign to P. tricolor.	TAX	Correct error in original ssp allocation.
Dark-capped Bulbul	Pycnonotus tricolor	Add Pycnonotus tricolor spurius and P. tricolor layardi ssp reassigned from P. barbatus. Also add nominate subspecies, P. tricolor tricolor.	TAX	Correct errors in original ssp allocation.
Red-pate Cisticola	Cisticola ruficeps guinea	Remove ssp guinea which is synonymous with Dorst’s Cisticola (formerly C. dorsti). The latter assumes the scientific name C. guinea.	TAX	Dowsett-Lemaire, Borrow & Dowsett 2005
Western Orphean Warbler	Sylvia hortensis	Add newly described Sylvia hortensis cyrenaicae. Add nominate subspecies Sylvia hortensis hortensis with recognition of S. h. cyrenaicae.	NEW	Svensson 2012.
Asian Brown Flycatcher	Muscicapa daurica	Add Muscicapa dauurica pooensis Sykes, 1832. Remove ssp williamsoni and umbrosa, which are split as Brown-streaked Flycatcher, M. williamsoni	TAX	Rasmussen & Anderton 2005, HBW 11; Rheindt & Eaton, 2012
African Pipit	Anthus cinnamomeus	Add Anthus cinnamomeus latistriatus Jackson,1899	AL	Best treatment of Jackson’s Pipit, a dubious taxon (H&M3, R. Dowsett)