UPDATES: English Names
As expected, we have received strong reactions, both positive and negative, to some of the new English names that appear on our list. Some colleagues prefer no change at all, or continued use of different names for the same species. Others accept the need for some change, but preferably not involving their favorite species. Still others wish that we had improved consistency by changing many more names than we did. We appreciate the spirit and content of these critiques. We plan to revisit and to adjust the most problematic names later this year (2008).
Our first priority is to refine and adjust English names as required by (proposed) changes of species taxonomy or corrections that accompany each update. The name changes below respond to this need. 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: Version 1.6 (June 30, 2008) |
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Original IOC List (1.0) |
Scientific Name |
Updated IOC List (1.6) |
22 |
Fairy Penguin |
Eudyptila minor |
Little Penguin |
22 |
Jackass Penguin |
Spheniscus demersus |
African Penguin |
25 |
White-vented Storm Petrel |
Oceanites gracilis |
Elliot's Storm Petrel |
28 |
Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
Western Cattle Egret |
28 |
Great Egret |
Ardea alba |
(Western) Great Egret |
30 |
Darter |
Anhinga melanogaster |
Oriental Darter |
33 |
Nicobar Serpent Eagle |
Spilornis minimus |
Central Nicobar Serpent Eagle |
35 |
Roughleg |
Buteo lagopus |
Rough-legged Buzzard |
45 |
Band-tailed Gull |
Larus belcheri |
Belcher's Gull |
46 |
Great Black-headed Gull |
Larus ichthyaetus |
Pallas's Gull |
46 |
Common Black-headed Gull |
Larus ridibundus |
Black-headed Gull |
47 |
Sooty Noddy |
Anous tenuirostris |
Lesser Noddy |
47 |
Angel Tern |
Gygis alba |
White Tern |
52 |
Pompadour Green Pigeon |
Treron pompadora |
Sri Lanka Green Pigeon |
54 |
Long-tailed Mountain Pigeon |
Gymnophaps mada |
Buru Mountain Pigeon |
56 |
White-cheeked Rosella |
Platycercus adscitus |
Pale-headed Rosella |
62 |
Green Malkoha |
Ceuthmochares aereus |
Blue Malkoha |
64 |
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo |
Surniculus lugubris |
Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo |
64 |
Barn Owl |
Tyto alba |
(Western) Barn Owl |
64 |
Greater Sooty Owl |
Tyto tenebricosa |
Sooty Owl |
65 |
Collared Scops Owl |
Otus bakkamoena |
Indian Scops Owl |
68 |
Morepork |
Ninox novaeseelandiae |
Southern Boobook |
68 |
Moluccan Boobook |
Ninox squamipila |
Hantu Boobook |
70 |
Grey Nightjar |
Caprimulgus indicus |
Indian Jungle Nightjar |
71 |
Moluccan Swiftlet |
Aerodramus infuscatus |
Halmahera Swiftlet |
105 |
Yellow-billed Grosbeak |
Eophona migratoria |
Chinese Grosbeak |
129 |
Melanesian Cuckooshrike |
Coracina caledonica |
South Melanesian Cuckooshrike |
130 |
Scarlet Minivet |
Pericrocotus flammeus |
Orange Minivet |
139 |
Jungle Crow |
Corvus levaillantii |
Eastern Jungle Crow |
143 |
Black-lored Tit |
Parus xanthogenys |
(Himalayan) Black-lored Tit |
143 |
Blue Tit |
Cyanistes caeruleus |
(Eurasian) Blue Tit |
148 |
Hill Prinia |
Prinia atrogularis |
Black-throated Prinia |
150 |
Black-crested Bulbul |
Pycnonotus melanicterus |
Black-capped Bulbul |
152 |
Golden Bulbul |
Thapsinillas affinis |
Seram Golden Bulbul |
154 |
Marquesan Reed Warbler |
Acrocephalus mendanae |
Southern Marquesan Reed Warbler |
161 |
Nilgiri Laughingthrush |
Garrulax cachinnans |
Black-chinned Laughingthrush |
163 |
White-bellied Yuhina |
Erpornis zantholeuca |
White-bellied Erpornis |
167 |
Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch |
Sitta castanea |
Indian Nuthatch |
168 |
Manipur Treecreeper |
Certhia manipurensis |
Hume's Treecreeper |
174 |
Fire-crested Alethe |
Alethe diademata |
White-tailed Alethe |
176 |
White-bellied Shortwing |
Myiomela (Brachypteryx) major |
Nilgiri Blue Robin |
181 |
Plain Flowerpecker |
Dicaeum concolor |
Nilgiri Flowerpecker |
182 |
Eastern Olive Sunbird |
Cyanomitra olivacea |
Olive Sunbird |
189 |
Black-headed Munia |
Lonchura malacca |
Tricolored Munia |
194 |
Pink-tailed Rosefinch |
Urocynchramus pylzowi |
Przevalski's Finch |
194 |
Beautiful Rosefinch |
Carpodacus pulcherrimus |
Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch |
194 |
White-browed Rosefinch |
Carpodacus thura |
Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch |
194 |
Great Rosefinch |
Carpodacus rubicilla |
Caucasian Great Rosefinch |
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English Name Updates: Version 1.5 (January 16, 2008) |
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Original IOC List (1.0) |
Scientific Name |
Updated IOC List (1.5) |
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Common Piping Guan |
Pipile pipile |
Trinidad Piping Guan |
16 |
Blue Grouse |
Dendragapus obscurus |
Dusky Grouse |
19 |
Bean Goose |
Anser fabalis |
Taiga Bean Goose |
21 |
Brown Teal |
Anas aucklandica |
Auckland Teal |
22 |
Rockhopper Penguin |
Eudyptes chrysocome |
Western Rockhopper Penguin |
26 |
Sacred Ibis |
Threskiornis aethiopica |
African Sacred Ibis |
33 |
Malagasy Marsh Harrier |
Circus maillardi |
Reunion Harrier |
47 |
Subantarctic Skua |
Stercorarius antarcticus |
Brown Skua |
52 |
Dark-eared Brown Dove |
Phapitreron cinereiceps |
Tawitawi Brown Dove |
64 |
Oriental Cuckoo |
Cuculus saturatus |
Himalayan Cuckoo |
65 |
Vermiculated Screech Owl |
Megascops guatemalae |
Middle American Screech Owl |
73 |
Pale-tailed Barbthroat |
Threnetes niger |
Sooty Barbthroat |
84 |
Brown Hornbill |
Anorrhinus tickelli |
Tickell's Brown Hornbill |
92 |
White-necked Puffbird |
Notharchus macrorhynchos |
Guianan Puffbird |
95 |
White-ruffed Manakin |
Corapipo leurcorrhoa |
White-bibbed Manakin |
96 |
Vermiculated Screech Owl |
Megascops guatemalae |
Middle American Screech Owl |
96 |
Foothill Screech Owl |
Megascops roraimae |
Roraiman Screech Owl |
103 |
Dusky Flycatcher |
Empidonax oberholseri |
American Dusky Flycatcher |
103 |
Grey Flycatcher |
Empidonax wrightii |
American Grey Flycatcher |
109 |
Warbling Antbird |
Hypocnemis cantator |
Guianan Warbling Antbird |
111 |
Rufous-rumped Tapaculo |
Scytalopus griseicollis |
Mattoral Tapaculo |
118 |
Scalloped Woodcreeper |
Lepidocolaptes squamatus |
Scaled Woodcreeper |
122 |
Smoky Honeyeater |
Melipotes fumigatus |
Common Smoky Honeyeater |
126 |
Black-headed Batis |
Batis minor |
Eastern Black-headed Batis |
156 |
White-tailed Leaf Warbler |
Phylloscopus davisoni |
Davison's Leaf Warbler |
157 |
Orphean Warbler |
Sylvia hortensis |
Western Orphean Warbler |
158 |
Spot-breasted Scimatar Babbler |
Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis |
Black-necklaced Scimitar Babbler |
159 |
Rabor's Wren-Babbler |
Robsonius (Napothera) rabori |
Rusty-faced Babbler |
159 |
Long-tailed Wren-Babbler |
Spelaeornis chocolatinus |
Naga Wren-Babbler |
159 |
Wedge-billed Wren-Babbler |
Sphenocichla humei |
Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler |
159 |
Pygmy Babbler |
Stachyris plateni |
Mindanao Pygmy Babbler |
160 |
Striped Tit-Babbler |
Macronous gularis |
Pin-striped Tit-Babbler |
160 |
Miniature Tit-Babbler |
Micromacronus leytensis |
Visayan Miniature Babbler |
161 |
Hwamei |
Garrulax canorus |
Chinese Hwamei |
161 |
Cutia |
Cutia nipalensis |
Himalayan Cutia |
162 |
Streak-throated Fulvetta |
Alcippe cinereiceps |
Grey-hooded Fulvetta |
171 |
Sunda Whistling Thrush |
Myophonus glaucinus |
Javan Whistling Thrush |
171 |
Moluccan Thrush |
Zoothera dumasi |
Buru Thrush |
176 |
European Stonechat |
Saxicola torquata |
African Stonechat |
178 |
Yellow-eyed Black Thrush |
Melaenornis ardesiacus |
Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher |
194 |
Crimson-winged Finch |
Rhodopechys sanguineus |
Eurasian Crimson-winged Finch |
197 |
Stripe-crowned Warbler |
Basileuterus culicivorus |
Golden-crowned Warbler |
200 |
House Bunting |
Emberiza striolata |
Striolated Bunting |
208 |
Tristan Finch |
Nesospiza acunhae |
Inaccessible Island Finch |
209 |
Lesser Seed Finch |
Oryzoborus angolensis |
Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch |