IOC WORLD BIRD LIST UPDATES (2009)
Below are summaries of 2009 updates to the IOC World Bird List, first published as Birds of the World, Recommended English Names - Version 1.0 (Gill and Wright 2006). All of the updated information and species changes are included in the latest version of the species lists available on this website. Different formats of the updated lists, including Excel spreadsheets can be downloaded from the links on the Home page (scroll down) . The Life List format spreadsheet includes Ranges of each species. The Computer Friendly spreadsheet is our Master List which includes Ranges and also Comments about the status of species.
UPDATE Version 2.1
IOC World Bird List 2.1 was released on May 13, 2009. Previous year versions of the master list and quarterly updates are available in a separate Update Archive.
The IOC World Bird List 2.1 contains 10,340 species classified in 39 Orders, 224 Families and 2198 Genera.
Updates from version 2.0 to version 2.1 include:
SPECIES
Added: Newly described and splits - 14, including 8 albatross splits
Deleted: To PS List - 2; Lumps and other - 1
English Name Changes : 19, including Madeiracrest to Madeira Firecrest, Pediunker to Grey Petrel
Range Changes: 44
Revisions of Genera – 11
UPDATE Version 2.0
The release of this update of the IOC World Bird List on January 18, 2009 skips from the previously posted Version 1.7, released September 30, 2008, to Version 2.0. Versions 1.8 and 1.9 were unposted working drafts. Past versions of the master list and quarterly updates are available in a separate Update Archive.
The IOC World Bird List 2.0 contains 10,331 species classified in 39 Orders, 224 Families and 2199 Genera. This is a major update that includes revisions of the family classification as well as species taxonomy.
Updates from version 1.7 to version 2.0 (see below) include:
SPECIES
Added: Newly described and splits - 25; Conversions (PS to AS) - 226
Deleted: To PS List - 54; Lumps and other - 8
English Name Changes : 26
Range Changes: 13
Revisions of Genera – 190
CLASSIFICATION
Overview
Addition of 9 Orders and 33 Families
Revisions of Old World Warbler families
Resequenced families of suboscines to align with SACC Classification
FAMILY INDEX
A separate Index to the 224 Families with links to the appropriate HTML page of the IOC World List and also links of the Orders to corresponding pages in the Tree of Life project.