Theme Birds on Stamps      by Kjell Scharning

The IOC World Bird List 3.3 contains 10,625 species classified in 40 orders, 231 families (plus 6 Incertia sedis) and 2256 genera.

Principe Kingfisher Corythornis nais is lumped with Malachite Kingfisher C. cristatus. We have three stamps with Principe Kingfisher, one from Guinea-Bissau and two from Sao Tome and Principe, all with the same image. The inscription on the two Sao Tome and Principe stamps is Alcedo leucogaster nais. Is the depicted bird a Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus or is it a White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster? My choice is White-bellied Kingfisher.

Italian Sparrow is recognized as species with scientific name Passer italiae.

Lots of changes in Accipitridae and Fringillidae.

The IOC World Bird List 3.2 contains 10,611 species classified in 40 orders, 231 families (plus 6 Incertia sedis) and 2256 genera.

3 new families. Scotocercidae with no species on stamps. Erythrocercidae - Livingstone's Flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei, Zambia, moves to this family from Incertae Sedis 5. Arcanatoridae with no species on stamps.

Scientific name of Cory's Shearwater changes to Calonectris borealis.
Comoro Is, Madeira, Maldive Is, Mauritius, Sao Tome.

Split Scopoli's Shearwater, Calonectris diomedea, from Cory's Shearwater. Range Mediterranean islands.
Malta.

I shall list Calonectris borealis as new species on stamp and Calonectris diomedea with English name changed.

Trilling Tailorbird Orthotomus chloronotus is split from Philippine Tailorbird O. castaneiceps. Is the Philippine Tailorbird on Philippines 2009 stamps Trilling Tailorbird? I need more information.

The IOC World Bird List 3.1 contains 10,596 species classified in 40 orders, 228 families (plus 6 Incertia sedis) and 2257 genera.

Scientific name for family Sandgrouse is changed to Pteroclidae.
Family moves:
Paroaria from Emberizidae to Thraupidae.
Piranga and Habia from Thraupidae to Cardinalidae.

Vietnamese Pheasant Lophura hatinhensis is deleted. I have decided to keep it included in my listings.

Recently extinct species are included in this IOC 3.1 list. These extinct species are now listed in their families:
Crested Shelduck Tadorna cristata, Pink-headed Duck Rhodonessa caryophyllacea and Labrador Duck Camptorhynchus labradorius in 14 Anatidae
Red Rail Aphanapteryx bonasia and Samoan Woodhen Gallinula pacifica in 46 Rallidae
Great Auk Pinguinus impennis in 68 Alcidae
Ryukyu Wood Pigeon Columba jouyi, Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius, Dodo Raphus cucullatus, Rodrigues Solitaire Pezophaps solitaria and Mauritius Blue Pigeon Alectroenas nitidissima in 70 Columbidae
Norfolk Kaka Nestor productus in 71 Nestoridae
New Caledonian Lorikeet Charmosyna diadema, Black-fronted Parakeet Cyanoramphus zealandicus, Seychelles Parakeet Psittacula wardi, Newton's Parakeet Psittacula exsul, Broad-billed Parrot Lophopsittacus mauritianus, Glaucous Macaw Anodorhynchus glaucus, Cuban Macaw Ara tricolor and Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis in 73 Psittacidae
Laughing Owl Sceloglaux albifacies in 78 Strigidae
Huia Heteralocha acutirostris in 139 Callaeidae
Hawaii Oo Moho nobilis in 174 Mohoidae
Tasman Starling Aplonis fusca in 210 Sturnidae
Lesser Akialoa Hemignathus obscurus in 226 Fringillidae

The IOC World Bird List 2.11 contains 10,474 species classified in 40 orders, 228 families (plus 6 Incertia sedis) and 2227 genera.

The IOC World Bird List 2.10 contains 10,466 species classified in 40 orders, 233 families and 2234 genera.

The IOC World Bird List 2.9 contains 10,448 species classified in 40 orders, 233 families and 2233 genera.

Eastern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes filholi has been lumped with Western Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome.

Whitely's Toucanet Aulacorhynchus whitelianus is a new species, split from Chestnut-tipped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus derbianus. The distribution for Whitely's Toucanet is Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam. I have chosen to change id for the two Chestnut-tipped Toucanet, from Guyana and Surinam, to Whitely's Toucanet. Chestnut-tipped Toucanet is no longer on stamp.

The IOC World Bird List 2.8 contains 10,438 species classified in 40 orders, 233 families and 2232 genera.

The Eastern and Western Great Egrets are again one species. Eastern Great Egret has been lumped with Western Great Egret.
King Shag is lumped with Imperial Shag, but I shall keep them as separate species in my listings.

South Georgia Shag, Antarctic Shag and Macquarie Shag are raised to species level. They were already listed as species in my listings.

Species sequence has been changed for Puffinus.

No new species on stamp.

The IOC World Bird List 2.7 contains 10,426 species classified in 40 orders, 233 families and 2229 genera.
Family Loons is moved to precede Penguins. Family Frigatebirds is moved to precede Gannets, Boobies. Scientific name for the Grassbirds family has been changed from Megaluridae to Locustellidae.

There were 229 families in IOC 2.5.
There are 6 new families in IOC 2.7. They are Capitonidae (New World Barbets), Semnornithidae (Prong-billed and Toucan Barbets), Pnoepygidae (Wren-babblers), Macrosphenidae (Crombecs, African warblers), Pellorneidae (Fulvettas, Ground Babblers) and Leiothrichidae (Laughingthrushes). 2 'Incertae sedis' families are emptied. Capitonidae and Semnornithidae are splits from Ramphastidae and precedes Ramphastidae. Pnoepygidae and Macrosphenidae precedes Cettiidae. Pellorneidae and Leiothrichidae follows Timaliidae.

Sequence of species has been changed in Cranes and Kingfishers. White Tern (Gygis alba) has been moved up to follow the Noddys.

Species moves:
Scarlet-crowned Barbet (Capito aurovirens), Orange-fronted Barbet (Capito squamatus), Black-spotted Barbet (Capito niger), Lemon-throated Barbet (Eubucco richardsoni) and Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii) have been moved from Ramphastidae to the new family Capitonidae. Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus) has been moved from Ramphastidae to the new family Semnornithidae.
Piopio (Turnagra capensis) moves from 'Incertae sedis' to Ptilonorhynchidae (Bowerbirds).
There are several species moves from Timaliidae (Babblers, Parrotbills) to Pellorneidae, Leiothrichidae, Sylviidae and Zosteropidae.
Rufous-winged Fulvetta (Alcippe castaneceps), Abbott's Babbler (Malacocincla abbotti) and Brown-capped Babbler (Pellorneum fuscocapillus) to Pellorneidae.
Turdoides spp, Garrulax spp, Minla spp, Liocichla spp, Leiothrix spp, Heterophasia spp and Actinodura spp to Leiothrichidae.
Abyssinian Catbird (Parophasma galinieri), Dohrn's Thrush-Babbler (Horizorhinus dohrni), Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana) and Reed Parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei) to Sylviidae.
Taiwan Yuhina (Yuhina brunneiceps) to Zosteropidae.
Fire-tailed Myzornis (Myzornis pyrrhoura) moves from 'Incertae sedis' to Sylviidae.
Common Bush Tanager (Chlorospingus ophthalmicus) moves from Thraupidae to Emberizidae.

Nestoridae should be Strigopidae

The Common Moorhen has been split to Gallinula chloropus for the Eastern Hemisphere and Gallinula galeata for the Western Hemisphere. To the new species, Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata, I have moved Common Moorhens of
Barbados, British Virgin Is, Cayes of Belize, Dominica, El Salvador, Grenadines (G), Montserrat, Penrhyn Island, St Helena, St Lucia.
The Motmot split has given me, together with an earlier split, 5 new Motmot species.
Blue-crowned Motmot: Guyana 1990, Liberia 1998, Liberia 2003, Nicaragua 2000.
Blue-diademed Motmot: Belize 1977, Belize 2005, Costa Rica 1984, El Salvador 2000, Nicaragua 1981.
Trinidad Motmot: Trinidad & Tobago 2003.
Whooping Motmot: Colombia 1985, Mali 1995, Nicaragua 1992.
Andean Motmot: Ecuador 1966, Peru 1972.
We have 1 Western Winter Wren on stamp: USA 2000.

Cettidae should be Cettiidae
Callaeatidae should be Callaeidae
New English name for Callaeidae: New Zealand Wattlebirds
Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus has been moved to the Odontopohoridae family
One species in my listings has been lumped in this update: Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta vinacea has become a subspecies of Lagonosticta larvata which takes over the name Black-faced Firefinch. I shall not do this lump in my listings, but I shall change English name to Western Black-faced Firefinch.

I have changed id for the Yellow-headed Amazon in the Guyana 03.08.1999 Parrots of Central America set to Tres Marias Amazon Amazona tresmariae.
My Northern Boobook was not lumped when I moved to IOC. This owl is already a species in my listings.
The Kokako in the New Zealand 24.04.1985 Native birds set is a North Island Kokako Callaeas wilsoni. Callaeas cinereus is no longer on stamp.
With the Saddleback split, we now have two Saddleback species on stamp.
The North Island Saddleback has thin buff line at upper edge of saddle. This is featured by the Saddleback in the New Zealand 23.04.1986 Native birds set. I shall change id for this Saddleback to North Island Saddleback Philesturnus rufusater. Name change for the others to South Island Saddleback.
I shall change id for the Stonechat in the Korea, North 09.07.1988 Birds set from Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus to Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri. Siberian Stonechat is no longer on stamp.

Family moves
Sharpbill Oxyruncus cristatus is placed in family Tityridae.
Amazonian Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus, Northern Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus mexicanus and Atlantic Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus swainsoni are placed in family Tityridae.
Yellowhead Mohoua ochrocephala is moved from family Acanthizidae to Incertae Sedis.
Silktail Lamprolia victoriae is moved from family Monarchidae to family Rhipiduridae.

Family changes
The IOC World Bird List 2.3 contains 229 families (including the 7 Incertae Sedis)
With the move of Sharpbill to the Tityridae family there is no longer an Oxyruncidae family.
The Incertae Sedis with Yellowhead is new - between Acanthizidae and Pomatostomidae.
Rhabdornithidae (not on stamp) no longer exists - they are moved to Sturnidae.
This means new family numbers for families 118-131 and 206-230.

Tasman Starling Aplonis fusca is considered extinct and has been removed from the IOC list.
Rose-breasted Chat Granatellus pelzelni has been moved to the Grosbeaks, Saltators & Allies family.

South Georgia Shag Leucocarbo georgianus, Antarctic Shag Leucocarbo bransfieldensis and Macquarie Shag Leucocarbo purpurascens are listed as proposed splits and are not included in the IOC 2.1 list. I shall, however, not remove them from my listings.