All Birds Wiki :Taxonomy/Changes

The taxonomic changes follow Taxonomy in Flux.

Phasianidae

 * Brown Quail is not related to the other Coturnix species, so it is placed in its on genus Synoicus.

Rallidae

 * The genera Aramidopsis, Eulabeornis, Habroptila, Lewinia, and Nesoclopeus have been submerged into Gallirallus while Megacrex has been separated from Gallirallus.

Accipitridae

 * Heterospizias, Amadonastur, and Urubitinga have been merged into Buteogallus.

Megalaimidae

 * Megalaima has been merged with Psilopogon.

Picidae

 * Greater Flameback, Chrysocolaptes lucidus has been split into 6 species:
 * Buff-spotted Flameback, Chrysocolaptes lucidus
 * Luzon Flameback, Chrysocolaptes haematribon
 * Yellow-faced Flameback, Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus
 * Red-headed Flameback, Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus
 * Javan Flameback, Chrysocolaptes strictus
 * Greater Flameback, Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus

Psittacidae

 * “Mindoro Racket-tail”, Prioniturus mindorensis, has been split from Blue-crowned Racket-tail, Prioniturus discurus, based on Schweitzer et al. (2012).

Corvidae

 * Based on van Balen et al. (2012), the two forms of Short-tailed Green-Magpie are split into Bornean Green-Magpie, Cissa jefferyi, and Javan Green-Magpie, Cissa thalassina.

Pellorneidae

 * Rufous-rumped Grassbird, Graminicola bengalensis, has been split into Chinese Grassbird, Graminicola striatus, and Indian Grassbird, Graminicola bengalensis.