These are simple name changes for 2026 that don't involve a split or lump.
This list is just for your information; you don't have to do anything about these changes. The AviSys update makes them for you automatically.
| Old name | New name |
|---|---|
| Gartered Trogon | Gartered Violaceous Trogon |
| Red-billed Teal | Red-billed Teal |
| Udzungwa Partridge | Udzungwa Forest-Partridge |
| Malayan Partridge | Malaysian Partridge |
| Malayan Crested Argus | Malaysian Crested Argus |
| Bronze-tailed Peacock-Pheasant | Sumatran Peacock-Pheasant |
| Slaty Cuckoo-Dove | Black Cuckoo-Dove |
| White-bibbed Ground Dove | White-breasted Ground Dove |
| White-breasted Fruit-Dove | White-bibbed Fruit-Dove |
| Baker's Imperial-Pigeon | Vanuatu Imperial-Pigeon |
| Greater Black Coucal | Ivory-billed Coucal |
| Lesser Black Coucal | Black-billed Coucal |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Diederik Cuckoo |
| Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo | Malayan Hawk-Cuckoo |
| Malaysian Eared-Nightjar | Malayan Eared-Nightjar |
| Cave Swiftlet | Linchi Swiftlet |
| Plain Bush-hen | Philippine Bush-hen |
| Australian Fairy Tern | Fairy Tern |
| Great Crested Tern | Greater Crested Tern |
| Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin | Northern Rockhopper Penguin |
| Imperial Eagle | Eastern Imperial Eagle |
| Spanish Eagle | Spanish Imperial Eagle |
| Imitator Sparrowhawk | Imitator Goshawk |
| Lesser Horned Owl | Magellanic Horned Owl |
| Sumba Boobook | Great Sumba Boobook |
| Least Boobook | Little Sumba Boobook |
| Malaysian Blue-banded Kingfisher | Malayan Blue-banded Kingfisher |
| Small Blue Kingfisher | Cerulean Kingfisher |
| Dollarbird | Oriental Dollarbird |
| Azure Roller | Azure Dollarbird |
| Miombo Barbet | Miombo Pied Barbet |
| Pied Barbet | Acacia Pied Barbet |
| Sooty Barbet | Malayan Brown Barbet |
| Brown Barbet | Bornean Brown Barbet |
| Malaysian Honeyguide | Malayan Honeyguide |
| Waved Woodpecker | Variable Woodpecker |
| Olive-shouldered Parrot | Jonquil Parrot |
| Luzon Racquet-tail | Montane Racquet-tail |
| Red Shining-Parrot | Maroon Shining-Parrot |
| Antipodes Parakeet | Antipodes Kakariki |
| Red-crowned Parakeet | Red-crowned Kakariki |
| Reischek's Parakeet | Reischek's Kakariki |
| New Caledonian Parakeet | New Caledonian Kakariki |
| Norfolk Island Parakeet | Norfolk Island Kakariki |
| Yellow-crowned Parakeet | Yellow-crowned Kakariki |
| Chatham Islands Parakeet | Chatham Islands Kakariki |
| Malherbe's Parakeet | Orange-fronted Kakariki |
| Green-fronted Hanging-Parrot | Bismarck Hanging-Parrot |
| Olive Flycatcher | Olive Tufted-Flycatcher |
| Mottled Honeyeater | Mottle-breasted Honeyeater |
| Crimson-hooded Myzomela | Wetar Myzomela |
| Scarlet-naped Myzomela | Red-capped Myzomela |
| Yellow-vented Myzomela | Crimson-rumped Myzomela |
| Yellow-streaked Honeyeater | Yellowish-streaked Honeyeater |
| Black-chested Honeyeater | Black-necklaced Honeyeater |
| Bicolored Mouse-Warbler | Bicolored Scrubwren |
| Malayan Cuckooshrike | Malaysian Cuckooshrike |
| Ghana Cuckooshrike | Western Wattled Cuckooshrike |
| Oriole Cuckooshrike | Eastern Wattled Cuckooshrike |
| Ochre-crowned Greenlet | Ochre-crowned Brownlet |
| Rufous-fronted Greenlet | Rufous-fronted Brownlet |
| Guianan Greenlet | Guianan Brownlet |
| Para Greenlet | Para Brownlet |
| Black-tailed Oriole | Mountain Oriole |
| Boulton's Batis | Margaret's Batis |
| Verreaux's Batis | Gabon Batis |
| Angola Helmetshrike | Gabela Helmetshrike |
| Gabon Boubou | Swamp Boubou |
| Albertine Boubou | Albertine Sooty Boubou |
| Malaysian Pied-Fantail | Sunda Pied-Fantail |
| Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher | Red-bellied Paradise-Flycatcher |
| Ochre-headed Flycatcher | Makira Flycatcher |
| Giant Shrike | Giant Gray Shrike |
| White-rumped Shrike | Northern White-crowned Shrike |
| White-crowned Shrike | Southern White-crowned Shrike |
| Malaysian Rail-babbler | Rail-babbler |
| Southern Penduline-Tit | Cape Penduline-Tit |
| Burnt-neck Eremomela | Burnt-necked Eremomela |
| African Tailorbird | Red-capped Forest-warbler |
| Long-billed Tailorbird | Long-billed Forest-warbler |
| Cricket Longtail | Cricket Warbler |
| Black-capped Rufous-Warbler | Black-headed Rufous-Warbler |
| Slender-tailed Cisticola | Black-tailed Cisticola |
| Bismarck Thicketbird | New Britain Thicketbird |
| Immaculate Cupwing | Nepal Cupwing |
| Mountain Sawwing | Mountain Saw-wing |
| White-headed Sawwing | White-headed Saw-wing |
| Black Sawwing | Black Saw-wing |
| Fanti Sawwing | Fanti Saw-wing |
| Swamp Greenbul | Swamp Palm Bulbul |
| Sassi's Greenbul | Sassi's Olive Greenbul |
| Hume's Warbler | Hume's Leaf Warbler |
| Scrub Warbler | Streaked Scrub-Warbler |
| Shade Warbler | Shade Bush Warbler |
| Odedi | Bougainville Bush Warbler |
| Comoro White-eye | Karthala White-eye |
| Reunion White-eye | Reunion Olive White-eye |
| Mauritius White-eye | Mauritius Olive White-eye |
| Cameroon Speirops | Mount Cameroon Speirops |
| Banded White-eye | Vella Lavella White-eye |
| Yellow-fronted White-eye | Vanuatu White-eye |
| Black-headed White-eye | Bismarck White-eye |
| Splendid White-eye | Gizo White-eye |
| Gray-hooded Babbler | Bicolored Babbler |
| Palawan Babbler | Melodious Babbler |
| Prince Henry's Laughingthrush | Brown-cheeked Laughingthrush |
| Hinde's Pied-Babbler | Hinde's Pied Babbler |
| Cretzschmar's Babbler | White-headed Babbler |
| Southern Pied-Babbler | Southern Pied Babbler |
| Biet's Laughingthrush | White-speckled Laughingthrush |
| Pere David's Laughingthrush | Plain Laughingthrush |
| Stripe-sided Rhabdornis | Stripe-headed Rhabdornis |
| African Bare-eyed Thrush | Bare-eyed Thrush |
| Malaysian Blue Flycatcher | Malayan Blue Flycatcher |
| Spotted Morning-Thrush | Spotted Palm-Thrush |
| Malayan Whistling-Thrush | Malaysian Whistling-Thrush |
| Sumatran Robin | Sumatran Blue Robin |
| Javan Robin | Javan Blue Robin |
| Sao Tome Sunbird | Giant Sunbird |
| Prigogine's Sunbird | Prigogine's Double-collared Sunbird |
| Lake Lufira Masked-Weaver | Lufira Masked-Weaver |
| Red-headed Fody | Comoro Fody |
| Red-browed Firetail | Red-browed Finch |
| Painted Firetail | Painted Finch |
| Green-backed Twinspot | Green Twinspot |
| Cut-throat | Cut-throat Finch |
| Red-faced Pytilia | Yellow-winged Pytilia |
| Yellow-billed Grosbeak | Chinese Grosbeak |
| Painted Redstart | Painted Whitestart |
| Slate-throated Redstart | Slate-throated Whitestart |
| Brown-capped Redstart | Brown-capped Whitestart |
| Tepui Redstart | Tepui Whitestart |
| Paria Redstart | Paria Whitestart |
| Saffron-breasted Redstart | Saffron-breasted Whitestart |
| White-faced Redstart | White-faced Whitestart |
| Collared Redstart | Collared Whitestart |
| Yellow-crowned Redstart | Yellow-crowned Whitestart |
| Golden-fronted Redstart | Golden-fronted Whitestart |
| Spectacled Redstart | Spectacled Whitestart |
| White-fronted Redstart | White-fronted Whitestart |
| Cream-breasted Fruit-Dove | Cream-bellied Fruit-Dove |
| Bismarck Munia | Buff-bellied Munia |
| Black-backed Sibia | Dark-backed Sibia |