Some observation of the new HK list:
1. Category
Old New
A I
B I
C IIA
D IIB
2. New English name (obvious changes only)
Number New English Name Old English Name Ch. Name
17 Indian Spot-billed Duck Indian Spotbill 印缅斑嘴鸭
18 Chinese Spot-billed Duck Chinese Spotbill 中華斑嘴鴨
23 Eurasian Teal Common Teal 綠翅鴨
30 White-winged Scoter Velvet Scoter 斑臉海番鴨
31 American Scoter Black Scoter 黑海番鴨
52 Eurasian Bittern Great Bittern 大麻鳽
54 Von Schrenck's Bittern Schrenck’s Bittern 紫背葦鳽
62 Eastern Cattle Egret Cattle Egret 牛背鷺
65 Eastern Great Egret Great Egret 大白鷺
68 Pacific Reef Heron Pacific Reef Egret 岩鷺
79 Western Osprey Osprey 鶚
91 Chinese Sparrowhawk Chinese Goshawk 赤腹鷹
96 Eastern Buzzard Common Buzzard 普通鵟
99 Eastern Imperial Eagle Imperial Eagle 白肩鵰
123 Great Stone-curlew Great Thick-knee 大石鴴
151 Eastern Curlew Far Eastern Curlew 紅腰杓鷸
194 Caspian Gull Yellow-legged Gull 黃腳銀鷗
209 Pomarine Skua Pomarine Jaeger 中賊鷗
214 Domestic Pigeon Rock Dove 原鴿
219 Common Emerald Dove Emerald Dove 綠翅金鳩
228 Asian Koel Common Koel 噪鵑
230 Square-tailed Drongo Cuckoo Drongo Cuckoo 烏鵑
234 Lesser Cuckoo Asian Lesser Cuckoo 小杜鵑
236 Oriental Cuckoo Horsfield's Cuckoo 霍氏[中]杜鵑
254 House Swift Little Swift 小白腰雨燕
255 Oriental Dollarbird Dollarbird 三寶鳥
285 White-bellied Erpornis White-bellied Yuhina 白腹鳳鶥
294 Red-billed Blue Magpie Blue Magpie 紅嘴藍鵲
296 Eurasian Magpie Common Magpie 喜鵲
316 Grey-throated Martin Plain Martin 褐喉沙燕
319 Common House Martin Northern House Martin 白腹毛脚燕
322 Asian Stubtail Asian Stubtail Warbler 鱗頭樹鶯
324 Manchurian Bush Warbler Japanese Bush Warbler 日本樹鶯
325 Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler 強腳樹鶯
329 Common Chiffchaff Chiffchaff 嘰喳柳莺
338 Two-barred Warbler Greenish Warbler 暗綠柳鶯
365 Golden-headed Cisticola Bright-capped Cisticola 金頭扇尾鶯
369 Rufous-rumped Grassbird Large Grass Warbler 大草鶯
377 Chinese Hwamei Hwamei 畫眉
379 Silver-eared Leiothrix Silver-eared Mesia 銀耳相思鳥
382 Chesnut-collared Yuhina Striated Yuhina 栗耳鳳鶥
393 Daurian Starling Purple-backed Starling 北椋鳥
397 Rosy Starling Rose-coloured Starling 粉紅椋鳥
402 White's Thrush Scaly Thrush 虎斑地鶇
424 Plumbeous Water Redstart Plumbeous Redstart 紅尾水鴝
426 Siberian Stonechat Common Stonechat 黑喉石(即鳥)
450 Chinese Blue Flycatcher Blue-throated Flycatcher 藍喉仙鶲
453 Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher Grey-headed Flycatcher 方尾鶲
456 Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Buff-bellied Flowerpecker 紅胸啄花鳥
467 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Yellow Wagtail 黃鶺鴒
484 Chinese Grosbeak Yellow-billed Grosbeak 黑尾蠟嘴雀
3. New Latin name (obvious changes only)
Number New English Name New Scientific Name Old Scientific Name Ch. Name
30 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Melanitta fusca 斑臉海番鴨
62 Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus Bubulcus ibis 牛背鷺
65 Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta Egretta alba 大白鷺
96 Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus Buteo buteo 普通鵟
100 Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata Hieraaetus fasciatus 白腹隼鵰
101 Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis Spizaetus nipalensis 鷹鵰
160 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Heteroscelus brevipes 灰尾漂鹬
182 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Larus genei 細嘴鷗
183 Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus Larus brunnicephalus 棕頭鷗
184 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Larus ridibundus 紅嘴鷗
185 Saunders's Gull Chroicocephalus saundersi Larus saundersi 黑嘴鷗
186 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Larus minutus 小鷗
187 Relict Gull Ichthyaetus relictus Larus relictus 遺鷗
188 Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus Larus ichthyaetus 漁鷗
196 Heuglin's Gull Larus fuscus Larus heuglini 灰氏銀鷗
197 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Sterna nilotica 鷗嘴噪鷗
198 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Sterna caspia 紅嘴巨鷗
199 Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii Sterna bergii 大鳳頭燕鷗
200 Little Tern Sternula albifrons Sterna albifrons 白額燕鷗
201 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Sterna aleutica 白腰燕鷗
202 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Sterna anaethetus 褐翅燕鷗
203 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Sterna fuscata 烏燕鷗
207 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Chlidonias hybridus 鬚浮鷗
217 Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis Steptopelia chinensis 珠頸斑鳩
236 Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus Cuculus horsfieldi 霍氏[中]杜鵑
245 Northern Boobook Ninox scutulata Ninox japonica 鷹鴞
247 Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka Caprimulgus indicus 普通夜鷹
249 Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris Collocalia brevirostris 短嘴金絲燕
254 House Swift Apus nipalensis Apus affinis 小白腰雨燕
259 Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris Halcyon chloris 白領翡翠
261 Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris Ceryle lugubris 冠魚狗
279 Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus Pericrocotus flammeus 赤紅山椒鳥
285 White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca Yuhina zantholeuca 白腹鳳鶥
297 Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus Corvus dauuricus 達烏里寒鴉
303 Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus Parus venustulus 黃腹山雀
313 Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus Hypsipetes castanonotus 栗背短腳鵯
314 Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii Hypsipetes mcclellandii 綠翅短腳鵯
316 Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis Riparia paludicola 褐喉沙燕
321 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Hirundo daurica 金腰燕
324 Manchurian Bush Warbler Cettia canturians Cettia diphone 日本樹鶯
327 Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus Orthotomus cuculatus 金頭縫葉鶯
338 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Phylloscopus trochiloides 暗綠柳鶯
354 Thick-billed Warbler Iduna aedon Acrocephalus aedon 厚嘴葦鶯
355 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Hippolais rama 赛氏篱鶯
358 Russet Bush Warbler Bradypterus mandelli Bradypterus seebohmi 高山短翅鶯
363 Japanese Swamp Warbler Locustella pryeri Megalurus pryeri 斑背大尾鶯
390 Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus Sturnus sericeus 絲光椋鳥
391 White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus Sturnus cineraceus 灰椋鳥
392 Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis Sturnus nigricollis 黑領椋鳥
393 Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus Sturnus sturninus 北椋鳥
394 Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis Sturnus philippensis 紫背椋鳥
397 Rosy Starling Pastor roseus Sturnus roseus 粉紅椋鳥
402 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Zoothera dauma 虎斑地鶇
426 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Saxicola torquata 黑喉石(即鳥)
450 Chinese Blue Flycatcher Cyornis glaucicomans Cyornis rubeculoides 藍喉仙鶲
455 Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum Dicaeum concolor 純色啄花鳥
467 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Motacilla flava 黃鶺鴒
486 Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami Melophus lathami 鳳頭鵐
HF Cheung
