The revised checklist of Thai birds ver. October 2018 can be downloaded here
สำหรับรายชื่อนกเมืองไทย ฉบับปรับปรุงล่าสุด (ตุลาคม 2561) สามารถดาวน์โหลดได้ ที่นี่
ORDER ANSERIFORMES
Family Anatidae
Baikal Teal : genus changed to Sibirionetta
Garganey & Northern Shoveler : genus changed to Spatula
Gadwall, Falcated Duck & Eurasian Wigeon : genus changed to Mareca
ORDER PROCELLARIIFORMES
Family Procellariidae
Addition : Bulwer’s Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) นกจมูกหลอดบุลเวอร์
ORDER PELECANIFORMES
Family Threskiornithidae
Addition : African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) นกช้อนหอยขาวแอฟริกา; Category C (introduced, with feral breeding stock apparently self-supporting)
ORDER GRUIFORMES
Family Rallidae
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) split and changed to Grey-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus); note the race ‘viridis’ now treated as subspecies of P. poliocephalus
Family Gruidae
Sarus Crane : genus changed to Antigone
ORDER CHARADRIIFORMES
Family Haematopodidae
Addition : Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) นกพรานหอย
Family Scolopacidae
Addition : Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) นกชายเลนอกลาย
Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Broad-billed Sandpiper & Ruff : genus changed to Calidris
Family Laridae
Addition : Sabine’s Gull (Xema sabini) นกนางนวลปลายปากเหลือง
ORDER COLUMBIFORMES
Family Columbidae
Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis) split and common name changed to Eastern Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
ORDER CUCULIFORMES
Family Cuculidae
Asian Drongo Cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris) split and common name changed to Square-tailed Drongo Cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris)
ORDER STRIGIFORMES
Family Tytonidae
Eurasian Barn Owl (Tyto alba) split and changed to Eastern Barn Owl (Tyto javanica)
ORDER CAPRIMULGIFORMES
Family Podargidae
Blyth’s Frogmouth : Thai name changed to นกปากกบจุดดำ
Family Apodidae
Glossy Swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta) split and changed to Plume-toed Swiftlet (Collocalia affinis)
ORDER CORACIIFORMES
Family Coraciidae
Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis) split and changed to Indochinese Roller (Coracias affinis)
ORDER PICIFORMES
Family Picidae
Pale-headed Woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia) moved to Category F (occurrence of apparent hybrid individuals without proof of genuine pure individuals)
ORDER PASSERIFORMES
Family Calyptomenidae
Green Broadbill (Calyptomena viridis) moved to new family Calyptomenidae
Family Pittidae
Eared, Blue-naped, Blue-rumped, Rusty-naped, Giant, Blue, Bar-bellied, Malay Banded & Gurney’s Pitta : genus changed to Hydrornis
Garnet Pitta : genus changed to Erythropitta
Family Vangidae
Flycatcher-shrikes, Woodshrikes & Philentomas subsumed to Vangidae
Family Campephagidae
Addition : Grey-throated Minivet (Pericrocotus montanus) นกพญาไฟคอเทาปักษ์ใต้
Lesser, Black-winged & Indochinese Cuckooshrike : genus changed to Lalage
Family Platylophidae
Crested Jay (Platylophus galericulatus) moved to new family Platylophidae
Family Corvidae
Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) split and changed to White-faced Jay (Garrulus leucotis)
Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) split and changed to Oriental Magpie (Pica serica)
Addition : Rook (Corvus frugilegus) อีกาโคนปากขาว; Category D (seen in apparently wild state but possibility of escape or release from captivity not excluded)
Family Alaudidae
Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) split and changed to Mongolian Short-toed Lark (Calandrella dukhunensis)
Family Pycnonotidae
Addition : Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) นกปรอดก้นแดง; Category F (occurrence of apparent hybrid individuals without proof of genuine pure individuals)
Addition : Ayeyarwady Bulbul (Pycnonotus blanfordi) นกปรอดอิรวดี
Streak-eared Bulbul : split and scientific name changed to Pycnonotus conradi
Addition : Baker’s Bulbul (Iole cinnamomeoventris) นกปรอดเล็กตะนาวศรี
Family Hirundinidae
Grey-throated Sand Martin (Riparia chinensis) common name changed to Asian Plain Martin
Common Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) common name changed to Collared Sand Martin
Addition : Pale Sand Martin (Riparia diluta) นกนางแอ่นทรายสีจาง
Family Acrocephalidae
Addition : Booted Warbler (Iduna caligata) นกพงขอบหางขาว
Family Locustellidae
Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler : genus changed to Helopsaltes
Family Timaliidae
Coral-billed Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus ferruginosus) split and changed to Brown-crowned Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus phayrei)
Chestnut-winged Babbler : genus changed to Cyanoderma
Deignan’s, Rufous-fronted & Golden Babbler : genus changed to Cyanoderma
Pin-striped Tit Babbler : genus changed to Mixornis
Family Pellorneidae
Limestone Wren Babbler (Turdinus crispifrons) split to Greyish Limestone Babbler (Turdinus crispifrons) นกจู๋เต้นเขาหินปูน and Rufous Limestone Babbler (Turdinus calcicola) นกจู๋เต้นสระบุรี
Family Leiothrichidae
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta : split and common name changed to Yunnan Fulvetta (Alcippe fratercula)
Family Zosteropidae
Japanese White-eye : split and changed to Swinhoe’s White-eye (Zosterops simplex) นกแว่นตาขาวหลังเขียว; note race ‘williamsoni’ and ‘erwini’ (resident taxa in mangrove forest) now treated as conspecific with Z. simplex
Oriental White-eye : split and changed to Indian White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus) นกแว่นตาขาวสีทอง
Everett’s White-eye : split and changed to Hume’s White-eye (Zosterops auriventer) นกแว่นตาขาวสีเหลืองปักษ์ใต้
Family Sturnidae
Vinous-breasted Myna : split and scientific name changed to Acridotheres leucocephalus
Family Turdidae
Addition : Himalayan Thrush (Zoothera salimalii) นกเดินดงหิมาลัย
Family Muscicapidae
Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae) split and changed to Indochinese Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis sumatrensis)
White-browed Shortwing (Brachypteryx montana) split and changed to Himalayan Shortwing (Brachypteryx cruralis)
White-tailed Rubythroat (Calliope pectoralis) split and changed to Chinese Rubythroat (Calliope tschebaiewi)
Addition : Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva) นกจับแมลงพันธุ์ยุโรป
White-capped Water Redstart : genus changed to Phoenicurus
Eastern Stonechat (Saxicola stejnegeri) lumped and scientific name changed to Saxicola maurus
Family Dicaeidae
Addition : Cambodian Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cambodianum) นกกาฝากอกสีเนื้อ
Family Emberizidae
Addition : Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos) นกจาบปีกอ่อนป่าสน
