Taxonomy upgrade to IOC 2.6

We’ve updated the Birdstack database to conform with version 2.6 of the IOC list.

If your data was affected by any splits or lumps, you will have a notification. For help with the upgrade process, check the taxonomic updates help page and the taxonomic updates screencast.

This update introduced a handful of splits and English name changes. There were significant changes to higher-level taxonomy, including (1) recognition of Suliformes, Capitonidae, Semnornithidae, Macrosphenidae and Pnoepygidae, (2) reclassification of core babbler taxa into five families (Timaliidae, Pellorneidae, Leiothrichidae, Sylviidae, Zosteropidae — read more), and (3) 92 changes of genus.

These and other changes can be perused from the IOC update pages.

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