Bird species new to science described in the 2000s
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Number of species described per year
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Number of new species described | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
Countries with high numbers of newly described species
- BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
- ColombiaColombiaColombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
- PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
- IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
2000
- Foothill ElaeniaFoothill ElaeniaThe Foothill Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Ecuador and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
, Myiopagis olallai
- Coopmans, P. & Krabbe, N. (2000) A new species of flycatcher (Tyrannidae: Myiopagis) from eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru Wilson Bulletin 112: 305-312
- Caatinga AntwrenCaatinga AntwrenThe Caatinga Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
, Herpsilochmus sellowi
- Whitney, B.M.; Pacheco, J.F.; Buzzetti, D.R.C. & Parrini, R. (2000) Systematic revision and biogeography of the Herpsilochmus pileatus complex, with description of a new species from northeastern Brazil Auk 117: 869-891
- Taiwan Bush-WarblerTaiwan Bush-warblerThe Taiwan Bush-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Locustellidae family. It is found only in Taiwan.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.-References:...
, Bradypterus alishanensis
- Rasmussen, P.C.; Round, P.D.; Dickinson, E.C. & Rozendaal, F.G. (2000) A new bush-warbler (Sylviidae, Bradypterus) from Taiwan The AukThe AukThe Auk is a quarterly journal and the official publication of the American Ornithologists' Union, having been continuously published by that body since 1884. The journal contains articles relating scientific studies of the anatomy, behavior, and distribution of birds. The journal is named for the...
117: 279-289
- Scarlet-banded BarbetScarlet-banded BarbetThe Scarlet-banded Barbet is a species of bird in the Capitonidae family. Only discovered in 1996 and formally described in 2000, the Scarlet-banded Barbet is endemic to humid highland forest growing on a ridgetop known as Peak 1538 in the remote Cordillera Azul National Park in south-western...
or Wallace's Scarlet-banded Barbet, Capito wallacei
- O'Neill, Lane, Kratter, Capparella & Fox Joo, 2000.
- Gunnison Sage-GrouseGunnison Sage-GrouseThe Gunnison Grouse, Centrocercus minimus, is a species of grouse endemic to the United States, where it is known as the Gunnison Sage-Grouse. It is similar to the closely related Greater Sage-Grouse in appearance but about a third smaller in size, with much thicker plumes behind the head; it also...
, Centrocercus minimus
- Young, Braun, Oyler-McCance, Hupp & Quinn, 2000.
Newly split species:
- Gray-crested Cacholote, Pseudoseisura unirufa, formerly included in the Caatinga CacholoteCaatinga CacholoteThe Caatinga Cacholote is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is endemic to the Caatinga in north-eastern Brazil. Formerly, it was considered conspecific with P. unirufa under the common name Rufous Cacholote....
- Zimmer, Kevin J. & Whittaker, Andrew (2000): The Rufous Cacholote (Furnariidae: Pseudoseisura) is two species. CondorCondor (journal)The Condor is a peer-reviewed quarterly scientific journal covering ornithology and published by the Cooper Ornithological Society.-History:...
102(2): 409-422. PDF fulltext
2001
- Bukidnon WoodcockBukidnon WoodcockThe Bukidnon Woodcock, Scolopax bukidnonensis, is a medium sized wader. It was only described as new to science as recently as 2001, although the initial specimens had been collected on Luzon in the 1960s, these were originally misidentified as Eurasian Woodcock specimens...
, Scolopax bukidnonensis, from Mindanao and Luzon, Philippines.
- Kennedy, Robert S.; Fisher, Timothy H.; Harrap, Simon C.B.; Diesmos, Arvin C: & Manamtam, Arturo S. (2001): A new species of woodcock from the Philippines and a re-evaluation of other Asian/Papuasian woodcock Forktail 17(1): 1-12. PDF fulltext
- Mekong WagtailMekong WagtailThe Mekong Wagtail is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family.It is found in Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and rivers....
, Motacilla samveasnae.
- Duckworth, J.W.; Alström, P.; Davidson, P.; Evans, T.D.; Poole, C.M.; Tan, S. & Timmins, R.J. (2001) A new species of wagtail from the lower Mekong basin Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' ClubBulletin of the British Ornithologists' ClubThe Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club is an ornithological journal published by the British Ornithologists' Club . It is cited as Bull. B. O. C.Many descriptions of birds new to science have been published in the bulletin....
121: 152-182
- Chestnut-eared LaughingthrushChestnut-eared LaughingthrushThe Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is found in Vietnam and possibly Laos.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss....
, Garrulax konkakinhensis.
- Eames, JC & Eames, C, 2001.
- Vanuatu Petrel or Falla's Petrel, Pterodroma occulta.
- Imber & Tennyson, 2001.
- Chestnut-capped PihaChestnut-capped PihaThe Chestnut-capped Piha is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
, Lipaugus weberi.
- Cuervo, Andres, Salaman, P., Donegan, T.M. & Ochoa, J.M. 2001. A new species of piha (Cotingidae: Lipaugus) from the Cordillera Central of Colombia. Ibis 143: 353–368.
- Chapada FlycatcherChapada FlycatcherThe Chapada Suiriri , also known as the Chapada Flycatcher, is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.-Description:...
, Suiriri islerorum, from the cerrado region of Brazil and adjacent eastern Bolivia.
- Zimmer, K.J.; Whittaker, A. & Oren, D.C. (2001): A cryptic new species of flycatcher (Tyrannidae: Suiriri) from the cerrado region of central South America Auk 118: 56-78
- Mishana TyrannuletMishana TyrannuletThe Mishana Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is endemic to Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
, Zimmerius villarejoi, from Amazonian 'white sand forests' in northern Peru.
- Alonso, J.A. & Whitney, B.M. (2001) A new Zimmerius tyrannulet (Aves: Tyrannidae) from white sand forests of northern Amazonian Peru Wilson Bulletin 113: 1-9
- Lulu's Tody-tyrantLulu's Tody-tyrantThe Lulu's Tody-Flycatcher or Johnson's Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It was briefly known as Lulu's Tody-Tyrant, but following the death of Ned K. Johnson, one of the people responsible for the description of this species in 2001, the name was modified to...
. Poecilotriccus luluae, from the north-eastern Andes in Peru.
- Johnson, N.K. & Jones, R.E. (2001) A new species of tody-tyrant (Tyrannidae: Poecilotriccus) from northern Peru Auk 118: 334-341.
2002
- Bald Parrot, Pionopsitta aurantiocephala, from Brazil.
- Gaban-Lima, Renato; Raposo, Marcos A. & Höfling, Elizabeth (2002): Description of a New Species of Pionopsitta (Aves: Psittacidae) Endemic to Brazil. Auk 119(3): 815–819. DOIDigital object identifierA digital object identifier is a character string used to uniquely identify an object such as an electronic document. Metadata about the object is stored in association with the DOI name and this metadata may include a location, such as a URL, where the object can be found...
:10.1642/0004-8038(2002)119[0815:DOANSO]2.0.CO;2 PDF fulltext
- Cryptic Forest Falcon, Micrastur mintoni, from Brazil. Whittaker 2003 WilsonBull.(2002) 114 p. 421,422,front. NOTENoteIn music, the term note has two primary meanings:#A sign used in musical notation to represent the relative duration and pitch of a sound;#A pitched sound itself....
This falcon was first reported in 2002; the name was not issued until the following year.
- Kimberley PipitKimberley PipitThe Kimberly Pipit, Anthus pseudosimilis, is a small bird found in savanna grasslands in South Africa and Namibia.This recently described pipit is 18 cms long and weighs around 32 gms. Its plumage is mainly brown....
Anthus pseudosimilis, Liversidge & Voelker 2002 BBOC 122 p. 93 (Motacillidae)
- Little Sumba Boobook, Ninox sumbaensis, from Indonesia.
- Olsen, Jerry; Wink, Michael; Sauer-Gürth, Hedi & Trost, Susan (2002): A new Ninox owl from Sumba, Indonesia. EmuEmu (journal)Emu, subtitled Austral Ornithology, is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union. The journal was established in 1901 and is the oldest ornithological journal published in Australia...
102: 223-231. PDF fulltext
- Pernambuco Pygmy Owl Glaucidium mooreorum, from Brazil.
- Madeira Parakeet, Pyrrhura snethlageae, from the drainage of the Rio Madeira in BoliviaBoliviaBolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
and BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, the scientific name of which honours Emilia SnethlageEmilia SnethlageMaria Emilie Snethlage was a German-born Brazilian naturalist and ornithologist who worked on the bird fauna of the Amazon. Snethlage collected in Brazil from 1905 until her death....
, who first recognized the distinctiveness of this form in 1914. It and the following are both part of the Pyrrhura picta complex. - Wavy-breasted Parakeet, Pyrrhura peruviana, from northern PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
(later also confirmed for far south-eastern EcuadorEcuadorEcuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
).
Carajas Woodcreeper, Xiphocolaptes carajaensis. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club.
Newly split species
- Lafresnaye's WoodcreeperLafresnaye's WoodcreeperThe Lafresnaye's Woodcreeper is a resident passerine bird found in tropical South America in the western and southern Amazon and adjacent sections of the Cerrado. It is often considered a subspecies of the Buff-throated Woodcreeper, but this combined "species" would be polyphyletic...
, Xiphorhynchus guttatoides, formerly included in the Buff-throated WoodcreeperBuff-throated WoodcreeperThe Buff-throated Woodcreeper is a resident passerine bird found in tropical South America in the Guiana Shield and disjunctly in the northern Atlantic Forest. It formerly included the Cocoa Woodcreeper and the Lafresnaye's Woodcreeper as subspecies...
. - Elegant WoodcreeperElegant WoodcreeperThe Elegant Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily . It was formerly considered a subspecies of Spix's Woodcreeper. It is found in the western and southern Amazon in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is tropical humid lowland forests. The...
, X. elegans, formerly included in Spix's WoodcreeperSpix's WoodcreeperThe Spix's Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily . The Elegant Woodcreeper was previously considered a subspecies of the Spix's Woodcreeper....
. - Tschudi's WoodcreeperTschudi's WoodcreeperTschudi's Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus chunchotambo, is a passerine bird native to South America. It belongs to the genus Xiphorhynchus in the woodcreeper subfamily, Dendrocolaptinae. It was sometimes regarded as a subspecies of the Ocellated Woodcreeper...
, X. chunchotambo, formerly included in the Ocellated WoodcreeperOcellated WoodcreeperThe Ocellated Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily of the ovenbird family...
.
- Reference for the Xiphorhynchus splits: Aleixo, Alexandre (2002): Molecular Systematics and the Role of the "Várzea"-"Terra-Firme" Ecotone in the Diversification of Xiphorhynchus Woodcreepers (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae). Auk 119(3): 621-640. DOIDigital object identifierA digital object identifier is a character string used to uniquely identify an object such as an electronic document. Metadata about the object is stored in association with the DOI name and this metadata may include a location, such as a URL, where the object can be found...
: 10.1642/0004-8038(2002)119[0621:MSATRO]2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract
2003
(see above) Micrastur mintoni, first described in 2002.- The Carrizal SeedeaterCarrizal SeedeaterThe Carrizal Seedeater, Amaurospiza carrizalensis, is a recently discovered species of seedeater. These are birds in the family Cardinalidae, long placed with the American sparrows in the Emberizidae....
, Amaurospiza carrizalensis, from Venezuela.
- The Munchique Wood-wrenMunchique Wood-wrenThe Munchique Wood-Wren is a member of the wren family , described as new to science in 2003. It was first observed by Steven Hilty in the 1980s and not described until detailed studies by Paul Salaman, Paul Coopmans, Thomas Donegan and others in the region in 2001...
, Henicorhina negreti, is a member of the wrenWrenThe wrens are passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae. There are approximately 80 species of true wrens in approximately 20 genera....
family (Troglodytidae). The bird is found on the Munchique Massif in the western AndesAndesThe Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...
in the ChocóChocóChocó may refer to:*Department of Chocó, Colombian administrative region*El Chocó, Pacific coastal region, extending through Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru*Choco languages, family of Native American languages, in Colombia and Panama...
Endemic Bird Area, ColombiaColombiaColombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. The species' scientific name honours Alvaro José Negret, a Colombian conservationist. This is the first species to have been described as new to science on a website rather than in a traditional print-only journal (http://www.ornitologiacolombiana.org).
- Reference: Salaman, Paul, Paul Coopmans, Thomas M. Donegan, Mark Mulligan, Alex Cortés, Steven L. Hilty and Luis Alfonso Ortega (2003) A new species of wood-wren (Troglodytidae: Henicorhina) from the western Andes of Colombia Ornitologia Colombiana Vol. 1 pp.4-21
- The Okarito Brown KiwiOkarito Brown KiwiThe Okarito Kiwi, Apteryx rowi, also known as the Rowi or Okarito Brown Kiwi, is a member of the Kiwi family Apterygidae, described as new to science in 2003. The species is part of the Brown Kiwi complex, and is morphologically very similar to other members of that complex...
, Apteryx rowi, (also known as the Rowi) is a member of the kiwiKiwiKiwi are flightless birds endemic to New Zealand, in the genus Apteryx and family Apterygidae.At around the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are by far the smallest living ratites and lay the largest egg in relation to their body size of any species of bird in the world...
family (Apterygidae). The species is part of the Brown Kiwi complex, and is morphologically very similar to other members of that complex. It is found in a restricted area of the Okarito forest on the west coast of New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
's South IslandSouth IslandThe South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean...
, and has a population of only 200 birds.
- Reference: Tennyson, A. J. D., R. L. Palma, H. A. Robertson, T. H. Worthy and B. J. Gill (2003) A new species of kiwi (Aves, Apterygiformes) from Okarito, New Zealand Records of the Auckland Museum Vol. 40 pp.55-64
Xenoperdix udzungwensis obscurata Fjeldsa & Kiure 2003 BBOC 123 p. 53. This was originally described as a subspecies. Its status as a species separate from X. udzungwensis was recognized 2005: Journal of East African Natural History
Article: pp. 191–201, "GENETIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR TWO SPECIES IN THE UDZUNGWA FOREST PARTRIDGE XENOPERDIX UDZUNGWENSIS". Rauri C.K. Bowiea, Jon Fjeldsa.
2004
- The Serendib Scops-owl, Otus thilohoffmanni, is a small, rufous owlOwlOwls are a group of birds that belong to the order Strigiformes, constituting 200 bird of prey species. Most are solitary and nocturnal, with some exceptions . Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish...
(Strigidae) found in lowland rainforestRainforestRainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions based on a minimum normal annual rainfall of 1750-2000 mm...
s in Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. The new species was discovered in February 1995, when Deepal WarakagodaDeepal WarakagodaDeepal Warakagoda is a prominent Sri Lankan ornithologist. His early working career was in electronics, but for many years he has studied birds and also works as a professional guide for birding tours of the island....
heard unfamiliar owl-like vocalisations, although it was not until January 2001, when Warakagoda saw the bird, that his suspicions were confirmed; other observers had suggested that an arboreal amphibianAmphibianAmphibians , are a class of vertebrate animals including animals such as toads, frogs, caecilians, and salamanders. They are characterized as non-amniote ectothermic tetrapods...
may have been the source of the noises. The name "Serendib" is an old name for Sri Lanka; the species' scientific name, however, honours conservationist Thilo W. Hoffmann.
- Warakagoda, D.H. & Rasmussen, P.C. (2004) A new species of scops-owl from Sri Lanka Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' ClubBulletin of the British Ornithologists' ClubThe Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club is an ornithological journal published by the British Ornithologists' Club . It is cited as Bull. B. O. C.Many descriptions of birds new to science have been published in the bulletin....
Vol. 124 pp. 85-105
- The Togian Hawk-owlTogian Hawk-owlThe Togian Boobook or Togian Hawk-owl, Ninox burhani is an owl described as new to science in 2004. The bird is currently known only from three islands in the Togian group, an archipelago in the Gulf of Tomini off the coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia...
, Ninox burhani, is an owlOwlOwls are a group of birds that belong to the order Strigiformes, constituting 200 bird of prey species. Most are solitary and nocturnal, with some exceptions . Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish...
(Strigidae). The bird is currently known only from three islands in the TogianTogian IslandsThe Togian Islands are an archipelago of 56 islands and islets, in the Gulf of Tomini, off the coast of Central Sulawesi, in Indonesia. The three largest islands are Batudaka, Togian, and Talatakoh...
group, an archipelago in the Gulf of TominiGulf of TominiThe Gulf of Tomini is a gulf near the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.It is bounded on its north and west sides by the Minahassa Peninsula and on the south side by the East Peninsula, Sulawesi....
off the coast of SulawesiSulawesiSulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...
, IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. The new species was discovered on 25 December 1999. The species' scientific name honours a local conservationist called Burhan.
- Indrawan, M. & Somadikarta, S. (2004) A new hawk-owl from the Togian Islands, Gulf of Tomini, central Sulawesi, Indonesia Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' ClubBulletin of the British Ornithologists' ClubThe Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club is an ornithological journal published by the British Ornithologists' Club . It is cited as Bull. B. O. C.Many descriptions of birds new to science have been published in the bulletin....
124:160-171
- The Rubeho AkalatRubeho AkalatThe Rubeho Akalat, Sheppardia aurantiithorax, is a member of the Old World flycatcher family , known from the Eastern Arc of Tanzania. Akalats trapped in 1989 here were assumed to be an isolated population of Iringa Akalat which occurs c. 150 km to the south, but further specimens collected in...
, Sheppardia aurantiithorax, is a member of the Old World flycatcherOld World flycatcherThe Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae is a large family of small passerine birds mostly restricted to the Old World. These are mainly small arboreal insectivores, many of which, as the name implies, take their prey on the wing.-Characteristics:...
family (Muscicapiidae), known from the Eastern Arc of TanzaniaTanzaniaThe United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
. Akalats trapped in 1989 here were assumed to be an isolated population of Iringa AkalatIringa AkalatThe Iringa Akalat is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is endemic to Tanzania.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
which occurs c. 150 km to the south, but further specimens collected in 2000 led to the description of the bird as a new species. The bird's English name relates to its type locality; the scientific name to the ochraceous colour on its throat and upper breast. The species is thought to be fairly common in montane forests within its small range.
- Beresford, P.; Fjeldså, J. & Kiure, J. (2004) A new species of akalat (Sheppardia narrowly endemic in the Eastern Arc of Tanzania) Auk 121:23-24
- Acre AntshrikeAcre AntshrikeThe Acre Antshrike is a member of the antbird family . Its closest relatives are the Streak-backed Antshrike and the Amazonian Antshrike ....
, Thamnophilus divisorus, from Brazil
- Whitney, Bret M.; Oren, David C. & Brumfield, Robb T. (2004): A new species of Thamnophilus Antshrike (Aves: Thamnophilidae) from the Serra do Divisor, Acre, Brazil. Auk 121(4): 1031-1039. DOIDigital object identifierA digital object identifier is a character string used to uniquely identify an object such as an electronic document. Metadata about the object is stored in association with the DOI name and this metadata may include a location, such as a URL, where the object can be found...
:10.1642/0004-8038(2004)121[1031:ANSOTA]2.0.CO;2 HTML fulltext without images
- The Calayan RailCalayan RailThe Calayan Rail is a flightless bird of the rail, moorhen, and coot family that inhabits Calayan Island in the Philippines. Though well-known to natives of the island as the "piding", it was first observed by ornithologist Carmela Española in May 2004 and the discovery officially announced on...
, Gallirallus calayanensis, is a member of the railRallidaeThe rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and the family also includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules...
family (Rallidae) found only on Calayan Island, one of the Babuyan IslandsBabuyan IslandsThe Babuyan Islands form an archipelago located in the Luzon Strait north of Luzon island in the Philippines. It is separated from Luzon by the Babuyan Channel and from the Batanes Islands to its north by the Balintang Channel....
in the PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. It was discovered in 2004 as part of a faunal survey of the Babuyan islands. It is found in limestone forests on the island.
- Allen, Desmond; Oliveros, Carl; Espaňola, Carmela; Broad, Genevieve & Gonzalez, Juan Carlos T. (2004) A new species of Gallirallus from Calayan island, Philippines ForktailForktail (journal)Forktail is the annual peer-reviewed journal of the Oriental Bird Club. It contains material about birds of the Oriental region. Each issue is A4 in size, with an emerald green cover. Important papers published in Forktail include descriptions of two new bird species, the Bukidnon Woodcock in 2001...
Vol. 20 pp. 1-7
- Mees's NightjarMees's NightjarThe Mees's Nightjar Caprimulgus meesi is a member of the nightjar family described as new to science in 2004.It is a representative of the Large-tailed Nightjar complex found on Flores and Sumba, Indonesia...
, Caprimulgus meesi, is a member of the nightjarNightjarNightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills. They are sometimes referred to as goatsuckers from the mistaken belief that they suck milk from goats . Some New World species are named as nighthawks...
family (Caprimulgidae). It is a representative of the Large-tailed NightjarLarge-tailed NightjarThe Large-tailed Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitats...
complex found on FloresFloresFlores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island arc with an estimated area of 14,300 km² extending east from the Java island of Indonesia. The population was 1.831.000 in the 2010 census and the largest town is Maumere. Flores is Portuguese for "flowers".Flores is located east of Sumbawa...
and SumbaSumbaSumba is an island in eastern Indonesia, is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, and is in the province of East Nusa Tenggara. Sumba has an area of 11,153 km², and the population was officially at 611,422 in 2005...
, IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. Previously unrecognised as a separate taxon due to its lack of morphological distinctness, Sangster and Rozendaal (2004) described this new species on the basis of its vocalisations, which differ significantly from those of the Large-tailed Nightjar races resident on other islands in the Lesser Sundas. The species is named after Gerlof Mees, former curator of the Natural History Museum, Leiden.
- Sangster, G. & Rozendaal, F. (2004) Territorial songs and species-level taxonomy of nightjars of the Caprimulgus macrurus complex, with the description of a new species. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) Vol. 350 pp. 7-45 PDF
2005
- The Sulphur-breasted ParakeetSulphur-breasted ParakeetThe Sulphur-breasted Parakeet is a species of parrot from Brazil and Suriname. It resembles the closely related Sun Parakeet.-Taxonomy:...
, Aratinga pintoi, (a member of the parrotParrotParrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three families: the Psittacidae , the Cacatuidae and the Strigopidae...
family, Psittacidae) is found along the northern bank of the lower River Amazon in PáraParáPará is a state in the north of Brazil. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest it also borders Guyana and Suriname, and to the northeast it borders the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Belém.Pará is the most populous state...
state, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. The species' scientific name honours Oliverio Pinto, a Brazilian ornithologist. This species was discovered as a result of a study of museum specimens of Sun Parakeet and related species; specimens of this species had previously been dismissed as immature parakeets of other species, or hybrids.
- Silviera, L.; de Lima, F.C.T. & Höfling, E. (2005) A new species of Aratinga parakeet (Psittaciformes:Psittacidae) from Brazil, with taxonomic remarks on the Aratinga solstitialis complex Auk 122:292-305
- The Upper Magdalena TapaculoUpper Magdalena TapaculoThe Upper Magdalena Tapaculo is a member of the tapaculos, a group of Neotropical birds. It was described as new to science in 2005....
, Scytalopus rodriguezi, (a member of the tapaculoTapaculoThe tapaculos are a group of small suboscine passeriform birds with numerous species, found mainly in South America and with the highest diversity in the Andean regions...
family, Rhinocryptidae) is a restricted-range endemic presently known only from two localities on the eastern slope of the Cordillera CentralCordillera Central, ColombiaThe Cordillera Central range is one of the three branches of ridges in the Andes Mountains that split in southern Colombia towards the north up to the Montes de Maria....
at the head of the Magdalena valleyMagdalena River ValleyThe Magdalena River Valley is a valley in Colombia located within the Colombian Andes mountain ranges. The valley is specifically located between the Cordillera Central and Cordillera Oriental and crossed by the river of the same name, the Magdalena River....
, ColombiaColombiaColombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
at 2000m or more above sea-level. Its range is believed to be no greater than 170 km², and its population around 2,200 pairs. It is found in humid forest with dense understorey. The species' scientific name honours José Vicente Rodriguez Mahecha, a Colombian conservationist. The existence of this species was first suspected in 1986, when a tape-recording of the bird's song was made, but political instability in the region prevented a return visit until 2002-2003, when the species' existence was confirmed.
- Krabbe, N.; Salaman, P.; Cortés, A.; Quevedo, A.; Ortega, L.A. & Cadena, C.D. (2005) A new species of tapaculo from the upper Magdalena valley, Colombia Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' ClubBulletin of the British Ornithologists' ClubThe Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club is an ornithological journal published by the British Ornithologists' Club . It is cited as Bull. B. O. C.Many descriptions of birds new to science have been published in the bulletin....
125:93-108
- Stiles's TapaculoStiles's TapaculoStiles's Tapaculo is a member of the tapaculos, a group of Neotropical birds. It was described as new to science in 2005....
, Scytalopus stilesi, is the second member of the tapaculoTapaculoThe tapaculos are a group of small suboscine passeriform birds with numerous species, found mainly in South America and with the highest diversity in the Andean regions...
family, Rhinocryptidae, to be newly described in 2005. It has been found at 21 sites in montane forest between 1,420 and 2,130 m altitude in the northern Cordillera CentralCordillera Central, ColombiaThe Cordillera Central range is one of the three branches of ridges in the Andes Mountains that split in southern Colombia towards the north up to the Montes de Maria....
of the ColombiaColombiaColombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n AndesAndesThe Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...
; although having a restricted range, within this limited area it is a common understorey bird. The species was originally observed in the 1990s, but when Niels KrabbeNiels KrabbeNiels Kaare Krabbe is an ornithologist and bird conservationist based at the Vertebrate Department of the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, researching various aspects of ornithology, especially bioacoustics and conservation; systematics and altitudinal replacements of Scytalopus...
examined recordings of their songs, his suspicions arose that they were a new species — Stiles's Tapaculo's song is considerably faster and lower-pitched than that of the closely related Ecuadorian TapaculoEcuadorian TapaculoThe El Oro Tapaculo or Ecuadorian Tapaculo is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Scytalopus, a genus of tapaculos. It is restricted to a small area of southern Ecuador and was not described until 1997....
S. robbinsi. The species is named in honour of F. Gary Stiles, an ornithologist heavily involved in research on Neotropical birds during the 1980s & 1990s.
- Cuervo, Andrés M.; Cadena, Carlos Daniel; Krabbe, Niels & Renjifo, Luis Miguel (2005): Scytalopus stilesi, a new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae) from the Cordillera Central of Colombia. Auk 122(2): 445-463. [English with Spanish abstract] DOIDigital object identifierA digital object identifier is a character string used to uniquely identify an object such as an electronic document. Metadata about the object is stored in association with the DOI name and this metadata may include a location, such as a URL, where the object can be found...
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- The Iquitos GnatcatcherIquitos GnatcatcherThe Iquitos Gnatcatcher Polioptila clementsi is a gnatcatcher described as new to science in 2005. It is currently only known from the Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve, west of Iquitos, Peru. The species is a member of the Polioptila guianensis complex. It is named after James F....
, Polioptila clementsi, is a gnatcatcherGnatcatcherThe 15-20 species of small passerine birds in the gnatcatcher family occur in North and South America . Most species of this mainly tropical and subtropical group are resident, but the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher of the USA and southern Canada migrates south in winter...
(Polioptilidae) currently only known from the Allpahuayo-Mishana National ReserveAllpahuayo-Mishana National ReserveThe Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve is a protected area in Peru located in the Loreto Region, Maynas Province.- External links :* * *...
, west of IquitosIquitosIquitos is the largest city in the Peruvian rainforest, with a population of 370,962. It is the capital of Loreto Region and Maynas Province.Located on the Amazon River, it is only above sea level, although it is more than from the mouth of the Amazon at Belém on the Atlantic Ocean...
, PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. The species is a member of the Polioptila guianensis complex. It is named after James F. Clements.
- Whitney, Bret M. & Alonso, José Alvarez (2005) A new species of Gnatcatcher from white-sand forests of northern Amazonian Peru, with revision of the Polioptila guianensis complex The Wilson BulletinThe Wilson BulletinThe Wilson Journal of Ornithology is a quarterly scientific journal published by the Wilson Ornithological Society. Both the society and its journal were named after American ornithologist Alexander Wilson....
Vol. 117 No. 2 pp. 113-127
- Naung Mung Scimitar-babblerNaung Mung Scimitar-babblerThe Naung Mung Scimitar-babbler is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family, Timaliidae, described as new to science in 2005. The only other member of the genus Jabouilleia is the Short-tailed Scimitar-babbler.Naung Mung Scimitar-babbler is found in temperate rainforest on steep,...
, Jabouilleia naungmungensis, from Myanmar
- Rappole, John H.; Renner, Swen C.; Shwe, Nay Myo & Sweet, Paul R. (2005): A new species of scimitar-babbler (Timaliidae: Jabouilleia) from the sub-Himalayan region of Myanmar Auk 122(4): 1064-1069. [English with Spanish abstract] DOIDigital object identifierA digital object identifier is a character string used to uniquely identify an object such as an electronic document. Metadata about the object is stored in association with the DOI name and this metadata may include a location, such as a URL, where the object can be found...
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- Planalto TapaculoPlanalto TapaculoThe Planalto Tapaculo is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Scytalopus, a genus of tapaculos. It was previously included in the Mouse-coloured Tapaculo but was described as a new species in 2005 based on differences in plumage and vocalizations.It is about 12 cm long and weighs...
, Scytalopus pachecoi, formerly included in the Mouse-colored Tapaculo.
- Mauricio, Giovanni Nachtigall (2005): Taxonomy of southern populations in the Scytalopus speluncae group, with description of a new species and remarks on the systematics and biogeography of the complex (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae). Ararajuba 13(1): 7-28. PDF fulltext
2006
- The OdediOdediThe Odedi or Bougainville Bush-warbler is a bird species initially placed in the "Old World Warbler" assemblage, but nowadays moved with its congeners to the new cettiid warbler family....
, Cettia haddeni, is a species in the Old World WarblerOld World warblerThe "Old World Warblers" is the name used to describe a large group of birds formerly grouped together in the bird family Sylviidae. The family held over 400 species in over 70 genera, and were the source of much taxonomic confusion. Two families were split out initially, the cisticolas into...
family, described from the Crown Prince Range on the island of BougainvilleBougainville IslandBougainville Island is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of Papua New Guinea. This region is also known as Bougainville Province or the North Solomons. The population of the province is 175,160 , which includes the adjacent island of Buka and assorted outlying islands...
in the Solomon IslandsSolomon IslandsSolomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
, Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaPapua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
.
- Reference LeCroy, M. & F.K. Barker (2006) A new species of bush-warbler from Bougainville Island and a monophyletic origin for southwest Pacific Cettia. American Museum novitatesAmerican Museum NovitatesAmerican Museum Novitates is an academic journal published by the American Museum of Natural History. The journal was founded in 1921....
no. 3511 Amer. Mus. Novit.
- The Camiguin Hanging-parrotCamiguin Hanging-parrotThe Camiguin Hanging Parrot, Loriculus camiguinensis, is a hanging parrot endemic only on the Philippine island of Camiguin, where its habitat is diminishing. The taxonomy of this population of parrots on Camiguin is uncertain....
, Loriculus camiguinensis Reuters http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/311.php http://beta.inq7.net/nation/index.php?index=1&story_id=71952 http://www.haribon.org.ph/index.php?q=node/view/346
- Hocking's Conure, Aratinga hockingi,
- Bugun LiocichlaBugun LiocichlaThe Bugun Liocichla, Liocichla bugunorum, is a passerine bird species from the Old World babbler family closely related to the Grey-faced Liocichla. First spotted in 1995, it was described as a new species in 2006 by Ramana Athreya. The description was made without the collection of a type...
Liocichla bugunorum
- an Old World babblerOld World babblerThe Old World babblers or timaliids are a large family of mostly Old World passerine birds. They are rather diverse in size and coloration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent...
from IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. - Athreya, R. (2006) "A new species of Liocichla (Aves: Timaliidae) from Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India" Indian Birds 2(4): 82-94 http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2006/09/indian_birds_liocichla.pdf
- Scytalopus notorius Raposo,MA, Stopiglia, Loskot & Kirwan 2006 Zootaxa 1271 p. 44. A new name for the relatively well known Mouse-coloured TapaculoMouse-coloured TapaculoThe Mouse-coloured Tapaculo or Serra do Mar Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family. It is endemic to humid highland forests in southeastern Brazil, where it ranges from southwestern Espírito Santo to northeastern Rio Grande do Sul...
, as the typically used name, Scytalopus speluncae, apparently belong to another species which previously was considered undescribed.
See also
- Yariguies Brush Finch (Described as a new subspecies)
Atlapetes latinuchus yariguierum Donegan,TM & Huertas 2006 BBOC 126 p. 98
2007
- Sincorá AntwrenSincorá AntwrenThe Sincorá Antwren is a small passerine bird of the genus Formicivora in the family Thamnophilidae, the typical antbirds. It is endemic to a small area of eastern Brazil. The bird was not described as a new species until 2007...
, Formicivora grantsaui (Thamnophilidae) Gonzaga, Carvalhaes & Buzzetti 2007 Zootaxa 1473 p. 25,28 - Gorgeted PufflegGorgeted PufflegThe Gorgeted Puffleg is a hummingbird endemic to Colombia. This species was discovered in 2005, but not confirmed as new until 2007...
, Eriocnemis isabellae hummingbird, Trochilidae Cortes,A, Ortega,LA, Mazariegos-Hurtado & Weller 2007 Orn.Neotrop. 18 no.2 p. 161,162. The validity of this species was questioned briefly (see www.worldtwitch.com), but only until the strikingly plumaged female became known. - Rufous TwistwingRufous TwistwingThe Rufous Twistwing is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It was described as a new species in 2007....
, Cnipodectes superrufus: Lane, D., G. P. Servat, T. Valqui H., & F. R. Lambert. 2007. A distinctive new species of Tyrant flycatcher (Passerifomer: Tyrannidae: Cnipodectes) from south-eastern Peru. Auk. 124(3): 762–772. - Antioquia Brush-finchAntioquia Brush-finchThe Antioquia Brush Finch is a poorly known species from the Emberizidae family. It was scientifically described in 2007 on basis of three museum specimens from Antioquia, Colombia, which were previously labelled as Slaty Brush Finch...
, Atlapetes blancae: Donegan, T.M. 2007. A new species of brush finch (Emberizidae: Atlapetes) from the northern Central Andes of Colombia . Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 127(4): 255–268 - Diamantina TapaculoDiamantina TapaculoThe Diamantina Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family. It was described as a new species in 2007, and is endemic to Chapada Diamantina in Bahia, Brazil. In the same region, another species, the Sincorá Antwren, was described in 2007...
, Scytalopus diamantinensis: Bornschein, M. R., G. N. Maurício, R. Belmonte-Lopes, H. Mata & S. L. Bonatto. 2007. Diamantina Tapaculo, a new Scytalopus endemic to the Chapada Diamantina, northeastern Brazil (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae). Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 15(2):151-174. - Grey-crowned TyrannuletGrey-crowned TyrannuletThe Grey-crowned Tyrannulet , also known as the Monte Tyrannulet and Straneck's Tyrannulet, is a small species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in woodland and open habitats with scatted bushes and trees in south-central South America, but the details are still unclear. It breeds in...
, Serpophaga griseicapilla: Straneck, R. 2007. Una nueva especie de Serpophaga (Aves Tyrannidae). Revista FAVE - Ciencias Veterinarias 6 (1-2): 31-42.
Newly split species
- Solomon Islands FrogmouthSolomon Islands FrogmouthThe Solomons Frogmouth , also known as the Cinnamon Frogmouth or Solomon Islands Frogmouth, is a bird in the frogmouth family. It was first described in 1901, but not recognized as highly distinct until 2007. It is the only known member of the genus Rigidipenna...
, Rigidipenna inexpectata - split from Marbled FrogmouthMarbled FrogmouthThe Marbled Frogmouth is a species of bird in the Podargidae family.It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands....
- Reference Cleere et al., (2007) A new genus of frogmouth (Podargidae) from the Solomon Islands - results from a taxonomic review of Podargus ocellatus inexpectatus Hartert 1901 Ibis 149 (2), 271–286. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00626.x
2008
- Nonggang BabblerNonggang BabblerThe Nonggang Babbler is a recently described species of bird in the Timaliidae family.This species was first observed by the ornithologists Zhou Fang and Jiang Aiwu while surveying the Nonggang Natural Reserve in the Guangxi, China, in February 2005...
, Stachyris nonggangensis: Zhou Fang & Jiang Aiwu (2008). A new species of babbler (Timaliidae: Stachyris) from the Sino-Vietnamese border region of China. Auk 125(2): 420–424. - Yungas TyrannuletYungas TyrannuletThe Yungas Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It is, as suggested by its common name, restricted to humid and semi-humid forest in the Yungas of north-western Bolivia and far south-eastern Peru...
, Phyllomyias weedeni: Herzog, Kessler & Balderrama. (2008). A new species of tyrannulet (Tyrannidae: Phyllomyias) from Andean foothills in northwest Bolivia and adjacent Peru. Auk 125(2): 265-276. - Olive-backed Forest RobinOlive-backed Forest RobinThe Olive-backed Forest Robin is a small species of bird found in the Gamba Complex in southwest Gabon. It was described in 2008. The Olive-backed Forest Robin can be separated from other species in the genus by the combination of its olive upperparts, bright orange throat and chest, and...
, Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus: Schmidt, Foster, Angehr, Durrant & Fleischer (2008). A new species of African Forest Robin from Gabon (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae: Stiphrornis). ZootaxaZootaxaZootaxa is a peer-reviewed scientific journal for animal taxonomists. It is published by Magnolia Press . The journal was established by Zhi-Qiang Zhang in 2001 and new issues are published multiple times a week...
1850: 27–42 http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01850p042.pdf - Monteiro's Storm-petrelMonteiro's Storm-petrelMonteiro's Storm Petrel, Oceanodroma monteiroi, is a species of seabird in the storm-petrel family, Hydrobatidae. The cryptic species was once considered to be conspecific with the Band-rumped Storm Petrel...
, Oceanodroma monteiroi: Monteiro's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma monteiroi: a new species from the Azoresby: MARK Bolton, Andrea L Smith, Elena Gomez-Diaz, Vicki L Friesen, Renata Medeiros, JOEL Bried, Jose L Roscales, Robert W Furness Ibis, Vol. 150, No. 4. (October 2008), pp. 717–727 - Vanikoro White-eyeVanikoro White-eyeThe Vanikoro White-eye is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It is endemic to Vanikoro in the Santa Cruz Islands of Temotu Province in the south-east of the Solomon Islands chain...
, Zosterops gibbsi: A new species of White-eye Zosterops and notes on other birds from Vanikoro, Solomon Islands by: GUY Dutson Ibis, Vol. 150, No. 4. (October 2008), pp. 698–706. - Togian White-eyeTogian White-eyeThe Togian White-eye is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family.It is found in the Togian Islands of Indonesia, where it is endemic. The species was first spotted by University of Indonesia researcher Mochamad Indrawan and his colleague Sunarto in 1997, and formally described in 2008...
, Zosterops somadikartai: Mochamad Indrawan, Pamela C. Rasmussen, and Sunarto (2008) "A New White-Eye (Zosterops) from the Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia" The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120(1): 1-9 - Amazon Red-fronted Parakeet, Pyrrhura parvifrons: Arndt, T. (2008). Anmerkungen zu einigen Pyrrhura-Formen mit der Beschreibung einer neuen Art und zweier neuer Unterarten. Papageien 8/2008.
2009
- Bare-faced BulbulBare-faced BulbulThe Bare-faced Bulbul is a species of bulbul described from Laos in 2009. It is one of the very few Asian songbirds with a bald face and is the first new species of bulbul to be described from Asia in over a century....
, Pycnonotus hualon: Woxvold, I. A., J. W. Duckworth, & R. J. Timmins (2009). An unusual new bulbul (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae) from the limestone karst of Lao PDR. Forktail 25: 1-12. - Rubeho WarblerRubeho WarblerThe Rubeho Warbler is a threatened species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It is found in highland forests in the Rubeho–Ukaguru Mountains in Tanzania. This cryptic species was only described in 2009; it having traditionally been included in the closely related Mrs Moreau's...
, Sceptomycter rubehoensis: Bowie, R.C.K., J. Fjeldså, & J. Kiure (2009). Multilocus molecular DNA variation in Winifred's Warbler Scepomycter winifredae suggests cryptic speciation and the existence of a threatened species in the Rubeho–Ukaguru Mountains of Tanzania. Ibis 151(4): 709-719. - South Hills CrossbillSouth Hills CrossbillThe South Hills Crossbill is a passerine bird in the family Fringillidae. It's endemic to the South Hills and Albion Mountains in southern Idaho...
, Loxia sinesciurus: - Río Orinoco SpinetailRío Orinoco SpinetailThe Río Orinoco Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It's found from river island scrub in the lower and middle sections of the main channel of the Río Orinoco in Venezuela and adjacent Colombia....
, Synallaxis beverlyae: - Black-capped Woodnymph, Thalurania nigricapilla:
2010
- Limestone Leaf Warbler, Phylloscopus calciatilis:
- Fenwick's AntpittaFenwick's AntpittaGrallaria fenwickorum or Grallaria urraoensis, known in English as Fenwick's Antpitta, the Urrao Antpitta or the Antioquia Antpitta, is a small, highly threatened species of bird found in the understorey of cloud forest in the Andean highlands of Colombia. Its description has caused considerable...
or Urrao Antpitta, Grallaria fenwickorum: - Socotra BuzzardSocotra BuzzardThe Socotra Buzzard is a medium to large bird of prey that is sometimes considered a subspecies of the widespread Common Buzzard . As its name implies, it is native to Socotra. Some taxonomists consider it to be a distinct species and is treated as such here.-References:* Clements, J. F., T. S....
, Buteo socotraensis: - Willard's Sooty Boubou, Laniarius willardi:
- Rock TapaculoRock TapaculoThe Rock Tapaculo or Espinhaço Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family. It is endemic to altitudes of in the central and southern Espinhaço Mountains, and the Mantiqueira Mountains in Minas Gerais, Brazil, though it may also occur in adjacent parts of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo...
, Scytalopus petrophilus:
Described in this period, no longer thought to be good species
- Beijing Flycatcher Ficedula beijingnica, now considered to be the first-year male of the Chinese Flycatcher Ficedula elisae
- Reference: Zheng, G, Song, J, Zhang, Z, Zhang, Y, & Guo, D (2000) A new species of flycatcher (Ficedula) from China (Aves: Passeriformes: Muscicapidae) Journ Beijing Normal Univ (Nat Sci) 36: 405-409