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List of bird species discovered since 1900

April 11, 2024

This article describes bird species discovered since 1900. Before the 20th century, and into its early decades, the pace of discovery (and "discovery") of new species was fast; during this period, with numerous collecting expeditions into species-rich areas not previously visited by western ornithologists, up to several hundred new species per decade were being described. Many of these were of course not new to the local people, but since then, the pace has slowed, and new species are generally only being found in remote areas, or among cryptic or secretive groups of species. Nonetheless, several tens of species were described for the first time even during the 1990s. Considerable time can pass between discovery and publication, for a number of reasons.

Individual countries particularly rich in species newly described during this period are:

A number of individuals have been particularly prolific in describing new species, such as:

Species described that were not valid species edit

A number of species described during this period have turned out not to be valid species. There are a number of reasons for this. The following is a list of these species:

The Meise and AMNH reviews edit

During the 20th century, ornithologists published a number of periodic reviews of newly described species. The purpose of each of these was to collect together in a single paper, for ease of reference, all new species' descriptions published in the period of study, and to present an analysis of these, indicating which represent valid species, and which, for various reasons, do not.

The first such review was published in 1934, by the ornithologist Wilhelm Meise, covering the period 1920 to 1934. Meise presented his review to the Eighth International Ornithological Congress (IOC) in Oxford. The review listed 600 new species' names described in that period. Meise was of the opinion that between 135 and 200 represented good species. At the ninth IOC in 1938, Meise presented a second paper, listing 23 new species described in the intervening period, plus a further 36 which had been described during 1920–1934 and not covered in the earlier paper. Meise's papers were:

  • Meise, W. (1934) Fortschritte der ornithologischen Systematik seit 1920 Proc. VIII Cong. Internat. Ornith. pp. 49–189
  • Meise, W. (1938) Exposition de types d'oiseaux nouvellement décrits au Muséum de Paris Proc. IX Cong. Internat. Ornith. pp. 46–51

After the Second World War, ornithologists based at museums in the American Museum of Natural History produced further reviews; again, each of these listed newly described species and presented an analysis, indicating which were and were not good species. To date, six such papers have been compiled; they are, in chronological order:

  • Zimmer, J. T. & E. Mayr; Mayr (1943). "New species of birds described from 1938 to 1941" (PDF). Auk. 60 (2): 249–262. doi:10.2307/4079651. JSTOR 4079651.
  • Mayr, E. (1957). "New species of birds described from 1941 to 1955". Journal für Ornithologie. 98: 22–35. doi:10.1007/BF01677166. S2CID 45014054.
  • Mayr, E. (1971). "New species of birds described from 1956 to 1965". J. Ornithol. 112 (3): 302–316. doi:10.1007/BF01640689. S2CID 245710.
  • Mayr, E. & F. Vuilleumier; Vuilleumier (1983). "New species of birds described from 1966 to 1975". J. Ornithol. 124 (3): 217–232. doi:10.1007/BF01640607. S2CID 24273749.
  • Vuilleumier, F. & E. Mayr; Mayr (1987). "New species of birds described from 1976 to 1980". J. Ornithol. 128 (2): 137–150. doi:10.1007/BF01661691. S2CID 27239055.
  • Vuilleumier, François, Mary LeCroy & Ernst Mayr (1992). "New species of birds described from 1981 to 1990". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 112A: 267–309.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

No further detailed analyses have been published since the 1992 paper, although the British magazine Birding World has published two articles by Oscar van Rootselaar listing newly described species since 1990:

  • van Rootselaar, Oscar (1999). "New birds for the World: species discovered during 1980 – 1999". Birding World. 12: 286–293.
  • van Rootselaar, Oscar (2002). "New birds for the World: species described during 1999 – 2002". Birding World. 15: 428–431.

Discoveries by year edit

1964 edit

1973 edit

  • †Poʻo-uli Melamprosops phaeosoma (now extinct)

1981 edit

1982 edit

1983 edit

1984 edit

1985 edit

1986 edit

1987 edit

1991 edit

1995 edit

1997 edit

1998 edit

1999 edit

2000s edit

See Bird species new to science described in the 2000s.

2010s edit

See Bird species described in the 2010s.

2020s edit

See Bird species described in the 2020s.

References edit

  1. ^ Parker, Shane A. (1982). "A new sandpiper of the genus Calidris". South Australian Naturalist. 56: 63.
  2. ^ Christidis, Les; Davies, Kizanne; Westerman, Michael; Christian, Peter D. & Schodde, Richard (1996). "Molecular assessment of the taxonomic status of Cox's Sandpiper" (PDF). Condor. 98 (3): 459–463. doi:10.2307/1369559. JSTOR 1369559.
  3. ^ Siegel-Causey, Douglas (1991). "Systematics and biogeography of North Pacific shags, with a description of a new species". Occasional Papers of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History. 140: 1–17.
  4. ^ Rohwer, Sievert; Filardi, Christopher E.; Bostwick, Kimberly S. & Peterson, A. Townsend (2000). "A critical evaluation of Kenyon's Shag (Phalacrocorax (Stictocarbo) kenyoni)" (PDF). Auk. 117 (2): 308–320. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2000)117[0308:aceoks]2.0.co;2. hdl:1808/16610. S2CID 26670298.
  5. ^ Shirihai, H.; Sinclair, I. & Colston, P.R. (1995). "A new species of Puffinus shearwater from the western Indian Ocean". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 115: 75–87.
  6. ^ Austin, Jeremy J.; Bretagnolle, Vincent & Pasquet, Eric (2004). "A global molecular phylogeny of the small Puffinus shearwaters and implications for systematics of the Little-Audubon's Shearwater complex". Auk. 121 (3): 847–864. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2004)121[0847:AGMPOT]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86177092.
  7. ^ Diamond, Jared M. (1991). "A new species of rail from the Solomon Islands and convergent evolution of insular flightlessness" (PDF). Auk. 108 (3): 461–470. doi:10.2307/4088088. JSTOR 4088088.
  8. ^ Li, Gui-yuan (1995). "A new subspecies of Certhia familiaris (Passeriformes: Certhiidae)". Acta Zoologica Sinica (in Chinese). 20 (3): 373–376. (later elevated to specific rank 2002, Journal für Ornithologie)
  9. ^ Kennedy, Robert S.; Gonzales, Pedro C.; Miranda, Hector C. Jr (1997). "New Aethopyga sunbirds (Aves: Nectariniidae) from the island of Mindanao, Philippines" (PDF). Auk. 114 (1): 1–10. doi:10.2307/4089060. JSTOR 4089060.
  10. ^ Lambert, F.R. & Rasmussen, P.C. (1998). (PDF). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 118 (4): 207–217. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  11. ^ Krabbe, Niels; Agro, D.J.; Rice, N.H.; Jacome, M.; Navarrete, L. & Sornoza M., F. (1999). "A new species of antpitta (Formicariidae: Grallaria) from the southern Ecuadorian Andes" (PDF). Auk. 116 (4): 882–890. doi:10.2307/4089669. JSTOR 4089669.

April 11, 2024
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This article describes bird species discovered since 1900 Before the 20th century and into its early decades the pace of discovery and discovery of new species was fast during this period with numerous collecting expeditions into species rich areas not previously visited by western ornithologists up to several hundred new species per decade were being described Many of these were of course not new to the local people but since then the pace has slowed and new species are generally only being found in remote areas or among cryptic or secretive groups of species Nonetheless several tens of species were described for the first time even during the 1990s Considerable time can pass between discovery and publication for a number of reasons Individual countries particularly rich in species newly described during this period are Brazil Colombia Peru Indonesia PhilippinesA number of individuals have been particularly prolific in describing new species such as Niels Krabbe Paul Coopmans Bret WhitneyContents 1 Species described that were not valid species 2 The Meise and AMNH reviews 3 Discoveries by year 3 1 1964 3 2 1973 3 3 1981 3 4 1982 3 5 1983 3 6 1984 3 7 1985 3 8 1986 3 9 1987 3 10 1991 3 11 1995 3 12 1997 3 13 1998 3 14 1999 3 15 2000s 3 16 2010s 3 17 2020s 4 ReferencesSpecies described that were not valid species editA number of species described during this period have turned out not to be valid species There are a number of reasons for this The following is a list of these species Cox s sandpiper Calidris paramelanotos in 1982 now known to be a stereotyped hybrid between males of the pectoral sandpiper and female curlew sandpipers 1 2 Bulo Burti boubou Laniarius liberatus from Somalia in 1991 found to be a color morph of Laniarius nigerrimus Kenyon s shag or Amchitka cormorant Phalacrocorax kenyoni in 1991 now considered to refer to small females of the pelagic cormorant 3 4 Mascarene shearwater Puffinus atrodorsalis in 1995 now considered indistinguishable from the tropical shearwater Puffinus lherminieri bailloni or P bailloni bailloni 5 6 Brigida s woodcreeper Hylexetastes brigidai in 1997 now usually considered a subspecies of the red billed woodcreeper pending thorough study The Meise and AMNH reviews editDuring the 20th century ornithologists published a number of periodic reviews of newly described species The purpose of each of these was to collect together in a single paper for ease of reference all new species descriptions published in the period of study and to present an analysis of these indicating which represent valid species and which for various reasons do not The first such review was published in 1934 by the ornithologist Wilhelm Meise covering the period 1920 to 1934 Meise presented his review to the Eighth International Ornithological Congress IOC in Oxford The review listed 600 new species names described in that period Meise was of the opinion that between 135 and 200 represented good species At the ninth IOC in 1938 Meise presented a second paper listing 23 new species described in the intervening period plus a further 36 which had been described during 1920 1934 and not covered in the earlier paper Meise s papers were Meise W 1934 Fortschritte der ornithologischen Systematik seit 1920 Proc VIII Cong Internat Ornith pp 49 189 Meise W 1938 Exposition de types d oiseaux nouvellement decrits au Museum de Paris Proc IX Cong Internat Ornith pp 46 51After the Second World War ornithologists based at museums in the American Museum of Natural History produced further reviews again each of these listed newly described species and presented an analysis indicating which were and were not good species To date six such papers have been compiled they are in chronological order Zimmer J T amp E Mayr Mayr 1943 New species of birds described from 1938 to 1941 PDF Auk 60 2 249 262 doi 10 2307 4079651 JSTOR 4079651 Mayr E 1957 New species of birds described from 1941 to 1955 Journal fur Ornithologie 98 22 35 doi 10 1007 BF01677166 S2CID 45014054 Mayr E 1971 New species of birds described from 1956 to 1965 J Ornithol 112 3 302 316 doi 10 1007 BF01640689 S2CID 245710 Mayr E amp F Vuilleumier Vuilleumier 1983 New species of birds described from 1966 to 1975 J Ornithol 124 3 217 232 doi 10 1007 BF01640607 S2CID 24273749 Vuilleumier F amp E Mayr Mayr 1987 New species of birds described from 1976 to 1980 J Ornithol 128 2 137 150 doi 10 1007 BF01661691 S2CID 27239055 Vuilleumier Francois Mary LeCroy amp Ernst Mayr 1992 New species of birds described from 1981 to 1990 Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club 112A 267 309 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link No further detailed analyses have been published since the 1992 paper although the British magazine Birding World has published two articles by Oscar van Rootselaar listing newly described species since 1990 van Rootselaar Oscar 1999 New birds for the World species discovered during 1980 1999 Birding World 12 286 293 van Rootselaar Oscar 2002 New birds for the World species described during 1999 2002 Birding World 15 428 431 Discoveries by year editThis section may be confusing or unclear to readers In particular Unclear if this list is supposed to be complete starting at 1964 Please help clarify the section There might be a discussion about this on the talk page July 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message 1964 edit Barau s petrel Pterodroma baraui1973 edit Poʻo uli Melamprosops phaeosoma now extinct 1981 edit Chubut steamerduck Tachyeres leucocephalus Okinawa rail Gallirallus okinawae Yellow footed honeyguide Melignomon eisentrauti1982 edit Mirafra ashi Malurus campbelli Ploceus ruweti Vidua raricola Vidua larvaticola1983 edit Alagoas foliage gleaner Philydor novaesi now extinct Amsterdam albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis Glaucidium albertinum Gerygone ruficauda Nectarinia rufipennis Eungella honeyeater Lichenostomus hindwoodi1984 edit West African batis1985 edit Red Sea swallow Hirundo perdita Phyllastrephus leucolepis1986 edit Ash throated antwren Herpsilochmus parkeri Ploceus victoriae1987 edit Cettia carolinae1991 edit Roviana rail Gallirallus rovianae from Roviana Solomon Islands 7 1995 edit Sichuan treecreeper 8 1997 edit Lina s sunbird Aethopyga linaraborae from Mindanao Philippines 9 Red shouldered vanga Calicalicus rufocarpalis Batrachostomus pygmeus1998 edit Araripe manakin Antilophia bokermanni Sangihe scops owl Otus collari 10 1999 edit Jocotoco antpitta Grallaria ridgelyi from Ecuador 11 2000s edit See Bird species new to science described in the 2000s 2010s edit See Bird species described in the 2010s 2020s edit See Bird species described in the 2020s References edit Parker Shane A 1982 A new sandpiper of the genus Calidris South Australian Naturalist 56 63 Christidis Les Davies Kizanne Westerman Michael Christian Peter D amp Schodde Richard 1996 Molecular assessment of the taxonomic status of Cox s Sandpiper PDF Condor 98 3 459 463 doi 10 2307 1369559 JSTOR 1369559 Siegel Causey Douglas 1991 Systematics and biogeography of North Pacific shags with a description of a new species Occasional Papers of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History 140 1 17 Rohwer Sievert Filardi Christopher E Bostwick Kimberly S amp Peterson A Townsend 2000 A critical evaluation of Kenyon s Shag Phalacrocorax Stictocarbo kenyoni PDF Auk 117 2 308 320 doi 10 1642 0004 8038 2000 117 0308 aceoks 2 0 co 2 hdl 1808 16610 S2CID 26670298 Shirihai H Sinclair I amp Colston P R 1995 A new species of Puffinus shearwater from the western Indian Ocean Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club 115 75 87 Austin Jeremy J Bretagnolle Vincent amp Pasquet Eric 2004 A global molecular phylogeny of the small Puffinus shearwaters and implications for systematics of the Little Audubon s Shearwater complex Auk 121 3 847 864 doi 10 1642 0004 8038 2004 121 0847 AGMPOT 2 0 CO 2 S2CID 86177092 Diamond Jared M 1991 A new species of rail from the Solomon Islands and convergent evolution of insular flightlessness PDF Auk 108 3 461 470 doi 10 2307 4088088 JSTOR 4088088 Li Gui yuan 1995 A new subspecies of Certhia familiaris Passeriformes Certhiidae Acta Zoologica Sinica in Chinese 20 3 373 376 later elevated to specific rank 2002 Journal fur Ornithologie Kennedy Robert S Gonzales Pedro C Miranda Hector C Jr 1997 New Aethopyga sunbirds Aves Nectariniidae from the island of Mindanao Philippines PDF Auk 114 1 1 10 doi 10 2307 4089060 JSTOR 4089060 Lambert F R amp Rasmussen P C 1998 Sangihe Scops Owl Otus collari sp nov PDF Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club 118 4 207 217 Archived from the original PDF on 2016 04 20 Retrieved 2010 04 21 Krabbe Niels Agro D J Rice N H Jacome M Navarrete L amp Sornoza M F 1999 A new species of antpitta Formicariidae Grallaria from the southern Ecuadorian Andes PDF Auk 116 4 882 890 doi 10 2307 4089669 JSTOR 4089669 Retrieved from https en wikipedia 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