Bird species new to science described in the 1980s
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The following are the bird species described as new to science in the years 1980 to 1989:
[edit] 1980
- To be completed
[edit] 1981
- Chubut Steamerduck, Tachyeres leucocephalus
- Okinawa Rail, Gallirallus okinawae
- Yellow-footed Honeyguide, Melignomon eisentrauti
- To be completed
[edit] 1982
- Mirafra ashi
- Malurus campbelli
- Ploceus ruweti
- Vidua raricola
- Vidua larvaticola
- To be completed
[edit] 1983
- Amsterdam Albatross, Diomedea amsterdamensis
- Glaucidium albertinum
- Cichloris llaneae
- Gerygone ruficauda
- Nectarinia rufipennis
- Meliphaga hindwoodi
- To be completed
[edit] 1984
- Batis occultus
- To be completed
[edit] 1985
- Red Sea Swallow, Hirundo perdita
- Phyllastrephus leucolepsis
- To be completed
[edit] 1986
- Ash-throated Antwren, Herpsilochmus parkeri
- Ploceus victoriae
- To be completed
[edit] 1987
- Cettia carolinae
- To be completed
[edit] 1988
- To be completed
[edit] 1989
- To be completed
[edit] Described in this period, no longer thought to be good species
1982
- Cox's Sandpiper, Calidris paramelanotos, now known to be a stereotyped hybrid between males of the Pectoral Sandpiper and female Curlew Sandpipers.
- 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. & Schodde, Richard (1996): Molecular assessment of the taxonomic status of Cox's Sandpiper. Condor 98(3): 459-463. PDF fulltext
