List of bird species described in the 2010s

See also parent article Bird species new to science

This page details the bird species described as new to science in the years 2010 to 2019:

Summary statistics

Number of species described per year

The birds, year-by-year

2010

• Limestone leaf warbler, Phylloscopus calciatilis: Alström, P.; Davidson, P.; Duckworth, J.W.; Eames, J.C.; Le, T.T.; Nguyen, C.; Olsson, U.; Robson, C.; Timmins, R. (2010). "Description of a new species of Phylloscopus warbler from Vietnam and Laos". Ibis 152 (1): 145–168. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00990.x. 
• Fenwick's antpitta or Urrao antpitta, Grallaria fenwickorum: Barrera, L.F.; Bartels, A.; Fundación ProAves de Colombia (2010). "A new species of Antpitta (family Grallariidae) from the Colibrí del Sol Bird Reserve, Colombia". Conservación Colombiana 13: 8–24. 
• Socotra buzzard, Buteo socotraensis: Porter, R.F.; Kirwan, G.M. (2010). "Studies of Socotran birds VI. The taxonomic status of the Socotra Buzzard". Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 130 (2): 116–131. 
• Willard's sooty boubou, Laniarius willardi: Voelker, G.; Outlaw, R.K.; Reddy, S.; Tobler, M.; Bates, J.M.; Hackett, S.J.; Kahindo, C.; Marks, B.D.; Kerbis Peterhans, J.C.; Gnoske, T.P. (2010). "A New Species of Boubou (Malaconotidae: Laniarius) from the Albertine Rift". Auk 127 (3): 678–689. doi:10.1525/auk.2010.09014. 
• Rock tapaculo, Scytalopus petrophilus: Whitney, B.M.; Vasconcelos, M.F.; Silveira, L.F.; Pacheco, J.F. (2010). "Scytalopus petrophilus (Rock Tapaculo): a new species from Minas Gerais, Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 18 (2): 73–88. 

2011

• Tsingy wood rail, Canirallus beankaensis: Goodman, Raherilalao & Block (2011). "Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in the Mentocrex kioloides complex (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from Madagascar, with the description of a new species.". Zootaxa 2776: 49–60. 
• Bryan's shearwater, Puffinus bryani: Pyle, Peter; Welch; Andreanna J.; Fleischer; Robert C. (2011). "A New Species of Shearwater (Puffinus) Recorded from Midway Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands". The Condor 113 (3): 518–527. doi:10.1525/cond.2011.100117. 
• Várzea thrush, Turdus sanchezorum: O’Neill; John P.; Lane; Daniel F. ; Naka; Luciano N. (2011). "A cryptic new species of thrush (Turdidae: Turdus) from western Amazonia". The Condor 113 (4): 869–880. doi:10.1525/cond.2011.100244. 

2012

• Alta Floresta antpitta, Hylopezus whittakeri: Carneiro; Lincoln Silva; Gonzaga, Luiz Pedreira; Rêgo, Péricles S.; Sampaio, Iracilda ; Schneider, Horacio; Aleixo, Alexandre (2012). "Systematic Revision of the Spotted Antpitta (Grallariidae: Hylopezus macularius), with Description of a Cryptic New Species from Brazilian Amazonia". The Auk 129 (2): 338–351. doi:10.1525/auk.2012.11157. 
• Antioquia wren, Thryophilus sernai: Lara, C. E., A. M. Cuervo, S. V. Valderrama, D. Calderón-F. & C. D. Cadena. (2012). "A new species of wren (Troglodytidae: Thryophilus) from the dry Cauca River Canyon, northwestern Colombia". The Auk 129 (3): 537–550. doi:10.1525/auk.2012.12028. 
• Sira barbet, Capito fitzpatricki: Seeholzer, G.F., B.M. Winger, M.G. Harvey, D. Cáceres A., and J.D. Weckstein (2012). "A New Species Of Barbet (Capitonidae: Capito) From The Cerros Del Sira, Ucayali, Peru". The Auk 129 (3): 551–559. doi:10.1525/auk.2012.11250. 
• Bermuda towhee, Pipilo naufragus: Olson, S. L. and Wingate, D. B. (2012). "A new species of towhee (Aves: Emberizidae: Pipilo) from Quaternary deposits on Bermuda". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125 (1): 85–96. doi:10.2988/11-21.1. 
• Cipó cinclodes, Cinclodes pabsti espinhacensis: Freitas, G. H. S., Chaves, A. V., Costa, L. M., Santos, F. R., Rodrigues, M. (2012). "A new species of Cinclodes from the Espinhaço Range, southeastern Brazil: insights into the biogeographical history of the South American highlands". Ibis 154: 738–755. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.2012.01268.x. . Lumped with long-tailed cinclodes (Cinclodes pabsti) in 2013
• Camiguin hawk-owl, Ninox leventisi:Rasmussen, P. C., Allen, D. N. S., Collar, N., DeMeuleMeester, B, Hutchinson, R. O., Jakosalem, P. G. C., Kenny, R. S., Lambert, F. R., Paguntalan, L. M. (2012). "Vocal divergence and new species in the Philippine Hawk Owl Ninox philippensis complex". Forktail 28: 1–20. . Split from Philippine hawk-owl.
• Cebu hawk-owl, Ninox rumseyi:Rasmussen, P. C., Allen, D. N. S., Collar, N., DeMeuleMeester, B, Hutchinson, R. O., Jakosalem, P. G. C., Kenny, R. S., Lambert, F. R., Paguntalan, L. M. (2012). "Vocal divergence and new species in the Philippine Hawk Owl Ninox philippensis complex". Forktail 28: 1–20.  Split from Philippine hawk-owl.

2013

• Rinjani scops owl, Otus jolandae:George Sangster, Ben F. King, Philippe Verbelen and Colin R. Trainor (2013). "A New Owl Species of the Genus Otus (Aves: Strigidae) from Lombok, Indonesia". PLOS ONE 8 (2): e53712. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053712. PMC 3572129. PMID 23418422. 
• Pincoya storm petrel, Oceanites pincoyae:Peter Harrison, Michel Sallaberry, Chris P Gaskin, Karen A Baird, Alvaro Jamarillo, Shirley Maria Metz, Mark Pearman, Michael O'Keeffe, Jim Dowdall, Seamus Enright, Kieran Fahy, Jeff Gilligan and Gerard Lillie (2013). "A new storm-petrel species from Chile". The Auk 130 (1): 180–191. doi:10.1525/auk.2012.12071. 
• Delta Amacuro softtail, Thripophaga amacurensis:Steven Leon Hilty, David Ascanio and Andrew W. Whittaker (2013). "A New Species of Softtail (Furnariidae: Thripophaga) from the Delta of the Orinoco River in Venezuela". The Condor 115 (1): 143–154. doi:10.1525/cond.2012.110212. 
• Bermuda flicker, Colaptes oceanicus:Storrs L. Olson (2013). "Fossil woodpeckers from Bermuda with the description of a new species of Colaptes (Aves: Picidae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126 (1): 17–24. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-126.1.17. 
• Sao Miguel scops owl, Otus frutuosoi : Juan Carlos Rando, Josep Antoni Alcover, Storrs L. Olson, Harald Pieper. (2013). "A new species of extinct scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus) from São Miguel Island (Azores Archipelago, North Atlantic Ocean).". Zootaxa 3647 (2): 343–357. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.6. 
• Seram masked owl, Tyto almae:Knud Andreas Jønsson, Michael Køie Poulsen, Tri Haryoko, Andrew Hart Reeve and Pierre-Henri Fabre (2013). "A new species of masked-owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae) from Seram, Indonesia". Zootaxa 3635 (1): 51–61. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3635.1.5. 
• Junin tapaculo, Scytalopus gettyae:Peter A. Hosner , Mark B. Robbins , Thomas Valqui , and A. Townsend Peterson (2013). "A New Species of Scytalopus Tapaculo (Aves: Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae) from the Andes of Central Peru". The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 125 (2): 233–242. doi:10.1676/12-055.1. 
• Cambodian tailorbird Orthotomus chaktomuk:Simon Mahood, Ashish John, Hong Chamnan, and Colin Poole (2013). "A new species of lowland tailorbird (Passeriformes: Cisticolidae: Orthotomus) from the Mekong floodplain of Cambodia". Forktail 29: 1–14. 
• Tropeiro seedeater, Sporophila beltoni: Márcio Repenning and Carla Suertegaray Fontana. (2013). "A new species of gray seedeater (Emberizidae: Sporophila) from upland grasslands of southern Brazil.". The Auk 130 (4): 791–803. doi:10.1525/auk.2013.12167. 

The following 15 Brazilian species are described in the 17th volume of the Handbook of the Birds of the World:

• Western striolated-puffbird, Nystalus obamai
• Xingu woodcreeper, Dendrocolaptes retentus
• Inambari woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae
• Tupana scythebill, Campylorhamphus gyldenstolpei
• Tapajós scythebill, Campylorhamphus cardosoi
• Roosevelt stipple-throated antwren, Epinecrophylla dentei
• Bamboo antwren, Myrmotherula oreni
• Predicted antwren, Herpsilochmus praedictus
• Aripuana antwren, Herpsilochmus stotzi
• Manicoré warbling antbird, Hypocnemis rondoni
• Chico's tyrannulet, Zimmerius chicomendesi
• Acre tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus cohnhafti
• Sucunduri yellow-margined flycatcher, Tolmomyias sucunduri
• Inambari gnatcatcher, Polioptila attenboroughi
• Campina jay, Cyanocorax hafferi
• Sierra Madre ground warbler Robsonius thompsoni: Peter A. Hosner, Nikki C. Boggess, Phillip Alviola, Luis A. Sánchez-González, Carl H. Oliveros, Rolly Urriza and Robert G. Moyle. (2013). "Phylogeography of the Robsonius Ground-Warblers (Passeriformes: Locustellidae) Reveals an Undescribed Species from Northeastern Luzon, Philippines.". The Condor 115 (3): 630–639. doi:10.1525/cond.2013.120124. 
• Guerrero brush-finch Arremon kuehnerii: Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza, Martha A. García-Hernández and A. Townsend Peterson. (2013). "A new species of Brush-Finch (Arremon; Emberizidae) from western Mexico.". The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 125 (3): 443–453. doi:10.1676/12-136.1. 
• Omani owl Strix omanensis: Magnus Robb, Arnoud B van den Berg & Mark Constantine. (2013). "A new species of Strix owl from Oman.". Dutch Birding 35 (5): 275–310. 
• New Caledonia snipe, Coenocorypha neocaledonica: Trevor Worthy, Atholl Anderson and Christophe Sand. (2013). "An extinct Austral snipe Aves: Coenocorypha from New Caledonia.". Emu 113 (4): 383–393. doi:10.1071/MU13019. 

2014

• São Paulo marsh antwren Formicivora paludicola: Buzzetti, Belmonte-Lopes, Reinert, Silveira & Bornschein. "2013" (2014). "A new species of Formicivora Swainson, 1824 (Thamnophilidae) from the state of São Paulo, Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 21 (4): 269–291. 

[the last isse of RBO 21, from "Dec 2013", was released only in March 2014]

• Wakatobi flowerpecker Dicaeum kuehni: Seán B. A. Kelly, David J. Kelly, Natalie Cooper, Andi Bahrun, Kangkuso Analuddin, Nicola M. Marples (2014). "Molecular and Phenotypic Data Support the Recognition of the Wakatobi Flowerpecker (Dicaeum kuehni) from the Unique and Understudied Sulawesi Region". PLOS ONE 9 (6): e98694. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098694. 

[This species was actually described by Ernst Hartert in 1903 and is listed here in error. It had meanwhile been considered a subspecies of Dicaeum celebicum, and the present authors Kelly et al. re-separated it as an independent species]

• Cryptic treehunter Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti Mazar Barnett, J.; Buzzetti, D.R.C. (2014). "A new species of Cichlocolaptes Reichenbach 1853 (Furnariidae), the 'gritador-do-nordeste', an undescribed trace of the fading bird life of northeastern Brazil". Rev Bras Ornitol 22 (2): 75–94. 
• Bahian mouse-colored tapaculo Scytalopus gonzagai: Giovanni Nachtigall Maurício, Ricardo Belmonte-Lopes, José Fernando Pacheco, Luís Fábio Silveira, Bret M. Whitney, and Marcos Ricardo Bornschein (2014). "Taxonomy of 'Mouse-colored Tapaculos' (II): An endangered new species from the montane Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, Brazil (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae: Scytalopus)". The Auk 131 (4): 643–659. doi:10.1642/AUK-14-16.1. 
• Sulawesi streaked flycatcher (Muscicapa sodhii) : Harris, J.B.C.; Rasmussen, P.C.; Yong, D.L.; Prawiradilaga, D.M.; Putra, D.D.; Round, P.D.; Rheindt, F.E. (2014). "A New Species of Muscicapa Flycatcher from Sulawesi, Indonesia". PLOS ONE 9 (11): e112657. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112657. 

2015

• Desert owl Strix hadorami: Guy M. Kirwan, Manuel Schweizer, José Luis Copete (2015). "Multiple lines of evidence confirm that Hume’s Owl Strix butleri (A. O. Hume, 1878) is two species, with description of an unnamed species (Aves: Non-Passeriformes: Strigidae)". Zootaxa 3904 (1): 28–50. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3904.1.2. 
• Perijá tapaculo Scytalopus perijanus: Avendaño, J.E., Cuervo, A.M., López-O., J.P., Gutiérrez-Pinto, N., Cortés-Diago, A. & Cadena, C.D. (2015). "A new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae: Scytalopus) from the Serranía de Perijá of Colombia and Venezuela". The Auk 132 (2): 450–466. doi:10.1642/AUK-14-166.1. 
• Sichuan bush warbler Locustella chengi: Alström, P., Xia, C., Rasmussen, P.C., Olsson, U., Dai, B., Zhao, J., Leader, P.J., Carey, G.J., Dong. L., Cai, T., Holt, P.I., Manh, H.L., Song, G., Liu, Y., Zhang, Y. & Lei, F. (2015). "Integrative taxonomy of the Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli complex reveals a new species from central China". Avian Research 6 (9): 1–32. doi:10.1186/s40657-015-0016-z. 

2016

• Himalayan forest thrush Zoothera salimalii: Alström P., Rasmussen P.C., Chao Zhao, Jingzi Xu, Dalvi S., Tianlong Cai, Yuyan Guan, Kalyakin M.V., Fumin Lei, Olsson U. (2016). "Integrative taxonomy of the Plain-backed Thrush (Zoothera mollissima) complex (Aves, Turdidae) reveals cryptic species, including a new species.". Avian Research 7 (1): 1–39. doi:10.1186/s40657-016-0037-2. 

Described in this period, no longer thought to be good species

• Strix omanensis, described in 2013, is now thought to be identical with Strix butleri.

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