2013 in birding and ornithology

See also 2012 in birding and ornithology, main events of 2013 and 2014 in birding and ornithology

The year 2013 in birding and ornithology.

Worldwide

New species

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

• São Miguel scops owl, a small extinct owl that once inhabited the island of São Miguel, in the Macaronesian archipelago of the Azores, in the North Atlantic Ocean.^[1]

• 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. PMC 3572129 . PMID 23418422. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053712. CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
• 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; 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. CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
• 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; 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 & 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 & 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 & 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; 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. CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
• 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. CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
• 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. CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)

Taxonomic developments

Ornithologists

Deaths

Europe

Britain

Rare birds

Scandinavia

Faroe Islands

North America

To be completed

References