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

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Number of species described per year

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Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Number of new species described 5 3 7 28 5 3 5 8 6 5

Countries with high numbers of newly described species

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The birds, year-by-year

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2010

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2011

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2012

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2013

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

2014

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(The last issue of Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia. 21, from "Dec 2013", was released in March 2014.)

2015

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2016

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2017

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2018

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2019

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

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  • Strix omanensis, described in 2013, is now thought to be identical with Strix butleri.
  • Amazona gomezgarzai, described in 2017, now thought to represent specimens of hybrid origin

Described in this period as a species but may instead be a subspecies

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  • Sholicola ashambuensis, described in 2017, tentatively considered a subspecies of S. albiventris by the Clements Checklist.
  • Newtonia lavarambo, described in 2018, tentatively considered a subspecies of N. amphicroa by the Clements Checklist.

References

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  5. 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.
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  9. 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. S2CID 84023178.
  10. Lara, C. E.; Cuervo, A. M.; Valderrama, S. V.; Calderón-F., D. & Cadena, C. D. (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. S2CID 49351402.
  11. Seeholzer, G. F.; Winger, B. M.; Harvey, M. G.; Cáceres A., D. & Weckstein, J. D. (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. S2CID 49550316.
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  16. Harrison, Peter; Sallaberry, Michel; Gaskin, Chris P.; Baird, Karen A.; Jamarillo, Alvaro; Metz, Shirley Maria; Pearman, Mark; O'Keeffe, Michael; Dowdall, Jim; Enright, Seamus; Fahy, Kieran; Gilligan, Jeff & Lillie, Gerard (2013). "A new storm-petrel species from Chile". The Auk. 130 (1): 180–191. doi:10.1525/auk.2012.12071. S2CID 85987531.
  17. Hilty, Steven Leon; Ascanio, David & Whittaker, Andrew W. (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. S2CID 84646597.
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  19. Rando, Juan Carlos; Alcover, Josep Antoni; Olson, Storrs L. & Pieper, Harald (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. hdl:10261/85708. PMID 26295111.
  20. Jønsson, Knud Andreas; Poulsen, Michael Køie; Haryoko, Tri; Reeve, Andrew Hart & Fabre, Pierre-Henri (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. PMID 26097930.
  21. Hosner, Peter A.; Robbins, Mark B.; Valqui, Thomas & Peterson, A. Townsend (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. S2CID 85756230.
  22. Mahood, Simon; John, Ashish; Chamnan, Hong & Poole, Colin (2013). "A new species of lowland tailorbird (Passeriformes: Cisticolidae: Orthotomus) from the Mekong floodplain of Cambodia". Forktail. 29: 1–14.
  23. Repenning, Márcio & Fontana, Carla Suertegaray (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. S2CID 85942537.
  24. Hosner, Peter A.; Boggess, Nikki C.; Alviola, Phillip; Sánchez-González, Luis A.; Oliveros, Carl H.; Urriza, Rolly & Moyle, Robert G. (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. hdl:1808/14475. S2CID 54028888.
  25. Navarro-Sigüenza, Adolfo G.; García-Hernández, Martha A. & Peterson, A. Townsend (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. S2CID 84057064.
  26. Robb, Magnus; van den Berg, Arnoud B. & Constantine, Mark (2013). "A new species of Strix owl from Oman". Dutch Birding. 35 (5): 275–310.
  27. Worthy, Trevor; Anderson, Atholl & Sand, Christophe (2013). "An extinct Austral snipe Aves: Coenocorypha from New Caledonia". Emu. 113 (4): 383–393. Bibcode:2013EmuAO.113..383W. doi:10.1071/MU13019. S2CID 85169982.
  28. Buzzetti, Dante Renato Corrêa; Lopes, Ricardo Belmonte; Reinert, Bianca Luiza; Silveira, Luíz Fábio & Bornschein, Marcos Ricardo (December 2013). "A new species of Formicivora Swainson, 1824 (Thamnophilidae) from the state of São Paulo, Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia. 21 (4): 269–291.
  29. Kelly, Seán B. A.; Kelly, David J.; Cooper, Natalie; Bahrun, Andi; Analuddin, Kangkuso & Marples, Nicola M. (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. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...998694K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098694. PMC 4045762. PMID 24896822.
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  32. 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. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9k2657H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112657. PMC 4242539. PMID 25419968.
  33. Kirwan, Guy M.; Schweizer, Manuel & Copete, José Luis (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. PMID 25660770. S2CID 4287913.
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  54. 1 2 Boesman, Peter & Collar, N. J. (17 June 2019). "Two undescribed species of bird from West Africa". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 139 (2): 147–159. Bibcode:2019BBrOC.139..147B. doi:10.25226/bboc.v139i2.2019.a7.
  55. Irham, Mohammad; Ashari, Hidayat; Suparno; Trainor, Colin R.; Verbelen, Philippe; Wu, Meng Yue & Rheindt, Frank E. (2019). "A New Myzomela Honeyeater (Meliphagidae) from the Highlands of Alor Island, Indonesia". Journal of Ornithology. 161: 313–324. doi:10.1007/s10336-019-01722-2.
  56. Saucier, Jacob R.; Milensky, Christopher M.; Caraballo-Ortiz, Marcos A.; Ragai, Roslina; Dahlan, N. Faridah & Edwards, David P. (2019). "A Distinctive New Species of Flowerpecker (Passeriformes: Dicaeidae) from Borneo". Zootaxa. 4686 (4): 451–464. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4686.4.1. PMID 31719467.