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Bird species new to science 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-ri ...

'' 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

Countries with high numbers of newly described species

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

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Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

The birds, year-by-year

2010

Limestone leaf warbler The limestone leaf warbler (''Phylloscopus calciatilis'') is a species of warbler in the family Phylloscopidae. When this species was first seen, beginning in 1994, it was mistaken for the similar sulphur-breasted warbler. It is smaller than the ...

, ''Phylloscopus calciatilis'': * Fenwick's antpitta or Urrao antpitta, ''Grallaria fenwickorum'': * Socotra buzzard, ''Buteo socotraensis'': * Willard's sooty boubou, ''Laniarius willardi'': * Rock tapaculo, ''Scytalopus petrophilus'':

2011

Tsingy wood rail The Tsingy wood rail (''Mentocrex beankaensis'') is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae that was scientifically described in 2011. It is endemic to areas with dry deciduous forest and limestone karst in the lowlands of west-central Ma ...

, ''Canirallus beankaensis'': *

Bryan's shearwater Bryan's shearwater (''Puffinus bryani'') is a species of shearwater that may occur around the Hawaiian Islands. It is the smallest species of shearwater and is black and white with a bluish gray beak and blue tarsi. First collected in 1963 and t ...

, ''Puffinus bryani'': * Várzea thrush, ''Turdus sanchezorum'':

2012

* Alta Floresta antpitta, ''Hylopezus whittakeri'': *

Antioquia wren The Antioquia wren (''Thryophilus sernai'') is a passerine from the wren family (Troglodytidae). It was discovered in March 2010 in the vicinity of the Cauca River in Antioquia, Colombia and described as a new species by Lara ''et al'' (2012). Th ...

, ''Thryophilus sernai'': *

Sira barbet The Sira barbet (''Capito fitzpatricki'') is a bird in the family Capitonidae, the New World barbets. It is endemic to the Cerros del Sira of east-central Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The Sira barbet was discovered in 2008 and formally ...

, ''Capito fitzpatricki'': * †

Bermuda towhee The Bermuda towhee (''Pipilo naufragus'') is an extinct passerine of the towhee genus ''Pipilo'' that was confined to Bermuda. It was a large member of the genus and closely related to the eastern towhee. The scientific description was in 2012, b ...

, ''Pipilo naufragus'': * Cipó cinclodes, ''Cinclodes pabsti espinhacensis'': . Lumped with

long-tailed cinclodes The long-tailed cinclodes (''Cinclodes pabsti'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and pastureland. Rarer than previously believed, it is uplisted from a specie ...

(''Cinclodes pabsti'') in 2013 *

Camiguin hawk-owl The Camiguin boobook or Camiguin hawk-owl (''Ninox leventisi'') is an owl species resident to the Camiguin island in the Philippines. It is the only owl in the country with greenish-yellow or grayish eyes. It was previously known as a subspecies ...

, ''Ninox leventisi'':. Split from

Philippine hawk-owl The Philippine hawk-owl is a species complex of owls in the family Strigidae. They are all endemic to the Philippines. Description The Philippine hawk-owls are earless. The males and females look much alike. They differ in size and pattern on th ...

. * Cebu hawk-owl, ''Ninox rumseyi'': Split from

2013

Rinjani scops owl The Rinjani scops owl (''Otus jolandae'') is a species of scops owl found only on Lombok in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia and its neighbouring Gili Islands. The only bird species endemism, endemic to the island, it was first recognized as ...

, ''Otus jolandae'': *

Pincoya storm petrel The Pincoya storm petrel (''Oceanites pincoyae'') is a sea bird of the storm petrel family. The specific name commemorates the Pincoya, a female water spirit of the Chilote mythology. After being first brought to the attention of the world from ...

, ''Oceanites pincoyae'': *

Delta Amacuro softtail The Delta Amacuro softtail (''Thripophaga amacurensis'') is a Vulnerable species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to the southern Orinoco Delta in northeastern Venezuela.Clements, J. F., P ...

, ''Thripophaga amacurensis'': * †

Bermuda flicker The Bermuda flicker (''Colaptes oceanicus'') is an extinct woodpecker from the genus ''Colaptes''. It was confined to Bermuda and is known only by fossil remains dated to the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene. However, an old travel report by exp ...

, ''Colaptes oceanicus'': * † Sao Miguel scops owl, Otus frutuosoi : *

Seram masked owl The Seram masked owl (''Tyto almae'') is an owl species in the family Tytonidae endemic to Seram Island in Indonesia. After being first brought to the attention of the world from a photograph taken during an expedition by Rudi Badil and Sukianto ...

, ''Tyto almae'': * Junin tapaculo, ''Scytalopus gettyae'': *

Cambodian tailorbird The Cambodian tailorbird (''Orthotomus chaktomuk'') is a species of bird endemic to Cambodia, likely confined to a single dense shrub habitat in the floodplain of the Mekong river. It was first discovered and recorded by scientists in 2009 in Phn ...

''Orthotomus chaktomuk'': * Tropeiro seedeater, ''Sporophila beltoni'': * Sierra Madre ground warbler ''Robsonius thompsoni'': * Guerrero brush-finch ''Arremon kuehnerii'': *

Omani owl The Omani owl (''Strix butleri'') is an owl of the genus '' Strix'' found in shrubland and rocky areas of Oman, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. It was discovered in 2013. After the distinctive Omani owl was discovered, a similar-looking owl ...

''Strix omanensis'': * † New Caledonia snipe, ''Coenocorypha neocaledonica'': The following 15 Brazilian species are described in the 17th volume of the

Handbook of the Birds of the World The ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species of bird. T ...

: * 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 The predicted antwren (''Herpsilochmus praedictus'') is an insectivorous bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. The predicted antwren was first described in 2013. The name refers to the fact that the bird was predicted to be a separate sp ...

, ''Herpsilochmus praedictus'' * Aripuana antwren, ''Herpsilochmus stotzi'' *

Manicoré warbling antbird The Manicoré warbling antbird (''Hypocnemis rondoni'') is a species of insectivorous bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest A forest is an area of lan ...

, ''Hypocnemis rondoni'' * Chico's tyrannulet, ''Zimmerius chicomendesi'' *

Acre tody-tyrant The Acre tody-tyrant (''Hemitriccus cohnhafti'') is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, found in Bolivia and Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The Acre tody-tyrant was first described as a spe ...

, ''Hemitriccus cohnhafti'' * Sucunduri yellow-margined flycatcher, ''Tolmomyias sucunduri'' * Inambari gnatcatcher, ''Polioptila attenboroughi'' *

Campina jay The Campina jay (''Cyanocorax hafferi'') is a passerine from the genus ''Cyanocorax'', a group of jays which occur in the Neotropics. It was first discovered in August 2002 by Mario Cohn-Haft but stayed unrecognised for two and a half years unti ...

, ''Cyanocorax hafferi''

2014

* São Paulo marsh antwren ''Formicivora paludicola'': 'the last issue of RBO 21, from "Dec 2013", was released only in March 2014''*

Wakatobi flowerpecker The Wakatobi flowerpecker (''Dicaeum celebicum kuehni'') is a subspecies of the grey-sided flowerpecker that is endemic to the Wakatobi Islands of Indonesia. Some authorities consider it to be a separate species as ''Dicaeum kuehni''. Taxonomy ...

''Dicaeum kuehni'': * †

Cryptic treehunter The cryptic treehunter (''Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti'') is or was a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. Its status, and even its existence as a species, are disputed. It is or was endemic to Brazi ...

''Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti'' * Bahian mouse-colored tapaculo ''Scytalopus gonzagai'': * Sulawesi streaked flycatcher (''Muscicapa sodhii'') :

2015

Desert owl The desert owl or desert tawny owl (''Strix hadorami''), formerly known as Hume's owl, is a species of owl. It is closely related to the more widespread tawny owl and to the range-restricted Omani owl. This species is a part of the family Strigi ...

''Strix hadorami'': * Perijá tapaculo ''Scytalopus perijanus'': *

Sichuan bush warbler The Sichuan bush warbler (''Locustella chengi'') lives primarily in the thick brush and on tea plantations in five mountainous provinces of central China. It is a relatively small bird with a weight of 10 grams and an average length of 13 c ...

''Locustella chengi'':

2016

* Himalayan forest thrush ''Zoothera salimalii'': *

Dahomey forest robin The forest robin or orange-breasted forest robin (''Stiphrornis erythrothorax'') is a species of bird from Central and West Africa. It is monotypic in the genus ''Stiphrornis''. It has been placed in the family Turdidae, but is now generally plac ...

''Stiphrornis dahomeyensis'': Voelker, G.; Tobler, M.; Prestridge, H. L.; Duijm, E.; Groenenberg, D.; Hutchinson, M. R.; Martin, A. D.; Nieman, A.; Roselaar, C. S.; Huntley, J. W. (2016). "Three new species of ''Stiphrornis'' (Aves: Muscicapidae) from the Afro-tropics, with a molecular phylogenetic assessment of the genus". ''Systematics and Biodiversity''. doi: 10.1080/14772000.2016.1226978 *

Ghana forest robin The forest robin or orange-breasted forest robin (''Stiphrornis erythrothorax'') is a species of bird from Central and West Africa. It is monotypic in the genus ''Stiphrornis''. It has been placed in the family Turdidae, but is now generally plac ...

''Stiphrornis inexpectatus'': Voelker, G.; Tobler, M.; Prestridge, H. L.; Duijm, E.; Groenenberg, D.; Hutchinson, M. R.; Martin, A. D.; Nieman, A.; Roselaar, C. S.; Huntley, J. W. (2016). "Three new species of ''Stiphrornis'' (Aves: Muscicapidae) from the Afro-tropics, with a molecular phylogenetic assessment of the genus". ''Systematics and Biodiversity''. doi: 10.1080/14772000.2016.1226978. *

Rudder's forest robin The forest robin or orange-breasted forest robin (''Stiphrornis erythrothorax'') is a species of bird from Central and West Africa. It is monotypic in the genus ''Stiphrornis''. It has been placed in the family Turdidae, but is now generally plac ...

''Stiphrornis rudderi'': Voelker, G.; Tobler, M.; Prestridge, H. L.; Duijm, E.; Groenenberg, D.; Hutchinson, M. R.; Martin, A. D.; Nieman, A.; Roselaar, C. S.; Huntley, J. W. (2016). "Three new species of ''Stiphrornis'' (Aves: Muscicapidae) from the Afro-tropics, with a molecular phylogenetic assessment of the genus". ''Systematics and Biodiversity''. doi: 10.1080/14772000.2016.1226978 * Ibera seedeater ''Sporophila iberaensis'': Adrian Di Giacomo, Bernabe López-Lanús and Cecilia Kopuchian. 2017. A New Species of Seedeater (Emberizidae: ''Sporophila'') from the Iberá grasslands, in northeast Argentina. ''bioRxiv.'' 046318. doi:10.1101/0463182017

2017

* Tatama tapaculo ''Scytalopus alvarezlopezi'': Stiles, F. Gary; Laverde-R., Oscar; Cadena, Carlos Daniel (2017). "A new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae: ''Scytalopus'') from the Western Andes of Colombia". ''The Auk''. 134 (2): 377–392. doibr>10.1642/AUK-16-205.1
* Ashambu blue robin ''Sholicola ashambuensis'': Robin, V., Vishnudas, C.K., Gupta, P. ''et al.'' Two new genera of songbirds represent endemic radiations from the Shola Sky Islands of the Western Ghats, India. ''BMC Evol Biol'' 17, 31 (2017) doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-0882-6 * Blue-winged amazon ''Amazona gomezgarzai'': Silva, Tony; Guzmán, Antonio; Urantówka, Adam D.; Mackiewicz, Paweł (2017). "A new parrot taxon from the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico—its position within genus ''Amazona'' based on morphology and molecular phylogeny". ''PeerJ''. 5: e3475. doibr>10.7717/peerj.3475
* Painted manakin ''Machaeropterus eckelberryi'': Daniel F. Lane, Andrew W. Kratter, John P. O'Neill. A new species of manakin (Aves: Pipridae; Machaeropterus) from Peru with a taxonomic reassessment of the Striped Manakin (M. regulus) complex . ''Zootaxa'', 2017; 4320 (2): 379 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.2.11 * Dry-forest sabrewing ''Campylopterus calcirupicola'': Lopes, Leonardo; Ferreira de Vasconcelos, Marcelo; Gonzaga, Luiz (2017-05-15). "A cryptic new species of hummingbird of the Campylopterus largipennis complex (Aves: Trochilidae)". ''Zootaxa''. 4268: 1–33. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.1.1 *†

Greater Azores bullfinch The greater Azores bullfinch (''Pyrrhula crassa'') was a large, extinct species of bullfinch in the family Fringillidae that was once endemic to the Azores. It is the first known extinct passerine to be described from the islands. It is the larg ...

''Pyrrhula crassa'': J. C. Rando, H. Pieper, Storrs L. Olson, F. Pereira and J. A. Alcover. 2017. A New Extinct Species of Large Bullfinch (Aves: Fringillidae: ''Pyrrhula'') from Graciosa Island (Azores, North Atlantic Ocean). ''Zootaxa.'' 4282(3); 567–583.
DOI: ''10.11646/zootaxa.4282.3.9''
*

Rote myzomela The Rote myzomela (''Myzomela irianawidodoae'') is a species of Indonesian honeyeater endemic to the island of Rote. It is considered distinct from the Sumba myzomela based on voice. It was named after Iriana Joko Widodo Iriana (also calle ...

''Myzomela irianawidodoae'': Dewi Malia Prawiradilaga, Pratibha Baveja, Suparno, Hidayat Ashari, Nathaniel Sheng Rong Ng, Chyi Yin Gwee, Philippe Verbelen and Frank Erwin Rheindt (2017). A colorful new species of Myzomela Honeyeater from Rote Island in Eastern Indonesia. Treubia. Number: 44. Pages: 77-100. December. http://e-journal.biologi.lipi.go.id/index.php/treubia/article/view/3414 * Santa Marta screech owl ''Megascops gilesi'': Krabbe, N. K. (2017). "A new species of ''Megascops'' (Strigidae) from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, with notes on voices of New World screech-owls". ''Ornitología Colombiana''. 16: 1–27.

2018

Cordillera Azul antbird The Cordillera Azul antbird (''Myrmoderus eowilsoni'') is a species of passerine bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It has been found only in the Cordillera Azul, San Martín Region, Peru where its natural habitat is humid montane forest. The s ...

''Myrmoderus eowilsoni'': Andre E. Moncrieff, Oscar Johnson, Daniel F. Lane, Josh R. Beck, Fernando Angulo and Jesse Fagan. 2018. A New Species of Antbird (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) from the Cordillera Azul, San Martín, Peru 'Una nueva especie de hormiguero (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) de la Cordillera Azul, San Martín, Perú'' ''The Auk''. 135(1); 114–126. DOI: 10.1642/AUK-17-97.1 *

Whenua Hou diving petrel The Whenua Hou diving-petrel (''Pelecanoides georgicus whenuahouensis'') is a highly endangered subspecies of the South Georgia diving petrel that is endemic to New Zealand. The subspecies was first described by Johannes H. Fischer and collab ...

''Pelecanoides whenuahouensis'': Fischer, Johannes H.; Debski, Igor; Miskelly, Colin M.; Bost, Charles A.; Fromant, Aymeric; Tennyson, Alan J. D.; Tessler, Jake; Cole, Rosalind; Hiscock, Johanna H. (2018-06-27). "Analyses of phenotypic differentiations among South Georgian Diving Petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus) populations reveal an undescribed and highly endangered species from New Zealand". ''PLOS ONE''. 13 (6): e0197766.

ISSN An International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an eight-digit serial number used to uniquely identify a serial publication, such as a magazine. The ISSN is especially helpful in distinguishing between serials with the same title. ISSNs ...

1932-6203 *

Western square-tailed drongo The western square-tailed drongo (''Dicrurus occidentalis'') is a species of drongo found in western Africa, where it is distributed from Senegal to the portion of Nigeria west of the Niger River. Its preferred habitat is secondary forest and gal ...

''Dicrurus occidentalis'': Fuchs, Jérôme; DOUNO, MORY; Bowie, Rauri; Fjeldså, Jon (2018-06-20). "Taxonomic revision of the Square-tailed Drongo species complex (Passeriformes: Dicruridae) with description of a new species from western Africa". ''Zootaxa''. 4438: 105. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.1.4 * Southern dark newtonia ''Newtonia lavarambo'': Younger, Jane & Strozier, Lynika & Maddox, J. Dylan & Nyári, Árpád & Bonfitto, Matthew & Raherilalao, Marie Jeanne & Goodman, Steven & Reddy, Sushma. (2018). Hidden diversity of forest birds in Madagascar revealed using integrative taxonomy. ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution''. 124. . *

Blue-throated hillstar The blue-throated hillstar (''Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus'') is a hummingbird found only in a small portion of the southwestern Andes in Ecuador. It was discovered in 2017. Taxonomy and evolution The species name "cyanolaemus" is based on the Lat ...

''Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus'': Francisco Sornoza-Molina, Juan F. Freile, Jonas Nilsson, Niels Krabbe and Elisa Bonaccorso. 2018. A Striking, Critically Endangered, New Species of Hillstar (Trochilidae: ''Oreotrochilus'') from the southwestern Andes of Ecuador 'Una sorprendente y críticamente amenazada especie nueva de estrella (Trochilidae:'' Oreotrochilus'') de los Andes suroccidentales de Ecuador The Auk.'' ''135(4)'';1146-1171. * Rote leaf warbler ''Phylloscopus rotiensis'': Ng, Nathaniel. S. R.; Prawiradilaga, Dewi. M.; Ng, Elize. Y. X.; Suparno; Ashari, Hidayat; Trainor, Colin; Verbelen, Philippe; Rheindt, Frank. E. (2018-10-23). "A striking new species of leaf warbler from the Lesser Sundas as uncovered through morphology and genomics". Scientific Reports. 8 (1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34101-7.

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2019

Cream-eyed bulbul The cream-eyed bulbul (''Pycnonotus pseudosimplex'') is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is endemic to the island of Borneo. It was formerly considered a white-eyed color morph of the red-eyed Bornean population of the cream ...

''Pycnonotus pseudosimplex'': Subir B. Shakya, Haw Chuan Lim, Robert G. Moyle, Mustafa Abdul Rahman, Maklarin Lakim and Frederick H. Sheldon. 2019. A Cryptic New Species of Bulbul from Borneo. ''Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club''. 139(1) DOI 10.25226/bboc.v139i1.2019.a3

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* Whistling long-tailed cuckoo ''Cercococcyx lemaireae'': Peter Boesman and N. J. Collar "Two undescribed species of bird from West Africa," ''Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club'' 139(2), 147–159, (17 June 2019). https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v139i2.2019.a7 * Western yellow-spotted barbet ''Buccanodon dowsetti'': Peter Boesman and N. J. Collar "Two undescribed species of bird from West Africa," ''Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club'' 139(2), 147–159, (17 June 2019). https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v139i2.2019.a7 *

Alor myzomela The Alor myzomela (''Myzomela prawiradilagae'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae, the honeyeaters. It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Alor, where it is the only representative member of the genus ''Myzomela''. It is named a ...

''Myzomela prawiradilagae'': Mohammad Irham, Hidayat Ashari, Suparno, Colin R. Trainor, Philippe Verbelen, Meng Yue Wu and Frank E. Rheindt. 2019. A New ''Myzomela'' Honeyeater (Meliphagidae) from the Highlands of Alor Island, Indonesia. ''Journal of Ornithology.'' DOI:
10.1007/s10336-019-01722-2
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Spectacled flowerpecker The spectacled flowerpecker (''Dicaeum dayakorum'') is a species of bird belonging to the flowerpecker family, Dicaeidae. It was first observed in 2009 in the forests of Borneo, but due to limited information and the lack of a specimen for scient ...

''Dicaeum dayakorum'': Jacob R. Saucier, Christopher M. Milensky, Marcos A. Caraballo-Ortiz, Roslina Ragai, N. Faridah Dahlan and David P. Edwards. 2019. A Distinctive New Species of Flowerpecker (Passeriformes: Dicaeidae) from Borneo. ''Zootaxa
4686(4)
'; 451–464. DOI: '' 10.11646/zootaxa.4686.4.1''

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''. *''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

*''Sholicola ashambuensis'', described in 2017, tentatively considered a subspecies of '' S. albiventris'' by the

Clements Checklist ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World'' is a book by Jim Clements which presents a list of the bird species of the world. The most recent printed version is the sixth edition (2007), but has been updated yearly, the last version in 202 ...

. *''Newtonia lavarambo'', described in 2018, tentatively considered a subspecies of '' N. amphicroa'' by the Clements Checklist.

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