2004 in birding and ornithology
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The year 2004 in birding and ornithology.
Contents
Worldwide
New species
- The Togian hawk-owl from Indonesia is described as new to science in the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club.
- The Rubeho akalat from Tanzania is described as new to science in the American journal The Auk.
- The Acre antshrike from Brazil is described as new to science in the American journal The Auk.
- The Calayan rail from the Philippines is discovered and described as new to science in the journal Forktail
- The Serendib scops-owl from the Sri Lankan rainforests is described as new to science in the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club
- Mees's nightjar from Flores and Sumba, Indonesia is described as new to science in Zoologische Verhandelingen PDF.
To be completed
Rediscoveries
- The rusty-throated wren-babbler was rediscovered on 18 November in the Mishmi Hills of eastern Arunachal Pradesh; the species had only previously been known from the type specimen, collected c.50 km away in 1947
- The ivory-billed woodpecker is reported as having been discovered in Arkansas in April, although the reports attract considerable controversy.
To be completed
Taxonomic developments
To be completed
Ornithologists
Deaths
- 7 August - Colin Bibby (born 1948)
Europe
Britain
Breeding birds
Migrant and wintering birds
To be completed
Rare birds
- A small influx of long-tailed tits of the white-headed northern race caudatus in the early part of the year gave many British birders their first opportunity to observe this form in Britain.
- Britain's first chestnut-eared bunting and rufous-tailed robin were both found on Fair Isle in October.
- Britain's first purple martin was found on the Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides in September.
- Britain's first masked shrike, a juvenile, was found in October at Kilrenny Common in Fife, and seen by large numbers of birders.
- Britains's first Scopoli's shearwater off Isles of Scilly waters on 2 August.[2]
- The third great knot for Britain was seen on the Wyre Estuary, Lancashire in August.
- A cream-coloured courser on the Isles of Scilly during September and October is the first in Britain for 20 years.
Other events
- The British Birdwatching Fair has Peru as its theme for the year.
- The West Midland Bird Club celebrates its 75th anniversary.
To be completed
North America
To be completed
References
- ↑ Balmer, D. and Vickery, "Birds." In Branson, A. (2006) Wildlife Reports. British Wildlife 17: 198–200.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
