Bird species new to science described in the 2000s

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This page details the bird species described as new to science in the years 2000 to 2009:

Summary statistics

Number of species described per year

Countries with the highest number of newly described species

• Brazil
• Peru
• Indonesia

The birds, year-by-year

2000

The year 2000 saw the publication of accounts of the following new species:

• Foothill Elaenia Myiopagis olallai

Reference: Coopmans, P & Krabbe, N (2000) A new species of flycatcher (Tyrannidae: Myiopagis) from eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru Wilson Bulletin 112: 305-312

• Caatinga Antwren Herpsilochmus sellowi

Reference: Whitney, B M, Pacheco, J F, Buzzetti, D R C & Parrini, R (2000) Systematic revision and biogeography of the Herpsilochmus pileatus complex, with description of a new species from northeastern Brazil The Auk 117: 869-891

• Taiwan Bush-Warbler Bradypterus alishanensis

Reference: Rasmussen, P C, Round, P D, Dickinson, E C & Rozendaal, F G (2000) A new bush-warbler (Sylviidae, Bradypterus) from Taiwan The Auk 117: 279-289

• Scarlet-banded Barbet or Wallace's Scarlet-banded Barbet, Capito wallacei

O'Neill, Lane, Kratter, Capparella & Fox Joo, 2000. .

Newly split species:

• Gunnison Sage-grouse, Centrocercus minimus

Young, Braun, Oyler-McCance, Hupp & Quinn, 2000.

• Gray-crested Cacholote, Pseudoseisura unirufa, formerly included in the Caatinga Cacholote

Reference: Zimmer, Kevin J. & Whittaker, Andrew (2000): The Rufous Cacholote (Furnariidae: Pseudoseisura) is two species. Condor 102(2): 409-422. PDF fulltext

2001

The year 2001 saw the publication of accounts of the following new species:

• The Bukidnon Woodcock, Scolopax bukidnonensis (a member of the sandpiper family, Scolopacidae), is known from forests above 1,000m in the Philippines (on central and northern Luzon, and on four mountains on Mindanao). The species is named after Bukidnon province on Mindanao. Specimens on this species were first collected on Luzon in the 1960s, but overlooked as Eurasian Woodcocks. Sightings of vocalising woodcocks on Mindanao in 1993 led observers to believe that a new species was involved, and this was confirmed with the subsequent collection of a specimen there in 1995.

Reference: Kennedy, Robert S., Timothy H. Fisher, Simon C. B. Harrap, Arvin C. Diesmos and Arturo S. Manamtam (2001) A new species of woodcock (Aves:Scolopacidae) from the Philippines and a re-evaluation of other Asian/Papuasian woodcock Forktail Vol. 17 pp. 1-12

• Mekong Wagtail, Motacilla samveasnae

Reference: Duckworth, J W, Alström, P, Davidson, P, Evans, T D, Poole, C M, Tan, S & Timmins, R J (2001) A new species of wagtail from the lower Mekong basin Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 121: 152-182

• Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush, Garrulax konkakinhensis

Eames, JC & Eames, C, 2001.

• Falla's Petrel or Vanuatu Petrel, Pterodroma occulta

Imber & Tennyson, 2001.

• Chestnut-capped Piha, Lipaugus weberi

Cuervo, Andres, Salaman, Denegan & Ochoa, 2001.

• Chapada Flycatcher, Suiriri islerorum, from the cerrado region of Brazil and adjacent eastern Bolivia

Reference: Zimmer, K J, Whittaker, A & Oren, D C (2001 A cryptic new species of flycatcher (Tyrannidae: Suiriri) from the cerrado region of central South America The Auk 118: 56-78

• Mishana Tyrannulet, Zimmerius villarejoi, was described from Amazonian 'white sand forests' in northern Peru

Reference: Alonso, J A & Whitney, B M (2001) A new Zimmerius tyrannulet (Aves: Tyrannidae) from white sand forests of northern Amazonian Peru Wilson Bulletin 113: 1-9

• Lulu's Tody-tyrant. Poecilotriccus luluae. was described from the north-eastern Andes in Peru

Reference: Johnson, N K & Jones, R E (2001) A new species of tody-tyrant (Tyrannidae: Poecilotriccus) from northern Peru The Auk 118: 334-341.

2002

The year 2002 saw the publication of accounts of the following new species:

• The Bald Parrot, Pionopsitta aurantiocephala, from Brazil

• The Cryptic Forest Falcon, Micrastur mintoni, from Amazonian Brazil.

• The Pernambuco Pygmy Owl Glaucidium mooreorum, from Brazil.

• The Madeira Parakeet, Pyrrhura snethlageae, from the drainage of the Rio Madeira in Bolivia and Brazil, the scientific name of which honours Emilia Snethlage, who first recognized the distinctiveness of this form in 1914.

Newly split species

• Wavy-breasted Parakeet, Pyrrhura peruviana, formerly included in the Painted Conure.
• Lafresnaye's Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus guttatoides, formerly included in the Buff-throated Woodcreeper.
• Elegant Woodcreeper, X. elegans, formerly included in Spix's Woodcreeper.
• Tschudi's Woodcreeper, X. chunchotambo, formerly included in the Ocellated Woodcreeper.

Reference for the Xiphorhynchus splits: Aleixo, Alexandre (2002): Molecular Systematics and the Role of the "Várzea"-"Terra-Firme" Ecotone in the Diversification of Xiphorhynchus Woodcreepers (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae). Auk 119(3): 621-640. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2002)119[0621:MSATRO]2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract

2003

The year 2003 saw the publication of accounts of the following new species:

• The Carrizal Seedeater, Amaurospiza carrizalensis, from Venezuela.

• The Munchique Wood-wren, Henicorhina negreti, is a member of the wren family (Troglodytidae). The bird is found on the Munchique Massif in the western Andes in the Chocó Endemic Bird Area, Colombia. The species' scientific name honours Alvaro José Negret, a Colombian conservationist. This is the first species to have been described as new to science on a website rather than in a traditional print-only journal (http://www.ornitologiacolombiana.org).

Reference: Salaman, Paul, Paul Coopmans, Thomas M. Donegan, Mark Mulligan, Alex Cortés, Steven L. Hilty and Luis Alfonso Ortega (2003) A new species of wood-wren (Troglodytidae: Henicorhina) from the western Andes of Colombia Ornitologia Colombiana Vol. 1 pp.4-21

• The Okarito Brown Kiwi, Apteryx rowi, (also known as the Rowi) is a member of the kiwi family (Apterygidae). The species is part of the Brown Kiwi complex, and is morphologically very similar to other members of that complex. It is found in a restricted area of the Okarito forest on the west coast of New Zealand's South Island, and has a population of only 200 birds.

Reference: Tennyson, A. J. D., R. L. Palma, H. A. Robertson, T. H. Worthy and B. J. Gill (2003) A new species of kiwi (Aves, Apterygiformes) from Okarito, New Zealand Records of the Auckland Museum Vol. 40 pp.55-64

2004

The year 2004 saw the publication of accounts of the following new species:

• The Serendib Scops-owl, Otus thilohoffmanni, is a small, rufous owl (Strigidae) found in lowland rainforests in Sri Lanka. The new species was discovered in February 1995, when Deepal Warakagoda heard unfamiliar owl-like vocalisations, although it was not until January 2001, when Warakagoda saw the bird, that his suspicions were confirmed; other observers had suggested that an arboreal amphibian may have been the source of the noises. The name "Serendib" is an old name for Sri Lanka; the species' scientific name, however, honours conservationist Thilo W. Hoffmann.

Reference: Warakagoda, D. H. and P. C. Rasmussen (2004) A new species of scops-owl from Sri Lanka Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club Vol. 124 pp. 85-105

• The Togian Hawk-owl, Ninox burhani, is an owl (Strigidae). The bird is currently known only from three islands in the Togian group, an archipelago in the Gulf of Tomini off the coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The new species was discovered on 25 December 1999. The species' scientific name honours a local conservationist called Burhan.

Reference: Indrawan, M. and S. Somadikarta (2004) A new hawk-owl from the Togian Islands, Gulf of Tomini, central Sulawesi, Indonesia Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 124:160-171

• The Rubeho Akalat, Sheppardia aurantiithorax, is a member of the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapiidae), known from the Eastern Arc of Tanzania. Akalats trapped in 1989 here were assumed to be an isolated population of Iringa Akalat which occurs c. 150 km to the south, but further specimens collected in 2000 led to the description of the bird as a new species. The bird's English name relates to its type locality; the scientific name to the ochraceous colour on its throat and upper breast. The species is thought to be fairly common in montane forests within its small range.

Reference: Beresford P., J. Fjeldså & J. Kiure (2004) A new species of akalat (Sheppardia narrowly endemic in the Eastern Arc of Tanzania) The Auk 121:23-24

• The Acre Antshrike, Thamnophilus divisorus, is a member of the antbird family (Thamnophilidae). It was discovered in 1996 in the Acre Arch uplands, Brazil. It is found in low-growing woodland. Its current known range lies within the Parque Nacional da Serra do Divisor, but it is believed to be common there.

Reference: Whitney, B.M., D. C. Oren and R. T. Brumfield (2004) A new species of Thamnophilus Antshrike (Aves:Thamnophilidae) from the Serra do Divisor, Acre, Brazil The Auk 121:1031-1039

• The Calayan Rail, Gallirallus calayanensis, is a member of the rail family (Rallidae) found only on Calayan Island, one of the Babuyan Islands in the Philippines. It was discovered in 2004 as part of a faunal survey of the Babuyan islands. It is found in limestone forests on the island.

Reference: Allen, Desmond, Carl Oliveros, Carmela Espaňola, Genevieve Broad and Juan Carlos T. Gonzalez (2004) A new species of Gallirallus from Calayan island, Philippines Forktail Vol. 20 pp. 1-7

• Mees's Nightjar, Caprimulgus meesi, is a member of the nightjar family (Caprimulgidae). It is a representative of the Large-tailed Nightjar complex found on Flores and Sumba, Indonesia. Previously unrecognised as a separate taxon due to its lack of morphological distinctness, Sangster and Rozendaal (2004) described this new species on the basis of its vocalisations, which differ significantly from those of the Large-tailed Nightjar races resident on other islands in the Lesser Sundas. The species is named after Gerlof Mees, former curator of the Natural History Museum, Leiden.

Reference: Sangster, G. and F. Rozendaal (2004) Territorial songs and species-level taxonomy of nightjars of the Caprimulgus macrurus complex, with the description of a new species. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) Vol. 350 pp. 7-45

2005

• The Sulphur-breasted Parakeet, Aratinga pintoi, (a member of the parrot family, Psittacidae) is found along the northern bank of the lower River Amazon in Pára state, Brazil. The species' scientific name honours Oliverio Pinto, a Brazilian ornithologist. This species was discovered as a result of a study of museum specimens of Sun Parakeet and related species; specimens of this species had previously been dismissed as immature parakeets of other species, or hybrids.

Reference: Silviera, L., V., F. C. T. de Lima, and E. Höfling (2005) A new species of Aratinga parakeet (Psittaciformes:Psittacidae) from Brazil, with taxonomic remarks on the Aratinga solstitialis complex The Auk 122:292-305

• The Upper Magdalena Tapaculo, Scytalopus rodriguezi, (a member of the tapaculo family, Rhinocryptidae) is a restricted-range endemic presently known only from two localities on the eastern slope of the Cordillera Central at the head of the Magdalena valley, Colombia at 2000m or more above sea-level. Its range is believed to be no greater than 170km², and its population around 2,200 pairs. It is found in humid forest with dense understorey. The species' scientific name honours José Vicente Rodriguez Mahecha, a Colombian conservationist. The existence of this species was first suspected in 1986, when a tape-recording of the bird's song was made, but political instability in the region prevented a return visit until 2002-2003, when the species' existence was confirmed.

Reference: Krabbe, N., P. Salaman, A. Cortés, A. Quevedo, L. A. Ortega and C. D. Cadena (2005) A new species of tapaculo from the upper Magdalena valley, Colombia Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 125:93-108

• Stiles's Tapaculo, Scytalopus stilesi, is the second member of the tapaculo family, Rhinocryptidae, to be newly described in 2005. It has been found at 21 sites in montane forest between 1,420 and 2,130 m altitude in the northern Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes; although having a restricted range, within this limited area it is a common understorey bird. The species was originally observed in the 1990s, but when Niels Krabbe examined recordings of their songs, his suspicions arose that they were a new species — Stiles's Tapaculo's song is considerably faster and lower-pitched than that of the closely related Ecuadorian Tapaculo S. robbinsi. The species is named in honour of F. Gary Stiles, an ornithologist heavily involved in research on Neotropical birds during the 1980s & 1990s.

Reference: Cuervo, A. M., C. D. Cadena, N. Krabbe and L. M. Renjifo (2005) Scytalopus stilesi, a new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae) from the Cordillera Central of Colombia The Auk 122(2): 445-463

• The Iquitos Gnatcatcher, Polioptila clementsi, is a gnatcatcher (Polioptilidae) currently only known from the Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve, west of Iquitos, Peru. The species is a member of the Polioptila guianensis complex. It is named after James F. Clements.

Reference: Whitney, Bret M. and José Alvarez Alonso (2005) A new species of Gnatcatcher from white-sand forests of northern Amazonian Peru, with revision of the Polioptila guianensis complex The Wilson Bulletin Vol. 117 No. 2 pp. 113-127

• The Naung Mung Scimitar-babbler, Jabouilleia naungmungensis, is a member of the babbler family, Timaliidae, only the second member of the genus Jabouilleia to be described. It is found in temperate rainforest on steep, sub-Himalayan hillsides. It was discovered in February 2004 in the far north of Myanmar, and is named after the village of Naung Mung, the closest settlement to its discovery site. It is believed to be fairly common within its range.

Reference: Rappole, J. H., S. C. Renner, N. M. B. Shwe and P. R. Sweet (2005) A new species of scimitar-babbler (Timaliidae:Jabouilleia) from the sub-Himalayan region of Myanmar The Auk 122: 1064-1069

Newly split species

• Planalto Tapaculo, Scytalopus pachecoi, formerly included in the Mouse-colored Tapaculo.

Reference: Mauricio, Giovanni Nachtigall (2005): Taxonomy of southern populations in the Scytalopus speluncae group, with description of a new species and remarks on the systematics and biogeography of the complex (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae). Ararajuba 13(1): 7-28. PDF fulltext

2006

• The Odedi, Cettia haddeni, is a species in the Old World Warbler family, described from the Crown Prince Range on the island of Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea.

Reference LeCroy, M. & F.K. Barker (2006) A new species of bush-warbler from Bougainville Island and a monophyletic origin for southwest Pacific Cettia. American Museum novitates no. 3511 Amer. Mus. Novit.

• The Camiguin Hanging-parrot, Loriculus camiguinensis Reuters [1] [2] [3]

• Hocking's Conure, Aratinga hockingi,

Arndt, T. (2006) [4]

• Bugun Liocichla Liocichla bugunorum

an Old World babbler from India.

Athreya, R. (2006) "A new species of Liocichla (Aves: Timaliidae) from Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India" Indian Birds 2(4): 82-94 [5]

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

• Beijing Flycatcher Ficedula beijingnica, now considered to be the first-year male of the Chinese Flycatcher Ficedula elisae

Reference: Zheng, G, Song, J, Zhang, Z, Zhang, Y, & Guo, D (2000) A new species of flycatcher (Ficedula) from China (Aves: Passeriformes: Muscicapidae) Journ Beijing Normal Univ (Nat Sci) 36: 405-409

See also

• Yariguies Brush Finch

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