1999 in birding and ornithology
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Worldwide
[edit]New species
[edit]- The jocotoco antpitta from Ecuador is described.
Taxonomic developments
[edit]To be completed
Europe
[edit]Britain
[edit]Breeding birds
[edit]- More than 400 red kites fledged across Britain.
Migrant and wintering birds
[edit]- Large numbers of pomarine skuas are seen off the east coast during October and November.
Rare birds
[edit]- The third and fourth Iberian chiffchaffs are seen during the spring.
- Britain's third spectacled warbler is seen in Devon in June.
- The first royal tern for Scotland and fifth for Britain is seen in Lothian in August.
- There is an influx of American waders during September.
- A short-billed dowitcher seen first in Aberdeenshire and then in Cleveland is the first record for Britain.
- Britain's first short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus) is found on the Isles of Scilly on 7 October until 11 October[1]
- A black-faced bunting in Northumberland in October is the second for Britain.
- Britain's second mourning dove appears in the Outer Hebrides in November.
- Britain's fifth Balearic woodchat shrike (Lanius senator badius) at Troy Town, St Agnes from 21 to 27 April. (Accepted by the BBRC)[2]
Other events
[edit]- The British Birdwatching Fair has Brazil's Atlantic forests as its theme for the year.[3]
Scandinavia
[edit]To be completed
North America
[edit]- In April, Louisiana State University student David Kulivan sees a pair of ivory-billed woodpeckers in the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area on the Louisiana/Mississippi border.
To be completed
Asia
[edit]To be completed
References
[edit]- ^ Robinson, P. (2003) The Birds of the Isles of Scilly. London: Christopher Helm.
- ^ Hudson, D.C. (2010) Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2009. Isles of Scilly Bird Group.
- ^ "Celebrating 30 years of Birdfair: 3 decades of global conservation impact". Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2022.