The year 2008 in birding and ornithology.
Worldwide
editNew species
edit- The olive-backed forest robin is first described by Smithsonian ornithologists who discovered it in Gabon.[1]
Taxonomic developments
editOrnithologists
editDeaths
edit- Johnathan Claud 1972-2008
- Barbara De Wolfe
- Derek Goodwin
- Harrison B. Tordoff
- Himmatsinhji M. K.
- Jennifer F. M. Horne
- John Danzenbaker
- Melvin Alvah Traylor, Jr.
- Robert W. Storer
World listing
editEurope
editBritain
editBreeding birds
editMigrant and wintering birds
editRare birds
edit- Britain's second American purple gallinule found dead in April or May 2008 at Old Warden Bedfordshire.[2]
Other events
editIreland
editRare birds
editScandinavia
editTo be completed
North America
editTo be completed
References
edit- ^ "New Bird Species Discovered In Gabon, Africa". Science Daily. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ Balmer, D. and Vickery, J. "Birds." In Branson, A. (2011) Wildlife Reports. British Wildlife 22: 274–6