2008 in birding and ornithology

See also 2007 in birding and ornithology, main events of 2008 and 2009 in birding and ornithology The year 2008 in birding and ornithology.

Worldwide

New species

See also Bird species new to science described in the 2000s The olive-backed forest robin is first described by Smithsonian ornithologists who discovered it in Gabon.

Taxonomic developments

Ornithologists

Deaths 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

Europe

Britain

Breeding birds

Migrant and wintering birds

Rare birds Britain's second American purple gallinule found dead in April or May 2008 at Old Warden Bedfordshire.Balmer, D. and Vickery, J. "Birds." In Branson, A. (2011) Wildlife Reports. British Wildlife 22: 274–6

Other events

Ireland

Rare birds

Scandinavia To be completed

North America To be completed

References