See also parent article Bird species new to science

This page details the bird species described as new to science in the years 2010 to 2019:

Summary statistics Number of species described per year Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Number of new species described 5 3 7 28 5 3 5 8 6 5

Countries with high numbers of newly described species Brazil Peru Philippines Indonesia

The birds, year-by-year

2010 Limestone leaf warbler, Phylloscopus calciatilis Fenwick's antpitta or Urrao antpitta, Grallaria fenwickorum Socotra buzzard, Buteo socotraensis Willard's sooty boubou, Laniarius willardi Rock tapaculo, Scytalopus petrophilus

2011 Tsingy wood rail, Canirallus beankaensis Bryan's shearwater, Puffinus bryani Várzea thrush, Turdus sanchezorum:

2012 Alta Floresta antpitta, Hylopezus whittakeri Antioquia wren, Thryophilus sernai Sira barbet, Capito fitzpatricki †Bermuda towhee, Pipilo naufragus Cipó cinclodes, Cinclodes pabsti espinhacensis - Lumped with the long-tailed cinclodes (Cinclodes pabsti) in 2013. Camiguin hawk-owl, Ninox leventisi - Split from the Philippine hawk-owl. Cebu hawk-owl, Ninox rumseyi - Split from the Philippine hawk-owl.

2013 Rinjani scops owl, Otus jolandae Pincoya storm petrel, Oceanites pincoyae Delta Amacuro softtail, Thripophaga amacurensis †Bermuda flicker, Colaptes oceanicus †Sao Miguel scops owl, Otus frutuosoi Seram masked owl, Tyto almae Junin tapaculo, Scytalopus gettyae Cambodian tailorbird, Orthotomus chaktomuk Tropeiro seedeater, Sporophila beltoni Sierra Madre ground warbler, Robsonius thompsoni Guerrero brush-finch, Arremon kuehnerii Omani owl, Strix omanensis †New Caledonia snipe, Coenocorypha neocaledonica

The following 15 Brazilian species are described in the 17th volume of the Handbook of the Birds of the World: Western striolated-puffbird, Nystalus obamai Xingu woodcreeper, Dendrocolaptes retentus Inambari woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae Tupana scythebill, Campylorhamphus gyldenstolpei Tapajós scythebill, Campylorhamphus cardosoi Roosevelt stipple-throated antwren, Epinecrophylla dentei Bamboo antwren, Myrmotherula oreni Predicted antwren, Herpsilochmus praedictus Aripuana antwren, Herpsilochmus stotzi Manicoré warbling antbird, Hypocnemis rondoni Chico's tyrannulet, Zimmerius chicomendesi Acre tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus cohnhafti Sucunduri yellow-margined flycatcher, Tolmomyias sucunduri Inambari gnatcatcher, Polioptila attenboroughi Campina jay, Cyanocorax hafferi

2014 São Paulo marsh antwren, Formicivora paludicola (The last issue of Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia. 21, from "Dec 2013", was released in March 2014.) Wakatobi flowerpecker, Dicaeum kuehni †Cryptic treehunter, Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti Bahian mouse-colored tapaculo, Scytalopus gonzagai Sulawesi streaked flycatcher, Muscicapa sodhii:

2015 Desert owl, Strix hadorami Perijá tapaculo, Scytalopus perijanus Sichuan bush warbler, Locustella chengi

2016 Himalayan forest thrush, Zoothera salimalii Dahomey forest robin, Stiphrornis dahomeyensis Ghana forest robin, Stiphrornis inexpectatus Rudder's forest robin, Stiphrornis rudderi Ibera seedeater, Sporophila iberaensis

2017 Tatama tapaculo, Scytalopus alvarezlopezi Ashambu blue robin, Sholicola ashambuensis Blue-winged amazon, Amazona gomezgarzai Painted manakin, Machaeropterus eckelberryi Dry-forest sabrewing, Campylopterus calcirupicola †Greater Azores bullfinch, Pyrrhula crassa Rote myzomela, Myzomela irianawidodoae Santa Marta screech owl, Megascops gilesi

2018 Cordillera Azul antbird, Myrmoderus eowilsoni Whenua Hou diving petrel, Pelecanoides whenuahouensis Western square-tailed drongo, Dicrurus occidentalis Southern dark newtonia, Newtonia lavarambo Blue-throated hillstar, Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus Rote leaf warbler, Phylloscopus rotiensis

2019 Cream-eyed bulbul, Pycnonotus pseudosimplex Whistling long-tailed cuckoo, Cercococcyx lemaireae Western yellow-spotted barbet, Buccanodon dowsetti Alor myzomela, Myzomela prawiradilagae Spectacled flowerpecker, Dicaeum dayakorum

Described in this period, no longer thought to be good species Strix omanensis, described in 2013, is now thought to be identical with Strix butleri. Amazona gomezgarzai, described in 2017, now thought to represent specimens of hybrid origin

Described in this period as a species but may instead be a subspecies Sholicola ashambuensis, described in 2017, tentatively considered a subspecies of S. albiventris by the Clements Checklist. Newtonia lavarambo, described in 2018, tentatively considered a subspecies of N. amphicroa by the Clements Checklist.

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