1999 in birding and ornithology
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| Years in birding and ornithology: | 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1960s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s |
| Years: | 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 |
Worldwide[]
New species[]
- See also Bird species new to science described in the 1990s
- The jocotoco antpitta from Ecuador is described.
Taxonomic developments[]
To be completed
Europe[]
Britain[]
Breeding birds[]
- More than 400 red kites fledged across Britain.
Migrant and wintering birds[]
- Large numbers of pomarine skuas are seen off the east coast during October and November.
Rare birds[]
- 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[]
- The British Birdwatching Fair has Brazil's Atlantic forests as its theme for the year.
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To be completed
North America[]
- 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[]
To be completed
References[]
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