2008 in birding and ornithology

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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. ^[1]

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

Europe

Britain

Rare birds

• Britain's second American purple gallinule found dead in April or May 2008 at Old Warden Bedfordshire. ^[2]

Scandinavia

To be completed

North America

To be completed

References

1. "New Bird Species Discovered In Gabon, Africa". Science Daily. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
2. Balmer, D. and Vickery, J. "Birds." In Branson, A. (2011) Wildlife Reports. British Wildlife 22: 274–6