2014 in birding and ornithology

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See also 2013 in birding and ornithology, main events of 2014 and 2015 in birding and ornithology

The year 2014 in birding and ornithology.

Worldwide

New species

See also Bird species new to science described in the 2000s

• São Paulo marsh antwren (Formicivora paludicola) ^[1] (the last issue of RBO 21, from "Dec 2013", was released only in March 2014)
• Wakatobi flowerpecker (Dicaeum kuehni) ^[2]
• Cryptic treehunter (Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti) ^[3]
• Bahian mouse-colored tapaculo (Scytalopus gonzagai) ^[4]
• Sulawesi streaked flycatcher (Muscicapa sodhii) ^[5]

North America

• An estimated 365 million to 968 million birds are killed every year in collisions with buildings; 140,000 to 328,000 are killed by wind turbines and thousands by civilian aircraft. ^[6]

References

1. Buzzetti; Belmonte-Lopes; Reinert; Silveira; Bornschein (2014). "A new species of Formicivora Swainson, 1824 (Thamnophilidae) from the state of São Paulo, Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia. 21 (4): 269–291.
2. Seán B. A. Kelly; David J. Kelly; Natalie Cooper; Andi Bahrun; Kangkuso Analuddin; Nicola M. Marples (2014). "Molecular and Phenotypic Data Support the Recognition of the Wakatobi Flowerpecker (Dicaeum kuehni) from the Unique and Understudied Sulawesi Region". PLOS ONE. 9 (6): e98694. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...998694K. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098694 . PMC   4045762 . PMID   24896822.
3. Mazar Barnett, J.; Buzzetti, D.R.C. (2014). "A new species of Cichlocolaptes Reichenbach 1853 (Furnariidae), the 'gritador-do-nordeste', an undescribed trace of the fading bird life of northeastern Brazil". Rev Bras Ornitol. 22 (2): 75–94. doi: 10.1007/BF03544237 .
4. Giovanni Nachtigall Maurício; Ricardo Belmonte-Lopes; José Fernando Pacheco; Luís Fábio Silveira; Bret M. Whitney & Marcos Ricardo Bornschein (2014). "Taxonomy of 'Mouse-colored Tapaculos' (II): An endangered new species from the montane Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, Brazil (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae: Scytalopus)". The Auk. 131 (4): 643–659. doi: 10.1642/AUK-14-16.1 .
5. Harris, J.B.C.; Rasmussen, P.C.; Yong, D.L.; Prawiradilaga, D.M.; Putra, D.D.; Round, P.D.; Rheindt, F.E. (2014). "A New Species of Muscicapa Flycatcher from Sulawesi, Indonesia". PLOS ONE. 9 (11): e112657. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9k2657H. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112657 . PMC   4242539 . PMID   25419968.
6. Evans Odgen, Lesley (10 June 2017). "The Friendly Skies". New Scientist. No. 3129. pp. 38–41.