List of bird species described in the 2010s
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This page details the bird species described as new to science in the years 2010 to 2019:
- See also parent article Bird species new to science
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
The birds, year-by-year
2010
- Limestone leaf warbler, Phylloscopus calciatilis[1]
- Fenwick's antpitta or Urrao antpitta, Grallaria fenwickorum[2]
- Socotra buzzard, Buteo socotraensis[3]
- Willard's sooty boubou, Laniarius willardi[4]
- Rock tapaculo, Scytalopus petrophilus[5]
2011
- Tsingy wood rail, Canirallus beankaensis[6]
- Bryan's shearwater, Puffinus bryani[7]
- Várzea thrush, Turdus sanchezorum[8]
2012
- Alta Floresta antpitta, Hylopezus whittakeri[9]
- Antioquia wren, Thryophilus sernai[10]
- Sira barbet, Capito fitzpatricki[11]
- †Bermuda towhee, Pipilo naufragus[12]
- Cipó cinclodes, Cinclodes pabsti espinhacensis[13] - Lumped with the long-tailed cinclodes (Cinclodes pabsti) in 2013.
- Camiguin hawk-owl, Ninox leventisi[14] - Split from the Philippine hawk-owl.
- Cebu hawk-owl, Ninox rumseyi[14] - Split from the Philippine hawk-owl.
2013
- Rinjani scops owl, Otus jolandae[15]
- Pincoya storm petrel, Oceanites pincoyae[16]
- Delta Amacuro softtail, Thripophaga amacurensis[17]
- †Bermuda flicker, Colaptes oceanicus[18]
- †Sao Miguel scops owl, Otus frutuosoi[19]
- Seram masked owl, Tyto almae[20]
- Junin tapaculo, Scytalopus gettyae[21]
- Cambodian tailorbird, Orthotomus chaktomuk[22]
- Tropeiro seedeater, Sporophila beltoni[23]
- Sierra Madre ground warbler, Robsonius thompsoni[24]
- Guerrero brush-finch, Arremon kuehnerii[25]
- Omani owl, Strix omanensis[26]
- †New Caledonia snipe, Coenocorypha neocaledonica[27]
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[28]
(The last issue of Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia. 21, from "Dec 2013", was released in March 2014.)
- Wakatobi flowerpecker, Dicaeum kuehni[29]
- †Cryptic treehunter, Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti[30]
- Bahian mouse-colored tapaculo, Scytalopus gonzagai[31]
- Sulawesi streaked flycatcher, Muscicapa sodhii[32]
2015
- Desert owl, Strix hadorami[33]
- Perijá tapaculo, Scytalopus perijanus[34]
- Sichuan bush warbler, Locustella chengi[35]
2016
- Himalayan forest thrush, Zoothera salimalii[36]
- Dahomey forest robin, Stiphrornis dahomeyensis[37]
- Ghana forest robin, Stiphrornis inexpectatus[37]
- Rudder's forest robin, Stiphrornis rudderi[37]
- Ibera seedeater, Sporophila iberaensis[38]
2017
- Tatama tapaculo, Scytalopus alvarezlopezi[39]
- Ashambu blue robin, Sholicola ashambuensis[40]
- Blue-winged amazon, Amazona gomezgarzai[41]
- Painted manakin, Machaeropterus eckelberryi[42]
- Dry-forest sabrewing, Campylopterus calcirupicola[43]
- †Greater Azores bullfinch, Pyrrhula crassa[44]
- Rote myzomela, Myzomela irianawidodoae[45]
- Santa Marta screech owl, Megascops gilesi[46]
2018
- Cordillera Azul antbird, Myrmoderus eowilsoni[47]
- Whenua Hou diving petrel, Pelecanoides whenuahouensis[48]
- Western square-tailed drongo, Dicrurus occidentalis[49]
- Southern dark newtonia, Newtonia lavarambo[50]
- Blue-throated hillstar, Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus[51]
- Rote leaf warbler, Phylloscopus rotiensis[52]
2019
- Cream-eyed bulbul, Pycnonotus pseudosimplex[53]
- Whistling long-tailed cuckoo, Cercococcyx lemaireae[54]
- Western yellow-spotted barbet, Buccanodon dowsetti[55]
- Alor myzomela, Myzomela prawiradilagae[56]
- Spectacled flowerpecker, Dicaeum dayakorum[57]
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.