List of bird species described in the 2020s
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This list shall only include newly recognized species and subspecies of birds (living as well as extinct) whose formal description was first published during the period from 1 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2029. By default, the table was sorted by the "publ-date" and alphabetically by the scientific name.
- See also parent article Bird species new to science
List of species
- Legend to the BGR column
AF Afrotropical AN Antarctic AU Australasian IM Indomalayan NA Nearctic NT Neotropical OC Oceanian PA Palearctic
| publ-date [note 1] | VS [note 2] | Order | Family | Scientific name[note 3] | Common name | BGR | Coordinates [note 4] | Location [note 5] | coll-date [note 6] | NCBI ID | Avibase ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 January 2020[1] | Lv | Passeriformes | Muscicapidae | Cyornis omissus omississimus | Togian jungle-flycatcher | AU | 00°26.042′S 121°51.357′E | Lowland forest (~150 m asl) near the village of Tanimpo on the island of Batudaka in the Togian Archipelago, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. | 26 December 2013 | 98AC82D7 | |
| 10 January 2020[1] | Lv | Passeriformes | Muscicapidae | Ficedula hyperythra betinabiru | Taliabu snowy-browed flycatcher | AU | 01°47.614′S 124°48.216′E | Montane forest (~1200 m asl) above the village of Wahe on the island of Taliabu in the Sula Archipelago, North Maluku, Indonesia. | 10 December 2013 | A7BBC7E7 | |
| 10 January 2020[1] | Lv | Passeriformes | Locustellidae | Locustella portenta | Taliabu bush warbler | AU | 01°47.614′S 124°48.216′E | Montane forest (~1200 m asl) above the village of Wahe on the island of Taliabu in the Sula Archipelago, North Maluku, Indonesia. | 13 December 2013 | 07B21B75 | |
| 10 January 2020[1] | Lv | Passeriformes | Meliphagidae | Myzomela wahe | Taliabu myzomela | AU | 01°47.614′S 124°48.216′E | Montane forest (~1200 m asl) above the village of Wahe on the island of Taliabu in the Sula Archipelago, North Maluku, Indonesia. | 9 December 2013 | ED10A266 | |
| 10 January 2020[1] | Lv | Passeriformes | Cettiidae | Phyllergates cucullatus relictus | Banggai mountain leaftoiler | AU | 01°17.561′S 122°52.520′E | Montane forest (~950 m asl) above the village of Kokolomboi on the island of Peleng in the Banggai Archipelago, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. | 20 December 2013 | ADE06D01 | |
| 10 January 2020[1] | Lv | Passeriformes | Cettiidae | Phyllergates cucullatus sulanus | Sula mountain leaftoiler | AU | 01°47.614′S 124°48.216′E | Montane forest (~1200 m asl) above the village of Wahe on the island of Taliabu in the Sula Archipelago, North Maluku, Indonesia. | 11 December 2013 | 2DC9D6EE | |
| 10 January 2020[1] | Lv | Passeriformes | Phylloscopidae | Phylloscopus poliocephalus emilsalimi | Taliabu leaf-warbler | AU | 01°47.614′S 124°48.216′E | Montane forest (~1200 m asl) above the village of Wahe on the island of Taliabu in the Sula Archipelago, North Maluku, Indonesia. | 9 December 2013 | 90C6C0C9 | |
| 10 January 2020[1] | Lv | Passeriformes | Phylloscopidae | Phylloscopus poliocephalus suaramerdu | Peleng leaf-warbler | AU | 01°17.561′S 122°52.520′E | Montane forest (~950 m asl) above the village of Kokolomboi on the island of Peleng in the Banggai Archipelago, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. | 20 December 2013 | 362F86E4 | |
| 10 January 2020[1] | Lv | Passeriformes | Rhipiduridae | Rhipidura habibiei | Peleng fantail | AU | 01°17.561′S 122°52.520′E | Montane forest (~850 m asl) above the village of Kokolomboi on the island of Peleng in the Banggai Archipelago, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. | 22 December 2013 | F36F6683 | |
| 10 January 2020[1] | Lv | Passeriformes | Turdidae | Turdus deningeri sukahujan | Taliabu island thrush | AU | 01°47.614′S 124°48.216′E | Montane forest (~1200 m asl) above the village of Wahe on the island of Taliabu in the Sula Archipelago, North Maluku, Indonesia. | 10 December 2013 | BCB8D17C | |
| 21 February 2020[2] | Lv | Passeriformes | Rhinocryptidae | Scytalopus frankeae | Jalca tapaculo | NT | 9°53′38″S 75°44′49″W | Mountain trail (~ 3675 m als) from Pozuzo to Chaglla, Huánuco, Peru. | 26 July 1985 | 2723210 | 25B56CA4 |
| 21 February 2020[2] | Lv | Passeriformes | Rhinocryptidae | Scytalopus krabbei | White-winged tapaculo | NT | 5°43′23″S 77°45′14″W | Humid temperate shrub forest (~2975 m asl) on east slope of Cerro Patricia, Bosque de Proteccion Alto Mayo, San Martín, Peru. | 29 June 2002 | 2763109 | 9258D9BB |
| 21 February 2020[2] | Lv | Passeriformes | Rhinocryptidae | Scytalopus whitneyi | Ampay tapaculo | NT | 13°31′05″S 72°53′17″W | Mountain area (~3500 m asl) north-northeast of Abancay , Apurímac, Peru. | 18 March 1987 | 7E2D54EB | |
| 28 February 2020[3] | Ex | Khinganornis hulunbuirensis | PA | 48°39′52″S 123°52′22″E | Lower Cretaceous Longjiang Formation (121.23 ± 0.74 Ma), Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. | B6F65F2A | |||||
| 18 March 2020[4] | Ex | Asteriornis maastrichtensis | PA | 50°47′18″S 5°40′26″E | Valkenburg Member (66.8–66.7 Ma) of Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Maastricht Formation at the Romontbos Quarry, near Eben-Emael, Liège, Belgium. | C138B6A5 | |||||
| 24 March 2020[5] | Lv | Passeriformes | Pycnonotidae | Alophoixus ruficrissus meratusensis | Penan bulbul (meratusensis) | IM | 2°43′30″S 115°35′21″E | Montane forest around the summit trail (~1150 m asl) to the Mount Besar in the Meratus Mountains, located in the SE part of the island of Borneo,~35 km E of the town of Kandangan, South Hulu Sungai, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. | 8 May 2017 | B39EC766 | |
| 31 March 2020[6] | Ex | Pterocliformes | Pteroclidae | Linxiavis inaquosus | PA | 35°25′03″N 103°35′01″E | Hipparion fauna beds (~6–9 Ma) of the Late Miocene Liushu Formation, near the village of Baiwang, Linxia, Gansu, China. | 18964BBD | |||
| 12 May 2020[7] | Lv | Passeriformes | Cacatuidae | Calyptorhynchus banksii escondidus | Red-tailed black cockatoo (escondidus) | AU | 29°03′S 116°06′E | Arid zone 13 miles NE of the town of Morawa, Western Australia, Australia. | 11 July 1978 | CA47424F | |
| 22 June 2020[8] | Lv | Passeriformes | Maluridae | Amytornis oweni aenigma | Sandhill grasswren (aenigma) | AU | 31°41′S 133°44′E | Semi-arid low mallee woodland of the southern Yellabinna, 50 km north of Ceduna, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia. | 21 August 1983 | 878160D6 | |
| 22 June 2020[8] | Lv | Passeriformes | Maluridae | Amytornis whitei parvus | Pilbara grasswren (parvus) | AU | 22°23′S 113°54′E | Cape Range, Western Australia,Australia. | 21 May 1900 | F35AE142 | |
| 21 July 2020[9] | Lv | Passeriformes | Grallariidae | Grallaria alvarezi | Chami antpitta | NT | 05°09′29″S 76°01′00″W | Upper montane wet forest (~2650 m asl) on the Western Andes, PNN Tatamá, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia. | 23 August 2004 | 4248B7F6 | |
| 21 July 2020[9] | Lv | Passeriformes | Grallariidae | Grallaria ayacuchensis | Ayacucho antpitta | NT | 13°16′S 73°30′W | Chusquea thicket in secondary forest (~3300 m asl), near the village of Chupón, La Mar, Ayacucho, Peru. | 22 September 2012 | 2A3E14B1 | |
| 21 July 2020[9] | Lv | Passeriformes | Grallariidae | Grallaria centralis | Oxapampa antpitta | NT | 11°31′S 74°52′W | Secondary forest along the Satipo River (2400 m asl), above the locality of Calabaza, Junín, Peru. | 4 October 2008 | 53392BEC | |
| 21 July 2020[9] | Lv | Passeriformes | Grallariidae | Grallaria gravesi | Chachapoyas antpitta | NT | 07°32′S 77°28′W | Isolated patch of temperate forest (~3250 m asl) near Puerto del Monte on the left bank of the Jelache River, ~15 km NW of Gran Pajatén, Mariscal Cáceres, San Martín, Peru. | 5 August 1981 | 592F3341 | |
| 21 July 2020[9] | Lv | Passeriformes | Grallariidae | Grallaria occabambae marcapatensis | Urubamba antpitta (maastrichtensis) | NT | 13°30′S 70°55′W | Mountain trail (~2750 m asl) about 10 km NE of the town of Marcapata, Quispicanchi, Cuzco, Peru. | 26 July 1953 | 879F1AED | |
| 21 July 2020[9] | Lv | Passeriformes | Grallariidae | Grallaria oneilli | Panao antpitta | NT | 09°59′S 76°05′W | Timberline near Bosque Potrero (~3345 m asl), ~14 km S of the town of Panao, Pachitea, Huánuco, Peru. | 21 June 1983 | 97A8C8BF | |
| 21 July 2020[9] | Lv | Passeriformes | Grallariidae | Grallaria sinaensis | Puno antpitta | NT | 14°29′S 69°17′W | Near the village of Sina (~3100 m asl), San Antonio de Putina, Puno, Peru. | 15 October 2009 | B1B6891A | |
| 12 August 2020[10] | Ex | Sphenisciformes | Spheniscidae | Eudyptes atatu | AU | 39°35′S 174°12′E | Waipipian marine horizon (3.36–3.06 Ma) of Late Pliocene (Piacenzian) Tangahoe Formation in the southern Taranaki region, North Island, New Zealand. | 49129740 | |||
| 14 August 2020[11] | Ex | Strigiformes | Tytonidae | Tyto maniola | Cuban dwarf barn owl | NT | 22°57′N 80°58′W | Late Pleistocene formation (41–22±2,6 ka) at Las Breas de San Felipe (San Felipe II), San Felipe Valley, ~5.5 km W of the town of Martí, Matanzas, Cuba. | 28 November 1998 | C4AFD569 | |
| 2 October 2020[12] | Lv | Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | Limosa limosa bohaii | Black-tailed godwit (bohaii) | PA | 39°06′N 117°48′E | Northern shore of the Bohai Bay at Hangu, Tianjin, China. | 16 April 2018 | 2830701 | 0AAE0403 |
| 5 November 2020[13] | Lv | Sphenisciformes | Spheniscidae | Pygoscelis papua poncetii | Gentoo penguin (poncetii) | NT | 54°24′S 36°42′W | South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, British Overseas Territories. | 11 March 1913 | 2F6DCCD0 | |
| 13 November 2020[14] | Lv | Passeriformes | Alaudidae | Calandrella cinerea rufipecta | Red-capped lark (rufipecta) | AF | 09°53′N 08°56′E | Grassland near the village of Gwafan, Plateau State, Nigeria. | 31 January 2006 | BAC96C31 | |
| 15 November 2020[15] | Ex | Passeriformes | Corvidae | Corvus bragai | AF | 26°00′41″S 27°45′00″E | Member 2 of the hominin-bearing site of Kromdraai (2.0–1.6 Ma) in the Cradle of Humankind, near the town of Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa. | 50D29E22 | |||
| 15 November 2020[15] | Ex | Strigiformes | Strigidae | Glaucidium ireneae | AF | 26°00′41″S 27°45′00″E | Member 2 of the hominin-bearing site of Kromdraai (2.0–1.6 Ma) in the Cradle of Humankind, near the town of Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa. | BD2567D4 | |||
| 20 November 2020[16] | Lv | Procellariiformes | Procellariidae | Puffinus puffinus canariensis | Manx shearwater (canariensis) | PA | 28°23′24″N 16°31′25″W | Near the town of La Orotava on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. | 6 March 2009 | 3009BCF0 | |
| 27 January 2021[17] | Ex | Piciformes | Picidae | Bitumenpicus minimus | NA | 34°03′50″N 118°21′25″W | Pit A of Bliss 29 of the Late Pleistocene La Brea Tar Pits (300–12 ka), Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California, USA. | 77573A24 | |||
| 27 January 2021[17] | Ex | Piciformes | Picidae | Breacopus garretti | NA | 34°03′50″N 118°21′25″W | Pit 16 of the Late Pleistocene La Brea Tar Pits (300-12 ka), Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California, USA. | FF096506 | |||
| 27 January 2021[17] | Ex | Piciformes | Picidae | Melanerpes shawi | NA | 34°03′50″N 118°21′25″W | Pit A of Bliss 29 of the Late Pleistocene La Brea Tar Pits (300-12 ka), Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California, USA. | 317B0BB0 | |||
| 29 January 2021[18] | Ex | Procellariiformes | Procellariidae | Procellaria altirostris | AU | 39°35′S 174°12′E | Waipipian marine horizon (3.36–3.06 Ma) of Late Pliocene (Piacenzian) Tangahoe Formation in the southern Taranaki region, North Island, New Zealand. | 2015 | 0898B926 | ||
| 6 March 2021[19] | Lv | Trogoniformes | Trogonidae | Trogon chrysochloros muriciensis | Alagoas black-throated trogon. | NT | 12°46′S 52°37′W | Montane forest (583 m asl) of the Estação Ecológica de Murici, Alagoas, Brazil. | 19 September 1983 | 379A366E | |
| 26 March 2021[20] | Lv | Strigiformes | Strigidae | Megascops alagoensis | Alagoas screech-owl | NT | 8°58′56″S 35°51′52″W | Forest patch near the town of Ibateguara, Alagoas, Brazil. | February 2003 | 2803252 | 781B73E4 |
| 26 March 2021[20] | Lv | Strigiformes | Strigidae | Megascops stangiae | Xingu screech-owl | NT | 05°46′12″S 50°29′55″W | Forest edge near the Salobo Mine in the Carajás Mountains, ~12 km N of the hamlet of Caldeirão, Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil. | 4 August 2010 | 2803253 | 13B45F6C |
| 6 April 2021[21] | Lv | Passeriformes | Cisticolidae | Prinia gracilis ashi | Graceful prinia (ashi) | AF | 02°12′N 45°37′E | Narrow belt of coastal saltbush plants, located near the locality of Mallable, ~30 km NE of Mogadishu, Somalia. | 16 February 1979 | A0892297 | |
| 23 April 2021[22] | Ex | Apterygiformes | Apterygidae | Apteryx littoralis | AU | 40°00′16.8″S 175°21′54.2″E | Lower Castlecliffian horizon (~1 Ma) in the Kaimatira Pumice Sand Formation (part of the Potaka Tephra), 'Morrison's Farm Gully', ~7 km N of the town of Marton, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand. | 7196A8A5 | |||
| 17 May 2021[23] | Lv | Passeriformes | Cisticolidae | Cisticola anderseni | White-tailed cisticola | AF | 08°11′S 36°55′E | Tall grass by Kilombero River (245 m asl), ~25 km SWW of the town of Ifakara, Morogoro Region, Tanzania. | 12 November 1961 | 2867387 | 69045C0B |
| 17 May 2021[23] | Lv | Passeriformes | Cisticolidae | Cisticola bakerorum | Kilombero cisticola | AF | 08°11′S 36°55′E | Tall grass by Kilombero River (245 m asl), ~25 km SW of the town of Ifakara, Morogoro Region, Tanzania. | 12 November 1961 | 2867388 | 43B615B3 |
| 11 June 2021[24] | Lv | Passeriformes | Melanocharitidae | Melanocharis citreola | Satin berrypecker | AU | 4°00′41″S 133°05′15″W | Mid-montane cloud forest (~1191 m asl) on the Kumawa Mountains in the E part of the Bomberai Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia. | 17 November 2014 | 2794625 | 756BA63D |
| 4 July 2021[25] | Ex | Kaririavis mater | NT | 07°07′25″S 39°42′07″W | Early Cretaceous Crato Formation (~115–113 Ma) at the Pedra Branca Mine, located ~2 km SW of the town of Nova Olinda, Ceará, Brazil. | 652BEFCF | |||||
| 1 October 2021[26] | Lv | Passeriformes | Thraupidae | Heliothraupis oneilli | Inti tanager | NT | 14°26′S 68°32′W | Semi-deciduous woodland (~960 m asl) in the NE part of Andean Plateau, ANMI Madidi, ~33 km NW of the town of Apolo, Franz Tamayo], La Paz, Bolivia. | 27 January 2019 | 2871835 | 543A1887 |
| 16 October 2021[27] | Lv | Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | Limosa lapponica yamalensis | Bar-tailed godwit (yamalensis) | PA | 67°29′N 68°13′E | Boggy tundra near the Yunyakha River's mouth, Shchuchya River Valley, ~31 NW of the village of Shchuchye, Priuralsky District, YNAO, Russia. | 21 June 1998 | 2984187 | 461F5238 |
| 21 October 2021[28] | Lv | Passeriformes | Passerellidae | Chlorospingus semifuscus xanthothorax | Dusky chlorospingus (xanthothorax) | NT | 03°39′07.32″S 79°44′36.32″W | Cloud forest (969 m asl) at the Buenaventura Reserve in the S part of the Tumbes–Chocó–Magdalena biodiversity hotspot, ~3 km N of the village of Moromoro, Piñas, El Oro, SW Ecuador. | 8 September 2017 | D0749E11 | |
| 28 October 2021[29] | Lv | Passeriformes | Turdidae | Turdus grayi suarezi | Clay-colored thrush (suarezi) | NT | 06°28′N 75°46′W | Tropical dry forest in the middle canyon of the Cauca River (~550 m asl), ~4.2 km NW of the town of San Jerónimo, Antioquia, Colombia. | 26 June 2012 | 921747A1 | |
| 10 November 2021[30] | Lv | Passeriformes | Tyrannidae | Rhynchocyclus aequinoctialis cryptus | Western olivaceous flatbill (cryptus) | NT | 11°03′05″S 70°12′59″W | Seasonal floodplain forest (várzea) at the Rio Acre Ecological Station ~70 W of the town Assis Brasil, Acre, Brazil. | 14 August 2005 | 65E32F80 | |
| 20 December 2021[31] | Ex | Gruiformes | Rallidae | Gallirallus astolfoi | Astolfo's rail | OC | 27°36′25″S 144°22′46″W | Section S1 of the Holocene formation (10→ ka) in the Tangarutu Cave on the island of Rapa in the South Pacific Ocean, French Polynesia. | 21 July 2002 | 921C75C0 | |
| 11 January 2022[32] | Lv | Passeriformes | Muscicapidae | Cyornis kadayangensis | Meratus blue flycatcher | IM | 2°43′30″S 115°35′11″E | Montane forest around the summit trail (~1150 m asl) to the Mount Besar in the Meratus Mountains, located in the SE part of the island of Borneo,~35 km E of the town of Kandangan, South Hulu Sungai, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. | 8 May 2017 | 69456178 | |
| 11 January 2022[32] | Lv | Passeriformes | Zosteropidae | Zosterops meratusensis | Meratus white-eye | IM | 2°43′22″S 115°35′35″E | Montane forest around the summit trail (~1350 m asl) to the Mount Besar in the Meratus Mountains, located in the SE part of the island of Borneo,~35 km E of the town of Kandangan, South Hulu Sungai, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. | 14 May 2017 | A8E088F0 | |
| 1 February 2022[33] | Lv | Psittaciformes | Psittacidae | Poicephalus rueppellii mariettae | Rüppell's parrot (mariettae) | AF | 22°21′03″S 16°07′36″E | Tree savanna near the settlement of Otjimbingwe, Erongo, Namibia. | 4 March 2018 | A04F6479 | |
| 11 March 2022[34] | Ex | Musivavis amabilis | PA | 41°36′N 120°23′E | Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation (~120 Ma) at the locality of Shangheshou in the city of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. | 2AB6FE46 | |||||
| 28 March 2022[35] | Ex | Strigiformes | Strigidae | Miosurnia diurna | PA | 35°30′N 103°36′E | Fossil-bearing sediments (~6.0–9.5 Ma) of the Late Miocene Liushu Formation, Linxia, Gansu, China. | 5065EE8C | |||
| 5 April 2022[36] | Ex | Apodiformes | Aegothelidae | Aegotheles zealandivetus | AU | 44°54′29″S 169°51′30″E | Altonian bed HH1b (~19–16 Ma) of the Lower Miocene Bannockburn Formation at the Home Hills Station on the left bank of the Manuherikia River, ~5 km SE of the town of Saint Bathans, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand. | 1E3C24DB | |||
| 5 April 2022[36] | Ex | Zealandornithidae | Zealandornis relictus | AU | 44°54′29″S 169°51′30″E | Altonian bed HH1a (~19–16 Ma) of the Lower Miocene Bannockburn Formation at the Home Hills Station on the left bank of the Manuherikia River, ~5 km SE of the town of Saint Bathans, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand. | 28D06BEF | ||||
| 23 May 2022[37] | Lv | Passeriformes | Muscicapidae | Copsychus malabaricus ngae | Langkawi shama | IM | 6°14′04″N 99°48′19″E | Lowland rainforest on the island of Dayang Bunting, located ~2 km off the S shore of the island of Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia. | 9 December 1916 | 3019657 | 758F173D |
| 14 July 2022[38] | Ex | Gaviiformes | Gaviidae | Nasidytes ypresianus | PA | 51°51′54″N 1°17′20″E | Walton Member (54.6‒55.0 Ma) of the early Eocene London Clay Formation, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, UK. | 1992 | CA20F17A | ||
| 20 July 2022[39] | Ex | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Notochen bannockburnensis | AU | 44°53.37′S 169°50.27′E | Altonian bed Croc Site L1 (~19–16 Ma) of the Lower Miocene Bannockburn Formation at the Mata Creek, located on the right bank of the Manuherikia River, ~2.8 km SE of the town of Saint Bathans, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand. | BB351119 | |||
| 17 August 2022[40] | Lv | Passeriformes | Rhinocryptidae | Scytalopus superciliaris ambatensis | White-browed tapaculo (ambatensis) | NT | 28°14′07″S 66°01′35″W | Rocky grassland (~4300 m asl) around the summit trail to the Mount El Manchao in the Aconquija Mountains, at the locality of Casa de Piedra de Los Cajones, above the village of El Rodeo, Ambato, Catamarca, NW Argentina. | 30 October 1985 | DBBBFDEE | |
| 22 August 2022[41] | Lv | Passeriformes | Furnariidae | Aphrastura spinicauda subantarctica | Thorn-tailed rayadito (subantarctica) | NT | 56°31′20″S 68°42′56″W | Tussock grassland on the island of Gonzalo in the Diego Ramírez Archipelago, Magallanes and Antarctic region, Chile. | 22 July 2017 | 0C415001 | |
| 30 September 2022[42] | Lv | Strigiformes | Tytonidae | Tyto javanica fallens | Alor barn owl | AU | 08°17′39″S 124°43′17″E | Patch of rainforest near village of Apui (~1000 m asl) on the island of Alor in the Lesser Sunda Archipelago, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. | 25 April 1991 | 4411F70B | |
| 11 October 2022[43] | Lv | Passeriformes | Zosteropidae | Zosterops paruhbesar | Wangi-wangi white-eye | AU | 5°18′59″S 123°34′54″E | Forest on the island of Wangi-wangi in the Tukangbesi Archipelago, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. | 19 September 2019 | EAA91476 | |
| 30 October 2022[44] | Lv | Passeriformes | Strigidae | Otus bikegila | Principe scops owl | AF | 01°33.03′N 07°22.29′E | Rainforest (~100 m als) ~500 m NW the Ribeira Porco River's mouth, located on the E shore of the island of Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea, São Tomé e Príncipe. | 29 May 2017 | 3045889 | C6277A45 |
| 14 December 2022[45] | Lv | Passeriformes | Cisticolidae | Orthotomus nigriceps luminosus | Black-headed tailorbird (luminosus) | IM | 10°21′05″N 125°36′23″E | Lowland evergreen forest at the locality of Balitbiton, Loreto, Dinagat Islands, Caraga, Philippines. | 14 April 1972 | 4C9237A5 | |
| 7 December 2022[46] | Lv | Trogoniformes | Trogonidae | Apaloderma vittatum delhoyoi | Bar-tailed trogon (delhoyoi) | AF | 0°31′31″N 30°23′34″E | Moist evergreen rainforest (~1500 m asl), located SE of the town of Fort Portal, Tooro Kingdom, SW Uganda. | 16 September 1906 | EB27E696 | |
| 30 January 2023[47] | Ex | Procellariiformes | Procellariidae | Macronectes tinae | AU | 39°35′S 174°12′E | Waipipian marine horizon (3.36–3.06 Ma) of Late Pliocene (Piacenzian) Tangahoe Formation in the southern Taranaki region, North Island, New Zealand. | 19978E43 | |||
| 9 May 2023[48] | Ex | Pelecaniformes | Pelecanidae | Pelecanus paranensis | NT | 32°35′51″S 60°11′22″W | Upper sandstone marine beds of the Late Miocene Paraná Formation (11.63–5.33 Ma) in the Cerro La Matanza locality in the city of Victoria, Entre Ríos, Argentina. | CDF1E990 | |||
| 7 June 2023[49] | Lv | Passeriformes | Pycnonotidae | Rubigula dispar matamerah | Ruby-throated bulbul (matamerah) | IM | 00°42′S 100°58′E | Wooded area (~270 m als) near the village of Sijunjung, Sawahlunto Sijunjung], West Sumatra, Indonesia. | 1 October 1878 | 2294F38F | |
| 7 July 2023[50] | Lv | Passeriformes | Turdidae | Catharus fuscater arcanus | Slaty-backed nightingale-thrush (arcanus) | NT | 8°47′45″S 78°27′47″W | Humid montane forest (~1200 m asl) near the summit of the Mount Chucantí in the mountain range of Majé, ~20 km NE of the town of Chimán, Panamá Province, Panama. | 16 February 2006 | 3047110 | 98D05370 |
| 7 July 2023[50] | Lv | Passeriformes | Turdidae | Catharus fuscater nebulus | Slaty-backed nightingale-thrush (nebulus) | NT | 6°35′06″S 77°33′42″W | Humid montane forest (~2400 m asl) near the summit of the Mount Monte Alegre, ~11 km SW of village of Limabamba, Rodríguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru. | 23 June 2010 | 3062229 | A7CBD9FF |
| 7 July 2023[50] | Lv | Passeriformes | Turdidae | Catharus fuscater tenebris | Slaty-backed nightingale-thrush (tenebris) | NT | 4°47′00″S 79°20′00″W | Humid montane forest (~2250 m asl) on the E slope of the mountain range of Lagunillas, N bank of the Isimanchi River, ~6 km NW of the village of San Andrés , Zamora-Chinchipe, S Ecuador. | 6 November 1992 | 3062231 | FF988B11 |
| 1 August 2023[51] | Ex | Pterocliformes | Pteroclidae | Pterocles bosporanus | PA | 45°02′35″N 34°16′58″E | Lower Pleistocene sediments ((1.8–1.5 Ma) in the Taurida Cave, located in the S part of the peninsula of Crimea, near the village of Zuya, Bilohirsk Raion, ARC, Ukraine (de facto Russia). | DAACDC46 | |||
| 7 September 2023[52] | Lv | Passeriformes | Turdidae | Turdus plumbeus perditus | Red-legged thrush (perditus) | NT | 17°24′38″N 83°55′19″W | Lowland tropical forest on the Swan Islands in the Caribbean Sea, Bay Islands, Honduras. | 4 February 1887 | 67ABC35F | |
| 27 February 2024[53] | Ex | Imparavis attenboroughi | PA | 40°56′N 119°57′E | Lower Aptian sediments (~120 Ma) of the Jiufotang Formation, located near the town of Toudaoyingzi, Jianchang County, Liaoning, China. | AE49B755 | |||||
| 13 June 2024[54] | Lv | Passeriformes | Thraupidae | Trichothraupis melanops griseonota | Black-goggled tanager (griseonota) | NT | 17°27′50″S 63°38′45″W | Bolivian montane dry forest on the E slope of the Andes (~450 m asl), near the town of Buena Vista, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. | 30 July 1916 | 0269BC12 | |
| 13 June 2024[55] | Lv | Passeriformes | Thamnophilidae | Sakesphoroides cristatus niedeguidonae | Silvery-cheeked antshrike (niedeguidonae) | NT | 08°52′47″S 42°43′33″W | Dry tropical forest (caatinga) at biological reserve of Serra Vermelha (~525 m asl), ~12 N of the town of Sao Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Northeast Region, Brazil. | 11 January 2019 | 415C1264 | |
| 21 June 2024[56] | Ex | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Chloephaga dabbenei | NT | 38°30′00″S 61°46′00″W | Lower Section of the middle Pleistocene San José Sequence (0.78-0.12 Ma) at Bajo de San José, ~50 km NE of the city of Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. | 9446257C | |||
| 24 June 2024[57] | Lv | Caprimulgiformes | Caprimulgidae | Caprimulgus ritae | Timor nightjar | AU | 07°48′S 126°18′E | Tropical forest on the island of Wetar in the Maluku Archipelago, Maluku, Indonesia. | 7 March 1898 | B408927B | |
| 9 August 2024[58] | Ex | Psittaciformes | Psittaculidae | Agapornis longipes | AF | 26°00′41″S 27°45′00″E | Kromdraai fossil site (2.0–1.6 Ma) in the Cradle of Humankind, near the town of Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa. | C9BDB264 | |||
| 24 September 2024[59] | Ex | Shuilingornis angelai | PA | 40°39′37″N 119°41′29″E | Lower Cretaceous (Aptian, ~122–119 Ma) Jiufotang Formation, near the locality of Lamadong, Jianchang, Huludao, Liaoning, E China. | E0797608 | |||||
| 17 December 2024[60] | Lv | Passeriformes | Hirundinidae | Tachycineta albiventer magdalenae | White-winged swallow (magdalenae) | NT | 10°38′N 75°11′W | Shore of the small lake of Tocaguas (~20 m asl), near the village of San Juan de Tocaguas, Luruaco, Atlántico, N Colombia. | 14 January 1947 | AE591C7F | |
| 17 January 2025[61] | Ex | Novavis pubisculata | PA | 39°35′55″N 96°23′38″E | Protopteryx-horizon of the Lower Cretaceous (Late Aptian, ~123–113 Ma) Xiagou Formation in the Changma Basin, located near the town of Changma , Yumen, Jiuquan, Gansu, NW China. | 2005 | 7A2AEB66 | ||||
| 12 February 2025[62] | Ex | Baminornis zhenghensis | PA | 27°08′39″N 119°00′53″E | Layer 2 of the Late Jurassic (Lower Tithonian, ~149.9–150.2 Ma) Nanyuan Formation, located near the village of Yangyuan , Zhenghe, Fujian, SE China. | 70977D59 |
See also
Notes
- The date of the first publication of the scientific source in which the species/subspecies was first described. The odd and even years highlighted by different colors.
- In this column, the living species highlighted by yellow (#F9F5B0) and the extinct species highlighted by beige (#CABEB8); the subspecies stay unhighlighted.
- The geographic coordinates of the place where the holotype was collected.
- Description of the location where the holotype was collected.
- The date on which the holotype was collected.