Bird species new to science described in the 1990s
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The following are the bird species described as new to science in the years 1990 to 1999:
[edit] 1990
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[edit] 1991
- Bulo Burti Boubou, Laniarius liberatus, from Somalia
- Roviana Rail, Gallirallus rovianae from Roviana, Solomon Islands
- Diamond, Jared M. (1991): A new species of rail from the Solomon Islands and convergent evolution of insular flightlessness. Auk 108(3): 461-470 PDF fulltext
- To be completed
[edit] 1992
- To be completed
[edit] 1993
- To be completed
[edit] 1994
- To be completed
[edit] 1995
- To be completed
Certhia familiaris tianquanensis Li, 1995 ActaZoologicaSinican.s. 20 no.3 p.373-376 (later elevated to specific rank 2002, Journal fur Ornithologie)
[edit] 1996
- To be completed
[edit] 1997
- Lina's Sunbird, Aethopyga linaraborae, from Mindanao, Philippines
- Kennedy, Robert S.; Gonzales, Pedro C. & Miranda, Hector C. Jr (1997): New Aethopyga sunbirds (Aves: Nectariniidae) from the island of Mindanao, Philippines. Auk 114(1): 1–10. PDF fulltext
- Red-shouldered Vanga, Calicalicus rufocarpalis
- Batrachostomus pygmeus* (Podargidae)
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[edit] 1998
- Araripe Manakin, Antilophia bokermanni
- Sangihe Scops Owl, Otus collari
- Lambert, F.R. & Rasmussen, P.C. (1998): Sangihe Scops Owl Otus collari, sp. nov.. Bull. B. O. C. 118(4): 207-217. PDF fulltext
- To be completed
[edit] 1999
- Jocotoco Antpitta, Grallaria ridgelyi, from Ecuador
- Krabbe, Niels; Agro, D.J.; Rice, N.H.; Jacome, M.; Navarrete, L. & Sornoza M., F. (1999): A new species of antpitta (Formicariidae: Grallaria) from the southern Ecuadorian Andes. Auk 116(4): 882-890. [English with Spanish abstract] PDF fulltext
- To be completed
[edit] Described in this period, no longer thought to be good species
1991
- Kenyon's Shag or Amchitka Cormorant, Phalacrocorax kenyoni, now considered to refer to small females of the Pelagic Cormorant.
- Siegel-Causey, Douglas (1991): Systematics and biogeography of North Pacific shags, with a description of a new species. Occasional Papers of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History 140: 1–17.
- Rohwer, Sievert; Filardi, Christopher E.; Bostwick, Kimberly S. & Peterson, A. Townsend (2000): A critical evaluation of Kenyon's Shag (Phalacrocorax [Stictocarbo] kenyoni). Auk 117(2): 308–320. PDF fulltext
1995
- Mascarene Shearwater, Puffinus atrodorsalis, now considered indistinguishable from the Tropical Shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri bailloni (or P. ballioni bailloni)
- Shirihai, H.; Sinclair, I. & Colston, P.R. (1995): A new species of Puffinus shearwater from the western Indian Ocean. Bull. B.O.C. 115: 75–87.
- Austin, Jeremy J.; Bretagnolle, Vincent & Pasquet, Eric (2004): A global molecular phylogeny of the small Puffinus shearwaters and implications for systematics of the Little-Audubon's Shearwater complex. Auk 121(3): 847–864. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2004)121[0847:AGMPOT]2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract
1997
- Brigida's Woodcreeper, Hylexetastes brigidai, now usually considered a subspecies of the Red-billed woodcreeper pending thorough study.
