2015 in birding and ornithology
The year 2015 in birding and ornithology.
Worldwide
New species
- Desert owl Strix hadorami [1]
- Perijá tapaculo Scytalopus perijanus [2]
- Sichuan bush warbler Locustella chengi [3]
Ornithologists
Europe
Britain
Republic of Cyprus
- More than 2 million birds are illegally killed during the autumn, including 800,000 on British military sovereign base areas. They are trapped by limesticks and mist net, served as ambelopoulia in restaurants and the illegal trade is estimated to be worth €15 million per annum.[4]
North America
To be completed
References
- ↑ Guy M. Kirwan; Manuel Schweizer; José Luis Copete (2015). "Multiple lines of evidence confirm that Hume's Owl Strix butleri (A. O. Hume, 1878) is two species, with description of an unnamed species (Aves: Non-Passeriformes: Strigidae)". Zootaxa. 3904 (1): 28–50. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3904.1.2.
- ↑ Avendaño, J.E.; Cuervo, A.M.; López-O., J.P.; Gutiérrez-Pinto, N.; Cortés-Diago, A. & Cadena, C.D. (2015). "A new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae: Scytalopus) from the Serranía de Perijá of Colombia and Venezuela". The Auk. 132 (2): 450–466. doi:10.1642/AUK-14-166.1.
- ↑ Alström, P.; Xia, C.; Rasmussen, P.C.; Olsson, U.; Dai, B.; Zhao, J.; Leader, P.J.; Carey, G.J.; Dong. L., Cai; T., Holt; P.I., Manh; H.L., Song; G., Liu; Y., Zhang; Y. & Lei, F. (2015). "Integrative taxonomy of the Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli complex reveals a new species from central China". Avian Research. 6 (9): 1–32. doi:10.1186/s40657-015-0016-z.
- ↑ "Cyprus Bird Killing". Wildlife. Vol. 34 no. 5. 2016. p. 58.
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