2013 in birding and ornithology

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

• São Miguel scops owl, a small extinct owl that once inhabited the island of São Miguel, in the Macaronesian archipelago of the Azores, in the North Atlantic Ocean.[1]

• Rinjani scops owl, Otus jolandae:George Sangster; Ben F. King; Philippe Verbelen & Colin R. Trainor (2013). "A New Owl Species of the Genus Otus (Aves: Strigidae) from Lombok, Indonesia". PLOS One. 8 (2): e53712. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...853712S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053712. PMC 3572129. PMID 23418422.
• Pincoya storm petrel, Oceanites pincoyae:Peter Harrison; Michel Sallaberry; Chris P Gaskin; Karen A Baird; Alvaro Jamarillo; Shirley Maria Metz; Mark Pearman; Michael O'Keeffe; Jim Dowdall; Seamus Enright; Kieran Fahy; Jeff Gilligan; Gerard Lillie (2013). "A new storm-petrel species from Chile". The Auk. 130 (1): 180–191. doi:10.1525/auk.2012.12071.
• Delta Amacuro softtail, Thripophaga amacurensis:Steven Leon Hilty; David Ascanio & Andrew W. Whittaker (2013). "A New Species of Softtail (Furnariidae: Thripophaga) from the Delta of the Orinoco River in Venezuela". The Condor. 115 (1): 143–154. doi:10.1525/cond.2012.110212.
• Bermuda flicker, Colaptes oceanicus:Storrs L. Olson (2013). "Fossil woodpeckers from Bermuda with the description of a new species of Colaptes (Aves: Picidae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 126 (1): 17–24. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-126.1.17.
• Sao Miguel scops owl, Otus frutuosoi : Juan Carlos Rando; Josep Antoni Alcover; Storrs L. Olson; Harald Pieper (2013). "A new species of extinct scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus) from São Miguel Island (Azores Archipelago, North Atlantic Ocean)". Zootaxa. 3647 (2): 343–357. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.6. hdl:10261/85708. PMID 26295111.
• Seram masked owl, Tyto almae:Knud Andreas Jønsson; Michael Køie Poulsen; Tri Haryoko; Andrew Hart Reeve; Pierre-Henri Fabre (2013). "A new species of masked-owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae) from Seram, Indonesia". Zootaxa. 3635 (1): 51–61. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3635.1.5. PMID 26097930.
• Junin tapaculo, Scytalopus gettyae:Peter A. Hosner; Mark B. Robbins; Thomas Valqui & A. Townsend Peterson (2013). "A New Species of Scytalopus Tapaculo (Aves: Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae) from the Andes of Central Peru". The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 125 (2): 233–242. doi:10.1676/12-055.1.
• Cambodian tailorbird Orthotomus chaktomuk:Simon Mahood; Ashish John; Hong Chamnan & Colin Poole (2013). "A new species of lowland tailorbird (Passeriformes: Cisticolidae: Orthotomus) from the Mekong floodplain of Cambodia". Forktail. 29: 1–14.
• Tropeiro seedeater, Sporophila beltoni: Márcio Repenning & Carla Suertegaray Fontana (2013). "A new species of gray seedeater (Emberizidae: Sporophila) from upland grasslands of southern Brazil". The Auk. 130 (4): 791–803. doi:10.1525/auk.2013.12167.

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
• Sierra Madre ground warbler Robsonius thompsoni: Peter A. Hosner; Nikki C. Boggess; Phillip Alviola; Luis A. Sánchez-González; Carl H. Oliveros; Rolly Urriza; Robert G. Moyle (2013). "Phylogeography of the Robsonius Ground-Warblers (Passeriformes: Locustellidae) Reveals an Undescribed Species from Northeastern Luzon, Philippines". The Condor. 115 (3): 630–639. doi:10.1525/cond.2013.120124.
• Guerrero brush-finch Arremon kuehnerii: Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza; Martha A. García-Hernández & A. Townsend Peterson (2013). "A new species of Brush-Finch (Arremon; Emberizidae) from western Mexico". The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 125 (3): 443–453. doi:10.1676/12-136.1.
• Omani owl Strix omanensis: Magnus Robb; Arnoud B van den Berg & Mark Constantine (2013). "A new species of Strix owl from Oman". Dutch Birding. 35 (5): 275–310.
• New Caledonia snipe, Coenocorypha neocaledonica: Trevor Worthy; Atholl Anderson & Christophe Sand (2013). "An extinct Austral snipe Aves: Coenocorypha from New Caledonia". Emu. 113 (4): 383–393. doi:10.1071/MU13019.