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- Worldwide New species Rediscoveries Extinctions Taxonomic developments Ornithologists Deaths World listing
- Europe Britain Breeding birds Migrant and wintering birds Rare birds Other Events Ireland Rare birds
- References
{{more citations needed|date=December 2009}}{{Year box|decade prefix=Bird species new to science described in the}}The year 2005 in birding and ornithology. WorldwideNew speciesSee Bird species new to science described in the 2000s. RediscoveriesIn April, an announcement is made that the ivory-billed woodpecker has been rediscovered in North America; in July, doubt is cast on this claim. The debate remains unresolved. ExtinctionsThe thick-billed ground-dove (Gallicolumba salamonis), last seen in 1927, is officially declared extinct.[1] Taxonomic developments- The British Ornithologists' Union Records Committee announce that they have adopted the following species split:
- Common scoter and black scoter
- Velvet scoter and white-winged scoter
- Greater Canada goose and Lesser Canada goose
- Yellow-legged gull (split from herring gull)
OrnithologistsDeaths- 3 February - Ernst Mayr (born 1904)[2]
- 25 February - Tony Norris (born 1917)[3]
- 23 May – Derek Ratcliffe (born 1929)[4]
- 9 June - James F. Clements (born 1927)
- 3 September - R. S. R. Fitter (born 1913)
World listing- American Peter Kaestner becomes the fourth person ever to see over 8000 species of bird alive.
EuropeBritainBreeding birds- A pair of European bee-eaters makes a nesting attempt in Herefordshire - see Bee-eaters in Britain
Migrant and wintering birds- The first part of the year sees a large influx of waxwings into southern England.
Rare birds- Britain's third belted kingfisher was found on 1 April in Staffordshire, and was later seen briefly in east Yorkshire, then in Northeast Scotland; the last was in 1980.
- Britain's second Barrow's goldeneye was found in May in Northeast Scotland.
- Britain's second Audouin's gull was seen briefly at Spurn, east Yorkshire on 1 June.
- An influx of trumpeter finches in Kent and Suffolk in the spring are the first of this species to be seen in Britain since the early 1990s.
- A sooty tern visited the Anglesey tern colonies in North Wales in July - the first ever in Britain to be seen by large numbers of birders.
- Britain's first Swinhoe's storm petrel on a pelagic, 17 km south of the Isles of Scilly on 21 July.[5]
- A yellow warbler on Unst, Shetland in September is Britain's fifth.
- A Siberian rubythroat on Fair Isle, Shetland in October is also Britain's fifth.
- Britain's first magnificent frigatebird is found moribund in Whitchurch, Shropshire following Hurricane Wilma, and dies in care at Chester Zoo
- Britain's fifth green heron is found on Anglesey in November
- Hurricane Wilma also brought an unprecedented influx of laughing gulls to Britain during November
Other Events- The British Birdwatching Fair has Burma as its theme for the year.
IrelandRare birds- Ireland's first green heron is found in County Cork in October
- Ireland's first Barrow's goldeneye is found at Quoile Pondage in County Down in November
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://articles.cnn.com/2005-06-01/world/birds.extinction_1_bird-species-ivory-billed-woodpecker-calayan?_s=PM:WORLD |title=Fifth of bird species 'threatened' |publisher=CNN |date=1 June 2005 |accessdate=2 March 2011}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.economist.com/node/3644451?story_id=3644451 |publisher=The Economist |accessdate=1 March 2011 |title=Obituary: Ernst Mayr |date=10 February 2005}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article437471.ece |publisher=The Times |title=Tony Norris |date=26 March 2005 |accessdate=2 March 2011}}
4. ^{{cite journal|last=Thompson|first= Des|last2= Birks|first2=H. J. B.|title=Derek A Ratcliffe 1929-2005|journal=British Wildlife|date=August 2005|volume=16|issue=6|pages=410–2}}
5. ^{{cite book|last=Hudson|first=D (ed)|title=Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2008|year=2009|publisher=Isles of Scilly Bird Group}}
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