2005 in birding and ornithology

none December 2009 __NOTOC__ Bird species new to science described in the The year 2005 in birding and ornithology. Worldwide New species See Bird species new to science described in the 2000s. Rediscoveries In 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. Extinctions The thick-billed ground dove (Pampusana salamonis), last seen in 1927, is officially declared extinct.http://articles.cnn.com/2005-06-01/world/birds.extinction_1_bird-species-ivory-billed-woodpecker-calayan?_s=PM:WORLD Fifth of bird species 'threatened' CNN 1 June 2005 2 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225053352/http://articles.cnn.com/2005-06-01/world/birds.extinction_1_bird-species-ivory-billed-woodpecker-calayan?_s=PM:WORLD 25 February 2012 dead 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 Canada goose and cackling goose Yellow-legged gull (split from herring gull) Ornithologists Deaths 3 February - Ernst Mayr (born 1904)https://www.economist.com/obituary/2005/02/10/ernst-mayr The Economist 1 March 2011 Obituary: Ernst Mayr 10 February 2005 25 February - Tony Norris (born 1917)http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article437471.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20110629131421/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article437471.ece dead June 29, 2011 The Times Tony Norris 26 March 2005 2 March 2011 23 May – Derek Ratcliffe (born 1929)Thompson Des Birks H. J. B. Derek A Ratcliffe 1929-2005 British Wildlife August 2005 16 6 410–2 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. Europe Britain Breeding 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.Hudson D Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2008 2009 Isles of Scilly Bird Group 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 Myanmar as its theme for the year.Celebrating 30 years of Birdfair: 3 decades of global conservation impact https://www.spnl.org/celebrating-30-years-of-birdfair-3-decades-of-global-conservation-impact/ Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon 12 December 2022 31 July 2018 Ireland Rare 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 References Category:Birding and ornithology by year Ornithology