1997 in birding and ornithology

none December 2018 Bird species new to science described in the See also 1996 in birding and ornithology, main events of 1997 and 1998 in birding and ornithology Worldwide New species See also Bird species new to science described in the 1990s The jocotoco antpitta (Grallaria ridgelyi) from Ecuador was discovered in the Cerro Tapichalaca cloud forest.Glenn Neil Small bird...big story BBC Wildlife October 2018 42–5 Taxonomic developments To be completed Europe Britain Breeding birds Only eleven booming bitterns are heard, half as many as the previous year. Thousands of young black-legged kittiwakes and other seabirds die in north-east England during storms. A pair of red-backed shrikes breed in Northern Scotland. Migrant and wintering birds To be completed Rare birds A spectacled warbler at Landguard Point, Suffolk is the second British record A semipalmated plover at Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve in June is the second British record A male Siberian rubythroat in Dorset in October is the second British record A blue-cheeked bee-eater in Shetland in June and July is Britain's eighth, but only the second to be seen by large numbers of observers. A western sandpiper in Lothian in July is also Britain's eighth, but only the first to be seen by large numbers of observers. A record influx of sixteen desert wheatears occurs between October and December Other events The British Birdwatching Fair has Ecuador 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 Scandinavia To be completed North America To be completed Asia To be completed References Category:Birding and ornithology by year Ornithology