2008 in birding and ornithology

The year 2008 in birding and ornithology.

Years in birding and ornithology:	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Centuries:	20th century · 21st century · 22nd century
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Years:	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

See also 2007 in birding and ornithology, main events of 2008 and 2009 in birding and ornithology

Worldwide

New species

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

• The olive-backed forest robin is first described by Smithsonian ornithologists who discovered it in Gabon.^[1]

Taxonomic developments

Ornithologists

Deaths

• Johnathan Claud 1972-2008
• Barbara De Wolfe
• Derek Goodwin
• Harrison B. Tordoff
• Himmatsinhji M. K.
• Jennifer F. M. Horne
• John Danzenbaker
• Melvin Alvah Traylor, Jr.
• Robert W. Storer

World listing

Europe

Britain

Breeding birds

Migrant and wintering birds

Rare birds

• Britain's second American purple gallinule found dead in April or May 2008 at Old Warden Bedfordshire.^[2]

Other events

Ireland

Rare birds

Scandinavia

To be completed

North America

To be completed