1999 in birding and ornithology
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- See also 1998 in birding and ornithology, main events of 1999, other specialist lists of events in 1999 and 2000 in birding and ornithology
[edit] Worldwide
[edit] New species
- The Jocotoco Antpitta from Ecuador is described.
[edit] Taxonomic developments
To be completed
[edit] Europe
[edit] Britain
[edit] Breeding birds
- More than 400 Red Kites fledged across Britain.
[edit] Migrant and wintering birds
- Large numbers of Pomarine Skuas are seen off the east coast during October and November.
[edit] Rare birds
- The third and fourth Iberian Chiffchaffs are seen during the spring.
- Britain's third Spectacled Warbler is seen in Devon in June.
- The first Royal Tern for Scotland and fifth for Britain is seen in Lothian in August.
- There is an influx of American waders during September.
- A Short-billed Dowitcher seen first in Aberdeenshire and then in Cleveland is the first record for Britain.
- Britain's first Short-toed Eagle is found on the Isles of Scilly in October
- A Black-faced Bunting in Northumberland in October is the second for Britain.
- Britain's second Mourning Dove appears in the Outer Hebrides in November.
To be completed
[edit] Other Events
- The British Birdwatching Fair has Brazil's Atlantic forests as its theme for the year.
[edit] Scandinavia
To be completed
[edit] North America
- In April, Louisiana State University student David Kulivan sees a pair of Ivory-billed Woodpeckers in the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area on the Louisiana/Mississippi border.
To be completed
[edit] Asia
To be completed
