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

Worldwide

New species

:"See also Bird species new to science described in the 1990s"

* The Jocotoco Antpitta from Ecuador is described.

Taxonomic developments

To be completed

Europe

Britain

Breeding birds

*More than 400 Red Kites fledged across Britain.

Migrant and wintering birds

* Large numbers of Pomarine Skuas are seen off the east coast during October and November.

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

Other Events

* The British Birdwatching Fair has Brazil's Atlantic forests as its theme for the year.

candinavia

To be completed

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

Asia

To be completed