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.
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.
Scandinavia To be completed
North America To be completed
Asia To be completed
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