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