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[vinividivici]

Fjeldså, J. 2006.
Danske ornitologer langt fra hjemmet: fra P.W. Lund til international fuglebeskyttelse.
Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift, 100: 265-275.

In the text caption under Figure 4, a suggestion seems to be made that an undescribed species of swift from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is depicted:

"Fig. 4. One of the world's undescribed bird species - a very large, broad-winged glider [=swift?], which has been seen on several occasions in Kahuzi-Biega area in the Congo (field sketches and inset photo, 24 September 1992, J. Fjeldså)." (translated from Danish via google translate)

As far as I can see, no further reference is made to this bird in the text, but maybe a Danish (or otherwise Scandinavian) forum user can scrutinize this. And at the same time double-check the google translate transcription of the text...

 

[l_raty]

As far as I can see, no further reference is made to this bird in the text, but maybe a Danish (or otherwise Scandinavian) forum user can scrutinize this. And at the same time double-check the google translate transcription of the text...

The figure is referenced in the last paragraph, but merely as illustrating the fact that undiscovered bird species still exist.
A sejler in Danish is a swift, indeed : Egentlige sejlere - Wikipedia, den frie encyklopædi

 

[njlarsen]

A sejler in Danish is a swift, indeed : Egentlige sejlere - Wikipedia, den frie encyklopædi

As a Dane, I can confirm that.
Niels

 

[njlarsen]

The text also mentions a relatively large expansion of the number of Tapaculos, from 10 in 1980 to 42 in 2006. He mentioned another roughly 10 that needed to be described that were present in the drawers of the Danish Zoological Museum. I found the text unclear for whether these were 10 species of birds generally or of Tapaculos, and do not know how many of these have been described.
Niels

 

[Jacana]

Eaton, James & Yordan, Khaleb & Hutchinson, Robert. (2023). ‘Meratus Flowerpecker’: yet another undescribed species from the Meratus Mountains, South Kalimantan, and further notes on other undescribed taxa. BirdingAsia. 18-26.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377152017_'Meratus_Flowerpecker'_yet_another_undescribed_species_from_the_Meratus_Mountains_South_Kalimantan_and_further_notes_on_other_undescribed_taxa

Spoiler alert for people who may not read the article:

This paper highlights potentially new taxa of Flowerpecker, Laughingthrush and Barbet.

Although not described in detail, the authors also call on other visitors to have a particular focus on any Bornean Frogmouths and Bornean Stubtails they might encounter in the area.