2000 in birding and ornithology

See also: 1999 in birding and ornithology, other specialist lists of events in 2000, and 2001 in birding and ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology:	1997   1998   1999   2000   2001   2002   2003
Centuries:	20th century  ·  21st century  ·  22nd century
Decades:	1970s   1980s   1990s   2000s   2010s   2020s   2030s
Years:	1997   1998   1999   2000   2001   2002   2003

Worldwide

New species

See also Bird species new to science described in the 2000s

• Foothill elaenia Myiopagis olallai from Ecuador and Peru is described as new to science in The Wilson Bulletin
• Caatinga antwren Herpsilochmus sellowi from Brazil is described as new to science in the American journal The Auk
• Taiwan bush-warbler Bradypterus alishanensis is described as new to science in the American journal The Auk
• Scarlet-banded barbet Capito wallacei is described as new to science.

Rediscoveries

• Four pairs of Chinese crested terns are found breeding on the Matsu Islands, the first sighting anywhere in the world since 1991.

Taxonomic developments

To be completed

Ornithologists

Deaths

• 12 April - Ronald Lockley (born 1903)

Europe

Britain

Breeding birds

To be completed

Migrant and wintering birds

• Several hundred European honey buzzards pass through during the autumn.

Rare birds

• Two zitting cisticolas in Dorset are the third and fourth for Britain.
• A Swinhoe's storm petrel near Aberdeen in July is the first for Scotland and eighth for Britain.
• Britain's first Siberian blue robin is seen in Suffolk during October.
• Britain's first long-tailed shrike is found in the Outer Hebrides in November.

Other events

• The British Birdwatching Fair has albatrosses as its theme for the year. ^[1]

Ireland

• A blue-winged warbler at Cape Clear in October is the first record for Europe. ^[2]

Scandinavia

To be completed

North America

To be completed

Asia

To be completed

References

1. "Celebrating 30 years of Birdfair: 3 decades of global conservation impact". Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
2. Kruger, Chuck. "A Blue-winged Warbler: a personal account" . Retrieved 4 October 2011.