2006 in birding and ornithology

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The year 2002 in birding and ornithology.

Worldwide

New species

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

Ornithologists

Deaths

• 12 January - René de Naurois
• 22 September - Tommy Garnett
• 2 October - George A. Bartholomew
• 10 October - Mike Rogers ^[1]
• 18 October - Ronald Hickling
• 23 November - Paul Géroudet
• 8 December - John Kenneth Terres
• ? - Tatsuo Utagawa

Europe

Britain

Rare birds

• A large influx of cattle egrets occurs in January, including a flock of eight in Sussex
• Britain's first long-billed murrelet is found in Devon in November ^[2]

Ireland

Rare birds

• Ireland's first cirl bunting is found in Co. Cork ^[3]
• Ireland's first Canada warbler is found in Co. Clare ^[3]
• Ireland's second Baltimore oriole, second isabelline shrike and second hermit thrush are all found in Co. Cork ^[3]

Scandinavia

To be completed

North America

To be completed

References

1. "Mike Rogers". Times Online. 28 October 2006. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
2. Kirby, Terry (14 November 2006). "The big question: Should the sighting of a rare auk in Britain give us cause for alarm?". The Independent. Archived from the original on June 12, 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
3. "Irish Rare Birds Report 2006" (PDF). Irish Rare Birds Committee. p. 2. Retrieved 6 January 2010.