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
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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.

Ireland

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

Scandinavia

To be completed

North America

To be completed

Asia

To be completed