2000 in birding and ornithology
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Worldwide
New species
- 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]
To be completed
North America
To be completed
Asia
To be completed