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See also 2000 in birding and ornithology, main events of 2001, other specialist lists of events in 2001 and 2002 in birding and ornithology.

[edit] Worldwide

[edit] New species

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

• The Bukidnon Woodcock from the Philippines is described as new to science in the journal Forktail

To be completed

[edit] Taxonomic developments

To be completed

[edit] Europe

[edit] Britain

[edit] Breeding birds

To be completed

[edit] Migrant and wintering birds

• Record-breaking numbers of Rose-coloured Starling reach Britain.

[edit] Rare birds

• Britain's first Red-billed Tropicbird is photographed at sea off the Isles of Scilly in June.
• A Grey Catbird on Anglesey in October is the first for Britain.
• Britain's first Snowy Egret is found in Argyll in November, and remains in southwestern Scotland, touring a variety of locations, throughout much of 2002
• A Green Heron (Britain's fourth) is found in Lincolnshire in September

[edit] Other Events

• The British Birdwatching Fair has eastern Cuba as its theme for the year.

[edit] Scandinavia

To be completed

[edit] North America

To be completed

[edit] Asia

[edit] Japan

• In late August, a juvenile Calidris sandpiper is found in Japan which appears to be of the hybrid form known as Cox's Sandpiper, only the second time this plumage has been recorded