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2003 in birding and ornithology
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The year 2003 in birding and ornithology.
- See also 2002 in birding and ornithology, main events of 2003, other specialist lists of events in 2003 and 2004 in birding and ornithology.
[edit] Worldwide
[edit] New species
- The Munchique Wood-wren from the Colombian Andes is described as new to science in the online journal Ornitologica Colombiana
- The Okarito Brown Kiwi from South Island, New Zealand is described as new to science in the Records of the Auckland Museum
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[edit] Taxonomic developments
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[edit] Ornithologists
[edit] Deaths
[edit] Europe
[edit] Britain
[edit] Breeding birds
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[edit] Migrant and wintering birds
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[edit] Rare birds
- Taiga Flycatcher was added to the British list, with a male at Flamborough Head, east Yorkshire in April, followed by a first-winter on Shetland in September.
- Britain's first Audouin's Gull was found in May at Dungeness, Kent
- A male Black Lark at South Stack, Anglesey in June was initially thought to be Britain's first, and was seen by thousands of birders; it subsequently transpired that an earlier record, also a male, from Spurn, east Yorkshire in 1984 had just recently been accepted by the British Birds Rarities Committee, so making the South Stack bird Britain's second
- A female Redhead (duck) on Barra, Outer Hebrides from September through until April 2004 was Britain's third (but the first female).
- Britain's third American Coot occurred on Shetland in November and stayed into 2004.
- Britain's third Lesser Sand Plover, a breeding-plumaged male of the race mongolus occurred at Keyhaven Marshes, Hampshire in July.
- Britain's fourth (and first spring) Thick-billed Warbler occurred on Fair Isle in May; the same island hosted Britain's fourth Siberian Rubythroat and third Savannah Sparrow simultaneously during October.
- A record influx of Hume's Leaf Warblers occurred in late autumn, consisting of over 20 birds.
- The first ever influx of Arctic Redpolls of the Greenland race hornemanni occurred during the autumn.
[edit] Other Events
- The British Birdwatching Fair has Madagascar's wetlands as its theme for the year.
[edit] Scandinavia
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[edit] North America
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