2000 in birding and ornithology

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:" See also 1999 in birding and ornithology, main events of 2000, other specialist lists of events in 2000 and 2001 in birding and ornithology"

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 Tern 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 (b. 1903)

Europe

Britain

Breeding birds

To be completed

Migrant and wintering birds

* Several hundred 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.

candinavia

To be completed

North America

To be completed

Asia

To be completed