2003 In Birding And Ornithology

Information about 2003 In Birding And Ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology:	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Centuries:	20th century · 21st century · 22nd century
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Years:	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

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.

Worldwide

New species

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

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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Taxonomic developments

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Ornithologists

Deaths

16 January - Chris Mead

Europe

Britain

Breeding birds

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Migrant and wintering birds

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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.

Other Events

The British Birdwatching Fair has Madagascar's wetlands as its theme for the year.

Scandinavia

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North America

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Worldwide

New species

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Europe

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Breeding birds

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Migrant and wintering birds

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

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Breeding birds

A pair of European Bee-eaters nests at Bishop Middleham Quarry in County Durham, raising two young - see Bee-eaters in Britain

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Upper Paleolithic

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twentieth century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1901 and ended on December 31, 2000, according to the Gregorian calendar. Some historians consider the era from about 1914 to 1991 to be the Short Twentieth Century.
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21st Century is the present century of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It began on January 1, 2001 and is due to end December 31, 2100. However, more modern methods of dating begin the century in the year 2000.
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Birdwatching or birding is the observation and study of birds with the naked eye or through a visual enhancement device like binoculars. Most birders and birdwatchers pursue this activity for recreational or social reasons unlike ornithologists who are engaged in the
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Ornithology (from Greek: ορνισ, ornis, "bird"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge") is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of birds.
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Breeding birds

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2003 In Birding And Ornithology

Information about 2003 In Birding And Ornithology

Worldwide

New species

Taxonomic developments

Ornithologists

Deaths

Europe

Britain

Breeding birds

Migrant and wintering birds

Rare birds

Other Events

Scandinavia

North America

1800s

Worldwide

New species

Taxonomic developments

Europe

Britain

Breeding birds

Migrant and wintering birds

Taxonomic developments

Europe

Britain

Breeding birds

Twenty-first century

Taxonomic developments

Europe

Britain

Breeding birds