See also 2001 in birding and ornithology, main events of 2002, other specialist lists of events in 2002 and 2003 in birding and ornithology.

See also 2000 in birding and ornithology, main events of 2001, other specialist lists of events in 2001 and 2002 in birding and ornithology. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... List of 2001 in articles - Other events of 2002 - List of 2003 in articles The following is a list of articles devoted to events from 2003 in narrow subject areas: Culture 2002 in architecture 2002 in art 2002 in film 2002 in literature 2002 in music 2002 in television 2002... 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

To be completed *** Work in progress *** See also parent article Bird species new to science This page details the bird species described as new to science in the years 2000 to 2005: Summary statistics Number of species described per year Countries with the highest number of newly described species Brazil - Peru - Indonesia - The...

Taxonomic developments

To be completed

Europe

Britain

Breeding birds

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

Binomial name Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758 The European Bee-eater, Merops apiaster is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. ... Bishop Middleham Quarry is a disused quarry, c. ... Two species of bee-eater have occurred in Britain. ...

Migrant and wintering birds

To be completed

Rare birds

• The small influx of orange-billed terns occurred in England and Wales during the summer, involving at least two birds believed to be Elegant Terns.

• A male Pallid Harrier at Elmley, Kent in August is the first long-staying bird on the British mainland, and attracts thousands of visitors

• A Lesser Kestrel on the Isles of Scilly in May was the first to be seen by large numbers of observers

• A juvenile Allen's Gallinule on the Isle of Portland, Dorset is the second British record; it died soon after being found

• A female Lesser Sand Plover in Lincolnshire in May is Britain's second

• A Rufous Turtle Dove on Orkney in November is the first to be seen by large numbers of observers

• A Tree Swallow on Unst, Shetland in May was Britain's second

• Two Sykes' Warblers were seen, taking the British total to five

• A record influx of Rose-coloured Starlings occurred in June, involving some 128 individuals

Orange-billed tern is a name applied to a group of three large terns with orange bills which are quite similar in appearance and often considered difficult to identify, namely: Royal Tern Lesser Crested Tern Elegant Tern The Crested Tern and Cayenne Tern, which have yellow rather than orange bills... Binomial name Sterna elegans Gambel, 1849 The Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans or sometimes Thalasseus elegans) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. ... Binomial name Circus macrourus S. G. Gmelin, 1770 The Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier family. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... Binomial name Falco naumanni Fleischer, 1818 The Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) is a small falcon. ... Tresco, the second largest Island of Scillonia The Isles of Scilly (Cornish: Ynysek Syllan) form an archipelago of islands off the Cornish coast. ... Binomial name Porphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842 The Allens Gallinule (Porphyrio alleni) is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae. ... Chesil Beach from the hill above Fortuneswell, Portland Harbour is on the right. ... Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ... Binomial name Charadrius mongolus Pallas, 1776 The Lesser Sand Plover, Charadrius mongolus, is a small wader in the plover family of birds. ... Binomial name Streptopelia orientalis (Latham, 1790) The Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis) is a member of the bird family Columbidae, doves and pigeons. ... The Orkney Islands form one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and are a Lieutenancy Area. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Binomial name Tachycineta bicolor (Vieillot, 1808) The Tree Swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, is a migratory passerine bird that breeds in North America and winters in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. ... Unst shown within Shetland Islands Unst is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. ... See Shetland (disambiguation) for other meanings. ... Look up May in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Binomial name Sturnus roseus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Rosy Starling, or Rose-coloured Starling, Sturnus roseus (occasionally treated as Pastor roseus) is a passerine bird in the starling family Sturnidae. ...

Other Events

• The British Birdwatching Fair has Sumatra's rainforests as its theme for the year.

The British Birdwatching Fair is an annual event for birdwatchers, held every August at Rutland Water in England. ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatara and Sumatera) is the sixth largest island of the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest part of Indonesia. ... The Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, Australia. ...

Scandinavia

To be completed

North America

To be completed

Australasia

New Zealand

• A total of 24 Kakapo chicks are fledged on Codfish Island, increasing the world population of this critically endangered species from 62 birds to 86, the biggest increase since the start of the Kakapo Recovery programme.