See also 2002 in birding and ornithology, main events of 2003, other specialist lists of events in 2003 and 2004 in birding and ornithology.

2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... List of 2002 in articles - Other events of 2003 - List of 2004 in articles The following is a list of articles devoted to events from 2003 in narrow subject areas: Culture 2003 in architecture 2003 in film 2003 in literature 2003 in music 2003 in television 2003 in video gaming... Worldwide New species See also Bird species new to science described in the 2000s The Togian Hawk-owl from Indonesia is described as new to science in the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club. ...

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

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... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This is the parent page for a series of pages listing bird species new to science described since 1900. ... The Okarito Brown Kiwi Apteryx rowi (also known as the Rowi) is a member of the kiwi family (Apterygidae), described as new to science in 2003. ... The South Island The South Island forms one of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the North Island. ... This is the parent page for a series of pages listing bird species new to science described since 1900. ...

Taxonomic developments

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Ornithologists

Deaths

• 16 January - Chris Mead

January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Christopher John (Chris) Mead (b. ...

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 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.

Binomial name Ficedula parva (Bechstein, 1792) The Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. ... The chalk tower near Flamborough Head. ... The White Yorkshire rose. ... See Shetland (disambiguation) for other meanings. ... Binomial name Larus audouinii Payraudeau, 1826 The Audouins Gull (Larus audouinii) is a large gull restricted to the Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa. ... Dungeness is the headland of a shingle beach on the Romney Marsh in Kent, England. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... Binomial name Melanocorypha yeltoniensis (Forster,, 1767) The Black Lark, Melanocorypha yeltoniensis, breeds in southeast Russia and Kazakhstan. ... South Stack island and lighthouse South Stack (Welsh: Ynys Lawd) is an island with one of Wales most spectacular and recognised lighthouses, situated just off Holy Island on the North West coast of Anglesey. ... Anglesey (Welsh: Ynys Môn, pronounced (IPA), roughly unniss mawn), is an island and county at the north western extremity of north Wales. ... Birding or birdwatching is a hobby concerned with the observation and study of birds (the study proper is termed American origin; birdwatching is (or more correctly, was) the commonly-used word in Great Britain and Ireland and by non-birders in the United States. ... A photograph of Spurn in May, showing the lighthouse and sand-dunes. ... The White Yorkshire rose. ... The British Birds Rarities Committee (BBRC) is the recognised national rarities committee for Britain. ... The word redhead can mean several things: For the sense of a redhead as a human being with red hair, see red hair. ... Barra (Eilean Bharraigh in Gaelic) is a mostly Roman Catholic island, and the southernmost inhabited island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. ... The Outer Hebrides or Western Isles (officially known by their Gaelic name, Na h-Eileanan Siar, changed under The Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Scotland) Act 1997) comprise an island chain off the west coast of Scotland. ... Binomial name Fulica americana (Gmelin, 1789) The American Coot (Fulica americana) is a large waterbird, of the family Rallidae. ... See Shetland (disambiguation) for other meanings. ... Binomial name Charadrius mongolus Pallas, 1776 The Lesser Sand Plover, Charadrius mongolus, is a small wader in the plover family of birds. ... Hampshire (abbr. ... Binomial name Acrocephalus aedon (Pallas, 1776) The Thick-billed Warbler, Acrocephalus aedon, is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. ... Fair Isle (From Old Norse frioar-øy) is an island administratively part of the Shetland Islands, although in fact closer to North Ronaldsay island which is part of the Orkney Islands group. ... Binomial name Luscinia calliope (Pallas, 1776) The Siberian Rubythroat, Luscinia calliope, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. ... Binomial name Passerculus sandwichensis (Gmelin, 1789) The Savannah Sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis, is a small sparrow. ... Species Carduelis flammea Carduelis cabaret Carduelis hornemanni The Redpolls are a group of small passerine birds in the finch family Fringillidae which have characteristic red markings on their heads. ...

Other Events

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

The British Birdwatching Fair is an annual event for birdwatchers, held every August at Rutland Water in England. ... A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ...

Scandinavia

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North America

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