2000 in birding and ornithology

: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.

• Four pairs of Chinese crested terns are found breeding on the Matsu Islands, the first sighting anywhere in the world since 1991.

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• 12 April - Ronald Lockley (born 1903)

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• Several hundred European honey buzzards pass through during the autumn.

• 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.

• The British Birdwatching Fair has albatrosses as its theme for the year.{{cite web |title=Celebrating 30 years of Birdfair: 3 decades of global conservation impact |url=https://www.spnl.org/celebrating-30-years-of-birdfair-3-decades-of-global-conservation-impact/ |website=Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon |access-date=12 December 2022 |date=31 July 2018}}

• A blue-winged warbler at Cape Clear in October is the first record for Europe.{{cite web|last=Kruger|first=Chuck|title=A Blue-winged Warbler: a personal account|url=http://www.surfbirds.com/Features/bluewwarb.html|accessdate=4 October 2011}}

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