2002 in birding and ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology: 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Centuries: 20th century · 21st century · 22nd century
Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Years: 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
See also 2001 in birding and ornithology, main events of 2002, other specialist lists of events in 2002 and 2003 in birding and ornithology.

Worldwide

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New species

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

To be completed

Taxonomic developments

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To be completed

Other events

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  • eBird, a database for bird lists, photos, and sounds was created by Cornell University and the National Audubon Society. eBird has grown into a large, diverse citizen science project as eBird “provides a permanent repository for… observations and a method for keeping track of each user’s personal observations, birding effort, and various lists'' [1]
  • The 2000 publication of the popular field guide The Sibley Guide to Birds reached 500,000 in sales copies.[2]

Europe

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Britain

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Breeding birds

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Migrant and wintering birds

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To be completed

Rare birds

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Other events

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Scandinavia

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To be completed

North America

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New Species

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  • “ ‘Dark Rumped’ Petrel (Peterodrama Phaeopygia) is now recognized to consist of two species, Galapagos Petrel (P. Phaeopygia)”. It has been added to the checklist as a code 5 species.[5]

United States

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Rare Birds

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  • One Ross’s Goose (Chen Rosii) found in Irondequoit Bay State Marine Park in   Irondequoit, New York on September 8, 2002 [6]
  • The Black Brant (Branta Bernicla) was found in New Baltimore Greene county in New York on October 25, 2002[6]

Other Events

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Canada

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Other Events

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  • In the 102nd bird count, there were 7,190 field observers and 4,026 feeder watcher for a total of 11,236 participants.[8]

Africa

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Other Events

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Australasia

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New Zealand

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References

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  1. ^ Sullivan, Brian L, Wood, Christopher L, Iliff, Marshall J, Bonney, Rick E, Fink, Daniel, & Kelling, Steve. (2009). eBird: A citizen-based bird observation network in the biological sciences. Biological Conservation, 142(10), 2282–2292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2009.05.006
  2. ^ Cordell, H. Ken; Herbert, Nancy G. (2002). "The Popularity of Birding is Still Growing" (PDF). Birding: 54–61. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni [Thomson, 1842]". BTO. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Celebrating 30 years of Birdfair: 3 decades of global conservation impact". Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  5. ^ ABA 2002 Annual Report. American Birding Association, www.aba.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ccr2002.pdf.
  6. ^ a b NYSARC Report for 2002, nybirds.org/NYSARC/Reports/NYSARC2002.html.
  7. ^ a b c d “USDA Forest Service Appendix A.” USDA Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, www.fs.fed.us/biology/resources/pubs/wildlife/final_bar_app_a_2004.pdf.
  8. ^ a b 102nd Christmas Bird Count. Audubon Science Center Bird Studies Canada, nas-national-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/american_birds102a.pdf.
  9. ^ Post, Shankar Vedantam the Washington. RARE Bird Returns Home after 25 Years. 25 Oct. 2018, www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2002-12-26-0212260120-story.html
  10. ^ a b “ABA Award Recipients.” American Birding Association, 7 Feb. 2020, www.aba.org/aba-award-recipients.
  11. ^ Biggs, D. (2013). "Birding, sustainability and ecotourism". In International Handbook on Ecotourism. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: https://doi.org/10.4337/9780857939975.00037
  12. ^ “Zululand Bird Route Information Directory.” Zululand Bird Route, www.zululand-birding-route-info.co.za/routes. Accessed 8 Mar. 2021.