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See also 2009 in birding and ornithology, main events of 2010 and 2011 in birding and ornithology ' The year 2010 in birding and ornithology.
Worldwide New species See also Bird species new to science described in the 2000s
Limestone leaf warbler, Phylloscopus calciatilis: Fenwick's antpitta or Urrao antpitta, Grallaria fenwickorum: Socotra buzzard, Buteo socotraensis: Willard's sooty boubou, Laniarius willardi: Rock tapaculo, Scytalopus petrophilus: Europe Britain Breeding birds Purple heron (Ardea purpurea) successfully bred in the UK for the first time on the Dungeness peninsula in Kent. References