2003 in birding and ornithology
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The year 2003 in birding and ornithology.
New species
- 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
Taxonomic developments
To be completed
Ornithologists
Deaths
- 12 January - Dean Amadon
- 16 January - Chris Mead
- 13 February - Stuart Keith
- 24 April - Guy Mountfort
- 26 April - Edward Max Nicholson
- 27 April - Mick Rogers
- 7 August - Roxie Collie Laybourne
- 15 September - Richard Liversidge
- 10 October - Frank Pitelka
- 17 November - Colin Harrison
- ? - Sakae Tamura
- ? - Stephen Marchant