2005 Report (Latest in print)
Informe de 2005
Informe de 2005
Dies,J.I., et al (2007) Ardeola 54(2): 405-460

Summary. - Report on rare birds in Spain 2005. This is the 22nd annual report of the Spanish rarities committee (CR-SEO/BirdLife). Up to 401 new accepted records from 114 rare bird taxa are given (acceptance rate of 92 %). Five new taxa were added to the Spanish List, including the first Western Palearctic record for Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana (from 2002) and the first for Spain for Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria, Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii and White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga. A record not accepted to species level of South Polar/Brown Skua Stercorarius maccormicki/antarctica was also first for Spain. Also recorded were the second records for eight species, such as for Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata, Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda, Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus, Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor, Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris, Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus, Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus and Baikal Teal Anas formosa (from 1974). Second and third records were accepted for unidentified Fregata Fregata sp., both from the Canary Islands. Further, Little Swift Apus affinis bred in the south of mainland Spain for the fifth consecutive year, and unprecedented autumn arrivals were recorded for White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis, Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica and Laughing Gull Larus atricilla, apparently associated to an unusual Atlantic hurricane season.

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Report on rare birds in Spain in 2004. This is the 21st annual report of the Spanish Ornithological Society’s Rarities Committee. It considers 258 new records pertaining to 114 species, with an acceptance rate of 86 %. Highlights include the first Spanish records for the following species: saker falcon Falco cherrug (origin unknown), american purple gallinule Porphyrio martinica (two records, Canary Islands), cape gull Larus dominicanus (Canary Islands), northern mockingbird Mimus polyglottos (Canary Islands, origin unknown), white's thrush Zoothera dauma (Balearic Islands, record from 1912), house crow Corvus splendens (origin unknown, Galicia), chaffinch of the North African subspecies Fringilla coelebs africana (Canary Islands) and desert finch Rhodospiza obsoleta (Balearic Islands, origin unknown). Also included are the second or third Spanish records for falcated duck Anas falcata, bald ibis Geronticus eremita (origin unknown), black guillemot Cepphus grylle, booted warbler Hippolais caligata, greenish warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides, common redpoll Carduelis flammea and rustic bunting Emberiza rustica, as well as the first for the Balearics of blue-cheeked bee-eater Merps persicus and the first for the Canaries of iceland gull Larus glaucoides.

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Report on rare birds in Spain in 2003. This is the 20th annual report of the Spanish Ornithological Society’s Rarities Committee. It considers 217 new records pertaining to 89 species, with an acceptance rate of 94 %. Species new to the Spanish list are those for Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus (Basque Country, year 1959), River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis (Galicia) and Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata (Balearics, 1998), as well as those for Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus (Andalucia) and Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata (Andalucia), although in the last two species on birds of unknown origin. Here included are also the second accepted records for Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina, American Coot Fulica americana, Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus (first for the Canary Islands), White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus (first for the Iberian Peninsula) and Forster’s Tern Sterna forsteri, as well as the third ones for Masked Booby Sula dactylatra, White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla, Radde’s Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi, Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus and the eastern subespecies of Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator niloticus.

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This is the 19th annual report of the Spanish Ornithological Society’s Rarities Committee. It considers 263 new records pertaining to 109 species, with an acceptance rate of 79.5%. Species new to the Spanish list are Capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata (Galicia), Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda (Canary Islands), Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis (Canary Islands), Siberian Blue Robin Luscinia cyane (Catalonia), Dark-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis atrogularis (Catalonia) and Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum (Andalucia). Here included there are also the second accepted records of Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii, Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis and Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus, and the third ones for Brown Booby Sula leucogaster, the American race of the Common Scoter Melanitta nigra americana and the Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni, as well as the first accepted record of American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus in the Canary Islands and the first of Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus in the Balearics. From 2005 onwards the Spanish Rarities Committee will no longer consider the Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus and, regarding to the Canaries, the Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris and the Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis.

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This is the 18th annual report of the Spanish Ornithological Society’s Rarities Committee. It considers 260 new records, relating to 108 species, with an acceptance rate of 84.2 %. Highlights include a record of African Crake Crex egregia in Tenerife island (Canaries), first for the Western Palearctic, and a capture of Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita in the Marismas del Guadalquivir, year 1958, unique in Europe. Here included there are also the first Spanish records of Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus (in the Canaries, of unknown origin), Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius (Peninsular Spain), Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata (Peninsular Spain) and Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor (Canaries), as well as the second or third Spanish records of Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps, King Eider Somateria spectabilis, White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla (Islas Baleares), Sora Crake Porzana carolina, Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle, Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni, Desert Warbler Sylvia nana (Canarias), Hooded Crow Corvus (corone) cornix and Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps (origin unknown). For the Canary Islands there are the first records of Caspian Tern Sterna caspia and Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis. Finally, also noteworthy are the six records of Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor, which include the first breeding cases known so far in Europe.

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This is the 17th annual report of the Spanish Ornithological Society’s Rarities Committee. It considers 321 new records pertaining to 110 species, with an acceptance rate of 77.7 %. Species new to the Spanish list are Dwarf Bittern Ardeirallus sturmii (first accepted record for the Palearctic, from Gran Canaria island), Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica (two in the Iberian peninsula, year1999) and Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus (Minorca island, Balearics, year 1997). Second accepted records are given for Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens, King Eider Somateria spectabilis, Moussier’s Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri and Desert Warbler Sylvia nana. Here included there are also the first accepted records for Bulwer’s Petrel Bulweria bulwerii in the Spanish part of the Iberian peninsula, for Rosy Starling Sturnus roseus in the Balearic islands, and for the following species in the Canary islands: Great Northern Diver Gavia immer, Western Reef Egretta gularis, Great White Egret E. alba, Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata, Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus, Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis (of unknown origin), Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus, Common Crane Grus grus, Slender-billed Gull Larus genei, Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra, Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola, Brambling Fringilla montifringilla and Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis. Also, old literature here reviewed have brought the acceptance of the only record so far of Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus (year 1855) and the first historical records of White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata (1914) and Radde’s Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzii (1968), but also the deletion from the Spanish list of White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii (one record, 1985) and Cape Gannet Morus capensis (the only accepted record, from 1985, is now accepted only as Cape / Australian Gannet Morus capensis / serrator). Other highlights include a thorough review of the records of Western Reef Egret (49, from which 22 are now accepted as relating to Western Reef Egret and 7 as presumed hybrids of this species with Little Egret Egretta garzetta); the first ever breeding proofs of Little Swift Apus affinis in Europe; five different records of Rüppell’s ¨Vulture Gyps rueppellii, and 11 individuals of Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti observed in the Canaries. In future reports, the Spanish Ornithological Society’s Rarities Committee will take into consideration the records of Roseate Tern Sterna dougalli, but will cease to consider, from 2003 onwards, those of Mute Swan Cygnus olor and Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea.

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This is the 16 th annual report of the Spanish Ornithological Society’s Rarities Committee. It presents 181 new records relating to 82 species, with an acceptance rate of 82.9 %. Species new to the Spanish list are Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias (recorded in the Canary islands), American Coot Fulica americana and American Robin Turdus migratorius. Second accepted records are included for Falcated Duck Anas falcata (bird of unknown origin) and Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri. For the Canary islands it presents the first accepted records of Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis, Shelduck Tadorna tadorna, Scaup Aythya marila, Bonelli’s Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus (two birds, of unknown origin), Audouin’s Gull Larus audouinii and Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus, and for the Balearic islands the first one of Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus (bird of unknown origin).

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This is the 15 th annual report of the Spanish Ornitological Society’s Rarities Committee. It presents 163 new records relating to 82 species, with an acceptance rate of 74,2 %. Species new to the Spanish list are Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus and Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus, and for the Canary islands list, Franklin’s Gull Larus pipixcan and Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis (birds of unknown origin). Species alredy cited in the literature for Spain but having here their first formally accepted records are Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor (bird of unknown origin), Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus (three records), Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina (recorded in the Balearics) and Marsh Owl Asio capensis (XXth century only European record). Second accepted records are given for American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus and Hoopoe Lark Alaemon aludipes (observation made in the Canary islands).

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This is the 14th annual report of the Spanish Ornitological Society’s Rarities Committee. It presents 168 new records, of 77 species, accepting 142 (84,5 %). Highlights are the first records for Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica, White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla (year 1944), Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus (year 1971) and Hoopoe Lark Alaemon alaudipes (in the Canary islands), as well as for the Marmora’s Warbler Sylvia sarda out of the Balearics, and the second ones for Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma monorhis (in the Balearics), Bufflehead Bucephala albeola, Killdeer Plover Charadrius vociferus, Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii, Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva, Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla, Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis (origin unknown), Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus and Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps (origin unknown).