Rare
Birds in Spain
10th year in a row informing on first-hand news on rare birds in Spain.
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Recent Reports: Latest
sightings
Species
index (n= 4 + 7 = 11) + 0 Only Canary Islands + 0 Gibraltar
GALLOANSERAE
NEOAVES
RARITIES
ONLY FOR THE CANARY ISLANDS*
* processing of
these rarities dealt by CR/SEO, hence their inclusion here
GALLOANSERAE
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus (1-2)
(1-2) Cantabria The two 2nd winters at Santoña, Cantabria from last month were still there on 4.2.2010 (Alejandro García Herrera) and 6.2 (Yves Borremans).
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus (1)
(1) Ávila. The bird found at Laguna del Oso, El Oso, Ávila on 24-25.12.2009 was relocated there on 3.2 (Juan Ramón Cuervo, Jose María García Jimenez, Jose Rodríguez Matías)
Green-winged
Teal Anas carolinensis (1,2)
(1) Girona A drake was found at La Massona lagoon, PN Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, Girona on 7.2 (Jordi Martí Aledo; Ramon Faura).
(2)A Coruña The drake seen at ensenada de Feás, Ortigueira, A Coruña on 31.1 remained there on 5.2 (Antonio Gutiérrez). See a thumbnail here.

Goosander Mergus merganser (1)
(1) A Coruña. There was a bird at ria d'O Burgo, A Coruña on 3.2 (Xabier Varela)
NEOAVES
Presumed
Hybrid Western Reef x Little Egret Egretta gularis x garzetta (1)
(1) València. A bird was seen at marjal de El Tremolar, Valencia, within Parc Natural de l'Albufera, on 1.2 (Bosco Dies). See a photo below (Bosco Díes).

Photo above:© Bosco Dies. 1.2.2010
Lesser
Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor (1-2)
(1) Cuenca There was a bird at Laguna de Manjavacas, Cuenca, on 6.2 (Rodolfo Velasco)

Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus (1)
(1) Cádiz The bird overwintering at Los Barrios, Cádiz, was seen and photographed on 7.2 (Javier Elorriaga).See two thumbnails here.
Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga (1)
(1) Alicante The Estonian eagle Tõnn was seen again at El Hondo on 3.2.2010, see a photo below, near an escaped African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus), thumbnail here, sharing the same trees (Graham Critchell). Seen again on 6.2 (Gabriel de Jesús, Alba Casals, Anna Mayol, Gerard Dalmau).

Photo above:© Graham Critchell. 3.2.2010
Sociable
Plover Vanellus gregarius (1)
(1) Sevilla On 5.2 one individual was seen at Olivillos, Puebla del Río, Sevilla in the same place where another or the same was found last november 2009 (Alfonso Barragán; Paco Chiclana)

Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus (1)
(1) Almeria The bird found at Cabo de Gata saltpans the weekend 16-17.1 was still there on 6.2 (Raimundo Martín)
Baltic Gull Larus fuscus fuscus (1)
(1) Málaga On 7.2 the adult bird ringed C1KV at Finland, was seen one month more at Málaga harbour (Salvador García; Miguel Domínguez Santaella). See two photos below (M.Domínguez)


Photos above:© Miguel Domínguez. 7.2.2010
American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus (1) FOURTH FOR SPAIN
(1) Madrid There was a 2w at Colmenar Viejo dump, Madrid on 7.2 (Delfín González). See a photo below and a special photopage here (D.González).

Photo above:© Delfín González. 7.2.2010
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans (1,2)
(1) València There was a 3rd winter at El Malvinar ricefields, Sueca, P.N. de l'Albufera on 6.2 (Dániel Hegedüs, Goyo Chaguaceda y Bosco Dies). See a photo below (Bosco Díes) and more information on the sighting at Birding Albufera website here.

Photo above:© Bosco Dies. 6.2.2010
(2) Madrid There was a 1w at Colmenar Viejo dump, Madrid on 7.2 (Delfín González). See a photo below and three thumbnails here (D.González).

Photo above:© Delfín González. 7.2.2010

Little Swift Apus affinis (1-2)
(1-2) Sevilla There were two at Sierra Morena de Sevilla, on 7.2 (Rafael Romero).

BELTED KINGFISHER Ceryle alcyon (1) FIRST FOR SPAIN AND SOUTH EUROPE.
(1) Murcia.The bird at Murcia relocated on January was seen again on 1.2 and 4.2 (Antonio Jesús Hernández Navarro) and 5.2 (Graham Critchell). See photos below and thumbnails here. The bird was seen on 1-4.2 in a third pond (labelled 3 below) different from sites (1) reported earlier in this page and also from site (2) where it was seen by Richard Bonser and Lee Gregory last month. Seen also during the weekend 6.2 (Gerard Dalmau,Gabriel de Jesús, Alba Casals, Anna Mayol).


Photos above:© Antonio Jesús Hernández. 4.2.2010
RARITIES
ONLY FOR THE CANARY ISLANDS*
* Those species which are rarities only within the islands and are dealt with by CR/SEO are included here. Such records should be submitted to Juan Antonio Lorenzo at canarias @ seo.org
** Canarian records of species which are rarities nationwide are included in the main text in violet type.
*** Ringed birds in Spain have to be submitted and accepted by CR/SEO-BirdLife, according to Environment Ministery of Spain and the authonomous communities agreements, to be accepted as valid ringings in the national database. Otherwise, non submitted or rejected records will be deleted and ringings will not be included in national or international databases. Ringers not submitting rare bird ringings will be listed. Submitting ringing records is hence specially encouraged as a contribution to global bird knowledge..

REPORTS OF NON RARITIES OR FORMER RARITIES
Please consider the option to send reports of former rarities or interesting concentrations of non rarities to be featured in the Birdspain Blog, also linked in the homepage of this website.
Suggested
citations / Citaciones recomendadas /Citació
recomanada:
- Whole document/ Documento
entero/ Document sencer:
Gutiérrez,R. (ed) (year, latest update), Recent Reports: [month
year]. Rare Birds in Spain. Retrieved from http://www.rarebirdspain.net/arbsr000.htm
- e.g. Gutiérrez,
R. (ed) (2002, April 3). Recent Reports: April 2002. Rare Birds in Spain.Retrieved
from http://www.rarebirdspain.net/arbsr000.htm
- Single records/
Citas sueltas/ Cites aïllades: Author (year). [Species] in Gutiérrez,R. (ed) (year, latest
update), Recent Reports: [month year]. Rare Birds in Spain. Retrieved
from http://www.rarebirdspain.net/arbsr000.htm
- e.g. Rebassa,
M. (2002) Great White Egret Egretta alba in Gutiérrez, R.
(ed) (2002, April 3). Recent Reports: April 2002.Rare Birds in Spain. Retrieved
from http://www.rarebirdspain.net/arbsr000.htm
All
birds featured in this page are rarities needing homologation by the CR/SEO
See
the information page for how to submit records to CR/SEO by e-mail
From March
2005 this webpage only includes records of birds needing homologation
by CR/SEO. For other local rarities contact local bird reports or records
committees. See here those rarities only for the
Canary Islands also dealt by CR/SEO. Changes in application to the rarity
list from January 2006. New rarities include Sylvia curruca, Crex crex,
Sterna bengalensis and others. Larus delawarensis and Anthus
richardi have been withdrawn from the rarity list and are not be included
from 2006.
Recent
reports includes the latest sightings from the whole of Spain which are
both personal observations, communications or have been released in E-Mail
lists. Please contact the authors before using any photo for anything else
than personal reference. Any submitted news to this page will be forwarded
to the Spanish RC for their knowledge if enough substantiated but inclusion in this page does
not imply acceptance or homologation of any kind which needs a form to be sent. Gibraltar news are
included thanks to Gibraltar Ornithological & Natural History Society
but this has no more implication than the sake of completeness given this
area situation. Names of localities are featured as given by the authors
of the records, that should be cited as those. Today news are marked with
a icon. We would welcome to receive
a spare copy of those journals using these news for commercial purposes.
Contact RG at address at the front page. From April 2005 only news of rarities
needing homologation by the Spanish Rarities Committee are included. Reproduction
of the contents of this page in commercial websites (e.g. *.com) or for
commercial purposes is forbidden if not agreed in advance..
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Citas
recientes incluye las últimas novedades del conjunto del país
que tanto son observaciones personales, comunicaciones al autor o noticias
difundidas en listas de correo. Por favor contacten los autores para cualquier
uso de las fotografias fuera del estrictamente personal.Cualquier cita
que se envie a esta página sera reenviada al CR/SEO para su conocimiento, pero su inclusión
aquí no implica su aceptación u homologación de ningún
tipo y son responsabilidad de sus autores y del envío de la ficha correspondiente. Los nombres de las localidades
se incluyen como son enviadas por los colaboradores, que deben ser citados
como autores de las citas. Las noticias más recientes se marcan
con Desde Abril de 2005 se incluyen
únicamente citas de rarezas que necesitan homologación
por el Comité de Rarezas de SEO/Birdlife. La reproducción
total o parcial de los contenidos de esta página está prohibida
en sitios web comerciales (p.ej. *.com) si no se autoriza de antemano. Ir
al inicio de la página
Cites
recents inclou les darreres novetats del conjunt de l'estat que són
observacions pròpies, comunicacions o noticies difoses a llistes
de correu. Si us plau contacteu amb els autors de les fotos per a a qualsevol
ús fora de l'estrictament personal. Qualsevol cita que sigui enviada
a aquesta plana serà rebotada també al CR/SEO si bé
la seva publicació aquí no implica la seva aceptació
o homologació de cap mena i és responsabilitat dels seus
autors que haurien d'enviar la fitxa corresponent emplenada. Els noms de les localitats són posats tal i com són
enviats pels autors, que han de ser referenciats com a autors de les cites.
Les notícies més recents són les marcades amb .Desd'Abril
de 2005 únicament s'inclouen cites de rareses que necessiten homologació
pel Comité de Rarezas de SEO/Birdlife.La reproducció total
o parcial dels continguts d'aquesta plana és prohidia per a qualsevol
lloc web de caire comercial (e.g. *.com) sinó s'ha autoritzat de
forma prèvia. Tornar a l'inici de la plana.
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de moment no hi ha versió catalana disponible.
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