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GALLOANSERAE

NEOAVES

RARITIES ONLY FOR THE CANARY ISLANDS*

See also last month news for late updates or long-stayers

GALLOANSERAE

Canada Goose Branta canadensis (1)
(1) Lugo There was a shy bird of nominal ssp. at Riocaldo lagoons, Begonte, Lugo on 16.5 (Cosme Damián Romai)

Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris (1)
(1) Ciudad Real There was a drake at rio Alcobilla, Ciudad Real, from 2-3.5 (Pablo Pascual). See a thumbnail here.

NEOAVES

Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps (1)
(1) Lugo The bird seen at Riocaldo lagoons, Begonte, Lugo from 23.8.2007 then again in Spring and Autumn 2008 and from January 2009 was seen again at the lagoon on 16.5 (Cosme Damián Romai)

Red-billed Tropicbird Phaeton aethereus (1-2)
(1-2) Lanzarote Two adults were doing display courtship maneouvres near a coastal cave at Lanzarote island, Canary Islands, on 1.5 (Juan Sagardia, Miguel Rouco). Lots of photos in Juan Sagardia's blog here.

Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor (1-4)
(1-4) Málaga There were four at Fuentedepiedra lagoon flamingo breeding colony, Málaga on 2.5 (Paco Chiclana).See a photo below (P.Chiclana). On 15.5 there was an individual sitting on a nest in the breeding colony, with another standing in another point of it and two more in the lagoon but not nearby (Albert Burgas). Again on 30.5 four remain in the lagoon, one in the colony and three more near Cerro del Pino viewpoint (Hugues Dufourny & Véronique Buchet)

Photos above:© Paco Chiclana. 2.5.2009

Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppellii (1,2)
(1) Cádiz. A different bird from that seen on 30.3 was seen at Algeciras, Cádiz on 24.5 (Javier Eloriaga / Fundación Migres). See two photos below and two thumbnails here.

Photos above:© Javier Elorriaga. 24.5.2009

(2) Cádiz. A different bird from (1) was seen at Cazalla bird observatory, Tarifa, on 26.5(Javier Eloriaga / Fundación Migres).See a thumbnail here.

Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus (1,2,3,4)
(1) Badajoz On 1.5 a pale phase immature was seen at 'El Charnecal', at km.5 of BA-131, Usagre-Hinojosa, Badajoz (Xurxo Pinheiro).
(2) Cádiz. There was one at Trebujena marshes, Cádiz, on 7.5 (Paco Chiclana,Fernando del Valle, Ricardo Martín-Baylo y Rafa García).
(3) Cádiz. There was one rufous bird very close to the Ojen Valley just out of Facinas, Cádiz, on 11.5 (Graham Critchell)

(4) Cádiz. There was one bird on 17.5 at Tarifa, Cádiz (Miguel González y Pako Zufiaur). See a photo below (P.Zufiaur) and three thumbnails here.

Photo above:© Pako Zufiaur. 17.5.2009

Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor (1)
(1) Tarragona The bird found on 25.4 at Punta de la Banya, PN Delta de l'Ebre, Tarragona was not seen until 1.5 when relocated in the afternoon (Carles Domingo). It was seen later by other birders around, when photographed close to the dune at the beach, N of the bird observatory. It left the area by 20:30 heading N (Carles Domingo; Miquel Angel Franch et al; Enric Badosa et al; Helena Arbonés, Ricard Gutiérrez, Gerard Gutiérrez, Ariadna Gutiérrez). See photos below and three thumbnails here. Seen again on 2.5 (Manolo García Tarrasón)and 3.5 (Manolo García y Fran Ramírez; Carles Domingo).The bird remained in the same area all week long and was seen again on 7-8.5 (Carles Domingo). It can be observed from the public viewing tower of Punta de la Banya, close to the beach, heading north (ed. comment).

Photos above:© Ricard Gutiérrez .1.5.2009

Photo above:© Manolo Garcìa Tarrasón.3.5.2009

Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos (1,2)
(1) Girona A bird was found on 2.5 (Frédéric Veyrunes) at El Matà, PN Aiguamolls de l'Empordà. It was seen later by more observers and on 3.5 again (Antonio Ceballos, Jordi Martí-Aledo). Not relocated

(2) Asturies On 18.5 a bird was found at Ría de la Villa, Villaviciosa, Asturies (Adolfo Villaverde Garrido)

Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus (1)
(1) Murcia On 14.4 there was a bird at Salinas de Marchamalo, Cabo de Palos, Murcia, where it was relocated the following day 15.5 (Richard Howard).See two photos below and thumbnails here (R.Howard).

Photos above:© Richard Howard. 14-15.5.2009

Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides (1,2,3,4)
(1) Asturies. The 1st winter bird seen at Luarca, Asturies from 9.4 was relocated again on 9.5 (Adolfo Villaverde).
(2) Pontevedra. A 1st winter/summer was present at Bueu, Pontevedra, from 7-13.5 (José Ramón Gómez). See a photo below and two thumbnails here.

Photo above:© José Ramón Gómez.7-13.5.2009

(3) A Coruña. A 1st summer was at playa de Meirás, Valdoviño, A Coruña on 19.5 (Antonio Gutiérrez). See a photo in Antonio's blog here.

(4) Pontevedra. An individual was seen on 23.5 flying N from the vessel 'Nauja' within a project for CEMMA about 12 nautic miles W of Cies Islands, Vigo, Pontevedra (Pablo Covelo, Ángela Llavona, Esther Abad y Xulio Valeiras). See a thumbnail here.

Lesser-Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis (1)
(1) Lugo There was an adult at ría de Foz, Lugo on 17.5, the 1st for Galicia (Luís José Salaverri). It was later twitchted by other birders (Pablo Pita y Javier Cantil). See three photos below and thumbnails here.

Photos above:© Luís José Salaverri. 17.5.2009

Orange billed-tern Sterna sp. (1,2-3,)
(1) Almería There was an orange-billed tern of those 'elegant-tern like' (large billed, white rumped etc...) at Cabo de Gata saltpans, Almería, on 1.5 (Raimundo Martín). Probably the same bird was seen on 28.5 (Daniel Bosch), see a thumbnail here.

(2-3) Valencia. A pair of birds showing elegans features were paired and finally layed an egg in the Sandwich Tern colony at Albufera de Valencia from 7-11.5 (J.Ignacio Dies, B.Dies). One of the birds was the male marked with PVC ring in 2006 in that area that bred that year with a sandvicensis rearing one hybrid young. Seen again in 2007 and 2008 in that area and other Mediterranean locations. See Birding Albufera website for further details (in Spanish) and two photos here and here. Also a photo below (J.Ignacio Dies).Apparently the same pair was relocated in the Ebre Delta, Tarragona on 26.5 (Ricard Gutiérrez) where one of the individuals had been seen the same week at the same place (Carles Domingo). See a photo below.Seen both again on 28.5 (Manolo García Tarrasón), see a photo below.

Photo above:© José Ignacio Díes. 11.5.2009

Photo above:© Ricard Gutiérrez. 25.5.2009

Photo above:© Manolo García Tarrasón. 28.5.2009

Little Swift Apus affinis (1-5,6,7-8)
(1-5) Cádiz There were five at Guadalquivir river mouth, Cádiz, on 7.5 (Paco Chiclana,Fernando del Valle, Ricardo Martín-Baylo y Rafa García). There were seven at the same place and three occupied nests on 31.5 (Bob Hibbett)

(6) Sevilla. there was an individual at the Sevilla N sierra (Mario Martín, Ricardo Martín-Baylo y Fernando del Valle, Paco Chiclana)

(7-8) Cádiz There were seven at the same place and three occupied nests on 31.5 (Bob Hibbett). We consider five of the birds those already reported as (1-5) and therefore two new are added (ed. comment)

Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris (1)
(1) Sevilla. A bird was reported at Isla Menor, Puebla del Río, Sevilla, between a poplar wood and a cultivade field (Paco Chiclana)

Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegallus (1) SECOND FOR SPAIN
(1) Badajoz. A bird was seen near Orellana la Vieja, Badajoz, near the Guadalefra bridge on 14.5 (Stefaan Horemans).

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

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

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.. Go back to top

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.

Lamentablemente, de momento no hay versión castellana disponible. Lamentablement, de moment no hi ha versió catalana disponible.
 

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Latest highlights:

The Courser from Ebro Delta as on 1.5, seen from the public beach where hundreds of tourists did not realize the significance of the record (Ricard Gutiérrez).

And on 2-3.5 when it came back to the same area (Manolo García Tarrasón)

The Ring-necked Duck at La Mancha on 1.5 (Pablo Pascual García)

The Iceland Gull at Bueu, Pontevedra, from 7-13.5 (José Ramón Gómez)

The Terek Sandpiper at Marchamalo Salinas, Cabo de Palos, Murcia on 14.4 (Richard Howard)

The 1st Lesser-Crested Tern for Galicia: a bird at ría de Foz, Lugo on 17.5 (Luís José Salaverri)

The Rüppell's vulture seen at Algeciras, Cádiz, on 24.5 (Javier Elorriaga)

Another Rüppell's vulture seen at Tarifa ,Cádiz, on 26.5 (Javier Elorriaga)

The Orange-billed Tern from Cabo de Gata, Almería, on 28.5 (Daniel Bosch)

The Orange-billed Tern pair from Ebro Delta, on 28.5 (Manolo García-Tarrasón)

The Long-legged Buzzard at Tarifa, Cádiz, on 17.5 (Pako Zufiaur)

The Iceland Gull seen at Vigo on 23.5 (Xulio Valeiras)

Only Canary islands highlights

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