Rare Birds in Spain Bird News 11-20 September 2023

 

Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group

 

Ducks & Geese

 

17.9.2023 Anas rubripes  1 male. Sada, Ria de Betanzos, A Coruña (Ignacio Aparicio). Still present. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608927654 ; 18.9 (Rafael Costas); 20.9 (Héctor Chavez, Sergio Chavez)

 

15.9.2023 Aythya affinis 1 male Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Aitor Gil, Daniel J. Bethencourt https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608965648 )

 

Waders

 

11.9.2023 Pluvialis fulva 1 ind Parc Natural S’Albufera de Mallorca, Mallorca, Illes Balears. Still present (Maties Rebassa –photo- https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608725102 ); 14.9 (Pere Tomàs; Nick Addey; Jannick Forquignon, Pierre Mourier); 15.9 (Nick Addey); 18.9 (Burkhard Deifel, Christoph Walorski); 19.9 (Pere Tomàs); 20.9 (Toni Luque, Daniel Hinckley, Pep Manchado, Pere Tomàs, Maties Rebassa).

 

11.9.2023 Calidris bairdii 1 ind Calle Gaviotas, Tenerife, Canary Islands. Still around (Ben Jobson). https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608734426 16.9 (eBird)

 

13.9.2023 Limnodromus scolopaceus 1 ind Baldaio, A Coruña (Xabi Varela –photos-) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608797780 ; 14.9 (Pablo Lado)

 

Raptors

 

14.9.2023 Gyps africanus 1 ind Algeciras, Cádiz (Fernando Enrique Navarrete). The ringed bird that has been lingering across Iberia.; 19.9 Casares Castle, Málaga (Andrés Rojas –photo-). Same bird. https://ebird.org/checklist/S150294770 ; 20.9 (Andrés Rojas; Greg McIvor, José A. Campos, Ignacio Barrionuevo, Javier Escobedo, Sergio González, Juan Ramírez).



 

Seabirds

 

15.9.2023  Thalassarche melanophris 1 ind reported off Cantabria (Jared Wilson)

12.9.2023 Sula leucogaster 1 ind off Armintza, Bizkaia (Jon Hidalgo). Adult flying W at 9:45 AM

13.9.2023 Thalasseus elegans 1 ind Playa de Montijo, Cádiz. Still present (Manuel Bárcena –; José A Campos https://ebird.org/checklist/S149844139 ; Ignacio Barrionuevo ); 15.9, at Chipiona, Cádiz (Maria del Carmen Álvarez); 15.9 at Pago Valdeconejos, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz (Fernando Enrique Navarrete); 16.9 Montijo beach (Nicole Jakobs, Manuel Bárcena); 20.9 (Ana Pazos; Rafael García; Javier Elorriaga).

 

 Passerines and others

 

11.9.2023  Spilopelia senegalensis 1 ind Cal Guerxo, Sant Josep de sa Talaia, Eivissa, Illes Balears (Jordi Serapio).

17-21.9.2023 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota 1 ind Gran Tarajal, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Marcos Benito –photo-).

 


 

17.9.2023 Corvus cornix 1 ind Llagostera, Girona (Jordi Soler); 18.9 (Joan Cortés, Antoni Mariné); 19.9 (Joan Cortés; Jordi Soler); 20.9 (Joan Cortés).

 

11.9.2023 Iduna caligata 1 ind Jaizkibel, Gipuzkoa, still present (Juan Carlos Andrés –photos-); 12.9 (David Santamaría –photos- https://ebird.org/checklist/S149736590 ; Julen Santa Cristina); 14.9 (Haritz Sarasa).


17.9.2023 Iduna caligata 1 ind Cabrera, Illes Balears (Jason Moss –photo-).

 


 

20.9.2023 Ficedula albicollis 1 ind trapped and ringed. Mas Rabassers, Cadaqués (Carles Durà). Photo @ Birdingempordà 

 

16.9.2023 Pastor roseus  1 ad Estanys del Matà, PN Aiguamolls de l’Empordà. Alt Empordà, Girona (Jordi Martí-Aledo, Joan Goy, Miquel Arxer; Ramon Homs).

 

17.9.2023 Pastor roseus  1 1w Cal Nani, El Prat de Llobregat, Delta del Llobregat, Barcelona (Pablo Pascual –photo- https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608922388); 18.9 (Ferran López; Sergi Sales).

 

 

20.9.2023 Emberiza pusilla 1 ind Cabrera, Illes Balears (Jason Moss)

11.9.2023 Emberiza sahari 1 female Algeciras, Cádiz. Still present (A J Sepúlveda).

 

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Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus ), 1st for Spain, 3rd for the Western Palearctic

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On 24 May 2023, Roland Bekkers, photographed an Ancient Murrelet ( Synthliboramphus antiquus) at the Odiel river mouth , an important wetland in the Huelva province, in the Atlantic coast of Andalucia, S Spain. At 20:22 the same day the news came out and were broadcasted within the Rarebirdspain group. Despite the rarity of the record, a number of local birders decided to give it a try on 25 May morning.  Local birders asked to respect local colonies of Little Terns Sternula albifrons and Collared Pratincoles Glareola pratincola remaining within marked paths in any attempt of twitching the murrelet.  On 25 May, at 10:37 AM the bird was relocated c.400m from the mouth of the Mazagón Marina (José Luís Anguita, Manuel Bárcenas, Juanjo Cirpriano, Alfonso Barragán), UTM 37.138718, -6.841995 . See photos below (José Luís Anguita) and videos (José Manuel Reyes). Some boats flushed the bird c. 2000 m from the initial place and a bit later it flew a further 3000 m to the W remaining near the pl
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Rare Birds in Spain. Bird News 21-31 December 2023

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  Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group   Ducks & Geese   26.12.2023 Branta bernicla hrota 2 ind, Santoña, Cantabria (Javier Train –photo-)   21.12.2023 Cygnus cygnus   2 ind Ría de Betanzos; A Coruña. Still present (Xabier Vázquez Pumariño; Cristina Soto); 22.12 (Javier Río); 23.12 (Daniel García Novo); 24.12 (Franqui Illanes –photo-; Ramón Ternero); 25.12 (Leticia Miranda); 26.12 (Javier Río; Jorge Vilas); 28.12 (Diego Montenegro);   29.12 (Carlos Durán; Francisco Rodal); 30.12 (Carmen Peñalver, Juno Toni); 31.12 (Xavier Parra).     24.12.2023 Cygnus cygnus 1 ind Urdaibai, Bizkaia. Still present (A.Galache).   30.12.2023 Spatula discors 1 1w Fuerteventura golf club, Antígua, Fuerteventura. Still present (Eliseo Reyes).   21.11.2023 Anas rubripes   1 male. Sada, A Coruña. Still present (Xabier Vázquez Pumariño; Cristina Soto); 22.12 (Javier Río); 28.12 (Diego Monten
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Grackles (Quiscalus) in the Iberian peninsula

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Quiscalus mexicanus , Mexico, 31.8.2007 © Ricard Gutiérrez Grackles (genus Quiscalus ) are birds from Icteridae family, typical of Neotropical region, but also present in the Holartic, including USA coast. Typical 'resort' birds known by many as those 'black' birds frequenting the tables of hotels in the Caribbean or Mexican coasts trying to steal food from customer's breakfast or lunch.  Not a typical long-distance migrant group, they are believed to be quite intelligent, in a rather Corvidae mood, so despite they cannot be considered as true vagrants to the Palearctic according to the uncapability of crossing by themselves the Atlantic, it is true that they (presumably) board on ships to do the crossing. And not only one species but, at least, two having been recorded in Gibraltar and mainland Spain.  E-listed in Europe due to the 'current rules', a review of the treatment of what A listing means regarding 'clever' birds such as Corvidae
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