Rare Birds in Spain. Bird News 11-20 February 2024

 

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

 

Ducks & Geese

 

 

12.2.2024 Anser serrirostris  1 ind Embalse de Búrdalo, Cáceres. Still present  (Lorenzo Alcántara) to 18.2 (Dani Hernández, Alba Andrés)

 

17.2.2024 Cygnus cygnus  2 ind Ría de Betanzos; A Coruña. Still present (Lois Santos)

 

11.2.2024 Spatula discors 1 1w♂ Algeciras, Cádiz. Still present (Francisco Becerra)

 

12.2.2024 Spatula discors 1 ind Golf Salinas de Antigua, Fuerteventura, Canary islands. Still present (Henning Petersen).

 

18.2.2024 Spatula discors 1 ind Laguna Huerta de las Pilas, Cádiz (Miguel Ángel Guirdo).

 

18.2.2024 Anas rubripes  1 male. Sada, A Coruña. Still present (Ignacio Aparicio)

 

12.2.2024 Anas carolinensis 1 ind Charca de Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Still present (Timme Nyegaard –photo-) to 18.2 (Ayoze Rodríguez, Miguel Hernández)

 

 

11.2.2024 Anas carolinensis 1 ind Embalse de la Granda, Gozón, Asturias (Clemente Álvarez Usategui –photo-, Ismael Romero)

 

 

14.2.2024 Aythya affinis  1w ♂ ind Ensenada de San Bartolomé, Santander, Cantabria. Still present (Gregorio Pérez Saavedra; Ángel Cano)

 

11.2.2024 Aythya affinis 1 ad ♂ La Oliva pond, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Eliseo Reyes), 15.2

 

11.2.2024 Aythya affinis 1 ind Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Tomaso Bisol), 12.2

 

11.2.2024 Aythya affinis 1 ind Ría de Ribesella/Ría de Ribadesella, Asturias. Still present (José Ballesteros)

 

13.2.2024 Melanitta perspicillata 1 1w ♂  Faro de Guardamar, Alicante. Still present (José Manuel Murcia, Miguel Ángel García) to 20.2 (Lukáš Váňa).

 

 

Waders

 

14.2.2024 Pluvialis fulva 1 ind Camí del Serrallo, Sant Jaume d’Enveja, Delta de l’Ebre, Montsià, Tarragona. Relocated (Mayca Martí)

 

12.2.2024 Numenius (phaeopus) hudsonicus  1 ind A Calostra, Tapia, Asturias (Pablo Miki –photo- https://ebird.org/checklist/S161330680 ) to 14.2 (Alberto Acero, Pablo Miki).

 

 

20.2.2024 Actitis macularius 1 ind Las Palmas harbour, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (Pep Manchado). Still present.

 

11.2.2024 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Arroyo de las Cañas, Guadalhorce river basin, Málaga. Still present  (Antonio Román-Muñoz) to 20.2 (Armando Molina. Félix Arribas, Blas López, Javier Salcedo)

 

11.2.2024 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Barranco de la Florida, Tuineje, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Peter Jung) to 18.2 (David Bradnum)

 

 

Herons

 

Raptors

 

12.2.2024 Clanga clanga 1 ind El Rocío, PN Doñana, Huelva. Still present (Leo Damrow)

 

Rallidae

 

15.2.2024 Porphyrio alleni 1 ind Charca de Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (Miguel Hernández –photo-). Recovered and released bird

 

 

Seabirds

 

11.2.2024 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 ind ad Bilbao, Euskadi, still present (Félix Arribas del Álamo; Josu Ibarra) to 17.2 (Ander Álvarez –photo-, Pablo Olivares)

 

 

15.2.2024 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 ind 1w, Costa Ballena, Cádiz. Still present (Daniel Alonso) to 18.2 (Mick Richardson)

 

14.2.2024 Larus fuscus fuscus 1 ind Armintza, Bizkaia. Reported (Jon Hidalgo)

 

Passerines and others

 

11.2.2024 Phylloscopus humei 1 ind Parc del Laberint d’Horta, Barcelona . Still present (Francesc Rivero, Martí González, Manel González, Robert Álvarez) to 19.2 (Sergi Sales) and later.

 

19.2.2024 Passer luteus 1 ind Parque Romántico, Playa del Inglés, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Relocated  (Mauro Bailo).

 

11.2.2024 Emberiza pusilla Up to 10 ind La Janda, Cádiz. Still present (Francisco Cabrera) to  18.2 (MIck Richardson).

 

16.2.2024 Emberiza rustica, 1 ind La Janda, Cádiz. Still present (Miguel Ángel Mora, Fernando Portillo, Maria Antonia García) to 19.2, 5 birds (Guillermo Piñal).

 

18.2.2024 Zonotrichia albicollis 1 ind Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona . Still present (Massimiliano Dettori)

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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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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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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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