Rare Birds in Spain. Bird News 1-10 March 2024

 

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

 

Ducks & Geese

 

10.3.2024 Cygnus cygnus  2 ind Esteiro do Mandeo; A Coruña. Still present (Carmen Peñalver).

3.3.2024 Spatula discors 1 ♀ Club Golf Salinas de Antigua, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Simon Priestnall).

1.3.2024 Spatula discors 1 ♂ Embalse de Alcollarín, Cáceres. Still present (Vicente Risco; Fran Montaño, Lorenzo Alcántara, Álvaro García, Carlos Pacheco, Ángel Luis Méndez, Antonio Méndez, Hugo Sánchez, Francis Martín, Raquel Lozano, Emilio Costillo); 2.3 photo (Antonio Núñez)

 

 

1.3.2024 Anas carolinensis 1 ♂ Embalse de Alcollarín, Cáceres. (Fran Montaño, Lorenzo Alcántara, Álvaro García, Carlos Pacheco, Ángel Luis Méndez, Antonio Méndez,–photo Ebird no va-, Emilio Costillo); 4.3

1.3.2024 Anas carolinensis 2 ♂ Ría de Ortigueira, A Coruña . Still present (Alfonso Rodrigo; Miguel Rodríguez Esteban). 5.3 (Ricardo Hevia)

1.3.2024 Melanitta perspicillata 1 1w ♂  Faro de Guardamar, Alicante. Still present (José Manuel Murcia), 4.3 photo (Julen Santa Cristina; Jon Iratzagorria –photo-) to 10.3 (Pablo Perales, Raquel Perulero, José Manuel Murcia)

 

Waders

 

1.3.2024 Cursorius cursor  1 ind Los Genoveses, Cabo de Gata, Almería. Coming from Febriary 2024 (Lisette Heikoop, David Kaps, Joaquín López; Jani Vidmar, Gregor Bernard), 7.3 (Raimundo Martín).

 

9.3.2024 Limnodromus scolopaceus 1 ind Marjal dels Moros, Sagunt, València (Ana Abad) to 10.3 (Ángel Bereje, Juan Ricardo Villora, Toni Alcocer –photos-, Maite Santos)

 

1.3.2024 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Arroyo de las Cañas, Guadalhorce river basin, Málaga. Still present (Armando Molina; Alex Wild), 6.3

 

3.3.2024 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Barranco de la Florida, Tuineje, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Arndt Friedemann, Lilli Jahn, photo; Simon Priestnall, Thomas Kjær; Sandra Bletchly); 7.3

 

5.3.2024 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Marjal de Sueca, Valencia. Still present (Martín Rey, Arnau Rivera, Guillem de los Santos, Luis Albero, Toni Alcocer –photo-) to 10.3 (Jesús Carrión, Yanina Maggiotto, Biel Miquel, Josep Puentes)

 

 

 

Herons

 

Raptors

 

8.3.2024 Clanga clanga 1 ind El Rocío, Doñana, Huelva (Fabián Casas)

 

Rallidae

  

Seabirds

 

2.3.2024 Sula leucogaster 1 ad off Salou, Tarragona, during a seawatch (Albert Cama, Pitu Nolla, Francesc Rivero, Eric Marín, Joan Casanovas, Xavier Parra –photo-, Pere Josa, Ramón Ruiz-Jarillo; Diana Navarro; Joan Bernils)

 


7.3.2023 Microcarbo pygmaeus 1 ind 2nd for Spain (Jaume Campderròs). Later seen by more people (Freddy Rivas, Sergi Fernàndez, Ferran López, Lluís Casilari, Josep Bujons; Eric Mozas, Martí Méndez, Pablo Pascual, Gabriel Patinyo) to 10.3 and beyond (Francesc Rivero, Lluís X. Toldrà, Toni Fernàndez, Josep Redorta, Irene Barnosell, Sylvie Bastianelli, Sebastien D’innocenzo, Toni Martí, Artur Morales, Ernest García, Lluís Casilari, Marcos Martín, Fernando Gastón, Marc Cutrina, Manel González, Carlos Nos, Gregorio Chaguaceda, Carles Serrano, Mireia G, Mireia Torras, Marc A Llibre, Miquel Mira, Quique Carballal, Carles León, Jorge López, Joan Oliver).

 

10.3.2024 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 ind Costa Ballena, Cádiz (Paco Chiclana, photo)

 

 

1.3.2024 Larus smithsonianus 1 ind ad ‘Barrilete’ , Ría de Lires, A Coruña. Still present (Pablo García), 6.3

 

2.3.2024 Larus smithsonianus 1 1w Tapia, Villamil, Asturias. Still present (Daniel López Velasco, Gonzalo Pardo;  Pablo Miki; Alberto Acero; Clemente Álvarez Usategui); 3.3 photos (Daniel López-Velasco; Pablo Miki –photos-); 9.3 (Pablo Miki; Daniel Martínez)

 

 

4.3.2024 Larus glaucoides kumlieni 1 ad Traba, A Coruña. Still present (Pablo García –photo-, JR Bugallo y F Pereiras), 9.3 (Adrián Bartolomé)

 

 

 

Passerines and others

 

1.3.2024 Phylloscopus humei 1 ind Parc del Laberint d’Horta, Barcelona . Still present (Jaume Campderròs) to 10.3 (Jaume Campderròs).

 

8.3.2024 Passer luteus 1 ind Parque Romántico, Playa del Inglés, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Still present (Xabier Remirez –photo-, Jesús Miguel Remirez) to 10.3 (Vaughan Watkins).

 

 

1.3.2024 Emberiza pusilla Up to 6 ind La Janda, Cádiz. Still present (Mick Richardson; John Cantelo); 7 on 4.3 (Simon Tonkin); 1 ind 8.3 (Merran Fairhurst)

 

1.3.2024 Emberiza pusilla 1 ind Embalse de San Salvador, Huesca (Alberto Gasquet)

 

5.3.2024 Emberiza rustica, At least 2 ind La Janda, Cádiz. Still present (Francisco José del Río; Guillermo Piñal, Julen Santa Cristina,

 

1.3.2024 Zonotrichia albicollis 1 ind Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona . Still present (ornitho.cat)

 

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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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