Rare Birds in Spain Blog

© Chris Wilding 4 October 2015 A previously unknown record of Hoopoe Lark Alaemon alaudipes in the Canary Islands has been made public in November 2018. The author, Chris Wilding, took two photos of an odd bird at El Médano, Tenerife on 4 October 2015. Both photos are enclosed. The observer sent the record to Rare Birds in Spain once he realised the bird was rare and once former BBRC member Colin Bradshaw reccomended to contact Rare Birds in Spain to publish the record. Chris original words are included: I am a birdwatcher who lives in England. Whilst reviewing some of my old holiday photos from Tenerife I came across the two pictures attached. I had forgotten about the sighting of the bird and had not fully satisfied myself as to the species. A contact, Colin Bradshaw, who is a very experienced birdwatcher, confirmed the bird as a rare visitor to the Island of Tenerife and that I should possibly contact the Rare birds of Spain in case the sighting was of inte...

The Hooded Vulture from Tarifa. 2.9.2007.2nd for Spain (Lucía Espigares) On 2nd September 2007 a Hooded Vulture ( Necrosyrtes monachus ) was photographed near the Algarrobo bird observatory at Tarifa, Cádiz (Lucía Espigares). News were not spread since the bird went undetected within other raptors feeding on a carrion in that area. David Cuenca Espinosa when having the opportunity of seeing the photos noticed the presence of a Hooded Vulture and notified us the sighting. A photo is reproduced above (Lucía Espigares). The Hooded Vulture is an African species present in Savannah and open habitats from S Mauritania across Mali , Niger , Chad and Sudan to Ethiopia and Somalia to Namibia , Botswana and S Africa (see a map below from oiseaux.net) The species is regarded as of Least Concern conservation status given its more or less stable population (see the Birdlife fact sheet on the species here ). WP occurrences There are at least three records in Morocco (Thévenot e...