El Comité de Rarezas de SEO/BirdLife se reune en Madrid

El fin de semana del 26-28.10.2007 se ha reunido el Comité de Rarezas de SEO/BirdLife en las oficinas centrales de la ONG en Madrid con el objeto de preparar el informe de rarezas de 2005 y dar cuenta de diversos aspectos organizativos. En unos dias el comité dará cuenta de los detalles más relevantes de la reunión pero desde este blog os animamos a enviar citas de rarezas para su estudio por el comité.

Sólo un conjunto representativo de ellas permitirá esclarecer el patrón de aparición de muchas especies y, la verdad, es que se va notando como el incremento de observadores y de citas está ayudando a mejorar el conocimiento de estas especies en España y por extensión en nuestra región biogeográfica. En la foto los miembros del comité 2007 (excepto Juan Antonio Lorenzo, de Canarias, ausente por lesión).



De izquierda a derecha, de pie: Pablo Gutiérrez (Galicia), César Vidal (Galicia), Elías García Sánchez (Asturies), Gorka Gorospe (Navarra), Jordi Martí–Aledo (Catalunya); sentados: Ricard Gutiérrez (Secretario Adjunto, Catalunya), José Luis Rabuñal (Presidente del Comité, Galicia) y José Ignacio Dies (Secretario, Comunidad Valenciana)


ABSTRACT: CR/SEO Rarities Committee meeting at Madrid 2007. The members of the Spanish Rarities Committee (see photo above) have met at Madrid the weekend of 26-28.10 to complete the 2005 rarities report that will be published in due course. We encourage all birdwatchers to submit any rarity to increase the knowledge we have on the Spanish avifauna

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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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