Rarest of the rare 2013 / El más raro de los raros 2013
The contest is here again in its 4th consecutiver year!. This year 2013, the 22 sightings of rare birds in Spain which have been selected for the Rarest of the rare are: C1. Caspian Stonechat Saxicola maurus variegatus (= hemprichii ) [ 1st ] C2. Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis [ 1st or 2nd] C3. North-African Blue Tit Cyanistes teneriffae ultramarinus [ 1st for mainland] C4. Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus [ 1st ] C5. Thayer'sGull Larus thayeri [ 1st ] C6. Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus [ 6th ] C7. Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri [ 8th ] C8. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia [ 1st ] C9. Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis [ 1st ] C10. Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris [ 5th ] C11. Hybrid Hooded x Carrion Crow Corvus cornix x corone [ 1st ] C12. Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwarsii [ 3rd ] C13. Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis ...