Rarest of the rare 2016 [El más raro de los raros 2016]
Rarest of the rare 2016 [El más raro de los raros 2016] Castellano: mirad más abajo Rarest of the rare contest is back again! In its 7th year edition , you'll find enclosed below a selection of of perhaps the rarest sightings obtained in the country during 2016 chosen by the webmaster of Rarebirdspain.net according to scarcity or singularity of the records. This year, Rare Birds in Spain , in its 16 year-in-a-row online period has published until 21th December 2016 news on 1237 rarities and near-rarities (532 RC 2016 criteria rarities and 705 up to 2015 rarities, the ‘near rarities’, 933 of both in 2015). The web has published 608 large images (720 pixels wide) original photos (501 in 2015), 14 videos (8 in 2015) and 362 (368 in 2015) small sized ( thumbnails ) supporting photos kindly sent by the authors. There have been 6 maps too and 8 Gibraltar sightings as well. It therefore has not been easy to choose a selection of the rarest birds recorded amongst those 1237