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Rarest of the rare 2019 / El más raro de los raros 2019

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This is the 10th in-a-row Rarest of the rare bird in Spain contest!. It includes some of the 2019 birding highlights in the country.  A selection of some of the top rarest sightings obtained in Spain during 2019 and chosen by the webmaster of Rarebirdspain.net according to scarcity or singularity of the records are presented below.  This year, Rare Birds in Spain, in its 19 to 20 year-in-a-row online period has published news on 736 rarities (585 in 2017, 722 in 2018). Rarebirdspain.net web has published 461 large (720 pixels wide) original photos in 2018 (454 in 2018, 504 in 2017 with a larger list of rarities and rear-rarities, 608 in 2016, 501 in 2015), 9 videos (11 in 2018, 2 in 2017, 14 in 2016, 8 in 2015) and 152 (173 in 2018, 344 in 2017, 362 in 2016, 368 in 2015) small sized (thumbnails) supporting photos all kindly sent by the authors. It therefore has not been easy to build a selection of the rarest birds recorded amongst those 736 records and 622 media featured, bu