Rare Birds in Spain Blog

  Here we include downloadable pdf versions of the news page once online in www.rarebirdspain.net as they were online. These are for the year 2001 (January-December)  I 2001 Oenanthe deserti © Ricard Gutiérrez Pdf link II 2001 © Gorka Ocio  Pdf link   III 2001  Somateria spectabilis © Cosme Damiám Romay Pdf link IV 2001 Pluvialis dominica © Ricard Gutiérrez Pdf link V 2001 Leucophaeus pipixcan  © Ferran López Pdf link VI 2001 Egretta gularis  © Ferran López Pdf link VII 2001 Pdf link VIII 2001 Podylimbus podiceps © Grupo Sterna Pdf link IX 2001    Calidris acuminata © Nacho Dies & Bosco Dies Pdf link X 2001 Anthus richardi  © Ferran López Pdf link XI 2001 Alle alle  © JM Mariño Pdf link XII 2001 Lophodytes cucullatus © Eduardo García del Rey Pdf link   Rare Birds in Spain: 2000    

Here we include downloadable pdf versions of the news page once online in www.rarebirdspain.net as they were online. These are for the year 2000 (August-December)   VIII-IX 2000   Platalea alba © Alejandro Torés Pdf link X 2000 Vireo olivaceus  © Gabriel Gargallo Pdf link XI   2000 © Pablo Gutiérrez Varga Pdf link XII 2000 Tringa flavipes © Ricard Gutiérrez   Pdf link

At c.14:20 hour on 3 October 2022, an alleged Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus was seen at La Ràpita, Ebre Delta, Montsià, Catalonia. The species is a rarity in the country, besides having been recently considered as a pest species . After some search, on 4 October 2022,   Sergi Sales found the ibis which showed a large white body and black neck. However, a careful observation revealed that indeed it was not a Sacred but a leucistic Glossy Ibis ( Plegadis falcinellus ), a frequent species at Ebre delta numbering c.40.000 birds in autumn 2022 (David Bigas pers.comm.), see @sales_sergi tweet below and his original photo.   Aquests dies pel Delta de l'Ebre volta un Capó reial mig leucístic que esta donant mal de cap perquè la distribució del clar/fosc coincideix bastant amb el seu parent, l'Ibis sagrat. Podem comparar a les fotografies totes dues espècies.Realment un ocell ben curiós @FundPlegadis pic.twitter.com/sWvKwf6Enp — sergi sales🎗 (@sales_sergi) October 12,...

La collalba de Seebohm (Atlas Wheatear Oenanthe seebohmi) se separó de la collalba gris O. oenanthe en base a las claras diferencias en el plumaje y algunas diferencias bioacústicas  (Shirihai & Svensson 2018 Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds ; HBW/BirdLife) y así la recoge la vigente taxonomía de la IOC Antonio Gutiérrez, del blog gaviotas y anillas , ha recogido el total conocido de citas y fenología de la especie en Europa.         1. Gibraltar . El 28.4.2005 en Windmill Hill Flats, Gibraltar, se observa un macho. Homologación desconocida. La cita está recogida en el Bird Report de Gibraltar de 2005 ( pdf aquí ) Foto publicada en Rarebirdspain.net en abril de 2005 (Keith Bensusan)     2. España . Islas Canarias. El 19.6.2010 en el Castillo del Romeral, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Isla de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Islas Canarias, España, José García Monzón observa un macho adulto. Registro homologado por el comité de rarezas español en Ard...