Rare Birds in Spain. Bird news 1-10 March 2023

 

Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat. observado.es and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group 


1-10.3.2023

 

Ducks & Geese

 

10.3.2023 Anas rubripes Sada, Ría de Betanzos, A Coruña  (Cosme Damián Romay)

3.3.2023 Spatula discors 1m Laguna primera de Palos, Huelva (José Manuel Méndez). Still there on 5.2 (Rafa Vicente; Francisco Rivas, José Manuel Reyes; Alfonso  Barragán), 10.3 (Xabier Remirez)

4-10.3.2023 Mareca americana 1 female Xunqueira do Lagares, Vigo, Pontevedra, coming from January (Manuel Velasco) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/541894311


2.3.2023 Aythya afinnis  Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canary Is. 1 m still present (Harald Schott), 4.3 (Maggie Geer), 5.3 (Anthony Reed), 6.3 (Eliseo Reyes),


Waders

 

8.3.2023 Vanellus gregarius  1 ind Morante, Badajoz (José Luís Vinagre) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/543339601

 

7.3.2023 Charadrius semipalmatus  1 ind Las Maretas, Tenerife, Canary Is. Still present (Philip Precey), 8.3 (Lenka Steuter, Tom Steuter)  https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/543333711

 

5.3.2023 Pluvialis fulva  1 ind El Serrallo, Sant Jaume d’Enveja, Delta de l’Ebre, Montsià, Tarragona  (Sergi Sales, Ricard Gutiérrez -photo-, Pep Manchado, Maties Rebassa, Mika Palmer, Elisa García, Miquel Vallespir, Carlos Daza, Joan Alonso, Daniel Zamora, Balma Albalat. Diego Salido, Lluís Toldrà, Carlos López-Jurado, Sebastià Perelló, and others). Relocated. Seem again on 7.2 (Xavier Rovira), 9.2 (Xavier Parra)



2.3.2023 Limnodromus scolopaceus  1 ind Camí de lo Matar, Sant Jaume d’Enveja, Delta de l’Ebre, Montsià, Tarragona (Marcel Gil; Joan I. Barrachina). Still present.

7.3.2023 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Abama reservoir, Tenerife, Canary Is. Still present (Lenka Steuter, Tom Steuter)  https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/543032331 , 9.3 (Ian Laird)

 


 Raptors

 5.3.2023 Buteo rufinus rufinus 1 ind Font de Queralt, Segarra, Lleida. Still around (Oriol Cortés)



Seabirds

5.3.2023 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 ind Guadalhorce river mouth, Málaga (Adriana Godoy), 1 ind 6.3 (Miguel Senghor; Juan Ramírez; Armando Molina; Juan Trujillo), 7.3 (Lisette Heikoop), 10.3 (Santiago Caballero).

4.3.2023 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 ind Xove, Lugo (Javier Cantil; Luis Javier Rodríguez; Álvaro Crego; Saúl Román, Ana Rivas) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/541908841

3.3.2023 Larus smithsonianus  1w Lago fish ponds, Xove, Lugo (Saúl Román, Ana Rivas). Same bird found in A Coruña on 28.2. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/541492951 Still there on 4.3 (Javier Cantil; Ana Rivas, Saúl Román; Luís Javier Rodríguez,Álvaro Crego).

 

 


Passerines and others

4.3.2023 Picus viridis  1ind Meaka, Irún, Gipuzjoa (Aimar Hernández). 2nd for Spain


 

1-8.3.2023  Phylloscopus humei  1 ind Parc del Laberint d’Horta, Barcelona. Still present  (Jaume Campderròs)

5.3.2023 Tarsiger cyanurus  1 ind Casasola, Albacete. Still present (Daniel Izquierdo; Diego Acevedo).

10.3.2023 Phoenicurus moussieri 1 ind Tarifa, Cádiz (Richard Lorand). Later seen by more observers (Rafael García, Miguel Ángel Mora, Ángela Ruiz, Yeray Seminario, Eva Bratek https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/544160221

 

2.3.2023 Oenanthe deserti 1 ind Cabo de Gata, Almería. Still present (Fernando Torres, Inmaculada Muela), 3.3 (Patrick Finch), https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/541514161 , 4.3 (David Cristobal; Simón RC), 5.3 (Antonio Román Muñoz), 9.3 (Jan van der Blom),  10.3 (Raimundo Martín; Simón RC; David Cristóbal)


1.3.2022 Motacilla tschutschensis 1 ind Guadaiza river mouth, Málaga (Ignacio Barrionuevo, Laura Mª Barroso). Still around (photo) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/541079931 , 4.3 (Samuel Milán; Jaime Mojao), 6.3 (Juan M.Trujillo); 10.3 (Peter Ashley)

 

 

2.3.2023 Emberiza spodocephala 1 ind Sèquia nova de Silla, Albufera de València, València. Still present  (Vicente Tamarit, Manolo García) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/541099621 , 3.3 (Juan A.García, Miguel Barber, Guillem de los Santos, Rafa Muñoz), 6.3 (Miguel Vallespir, Pep Manchado, Dani Zamora, Sebastià Perelló, Elisa García, Jouko Lunden; Alberto Martínez), 7.3 (Samuel Aunión, Daniel Lázaro)


 

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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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