Rare Birds in Spain. Bird news 21-31 March 2023

 

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


21-31 March 2023

 

Ducks & Geese

 

25.3.2023 Anas carolinensis  At least 1 remaining male Valdoviño lagoon, A Coruña (Daniel García Novo) , 26.3 (Pablo Pita)

24.3.2023 Anas carolinensis  1 m Lagoa de Sobrado, A Coruña (Iván Orois)

21.3.2023 Spatula discors 1m Laguna Primera de Palos, Huelva (José Manuel Fernández). Seen previously (Adelino García, Manuel Bárcena) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/548055491 , 22.3 (Luis Bonaño), 24.2 (Juanjo Cipriano), 26.3 (Carlos Carmona)

21-31.3.2023 Mareca americana 1 female Xunqueira do Lagares, Vigo, Pontevedra, coming from January (Manuel Velasco) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/548066711

 

 

21.3.2023 Aythya afinnis  Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canary Is. 1 m still present (Nicolas  Bastide), 22.3 (Christoph Fischer), 24.3 (Wenjia Chen; Elli Klaus, Yann Rime), 25.2 (Elli Klaus) , 26.3 (Alberto Aguiar)

26.3.2023 Aythya afinnis  Embalse de Cecebre, A Coruña. Seen again (Xabi Varela)

 

Waders

 

23.3.2023 Pluvialis dominica Villafáfila lagoons, Zamora. Reported (José Alfredo Hernández).

 

Rallidae

 

29.3.2023 Porzana carolina  1 ind Astillero, Cantabria (Guillermo Rodríguez; José Alberto Fernández Ugarte; Gonzalo Pardo, Iker Fernández). Found days earlier by Elena Gutiérrez. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/551649411 , 30.3 (Juanma Domínguez; Juan Manuel Pérez de Ana, David Cantalejo, Jon Iratzagorria, Manuel Hermosilla, Alejandro Sanz, César Diez, Rafael Diez, Fernando Jubete, Julen Santa Cristina, Andrés Alfaro, Beñat Guevara, Daniel Saldaña), 31.3 (Beatriz SG, Javier Brazuelo, Juan Manuel Pérez de Ana, Rosario Mendoza, Marta Mesa, Chencho Fernández, Abel Ojugas, David Santamaría, Gonzalo Pardo, Ludovico de Vega)

 

© Felipe Rosado, 2.4.2023


Raptors

 

31.3.2023 Clanga pomarina 1 ind Casares, Málaga (Andrés Rojas)

 

27.3.2023 Clanga clanga  1 ind El Rocío, Doñana NP, Huelva (Martin Schuck, Elias Bader) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/550950931

Seabirds

 

21.3.2023 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 1 ind Guadalhorce river mouth, Málaga (Juan Ramírez). https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/547975501 , 22.3 (Antonio Tamayo), 24.3 (Huberto García), 26.3 (Susana Santamera), 28.3 (Armando Molina), 31.3 (Ignacio Barrionuevo)

Passerines and others

 

21.3.2023 Lanius isabellinus 1 ind Marismas del Odiel, Huelva (Juanjo Cipriano). Relocated, 23.3 (Elena Vs, Ricardo Martín-Baylo, José Antonio Lama, Fernando del Valle, Paco Chiclana, Caleb Frome, Brendan Murtha) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/548621181

24.3.2023  Corvus cornix  1 ind Les Madrigueres, El Vendrell, Tarragona (Ramon Ruiz)

21.3.2023  Phylloscopus humei  1 ind Parc del Laberint d’Horta, Barcelona. Still present  (Jaume Campderròs), 23.3 (Elisabet Jordana), 24.3 (Jaume Campderròs),

21.3.2023 Phylloscopus humei  1 ind Eucaliptus beach, Amposta, Delta de l’Ebre, Tarragona. Still present (Ramón Ruiz-Jarillo), 25.3 (Marcel Gil, Alexis Bukowski; Ricard Gutiérrez); 26.3 (Ricard Gutiérrez; Peter Alexander; Manolo Salas), 27.3 (Sergi Sales); 28.3 (Sergi Sales).

27.3.2023 Phylloscopus humei  1 ind Meadero de la reina, Cádiz. Still present (Francisco José del Río).

24.3.2022 Motacilla tschutschensis 1 ind Guadaiza river mouth, Málaga (Santiago Caballero, Gonzalo Astete) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/549092691

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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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