Rare Birds in Spain. Bird news 11-20 June 2023

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

 

11-20 June 2023

 

Ducks & Geese

Waders

13.6.2023 Phalaropus lobatus 1 ind Villafáfila lagoons, Revellinos, Zamora  (Alberto Laiz; María Bueno)

 

Herons

11.6.2023 Egretta gularis  1 ind Els estanys de Platja d’Aro, Baix Empordà, Girona. Still present (Marcos Martín; Yuhang Mañé; Josep Bellés, Gerard Ramionet; Antoni Mariné, Núria Formatger Masferrer, Manel Àlvarez; Carlos Álvarez-Cros); 12.6 (Rosa Matesanz, Carlos Álvarez-Cros, Manel Álvarez, Jordi Massoni; Toni Fernández); 14.6 (Xavier Tomàs, Josep Mañé); 15.6 (Daniel Bonnici; Manel Álvarez, Xavier Tomàs); 16.6 (Otger Fortià, Paco Torres; Carlos Álvarez-Cros); 17.6 (Carlos Álvarez Cros); 18.6 (Quique Carballal; Carlos Álvarez-Cros), 19.6 (Daniel Bonnici; Eulàlia Maspons), 20.6 (Josep Crusafont)

Raptors

15.6.2023 Buteo rufinus 1 ind Laguna de El Hito, Cuenca (Xurxo Piñeiro; Maria José Valencia –photo-)


16.6.2023 Buteo rufinus 1 ind ZEPA El Bachiller, Albacete (Yanina Maggiotto)

 

Seabirds

17.6.2023 Thalasseus elegans  1 ind Salinas del PInet, Alicante (Yanina Maggiotto)

11.6.2023 Synthliboramphus antiquus 1 ind Odiel river mouth, Huelva. Coming from 24.5. (Maria del Carmen Álvarez Luaces; Nelson Conceição; Isabel Bairro-Alto; Lucas  Pérez; Juan Antonio Perez Sanchez); 13.6 (Yeray Seminario; Juan Ramírez); 14.6 (Marcin Kojtka); 17.6 (Mireia Pintado, Ferran López; Jesús Ruiz; Xavier Parra; Albert Cama; Simón RC; David Cristobal, Zbigniew Kajzer); 18.6 (Jesús Ruiz; Derek Etherton; Ricky Owen, Simon RC; David Cristóbal –photo- https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/585931391 ); 19.6 (Zbigniew Kajzer); 20.6 (Jon Iratzagorria)

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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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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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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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