Rare Birds in Spain. Bird News 11-20 April 2024

 

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

 

 

Ducks & Geese

 

11.4.2024 Spatula discors 1 male Graveras de Santas Martas, León, still present (Jorge Peláez, José Luis Gabela), 14.4 (Luis Manso, photo), 20.4 (José Alberto Fernández Ugarge, Iker Fernández).

 

 

13.4.2024 Melanitta perspicillata 1 1w ♂  Faro de Guardamar, Alicante. Still present (David Guillén, Víctor Alonso –photo-, Jana Marco, Francisco Javier Gil, Oriol Palau, Nick Brickle, Felipe Rosado, Miguel Angel Martín), 14.4

 

 

 

Waders

 

20.4.2024 Cursorius cursor  1 ind Salinas beach, Cabo de Gata, Almería. Relocated (Mayte Samblás)

 

 

 

11.4.2024 Pluvialis fulva 1 ind. Relocated, Migjorn grassfields, Delta de l’Ebre, Tarragona (Xavier Parra, https://ebird.org/checklist/S168154794 ); 14.4 (Sergi Sales; Michale Ortner)

 

13.4.2024 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Barranco de la Florida, Tuineje, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Juan Lorente).

 

16.4.2024 Tringa flavipes 1 ind Marjal dels Moros, Sagunt, València (Martín Rey, Jesús Carrión –photo-; Ángel Bereje), 18.4 (Ángel Bereje).

 

 


11.4.2024 Gallinago media 1 ind Tancat de la Pipa, Albufera de València, València (Joan Balfagon, Diana Ferrís).

 

 Herons

 

13.4.2024 Egretta gularis  1 ind  Tenerife south, Tenerife, Canary Islands (Teo Lucas –photo-)

 

 

Raptors

 

15.4.2024 Falco biarmicus 1 ind Maria de la Salut, Mallorca, Balearic Islands (Pep Manchado, Pablo García, Pau Castell –photo-, Biel Bernat)

 


 

Rallidae

 

11.4.2024 Crecopsis egregia 1 ind still present (ringed coming from Recovery Center and seen previously at Teguise golf course) at Water Treatment Plant, Lanzarote, Canary Islands (Aitor Gil), 14.4 (David Pérez, photo; Daniel J. Bethencourt)

 

 

 

Seabirds

 

20.4.2024 Pterodroma feae 1 ind off El Hierro, Canary Islands at 25.292, -19.522 (Steve B)

 

20.4.2024 Sula sula 1 ind immature off El Hierro, Canary Islands at 26.15926, -18.42123 (Kevin McAuliffe; Eric Decker).

 

15.4.2024 Sula leucogaster 1 ad off Cubelles, Barcelona (Diego Callau)

 

14.4.2024 Larus smithsonianus 1 1w Tapia, Villamil, Asturias. Still present (Pablo Miki –photo-)

 


 

19.4.2024 Thalasseus elegans 2 ind seen amongst Sandwich Terns T.sandvicensis off Torredembarra, Tarragona (Enric Pena)

 

19.4.2024 Thalasseus elegans 2 ind Marjal dels Moros, Sagunt, València (Alberto Ferrer, Sento Ferrer –photo-; Robert & Ana Guzmán). About same hour as above record.

 

 


Passerines and others

 

13.4.2024 Ficedula albicollis 2 ind Cabrera islands, Balearics (Martina Cognati, photo)

 

 

 

15.4.2024 Ficedula albicollis 11 ringed birds, Illa de l’Aire, Menorca (Marc Illa –photo-) https://illadelaire.wordpress.com/2024/04/16/historica-entrada-de-ficedula-albicollis/


 

17.4.2024 Ficedula albicollis 1 ind Camps de Calonge I s’Horta, Mallorca, Balearics (Michael Schwarz).

 

20.4.2024 Ficedula albicollis 1 ind Parque Princesa Sofía, La Línea de la Concepción, Cádiz (Antonio Jesús Sepúlveda, Guillermo Piñal, Juan Rodríguez Roa, Julio Ortega, Ángela Ruiz, Ricky Owen-photo-; Francisco Solano)

 

 

13.4.2024 Passer luteus 1 ind at Av. Dinamarca 11, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (Miguel Hernández, photo). Near the usual Parque Romántico; 18.4 (Alberto Somoza).


17-19.4.2024 Passer luteus 1 ind at Doramas Park, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (Nima Álvarez –photo https://ebird.org/checklist/S169046335 ).

11.4.2024 Emberiza sahari  4 ind Algeciras, Cádiz (Antonio Jesús Sepúlveda –photo-)


11.4.2024 Emberiza pusilla, At least 1 ind La Janda, Cádiz. Still present (Pep Manchado), 9 on 14.4 (Ignacio Barrionuevo), 4 on 17.4 (Brendan Ryan).

18.4.2024 Zonotrichia albicollis 1 ind Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona. Still present (Oriol Ribas)

 

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