Report on rare birds in Spain in 2004

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Published:

Volume 53(1), June 2006. Pages 163-190.

Language:

Spanish

Original title:

Observaciones de aves raras en España, 2004

Abstract:

Report on rare birds in Spain in 2004. This is the 21st annual report of the Spanish Ornithological Society's Rarities Committee. It considers 258 new records pertaining to 114 species, with an acceptance rate of 86 %. Highlights include the first Spanish records for the following species: saker falcon Falco cherrug (origin unknown), american purple gallinule Porphyrio martinica (two records, Canary Islands), cape gull Larus dominicanus (Canary Islands), northern mockingbird Mimus polyglottos (Canary Islands, origin unknown), white's thrush Zoothera dauma (Balearic Islands, record from 1912), house crow Corvus splendens (origin unknown, Galicia), chaffinch of the North African subspecies Fringilla coelebs africana (Canary Islands) and desert finch Rhodospiza obsoleta (Balearic Islands, origin unknown). Also included are the second or third Spanish records for falcated duck Anas falcata, bald ibis Geronticus eremita (origin unknown), black guillemot Cepphus grylle, booted warbler Hippolais caligata, greenish warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides, common redpoll Carduelis flammea and rustic bunting Emberiza rustica, as well as the first for the Balearics of blue-cheeked bee-eater Merops persicus and the first for the Canaries of iceland gull Larus glaucoides.