Observaciones de Aves Raras en EspaÑA, 2016

Abstract

Report on rare birds in Spain, 2016. This report publishes 253 new records of 97 rare taxa in Spain, with an acceptance rate of 93%. The most remarkable records included are those of two Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus)-first and second for Spain-, two nominate Subalpine Warblers (Sylvia cantillans cantillans)-first and second for Spain-, a Levaillant's Green Woodpecker (Picus vaillantii)-first for Spain, in the North African territories-, a 'Steppe Great Grey Shrike' (Lanius meridionalis pallidirostris)-first for Spain-, a White-winged Scoter of the Asian form (Melanitta deglandi stejnegeri)-second for Spain-, a Striped Crake (Porzana marginalis)-second for Spain-, a Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)-second for Spain- A nd two Blyth's Pipits (Anthus godlewskii)-second and third for Spain-. Furthermore, the first record of African Crake (Crex egregia) for the Iberian Peninsula and Europe is included, together with the second record for the Iberian Peninsula of a South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormickii) and the third Black-bellied Storm-petrel (Fregetta tropica) for Spain (and fourth for the Western Palearctic). Other interesting records published here are those of the second confirmed breeding of the Cream-coloured Courser (Cursorius cursor) in the Iberian Peninsula and a remarkably high number of Hume's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus humei) records, twice the previous total.