DOCSLIB.ORG

Gulls of the World a Photographic Guide

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Gulls of the World a Photographic Guide © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher. 172 Larus 27. ICELAND GULL Larus glaucoides L 52–60cm; W 125–145cm Identification Four-year gull. An elegant, medium- birds, plumage bleaches to whitish from late winter, sized arctic gull. Plumage essentially identical to losing any strong pattern. In first-summer very pale. Glaucous Gull, with wing-tip in younger birds paler Second-winter (Aug–Apr) similar to first-year, but than rest of plumage. In size and shape intermediate more unevenly patterned. Head and underbody either between large and medium-sized gulls. Small rounded paler with restricted dark, more diffuse markings or head, large eyes and short, weak bill create ‘mild’ more extensively dark-marked. Upperparts often with expression and Common Gull-like impression in all scattered grey feathers in mantle and scapulars; most but large males. In settled birds, breast is broad and advanced birds have grey saddle. Coverts pattern more pigeon-like, body slender with well-marked tertial- irregular and waved, especially in greater coverts, which step and wings very long, extending well beyond tail may be most densely patterned part of the plumage. (projection equal to bill length or longer). When Rump white with faint dark barring. Flight feathers relaxed, wings often held lowered. Legs short with little pale, sometimes with diffuse brown-tinged outer webs visible tibia. and markings near tips to a varying numbers of prima- Large males have more sloping forehead, longer ries, including innermost. Eye yellow. Bill pale with bill and proportionally shorter wings. Some approach black subterminal bar or tip. size of Herring Gull but lack its fierce, masculine aura. Second-summer (Apr–Aug) as bleached second- Small females have rounded head, smallish bill and the winter; head and underbody paler through wear. Grey longest wings, appearing short-legged and long-bodied mantle/scapulars contrast well to pale bleached upper- with jizz similar to Common Gull ssp. heinei. wing. In flight, short rounded head contrasts to deep Third-winter (Sep–Apr) similar to adult, but parts of breast on short body. Wing long and narrow with long, coverts pale brown and finely barred. Flight feathers slender hand. The flight is quicker and more agile than and tail off-white, tail and outer webs of especially outer in larger gulls. Handles strong winds well and often primaries often diffusely dark-marked. Bill dull yellow performs ‘shearing’ glides on angled wings. Associates with dark subterminal markings and small amount of with smaller gulls to pick food from surface. Feeds also red on gonys. by scavenging, but tends to stay away from gatherings Fourth-year similar to adult, but with scattered brown- of larger gulls. Often in small groups. tinged coverts (especially primary coverts), and some- Juvenile/first-winter (Jul–Apr) Head and underbody times traces of weak dark barring in undertail coverts greyish-brown to pale buff; hindneck often paler from and dark subterminal spots in yellow bill. late autumn. Upperparts pale greyish-brown to buffish Adult underbody, underwing coverts and tail white. with diffuse darker marblings or arrowhead mark- Upperparts pale grey (Kodak grey scale (2)3–4), wings ings, generally strongest on scapulars and broadest in with broad white trailing edge and broader white tip. darkest birds. Coverts finely brown-marked. Tertials Bill yellow with red gonys spot. Eyes pale yellow. Orbital with often indistinct brown markings and broad pale ring red. Legs pink. In summer (Mar–Aug/Sep) head edges. Rump and tail coverts white with brown barring, white; in winter (Sep–Mar) head brown-spotted or most distinct in undertail coverts. Primary coverts streaked, sometimes indistinct. Bill generally duller often slightly darker with narrow dark subterminal with olive or greenish tinge, sometimes with narrow markings. Flight feathers pale greyish-brown to off- dark markings. white, often with narrow dark V-markings near tips and Voice Shriller and higher-pitched than in American indistinct vermiculations in inner primaries. Tail with Herring Gull; long-call with slower elements (2 per variable amount of pale brown barring, sometimes second versus 4 in American Herring). as strong as in uppertail coverts to form diffuse tail- Moult notes Adult moult to winter complete May– bar. Bill dark with fleshy, grey, greenish or bluish base Nov. Retarded birds (all ages more than one year) may diffusely divided from broad black tip. Eyes dark. Legs suspend primary moult until Nov with worn, brown- fleshy. tinged outer primaries in contrast to new grey inners. Juvenile plumage often retained throughout winter, Moult to summer partial from late Jan, including head but some renew part or all of mantle and scapulars in and body. Juvenile plumage either retained to Mar or late autumn. New feathers more greyish-tinged with with parts of mantle and scapulars (rarely all) renewed narrower and better defined dark markings than in in late autumn. Moult complete to second-winter Apr– juvenile, sometimes reduced to shaft streaks. In paler Oct. Flight feather moult earlier and slower than in For general queries, contact [email protected] 004 Gulls species.indd 172 18/10/2017 14:43 © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher. Gulls 173 ? L. g. glaucoides L. g. 'kumlieni' adults. Subsequent moults similar to adult, but gener- darker birds have fuller and more complex dark ally earlier, starting with p1 in Mar. pattern, as ‘ghost-version’ of adult pattern, in settled Geographical variation Iceland Gull ssp. glaucoides birds appearing as darker wing-tip than body. There described above. may be indication of white mirrors in outer webs of Kumlien’s Gull (Larus glaucoides ‘kumlieni’). Here p9–10, which is never paler than rest of plumage as in treated as a hybrid swarm between Iceland and glaucoides. From below, dark-patterned feathers often Thayer’s Gulls on basis of enormous individual varia- show up as dark trailing edge in outerwing. Supporting tion, presenting all types of intergrades between the characters are more extensive dark markings in upper- two species. Most published material stems from parts, slightly darker secondaries and tendency to show wintering birds in Newfoundland. Influx to N Atlantic complete, dark-waved tail-bar. Bill often all-dark, fewer in winter 2011/12 involved birds with paler and more with pale base as in glaucoides. Generally moults more restricted wing-tip markings on average, whereas most of upperparts plumage to first-winter thanglaucoides from NE Great Lakes have stronger pattern than the does. majority from Newfoundland. Second- to fourth-years gradually develop adult-like Size and jizz similar to glaucoides, but on average primary pattern, but fainter in two/three-year birds, larger and heavier with slightly shorter wing projec- normally with darker markings along outer webs and tion and sometimes more sloping forehead. Very small, tips of p6–10. Some have darker outer webs to basal extremely long-winged birds as in glaucoides are at part of primaries, but outwashed paler distal parts with most very rare. Adult similar to glaucoides, but upper- faint dark markings near tips. In such birds, wing-tip parts often slightly darker (Kodak grey scale 3–4(5)). appears ‘dirty’ with uneven pattern. Most have exten- Primaries have well defined darker pattern, ranging sive dark-patterned wing coverts (especially greater) from indistinct markings in outer web and tip to p10 and extensive dark shading in tail, creating ghostly to greyish-black markings in p6–10, similar to pattern grey tail in contrast to white rump. Bill often darkish of Thayer’s Gull, but with paler grey tinge, more exten- even in second-years. Eyes often dark, but may become sive white and at most very indistinct markings in p5. paler from second-winter. P8 often most extensively marked and slightly darker Hybridisation If Kumlien’s Gull is regarded as a hybrid than p9–10. Easily identifiable birds have medium- swarm between Iceland and Thayer’s Gulls, no other grey streaking in 3–4 outer primaries (Kodak grey cases of hybridisation known; situation complicated by scale 7–10), in settled birds creating grey wing-tip with lack of knowledge from remote breeding sites. white primary tips. Most have faint dark markings near Status, habitat and distribution Nominate glaucoides primary tips. Some are as unmarked as glaucoides, and breeds on steep cliffs along rocky coasts, mainly in are not identifiable on plumage alone; dark eyes are western Greenland. May have bred Jan Mayen in the a supporting character, as adult glaucoides has pale 19th century. Most of southern and western popula- yellow eyes. In ‘kumlieni’ eyes are darker yellow, dark- tion sedentary, but populations from north and east peppered or darkish. Winter head pattern generally Greenland spread in winter northwards to Thule. Some more extensive than in glaucoides. migrate south-east to reach Iceland, where concentra- First-year generally darker than glaucoides with tions of hundreds winter. Smaller numbers continue contrasting darker pattern in outer primaries. further south-east to Faroe Islands, Ireland, Britain Weakest-marked birds show slightly darker outer than and NW Europe. More reach Europe when winter in inner webs and dark tips to outer primaries, whereas Greenland is severe. Vagrant Finland, continental W, For general queries, contact [email protected] 004 Gulls species.indd 173 18/10/2017 14:43 © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Iceland Gull Larus Glaucoides
    Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Folk Name: (none) Status: Migrant Abundance: Accidental Habitat: Open water of lakes or rivers The Iceland Gull breeds in the Arctic and most spend the winter along the northeastern coast of the United States and Canada. They are rare, but somewhat regular, along the coast of the Carolinas between October and April. They are casual inland. An immature Iceland Gull was seen and well photographed on Lake Norman on March 9, 2014, by several observers in two boats, one captained by David and Marcia Wright and the other captained by Chris Talkington. This sighting represents the first record of this species for both Mecklenburg County and Iredell County, and is also the first and only report of an Iceland Gull in the Central Carolina region. This bird wasn’t an easy find. The birders located the gull after carefully “sifting” through hundreds of other gulls roosting on the lake. Kevin Metcalf noted these field marks: Seemed to be second winter plumage. …Larger than Ring-billed Gulls and smaller than Herring Gull. Washed out whitish gull. Pale gray on back. Primaries whitish with slight brown-gray tint, tail in flight slightly more brown-gray than rump. Bill bi-colored dark at tip, pale base. Eye appeared dark Iceland Gull on Lake Norman. (Jim Guyton) at the distance viewed. From Birds of the Central Carolinas by Donald W. Seriff, illustrations by Leigh Anne Carter © 2018 Mecklenburg County www.parkandrec.com.
    [Show full text]
  • (369) the Glaucous Gull in Winter
    (369) THE GLAUCOUS GULL IN WINTER BY G. T. KAY. (Plates 40-53). SINCE the winter of 1941-42 the Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) has become a comparatively numerous winter-visitor to the Shet­ land Islands. At a refuse dump on the outskirts of Lerwick where it had been rare to see more than half a dozen of these birds together, it is now a common occurrence to see thirty or forty and occasion­ ally as many as a hundred. During the winter of 1945-46, the writer, with others interested in the project, arranged for an attempt to be made to photograph particularly Glaucous Gulls and possibly Iceland Gulls (Larus glaucoides) in the vicinity of the dump. The proposal was to use still and cine cameras from hides. It was hoped that a series of photographs might be secured which would do something towards clearing up the difficulties of dis­ tinguishing between these two species in the field, which have proved to be in some respects greater than used to be supposed. We were fortunate as regards the Glaucous Gull. A series of photographs and 300ft. of cine film were taken of this arctic visitor at most stages of plumage from the bird in its first winter plumage to that of the fully adult. Further photographs were added during the winter of 1946-47. Unfortunately the only Iceland Gull seen during these two winters was a dead specimen ; an immature bird in its first winter which had been captured on a fishing boat off the east side of Shetland on January 16th, 1947.
    [Show full text]
  • Indiana Species April 2007
    Birds of Indiana April 2007 The Wildlife Diversity Section (WDS) is responsible for the conservation and management of over 750 species of nongame and endangered wildlife. The list of Indiana's species was compiled by WDS biologists based on accepted taxonomic standards. The list will be periodically reviewed and updated. References used for scientific names are included at the bottom of this list. ORDER FAMILY GENUS SPECIES COMMON NAME STATUS* Anseriformes Anatidae Dendrocygna autumnalis Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Waterfowl: Swans, Geese, and Ducks Dendrocygna bicolor Fulvous Whistling-Duck Anser albifrons Greater White-fronted Goose Chen caerulescens Snow Goose Chen rossii Ross's Goose Branta bernicla Brant Branta hutchinsii Cackling Goose Branta canadensis Canada Goose Cygnus olor Mute Swan X Cygnus buccinator Trumpeter Swan SE Cygnus columbianus Tundra Swan Aix sponsa Wood Duck Anas strepera Gadwall Anas penelope Eurasian Wigeon Anas americana American Wigeon Anas rubripes American Black Duck Anas platyrhynchos Mallard Anas discors Blue-winged Teal Anas cyanoptera Cinnamon Teal Anas clypeata Northern Shoveler Anas acuta Northern Pintail Anas crecca Green-winged Teal Aythya valisineria Canvasback Aythya americana Redhead Aythya collaris Ring-necked Duck Aythya marila Greater Scaup Aythya affinis Lesser Scaup Somateria spectabilis King Eider Histrionicus histrionicus Harlequin Duck Melanitta perspicillata Surf Scoter Melanitta fusca White-winged Scoter Melanitta nigra Black Scoter Clangula hyemalis Long-tailed Duck Bucephala albeola
    [Show full text]
  • Species Included in Categories A, B & C Scientific
    Species included in categories A, B & C Scientific name Race Category 1 Mute Swan Cygnus olor -- A / C1 2 Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii A >> Tundra Swan columbianus -- 3 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus -- A 4 Bean Goose Anser fabalis fabilis A >> Tundra Bean Goose rossicus -- 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus -- A 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris A >> Russian White-fronted Goose albifrons -- 7 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus -- A 8 Greylag Goose Anser anser anser A / C1 9 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens caerulescens A / D1 >> Greater Snow Goose atlanticus -- 10 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii A 11 Canada Goose Branta canadensis canadensis A / C1 >> Todd's Canada Goose interior -- 12 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis -- A / C1 13 Brent Goose Branta bernicla hrota A >> Dark-bellied Brent Goose bernicla -- >> Black Brant nigricans -- 14 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea -- B / D1 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna -- A 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata -- C1 17 Wigeon Anas penelope -- A 18 American Wigeon Anas americana -- A 19 Gadwall Anas strepera -- A 20 Baikal Teal Anas formosa -- A / D1 21 Teal Anas crecca crecca A 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis -- A 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos A / C1 24 American Black Duck Anas rubripes -- A 25 Pintail Anas acuta acuta A 26 Garganey Anas querquedula -- A 27 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors -- A 28 Shoveler Anas clypeata -- A 29 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina -- A 30 Pochard Aythya ferina -- A 31 Redhead Aythya americana -- A 32 Ring-necked
    [Show full text]
  • Identification and Ageing of Glaucous-Winged Gull and Hybrids G
    Identification and ageing of Glaucous-winged Gull and hybrids Enno B Ebels, Peter Adriaens & Jon R King laucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens treated in several (field) guides and identification G breeds around the northern Pacific, from videos published during the last two decades (eg, northern Oregon and Washington, USA, in the Harrison 1983, Grant 1986, Dunn et al 1997, east, via Alaska (including the Aleutian and National Geographic Society 1999, Sibley 2000, Pribilof Islands), USA, to the Komandorskie Doherty & Oddie 2001). This paper discusses the Islands and Kamchatka, north-eastern Russia, in basic aspects of identification of Glaucous-wing- the west. The species winters around the north- ed Gull and various hybrids and illustrates the ern Pacific, from Baja California, Mexico, to different hybrid types and plumages with photo- Hokkaido, Japan (Snow & Perrins 1998). It is a graphs; it does not pretend to be all-inclusive. It rare vagrant in most western states of the USA; it focuses on structure, plumage and bare parts. is very rare inland in central states of the USA, as Differences in voice and/or behaviour (for in- far east as the Great Lakes, and has never been stance, long-call posture) are not treated. The recorded on the American East Coast (cf Sibley paper is based on field studies by Jon King (in 2000). Vagrants have been recorded in Hong Japan and the USA) and Enno Ebels (in Japan), Kong, China, and Hawaii, USA (Snow & Perrins examination by JK of museum skins in various 1998). Amazingly, there are two records of collections, and examination by Peter Adriaens Glaucous-winged Gull in the Western Palearctic: of published and unpublished photographs, a subadult (presumably third-winter) on El including many photographs of spread wings Hierro, Canary Islands, on 7-10 February 1992; from the National Museum of Natural History and an adult at Essaouira, Morocco, on 31 (Washington, DC, USA), the Peabody Museum of January 1995 (Bakker et al 2001 and references Natural History (Yale University, New Haven, therein).
    [Show full text]
  • Field Identification of West Palearctic Gulls P
    British Birds VOLUME 71 NUMBER 4 APRIL 1978 Field identification of west Palearctic gulls P. J. Grant The west Palearctic list includes 23 species of gulls: more than half the world total. Field guides—because of their concise format—provide inad­ equate coverage of identification and ageing, which has probably fostered the indifference felt by many bird­ watchers towards gulls. This five- part series aims to change that attitude nterest in identifying gulls is growing, as part of the recent general I improvement in identification standards, but doubtless also stimulated by the addition to the British and Irish list of no less than three Nearctic species in little over a decade (Laughing Gull Larus atricilla in 1966, Franklin's Gull L. pipixcan in 1970 and Ring-billed Gull L. delaivarensis in 1973). The realisation is slowly dawning that regular checking through flocks of gulls can be worthwhile. Just as important as identification is the ability to recognise the age of individual immatures. This is obviously necessary in studies of popula­ tion, distribution and migration, but is also a challenge in its own right to the serious bird-identifier. Indeed, identification and ageing go hand- in-hand, for it is only by practising his recognition skills on the common species—of all ages—that an observer will acquire the degree of familiarity necessary for the confident identification of the occasional rarity. The enormous debt owed to D.J. Dwight's The Gulls of the World (1925) is readily acknowledged. That work, however, has long been out of print and its format was designed for the museum and taxonomic worker; the present series of papers will provide a reference more suited to field observers.
    [Show full text]
  • Alpha Codes for 2168 Bird Species (And 113 Non-Species Taxa) in Accordance with the 62Nd AOU Supplement (2021), Sorted Taxonomically
    Four-letter (English Name) and Six-letter (Scientific Name) Alpha Codes for 2168 Bird Species (and 113 Non-Species Taxa) in accordance with the 62nd AOU Supplement (2021), sorted taxonomically Prepared by Peter Pyle and David F. DeSante The Institute for Bird Populations www.birdpop.org ENGLISH NAME 4-LETTER CODE SCIENTIFIC NAME 6-LETTER CODE Highland Tinamou HITI Nothocercus bonapartei NOTBON Great Tinamou GRTI Tinamus major TINMAJ Little Tinamou LITI Crypturellus soui CRYSOU Thicket Tinamou THTI Crypturellus cinnamomeus CRYCIN Slaty-breasted Tinamou SBTI Crypturellus boucardi CRYBOU Choco Tinamou CHTI Crypturellus kerriae CRYKER White-faced Whistling-Duck WFWD Dendrocygna viduata DENVID Black-bellied Whistling-Duck BBWD Dendrocygna autumnalis DENAUT West Indian Whistling-Duck WIWD Dendrocygna arborea DENARB Fulvous Whistling-Duck FUWD Dendrocygna bicolor DENBIC Emperor Goose EMGO Anser canagicus ANSCAN Snow Goose SNGO Anser caerulescens ANSCAE + Lesser Snow Goose White-morph LSGW Anser caerulescens caerulescens ANSCCA + Lesser Snow Goose Intermediate-morph LSGI Anser caerulescens caerulescens ANSCCA + Lesser Snow Goose Blue-morph LSGB Anser caerulescens caerulescens ANSCCA + Greater Snow Goose White-morph GSGW Anser caerulescens atlantica ANSCAT + Greater Snow Goose Intermediate-morph GSGI Anser caerulescens atlantica ANSCAT + Greater Snow Goose Blue-morph GSGB Anser caerulescens atlantica ANSCAT + Snow X Ross's Goose Hybrid SRGH Anser caerulescens x rossii ANSCAR + Snow/Ross's Goose SRGO Anser caerulescens/rossii ANSCRO Ross's Goose
    [Show full text]
  • Species Boundaries in the Herring and Lesser Black-Backed Gull Complex J
    Species boundaries in the Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gull complex J. Martin Collinson, David T. Parkin, Alan G. Knox, George Sangster and Lars Svensson Caspian Gull David Quinn ABSTRACT The BOURC Taxonomic Sub-committee (TSC) recently published recommendations for the taxonomy of the Herring Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull complex (Sangster et al. 2007). Six species were recognised: Herring Gull Larus argentatus, Lesser Black-backed Gull L. fuscus, Caspian Gull L. cachinnans,Yellow-legged Gull L. michahellis, Armenian Gull L. armenicus and American Herring Gull L. smithsonianus.This paper reviews the evidence underlying these decisions and highlights some of the areas of uncertainty. 340 © British Birds 101 • July 2008 • 340–363 Herring Gull taxonomy We dedicate this paper to the memory of Andreas Helbig, our former colleague on the BOURC Taxonomic Sub-committee. He was a fine scientist who, in addition to leading the development of the BOU’s taxonomic Guidelines, made significant contributions to our understanding of the evolutionary history of Palearctic birds, especially chiffchaffs and Sylvia warblers. He directed one of the major research programmes into the evolution of the Herring Gull complex. His tragic death, in 2005, leaves a gap in European ornithology that is hard to fill. Introduction taimyrensis is discussed in detail below, and the Until recently, the Herring Gull Larus argentatus name is used in this paper to describe the birds was treated by BOU as a polytypic species, with breeding from the Ob River east to the at least 12 subspecies: argentatus, argenteus, Khatanga (Vaurie 1965). There has been no heuglini, taimyrensis, vegae, smithsonianus, molecular work comparing the similar and atlantis, michahellis, armenicus, cachinnans, intergrading taxa argentatus and argenteus barabensis and mongolicus (Vaurie 1965; BOU directly and any reference to ‘argentatus’ in this 1971; Grant 1986; fig.
    [Show full text]
  • During the Past 30 Years, the Lesser Black-Backed G
    I’-IELD IDENTIFICATION OF THE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL by Richard R. Veit- During the past 30 years, the Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuseus) has become a regular annual vagrant to the east coast of the United States, ranging from Florida and the Caribbean north to the New York City area (AOU 1975; Bull 196I4), with a n m b e r of recent records from the Great Lakes. Comparatively few records exist from the coast north of New York, and all Massachusetts records are relatively recent. The species was first recorded in Massachusetts on September ll;, 1971 (Petersen, 1973). Since that time, a minimum of 15 sight records has accumulated for east­ ern Massachusetts (the majority from Cape Cod and the islands, especially Nantucket), and at least 11 of these have occurred during the period 1G77 to 1U80. In anticipation of increasing occurrences of this species in New England, it seems appropriate to describe the salient points for its field identification. Identification of adults, or even birds in third-winter plumage, is com­ paratively straightforward for the competent observer familiar with our local larids. However, most North American observers would not attempt identification of individuals in first- or second-winter plumage, quite understandably, since these plumages (particularly the former) are not accurately described or illustrated in any of the more popular field guides. Indeed, some authors go so far as to suggest that immature Lesser Black- backed Gulls are indistinguishable in the field from the Herring Gull (Larus argentatus). My recent experience in western Europe has convinced me that this is not the case.
    [Show full text]
  • FOS Official State List
    FOS Official State List Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee This is the formal list of modern bird species that have occurred in Florida by natural appearance or by establishment of an exotic. The base list shall be the Supplement: Checklist of Florida Birds, pp. 255-260 in Robertson & Woolfenden (1992), as updated by final decisions of the Florida Ornithological Society’s Records Committee. Status = Review species (Review), established exotics (Exotic); extinct or extirpated native species (Extinct) and disestablished exotics (Disestablished Exotic). Extinct species do not reduce the size of the Florida list, but a disestablished exotic species does. A distinctive member of a subspecies group may be added to the list for review purposes (see below), but it shall not be counted on the list beyond the species’ presence there. Review species should be documented when detected in Florida and submitted to the FOSRC for review. In addition, documentation should be submitted to the FOSRC for any species detected in Florida believed to have occurred naturally or to have escaped, but not appearing in the main list below or in its formatted download versions. Currently, there are 545 total taxa of which nine are subspecies, four are extinct, and one is a disestablished exotic leaving 531 extant species. Of these 531 species 17 are established exotics. Species Subspecies Scientific name Review ANATIDAE Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Snow Goose Anser caerulescens Ross's
    [Show full text]
  • Western Birds
    WESTERN BIRDS Volume 40, Number 3, 2009 THE 33RD REPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE: 2007 RECORDS DANIEL S. SINGER, 335 Talbot Ave. #109, Pacifi ca, California 94044; dsg2@ sbcglobal.net SCOTT B. TERRILL, H. T. Harvey and Associates, 983 University Ave., Building D, Los Gatos, California 95032; [email protected] ABSTRACT: The California Bird Records Committee reached decisions on 285 records involving 92 species evaluated during 2007, endorsing 238 of them. New to California were Townsend’s (Newell’s) Shearwater (Puffi nus auricularis newelli), Tristram’s Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma tristrami), Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel), Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forfi catus), Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola), and Common Rosefi nch (Carpodacus erythri- nus). Adusting for these changes brings California’s bird list to 640 species, ten of which are non-native. This 33rd report of the California Bird Records Committee (hereafter the CBRC or the committee) is the second annual report to be published after the publication of Rare Birds of California (CBRC 2007). That book sum- marizes the status of all vagrants and rare migrants in the state and details all of the committee’s decisions from its inception in 1970 through 2003. In it, Appendix H covers selected but not all records from 2004 to 2006; therefore, the simple addition of records in this report to those already listed in the book could result in incorrect record tallies because some records were covered in Appendix H while others were not. This report discusses the evaluation of 285 records of 92 species. Although most records pertain to birds found in 2007, the years covered by this report extend from 1915 through 2007.
    [Show full text]
  • Report on Six Recent Sightings of the Iceland
    EO O SI ECE SIGIGS O E ICEA GU I O CAOIA WI COMMES O OEMS O IE IEIICAIO JOHN O. FUSSELL III, MICHAEL J. TOVE, and HARRY E. LeGRAND JR. Abstract.—Observations of six Iceland Gulls, seen in Carteret and Dare Counties in 1980 and 1981, are discussed. Evidence is presented to show that these gulls were not hybrids, or albinistic or leucistic individuals, or Glaucous or Thayer's Gulls. Separation of Iceland Gull and Thayer's Gull can be difficult and some individuals probably cannot be safely identified. Emphasis is placed on "building a case" for the identification of any "white-winged" gull. Reports of "white-winged" gulls [in this paper, Glaucous Gull (r hprbr and Iceland Gull (. ld] in the Carolinas are increasing. Including those in this paper, there are 78 known records-51 of Glaucous Gull, 23 of Iceland Gull, and four of unidentified species. Almost three-fourths of these records were made during the last decade. This increase is probably due in part to an increase in gull populations and in part to an increase in the number of capable observers, especially in regard to coverage along the coast in winter. Many of the recent winter records were made after periods of abnormally cold weather. With the increase in "white-winged" gull sightings, there have been some controversies in the Carolinas (see Am. Birds 31:321, Chat 42:10). This is not surprising, for this group of birds can pose identification problems in the field (and sometimes in the hand). A frequent problem is that in areas where Glaucous and Iceland Gulls are uncommon to rare, or among observers unfamiliar with these species, there has been a strong tendency to misidentify small Glaucous Gulls as Iceland Gulls.
    [Show full text]