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Birds of the British Indian Ocean Territory, Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean Peter Carr
CARR: Birds of Chagos 57 Birds of the British Indian Ocean Territory, Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean Peter Carr Carr, P., 2015. Birds of the British Indian Ocean Territory, Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean. Indian BIRDS 10 (3&4): 57–70. Peter Carr, 80 Links Way, Beckenham, Kent, England, UK, BR3 3DQ. E-mail: [email protected]. Manuscript received on 02 June 2015. Introduction from three directions, the east, north and west and seabird The Chagos Archipelago lies at the end of the Chagos-Laccadive migrants from four, the north and south and dispersing east and Ridge and is some 500km due South of the Maldives archipelago. west along the equatorial counter current systems.” Observations It is the final termini for migrating organisms heading South in post-1971 have proven that Bourne’s words were prophetic; the central Indian Ocean. It is made up of five islanded atolls landbird and seabird vagrants and migrants are an exciting aspect centred upon the Great Chagos Bank, the largest atoll structure of birding in the Chagos. The vast majority of migratory species in the world. The climate is tropical oceanic, hot and humid yet are of northern hemisphere origin (though there is evidence moderated by trade winds. Mean monthly temperatures vary that a limited number of vagrants are from the east and west) from a maximum of 30.75°C in March to a minimum of 28.03°C and are generally present in the archipelago from September in August. The northern atolls of the archipelago are the wettest through to March. As more ornithological research is conducted in the Indian Ocean (Stoddart & Taylor 1971). -
Rare Birds of California Now Available! Price $54.00 for WFO Members, $59.99 for Nonmembers
Volume 40, Number 3, 2009 The 33rd Report of the California Bird Records Committee: 2007 Records Daniel S. Singer and Scott B. Terrill .........................158 Distribution, Abundance, and Survival of Nesting American Dippers Near Juneau, Alaska Mary F. Willson, Grey W. Pendleton, and Katherine M. Hocker ........................................................191 Changes in the Winter Distribution of the Rough-legged Hawk in North America Edward R. Pandolfino and Kimberly Suedkamp Wells .....................................................210 Nesting Success of California Least Terns at the Guerrero Negro Saltworks, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 2005 Antonio Gutiérrez-Aguilar, Roberto Carmona, and Andrea Cuellar ..................................... 225 NOTES Sandwich Terns on Isla Rasa, Gulf of California, Mexico Enriqueta Velarde and Marisol Tordesillas ...............................230 Curve-billed Thrasher Reproductive Success after a Wet Winter in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona Carroll D. Littlefield ............234 First North American Records of the Rufous-tailed Robin (Luscinia sibilans) Lucas H. DeCicco, Steven C. Heinl, and David W. Sonneborn ........................................................237 Book Reviews Rich Hoyer and Alan Contreras ...........................242 Featured Photo: Juvenal Plumage of the Aztec Thrush Kurt A. Radamaker .................................................................247 Front cover photo by © Bob Lewis of Berkeley, California: Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus), Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, 9 October 2008, discovered by Emilie Strauss. Known in North America including Alaska from over 30 records, the Dusky is the Old World Warbler most frequent in western North America south of Alaska, with 13 records from California and 2 from Baja California. Back cover “Featured Photos” by © Kurt A. Radamaker of Fountain Hills, Arizona: Aztec Thrush (Ridgwayia pinicola), re- cently fledged juvenile, Mesa del Campanero, about 20 km west of Yecora, Sonora, Mexico, 1 September 2007. -
Indonesia Lesser Sundas Report
INDONESIA LESSER SUNDAS REPORT 5th July to 23rd July 2013 TOUR HIGHLIGHTS Either for rarity value, excellent views or simply a group favourite. • Spotted Harrier • Elegant Pitta • Flores Hawk-Eagle • Flores Minivet • Orange-footed Scrubfowl • Timor Figbird • Green Junglefowl • Chestnut-capped Thrush • Beach Thick-knee • Orange-sided Thrush • Australian Pratincole • Russet-capped Tesia • Mees’s Nightjar • Timor Stubtail • Black-backed Fruit-Dove • Buff-banded Thicketbird • Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove • Flores Monarch • Marigold Lorikeet • Arafura Fantail • Flores Lorikeet • Bare-throated Whistler • Yellow-crested Cockatoo • Black-winged Myna • Wallace’s Scops-Owl • Bali Myna • Sumba Boobook • Helmeted Friarbird • White-rumped Kingfisher • Black-chested Myzomela Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher Apricot-breasted Sunbird • • • Cerulean Kingfisher • Tricoloured Parrotfinch • Sumba Hornbill • Java Sparrow SUMMARY: This was the first ZOOTHERA tour to the endemic-rich, tropical paradise that is collectively known as The Lesser Sundas. We visited Timor, Sumba, Flores and Komodo in search of Indonesia’s rarest and least known species, ending up on Bali in search of the famous starlings. These islands are relatively undeveloped, thinly populated and seldom visited by birders but they gave us access to some of the rarest birds on the planet. Starting on the largest island, Timor with its dry grassland, acacia scrub and montane forest, it is home to the greatest number of endemics. We had to split our time here in two due to a last-minute rescheduling of our internal flights and this did affect our success here a little but we still managed to see most of what the island has to offer. Then we flew across to the arid island of Sumba which is the most isolated and least often visited. -
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. -
CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS CHECKLIST STATUS CODES A
CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS CHECKLIST STATUS CODES a = abundant r = rare c = common x = casual or accidental f = fairly common h = hypothetical u = uncommon HABITAT CODES Lack of a code indicates that species may be found throughout. R = Riparian areas such as Cave Creek, South Fork & East Turkey Creek. D = Desert scrub such as mesquite/creosote bush habitat on foothills road A = Desert arroyos or washes, such as lower Cave Creek & Horseshoe Canyon J = Juniper-pinyon habitat, such as Portal, Round Valley & Silver Creek O = Oak-juniper habitat, areas near Paradise, North Fork or Cave Creek P = Ponderosa Pine & Douglas Fir habitat, above 7000ft, such as along Rustler Park Road S = Spruce/Fir belt, on north slope of higher peaks such as Flys & Chiricahua Peaks, along Barfoot Road and along the Crest Trail W = Water areas, ponds and stock tanks I = Irrigated crop lands in vicinity of Rodeo and Community Road G = Grasslands SPECIES Summer Winter Migrant Pied-billed Grebe uW uW Eared Grebe rW rW Am. White Pelican x American Bittern rW Great Blue Heron uW uW Great Egret x Snowy Egret r Cattle Egret r Green Heron x Black-crowned Night Heron rW White-faced Ibis rW Black-bellied Whistling Duck x Tundra Swan rW Greater White-fronted Goose x Snow Goose rWI Canada Goose uWI Wood Duck x Green-winged Teal fW cW Mallard fW fW cW Northern Pintail fW fW Blue-winged Teal fW Cinnamon Teal uW fW Northern Shoveler uW fW Gadwall uW uW American Wigeon uW fW Canvasback rW rW Ring-necked Duck rW uW Lesser Scaup rW uW Bufflehead rW rW Hooded Merganser x Red-breasted Merganser -
Checklist of Birds of Southeast Arizona
TUCSON AUDUBON SOCIETY GREBES Common Black-Hawk U-L-su;R-t Red Knot* Ca-f CUCKOOS, ROADRUNNERS & ANIS Checklist of Birds of Southeast Arizona Least Grebe* Ca-t,w Harris’s Hawk F-p Sanderling R-f;Ca-sp Black-billed Cuckoo* X ©Updated 2011 by Chris Benesh and Mark Stevenson Pied-billed Grebe C-w;U-su Red-shouldered Hawk* Ca-t,w Semipalmated Yellow-billed Cuckoo F-su;X-w Horned Grebe # R-t,w Broad-winged Hawk# Ca-t;X-w Sandpiper # R-f;Ca-sp Greater Roadrunner C-p Locality Red-necked Grebe* X Gray Hawk U-L-su, Ca-w Western Sandpiper C-t;Ca-w Groove-billed Ani* Ca-su,f Eared Grebe C-t;U-w;R-L-su Short-tailed Hawk* Ca-su,X-w Least Sandpiper C-t;U-w Date Time Weather Western Grebe R-t;R-L-w Swainson’s Hawk C-t;U-su White-rumped Sandpiper* Ca-sp BARN & TYPICAL OWLS Clark’s Grebe R-t White-tailed Hawk* X Baird’s Sandpiper F-f;R-sp Barn Owl C-p Observers Zone-tailed Hawk U-su;Ca-w Pectoral Sandpiper U-f;Ca-sp Flammulated Owl F-su STORM-PETRELS Red-tailed Hawk C-p Dunlin R-f;Ca-sp,w Western Screech-Owl C-p SE Arizona is considered to be Arizona south of 33° and east of 112° Least Storm-Petrel* X Whiskered Screech-Owl C-p outside of Maricopa County. Symbols indicating abundance in the preferred Ferruginous Hawk U-w Stilt Sandpiper U-f;Ca-sp Rough-legged Hawk # R-I-w Great Horned Owl C-p habitat are: C–Common, F–Fairly Common, U–Uncommon, R–Rare (usually TROPICBIRDS Buff-breasted Sandpiper* X Golden Eagle U-p Ruff* X Northern Pygmy-Owl U-p reported annually in very small numbers), Ca–Casual (does not occur Red-billed Tropicbird* X Short-billed Dowitcher # R-f;Ca-sp Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl # R-L-p annually), X–Accidental (five or fewer records), I–Irregular (found in varying STORKS & FRIGATEBIRDS CARACARAS & FALCONS Long-billed Dowitcher C-t;R-w Elf Owl C-su numbers from year to year), L–Local, H–Historical records, none since 1970, Wood Stork* X Crested Caracara R-L-p Wilson’s Snipe C-t,w Burrowing Owl U-L-p ?–status uncertain, often complex or changing. -
(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. -
Recommended Band Size List Page 1
Jun 00 Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme - Recommended Band Size List Page 1 Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme Recommended Band Size List - Birds of Australia and its Territories Number 24 - May 2000 This list contains all extant bird species which have been recorded for Australia and its Territories, including Antarctica, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island and Cocos and Keeling Islands, with their respective RAOU numbers and band sizes as recommended by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme. The list is in two parts: Part 1 is in taxonomic order, based on information in "The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories" (1994) by Leslie Christidis and Walter E. Boles, RAOU Monograph 2, RAOU, Melbourne, for non-passerines; and “The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines” (1999) by R. Schodde and I.J. Mason, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, for passerines. Part 2 is in alphabetic order of common names. The lists include sub-species where these are listed on the Census of Australian Vertebrate Species (CAVS version 8.1, 1994). CHOOSING THE CORRECT BAND Selecting the appropriate band to use combines several factors, including the species to be banded, variability within the species, growth characteristics of the species, and band design. The following list recommends band sizes and metals based on reports from banders, compiled over the life of the ABBBS. For most species, the recommended sizes have been used on substantial numbers of birds. For some species, relatively few individuals have been banded and the size is listed with a question mark. In still other species, too few birds have been banded to justify a size recommendation and none is made. -
Green Sandpiper Uttering Call of Wood Sandpiper.—With Reference to J
NOTES Gannets robbing gulls.—On 5th August 1957, I spent the day at sea in Dingle Bay, Co. Kerry, in the trawler "Ros Brin". As soon as trawling operations began, we were accompanied by a few Storm Petrels (Hydrobates pelagicus), Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis), Great Black-backed Gulls (Larus marinus), Lesser Black-backed Gulls (L. fuscus), and large numbers of Herring Gulls (L. argentatus). During the gutting periods, and especially when any small waste fish were thrown over-board, six to eight Gannets (Sula bassana), would join in the feast. Any fish that sank too deep for the gulls were immediately taken by the Gannets by the normal manner of diving, but on numerous occasions when a gull sitting on the surface had a fish it could not swallow quickly—i.e. small plaice, dabs and other flat fish—one or other of the Gannets would plunge in a shallow-angled frontal dive at the gull, entering the water about two yards away and snatching the fish from the gull's bill on breaking the surface. The fish was swallowed on the surface. This was repeated many times, and the Gannets also frequently fluttered along the water and snatched fish from the bills of other gulls which they passed. On several occasions, too, a Gannet was seen to lunge into the air after a retreating gull that was attempting to rise from the water with a fish; the Gannet "treading water" with wings half-open and neck fully extended upwards in its endeavour to snap the fish from the slowly rising and heavily gorged' gull. -
Tinamiformes – Falconiformes
LIST OF THE 2,008 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA. Notes: "(A)" = accidental/casualin A.O.U. area; "(H)" -- recordedin A.O.U. area only from Hawaii; "(I)" = introducedinto A.O.U. area; "(N)" = has not bred in A.O.U. area but occursregularly as nonbreedingvisitor; "?" precedingname = extinct. TINAMIFORMES TINAMIDAE Tinamus major Great Tinamou. Nothocercusbonapartei Highland Tinamou. Crypturellus soui Little Tinamou. Crypturelluscinnamomeus Thicket Tinamou. Crypturellusboucardi Slaty-breastedTinamou. Crypturellus kerriae Choco Tinamou. GAVIIFORMES GAVIIDAE Gavia stellata Red-throated Loon. Gavia arctica Arctic Loon. Gavia pacifica Pacific Loon. Gavia immer Common Loon. Gavia adamsii Yellow-billed Loon. PODICIPEDIFORMES PODICIPEDIDAE Tachybaptusdominicus Least Grebe. Podilymbuspodiceps Pied-billed Grebe. ?Podilymbusgigas Atitlan Grebe. Podicepsauritus Horned Grebe. Podicepsgrisegena Red-neckedGrebe. Podicepsnigricollis Eared Grebe. Aechmophorusoccidentalis Western Grebe. Aechmophorusclarkii Clark's Grebe. PROCELLARIIFORMES DIOMEDEIDAE Thalassarchechlororhynchos Yellow-nosed Albatross. (A) Thalassarchecauta Shy Albatross.(A) Thalassarchemelanophris Black-browed Albatross. (A) Phoebetriapalpebrata Light-mantled Albatross. (A) Diomedea exulans WanderingAlbatross. (A) Phoebastriaimmutabilis Laysan Albatross. Phoebastrianigripes Black-lootedAlbatross. Phoebastriaalbatrus Short-tailedAlbatross. (N) PROCELLARIIDAE Fulmarus glacialis Northern Fulmar. Pterodroma neglecta KermadecPetrel. (A) Pterodroma -
Tringarefs V1.3.Pdf
Introduction I have endeavoured to keep typos, errors, omissions etc in this list to a minimum, however when you find more I would be grateful if you could mail the details during 2016 & 2017 to: [email protected]. Please note that this and other Reference Lists I have compiled are not exhaustive and best employed in conjunction with other reference sources. Grateful thanks to Graham Clarke (http://grahamsphoto.blogspot.com/) and Tom Shevlin (www.wildlifesnaps.com) for the cover images. All images © the photographers. Joe Hobbs Index The general order of species follows the International Ornithologists' Union World Bird List (Gill, F. & Donsker, D. (eds). 2016. IOC World Bird List. Available from: http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ [version 6.1 accessed February 2016]). Version Version 1.3 (March 2016). Cover Main image: Spotted Redshank. Albufera, Mallorca. 13th April 2011. Picture by Graham Clarke. Vignette: Solitary Sandpiper. Central Bog, Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, Ireland. 29th August 2008. Picture by Tom Shevlin. Species Page No. Greater Yellowlegs [Tringa melanoleuca] 14 Green Sandpiper [Tringa ochropus] 16 Greenshank [Tringa nebularia] 11 Grey-tailed Tattler [Tringa brevipes] 20 Lesser Yellowlegs [Tringa flavipes] 15 Marsh Sandpiper [Tringa stagnatilis] 10 Nordmann's Greenshank [Tringa guttifer] 13 Redshank [Tringa totanus] 7 Solitary Sandpiper [Tringa solitaria] 17 Spotted Redshank [Tringa erythropus] 5 Wandering Tattler [Tringa incana] 21 Willet [Tringa semipalmata] 22 Wood Sandpiper [Tringa glareola] 18 1 Relevant Publications Bahr, N. 2011. The Bird Species / Die Vogelarten: systematics of the bird species and subspecies of the world. Volume 1: Charadriiformes. Media Nutur, Minden. Balmer, D. et al 2013. Bird Atlas 2001-11: The breeding and wintering birds of Britain and Ireland. -
Iucn Red Data List Information on Species Listed On, and Covered by Cms Appendices
UNEP/CMS/ScC-SC4/Doc.8/Rev.1/Annex 1 ANNEX 1 IUCN RED DATA LIST INFORMATION ON SPECIES LISTED ON, AND COVERED BY CMS APPENDICES Content General Information ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Species in Appendix I ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Mammalia ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Aves ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Reptilia ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Pisces .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................