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Rare birds in the Netherlands in 1996 

lNin> M Wi e ~4 ~tnt, A ff3ertl de Bruin 2~ CDNA 

T hi~ is the 1 ïth annual report on rare hirds in 

the ~,;etherlanci~ to he puhlished in Dutc h 

Birr•, til,ii and Blplh's 

Reed VVarhler A crucctlli;ether it one site for several 

weeks . 

5vstematic list of accepted record s 

Hutchins's Canada Goose I3n rnta lrutr~, Ifrri2r°n, Limhurig„ Iw

Rare birciti in thc Netheri ;>nd5 in 1 9)6 

86 . plate 62, 1994, 18 : 107, plate 104, 1996) . A previously 

accepted record on 25 January 199 .5 at Gaast, 

Wunseradiel, Friesland, has heen withdrawn hy the 

observer and is no lon);er accepted . 

Black Brant 8ranta nigricans 7, 5 8, 3 

3 Fel)ruarv . Den Oever, Wieringen, Noord-Holland, 

two. adulL photographed (P M A van der Wielen, 

K Hendriksï ; 25 April, Hoorn . Tersche!!!n€, Friesland 

(T Bakker); 24 October to 18 May 1997, Texel, Nonrd- 

Holland, two, adult (A Wassink) ; 14 December to 16 

February 1997, Norrnerpolder, Wieringen, Noord- 

Holland iR E Brouwer, B de Lange; Dutch Bírding 19 : 

233, plate 236, 19971 , 

The Terschelling individual has also heen recorded 

in 1993-95 (ct Dutch Birding 19 : 99, 1997) anci the 

two of Fexei are considered the same as in previous 

years (since 1991) . The total number is unclear due to 

wandering and returning inclividuals . The record ot two 

birds on Vlieland, Friesland, on 8-27 May 1995, 

pubfiched in the 1995 report (Wiegant et al 1997) 

should be deleted . 

Lesser Scaup A ythya atrinis 0,1, 1 

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Kjrclwdti i n tlte Ne thc•rl,inclc in 11J 1 10 

107 Shnrl-t(>E-cl ha,qle ' S1 .iMenarenr! [ .-irrM rs Wllirir ., Hou Vcluve, Geldcrlanrl, ~ Augus! 79li6 rrlrmnurl B o,m 

dui C3er[; i 108 lenl;m i lni's U~a I}Zulgpoouil lF o liu5 rirnr , rev. .Íouncl clead at Z_4\-oIle . C}vcrijs,cl, r 14 O

1Z 1989, it is quite remarkable that within 

seven years the total lincludin); those not 5peciÏically 

dentiiiedl now stands at 1 7 . 

Sociable Lapwing títne°!lusgre~ariu ; 12,17, 2 

3-14 Aliril, Ltrpik, L,'trecht, adult summer, photol;raphed, 

videcrecl iA Boele, Ni Berlijn ; Dutch Birding 18 : 95, 

p late 88, 9B, plate 90 & 92 . 1996) ; 18-20 May, ieusden, 

Utrecht IK de Vries, E B Ebels, A B van den BerF;l 

and 12 June-26 Julv, Benneiíommer Meent, b2,enendaal, 

Utrecht, adult, photographed (B van Dort, 4ti' M 

Llriel;antl . 

A bird al Swalnien, Asselt, Noord-Brahant, on 1 7-18 

April, has only recently heen suhmitte d 

Semipalmaled Sandpiper Calidric pusi!!a 0,1 , 1 

18-19 luly, Lepelaarsplassen, A1m e re, Flevolantl, aclult, 

photographed IM Berlijn ; Berlijn 1997 ; Dutch Birdint; 

18 :215, plate 211, 19 : 185-187, plate 195, 19971 . 

The second record and the first to be documented 

photoBraphically . The much dehated first record in 

Flevoland on 12-1 3 lune 1989 !vin der Veen 1491, ct 

r,in dcr Laan 199~~, Scharringa A 4b'astiink 19i121~ has 

heen reconsidered and remains icc epted . 

Red-necked Slint Calirlri, rurïcollis 0,1, 1 

2 5 lulv, Mokbaai, Te \ el, Noord-Holland, adult IA Wassink, 

E Sandber) ;Y. 

This second record, arter the rirst on 29 May 19 8 7 at 

Lauwersmeer, Groningen, was close to heing rejected 

iÍor inslance, since Sanderling Calidriï alb,i miKh1 be 

involved) unlil convincing tield sketches emergerl . 

White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris tuscrcolli> 1,1, 3 

1 i August , lNal;ejot, Tex el, Noor[I-Holland, adult, 

mnultin(; Írom sunimer to winter plurnaBe, photogri p h- 

ed i .A bb'a5~ink et al : Dutch BírdinF 18 : 2 15, plate 212- 

2 I"i, 1996i : 18 Au) ;ust, Bafluni, .1nueland, Friesland, 

adult IR F 1 van Beusekonil : 7 Septemher, De Cocksdorp, 

Texe1, Noord-Holland, adult . moulling Írom summer 

to w inter plumage íA Wassink} . 

Accordint; to the ohserver who [liscoverecl hoth 

birds , the two Texel recurds reier to difterenl inrfividuals 

. 'Fhe loniyi previous records >.ti•ere al Ilmuidern, 

Noord-Holland . in Octoher 1977 anrl at Hulwerd, 

Fries[,rnd, kn Au}tust 199 4 . 

Pectoral Sandpiper Caiidris rttr lanuto .ti 9,04, 2 

1 Selstemh~r Stic htse Putten, 1ee[aolde, Flevolancl, 

juvenile iK F 1 van Beusekom}, ZES September to 2 Uctoher, 

IulLanadurp, l7en Helder, Noord-Holland, juvenile, 

photographed, videoed Il ,tii Walhoul, TO V 

v4uussel . 

199_i 31 lulv to 3 August, Lemshaven, Eernsnrond, 

Groningen, adull (E J Boekema . A cle Bruin) . 

1990 19-20 May, Lauwersmeer, De l4arne, Cirriningen, 

adult, photoBraphed lE 1 Boekenia, A de Bruinl . 

B ro ad-billed Sandpiper ! in icola faline!!u, 2 3,50,7 

Ih-I % M,iy, Firnr -khuizrn, Lirnhuri, six . phnlo r,iphed 

A[)vaa . 1 1 t 1 hrrnen : 16-22 May . Starrevaart . Leiclschenrlarn, 

7-uid-Hulland, photographed (M Vercloes, B 

D van der Burg, 1-4 van Duin eÎ a11 . 

1964 22 AuF;ust . Groote Peel, Astc•rt . Noard-Brahanl . 

tilmed fP H Kempi . 

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R,irc hirrls in thr .1+'e1herlan(is in 1 1),)() 

114 Pacitic Gulden PI, wer! Aziatiïrhe C;ouclhlevier Pluri,i fic firh a . De Putten, S[hnorl, ~Voord i icfllai~d, !C, Irilv I l t , )h 

rArnourf B ~R ) n rfc n (3er;; ) 

11 Cire•~t tinihUr Poelsnip GaNina);n rnedi,i, juvcnilc, 1Net aan Zee, TerSC hellin} ;. Frie>l,i nrl, ï,lugul 199li 

rN,in . C.:ed~ui~) 

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Rare brrds in the Netherlands in 1996 

There have heen several records of more than two incJivicluals 

are rather sc.arce . Groups of three were recorded 

at Lauwersrneer, Groningen, in 1987 and 198$; in 

Flevoland, t;roups ol three 11973), tive ( 1971) and eight 

11984) were recordecl . The 1964 record was rejected 

during the revision ot the Dutch list Ivan Ilzendcxarn et al 

1996) . However, after eacamination of the original tiim 

which emer);cd recently, it has again been accepteti . 

Buff-breasted Sandpiper Trvng ires suhruricollis 3,6, 1 

18 N1ay, C)ud-S .hbinf;e, Veerse Meer, C.oes, Zeeland . 

adult, phutugrat7hed, vitleoed IP L Meinint;er, P A 

Woltl . 

This is only the third spring record . The others were 

in May 1986 and in lune 1993 , 

Great Snipe Gallina g o media -,11, 4 

23-28 August, West aan Zee, Terschelling, Friesland, 

}uvenile, photographecl IN J DingEmanse et al ; Dutch 

Hirding 18 : 219, plate 219, 19t)6, Birding World 9 : 

359 . 19961 ; 23-24 September, Kelderhuispolder, Texel, 

juvenile (A Vink, 1 Ni Walhout et al) ; 6-13 October, 

Noordoosthoek . Vlíe 4and, Friesland iP M A van der 

Wielen et al) ; 24-25 October, Broekhuizen, Limburg, 

juvenile IJ f F J lanseni . 

Four records in one year constitute the highest total 

sin( e this species was considered from 1977 onwards . 

Previous years with multiple records were 1980 12), 

19 84 í2f and 199 4 (2 ) . 

Lnng-billed Dowitcher Lintnodrontus scolopaceus 

( 1,11, 2 

12 June, Kr,unrnier .e Slikken, Oude Tonge, 0ostt1a kkee, 

Zuid-Holland, adult surnmer, photographed iP L Meininger, 

P .a ~Volf1 ; 11-1 3 August, Workumerwaard, 

Nijetirrci, Friesland, adult summer, pliotot;rapltecl íl 

Bisschoh el al; Dutch Birding 18: 217, plate 214, 

19961 . 

1995 6-10 May, Molenplaat, Ber;i;en op Zoom, Noord- 

Brahant, adult surnmer II W Vergeer, 1 M Walhouti . 

With a lirst record in 1983, this species has no w 

heen recorded annually since 1986, w ith thc exception 

ot 1993 All records are from May to August, apart from 

one in November 1989 and one in January 1990. 

Slender-billed Curlew Numenius terzuírostrís é1,0,0 

18% Septc°mher, Canisvliet, Sas van Gent, Zeeland, 

,ulult, Ahmt, skin retained at Koninklijk Belgisch Instituul 

vcxar N .rtuurweten5chappen, Brussel, BelBium (De Sme1 

I))7 ; Dutch Birdin); 19 : 231, p€ate 235, 191)71 . 

Investi) ;ations by a rnemher of the BelBian rarities 

rommitlee revealed that this individual bas been shol 

(in Dutch ground . It hecomes the third of a total of 

eighl records of Ihis hi) ;hly endangerecl species, the last 

dating (rom 1947. Tbe chance (hat this former rare 

winter visitor, with records in September, November, 

Decemher i'), January 3) and February, will be recorded 

ever again may be considered prectically nil, although 

one reporteci in England in May 1998 ICleeves 

1998j raises hope . 

Marsh Sandpiper Trin y a stag narik s 

199(1 3-8 May, Stevensweert, Maasbracht, Limburg 

(bV Helmer, S Woldhek) . 

This species is no longer considered trom 1 lanuary 

1993 onwards . 

Terek Sandpiper ,tíenus cinereus 1 ,11, 1 

3 May, Bul;genum, Haelen, Limburg, adult summer, 

pholot,raphed (D ,4ieeuwissen, 1 Meeuwissen, M 

Berlijn7 . 

1993 16 August, Maasvlakte, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, 

adult summer eT 0 V Muusse) . 

Interestingly, the individual at Buggenum was at the 

same location as one in May 1988 . There are now 13 

records, eíght nf svhic h were in May, with the remainder 

in lune-Septernber . 

Ring-billed Gull L,rrus delawarensis 0,4, 1 

10 April, 4Voerden, Zuid-Holland, second-summer, 

photographed iD Kok ; Dutch Birding 18 : 149, plate 

1,59, 1996} . 

With so many records on the Atlantic coast from 

Morocco to Norway, one may wonder how many are 

overlooked , 

* Baltic Gull Larus tuscus 0 ,1, 0 

1992 18 C)rtoher, SchiernrannikooL;, Friesland, adult, 

photographed (R C) Winters) . 

The CDNA aKrees with the conclusions reached ín 

the recent review of Dutch records ot Ihis taxon 

iHoo) ;endocsrn & van Scheepen 19981 . Theretorc, all 

previous records, which all referred to rin};int; recoveries, 

have been rejected . This implies thal the above 

record constitutes the first of this species . Although the 

species ss likely to be nol as rare as its current status 

may suggest, it is heyond doubt hard to identify. The 

comhination il€ a mantle as hlack as that ot Grea1 

Black-backed Gull L rnarinus, prelerably seen in diret.t 

comparison with both Great and Lesser Black-backed 

Gulls L graellsii, the virtual absence ot dark head markiny,s 

in winter plumage, a mouh timing difterent trom 

Lesser Bla(k-backecl, and a smaller and thinner bill all 

are usetul identitication pointers . 

Pontic Gull L arus cachinnans cachinn,ms 0$ 0 

19 89 4 March, Deventer, Overijssel, two, aclull 

íG Groot Koerkampl ; 25 March . Deventer, Overijssel, 

subadult IG Groot Koerkamp) ; 19 September, Zuiphen, 

Gelderland (G Groot Koerkamp) ; 2 October, Zutphen, 

Gelderland IG Groot Koerkamp) ; 29 0clober, Deventer, 

Overijssel ({; Groot Koerkampl . 

1988 19 Seplember to 16 Novemher, Zutphen and 

Voorst, Geiderland, tthoto);raphed (G Groot Kuerkamp, 

E B Fbels (-t al ; Groot Koerkamp & Ebels 1997 ; Dutch 

Birding 19 : 282, plate .91-293, 1997) , 

This series of old records by a single observer indicates 

that this species must be much commoner than 

the low numbers of accepted records sut;gests . A number 

of recently subrnitted reports from Twenle, 

Overijssel, are still uncler consíderation . The 1988 ancl 

1989 records precede the only previously acceple d 

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Rare brrih rtl thf - Nc°thrvlatirfs in lc)Wi 

recortl at Geldermalsen . Gelclerlancl, on 11 Decemlrer 

1991 jEbejs el al 1 4t9r . i . 

Iceland Gull tanrs ; l,rucoirie.s - .6(}, 1 

1-1T January. Arcen, A rce n en LW d[n 1imburq II 1 F J 

Jansen, T Cuypersr : 18 Fehruary, De Putten, Schnorl, 

Noorti-Hnllantl, first-tivinter cR E Brouwen , 

19515 2 1 January, 51evensweert, A9aasbrachf, I .imhurg, 

serc~nd-year q 1 F 1 Jansen, T Cu~,pers) . 

199, 15 Januarv lo 4 April, Schevenirrt;en . f7er N, m,g , 

Zuiri-Holland, first- or ~econrl-uinter, I,hnk;riraphed 

I) Regeer, Cl van der Bent, M Berlijn : Dutch Blrrllng 10 

66, plate 60651 ; 5 .7 Alarch ancl 16 May, KMwijk aa n 

Zee, K

Rare birds in the Netheriands in 199 6 

plate 41-42, 1997i ; 22 December, Vijlenerbos. lNittem, 

Limburg, photograiuhed (K Lemmens ; Dutch Birding 

19 : 4:3, plate 4 .3, 1997} ; 25-26 December. Ter Apel, 

VlaRtwedde, Groningen, photographed ÍE-J AI61as, H A 

Diephuis ; Dutch Birding 19 : 43, plate 44, 1997) . 

After long years w•ith verv tew records, a sudden 

increase in numbers became apparent, indicating a 

possible return to its Former status as an lahnosti regular, 

bul rare, breeding bird . 

Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 3 .16. 0 

1995 28-29 October, Dintelhaven, Rotterdam, Zuid- 

Holland, photographed (G De Smet) . 

This individual was killed bv a Great Grey Shrike 

laniu~ exctrhrtor while being watchecl by hirclers 

f\Ithou,;h seen by many, it lasted tor atmost two years 

herore it was suhmitted . 

Red-rumped Swallow Nirundo daurira 2,26, 3 

18 Aprif, VV:tt~enint;en, Gelderland {M Soes) ; 24-25 

April, ter,chrsiling, Friesland, photographed lT Bakker, 

A Quwerkerk, T Hek; Dutch Birding 18 : 1 46, plate 

155, 19961 ; 1 May, Breskens, Ckrstburg, Zeeland II w 

Wierdal . 

1995 2 May, Den Treek, .4mersk>ort/teusden, Utrecht 

{E Lindhout) . 

There are now five individuals from April, 17 from 

May, two from September and seven irom October. 

Blyth's Pipit Anthus I;odle wckii (1,1 , 1 

2 i-t1 Ort o her, Maasvlakte, P.otterdam, Zuid-Holland, 

phutot3raphed . vicieoed, sound-recorded IM Plomp . P C 

Meijer• Ni Berlijn et al ; Plomp & Meijer 1996 . Berlijn et 

al 1997 ; Dutch Birding 18 : 283, plate 275, 284, plate 

,178, 335, plate 32 4, 1996, 19 : 178, plate 186-189, 

19971 . 

(.)nly the second record, and the first field observation 

. The first record concerned a hird trapped on 13 

November 1983 at ti Vestenschouwe.n . Zeeland . The 

ídentiYic ation process was quite typícal in the sense 

that, initially, observers could not decide w hether this 

late and lart;e pipit was a Richard's Pipit A richardi or a 

lawny Pipit A carrtpestrrs, until the correct identiÍicalion 

w•as clinc.herl . 

Citrine Wagtail ~tifotacilla ( itreula 0 .5, 2 

7 lune, Berkhe.icle, Katctijk/6V7ssenaar, Zuid-Holland, 

male, phutngraphed fK D Dijkslra, R van Rossum ; 

Dutch Birding 18 : 140, plate 151, 1996) ; 25 August to 

1 September, Stichtse Putlen, Zeewolde, Flevoland, 

aclull iR F 1 van Beusekoml . 

The slow hut apparentlv steady westerlv pmgress of 

Ihe hreeding range of this species is perhaps retlected 

hy the tact that, tor the tirst time, two were recordect in 

one year . 

Thrush Nightingale Luscinia fuscinia 7 .27, 3 

28-29 May, Berkenplas, SchiermonnrkooR, Friesland, 

,inging- tiound-recorded ÍR Keizeri : pnssibly 5 May 

and 6-1 2 lune, Westerplas, Schierrnonnikoog, Friesland, 

singing, sound-recorded {R Keizeri ; 29 Mav-2 

lune, Twiske . Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, singing, soundrecorded 

IE Groenewoudf . 

1993 22 May to 6 lune, Ruigoord, Amsterrtam . Noord- 

Holland, singing, souncl-recorded (H Groot, F G S M 

Hieselaarl . 

The 1993 record originally was published Íor 22-24 

May Ict bti'iegant et al 1995) . 

Red-spotled Bluelhroat Lusc inia svecica svr•cica -•29, 2 

19 ti1ay . (_)ost-Vlieland, Vliela nd, Friesland, male 

IE Groenetiti•oucll : 22 Mav, Uíthuizermeeden, Eemsmond, 

Groningen, male, photot;raphed {P H Wijk) . 

1985 13 May, Eemshaven, Een7srnond, male IE Klunder, 

K Kotfijhergl . 

1980 27 May, Schiermonnikou~, friesland, male 

tJ Scharrin8ai . 

All post-1980 records Íall within the period 10-29 

May, except tor une on 1 May and one nn 10 June . 

Siberian Stonechat Saaicola n-iaura 9,14, 5 

3 ()ctoher, Maasvlakte, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, firstwinter 

Íemale, photographed IN van C)uivendijkl ; 12- 

16 October, Den Helder, Noord-HoIland, first-winter 

male, photographed (R E Brouwer ; Dutch Birding 18 : 

335, plate 321}; 14-16 Octoher, Petten, Zijpe . No

R ,lre hirrk m rhe Neihe'rhlnrfti in 11)()( , 

116 Reci-spotted Bluethraat / Ropdsterblauti-vhrx5t 

i rr i iniica 3, l,1 

2-4 luntographed 

. ti•ideoecl rH VVijnj .j, A-1 Wijnja . M Rcnden ; Birr-fing 

World 9 : 463, 1996 ; i)utch Birhing 18- 2(,8, plate ZSJ, 

334, pIatF 317-318, 19915) ; 14-_14 f3ecE~mher, Vvctilcrniel 

De Marnr . Groningen, first- \> ; Dutch Birding 18 : 

43, piate 28, 103, piale 1110 . 11)1)6, 1 rJ : - t), plate 2 7 ti- 

280, 27 1, plate 281, 1997 ; Limicol a 12 : 19981 . 

This hird was ioun

Rare hrrr!< in the Netherlands in 199G 

., „~~ _, ~ • .'s~ 

-. . :~ . 

kik _ 

. 

\n, ,rr!-I io ll .inri, 11 [ctoiier 1496 fRzjud E t3rnueti°ri 

119 Du st•rt 1-Vh c ,il c.ir l1ru>stijntapurt Ocn .mftie desc°r1i, hr41-winter male, Westernieland, Grpningen, 

2 3 1 )e-cernher 1996 iLeo 1 R 8ova/Cursvríus l 

156

R~rrr- hirrl> in t1ie Nrtlzrrl.inrlc in 1 9l1r . 

720 We, ;tc, rn Bl~ick r~~reci Whea4er! Wrstr-liÍkt, F3lonric T.] puil i)f,n .rnthe hisli,rrtrra . f irst-,ummr~r 

Zccl~rn~l, ~ ~uni 1'±'!fi ( Ro r= f'np i 

121 Uc~,~r! 11he,rtear!LNncstfjntap}uil íJr>r~~~nfh~rlc~crfi, ~iri~Flt m .~lE, I)cn 1 f~ Iclcr, Noord-Ifull~3nil, tS Nnvi•mhr•r 

1 `llih rl )n vh°ri1. ho ✓` ; 

1 1) 7

Rare bircls in the Netherlands in 199 6 

bach, M Berlijn ; Dut( h Birding 18: 149, plate 160, 

1996 ; Limburgse Vogels 8 : 71, 1997) . 

1993 14-27 June, Ankeveen, 's-Crae•eland, Noord-Holland, 

male, singing, sound-recorded (W 1 R de Wijs) . 

The 1993 record was already published for 14-2 6 

lune . The Gulpen birds concerned the second breeding 

record for the Netherlands ; the first was m 1990 in 

Flevoland . 

PaddyÍield Warbler Acrocephaluc a~4rfrola 1,6, 1 

27 August, ,tii.tkkumer Zuidwaard, Wrïnseracliel, Friesland, 

trapped, photographed (Vrs Menork, W Bil, K A 

van Eerde, I Taal; Dut( h Birding 18: 274, plate 261, 

1996) . 

Four out of a totaJ of eight records refer to hirds trapped 

alony, the tlsselmeer coast of Friesland . The only 

field record, an Vlieland, Friesland, in September 1994 

Ivan der Veen h Ebels 19961, is currentlv under review . 

Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus riumetorunt 0 ,1,1 

'!) Junc to 1 July, yti'alem, Valkenhur ,~ rran de Geul, Límhurg, 

singinp, male, photographed, videoed, soundrec' 

o rded pl-E Kikkert, M Berlijn et al ; Kikkert 1996, 1997 ; 

BirdinF; World 9 : 260, 1996, 10 : 32, 1997 : Br Birds 90 : 

91, plate 4, 1997 ; Dutch Birding 18 : 154, plate 167, 

21 .1, plate 207, 1996, 19 : 274, plate 282-285, 1997) . 

This was (only) the second record and the tirst field 

record, giving many birders an excellent opportunity to 

become acyuainted with [his diYricult species . 

Booted Warbler ,4crocephalus caiil ~ltus 0,6, 2 

31 rluf;ust to 1 September, Maasvlakte, Rolterdam, Zuid- 

Holland, photopraphed, vicleoed (H Zevenhuizen et al ; 

Dutch Birdinl; 18: 273, plate 257, 1996) ; 9-11 

September, Katwijk aan Zee. Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, 

photographed, videoed (B D van der Burg, C Zuyderduyn 

et al ; Dutch Birding 18 : 274, plate 262-26 :3, 191)6i . 

The 1996 records were unusuallv early ; all previous 

rea ords were between 19 Septemher and 11 October . 

Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans 5,24, 2 

21 May, Rottumerplaat, Femsmoncl, Groningen, male, 

photugraphed (G Kasemier, D Lutteropl ; 22 May, 

Rollumerool;, Fernsmond, Groningen, Íemale, photographed 

{K van Dijken, E Koopman ; Dutch Bircling 18 : 

146, plate 156 . 19961 . 

1983 25 April . Vrakelberf;, Voerendaal, LimhurP, male, 

photographed (F Schepers)- 

The 1983 record adds a remarkahle inland location 

lo lhat vear's intlux of a total oÍ six inclividuals, a numher 

still unsurpassed . 

Sardinian Warbler tivlvia rneJanucephala 0,7, 0 

1995 12 November to 29 Decernber, ERmond-Binnen, 

Et;nvoncl, Noord-Holland, male, photoKrahhed, soundrecorded 

IW van der Waal et a[I . 

There were two earlíer late autumn and winter 

records, a4so of long-staying hirds lAmsterdam, Noord- 

Holland, 14 Dec .emher 1980 to 22 Fehruarv 1981 and 

Lauwersoog, Gronin) ;crn . S(I Oclnher to 22 November 

1993'r ; [hc remaining ret ords w ere in April and Mav. A 

hird Irapped at blokkehank, Nijeturd, Friesiand, on 24 

April 3996 has not yet heen suhmitted lcf Dutch Birding 

18 : 148, 19961 . 

Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 6,9, 6 

23 rV1ay, Rottumeroo);, Eentsmund, Groningen, photoy,raphecl 

IK van Dijken) ; 25 June, Rottumeroog, Et'rnsmond, 

Groningen, photographed, sound-recordc-[I 

(K van Dijken, E Koopman ; Dutcl) Birding 18' 215, plate 

209, 19961 ; 15 i b August, Rottumeroo);, Eernsrnnnd, 

Groningen, photographed IK van Dijken, E Koopman}; 

30 August to 1 5eptember, Neeltje Jans, Veere, Zeeland, 

iirst-vear, photographed (.M Noekstein ; Dut(h Birding 

18: 273, plate 256, 1996) ; 1 September, Neeltje lans, 

Veerv, Zeeland IR E van der Vliet, A van Kteunenl ; 

9 September, Maasvlakte, fZotterdam, Zuid-Holland, 

photo(;raphed (A Schattenaar, H Gebuísi . 

A record year. The tiny islet ot Rottumeroow and its 

warden Koen van Dijken have now been involved in 

tive out of a total of 21 records . This high incidence oi 

a single location and a single observer in records oÍ a 

species is only matched by Nick van der Ham's countless 

. and uncountahle, records of Balearic Shearwater 

Pultïniic m,i uretanic us at Camperduin, Noord-HolJand . 

Arctic Warbler Phy!loscopus borealis 2,6, 1 

2 t)clober, Qosterend, TerschelNnM ; Friesland, firstvear, 

photographed (A Ouwerkerk, R E van der Vliet ; 

Ebels 1996 ; Dutch Birding 18 : 277, plate 270, 1996) . 

This is onfy the Íirst lield record . It appeared to have 

just arrived, since it was seen coming in trom the North 

Sea during a seabird watch . Except for the tirst, which 

was found clead on 2 November 1935, all previous 

records were of bircls trapped between 9 September 

and 11 October . 

Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus prorel;ulus 9,59,19 

10 October. Breezanddijk Yt'Gnseradiel, Friesland, 

photographed iK E Brouwer, R A C Halítl ; 14 C)ctober, 

Bloemendaal, Zan[lvoort, Noord-Holland, photol;raphed 

{Vrs Cornelis van Lennep ; Ebels 19966 ; Dutch Birding 

18 : 278, plate 272, 1996) ; 15 October, Breezanddijk, 

Wunseradiel, Friesland fl Bisschopl ; 1 .5 (Jctoher, 

Oost-Vlieland, Vlieland, Friesland (I Bisschop, 5 Bernardus); 

15 0ctober, Noordoosthoek, tirlieland, Friesland 

(I Bisschop, 5 Bernardusl ; 15 Octoi-)er, West- 

Terschelling, Terschelling, Friesland {A Ouwerkerk . 

T Bakker, H Neutebooml ; 22 Qc :tober, De Cocksdorp, 

Texel, Noord-Holland IA Wassinki ; 23 Oc[oher, Breezancldijk 

. Weinseradiel, Friesland, photol;raphed IW A 

van Splunder, R A van Splunderl ; 25 October, Qost- 

Vlieland, Vlieland, Frieslanrl IN L M GilissenY 26 

October, De Cocksdorp, Texel, Noord-Holland (F 

Nieuwstraten) ; 26 October to 10 Noventber, Petten, 

Zijpe, Noord-Holland (R E Brouwer, P Spannenburv,) : 1 

Novernber, Selwerc#erhof . GroninHen, Groningen (A de 

Bruin) ; 8 Novemher, Haastrecht, Vlisl, Zuid-Holland, 

photographed (C Oskam, M Schildwachtl ; 13 Novembur, 

Coendersborg, Groningen, Groningen (S de Bruin) ; 

16 November, Den Burg, Tcxel. Noord-Holland IF 1 

Maas . H 13rut;ge, M Brup;gel ; 16 November, Maas- 

158

R,) e !)irCl~ in tile' +`'r'tfle'r/ltiClc irl 1 l~l1C, 

122 I)cscrt 4i-hcatear ! 1ti`pe5tijnlahuil [ .hc r jantlze r}cserfi . Íir~l-+,vinter male, bbeAernic•I,inrl . Gi

K,rrr hrrdc in the Netherlands in 1 99 6 

125 1vl e ludi

R,rrr° hirrl.ti in !17c° Nr•lhcrf~incl .5 in 1 r)rlf > 

vlakte, h'e tterrl,rrn, Zuicl-Hnllancl, phrr>;r,iphrcl IA 

Sch,atte=naar, N L rM Ciiliscrni ; 1_>-14 Nrrti•c•mhc•r, l1%r,•s! 

Lrpelle, Zceland, hvu un 1 8 \nveniher (A1 Zekhuls) ; 7 

Derc,mhcr, Brccianclciijk, lbFirr,erarlir•!, Frie;l,inri Eti 

liernarclcl,, ~1h 13c=rlijn , 

199; 28-29 ( )cluber. Har};en aan Zee, Srnuorl, Ncxxrl- 

Hull,rncl, sineine IR E Bn)uticri ; 3Q C)ctnher, De Cncksrlorl>, 

Tt xeL Noorcl-Holland IM C Witte, A 4VMssink) . 

1 11 8$ I 1 Qctobe°r, 7e ~;, Ir~ll)ped EP 11 1 

h•f.ie);h~i . 

The record ot the Int;intt inrllvid'ual crn -'ïi-d {)c!o 

her 19y> was ernmeuuslv cl recnrrls r,Í 

thls I w r ies 3re n{r Innger consirlcred . 

Hume's Warbler Phtllrzmrnpus humri 2, I1, 0 

11)05 17 Decc=nlk>cr to 3 l,inu,irv 19c4b, L)Fn F-hr,2 r;, 

7uirV-Fic~ll~inhutot;ra ;rheound-r:=c

R,rrP 1)irds in the Netherlancls in 799 0 

128 ,ti9yrtle Warbler / Mirtezanger Dendruica corunata, male, Ousi-Vliefanci, Vlieland, friesland, 1 3October 1996 

Arnuuc! 6 van den Berg ) 

129 Red-eyecl Vireo/ Roodougvireo b'ireo alivaceus, 1 ange Paal, Vlieland, Friesland, 6 October 199f, rNans Gebuis) 

10 2

Rarc bircls in tJ> (, Nc,(herlartds in 1 r) ,)tr 

130 IV hite-cro w necl Sparr ow í l-Vitkruíngors 

Zonotr+ch5 lcua g hryr 1,Yaal) . 

House Crow C o rv u ~ 4p IFnrien~ (1 .3,t1 

The t~1o individu,rls al Hnek van Hrll anrl, llottcrclanr, 

Zuirl-Hnllincl, rrmaíned all vear le'r 4Viet ;ant el A 

19971 . 

Rosy Starling 5tcunus rrneus 21 .2 ;,~.' 

14 Selrtemher to 12 ()ctoher, kroon>polciers, O ieM nd, 

Friesland . ariult IP M Gnoclcle, B cle I~ K de Vriesl ; 

3 Vovemher, Busccrm, Noord-Ifollancl, Íounci 

dead, skin ret~iinecl al Zoblogi~,ch Aquseum Amsterdam, 

Am,terclam, Noord-Flollanri (1 G F'rSns . 

1995 14 Sehtemher, 17ic>lanrl Friesland, juvenile 

[L Steijnl ; 15 C)ctoher PetECn, Zijpe, Noorrl-Hollancl . 

adult iR E F3rcruwer, R A C Ha IÍ ÍW . 

Red-eyed Vireo Urer, ofirar;cv> U,-} . i 

3-8 Octok>er, Vlicf .anrl . Friesfand . pholoF;epherl, vicleoecf 

iP cle Knijrr, E B Fhcls et al ; rfe KnijÍÍ 4 Ehels 1996, 

cle línijfÍ 1998 ; Birclint; YVorld 9 : 400, 1996 ; Dutciï 

Birding 18 : 277, plate 260267 . 337, piate 32b, 1 dcih, 

20 : 12, tilate _', ] 9ri81 . 

The flrst recorcl c oncernec! a winclow rrash al 

Wormerveer, Zamstarl, Noorrl-Hollan[{, on 1 .1 C]rtoher 

1913 ;. three olher recorris reierred to Uaplx~cl hircl, . un 

Rottumerplaat Eemsnrontl, Gronin>~en, rm 19 C)ctoher 

198 S and on Vlieiin[E on 24 Septemher and -1 Octoher 

1999 . VV'ilh thrt,e out nY a tolnl o1 live rc .rorcls, vlicl,in[f 

is certainh, nc( loc,+lion to rinrl this riza lrv(txcph~rhi 

, 1cn ,ilc, h,rtl~ijl , Z_uicl-Hull,tnrl, Noveniher 14I)6 

Arctic Redpoll 04 c0 hnrneemanni -4',31 ,1 ° 

13-14 Janutrrv . C)

Rare birds in the Netherl anrls in 1 990 

land, aduit, photographed (1 Kleiherg; Kleiher}; 1984) . 

Curiously, this record has never officíally bee n 

published in CDNA reports despite being published in 

van den Berg et al E199 0 1 . It has laken some 15 years 

before this omission was brout;hE to light . lt is worth 

while to mention that the photographs dated from 

lanuarv 1982, not Decemher 1981 . 

Pine Bunting trnberiza leuc'cx'e~halos 15,9, 6 

26 Fehruarv to 25 March, Oirschot, Noord-Brabanl, 

two, male, photo);raphed, videoed (A Mendoza . H Vrolijk, 

M Berlijn ; Ebels 1996a ; Birding World 9 : 134, 

199(>; Dutch Birding 18 : 101 . plate 96, 1996) ; 3-13 

March, h1ossel, Ede, Gelderland, male {B cle Bruijn) ; 

14-15 C]ctuber, VJieland, Friesland, male, photographed 

IR A van Splunder, K A Mauerf; 24 Novernber, 

(7irschot, Noord-Brahant, male, photographed {A Mendoza, 

R G Bouwmanl ; 24-27 Novernber. Katwijk aan 

Zee . K,ihvijk, Zuid-Holland . female, first-winter, photographerl 

{M Verdoes, A van Egmond, A W 1 Meijer ; 

Dutch Birding 18 : 335, piate 372, 1496 ; Birding World 

9 : 463, 19961 . 

For the first linie, two hirds were found together . The 

bird in CJirschot in November mit;ht have been one of 

Ihe Iwo that were also present at the same location in 

Fehruarv-March . The total ot Íive records is equal to 

Ihe total of 1994 . Two 1994 birds have still not heen 

suhmitted to the CDNA : a bird trapped at Westerschouwen, 

Zeeland, on 14 Oclober and one staying on 

Terschelling, Friesland, on 27-30 October . 

Rustic Bunling Fmheriza rustira 1 3,39, 1 

23 Sehtemher, Westkapelk, Zeeland (P A 1rVoif) . 

1995 29 ( )ctober, Vlissing en, Zeeland (P A Wolt) . 

1993 15-25 X1ay, Oosterend, Tersrhellin);, Friesland, 

maie, summer piumage, photo);raphed IL Steijn ; Dutch 

Birding 1 5 : 186, plate 114, 19931 . 

The 3443 record was previously published for a 

shorler period (cf Wiegant et al 1995)- 

t-ittle Bunting Em beriza pusifla 27,52, 0 

1995 1 3 September, Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, trapped 

18 Nijehoer, K Kraaijeveldl ; 2 October, Oostvaardersdijk, 

Almere, i=levoianri, first-year, trapped (C 

Liebregts-Haaker) ; 2 November, Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, 

trapped, photographecl IK Kraaijeveld, B NijehoerÍ ; 

i H Decemher to 10 January 1996, Katvv-i{k aan Zee, 

k'ahviflt, Zuid-Holland, pholographed (M Verdues) ; 19 

December to 17 March 1996, Katwi}k aan Zee, Katwrik, 

Zuid-Holland {1 Dijkhuizen) . 

1994 16 October, Schoorf, Noord-Holland 15 Lagerveldi . 

The two wintering birds in 1995 in Kalwijk were 

already inciuded in the 1995 report, with different 

dates. For the third year since 1967 there were no 

records ; other hiank years were 1970 and 1981 . 

Black-headed Bunling rrnrberiza melanoce phala 2,1,2 

2(,- 27 Mav, Am e lanrl, Friesland, first-summer male, 

photographed, virleoed I.E Bos, M Beriijn ; Bos et al 

1996; Dutch Birdink 18 : 153, piate 165, 19961 ; 31 

May. Wetirplaat, Maasvlakte, Aofterrf .rrr>/44restvex~rrte, 

Zuid-Holland, maie (P L Meininger, P A Wolt) . 

1993 4 lune, Krimpen aarr den Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, 

adutt male (A P Ros} . 

The discoverer of the Ameland bird was astonished 

to see the bird hehind a young rabbit pointed out to 

hirn hy one of his companions . The wiid provenance of 

birds in May-lune is now less disputed than in the past . 

Systematic list of records not accepted 

This list contains all records not accepted by the 

CDNA . Records rnarked with @ were rejecled hy 

all committee menmhers in the first or second voling 

. Most records wete rejected because the 

identification was not tully established (often due 

to lack of documentation) or when the hird 

showed signs of captivjty, such as dubious rings, 

excessive wear or aberrant hiehaviour . Species for 

whic:h the CDNA unanimouslv decided that all 

records refer to hirds of captive origin are 

indicated with * . This includes records ot birds of 

which all ancestors are assumed to be of captive 

origin {íntroduced species of British cate) ;ory Cl . 

Greenland White-fronted Goose Anser zrlbitrnns flavirostris 

21 Februarv, Broekhuizenvorst, BroekhuizCn, 

LirnburL; «e+. riescrihlion not convincing and containing 

mistakesl; 7 4larch, Bleskensgraaf, Graaistroonl, Zuid- 

Holland, 1wo Ibrief description la(ks comparison with 

White-Íronted Goose A a alhilruns) . Balearic Shearwater 

Puriïnus mauretanicus 2 August, Rotturneroug, 

ternsmonrl, Groningen, two idescription incornpiete ; 

detaiis nf unciertail and head are missint;l; 7 Au);ust, 

Vlieland. Friesland {fieid sketch inc€udes incorrect 

áetails) . 'grealer shearwaler' Puttinuc gravis í Ca1onectris 

27 September Teael, Noord-Holland iE.' hird too 

dístant for any definitive conclusionl . Steppe Buzzard 

Buteo buteo vulliinus 30 September, 61 ~,r eningen, 

Gelderland {CDN'A has Ihe opiniun that Ihis taxc>n, ciue 

to many intermeciiate morph,, is virtually impossihle lu 

identify in the tieid) . Long-legged Buzzard 8ureu rurïnus 

25 December, Kwnrpen, (Jverijssel I@ musl pmFahiy 

Common Buzzard ii bureol . Lesser Spolted Eagle 

Aquila pomarin,a 15 Septernher, Rantmet;nrs, Tholen, 

Zeeland . immature {Steppe Ea) ;le A nrpalensis nu1 tully 

excluded, some crilical fealures not rlescribedl . Golden 

EagEe AquiJa rhrysaetos 4 August, D,ilrsen, (Jverijssel 

(@ descripliun íncomp€etei . Black-winged Pratincole 

GlareoJa nordmanni 1(1 March, I)en Neldev, Noorrl- 

Holland, three (Q seen tau hrieiiy tur positive irleitiÍication) 

; 11 AuKust, Eerste Exloermond, [)doorn, Drenthe, 

two tQ description incompietel 'lesser golden 

plover' Pluvialis riommicus / firlva 13 AuKusl, Waalwijk 

. Noord-Bral.)ant (description not quite convincint ;; 

grey underwíngs as only identiricatirrn mark riol 

consiclered suffic ient tor identificationl . Semipalmated 

Sandpiper CaJidris Pusifla 12 CJctoher, c)ostvoornse 

Meer, 6Nestvoorne, Zuid-Hnlland . juveniie Icumplicated 

descriplion does not fully exciude worn aduEt Lrttke 

Stint C rninutal . Pectoral Sandpiper Caliriris melanotn s 

164

Kare birrl5 in 1he ,rv'elherln (h in 19 1) b 

30 Sehtemhe-, ( ,,,rjclijl.hIl tnrl tncolc,- 

L~r,rlrherl eCv iderttiiic,tti

Rare birds in the Netherlands in 19 9 6 

1 ) l l 

Baltic Gull Larus lUscus December, ,biuidert, Noord- 

} Inll .mci Ic t HcwL;endoorn & van Srheepen 1998 ) 

1991 

American Wigeon 

Mareca amr-ríc3na 5 (-7) lanuary, 

Megen, Oss, Noord-Brabant, male I@ Íirst accepterl but 

now withclrawn hy ohserver ; re-identified as hybrid, 

probably Eurasian x Chiloë Wigeon M penelope x sibila 

tri xl . 

1 )'itl 

Siberian Chiffchaff PhylToscopus cullybita tristis 1- 2 

April, Schicrmonniknng, Friesland I® sound record 

relers lo a Irisris-sound alike, but most probably runt 

Common Chiifc hafl P c collybita} . 

1989 

White-throated fsleedlelail Swift Hirundapus cauclacutus 

!8 Niay, i'}iilippine, Sas ran Genr, Zeeland I9 although 

Íield sketches quite convincing, description 

incomplete, and partly inaccuratei . 

I ()k i7 

European Storm-petrel Nvdrohares peiagicus 27 Septcsmher, 

4,es7kapelle, Zeeland ( description incomplete) . 

1')78 

Baltic Gull L

Rare !)irrl> i n ihe NetherLlrt[!, irt 1 cdcl(i 

up Vlic linrl in uklryl .)er Ic) ' )6 . Dutch Birding 19 :22 3 - 

2 W. 

Hocri;encleorn, l-1r & van Scheepen, P 199 8 . Stalus vin 

Baltische ktanlelmeeutv in Nerferlanrl . Dutch Birdrtg 

Cf : 6-10 . 

van Ilzendu< rn . E{ vin der Laan, J '„ CDNA 199(i 

Herticnini~ van rlE NederlancísC Avitunictisrhr, I ijst 

180 0-1 9 79 : tweede fice . Dulch Birclin„ i}S : 157- 

2 0 2 

lan,e.n, 1 1 F I 8. Rilmen, P 1996 . DB Artueel : WeEar 

rti1irlclelslu Bonte tiperht in Vijlenerhos . Dulch Birdin 

g 18ï 

Kikkerl, 1-F 19% . DB Actueel : Struikrietzanger te 

bb'dlenl . I.)utch Bir[lÍnB 18 : I :ïS-1 76 . 

Kikkert, 1- 1 1997 . Struikrietzan,qer te W,ileny in jurri-lufi 

1996 . Dutc h Bird111,1, 1t/ : _17.i -6. 

KleihErg, 1 1 1 1f34 . l-1-itkruin8c-ut. le Spa,irnciim in vcinter 

van 1 rIt31/82 . Dutc h Bir(Jing 6 : 64-6 5 

Klnolwijk, k~1 „ Kuijl)ers, K 1996 . DB rlc.tuccL Blnncle 

lapuit hij ,1,a .etekerke . Dutch Birding 1 tl, 1 Si . 

de KnijYt, f' tc)9R . RuudooL;virer op Vlie,lrrnd in uklcrher 

1996 . Dutc h Birclink 20 : 11-1 i . 

de Knijtt P& Ehels, F B 1996 . DB Artuec,l Klein Arnerika 

op Vlielanrl, íle .el 1 : Rondoo);viren . Dutch Birclirt", 

18 : 

van d('r Laan, I Irl°t' . ( ;rijze Slrancllstv,yarríersplissen 

in juni lc)89 . f7utch Birclin, 14 : 2 26- 

Máa~, 1 W & Dijksmdrt, ~1` J M 1996 . DB AcLueel : 

Izaheltalruit op Maawlakte (bVnerrlen slaat tryel . 

Dulc h Bircling 18- 2 81- 2 8 2 . 

Meijcr . P C \ Plcm-tl€ . M 199b . DB Actueel : MonBonlse 

Pieper op .Maas~lakle Il>t4oerden ~laat weer tcyc1 . 

Dulch Bircling 18 : ZS ;! . 

V4i€°he, I~\ r,vlcinin,er. P L 1997 . Ste=Ilc•rs Eidcr in 

Vertlrcmken Land v a n SaC(tin8e in nycî-jc .rlí 1 9_ 96 . 

Dulc h Birclinm, 1 r) : 6 8 -7 I 

til e inin lo er . P L 1~19t, . DB Actueel : Steller5 Eicler in 

\'er€dronken Lanrl van SaettinL;e. De lIt c f3irrlinl; 1 B . 

155 . 

C)lyl:yerm .in, E, E'lomli, M \ ter Ellen, R 199 711 Dutrh 

Birclin g viclcrOje in 

qroeve't Rnnih . C)ulch BirclinF; I W 11)4 . 

van d v r Ploeg, D 1 F, dc• jontti, ~1', tiw~,irt, Ah J, de Vries, 1 

A, 1-VesthuÍ, 1 H P, 1-Vitte \ een A G~l v a n der Veen . B 

[editcrrsl 1977 . Vr~s;c-1s in Fri e aanr4 Leeuwarden . 

Sanelerc, E, Lilipa l v. Knppej,in . T 1996 . DB At tuc -r, l 

Stekc•Istaa rtkierzwaluw hij Micl (J elk)nr}; en Ve e re . 

17utch Bircíint; IEi ~ l .i 2 -I :ï3 . 

Sanclers, L, Lilipalv, S \ Eh e ls, F B . titekelst~r , yrlgi u r- 

zwaluti" op bValcheret in nei Ir196 . I)utch Bialin g 

i) : 1 G8 - 1 7 . 

SCharrin); ,i, 1 & Wb' a s , ink, A 199C . Grljz e Str .inrllulx . r in 

Oosivaardurs(~lasst~n in juni 19 8 9 . Dutch 13irrfing 1 4 : 

L'27-_'18 . 

De Sm el, C 1 199 7 . Dunbeks V ulp vc•ri,i M eld in C :ani .- 

vliet in septernl~er' 1 F3d(, . Dut( h Bi«lin, I e) : 23i)- 2 3 2 

van rler 1,ti'aal, W 1 996 . DB Artu e e , l : 1Arithalsvli ut envans;er 

op l'IieJ a ncl . Dutch Birciint; 18 : 1 5 21 . 

van der Veen . t 1991 Grijzc Sirancllol w r in O ustv a

Stekelstaartgierzwaluw op Walcheren 

in mei 1996 

Erik 5ar~clers, Sander J tilipalv X Enno 8 Ebels 

22 mei 199 6 stonden Erik Sanders en 

0 pSancier Lilipaly aan het eind van de ochten d 

op de stoela van het cwderjijke huis van SL aan 

het Seisholwerk in Middelburg, Walcheren, Zeelancl 

. Na een ochtendje voKejen samen met Tohj 

Koppejan hadden ze hier koffie gedronken ; TK 

was net vertrokken . Om 11 :35 zag ES hoven het 

huis een zeer snelle en grote gierzwaluw met 

een witte vlek op cle oncferbuik . Een minuut later 

vonden ES en SL de vogel laag scherend boven 

het water van de buitenvest van Middelburg 

terug . De scherp afgesneden witte keel en het 

duidelijke witte hoelijzer op de onderbuik, de 

rorse bouw en cle zeer snelle vlucht deden hen 

direct besefien dat het om een Stekelstaartgierzwaluw 

Hirundapus c,audacutus ging . Nog tweemaal 

vloog de vogel langs ; de laatste keer, om 

c 11 :45, zagen zij isamen met de telefonisch 

gewaarschuwde en vervolgens in allerijl teruggekeerde 

TKl de witgrijze ovaajvormige vlek op de 

bovendeletro. Andere vogelaars die terstond 

gebeld waren kwamen te laat . 

Om 15 :45 zag wijlen Koen Kuijpers zonder 

optische hulpmiddelen een Stekejstaartkierzwa- 

1uw in noordelijke richting over zich heen scheren 

l ani;s de Landschuurweg bij Veere, Zeeland, 

c 6 km ten noorden van Middelburg . KK was al 

de hele dag buiten aan het werk en hoorde pas 

van de waarneming eerder die dag toen hij TK 

belde om zijn eigen waarnemjng door te geven! 

KK zag de vogel alleen van onderen ; hem vielen 

het grote formaat en de zware bouw op, het zeer 

donkere uiterlijk met contrasterende witte keel 

en wit hoefijzer op de onderdelen, dt: korte en 

re[ht lijkende staart en cje zeer krachtige en 

vooral snelle vlucht . Om 15 :3 0 had Pim Wolf in 

Middelburg gezien dat groepen Gierzwaluwen 

Apus apus langs het Kanaal door Walcheren vlogen 

in de richting van Veere, om de talrijke 

buien die over Walcheren trokken te ontwijken . 

PW besloot bij Veere te gaan zoeken . Om 15 :5 0 

werd hij in de auto gebeld door S1. over de waarneming 

van KK . Bij het binnenrijden van Veere 

om 16 :15 zag PW de Stekelstaartgierzwaluw met 

een groepje Gierzwaluwen rond de Onze-Lieve- 

Vrouwenkerk in Veere vliegen . De vogel vloog 

enkele minuten rustig rond de kerk maar al snel 

verhoogde hij zijn snelheid en maakte duikvluchten 

d e stad in, waarbij hij uit beeld verdween, 

om na enige minuten terug te keren naar 

de groep Gierzwaluwen . Hierna vloog hij niet 

meer rustig in de groep maar op enige afstand en 

haalde regelmatig Gierzwaluwen in. Om 1 6 :25 

maakte hij opnieuw een duikvlucht, passeerde 

op c 10 m afstand en op ooghoogte en verdween 

vervolgens laag over de buitenvest van Veere uit 

beeld. Om 1725 werd de vogel nog eenmaal 

gezien door Rob Sponselee, Richard Witte en 

PW; hij vloog toen np c 8 00 m laag boven het 

Veerse Bos, verdween claar naar beneden en vervolgens 

voorgoed uit beeld . Vele 1 0-tallen vogelaars 

uit de wijde omgeving bevonden zich op 

dat moment op de verkeerde plek op Walcheren 

of kwamen ilberhaupt te laat {cf Sanders et al 

1996) . 

Beschrijving 

De beschrijving is gebaseerd op notities en 

schetsen van SL, ES en PW, opgesteld direct na 

de waarneming . Er koncjen geen foto's of videoopnamen 

gemaakt worden . 

ALGEMENE INDRUK Verenkleed overwegend donker, 

duidelijk donkerder dan Gierzwaluw, sterk contrasterenri 

niet witte delen . 

GRC)C)TTE & B{)U4V Zeer forse gierzwaluw, duidelijk 

groter dan Gierzwaluw, waarmee mc•erdere malen 

direct vergelijkbaar. Lichaam en kop zwaar, achterlijf 

kort, dik en rond, vleugels lang en breed . Vleugelvorm 

minder sikkelvorrnig dan bij Alpengierzwaluw A melba 

of 8oornvalk Fa7co sublmteo . Vleugellengte ongeveer 

gelijk aan lichaamslengte . Staart zeer kort en recht ; tijdens 

wenden staart zichtbaar niet gevorkt . Snavel kort, 

vert;elijkbaar met Gíerzwaluw. Door zware bouw 

ongeveer anderhalf keer zo l;rote indruk makend als 

Gierzwatuw . 

KOP Donker bruinzwart met duidelijk afgesneden witte 

keel . Bovenkop egaal donkerhruin . 

BOVENDEI FN Lichte witgrijze ovale vlek op mantel en 

ruR, breder bij nek dan bij stuit, doorlopend tot op 

stuit, difSuus overgaand in donkerbruin aan randen en 

(ontrasterend niet verder bruinzwarte bovendelen, kop 

en bovenslaan. Stuit bruiner dan overige donkere 

bovencleien . 

ONDERDELEN Borst en buik donkerbruin . Anaalstreek 

zeer opvallend wit, hoefijzervorrnig . contrasterend met 

donkere buik, borst en ondervleugels. Punten van witt e 

108 

,1 )urrh Bird+ng ZU: 168-r72. r9yNl

S1('h(Ivl.lartg ierztt,lltni up 61 á Ic h(r('rt irt mc'i 1 9 r11 , 

~ ._f 

t:a rfa .l iaa vs~:r- ✓ - ~ c' . 

y t is

5tekels 1aartgierzwaluw op LValcheren in ntei 1996 

van afwijkende exemplaren met gedeeltelijk wit 

verenkleedl vertoont een ovaalvormige witte vlek 

op de bovendelen . Verwarring niet de overige 

drie Hirundapus-soorten js mogelijk, hoewel 

geen van deze gezien hun verspreidingsgebied 

en trek) ;eclrag als clwaafgast in Wesl-Europa verwacht 

m,tt; worden Icf Chantler & Driessens 

iclc) :,1 Withuikstekelstaartt;ierzwaluw H co(-hinchinensis 

irrostelijk Himalayagebied en verspreid 

in Z-uidoost-Azië, ovenvínterend in Thailand, 

Maleisië en West-Indonesië) lijkt sterk op Stekelstaartgierzwaluw, 

met name door de vergelijkbare 

lichte vlek op de bovendelen maar heett een 

minder opvallende, vuilwitte keelvlek, die geleidelijk 

a,vt•rgaat in de donkerbruine borst . Reuzenstekelst,tarl) 

;ierzwaluw H g it;rantc ,us (zuidpunt van 

het Inclisc h Suhcontinent, Zuidoost-Azië, Palawan 

(,n Culion, Filippijnen, en Grote Sundaeilanden, 

Indonesië) is groter en heeft een minder 

opvalleride lichte vlek op cfe hovendelen en 

een veel minder contrasterende lic:htbruine keelvlek 

. Zwarte Stekelstaartgierzwaluw H cr.debensis 

(Noordoost-Sulawesi, Indonesië, en Filippijnen) 

is bijna geheel glanzend zwart en mist zowel de 

lic hte keelvfek als de lichte vlek op de Ixvendelen 

(Chanller 1993, Chantier & Driessens 1997 ) . 

Verspreiding en voorkomen 

Stekulst,tnrt) ;íerzwaluw broedt van Centraal- 

5ihc•rie•, via Noord-China en Zuidoost-Mongolië, 

Nourd-Mantsjoerije en Korea oostelijk tot Sakhalin 

en Hokkaido en Noord-Honshu, lapan, en 

overwintert hootdzakelijk in C)ost-Australië en 

hel zuiden van Nieuw-Guinea rH c c ,j ucl.icutusl. 

Een aparte en niet-trekkende ondersuorl komt 

voor in het Himalaya# ;ehied (H c nudipes) 

(Chantler & Driessens 1995~ . In te);enstellinK tot 

de andere Hirundapus-soo rt en is het een IanJ;eaistandstrekker 

. In samenhang niet het trekgedrag 

zijn er verscheidene waarnemingen ver huiten 

cle reguliere broed-, doortrek- en overwinteringst;ehieden 

. C)p het zuidelijke halirond zijn exempi,tren 

vastgesteld op de Seychellen (2), Fiji, 

Nieuw-Zeeland en de Macquarie-eil,inden . In de 

VS is de soort volgens National Geographic 

Society {1987) een dwaalt ;ast ('casual') in het 

voorjaar . Op 21 mei 1974 werd een exemplaar 

ges( hoten op Shemya, Aleoeten, Alaska iGihson 

& Kessel 1 997) . Volgens Chantler & Driessens 

i 191151 is er één geval bekend van de Príbilofeilanden, 

Alaska . Roberson (1980) vermeldt twee 

gevallen aan cte Amerikaanse westkust ; titi-aarschijnlijk 

betreffen dit boven}tenoentde waarnemingen 

. 

In Europa zijn inclusief het geval v,in Walcheren 

ten minste 17 gevallen bekend, waarvan de 

helft op de Britse Eilanden . Voor de Britse gevallen 

is lastig exact te bepalen om hoeveel verschillende 

exemplaren het de laatste 15 jaar 

gaat . 

1 8 juli 1840, ( ;mat Hurkesley, Essex, Ent;eland (F;eschoten 

; Dymunci et af 198t) , Evans 1994 ; 

2 2 6 of 2 7 juli 1879, Ringwood, Hampshire, 

Engelancl Ive rzarneld : Dymond et al 1989, Evans 

1994 } 

3 21 mei 1933, Nummi, Finland ile~end gevonden, 

lates overlecic•n : lintumies 19 : 78, 1984 1 

4 20 juni 19r,4 . Cape Clear Island, Cork, Ierland 

iDymond et tl 1989, fvans 1994 } 

5 17 mei 19b8, Noorwel ;en (Ronnest 1994 ) 

6 midclen-novemhel 1971, Faqyanija, Malta (geschoten 

: Sultannti el al 1989, Evans 1994 Y 

8 25 mc•í-6 juni 1984, Loch of Hilwell & Quendale, 

Shetland, Sc:hotlancf (Dymond et al 1989, Evans 

199-t ) 

9 2' mei 198 .ï, Feirhurn InBs, North Yorkshire, EnF ;eiand 

IDyrnond et al 1t)8(4, Evans 1994 1 

tQ 28 mei-A juni 1988, Hoy, Orkney, Schotland 

IDvmund et a) 1 c1F39, Evans 1994 s 

11 21 april 1990, Kristiinankaupunki, Skaftung, 

Finland (RonneSt 1994, lánnes et al 1991 ) 

12 4 novemher 1 990, Betanzos, emhalse de Cecehre, 

La Coruna, Spanje, mogelijk juveniel Ide luana el 

al 1 q 92 ) 

13 26 ntei 1991, Wierton Hill Reservoir, Maiclstnne~, 

Kent, Ent;el

Stttkelstaartg rcV74L'd lLlW (111 l-l-le tor arn castern va,rrant to Curohe, » mosl . 

tencl to occur mainly in cautumn . This pattern oS ncrurencc 

is, hut.cvcr, shared hy a rew- urher vat;rants tnmn 

the Fir Ea,t, in< lurling Pacitic Swítt A ! ,1 ritïrus . 

Verwijzingen 

Bnr;ne[I,1hl, 1 19r)5 Tav,hstjartse# ;lare Umealven;

StekelstaartL;ierzwaluw op Walcheren in mei 199 6 

Stekelstaartgierzwalutv hij Middelburt; en Veere . 

Dutch Birding 18 : 152 . 

Sultana . i& Gauci, C 1982 . A new guide to the hirds of 

Mafta . Valletta . 

Vinícomhe, K & Cottridge, D 1996 . Rare hircfs in 

Britain & Ireland : a phatographic record . Londen, 

Wiegant, W M, de Bruin, A & CDNA 1998 . Rare bird s 

in the Netherlands in 1996 . Dutch Birding 2S) ; 145- 

16' . 

Erik Sanders, Adenauerstede 44-03, 4463 GJ Goes, Nederland 

Sander 1 L ilipaly, Seisbolwerk 76, 4 .3 .31 RD Middelburg, Nederland 

Enno B Ehels, LessinF;laan l T-2, 3533 AN Utrecht, Nederland fehels&wxs .nl l 

Striped Crake al LiWorno, Ita1y, in 

January 199 7 

On 4 lanuary 1997 around 09 :00, Fernando 

Forzi found a small rail in a lorry park at Livorno 

harhour, Toscana, Italy (43 :35 N, 10 :18 E) . The 

bird was in poor condition and could easily be 

captured hy hand . h was taken to the local bird 

rehabilitation centre where it died the following 

day. It was stored in a deep freeze until heint; 

transferred, together with other bird carcasses, on 

6 March 1997 to the lahoratories of the Istituto 

Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica (INFS) at 

Ozzano Emilia . Only then we realized that it was 

not a European species . With the help of Ripley's 

(1977) ide.ntification kev to the genus Porzana, it 

was identified as Striped Crake P marhinalis . The 

bird was measured, photographed and prepared 

as a mounted specimen for the INFS museum . 

In size, shape and colour the bird recalled 

Spotted Crake P porzana, but ii differred by its 

bright rutous belly and undertail, remarkably 

long toes, and high bill profile. The grey breast 

and neck indicated that it was a female, which 

was confirmed later by inspection of the gonads 

during the preparation of the skin . Measurements 

(in mm) and notes taken on the specimen before 

it was skinned (after two months of storage in a 

sealed plastic bag al -20'C) were as follows : 

wing length 114 (maximum chord), p10 78, p9 

65 (primaries numbered from inside), tail 50, tarsus 

35 .8, tarsus plus toe 86 (without claw), toe 

50.5, total head length 41 .5, bill from feathering 

16 .2, from nostril 10 .3, bill depth at feathering 9 ; 

weight 53 .9 g, no fat deposit, pectoral muscies 

not emaciated . The rerniges Éespecially the primaries) 

and rectrices were slightly worn . No 

traces of juvenile plumage were present and 

there was a single moulting feather on the flank . 

The colour of bare parts was as follows : iris pale 

orange, eyelids bright orange, bill greenish-grey 

with black culmen, leg and foot greenish . 

Striped Crake is distributed through much of 

the eastern part of the southern Afrolropics and 

more patchily in countries along the Gulf ot 

Guinea ; the northe.rnmost occupied areas are in 

northern Nigeria . It is an uncommon species 

within its normal range and little is known about 

its habits and movements (cf Taylor & van Perlo 

1998) . Until the 1930s, it was believed to be an 

Asian non-breeding visitor to Africa (cf Cramp & 

Simmons 1980) . It usually occurs in temporary 

wetlanrls, where it breeds during the rain seasons 

and then retreats towards the Equator when the 

habitat becomes unsuitable . It is a nocturnal 

migratit and there are reporis of hirds being 

attracted to artificial lights and of birds colliding 

with glass panes . Striped Crake is unique among 

rails in adopting sequential polyandry as a 

mating system and also by the fact that adults 

undergo two complete moults per year. Postjuvenile 

moult is completed within six months 

after hatching (Ripley 1977, Cramp & Simmons 

1980, Urban et al 19 86, del Hoyo et al 1996} , 

it may seem surprising that Striped Crake 

could occur in Europe, yet a captive origin is 

highly unlikely. Nevertheless, the location, 

where only the tyres of parked lorries offered 

shelter, suggests that unnatural factors may have 

been ínvolved, There are no environmental 

features throughout the harhour area which 

might have attracted a migrant rail to land, while 

several wetlands, reedbeds and wasteland with a 

cover of tall grass are all found around Livorno, 

within only 1-5 km of the harbour. Two different 

hypotheses on the bird's origin thus appear 

equally plausible : either it was attracted at night 

by the powerfut harbour lighthouse or it arrived 

on an incoming ship . in both cases, the totally 

unsuitable habitat and the presence of predators 

(Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis, cats, rats) 

combined with the bird's poor condition and 

severe weather between 30 December 1996 and 

4 January 1997 suggest that it had arrived very 

recently, probably not earlier than the previous 

night. From information supplied hy the harbou r 

1 71 1 Dutch [3irdlng 20_ 172 -174, 199NI

S trit~f~d C.n from tropical Atrica can be 

excluded . 

Allhaugh it cannot he estahlished wíth cert Cram17 

& Simmons 198 0j . The date cFÍ the Livorno 

Slriped Crake .~ccordc well with this vagrancv 

pattern or Afrotrapical r .iils. It is clcai ; hotia,ever, 

that there ís a rar better chance of spottint; ihe 

mcsre c onsl>icuou4 Allen's Gallintile in natural 

hahitat than a ~ive Striped Crakes . 

bb'e are rmost gratetui ln Eern mnclcl Forzi br 

havin g attemptc^d tn remcue the Strl}ed CGake and 

ic r tht rlctaíl~ which he providecl . InÍormation on 

shiliping maven3e~t, was kinclly supplied by 

hl,tssimn i1,loni a{h ~rhoc r aulhority. Akvisatore 

132 Strlped Crake i Atrikr,inti Pnrsu feinhoc n Purr_ana rnaryin.ili , t tound ,3t Li \tm)n, Tnscnna . Italy, -4 Iá n uary 1997}, 

Istitutn Vazinnale Fá un,i Sel~,'] tica, C)ritrnr, [n l ília, lt,rlv, M ;irch 1 W trv'ira!< Racrc°lri r 

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Striped Crake at Livorno, Jtd1y, in lanuary 199 7 

Marittimo del porto di Livorno) and by Valter 

Rinaldi . Daniele Marzi checked the files of [he 

seabird rehabilitation c :entre (CRUMA, Livorno) . 

Richard Bradbury and Michael Wilson ÍEdward 

Grey Institute, Oxford, England) made a numher 

of valuahle suggestions for changes to a draft of 

this no[e . 

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Trends in systematic s 

Molecular study indicates sympatric 

breeding of Atlantic and Continental 

Great Cormorants in Britain 

In Europe . Great Cormorant Phalacrocurax carho 

is represented by two subspecies : Atlantic Great 

Cormorant P c carbo ihereafter carbo) which 

inh.i hits the coasts of Britain, France, Iceland and 

Norway, and Continental G reat C.ormorant P c 

sinensis ( hereafter sinensis), which breeds mainly 

in inland tree colonies in continental Europe . In 

the early 1960s, the north-western European 

population of sinensis was restricted to 800 pairs 

in two colonies in the Netherlands . In subsecluent 

decades . the population of sinensis in 

north-western Europe spectacularly increased to 

more than 60 000 pairs in 1993 (van Eerden & 

Gregersen 1995) . The increase coincided with a 

range expansion to other European countries . 

Until [he 1980s, inland nestin g of cormorants in 

Britain was sporadic but since 1981 the numher 

of inland breeding pairs has increased to more 

than 1100 in 1995 and breeding attempts have 

heen recorded at 35 sites (Goostrey et al 1998) . 

Although inland breeding is commonly assoc:iatcd 

with sinensis, the ori gin and identity of these 

inland breeders has remained unce rtain , 

Sellers ( 1993 ) attempted to determine the status 

of inland breeding cormorants at Abberton 

Reservoir, Essex, England, on the basis of three 

plumage characters, the shape of the gular pouch 

and ringing recoveries . Differences in morphology 

have been described and discussed on several 

occasions (eg, Stokoe 1958, Cramp & 

Simmons 1977, Alstr~m 1985) but assessing 

plumage and structural differenc :es in the field is 

not always easy and may be subject to age and 

seasonal variation . Gloss to body plumaF;e is 

greenish in sinensis and hluish or bluish-purple 

in carbo but the difference may be very difficult 

to determine in the field and its validity has been 

questioned (Marion 19951 . Both carbo and sinensis 

develop white head-feathers and white thigh 

patches at Ihe start of the breeding season . These 

feathers are at their hrit;htest and most extensive 

in the early phase of the breeding season and 

decrease in intensity as breeding proKresse.s 

(Sellers 1993 ). The exient of white feathers on 

the head is much greater in sinensis than in 

carbo but some carbo, mostl,v old males, may 

acquire heads as white as typical sinensis (Stokoe 

1958, Cramp & Simmons 1977, Alstrrim 1985) . 

Therefore, the presence or absence of white feathers 

is an inadequate basis for assigning lone 

birds to either carbo or sinensis. Aistrflm ( 1985 ) 

emphasized a difference in the shape of the t;ular 

pouch; in sinensis the gular pouch exiends further 

back beyond the gape than it does in carbo 

(Alstr~m 1 985, Lewington et al 1991 } . Marion 

(1995) questioned the validitv of this criterio n 

174

7!'t'nCi, rrl sti tifc nt ]fic'ti 

133 Ccntinental Great Cc>rnlorant, r' A ;alschcj lve r- Phal.irrucnrax rarba ;ínensrs, Naarclermeer~, Voc~rrl-1 lo ll~ancl, 

Netherl ;ancl~, 12 April1íR vnc~ PnW 

134 .AII a nli[ Great Ce)rmcjrint±' ( :.rute Aalscholvcr, Pha ;.u,~< rrra .x Car1xo rarhn, 8eliast l iiugh, Vnrlhern Irelancl, 

ZD t`•larch 1945 [ ;lrnncid R v,m den 13e^rt~ i 

17 i

Trends in systernatic s 

but Sellers (1993 ) noted that this appears to be 

an unusually helpful character to differentiate 

hetween the taxa . 

In Sellers' study, none of these morphological 

characters unambiguc3usly identified the cormorants 

at Abberton Reservoir as either carbo or 

sinensis, with the possible exception ot plumage 

kloss which was bluish in all except one bird (of 

1 09 checked) and vvas, therefore, indicative of 

carbo (Sellers 199 3). The vast malority of adults 

,.vas already incubating at the time of Sellers' 

visits, which compromised assessments of the 

maximum extent of white feathers. The shape of 

the gular pouch was consistent with sinc:nsis in 

13 individuals, whereas 87 showed the presumed 

carbo pattern. However, conditions were 

never suitable to determine the colour of the 

plumage gloss in the birds with the sinensis-like 

gular pattern . 

Ringing recoveries in Essex and Suffolk, 

England, mostly concerned carlx) from England, 

Scotland and Wales, but included at least four 

sinensis trom the Netherlands and four from 

Denmark (Sellers 1993) . ft is not clear whether 

these sinensis were local breeders or non-breeding 

visitors . Sellers (1993) concluded that the 

majority ot hirds breeding at Abberton Reservoir 

in 1989-90 was more likeiy to be carbo than 

sinensis, and therefore likely originated from 

within the British tsles rather than the contineni . 

However, he pointed out that the possibility that 

some sinensis were breeding al Abberton 

Reservoir can not he ruled out . 

Uncertainties about the validity of previously 

accepted morpholo(;ical differences led Marion 

(1995) to suggest that a rnolecular study may be 

the only way to resolve the identity of prohlematic 

individuals or populations . Recently, Goostrey 

et al (1998) have done just that . Their study 

was designed to establish : 1 the amount of variation 

within carbo and sinensis; 2 the level ot differentiation 

of carbo and sinensis; and 3 the 

provenance of the inland tree-nestinK cormorants 

in Britain . The team sampled no less than 541 

individuals from 21 European populations . Seven 

of these populations represent sinensis from 

Denmark, Germany, Itafy, the Netherfands and 

Sweden, 10 populations refer to carbo from 

England, France, Norway, Scotland and Wales 

and four are from inland English colonies (Abberton 

Reservoir, Essex ; Little Paxton, Cambridgeshire; 

Rutland Water, Leicester ; and Besthorpe, 

Nottinf;hamshire) . 

The technieque of Goostrey et al (19981 is 

known as microsatellite analysis . Microsatellites 

are short repetitive. elements of DNA that are 

arrayed in a tandem fashion . The number of 

copies of these repetitive elements varies among 

individuals and populations of cormorants 

(Piertney et al 1998) and can thus be used to 

address various questions in population biology 

(Parker et al 1998) . 

The study revealed significant genetic variation 

in carbo en sinensis but levels of variation are 

much higher in carbo than in sinensrs . The 

authors explained the discrepancy by differences 

in demographics (populations of carbo are much 

smaller than those of sinensis and are separated 

hy relatively large distances, which promotes 

genetic differentiation), dispersion patterns 

(sinensis shows extensive migrations whereas 

carbo is generally non-mi[=',ratorvj and population 

growth (populations of sinensis have increased 

much faster than those of carbo) . 

Goostrey et al 11998) found a 'distinct and 

robust separation' of carbo and sinensis which 

they confirmed by applying several statistical 

methods . The authors point out that this result is 

consistent with a historic separation between the 

two taxa and confirms the current designation ot 

carbo and sinensis as distinct taxa . The level of 

divergente of c arbo and sinensi.s is comparable 

with that identified between Hooded Corti~us cornix 

and Carrion Crow C corone hut is also within 

the range of conspecific populations (Goostrey et 

al 1998) . Goostrey et al (1998) concluded that 

the taxonomic status of carbo and sinensis 

remains amhiguous (d Marion 1993, Yésou 

1993) and stressed the necessity of additional 

studies . 

The most important finding, however, was that 

the inland populations clustered with sinensis in 

phylo#;enetic analyses . The tree-nesting colonies 

thus most likely consist of a considerable continental 

European sinensis component, and are not 

simply the product of inland movement of carbo . 

Statistical analysis revealed that the infand colonies 

are not composed solely of sinensis but that 

both taxa occur sympatrically. Some memhers of 

these colonies had genetic characteristics intermediate 

between those of carbo and sinensis, 

suggesting that some hyhridization is occurring 

(Goostrey et al 1998 ) . 

Goostrey et al f1998) pointed out that their 

results have irnplicatíons for the management of 

cormorant populations . Large difterences in 

mean hody mass (2370 g in sinensis, 3100 g in 

carbo} will most likely affect the energy requirements 

feg, daily food intakef of sinensis and 

carbo. This means that different strategies may 

170

Ti-encls m svsremar ;cs 

have to h e applicd to control nverti5hing by 

inland and crrastal hrE'ecling pcrpulatitrns . Ako, if 

inland pupulations are a mixture ot the two 1axa, 

and pc~rhat~~ include hyhrids, it may becnme 

verv dirticult to e5timate the impact of corniorants 

at fi;heries . 

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AIst'tini, P 1985 . Arthestamning av storsicarv Phmlacruc 

or,n rarl)r) nrh tuppskarv Y~risfote!!s . Vir Ehgelv 

:irlh 4} : 325-351) . 

Cramp, 5& Simmons . K E L(eclitors, I1)177 The hircls nr 

the llresterrr Pale.arr tir 1 . C)xtord . 

van Ferden, r4{ & Grctersen, j 1 9q5- Lnn};-terni rhant;es 

in the nnrthwest European pupulatiun meel : prigin, 

h thit tl chcrice ancl nirhe segret ;ation n( Curmnrant 

f'hahtcr: r, e .rrho anrl R r . slne n,i~ in t}r c r :ommon 

tivintCrirng tre,i IFr•ince}, in relahnn 1tr breeding 

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Euerst, P A 1998 . what nrcrlerules ian teil u~ ahoul 

pnpulatinns : ['huatiini„ ind usin>; a mufecul,rr m,irker. 

Eccloqv rl : 3 6 1-382 . 

Plertnev, S Fi, GooStrev, A . DWa>. 1 F rA Cm~S, [7 N 

1 IJ 9E3. Hit;hly polvmcirphic n~icrusalrllfle in .irkerv in 

the Great Cormpr.int Yhal,u~rorara k rr,ra c .rrhcr 

unc ,y limaticlue runtrovr-rsiir• . fiull j\4en,uc-l 

Oit;ce fNall C-'tas 'c 1' 8 : f3-1 i . 

f;eur;t,'e .S rr~t tifrtr, 

Nieutitiv Rijn ; , 2 .31 -' )D Lertlerr, M.~tltt-rlrnri.5 

rtiar~~;st~'r rr oplhiv,lerrienur~iti .rt U 

Recensie s 

BFV F Ki'~r T99 7 . Che'c0i7 rtf the hirrh nr Furasits t'ecurdecl 

in the t tst area triirn Ic elancl . east tu the lierint; S >utumn I')9 ; inri thus inr luhr°, 

severil nevtii~cle ,crihc•d ~pr'ce,, inclurling ,A5inclanao 

Sunhirrl ,-lefhop t ~~a liriaraburae Iri Dulch Birrlin, 1 111 

1 4 r1-1 4 U : 1 99ïr Althcu .il;h Ihis is a pusitive ic,rture, 1 

persunall~wouk! nut i)av e inosc3d tat.i is questinnable Thi• li,l a Isrr 

includes Phílippine 1~ourlcock . Nicnhar S€ups-(hvl 

inrl Rlark-cru vti'necl Banving Iltiree newlv disruverec! 

spe

Rc°c ensieti 

trachetiutus in Aegyp ius . Overall, the taxonomy adopted 

is distinctly modern , 

The sequence o1 families and orders, however, is 

Íairly traditional but Europeans may nevertheless be 

surprised to Íind the loons and grebes between the 

Procellariiforrnes and Pelecaniformes . Other departures 

from the Voous sequence are found amont; the passerines 

. For instance, shrikes are placed after hulhuls ancl 

hefore waxwings, and crows are placed at the end oi 

the list Most oÍ these departures are not the result of 

new phylogenetic work hut nierely continue a tradition, 

albeit a different one from that of Voous 119771 . 

There ohviously should he a market for this checklist . It 

is the most up-to-date list of bird species of ihe region 

and hirciers visiting Asia will cluubtless iind it very helpíul 

. GEOHOr 5ANCSTt k 

DBA-nieuws 

DBA-vogeldag op 6 februari 1999 te Ulrechl De tradiliamele 

DBA-vo};eldat; staat voor volgend jaar gepland 

op zaterdag b lehruari 1999 . De locatie is het inmiddels 

al even traditionele Hootdgebouw Diergeneeskunde 

aan de Yalelaan 1 lin De Uithof) te Utrecht . Utrecht, 

een Inc atie die qua ligging . bereikbaarheid Imet de auto 

via afslag 'Uithof' vanaf cie A27 en A28, na het AZUziekenhuis 

de eerste weg rechts : met de bus vanat 

Utrecht CS niet de lijnen 11 en 121 en ruimte nog 

steeds onovertroffen is . Uiteraard wordt in het programma 

plaats ingeruimd voor bekende onderdelen als de 

'mysterv bird-competitie' en de laaroverzichten 1998 . 

Het DBA-hestuur is druk bezig het programma nader in 

te vufken . In de foyer zal de gebruikelijke 'vogelaarsbeurs' 

op};esteld worden die tevens dienst doet als sociaal 

ontmoetingscentrum. In een koniende Dutch 

Birding en via de Dutch BirdinB-vogellijn ((1900- 

203 2 12 8; 75 cpm) zal het definitieve programma 

bekend worden gemaakl . Ook deze DBA-vogeldag zal 

weer een sociale, onrierhoudende en leerzame gelegenheid 

hij uitstek zijn voor onze begunstigers en voor 

anclere geinteresseerden . GIISHtRr vAN ntR Bt„ t 

Aankondigingen & verzoeke n 

NOU-symposium over vogeitaxonomie in april 1999 

Op zaterdag 10 april l999 organiseert de Nederlandse 

Ornitholcr,is(he Unie INOL1 een syinposium over 

vot;eltaxonomie in het Nationaal Natuurhistorisch 

Museum,'Naturalis te Leiden, Zuid-Holiand. Nieuwe 

inzichten, veelal veroorzaakt door nieuwe technieken 

zoals DNA-analyse, hebben het inzicht in cie evolutie 

van vogels verdiept maar ook de discussie over verwantschappen, 

soorten en soortgrenzen doen oplaaien . Dat 

dit nogal wat tot gevolg heeft ervaren niet alleen professionele 

ornithologen, vogelheschermers en bijvoorbeeld 

uitgevers van vot;ellx)eken, ook vogelaars weten niet 

allijd meer waar ze aan toe zijn . In een vijftal lezingen 

worden achtergronden belicht en worden de voors en 

tegens van een veranderende svsteniatiek uiteengezet . 

Het symposium wordt afgesloten met een rondetafeldiscussie 

waaraan onder meer wordl deelgenomen door de 

Commissie Systematiek Nederlandse Avifauna (CSNA) . 

Nadere inrnrrnatie over hel lezingenprogramma zal op 

een later tijcistip worden bekendgemaakt . 

Tijdens de lunchpauze of na afloop kan men desgewenst 

de tentoonstellingen van het Nationaal Natuurhistorisch 

Museurn/Naturaiis bezoeken Ineem dus uw 

museumjaarkaart rnee} . PEaats : Auditorium van het 

Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum/INaturalis, Danvinwev, 

21, Leiden (vijf minuten lopen van NS-station 

Leiden), ingang via het Pesthuis ; aanvang 10 :00, afsluiting 

16:00. 

Photographs of Sylvia warblers requested The IonRawaited 

muno(;raph un the Svh-ia ti+arhlers by Hadoram 

Shirihai, Gahriel Gartialln and Anclre,as Helhig, 

illustrated hv Alan Harris and with photol;raphs by 

Davicl Cottridge is now near rompletion . Althoiigh DC 

manal;erl to photograph most of the species durint; the 

project, there are still gaps in availahle photographs ot 

various plumages and subspecies . Therefore, other 

photographers are welcomed to participate in the hook 

by submitting {only very (;ood qualityl photographs 

taken in the tielci of any species . Furthermore, the 

following species particularlv need more material of 

birds photographecl both in the tïeld and in the hand : 

Tristram's 5 deserticola, Ménétries's S ntystacea (mainly 

the subspecies S m ntystacea and S rn turcrnenica), 

Cvprus 5 meianothorax {juvenilef, Ruppell's S rueppelli 

Ijuveníte), Desert S nana (North Alrican sushspecies S n 

deserU), Arahian 5 leucomelaena (southern Arahian 

and East Atrican torms), ()rphean S hurtensis esubspecies 

5 h hortensisl and Barred Warblers S nisnria 

and Lesser Vh'hitethroat S curruca {south-easlern 

isubjspecies S (c) althaea and 5 (c) minulal. and the 

'Afro-Svlvías' (the Íormer Parisonia), ie, Yemen S f~uryi, 

Brown S iugens, Banded 5 hoehrni, Layard's .S l,ry.rrrfi 

and Rutous-vented 1Narhlers S subcaeruleum . 

There will he a fee (per photot;rapht paid bv the 

publisher A&C Black . :Needless lo s :3y that full credits 

wili be given to the partic:il .ratin(; photugraphers . 

178 1 Dvlth 20 : 1 78 .1 7 9 . r99N

A anko n cli~: rn ,r;en 't ve rzc> c lt v n 

Tow.>rcó the end crí the rinal selertiun ol Ihe I>hotu);raphs 

will he m,trlr- anrl we request photo ;;r ;tphers 

to sentl the hhoto ;;ral hs as soon as possi[tle lu : Davici 

Cc>Ilrid g e . r> Sutherlanri ftoad . Tnttenham, London M17 

OBV, UK, Lclephone+-14-1f3i-&]fll 347 , 

Vogels in Twente In tiepteinher ]1)98 versïhijnt Vo,.,c°I s 

in Tti+.cntc• uit±;et;even clc>ur haekhandel 13roekhuis in 

Heni;eb>, ()verijs5ef IISBh Deze ultt;ave 

is hedoclcl ~-oor een groot publiek en hevat drie 

rlelen : een inieicling over Ihel ontstaan v,jnl hE•t 

Twentse lanrischat> ; e•t,n lijst van alle in Tvente vtiaar);enomen 

vo.gelsonrten : en 1 .ï wandelingen tijdens welke 

Twentsc 'Specaliteiten' ak Geonrde Fuul Pecliceps rri- 

~rimllis, Ils'u eE 1lredn .rtthis, lwarte SpechL Uryocopus 

mar7krs en Grutr, Gele Ktivikstaart A1otaciNa rinerertenlij5t wr>rdf°n voorkomen 

en verspreiding van alle in Twente wiargennmen soorten 

to(-L!elicht_ Van soorten die niet vaker dan tC) maal 

in r!e re);io zijn tasl~cstcld, zijn alle gevillcm vc,rme•Icl . 

L7e 7E• zijn k>eour rle Cornmitisir• f4~erttse 

Av itauna (CtAi clie tioor deze uits;ave alle i c aallc n t,tn 

regionale zelrizaamhe (Ien toI 1 1)9tS heelt genviseerri . 

Gevallen ven Cf),VA-heoordeelsc~orten I[3rnnsliulreencl 

Atcrrc~ra f~tlraf .>, 5teenarcncl .=lqcrifa cltrv~~reir~, Kleinst 

1-V,rlerhcren Pnrz,tna pusiNa, Klcine Trah Tclr,n 1c~trat . 

Kuilkcsekoek C lamatctsterbl,juwhorst 

1 uscir>ia srecica ~verica, Krekel-z-anger l rsc usiella 71uriatilis, 

Roc>dkohklauwier Lanius rn .tlru: bb'ilsiuilhnrm;ijs 

Carduclis hunre>rn,tnni etri ziÍn .tllc-c,n up~cnu 

n7en ~As ze zijn aanva ird c3oor de CDh' ;1 ni tls zc 

vulrlnenrle z ijn ;,edorumenteercl om al 'nun aan elr ' 

CDNA te wrcie•n voorgclegd ; in dit la,itste r;ev,tl zijn 

ze riuiclcrlijk ge~m,~rkeercl . Het t;chonclen hoek vtn !-[it 

pa ina'ti . met 1 4)-laf ien Íoto', cn zw rt- viitekf nrn c n 

tiierrl ~erf cll~ec rri duor t'aul Knolle, í2udi Lanjouw Vn 

hr>li cle 13v en kost h'LC , 34 .411 . 

Masters of Mystery 

Solutions of third round 199 8 

The solutions or mystery photogrsphs o{ the 

third rouncl of 19 98 IDutch Birdint; 20 : 15, 

19981 appear belov' . 

V This tivvimmint; bird seen from héhincl was 

clcarly not a rii~e ativay : even pjnnirtg rhe bird 

clown t () its rttmily is already verv clirticult! T-he 

most important features are the mainly hlackish 

upperparts with a arge white area on iat leatiti 

the lower rear side ot the heéid, white undertailcoverts, 

a ~,vhite bar on the wings and some irrel;ularfy 

distributecl pale spots on ffie mantle 

and tic Zpul ars . Thi, c:omhination of features can 

not hc tound in anv specjes of duck, diver or 

grehe hut points in the direc,tion of the auks . 

_Kvo c haracters of Little Auk Alle iIle seem to 

be present : the whjte 'curl' uptivards at the rear of 

the head-sides and the pale spots on the upperparts 

furmint; a hint of Little Auk's white scapul lr 

stripes . The Litter effect is ~rctually caused by 

some water clrops, and, above all, the mystery 

hird misses the compact, neck-less structure typical 

of Little Auk . Theretore, Common Guillemot 

Uri,) 3al~e, Brunnich's Gujliemot t.' rornvra and 

Razorhill Alca [orc ki seem better options . The 

~ SWAROVSK I 

~ I h. 

greyish cast trr the hlackish upperparts fmotit 

obvious on the hjncl-nec kl tín .ilfv sci ;;gests a 

Comme>n Guillemot . is Briinnich's ancl es[seciaily 

Racorhill h .tre dcr t~er bI ack upperparts c crmpared 

with the sÍiLhtly Is,tlcrr t;reyish-hlack 

upperparts of Common íalthriut;h Contmons tro m 

135 Common Guillentnt / 7eckc>et Urr .r 

Lauwersoot;, Grc>nini ;Ern, N eth e rl .tncis, 4 Fehxu

Masiers oÍ Myster y 

northern populations are blacker than those from 

southern populations). Brunnich's would also 

have the white on the head more restricted to the 

lower half of the head-side . 

This Common Guillernot in winter plumage 

was photographed at Lauwersoog• Groningen, 

Net herlands, on 4 February 1988 by Leo Boon . 

Another photograph of the same hird appears as 

plate 135 . It was identified correctly h•v only six 

entra nts; incorrect answers consisted of a wild 

variety oi waterbirds such as Harlequin Duck 

Histrionicus histrionicus I 40% ,j, Little Auk (17°l. ), 

Br (innich's Guillemot ~14 1%l, Razorbill (12')1„), 

Puffin Fratercuha irctica (10'4~}, Black-thro~ted 

Diver Gavia artica, Great Shearwater Putfinus 

hravis and Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus 

loha tu .c . 

V! This passerine with streaked upperparts, neck 

and crown is ohviously a lark ; note, for instance, 

the hroad (and abraded) tertials of the mystery 

hird which are typical for larks, whereas the tertials 

of pipits are much narrower. A prominent 

feature in rhe photot;raph is the long, rather slim 

and pointed bill which recalls Dupont's Lark 

Chersophilus dt iponti. A closer look, however, 

exposes several teatures that do not fit Dupont's . 

Most importantly, the bottom edge ot the lower 

mandible is straight in the mvstery bird and not 

down-curved as in Dupont's . Furthermore, the 

crown is evenly dlrk-streaked, not showing the 

darker lateral crown stripes or Dupont's . Also, 

the scapulars are diftusel•v dark-centred ; in 

Dupont's, the scapulars have darker centres and 

are sharply fringed with pale• giving a scaly 

appearance . Raso Lark Alauda razae, endemic to 

the Cape VErde Islands, is characterized by a 

long, deep-hased bill, still heavier and not as 

sharply pointed as that ot the mystery bird . Raso 

also has a large.l•v pale grey bill and rather pale 

ear-coverts {clearlv paler than the crownl, unlike 

the mystery bird . 

The striking bill-shape of the mystery bird also 

does not fit many other lark species (including all 

membe(s of the genera Calanclrelfa and 

h9elanucorypha), because these species have 

shorter, thicker and less pointed bills . Bills more 

similar to that of the mystery bird are iound in 

Crested Lark Galerida cristata (less so in Thekla 

Lark G theklae ), Wood Lark Lul1ula arborea, Sky 

Lark A arvensis and Oriental Lark A,s;ulgula ( also 

known as Small Skylark) . Crested can be excludcd 

as this species should show a clistinct crest 

(which may seem absent occasionally), a darke r 

13 6 ()rienral Lark 1 Kteine Veldieeuwerik Alaud.a gulgula, Eflat, Israel, 29 November 1 I iv 2 rLco 1 R 8oun/Cursori u 

91,,, •~ 

4h..._~ . 

18 0

cfenl 

,Masters or h4k_sterti - 

137 ( ) ri c nt~31 L a rlt / hleine Velcllecuwerik A l, urij 

qii7~nfa, Eil, i 1, 1sr~rl, 2 flprfl i9( 3 

ZFn 1 h So~~níCur_sorkiy 

area on the lores, some clirk n}alar stripinl; and 

otten a c}ark halt-rint; helow the cyc . tivhich are 

all lacking in the mysterv hircl ; 4Voc>d ran bc 

excluclc~cl hecause this species should show a cliÍterenl, 

more slrikin heacl patlern with a longer 

supercilic m . Theretore, the my5tery bircl must he 

either a Skv Lark or in Orir ntal L, rk . 

There are several clitterence5 between Sky Lark 

and Oriental Lark titi-hich should allow identific-ation 

crt the mvsterv hircl, hut inclivitlu ;il and subspecific 

~ariition in both species cleniands that 

ihest^ characters ,~rc to hc' usccl %„-ith care . A 

generally reliable and rather tivell-knuwn charac - 

ter i~ thc rliftcrenre in Immary-projection . In 

Oriental, the priniariec u,~ually Ixoject only 

slit;htly hevonc! the tertials, whilv the primarvprojection 

ot Sky is obviously lon~er. Thiti teatuie 

needs to he hancllecl wiih some caution, hecause 

when the tertials arc worn or in moult the primaryprojection 

can be longer than when rretih . The 

mystcry hircl show~ a suhstantial prirnary-projection 

i~isihle in the photc~graph on rhe right winhl, 

which might inclicite a Sky. yote, hotitiever, rhlt 

the tertials are hea~•ily worn and that the primarv-hrojection 

will he partlv caused by this . (41cist 

Puhlished photos oi Orient,il show hircl, in late 

autumn íwhen most We5lern Palearctic recorcl5 

occ:urrc•ch and, consequentlv, show birch in fresh 

pluma};e fhoth 5kv and Oriental unclery;o a cornplete 

summer moulli, These hircls typically show 

verv short hrii iarv t>rojcctions . The Iieavilv worn 

tertials ot the mv,~ten- hird, however, inclicatc° 

that the photoL;r~al.ih wa~, taken in spring crr earlv 

summer. Oriental in this tinie ot vear can show 1 

stsn~ewh,it lonl;er primary-projection tli ;rn autumn 

1 38 Skv Lar 1 4'elcllet~uwe~rik . llauria , rrcensr~, 

Gnr\ r lin -, c•nclam . Zuir!-l {nl lanrl . Np thr, rlands, ,1lrri l 

1 1at ) 3 ff 1 ar 1, G eh ursJ 

hirdk, and can resemhle the myslery hird in primary-projection 

. in fac l, the prim jry I~rojectism 

of the mystery hird ooks too short tor mcrst 5kv . 

In Sky, eSpeciállv va-hen ~-vorn, thc° lent;th ot the 

primary-projection is usually longer Ihan t}ie cli~tánce 

hetwErcin the Icml;est antl the second lon~e 

st visihle tertial, whereas this is ot about the ~,rm 

;th in the my,tery bird. Furlhennjore; Sky 

shutiti-s two or threc wicfcrlv st m c ccl primary-tip5 

heyond ihe tertials ; in rhe mysterv hirrl, there arc 

no widely s;)aced hrimaries visiblc heltitiei n the 

ttiing tip and the longest tcrtial, thuti inclicartin .r; 

Oricntal . 

Another teature tor distinguishint; 5ky L,irk aná 

Oriental l.ark is the colour oÍ lhe Írin~es ot the 

primaries and Secondmries . ln Orient,il, rhu priniiries 

incl secondaries are lypically rustylringecl, 

iorming a rather warm I>>nel un the, c :losecl 

winL;, whert°rs in Sky the colour ot CheSe frinr;es 

Is colder. The mystery bird cloes nol ;eem lo 

sliow any prominent ru'~t}• on the trins;es ot thcprimaries 

and seconclarie5, hut 1}iis is diÍticuit lo 

judi;e from the Irhr~tot r~ph is these teathcrti amn 

not he seen r,v ell . There is a sli,~htly wirnier linr ;v 

visi b le on the fringes ot some priniaries . hut this 

can be present in Laoth Sky ~incl C7rient,il . 

Othc^r ditterencus hetween Skv 1-ark and 

Oriental Lark cain he Íuund in the hear1-Iatte .mrn, 

especiallp• the loral pattern . The lores of the my,~tery 

hird are entirciy prilc . This is typicil ror 

Oriental which shows a avicle pale sanr~y colour 

cd loral area, norm,illv ~~ithout (he clarl< lcrral 

spot of most Sky . The Íairfy hraacl lespecially jusl 

behincl the eye) and IonL; supert iGum Ot thr' mystery 

bird i5 otten shown bv Oriental, hut less lre- 

18 1

Nlasters c~f hlystery 

quentlv bv Sky. The exact hill-shape of the mystery 

hircl also suggests Oriental, as the bill of Sky 

is normallv slightly less long and less pointed 

than that of Oriental . 

This Oriental Lark was photographed at Eilat, 

tsrael, on 2 April 1993 by Leo Boon . Plate 137 

shows another photograph of the same bird . It is 

interesting to compare this bird with the Sky Lark 

in plate 1 38, since both birds were photographed 

in April and, consequently, hoth hirds show 

heavily worn tertials . Note that the primary-projection 

of the Sky is much longer than that of the 

[)riental . Note also the widely spaced primarytips. 

dark spot on the lores and relatively short 

and stubby bill of the Sky . Plate 136 shows two 

not vet mentioned characters of Oriental : the 

whitish chin and throat which lack the dark spottint 

; of many Sky and the very thin, pencil-like 

streaks on the breast (Sky has on average thicker 

breast-streaking on a more huffish ground 

colour) . The rusty fringes of the primaries and 

secondaries are also better visible in this plate 

than in 1he mysterv photograph . Two further character,; 

of Oriental not sht .rn-n in either photograph 

of this bird are the unstreaked flanks and the pale 

sandy outer tail-feathers; in Sky there are usually 

some dark streaks present on the flanks and the 

outer tail-feathers are pesse white (see plate 138) . 

This mystery bird proved extremely difficult to 

identif,v and only five entrants managed to iclentify 

it ccxreclly. Quite surprisingly, most incorrect 

answers were not for Sky Lark {only 9 %) hut for 

Dupont's Lark f56°~~~) ; other incorrect answers 

included Crested Lark ( 18 "/„) , Raso Lark ( 8%,) and 

Richard's Pipit Anthirs richardi (7 11% I . 

This round was even more difficult than the previous 

one : no one succeeded in identifyin g both 

mystery birds correctly, 11 entrants identified one 

bird correctly, while all others identitied hoth 

hirds incorrectly . The 11 entrants who idc , ntifiecl 

either the Common Guillemot or the Oriental 

Lark correctfy are Theo Bakker, Sietze Bernardus, 

Max Berlijn, Arjan Boele, Hannu Jánnes, Harri 

Kontkanen, Jan van der Laan, Timo Marijnissen, 

Rients Niks, Gert Ottens and Dave van der Spoel . 

They are the winners of this round and from them 

Sietze Bernardus, Max Berlijn and Dave van der 

Spoel were drawn as those w,ho will receive a 

copy of PhotograPhrc handhook of the seahirrJs 

of the world hy Jim Enticotl and David Tiplin g , 

donated by New Holland ( Publishers) . Hannu 

J a nnes ( Finfand ) and Dave van der S poel 

(Netherlands) are now leading the competition 

with five correct answers each, closely followed 

hv Sietze Bernardus, Jan-Joost Bouwman, Rob 

Bouwman, Jan van der Laan, Timo Marijnissen, 

Mark Nieuwenhuis and Ge rt Ottens with four 

correct answers and 23 entrants with three correct 

answers . A more comprehensive overview of 

the leadershi p of ihe competition will be given at 

http ://www.xs4all .nl/--e€and/dutchbirdint ; . 

Diederik Kok, Pelmolenweg 4, 3511 XN Utrecht, Netherlarrris rd .s .kc>kCs'stucierlts.rhem .uu .n11 

Ni1s van Duivendrjk, Guldenhoeve 34, 3 457 TG Vleuten, Netherlands (duivendiik@multiwe l) .nJ l 

182

Al,ltif['15 erl Alt,rr'r' t 

Fourth round 199 8 

Please, st(rdy the ruleti IDutch Birclint 20 : 42-4 S, 

19981 carctullv ancl icle.ntitv the b irris in rv 

photographs V and VI . Snluti[)ns [ .)n Ir[' in 

three different wiys ~ 

• hy po~tcard to Dutch f3ir[iin, Atisoc ialir)n• 

Pc)tithu-, 75611, 1070 AP Amsterclam, Nc°thc•r- 

1 inci s 

• hv e-mail to d .c .krrk ~ ~tuclents .chem .uu .n l 

• hv Internet via thc homepai;e ot the I7utch Bir[1- 

in~1, A5socie hti 25 

October 1998. tr[rrll r'nt^ h.l V in g i[I['n - 

litietl hullh nw~irry b ir[I~ corr['c tiv, Ihr('c> I'll 

tti•ill h[' clr,ntin w'ho will I cul crt l3irr! 

trrt'nrifi[ alic~rl - a rc'tr'rr rr[ t° ~urd[° hy Kri,tialt 

Acicrlttisnn 111(1 51f°t,an [-h('rrut ;, clun .ttr•(1 I) \ 

Sltl Ornil(rlns itil,t tirr['nin, . Sti~,rnrc',Li 

E3c'nc A ux ti~„ ill .)ti4,trrl ) I) .rir rrt Ih[' his ;hly iccl .}intt'c! 

S„ti•arcroski 5t ( Pi\ 3U 1Vli hinuc (Il .tr', In tht[' 

uv['r ï 11 1N I_rhF°c hf, .h'r'lherl,inrls rls.l rr~~r~sfcrdrvN+ .clr(vrr .uu .rrll 

rV'i1, tiart Dtritendij k . Gulde'nhue°ie, i-i, i 4 5 1 1( ,' l'!r>ut(vl, .rV'('thr'rl.rrls { 41ui[~r°rxlilh~~rrruflitrc'h .n1 1 

WP report s 

Thrs re~ ieti\ li,t~ rare and rnlere,tink hln! rc tr rt['ci rn 

Ihe Western Patearc lic mainly in Julv-early September 

1998 anc .f iocuses on north-\tiei,tern Eurotrc' Thc• n~lrc rr . 

jrc Itrl unchecked ancl their huhliratinn here ci~ relurn(>cl to 

$rir~ f 1.3rl Kern Irel .jnd . [rn 1 F, August : I,a>I vc' .,r, 

it ti~~interecl in Ihc• ~arne arca . The seconcl and Ihird 

white-winged Scoters A4elarw t.r 

dcl~lan[ir ie,r Icc'lanrl 

u~ere males at l Lon, on -i-b Jul itnr the (irl 

record, see Birding 1Vorid 10: 5(,-61, t997 ; Bliki 1ti : 

31 , b~-ll 1997) . 

An adult sunnmer Pied-billed Grebe Porlih n>h[r . renrli- 

( el ), s„hich returnei to Kn~tellan Lal .e {irrl., Ir('I,rnrl 

un 2b lulti' remaineci intv Septernher . .q sofl-plumaKed 

petrel f'cerodrorna 1 e af'!m .rdc ira%'rrtollis k .i~c° lrrrrlim c I 

rli;tant vIPL1S on 20 Aut;ust nrt the Fb ir{ c• c,I Ku, _ 

Clare, Irellnd . Ancrther was reportecl ri IVeti„bic;t;in, 

\urlhumbcrlancl, Fnplancl, on 24 Aur;ucL On 10 Swptel 

one tleva pa,l Cape Clear, Grrk . A px>lagic 

tralcl in eurlv Al trnm r10,3cleira tn Li4hn,i ai ;r ;rn 

demr>nytritecf ihat Bulwer's Petrel Rcrhti rrr,r hrrftt r'rii 

an[I Little 5hearw•ater 1'critinu, I ~, > ;rnilr.rn' re',t~uf,rr in 

late ~ummer in Pc>rtu uetie titi,aters . The iirtil Swinhoes 

5torm-petrel (:)rcar~oilrorn,t rnonorhic icrr l l ~%a, 

photoiraphed on 8 Augusi at c-t0 mi4e• titiE rríf 

fljttcras Inl(•t, Vorth [trolin3 : on thf' vcry , .rntc, d,iti, ,i 

Bulwer's Petrel ' , % , r , , ; ,rlut : ; ,lnc ~k 1[1 ;i) nrilrti nr rh[• 

1''t ~r• r - rnl Litllt• Bittern f \ nl u r 

lttn munuttn tnr 

I1rnm•rr, inc— I`rl,F1 ,,,,. c,i : i1 Intiqr•It'r f\cn . 1rr5(;t'- 

L:rn1 . f r . , rn 1-' I .ilt \ Green Hcrun Rtrkuitlr, [vrr°>ren, 

»,r, rn:r :ul :rr rirr ,Airrre•, ar ❑ 111 tir~lilc•mh['r_ A d,nl . - 

rnaarlth 14èstern Ree1 Egret ! ::rr ~_' ul,rri. It,ty[~cl in Ih[• 

[,tni,trs;•,u l i r 1 c r , I , r . r u K r ln rrzr r - cl~ lul\ 1 h(' 

tir,l Liltlc Egret 1,G•rric'tf,rur Khnri(" I~I .inIli Ir,ln, rn 1')') 7 : Inr 1 1 3')N- 20171 1 

d rurth[•I inr n•,3~~• r)l [!rr'., rnrl 3 tul r . ;714;[ ' 

tiocln r5 e\Irr[Irci i1'OCrl~r] ; I I'1 : d--{ri . 11+48i fhc' 

>['ti~[•nlh E g yptl .ln VUlture Ar'rqrhrn7l Irrr'rr)nplt'rlr+ kr r 

ti~4[ cic'n titi•i, , m,rrhn lr,rrh,ll[n ,Cr~i nn 1_' 

19 ti1 .I }' inl V'rthc~ri,rnrl, ,ilrln•arrrl Ir' hakv n•tnnu•il 

in Ih[' frrnrlr :':r 

I[II} Al lirel .lil-h-tdt;llr•, ( Il,arr'nlr'-•E1,lri1i711r', . •r B11rll'lli 'ti 

Ea g le hfi[ r,r,u'ru Lr < i.rru, ~',i4 rrc nrrlr cï crn f .' 

tir'{r 'Infrc'r In 5ic iji, 11,31ti, , r u•n,,rlc' Aniur Falcun I .rl< r ~ 

V~,1, ,a'['n rrn ï M, ;v ,rn{I •ir. ,ulrrlr rn.ilt ná' 

trII

lb'P rf•ports 

~ - .~~ +1i1 '-• ilaT 

. ; . .~ 

. rt^ ~ -, ' . •s.~' ~.y ~ . 

~+ . . .• ~ .rS',`~~`' . w . ~ r. ~r ~ 

139 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper / 5iberi5che Slr .tndloher C: ffi dris acuniina(a, adult, Ezumakeet;, Lauwercmeer, Frie,lantl . Netherktnds, 

tan Shrike / 

Turkesl,i,insv Kl,iuwir,r i,rniuc phtx~nicuroides, Angfesev. 'rVales, )uÍy 1998 .!Slc rnl

1L 1 1' rr ytr,rr , 

1~1~r,:frl Il','I .-'r,rl 1'r'l 8 [n titt,_•rl,~n r Ir,tlt 

nlrrrplll Eletrnnra'c Falran ! rh'unur,ir %~ .l s 

Kr•,Inr+ . ( )I,Inrl . crn i ; 

llr',t nl , 

An Irltrl : Sora Crake 1'r>ri,,n .r c,lroliri,r .tl Lu urn>hin 

1Vc'at+,rrl rrn _' 4\u 1 rt,l, Ihr ,ccrlnrl Ir,r Ir •l,trxl ht' 

I r .t t,,, :n I1t211 r Ihr• Flrlrr rli'lli . i_alalrrnr,t, til,,ain• 

,tn Allen's Gallinule !'urrrln rrrl,a Ilfe ni tt,l, c psr rrltvl t,n 

'3 4r•illt•r1'1)r:r n N.tt,t tirrrtl .l. Can.lrl,t, tn ,ulull 

American Purple C:allinule r' rnarfiriir,, ,I,I r'rl it t!lr• 

t~c>II rrrtlr,t - rri Il,lrtlt'f, i'tri'It irr,rtt Irl Julv crlltt,tlrl~ , 1 1 

ic,l,l untll _ _1 lul\i ,\ ( .;rey-headed Swamp-ht•n !'ruC,1n - 

,r u rlun t'f111,'lu, tt . , u r't ;II RI thr ', l,l'1rln~ t 1_ 

Vir+lr r.,u h,tr (~t rnl,r lt ~, l-i I,II . \ i r.ilr ir. 

t Ir ll,n~l . ;",'lire• . En ;;l .tnti . Irr~nt 1_' II I . .~, nl .. tr 

Ir ,,,t t[]E• Írnm ,, nc',arhv avlart_ • \ Black-win g ed 

Pratincole GLIreul,l n orr/r 7 r, m ni tus rc!~r,rt+ r l ,I I Ir u,t_ 

1,tr11 . It,rntt~ . nn tit'Irtr•Inlx'r_ iht' ~c'rurnl A m erican 

Gulden Plover !'lln i,lli, rlurnrnicu, titr F',tnr ~• ,t,t, a n 

: Il~r(~ ;rrn .lr u~~ nrl IEr-Iti ALli;u,l, Ihr Itl ;!I I+,r 

I rc \ I tr rl,ln .i, ,t,t, ,If ,~iitlcit lqrl,~trn ( Icn', . /+' . I,tnrl . 

irlnn 'U ti„Fttt'•nbc'r_ , ,ulult Soeiable LapwinK lrnr 111+, 

>,'rc,',r,rtr, •t,lte'rl ,tl tip, .l,tn,titt,utii~ . An„irk i I~~~ ; .~r ~I I'u• 

\r'IE, I,tr. l•, Err,11 lunr tr, 1 .~ur t: 1 . In I , 

I c„nlt .' . Lr- n• , I-( hr•t, un 1-7 Lhr1 1 itelailed 

Lapwin g h'I+r tnr+, rm It ; Nnvrnthr r 11-tt li 

I,I („tlll'I,1, . lt'nc'rilr', t,ul,tn• I ;l,tnciullrli,in l1 . I'ne 

ttluit !,Iti'1.„ a! i>,ttuit'Itt, \trirrtl-Hrrll,tncl rrrrnl 2 1 

íe'hru.ln :n íi .\1 .trc li rc•lurnt•rl crn a Se{ile-rtlhnrlr•r . 1 r,r-tc l , ~n 11-12 Itlrtnht c .\n 

,Irlull ~unrrrncr Red-rnerked Stint (~ nrlrrr,llr, tta, 

Irlx,Inl l,tll'lerl It E3 .JIt, r',1„r= {-ur~ nn 

.' r lu€\ 

An)r ;'tc•t ,1,1t[~ri f,~r Ir„ ih : n I, I ) - )n 7 lult .1 1 ( )tlrll,lntl 

. Zuirl-11„Il,rncl, ',Ilt• A',Ihrtl,lnrl, Ikl6, in Ih(' ;\irxc-. sili.•r unr li 1tit', rlo 

I'ic t, n !I, lult , r' ;hl '.tr rl' ,crn riurin' !h+' I rtit h,tlt rtt 

>r'IHtnlht•r . Ār 1 nthr•I ' I,1vt'( l II Kurl~t'r'~Icntn, I)ultlin , 

uV, rrn 1 2 -1 t ti,-Itlr•nlht•r . 'rl Gt'rtlt,ttn, ,t1 ddtlll 

White-rumped Sandpiper i rl+,, ii c 11i , t+.,r . 31 h1t'irlrrrr• 

E r-r r rr,.; I,t', :.', I Er,Llrin, rrt _"I ]ult .ln d 

Inr r1a,'r , l( Llut' t . Vn'cir•r,,tr h,vn, rr'l -F- ! 5 Arlhelsl . In 

Vrnu,lt, nnr',Y,1S't'rI,U f I,r•jt' . rt,tnrc o l~ Rnrtarl,ll, crn 1- 

:Aueanl In RE'i,iunl . rn ,Irltlll ttas Inttrxl rt M1tue'rhr•kt~ . 

t Ytr,1AIi,lnrhn'n, nn 2 Atti:lt,l Jl)rl i11 1)cltnLllk, I n 

,rrltlll tt,I~ li Ai;i„el ; NulIrmFrrr, Shurlhilled 

Duti'i(cher Lirl .+tu+lrrrrnrr u, tt,I, rl'uutl,• I 

It,rrtt Ihr in r',ult tirqtL=n,ltrr. -1n Uj)land 

Sandpiper H,rrL.rrnr,i lrrn :,v .x,r1,r „t hrir II ""• ❑ . : 

I'nr16~~u .1 n,I, (~r1 f rnt .111, In,til,tnri . ul: I- ~t ilin• ! n 

f' t rc r r r r uunt r ri 'tl Marsh Sandpipers rr ._,t 

, % ,t, in t]le• C,tnt,rrr ;u,.• un 22 lult 1 Solitary 

Sancipipcr !,ralifari,l u .t, tr'Ir rrlt cl rrr-rl Iht 1/ult, n 

lh~ S-I)It•rnl,rr . Thc Ínurlh Lesser Yelloa'legs J rl,,r r 

Ítrr thr' Vt'thc'rl,tn ( i, tt,n .111 1tiull li c)u,l .' 

knk,l,rrl,q,ll, I,luttrr,rtt•tr . (,r„~,tn~ .~r~ ~n~ I'i-I" L,tlt In 

Iht' (,Irrt,u uc . tht' Terek Sandpiper 1rr,c„ n 1'1 lulv In 1 r,111rt• rmc• t-r,t, 

rr•Itrr tr'cl li 13nt,in, Vt'ntlc•t•, rtrl ~I ;1u1,11,1 .tnti ,inrdllr 1 crn

l1rP reports 

I.k.s 

145 Oriental Cuckoo / Boskoekoek Cuculus saturator, Lieksa, Finland, 27 lune 1 y98 lluh~i Poutanenl 146 Orit-s7ta! 

Curkoo ; Boskoekoek Cuculu+ s .tfurator, Lieksa, Finland, 27 June 1998 (Kimmn Nevalainen ) 147 Gwat Blackhearded 

Gull / Reuzenzwartkopneeutiv Laruti ichthyaettrc, Yirsl-wi (rruhe~r i 

_ ~ .+.+w .~• . . ~~i ... -_ ~` 

~ ~ 

~ 

r--~•=° ~ 

. . - - - ~~ •_- .rf 

,. . . .. 

. - ~-. ~ ~ 

y~~w~a .-,r .o,~~•.~ .,.ri ... . . . 

186

lh'Y rc°lttrrtti 

Ile de Ré, Charente-L1iritimc~, un ; -au~ust . 11 acreptecl, 

~i tirt-~ummur Franklin's Gull Li ,rn o rf 

Lstdrtit, Gircm,i, crn 2 lunt° ~vill hc lhc° titih tar > p~ un lle rk Re'• 

on 22-27 Atr,c;us1. In liritain, fir51-,ummer Bonaparte's 

Gulls t philarfelExhia saere re!x rled trorii lhurids;c• i 

Ncxthuniherlanrl, trom 16 li to 11 Au-gust and ~tyain 

un C) Se{itern!rer, ind irzxn ktusselhurgh, Eusi L«Ihi,rn, 

Scc_tl,rncl, ircmi 17 

:1i into 5eptemher . Sin,t ;!c 

Audouin's Gulls L,rurlutrrníí w•ere seen at Thonun-lesf3,3ins 

I iaute S.ivair i,n 6 Septemher rnd at Lac 

Lánan, ['.;vnec, S ci Vc rf,mrl, on ' Septemhec The 

seventh Ring-billed Gull L ie°I,rtcarcnsi± k3r lhe \ ethc~r 

lands corir r,rne-rl in -tdull pru>ent li 18 lani to 11 

Fehru,irv 1'3r1fï it CKrr- . Ci sahich returnecl tr} Ihe 

sJmP ,3i }n 1'ri Seplember. The Ihirc! - atiinler 

Glaucous-winged Gull !, latrcr~cens at La Ra~lin,a . EI 

Hierrrr . C,)narti_- Island>, en '-IU Fehruarv iL192 has 

rerentlv heen ,~crepterl 113irr!ing btibrlcl 9 : 237, 

Ardeola 45 : 97-116, 11)9M . It tivas seen 1hrec e~riier 

Ihan lhe 

.rdu!€ . pussih!y the sams, inhi~ idi 

photo~ al Lsauuira . '1ni Cin 31 l, ni 

1 (13 ; li)ul( h Bii 1 : '6-81, 199i), In Ki a 

Ross's Gull khcxlc 1;,r 

brmartrl~ira Svilh onc Ieg cm S Jul\ at C~itinzhur„ 

13rrierici; ~va5 repcrri at I1imnii 

Blatstjorci. Finnntark, Nui Frum 2 1 luc,u,l 

mti,rrds . a Crested Lark1 rri>raGr ,t.~~c~rl 31 

Trtrnrlhuim, ';nr-linnrlel,rg C)n 1 3-1h lul4• . r Red-rumped 

Swallow !lirun

INP repo rt s 

Palma, Canary Island5, on 10-16 November 1991 has 

recently been acc :epted IBirdin .L„ World 5 : 26, 1992, 

Dutch Birding 18: 143, 1996, Ardeola 45 : 97-116, 

1998) . In mid September, a Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olie,ueus 

was seen on Ouessant . C)n Fiel ;;crlancl, 

Schleswig-Holstein, an American passerine glimpsed 

on 1 ti September was tentatively identified as a Yellowthroated 

Vireo 

b'ireo !lavifrnrrs . On 6 Septemher . a 

Black-headed Bunting Fmheriza rnelanocepha la w as 

present un ()uessant and a second-year ternale was 

trapped on Oland on 13 5eptember . 

A Bobolink 

UUlI(hUnti'x' Url'21VOrL15 was reported trom the Azores In 

earlv September. 

For a number of reports, publications in Ardeola, Bírdíng 

World, Birdwatch, British Birds, Limicola, Orníthos, 

V~r Fát;elv~rld, Winging It, Wingspan and World 

Bírdwatch were consulted. News irom Britain was 

kindly supplied by Birdline i0891-700-222 or 08 9 1- 

700-242 1 and Rare Bird News 1088 1-888-1 11 1 . 1 wish 

to Ihank Paul Arche+, Ratael .Armada iTurkeyl, Peter 

Barthel (Germany), David Bigas, Mal ;s Brindle, P A 

Buckley, Alain Chappuis, Roli Christensen, Tonv Clarke 

(Canarian Nature Toursl, Tini Collins, losé Luis Copete 

{Turkeyi, Andrea Corso (Italy), David Cottridl ;e . Mike 

Crewe, Eric Denipsey, GLmier De Smet IBetarus), 

Jochen Dierschke {Germanyl, Hugues Duiourny, Ennu 

Ehels, Peter Fraser {UK), Gon4aln Elias, Tommy 

Frandsen, Marcello Grussu . Mosten Gi]nther, Ricard 

Gutiérrez, Erling Jirle, Adrian Jordi, Yves Kayser, Chris 

Kightley, Guv Kirwan (C1SME1, Pierre Le Marëchal 

(France), André van Loon, Jan Louwman, Bruce 

Mactavish, Blake Maytrank Anthony Mc( 1-eehan, 

Richard Millington, Geir Mohakken, Colm C Moore, 

Gerald Oreel, Arie Ouwerkerk, Gunnlaugur Pétursson 

IIceland), Stetan Aki Ragnarsson (lceland), Colin 

Richardson (UAE), Luciano Ruggieri Iltalvl, George 

San);ster, Holger Schritt, Bob Scott, Ricardo Tome, 

Marlin Vavrik and Raland van der Vliet ior their help in 

compiling this review . 

Arnvud & van den Berg, Duinlustparkweg 98, 2082 FG Santpovrt-Zuirl, Netherlanrls 

lArnnud .vandenBerfiQinter.nl.netl 

Recente meldingen 

Dit overzicht van recente meldinpen van zeldzame en 

inleressante vogels in Nederland en België beslaat 

voornamelijk de periode juni-juli 1998 . De vernielde 

gevallen zijn merendeels niet geveritieerd en het overz.icht 

is niet volledig . Alle vogelaar, die (ie moeite 

namen om hun waarnemingen aan ons door te geven 

worden hartelijk bedankt . 

Waarnemers van soorten in Nederland clie worden 

beoordeeld door de Commissie Dwaalgaslen Nederlandse 

Avifauna wordt verzocht hun waarneminl;en zo 

spoedig mogelijk toe te zenden aan : CDNA, Postbus 

45, 2080 AA 5antpoort-Zuid, Nederland . Hiertoe gelieve 

men gebruik te maken van CDNA-waarneminBsiormuiieren 

die eveneens verkrijgbaar zijn hij hovenstaand 

adres- 

Nederland 

GANZE\ TOT VALKEN Een wel erh late Roodhalsgans 

Branta ruRcoNis bevond zich op 4 juni achter de kwelplasjes 

langs de Oostvaardersdijk, Flevoland- Op 15 

juii verbleel een groep van 24 Casarca's hjdorna térruginea 

hij de Stichtse Brug, Noord-Haliand . Grote 

aantallen Krooneenden h'etta rurina hetrotten op B juni 

25 in de Botshol . Utrecht, en op 9 juli 13 op het 

Vrluwemecr Ier hoogte van Hoophuizen, Gelclerland . 

De Bronskopeend .>tiiareca ialcata van de Ezumakee#;, 

Friesland, werd daar nog tot 7 juni gezien . Grauwe 

Pijlstormvogels Puhimfs griseus werden gemeld op 14 

jufi hij Carnperduin, Noord-Hollanrl, en op 15 juli 

uweei langs TerschellinL;, Frsesland . Noordse Pijlstormvogels 

P uuffinus vlogen op 8 juni Ian,gS Wc•5tkapelle, 

Zeeland, op 13 juli langs Zandvoort . Nonrd-tiolland, 

op 15 juli ivijf) en 16 juli langs Terschelling en op 30 

juli Itweel langs Scheveningen, Zuid-Iiolland . Vanat 5 

juli werden 17 Vale Pijlstormvogels P rrtauretanfcus 

gezien vanaf Camperduin, ter.vijl andere gemeld werden 

op 15 juli langs ierscheliing en op 31 juli langs 

Sa heveningen . Drie Vale Stormvogeltjes Oceanodroma 

leucorhoa die op 11 juli langs Huisduinen, Noord- 

Holland, vlogen werden later geherdetermineerd als 

twee Slormvogeltjes Hydrobate s pelagicus en één 

5lormvoi;eltje niet een donkere stuit . Andere Stormvogeltjes 

werden gezien 3anL;s Camperduin op 14 juli 

minimaal drie en op 18 juli één . [en onvolwassen 

Kuiiaalscholver Stictocarho aristotelis werd vanaf 22 

juli ophemerkt langs de Oosterscheldekering, Zeeland . 

Woudapen txobrychus rninutus werden gezien van 7 

tol 12 juni hij Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, op 12 juni en 

pas weer otr 24 juli bij Kollumeroord, Friesland, en op 

20 juni bij Nieuwerkerk aan den Ilssel, Zuid-Holland . 

Gok werd in juni nog een Woudaap t;ehoord in Noord- 

Limburg. Kwakken Nycticorax nycticorax werden 

waargenomen op ,' juni in de Klotputten bij Eindhoven 

. Noord-Brabant, op 19 juni te Amsterdam, Noord- 

Holland, op 11 juli in de Kollumerwaard, Friesland, o p 

I a 

R 1 r7urc h 13irrfing o ; W . 194 . 1 9981

K~Jrerrte rr7el~Iiriq~'f T 

148 ,1 ;,i,ili~ch e (;nurlplevier I PaciÍic Golden Plover PuvialLs tulva, De Putten . Schorsrl, Nnorrl-Hollansi . 

23 julí 1,41)8 lRcrt e Pop) 

149 C cslr~epic Slrandlcrper / Pcctoral 5arulE~iper Cilirlris rnrl .uzotn~, irlult . Neer, Limhur}; . 

•a , ut;ustus 1998 íR",ire7 Lernnrens! 

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150 Steppekievit / Scx: iable Lapwing l~inelfus g re garius, adult, Spaarridarn . Noord-Holland, 25 jurii 1998 fArnourf 

B r, i n cien 8ergl 151 Steltstrandloper / Stilt Sandpiper hficropal3n7d him .uitopus, adull, Blauwe Kamer, Ulreuht, 14 

juli 1998 fArnoud 8 van den Ser~g l 152 Huiskraai / House Crow Lurvus sulendens, adull, Kullumerland, 

Lauwersnieer, Friesland, 15 au};ustus 1998 ([CO j K Bu~Cursorius l 

19l)

Rrrentr . nrcldir t 

17 jtrli in Alphc-n aan rlen Rijn, Luirl-Hclllind . en llij 

Doc)rnspijk. Gelclcrl,inrl en r)p (1 jrrli hij Haastrccht, 

Zuid-Holland . Een Ralreiger :•lrrlr, 11,t r rlloirfes was ijp 

22 juni c•niL!e tijcl .ttntilr zri nll iersrhellini~ . In de };ehcle 

perlude titi•erd noh ren Ii-tal Koereigers Eic,f>uleu, 

ibis 'gczion. Er z:jn inmidelek +erie~rve her-irhlr'n nrrr 

gcslaagcie hrnerlY ;e-v,tllr-n . !n deze pr r rrdc vti•[•rdcn cx)k 

noie ecns c~(i Kleine Zi lv erreigers F,~retr~t ~url e rtr 

gerneld, vournanelilk in Íuli en nmt al ; hcant, np I' 7 juli hij 

Hnsterwnlde : Grcrnirn~rn, en utl -11 en _'-1 jull n clc-nm 

gevlng van dcr Fiunt,tl c c~ . r~ttximaal ze\ r•n Flamingo's 

1'ltnerticnl~ICru• r{luV• •.r_rhle en in (le L,tutvE rsmc•er . 

C;rr)nin,4c•n Zwarte Wouwen rttilcus nci,rrrr ver-chrnen 

vin 1 ; lnt 1% uni hij Alphun aan rlc~n Rijn, o{1 19 

juni nver he'I r'+msterdams(• t3os . Nounl-llrylkincl, en np 

5 en 6 juli ten nrrrrrdt°.n van Hardinarclcr-Gies>endam, 

Zuid-Hollanri . Ern jonr;c, Rode Wouw :11 nlihus verhleet 

vanar ii juli op rir Brr,,ï hlll,iat rrll li rcchcllinF . 

N i,asl een Y;eheimgehcrurlc'n Slangenarend C ir,tc°ttrs 

g,>llicus ilp de rtcu:>rdelrjke 1'elut+r.•, s~a, r•r et-n meldinq 

np 1 i juni i ,in de iuirll„)nl •.an rlc I Ioge Veluwe, 

GelrlerlancL Op arht I>lc, kkvn tir•rli l c .% en deze zr)mer 

voor kcrrtere nf Iantterf, lilrl Visarenden F'.rnrliarr h~alf,letus 

. Roodpontvalken i,rlr cr tt ;rlé=rtinus werrl[n ppl;rmerkl 

op 1 juni r111 Ir•r5c hFllint; en op 2 uni np de 

Maasvlakte, Zcirl-F Inll,rnr l 

RRLLEN TOT ~ I E KN< 1-t•n Klein Waterhoen Porzana 

parva wercl v rn ;i nx i tc) : ; juni i=I .nr)rrl hij Kr)fiunteroorcl 

Kleinste Waterhoenders !' fxr.ilLr «rrrien v,in 3(1 

mei Icit _' jirni ïnc~ ;rrrrl in rlr Twrtu>•re hij [ieerla, 

Grnnin4rn ul> i1 mc i in 17e1 Ztivanenwttcr, Noord- 

Ilollartci, e•n r,tn 22 tul L luni in rÍN Kl,tuMe Kumer, 

C;elderlaad . Kwartelkoningen C .-rr•e rrc•.x s-ti~aren uibnr ;- 

clerlifk alpcrtrccn clit jaLar, A1r•cr rLrn 40O terrntaria ti%cr 

rlen vntgestelcl, t•crorn ;tnK•lijic in het noonlnrl>ICn \,tn 

het ~rnrl iGn)nint;en en f)renther . Een nrírrlte Kraanvogel 

Grcrs 'ruc werrÍ op Iti juni gemr•Erl h :j hc,t 

Fn(htc•lorlërvr'en, 1)renthe flok in eerdere f .tren ti%errlen 

hier S znmers ,ululru Kraanti•ngel~ i,ingelrnÍÍen . 

CJncl•tni« clrt inilux van hei 4ur}rja .tr bleven ,lerhtti c1e i- 

ni p Steltkluterr Himdnlvp us lrrnranlc rxr> 

in Neclerlancl 

han,r;en: maaintial clri;. Zuid-Ilollanrl . 

Vorkstaartplevieren Ghtrcula pra tirrrr k l avcrrlcn geclc•- 

Ir=n~~inr=e•rr! ott 13 uni hij de Onstti,iarcler>plassen 

deze hleet lot ' i juni - en vtn .tÍ Z't juli in hut 5tini 

hij hei Rummei;ur~. Op\alle•nrl i, dat np 1 i juni nrll. 

nug een lanq vlleie•nrlc 

.ir unirnu• t•crrk5t,tarlYllcricr 

wf•rd ;,ezrr'n I,i de Par~~hu~h .wen . Fle~-nl ~nri Ecn zcc•r 

rraair Steppevorkstaarlplevier ( nurclnr,tnni vc rhlc. r i 

van 1 tol ; luli hij Hrrn} ;e /walusx•r•, Nrlorrl-Brnh,tnl . 

Iv e n Morinelpfevier Ch.rrarLrrrS rnnrinc'11uh I)Ici>Ir•rclc ul, 

(, rn 7 luni :wt; in rFr^ Ezumakeer; . fe,i Axiatische 

Guudplevier !'Icrt r.tlis rirft .r ~tic'rcl op 18 juli rmirlr k1 iii 

de P,rllen hij C,imperrluin en hlc•r,( d,iar tn ; in ,3uku+tuti . 

Ec, i»cl zc~er honkva5tc- Steppekievit l trtellu4 tirc,~,rrir,ti 

verhleel vnnat 27) juni tot in ,tu} ;ustu< rn (1c nr~r~r~~ln~ 

aan Spaarnclam, Noorrl-}~inll .tncl . i)c• ilr•rcl

Rec'ente rnieldirrgen 

I~ ~. . ~,~ . . 

• l Y . 

153 5teppevorkstaartplevier! Black-winKed Pratincolc. 

GIareoLr nordmanrri, Hooge Zwaluwe, Noord-Brahant, 

1 ju[i 1 9 9 8 (Marten van Dijl) 

, ~ . . ~ 

154 h~~utdki'a I,li,in~ilulxi krrl-nrr kv .i tiirn E 

CaGdris ruticollis, aclult, ( )url-i3eijerlancl . Zuid-Hollan[!, 

4 juli 19'}8 rHans Gehuisl 

Polder Noorder-M heide hij Petten, en op 31 juli 12 

op een hloemhctllenrelrl hij 't zand, Noord-Holland . Er 

werden 14 Reuzensterns Ste rna casl >ia doorge~even, 

voornamelijk vanai eincl juni . Er waren twee meldingen 

van Dougalis Sterns S op 16 juni langs 

Carnperdrrin en op 21) juni in de 'rGravenhoekinlaag, 

Zeeland . Twee Witwangsterns C.hlidonias frvbridus bleven 

tot 4 juni ín rie Ezumakeeg. Andere vlogen op 5 

juni Lééni en 9 juni Itweel bij Sleilendam, Zuid- 

Holland, en up 27 juli bij de Venljagersplaten, Zuid- 

Holland . Vanai 28 juni werden weer Witvleugelserns 

C!eu

KeCenfP rRP'lrrir7f; ( 't 7 

België 

FF\I)F• I{>r VALKEti ( )p 1 )uni zwom noJ ; s[eecls een 

Krooneend Ne7fa rutïna te Hnr[hiec, Hdindul . Vercler 

uaren er tvéiarncmin ;;en hij Gent . post-VAanderen, op 

1 juli en ie Esranafflc ;, Hainaut, van 2 1 lot 25 luli 

ihwPel . Het vrou4vtje Wiloogeend ;4)Thya nvroca valt 

Zingem, (-)rr~l-Vl,ranlcren, lileei rliar tot 8 juni Een 

vrcruwtje Rosse Stekelstaart C)~,yum jarn.rirrn rs Ic 

N4uerhekf-11-a,is, Clocr-Vlnanderen, I>leet de I;ehelc~ 

peritxle a,3mrc-ri .j.~. 13i1zon(lr'r vroeg w.cren de twee 

Kuhls Pijlstormvogels ( alnrtcctris lrnrauli; cli e ot ) 18 

juli lanys Uu,trndt', Wc' I-1rlaandcren, t ko (;en . Op i I 

juli kwam de ~r' Grauwe Pijlstormvogel Pu7ïnu, 

yriseus langs Oostendr De eerti+c• Vak Pijlstormvogel 

t' macrrefar7itus voor rlil jaar vioog op 12 juli langs 

bb'enduine, ENest-Vl,iandefen . C)p 18 en 25 julí vloo4 

een juveniele Kuifaalscholver SPic7o=m ho aristott'li . 

IanF;s Oostenrle . Oh 19 en 20 juli cwom een r>rivoltivassen 

vot;el ol) r'en vtiel zeer belaehelijk pueltje fee'n 

resen-oir vcxrr een ~crrr] I)ij Nulfe, ,ntvti'erpe'n 

1uveniele Kwakken ,ti'rcticora .t rtrctrcur~r .t~ wc'rrls'n 

opgemerkt te Durizeic:-Zeehrugge, 4Vest-Vla .rndcren 

rm aximaaf zes up t) jrrlil ; le. C]udenaarr#c. Ckos'- 

Vlaanderen, op fi juni ; te C}ud-Hc•verire . Vlaanitif3rahant, 

op 28 juni ; Ir Groenlaken, 4Vest-1r'lainrli'ren, 

op 1 1 juli ; en Ic t)oarnzeie . Oust-VlaanrlerYn . op 12 

juli en van 2(1 tot juii . Een exemplaar in >nrieren !clrie•r ; Dir,l, Vlm}s Brah,lnt: I)nxnzcl e 

iweé•r ; [)u[icCle-Zeehrut;r„e Men : Frtvelcle . On ;t- 

Vl .~anrJrtren : C'ent : halloDoe'I . C)r~rs1-Vla,~nderen : Knokke 

Inegeil,' Knqlkerkt' . 1•Vest-Vlannderen ; \-1cr ix•Ir•n, 

Anhtic~rpen rrlrie7 : h~tr~eutiven~l lelc htr'rc~'n, 1 imbur~ IrijÍ1 ; 

Ousfr~ en 1-0llebruek aueel . Op 21 juli Gc~lr eerr 

Grote Zilverreiger Cásrncrurliu, alh~r hij tir hulc~n, 

Limhurr; . OI) 1 juni ti-InoL~ een Slangenarend Cirr acfu ~ 

ffic w, oaer Rijkevor el . Anlwerpen . (ll 25 luni kti,i> 

rrr nc ;t :maals een rne'Irling tc• K,tlinlhuut . Ant%tiurtic•n . Op 

1 % [) en Zf. juli versrheen een exernpla .rr c h het 

5chic•li~eld te E3recht, nntwerpen, en aan de h .rnci v,In 

4l rerrrnkfeecl tiverd ti .>>tt;c•stelrl rLal riit met iekencvicl 

de VnIel evas cGe in nfr=i te K,ilmflirrut +•i'rhlceÍ Op Z(' 

uli imullaan met de waarneming Ic• Rrechli vloog 

hoaenrlien een ander e~cnipl,iar over lí,ill< . ()I 18 juni 

werr! een srhuwc arr=nd rlquila i~emr~lrl hij Mourhr'kr- 

41'an eike op 25 rn t, ju ii rrfctcrrninrcrcl kon vvnr . 

rlen a Is Steppearend ,1 orimhrish Op 6 juni en U juli 

ti\errf ern m .rnwlfc• Roodpootvalk F.Irr ic :pcrlirrus 

t;e .zien op> hC°I tichic lvt•Irl te l3rc .c ht . 

Kr)F1FN I(>I Kr]c1L) :v1t .r5tiEAIn juni St,.•rri he•kenrl r}ul r•r 

np .3, 4 ot ; mrv een Grijskoppurperkoet Pnrplh k riu 

()rfir, e phalu< werd ,~ïdrrtrrur,ifr c nl in eE'n tuin Ir, 

Neerpelt, Linihur,e . 0p 1 juni ~~rrrl er r-en rrntric~kl Iv 

Tic•ncn, Vl.jam-Brahant e'n rlit csï~mplaar liet rit h ap 

6 en 7 juni rloor vrle wAnrmmmers hekijken . Ven~asm-nrl 

t ;enocs; riep op 7 juni c'en purperkoel 1'r rr 2hti rin luidruc-htit' 

le Znldcr-Vc clcan(, Limhurr; m,IIr rkve vn,vl 

vaerrl niet eciicn . Te 1)udick'-ZeelmruF; ;,e licq if'n np 4 

uni twee Steltklufen }~irri,rrzfrrpcrti ltir7r .rrirrrf>rr.t. v.in A 

juni tc3t 1 juli tit'rhlrc't c•c°n ee r lr -fnnirr !7ij f)nurns_r Ir 

erI van 11 tnl S1 juli prlc'irt-tor•ci Eale Circ~ie ;trs ,~aNicuS, 

Rrechl, Anlwerpen, 21, juli lr)r)PS rlefrfe' hirlrerl 

156 itrek v Iznn,qr,r r' hir(•r 4V,irhier Lucu>Wlhr r7ui 

Zr.terle-ParWijs .Anlwerpe'n, jrrni Ir)9H rf',rtrirh f3rrmns) 

lrl ;

Recente meldin gen 

zonier Gestreepte Strandloper C melanotos . Een adult 

vrouwtje Grauwe Franjepool Pitalaropu± fobatus +rerbleer 

v .in 1 tl tc>t 12 juni te Tienen Up 13 juni werd een 

Grote ji ager titercurariu : skua ~ezien hij Stokkem, 

Limhurg. Op 13 juni waren twee Pontische Meeuwen 

Larus c'ac hinnurch Birdrnx 20 : 194-t96 . l998k

1)R ActrrCe l 

vactgelet„.tl kon wrlrrlen . Zo'n 1 4 0 IieÍhchb[~rs mcrchten 

het Kehied in nl Everrlen na enige nloeite h[louncl ; M le 

relevinte kenmerken konden nu op een aisi van c 

1 50 nl worden vastge,le[d en \rn nucl van den Berg en 

tilare Plonlp sl iagclen erin rle vngel op heeld vasl te 

legpen. Na de excursie k o n de vc>.4el nog tot [ 18 : ;[] 

van Ílinke 3tclind tivorrlen gezien vanaf het fietsp1d 

{ings de Grebheherg Om 14 :( .)[f wrtrd ren nicum 

hezoek aan hcl lerrein tegesk .ln maar tcrt [;nrie spijt 

van de vi beE,ingstellenrien tiv,l~ de vrlge9 nnvindhaar, 

clit keer detinitie Í 

Dit vti.as het eerste rrÍ tweecle t;eval van Stelt,tr,lnr!- 

IuFrer vaor Nederland Over een meklin>; v,ln I1i 

auF;ustu5 1497 in rle Lopelaarplassen, Flevolanrl, heeit 

de CI)NA not; t;cerl rlefiniiier heoluit gienomen M I- 

sEran[Iloper is ecn zecr zeUznme gnst in Fu~ meI 

4(1-50 gevallen, tivaarran c 30 in Grcmt-Brittannié en 

Ierlanrl . Verr#er i, cfe s-= vantgustelrl op Ilsland en op 

het rcrntinent 7ijn ei gevallen uil Belgie . Finl,3nd, 

Frankrijk, Ncrorvveqen Clostenrijk, Spanje er Ztivwlerl . 

Voor het eerst in ci e he~chiedenis van het Necler- 

Ean[Ise ttivitchen werrl

DB Arruee ! 

weer vroeg untdekt, tul vreugde van cie vele vogelaars 

van huiten de noordelijke regio. Aan het einde van de 

míddag besloten onder andere Ferdy Hieselaar en Rov 

Slaterus naar een gemelde Poelruiter te # ;aan zoeken in 

het zuidelijke deel van de Ezumakeeg . Bij het afzoeken 

van de slikken ontwaarde FH een str,znclloper die hij in 

eerste instantie als Gestreepte Strandloper determineerde 

Toen RS cie vogel zag realiseerde hij zich dat dit 

een Siherische Strandloper was . Direct probeerden ze 

de aandacht van vogelaars c 200 ni verderop te trekken 

die de andere kant op keken . In eerste instantie 

reageerde niemand ; ze hadden het te druk met het kijken 

naar dé Siherische Strandloper. Na enkele keren 

'hij zit hier hoor!' over en weer geroepen te hebben 

drong het tot iedereen door dat cr twee exemplaren 

zaten! Dit tweede exemplaar zorgde enige tijcl voor 

verwarring en discussíe . Hoewel het postuur, cie bruinrode 

kruin en oorstreek en de gevlekte onderstaartclekveren 

uiteindelijk overduidelijk op Siherische Strandloper 

wezen, waren cie chevrons op de buik en flanken 

moeilijk te zien . Hierdoor leek de vogel een vrij scherp 

het;rensde. borstband te hebben . in combinatie nict cle 

opvallende wenkbrauwstreep en de dunne lichte V op 

de mantel maakte dit verwarring niet Gestreepte 

Strandloper goed mogelijk . Beide vogels hleven die 

avond honkvast en en werden bijna tot donker door 

c 35 vogelaars waargenomen, steeds c 200 m uit 

elkaar. 

De tweede vogel werd cle volgende dag rond 06 :30 

kortstondig waargenomen door Max Berlijn . De rest 

van de dag werd echter tevergeefs gezocht naar beicle 

vokels. Wel werd als troost een adulte Grijze 

Stranclloper C pusilIJ op naam gehracht door diezeltde 

MB. De verrassing was dan ook groot tuen op zondaKochtend 

9 augustus het eerste exemplaar weer opdook 

en zich de rest van de week onregelmatig maar soms 

erg fraai liet bekijken . De laatste waarneming dateert 

van 2 3 augustus ; in deze periode is de vogel door c 

2 00 vogelaars bezucht . waarurtder Belgen, Duitsers en 

Fransen . Het tweede exemplaar werd niet meer waargenomen 

. 

Deze ontdekking betekende de tweede en derde 

Siberische Strandloper voor Nederlancl . De eeste 

bevond zich van 14 tot 21 september 1989 te Phihppine, 

Zeeland (Dutch Birdrnl; 1 3: 12 5 -117, 1991) . De 

Siberische Strandlopers en cie nog tot 20 augustus onregelmatig 

y;cmelde Grijze Strandloper vormden cie 

IvoorlopíPe) afsluiting van een stortvloed aan zeidzame 

steEtlcrpers gedurende cie zomermaanclen, met 

onder andere de honkvaste Steppekievit Uanellus Mregarius 

van Spaarndam, Noord-Halland, van 25 juni rot 

ver in augustus ; de Steppevorkstaartplevier Glaretala 

nordmanni van Hooge Zwaluwe, Noord-Brahant, o p 1 - 

7 juli ; cie Roodkeelstrandloper C ruticollis van Oud- 

Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, op 4 juli Icf Dutch Birding 

20: 144, 1998 ; de Kleine Geelpootruiter Ttlawpe5 van 

de Lauvversmeer, Groningen, op 15-17 juli ; cie 

Azíatische Goudplevier Pluvialis lulva van De Putten, 

Noord-Holland, van 18 juli tot in aut;ustus ; en de 

Grijze Strandloper van Bommenede, Zeeland, op 5-12 

au};ustuti . Het hoogtepunt vormde de aciulte Stellstrandloper 

hlicropalama himantopus in de Blauwe Kamer 

bij Rhenen, Utrecht, op 24 juli . Rr~rn OrrFtttiv s 

1 5 8 Siherische Strandlcrper r' Sharp-tailed Sanrlpi p er CaNrlris dcuminata, adult, Ezumakeeg, Lauwersmeer, 

Friesland . 8 aut;ustus 1998 lArooud 8 van den 8erg j 

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