Sjeldne fugler i Norge i 2005- Rapport fra Norsk sjeldenhetskomité for fugl (NSKF)

Abstract

This is the 30th annual report and the 31^st announcement from the Norwegian Rarities Committee (NSKF). The majority of records treated here are from 2005, but some older records are also included. Norway follows taxonomic advises given by the Taxonomic Advisory Committee (TAC) in the Association of European Record and Rarities Committees (AERC). The systematic list of accepted records is set out in the following system: (1) The bird's Norwegian name, (2) scientific name, (3) the numbers in brackets, e.g. (2, 30/32, 1), refers respectively to the (i) total number of records/total number of individuals up to and including 1974, (ii) total number of records/total number of individuals from 1975 (the foundation year of NSKF), except (iii) records/individuals in 2005, (4) any breeding, (5) year, (6) county, (7) number of individuals, age (1K = first calendar year etc.), sex (if known) and sometimes circumstances («rm» means that the bird was ringed), (8) site and municipality, (9) date, (10) * indicates if the record was complemented by positive evidence, and type of the evidence (F = photo, V = video-recorded, L = tape-recorded, D = found dead), (11) observers' names in brackets, main observer(s) is specified first and emphasized with *, (12) roughly gives the species' distribution and (13) comments concerning the records.

General trends

With 260 accepted records presented in this report, 2005 was one of the best years in the his- tory of NSKF. A total of 62 accepted records from previous years complete the status of rare birds on the Norwegian Bird list. There are 17 records presented that have been shelved. Two thirds of these concerns presumed hybrid Herring x Glaucous Gulls or first year «Eastern Yellow Wagtails». These records have been shelved due to the lack of identification knowledge in the literature for such birds. Also presented are 46 records that for some reason have not been accepted. Record numbers for Norway was recorded for the following species during 2005: White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis (four records involving five birds), Barn Owl Tyto alba (three records), Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti (five records), Black-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis atrogularis (four records) and Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis (11 records involving 15 birds). Also, 2005 was the first year ever with multiple records of Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea (two records), Pallid Swift Apus pallidus (two records involving three birds) and Steppe Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis pallidirostris (two records). Four records of «Eastern» Stonechat Saxicola torquatus maurus/stejnegeri were also an all time high.

Species and hybrids new to the Norwegian list

Two new species to the Norwegian category A list are presented in this report. This brings the official Norwegian bird list to 474 species. Included in this list are accepted records in category A-C. The new species were Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope and Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus. Both were found at Utsira, Rogaland in early October. Hybrid Mallard Anas platyrhynchos x Gadwall Anas strepera at Innfjorden, Rauma, Møre og Romsdal and Mallard x American Black Duck A. rubripes at Surnadal, Møre og Romsdal were also new for Norway. Also published here are the 2nd & 3rd Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca for Norway, 3^rd American Black Duck Anas rubripes, 3rd American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica, 3rd Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii, 3rd Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda, 6th Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius, 5th Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor, 3rd Laughing Gull Larus atricilla, 5th Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan, 1st-2nd & 5th-6th Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis, 9th Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans, 4th Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii, 10th Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra, 5th-7th Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii, 10th Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella certhiola, 2nd Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon, c. 8th Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata, c. 3rd Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli, 9th & 10th record of Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus and 4th & 5th Steppe Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis pallidirostris.