Seventh CREX rarities report 2023
This document is the seventh rare birds report of the Extremaduran Rarities Committee (CREX) in Extremadura, Spain. CREX was created in 2016 and is made up of six members. In this report, 71 records of rarities have been considered, of which 89% refer to 2023. 89% of records received were accepted by the committee. In 2023, we welcomed the first record of Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga in Extremadura, and four records of Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus in one season was unprecedented. Other records of interest were a group of three Tundra Bean Goose Anser fabalis/ serrirostris, a new record of Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius, four records of Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius, six records of Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus and two records of Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei (the first records of the latter species since 2018). Seventh CREX rarities report 2023
Sixth CREX Rarities report 2022
This document is the sixth Extremaduran Rarities Committee (CREX) report. CREX was created in 2016 and comprises six members. For this report, 61 records of rare birds in the region were assessed, all of them from the year 2022. All records submitted were accepted. In 2022 Extremadura saw its first record of Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola. Other records of interest were a Great Northern Diver Gavia immer at Proserpina dam (a different individual to the one recorded there in 2021), a record count of 107 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica, four records each of Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius and Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla due to strong meteorological conditions brought about in December by Storm Denise, the third records of Great Black-backed Gull Larus atlanticus, Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus and Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis, and the second records of White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus and White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla (From the introduction project in Asturias), which were recorded as a result of GPS tracking. Sixth CREX Rarities report 2022
Fifth CREX rarities report 2021
This document is the fifth report issued by the Extremaduran Rarities committee (CREX). The committee was created in 2016 and has six members. In this report a total of 58 records have been assessed, all from 2021 with the exception of two records, one from 2020 and the other from 2018. 91.4% of the records received were accepted favourably by the committee. Extremaduran birding tourism has been negatively impacted by the continuing Covid-19 pandemic , which explains a reduction in submissions of records from observers from elsewhere in Spain and abroad. However there was a slight increase in records this year compared to 57 records in 2019. Without doubt, 2021 stands out as being a year for ‘firsts’ for Extremadura, with records of three new species for the region submitted: Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus, Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus and Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula, the latter also being a first record for Spain. Other observations of interest were new records of Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris, the third record of Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis, the fifth record of Great Northern Diver Gavia immer, the first record of Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata since 2018 and a new record of Snow Bunting […]
Fourth CREX rarities report 2020
This document is the third report from the Extremaduran Rarities Committee (CREX). The committee was created in 2016 and comprises seven members. 56 records have been assessed for the year 2020, apart from three records from 2019 and a single record from 2016. 96.4% of the records received were accepted. In 2020, just 52 records were received, 58.9% of the total received for 2019. The Covid-19 pandemic has had an important impact on records received, as the lockdown between the 14th of March and the 11th of May had a negative impact on international and national birding tourism as well as local birding in our region. However, lockdown did generate interest in audible nocturnal migration (NocMig), which resulted in two records of Baillon’s Crake Zapornia pusilla, whose calls were recorded on new recording equipment. Other noteworthy records that appear in this report are of Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis, after a three-year absence of records in the region, the sixth record of Corn Crake Crex crex which unfortunately referred to another illegally shot individual, the fifth record of Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes and the fourth of Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus. Fourth CREX rarities report 2020 English Version
Third CREX rarities report 2019
This document is the third report from the Extremaduran Rarities Committee (CREX). The committee was created in 2016 and was formed by seven members. 95 records have been assessed for the year 2019, apart from some pending acceptance by the Spanish national rarities committee. 82% of the records received were accepted. The most noteworthy records that appear in this report are Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla and Siberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus tristis, which represent the first records of these species for Extremadura. 2019 also featured the second Extremaduran records of Green-winged Teal Anas crecca carolinensis, American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica, Sabine´s Gull Xena sabinii, European Herring Gull Larus argentatus and Rosy Starling Pastor roseus, as well as the third record of Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita. Other noteworthy records were the fifth Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris and three new records of Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius that confirmed its presence as a rare winterer in the region. There were new winter records of Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria and Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella. A higher number of sightings of Spotted Crake Porzana porzana (including five individuals seen together) in spring 2019 corresponded to a small influx of that species here. Third CREX rarities report 2019 English […]
Second CREX rarities report 2018
SUMMARY This document is the second rarities report of the Extremaduran Rarities Committee (CREX), created in 2016 and made up of seven members. A total of 83 records have been assessed, 94% of them from 2018 and the rest comprising older records dating back to 1993. 92% of the records received were accepted by the committee. The most notable records in this report are of White-tailed Eagle Haliaetus albicilla, Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris borealis and Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus, which represent the first records of each species in Extremadura. The first record of European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus to be assessed by the committee (and the second for Extremadura) is also included, as well as Brent Goose Branta bernicla (fifth for Extremadura), Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus and Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi (both seconds for Extremadura) and the second Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris (third for Extremadura) after its separation from Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis and following on from previous records detailed in the last report. Other notable records are for White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala (fifth for Extremadura) and Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus (third for Extremadura) and new records of Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius that appear to confirm its presence as a […]
First Rarities Report 1996-2017
SUMMARY This document is the first rare birds report published by the Extremaduran Rarities Committee (CREX), created in 2016 by eight members. It’s the first document of its kind for the region. Some 326 records of rarities have been processed, 75% of them from the period 2015-2017. The rest constitute records of rarities dating back to 1996. Nearly 90% of records received were accepted. 5.8% of records referred to species considered national rarities in Spain. Owing to the increase in ornithologists in the region and an improvement in identification skills, several species have been removed from the initial rarities list. A list of taxa considered rarities in the region is included. Here’s hoping this encourages visitors to the region to report their records of rare birds! Please pass this on to anyone you know who is going to visit the¡is wonderful place. Together we can document and build on Extramadura’s ornithological history. CREX 1st Rarities Report 1996-2017
