SWEDISH RARITY REPORT November 10 - December 7, 1997

Sources: E-mail from the Swedish hotline Club 300 + local reports, mainly from Gotland and Västerbotten.
Most of the rarities listed below are not official Swedish records until accepted by national or local rarities committees.

Abbreviations : m=male, f=female, 2y=second calender year age, s=summer plumage

English name/alt. Eng. name , Scientific name (Swedish name)
Number, sex, place (Province) date
Great Northern Diver/Great Northern Loon, Gavia immer (svartnäbbad islom)
1 ad at Båden (Öland) -15.11, 1 ad at Eksta (Gotland) -23.11, 1 at Glommen (Halland) 24.11

White-billed Diver/Yellow-billed Loon, G. adamsii (vitnäbbad islom)
1 juv at Melösa strand (Öland) 11.11, 1 at Segerstads fyr (Öland) 11.1, 1 juv at Västergarns utholme (Gotland) 7.12

Shag/European Shag, Phalacrocorax aristoteles (toppskarv)
1 ad Hallands Väderö (despite the name! Scania) 15.11, 1 ad Smögen (Bohuslän) 16.11, 1 ad at Ramsvik (Bohuslän) 19.11, 1 at Glommen (Halland) 24.11, 1 juv at Morups tånge (Halland) 26.1. Then 65 !! were counted at Ursholmen (Bohuslän) 30.11

Pink-backed Pelican, Pelecanus rufescens (rosaryggad pelikan)
This probable escape (but not ringed), a subad, at Timmernabben (Småland) , still there during most of the period, at least until 2.12

Pink-footed Goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (spetsbergsgås)
40 at Vanneberga (Scania) 22-23.11. A high number.

Lesser White-fronted Goose, Anser erythropus (fjällgås)
1 ad (with ring) N Grimslöv (Småland) 14-23.11, 2 ad + 8 1y (also with rings) at Vanneberga (Scania) 22-23.11.

Snow Goose, A. caerulescens (snögås)
1 1y at Vanneberga (Scania) 22-23.11

Brent Goose, Branta bernicla nigricans (mörkbukig prutgås)
1 NW Linköping (Östergötland) 27.11

Red-breasted Goose, B. ruficollis (rödhalsad gås)
2 SW Bottorp (Småland) 7.12 (together with Canada Goose, B. canadensis)

King Eider, Somateria spectabilis (praktejder)
1 ad m at Bua udde (Halland) 24.11

Steller's Eider, Polysticta stelleri (alförrädare)
1 f at Barsebäck (Scania) 27.11

Gyr Falcon, Falco rusticolus (jaktfalk)
1 juv at Galtabäck (Halland) 16.11

Iceland Gull, Larus glaucoides (vitvingad trut)
1 1y at Ärnemar, Oskarshamn (Småland) seen frequently during the whole period, also today, 7.12.

Glaucous Gull, L. hyperboreus (vittrut)
1 1y at Värmlandsnäs, Ladholmen (Värmland) 14.11, 1 1y N Skillinge (Scania) 22.11, 1 2y at Hörte (Scania) 6.12, 1 1y at Ottenby (Öland) 7.12.

Pomarine Skua/Pomarine Jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus (bredstjärtad labb)
3 juv at Revsudden (Småland) 16.11

Puffin, Fratercula arctica (lunnefågel)
1 at Ursholmen (Bohuslän) 30.11

Little Auk, Alle alle (alkekung)
1 at Segerstads fyr (Öland) 17.11, 1 at Skatudden (Uppland) 17.11

Hoopoe/Eurasian Hoopoe, Upupa epops (härfågel)
1 at Tångaberg (Halland) 15-27.11

Great Grey Owl, Strix nebulos (lappuggla)
1 in central Umeå (Västerbotten) 15.11

Grey-headed Woodpecker, Picus canus (gråspett)
6 counted in the Umeå-Skellefteå area 14.11.

Richard's Pipit, Anthus richardi (större piplärka)
1 at Örskär (Uppland) 15.11

Water Pipit, Anthus spinoletta (vattenpiplärka)
1 at Bingsmarken (Scania) 13.11, 1 at Tylön (Halland) 16.11

Wood Lark, Lullula arborea (trädlärka)
1 at Innervik, S Skellefteå (Västerbotten) 16.11

Horned Lark, Eremphila alpestris (berglärka)
1 at Holmsund (Västerbotten) 16.11

Citrine Wagtail, Motacilla citreola (citronärla)
1 1y at Smygehamn (Scania) 16.11

Nuthatch/Eurasian Nuthatch, Sitta europaea asiatica (sibirisk nötväcka)
1 at Skellefteå (Västerbotten) 15.11

Bluethroat, Luscinia svecica (blåhake)
1 at Knösen, Skanör (Scania) 23.11. A very late record.

Hume's Leaf Warbler, Phylloscopus humei (bergstaigasångare)
1 at Ottenby (Öland) 15-17.11

Pallas's Leaf Warbler, Phylloscopus proregulus (kungsfågelsångare)
1 at Falsterbo (Scania) 10.11

Firecrest, Regulus ignicapillus (brandkronad kungsfågel)
1 m at Klagshamns udde (Scania) 15.11

Great Grey Shrike (eastern race), Lanius excubitor homeyeri (varfågel, östlig ras)
1 at Sundre (Gotland) -10.11.

Bohemian Waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus (sidensvans)
900 - 1000 at Umeå (Västerbooten) 12.11 is quite a number.

Pine Grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator (tallbit)
1 at Ersboda, Umeå (Västerbotten) 11.11, 10 at Kronholmen (Gotland) 15.11, and 1 17.11, 2 m + 1 f at Åby (Scania) 13.11, 1 at Stensö (Småland) 18.11
Erling Jirle
Swedish coordinator EuroBirdNet / Fuglenett

This report can also be found on the EBN-Sweden homepages, see URL:
http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/Reports/SwReports97.html

Since I have got some negative responses by following the Swedish Orn. Soc. name-list (which even the Rarity Committee doesn't do!) the so called Holarctic list, the old established names in English comes first, folIowed with the alternative name after a /.
The Scientific and Swedish names follows the Holarctic Bird list adopted by SOF, see URL;
http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/hollisteng.html

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