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Report of the Alabama Bird Records Committee

1992 - 1993

The "official" Alabama State List now contains 394 species, with 11 species listed in the hypothetical category (no acceptable photograph or specimen, or not seen by at least three experienced observers). The Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) which was recently accepted by the American Ornithologists’ Union, would have increased the state total to 395; however, at the same time the Eurasian Collared-Dove was accepted, the Ringed Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia risoria) was deleted by the AOU.

Tables 1 and 2 cover the years 1992 and 1993, respectively. Table 3 contains an update of the 1990 and 1991 unreported evaluations. Forty-three records were appraised and finalized.

 

TABLE 1. 1992 RECORDS COMMITTEE EVALUATIONS

Record Number Species Date County How Documented1 Decision2 Alabama Status3
92-1 Brown Noddy

Anous stolidus

05/09/90 Mobile P A 4
92-2 Ross's Goose

Chen rossii

01/20/91 Limestone   A 7
92-3 Black-chinned Hummingbird

Archilochus alexandri

10/05/90 Jefferson A 12  
92-4 White-tailed Kite

Elanus leucurus

10/13/91 Mobile P A 8
92-5 White-tailed Kite 10/06/91 Baldwin   A 7
92-6 Cave Swallow

Petrochelidon fulva

05/09/90 Mobile   A 7
92-7 Bronzed Cowbird

Molothrus aeneus

08/18/91 Baldwin   A 5
92-8 Red-necked Grebe

Podiceps grisegena

12/09/91 Marshall   A 7
92-9 Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Muscivora tyrannus

04/20/92 Mobile   A 2
92-10 deleted          
92-11 Cave Swallow 04/19/92 Baldwin   A 9
1 P - photograph; blank - sight record
2 A - accepted
3 Number of accepted sightings as of this record (1 = first, 2 = second, etc.); H – hypothetical list

 

TABLE 2. 1993 RECORDS COMMITTEE EVALUATIONS

Record Number Species Date County How Documented1 Decision2 Alabama Status3
93-1 Allen's Hummingbird

Selasphorus sasin

11/15/91 Mobile P/B A 1
93-2 Pacific Loon

Gavia arctica

04/17/86 Mobile   A 5
93-3 Smith's Longspur

Calcarius pictus

01/01/92 Limestone P A 7
93-4 Varied Thrush

Ixoreus naevius

02/20/92 Jefferson P A 1
93-5 Snow Bunting

Plectrophenax nivalis

03/20/92 Jefferson   NI  
93-6 Little Gull

Larus minutus

04/11/92 Baldwin P A 2
93-7 Cave Swallow 04/12/92 Baldwin   A 8
93-8 Shiny Cowbird

Molothrus bonariensis

04/24/92 Mobile   A  
93-9 Bronzed Cowbird 04/23/92 Baldwin   A 6
93-10 Black-legged Kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla

04/17/92 Mobile   A 5
93-11 Pacific Loon 12/01/91 Marshall A 10
93-12 Allen's Hummingbird 01/26/92 Autauga P/B A 2
93-13 Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

11/19/92 Madison P/B A 1
93-14 Hammond's Flycatcher

Empidonax hammondi

09/19/92 Baldwin P/B A 1
93-15 Harris's Sparrow

Zonotrichia querula

11/27/92 Baldwin   A 10
93-16 Ferruginous Hawk

Buteo regalis

01/09/93 Baldwin P NI  
93-17 Eurasian Collared-Dove 04/16/92 Baldwin   A  
93-18 Ross's Goose 01/13/93 Limestone   A 8
93-19 Masked Booby

Sula dactylatra

04/10/92 Mobile   NI  
93-20 Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

11/01/92 Baldwin   NI  
93-21 Swainson’s Hawk

Buteo swainsoni

10/18/92 Baldwin P A 20+
93-22 Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus fuscus

12/14/91 Lauderdale   A 4
93-23 Ash-throated Flycatcher

Myiarchus cinerascens

10/07/92 Morgan   W  
93-24 Western Tanager

Piranga ludoviciana

10/10/92 Mobile   A 15+
93-25 Eurasian Collared-Dove 10/08/92 Mobile   A  
93-26 Lesser Black-backed Gull 12/17/92 Colbert   A 5
93-27 Greater Shearwater

Puffinus gravis

12/31/92 Baldwin   A 15
93-28 Ross's Goose 02/03/93 Clarke P A 9
93-29 Ross's Goose 02/07/93 Perry P A 10
93-30 Little Gull 01/02/93 Perry   A 3
93-31 Allen's Hummingbird 02/13/93 Mobile P/B A 3
93-32 Little Gull 01/07/93 Lawrence P A 4
93-33 Eurasian Collared-Dove 02/06/93 Limestone   A  
1 P - photograph; B-banded; blank - sight record
2 A - accepted; NI - not accepted (identification);W - withdrawn by observer
3 Number of accepted sightings as of this record (1 = first, 2 = second, etc.); H – hypothetical list

 

TABLE 3. UPDATE OF PREVIOUS 1990/1991 RECORDS COMMITTEE EVALUATIONS

Record Number Species Date County How Documented1 Decision2 Alabama Status3
90-10 Harris's Sparrow 01/01/90 Baldwin   A 8
90-26 Cave Swallow 04/21/90 Mobile   NI  
90-46 Red-throated Loon

Gavia stellata

01/19/89 Baldwin   NI  
90-47 deleted          
91-5 Iceland Gull

Larus glaucoides

03/08/91 Baldwin   NI  
91-8 Mourning Warbler

Oporornis philadelphia

10/06/90 Baldwin   A 30+
91-10 Bell's Vireo

Vireo bellii

05/05/90 Jefferson   A 15+
91-12 Parasitic Jaeger

Stercorarius parasiticus

12/29/90 Baldwin   A 25+
91-15 Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

03/14/91 Jefferson   NO  
1 blank - sight record
2 A - accepted; NI - not accepted (identification); NO - not accepted (origin)
3 Number of accepted sightings as of this record (1 = first, 2 = second, etc.); H – hypothetical list
William J. Bremser, Jr. (Immediate Past Secretary, Alabama Bird Records Committee)
1124 Laguna Lane, Gulf Breeze, FL 32561

Original report appeared in Alabama Birdlife 41(2): 9-13 [1995].

[Species names modified to current (1998) American Ornithologists’ Union conventions.]

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