Report of the Alabama Bird Records Committee
2000
This is the report of the Alabama Ornithological Society
Bird Records Committee for the year 2000.
As of this writing the AOS recognized state bird list stands
at 417 species. Of these, three are
considered extinct (Passenger Pigeon, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and Carolina
Parakeet) and two extirpated from Alabama (Common Raven and Bachman’s
Warbler). Also thirteen species are
listed in the hypothetical category due to the absence of a photograph or specimen,
or written documentation of visual observations by at least three experienced
observers.
During this evaluation period, two species were added to the
Alabama state list: Red-billed
Tropicbird and Snow Bunting.
Steve McConnell,
137 Longleaf Lane, Trussville, AL 35173
Submitted: November 1, 2001
2000 RECORDS
COMMITTEE EVALUATIONS
(41 records reviewed from 17 different observers; 38
accepted; 3 not accepted)
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Record No.
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Species
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Date
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County
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How Noted1
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Decision2
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AL Status3
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99-14
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Iceland
Gull
|
4/16/1999
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Mobile
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A
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2
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00-1
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Brown
Booby
|
12/20/1999
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Mobile
|
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NI
|
---
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00-2
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Brown
Booby
|
1/28/2000
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Baldwin
|
|
A
|
20
|
|
00-3
|
Great
Cormorant
|
11/30/1999
|
Baldwin
|
|
A
|
14
|
|
00-4
|
Great
Cormorant
|
12/20/1999
|
Mobile
|
|
A
|
15
|
|
00-5
|
Eurasian
Wigeon
|
11/24/1999
|
Morgan
|
|
A
|
8
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00-6
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Northern
Goshawk
|
12/31/1999
|
Baldwin
|
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NI
|
---
|
|
00-7
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Black-legged
Kittiwake
|
11/14/1999
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Colbert
|
|
A
|
13
|
|
00-8
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Long-eared
Owl
|
11/16/1999
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pelagic
|
V
|
A
|
12
|
|
00-9
|
Snow
Bunting
|
11/17/1999
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Dallas
|
|
A
|
1-H
|
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00-10
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Red-billed
Tropicbird
|
8/30/1999
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pelagic
|
P
|
A
|
1
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00-11
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Greater
Shearwater
|
8/18/1999
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pelagic
|
|
A
|
20
|
|
00-12
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Greater
Shearwater
|
9/2/1999
|
pelagic
|
|
A
|
22
|
|
00-13
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Greater
Shearwater
|
9/19/1999
|
pelagic
|
V
|
A
|
21
|
|
00-14
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Cory's
Shearwater
|
8/19/1999
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Pelagic
|
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A
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6
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00-15
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Cory's
Shearwater
|
9/29/1999
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Pelagic
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V
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A
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7
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00-16
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Cory's
Shearwater
|
10/6/1999
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Pelagic
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V
|
A
|
8
|
|
00-17
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Audubon's
Shearwater
|
10/31/1999
|
Pelagic
|
V
|
A
|
7
|
|
00-18
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White-faced
Ibis
|
10/28/1999
|
Mobile
|
|
NI
|
---
|
|
00-19
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Buff-bellied
Hummingbird
|
2/1/1997
|
Mobile
|
B/P
|
A
|
4
|
|
00-20
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Buff-bellied
Hummingbird
|
12/16/1997
|
Baldwin
|
B/P
|
A
|
5
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00-21
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Buff-bellied
Hummingbird
|
2/21/1998
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Baldwin
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B/P
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A
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6
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00-22
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Buff-bellied
Hummingbird
|
12/9/1998
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Autauga
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B/P
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A
|
7
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00-23
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Buff-bellied
Hummingbird
|
10/17/1999
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Baldwin
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B/P
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A
|
8
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00-24
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Buff-bellied
Hummingbird
|
1/15/2000
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Escambia
|
B/P
|
A
|
9
|
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00-25
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Buff-bellied
Hummingbird
|
1/14/2000
|
Baldwin
|
|
A
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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00-26
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Calliope
Hummingbird
|
1/2/1996
|
Elmore
|
B/P
|
A
|
4
|
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00-27
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Calliope
Hummingbird
|
1/8/1998
|
Mobile
|
B/P
|
A
|
7
|
|
00-28
|
Calliope
Hummingbird
|
1/21/1998
|
Etowah
|
B/P
|
A
|
5
|
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00-29
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Calliope
Hummingbird
|
11/29/1999
|
Marshall
|
B/P
|
A
|
8
|
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00-30
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Calliope
Hummingbird
|
1/15/2000
|
Mobile
|
B/P
|
A
|
6
|
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00-31
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Broad-tailed
Hummingbird
|
2/15/1996
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Elmore
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B/P
|
A
|
2
|
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00-32
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Broad-tailed
Hummingbird
|
1/2/1997
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Mobile
|
B/P
|
A
|
4
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00-33
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Broad-tailed
Hummingbird
|
2/14/2000
|
Mobile
|
B/P
|
A
|
3
|
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00-34
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Allen's
Hummingbird
|
1/1/1997
|
Mobile
|
B/P
|
A
|
13
|
|
00-35
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Allen's
Hummingbird
|
1/1/1997
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Mobile
|
B/P
|
A
|
8
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00-36
|
Allen's
Hummingbird
|
8/14/1998
|
Montgomery
|
B/P
|
A
|
9
|
|
00-37
|
Allen's
Hummingbird
|
8/27/1998
|
Cullman
|
P
|
A
|
14
|
|
00-38
|
Allen's
Hummingbird
|
12/30/1998
|
Houston
|
B/P
|
A
|
10
|
|
00-39
|
Allen's
Hummingbird
|
11/7/1999
|
Montgomery
|
B/P
|
A
|
11
|
|
00-40
|
Allen's
Hummingbird
|
1/16/2000
|
Mobile
|
B/P
|
A
|
12
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1Blank – visual; P – photograph; B – banded; V-
video
2A – accepted; NI – not accepted due to
identification questions; NO – not accepted due to origin questions;
Pending
- under review by committee
3Number of accepted Alabama records (H -
hypothetical)
pelagic – Gulf of Mexico waters out to 200 nautical miles
from Mobile and/or Baldwin Counties
