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The Alabama Bird Records Committee  

Review List 

Revised  7 May 2008
[Steve McConnell, Secretary]

This is a list of species rarely seen in Alabama (<10 ever or <2 in last 10 years) and for which observations are highly sought by the ABRC. If you see one of these species in Alabama, please submit a report to add to our state bird knowledge database.

 

Black-bellied Whistling Duck     5        (2007)

Brant                            6        (1996)

Cackling Goose                   4        (2005)

Trumpeter Swan                   1        (2006)

White-cheeked Pintail            1        (1970)

Garganey                         1 - H    (1968)

Cinnamon Teal                    5        (1997)

Eurasian Wigeon                  8        (2005)

King Eider                       1 - H    (1964)

Harlequin Duck                   5        (2004)

Western Grebe                    5        (2006)

Audubon's Shearwater             9        (2000)

Leach's Storm-Petrel             4        (1997)

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel         8        (2005)

Red-billed Tropicbird            2        (2001)

Neotropic Cormorant              1        (1988)

White-tailed Kite                **       (1996)

Northern Goshawk                 5        (2005)

Short-tailed Hawk                1        (2003)

Ferruginous Hawk                 3 - H    (1986)

Crested Caracara                 1        (2001)

Prairie Falcon                   5        (2005)

Limpkin                          2        (2000)

Whooping Crane                   3 - H    (1899)

Mountain Plover                  1        (1978)

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper           1        (1988)

Purple Sandpiper                 1        (1999)

Curlew Sandpiper                 2        (1980)

Ruff                             7        (2007)

Eurasian Woodcock                1 - H    (1889)

Little Gull                      9        (2005)

California Gull                  5 - H    (2004)

Thayer's Gull                    5        (2004)

Iceland Gull                     7        (2007)

Sabine's Gull                    5        (2005)

Brown Noddy                      6        (2004)

Roseate Tern                     3        (1979)

Arctic Tern                      1 - H    (2006)

Long-tailed Jaeger               4 - H    (2005)

Band-tailed Pigeon               1 - H    (1971)

Flammulated Owl                  1        (2003)

Snowy Owl                        2        (1975)

Burrowing Owl                    **       (1991)

Northern Saw-whet Owl            7        (2003)

Lesser Nighthawk                 5        (2003)

Vaux’s Swift                   1 - H    (2003)

Green Violet-ear               1        (1995)

Broad-billed Hummingbird       4        (2004)

Blue-throated Hummingbird      1 - H    (1995)

Magnificent Hummingbird        2        (1994)

Anna's Hummingbird             3        (2004)

Costa’s Hummingbird            1        (2006)

Hammond's Flycatcher           1        (1992)

Dusky Flycatcher               1        (1997)

Cordilleran/

     Pacific-slope Flycatcher  2        (2003)

Brown-crested Flycatcher       2        (2000)

LaSagra's Flycatcher           1        (1963)

Say's Phoebe                   3        (2000)

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher     3        (2001)

Couch's Kingbird               1        (1988)

Couch’s/Tropical Kingbird      3        (2001)

Fork-tailed Flycatcher         3        (1993)

Rock Wren                      3        (1984)

Northern Wheatear              4        (2007)

Varied Thrush                  1        (1992)

Sage Thrasher                  5        (2004)

Yellow/Eastern Yellow Wagtail  1        (2003)

Yellow-green Vireo             1        (2003)

White-winged Crossbill         2        (2005)

Clark’s Nutcracker             1        (2002)

Common Raven                   10       (2002)

Black-throated Gray Warbler    **       (2001)

Townsend’s Warbler             1 – H    (2006)

Kirtland's Warbler             3 - H    (1966)

MacGillivray’s Warbler         1        (2000)

Painted Redstart               1 - H    (1978)

Western Tanager                **       (2004)

Green-tailed Towhee            3        (2004)

Spotted Towhee                 1 – H    (2001)

Lark Bunting                   6        (1998)

Am. Tree Sparrow               **       (2000)

Smith's Longspur               7        (1992)

Chestnut-collared Longspur     1        (2001)

Snow Bunting                   1 - H    (1999)

Western Meadowlark             **       (2006)

Great-tailed Grackle           1 – H    (2000)

Common Redpoll                 10       (1994)

Through record  #07-14 (except for 07-04)

 

H = hypothetical; (    )=year last accepted record;

**  >10 records but <2 in last 10 years

 

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