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Trip List - Canary Islands Dec 1999 - Jan 2000

Henning Fedders and Frank Rheindt

1 Gannet Sula bassana 2 ad., ferry from Las Palmas to Santa Cruz (04.01.00)
2 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 4 Ind., Morro Jable, Fuerteventura (03.01.00)
3 Little Egret Egretta garzeta 1 Ind., Amarilla Golf Club (29.12.99)
1 Ind., Golf del Sur (30.12.99)
1 Ind., Embalse de Valle Molina (01.01.00)
1 Ind., Morro Jable, Fuerteventura
4 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 1 Ind., Amarilla Golf Club (29.12.99)
1 Ind., Roquito del Fraile (30.12.99)
8 Ind., Embalse de Valle Molina (01.01.00)
A few Ind., Embalse de la Cruz Santa (01.01.00)
5 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 1 immat., Roquito del Fraile (30.12.99)
6 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos About 4 Ind., Embalse de la Cruz Santa (01.01.00)
7 Shoveler Anas clypeata 3 female, Roquito del Fraile (29.+30.12.99)
8 American Wigeon Anas americana 1 male, Embalse de Valle Molina (01.01.00)
9 Teal Anas crecca crecca A few Ind., Roquito del Fraile (29.+30.12.99)
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca carolinensis 1 male, Embalse de Valle Molina (01.01.00)
10 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 1 female, Roquito del Fraile (29.+30.12.99)
11 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 1 female, Roquito del Fraile (29.+30.12.99)
12 Buzzard Buteo buteo insularum A few Ind., North Tenerife
1 Ind., Pico de la Zarza, Fuerteventura
13 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus granti 1 Ind., Monte del Agua (31.12.99)
1 Ind., Anaga Peninsula (04.01.00)
14 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus canariensis Common, Tenerife
Falco tinnunculus dacotiae Common, Fuerteventura
15 Barbary Falcon Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides 1 ad., Masca (31.12.99)
16 Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara 1 Ind., Punta de Teno (01.01.00)
17 Coot Fulica atra A few Ind., Roquito del Fraile (29.+30.12.99), Embalse de Valle
Molina (01.01.00), Embalse de la Cruz Santa (01.01.00
18 Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae 1 Ind., sandy plain north of Costa Calma, Fuerteventura (03.01.00)
19 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus insularum 6 Ind., sandy plain north of Costa Calma, Fuerteventura (03.01.00)
20 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor bannermani 2-3 Ind., sandy plain north of Costa Calma, Fuerteventura (03.01.00)
21 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula About 5 Ind., Montana Roja (30.12.99)
22 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus >5 Ind., Montana Roja (30.12.99)
23 Dotterel Charadrius morinellus 4 Ind., sandy plain north of Costa Calma, Fuerteventura (03.01.00)
24 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 1 Ind., Roquito del Fraile (29.12.99)
25 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 1 Ind., sandy plain north of Costa Calma, Fuerteventura (03.01.00)
26 Dunlin Calidris alpina 4 Ind., Montana Roja (30.12.99)
6 Ind., Amarilla Golf Club (31.12.99)
27 Sanderling Calidris alba About 10 Ind., Montana Roja (30.12.99)
28 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 2 Ind., Embalse de Valle Molina (01.01.00)
29 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 4 Ind., Embalse de Valle Molina (01.01.00)
30 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Common, Tenerife
31 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 1 Ind., Golf del Sur (29.12.99)
2 Ind., Montana Roja (30.12.99)
32 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 1 Ind., Monte del Agua (31.12.99)
33 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus A few Ind., seen from the ferries and in the harbour of Las Palmas
(02.-04.01.00)
34 Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans atlantis Common at the coast of Tenerife and Fuerteventura
35 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus graellsii Common at the coast of Tenerife and Fuerteventura
36 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 1 first-year Ind., ferry from Las Palmas to Santa Cruz (04.01.00)
37 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 12 Ind., Las Palmas a few single Ind. around the islands
38 Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis About 10 Ind., sandy plain north of Costa Calma, Fuerteventura
(03.01.00)
39 Rock Dove Columba livia Common overall
40 Bolle's Pigeon Columba bollii Common, Monte del Agua (31.12.99)
1 Ind., Anaga Peninsula (04.01.00)
41 Laurel Pigeon Columba junoniae 2 Ind., Monte del Agua (31.12.99)
42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocta Common in large towns
43 Plain Swift Apus unicolor 2 Ind., Guargacho (29.12.99)
about 5 Ind., Las Galletas (30.12.99)
about 10 Ind., Jandía and Pico de la Zarza, Fuerteventura (03.01.00)
44 Hoopoe Upupa epops 4 Ind., Amarilla Golf Club (29.12.99)
1 Ind., Golf del Sur (30.12.99)
3 Ind., Costa Calma, Fuerteventura (03.01.00)
45 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopus major canariensis Common, Pico de Teide (31.12.99)
46 Skylark Alauda arvensis 12 Ind., Amarilla Golf Club (30.12.99)
1 Ind., Punta de Teno (01.01.00)
47 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 1 Ind., Amarilla Golf Club (30.12.99)
48 Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens polatzeki >10 Ind., Amarilla Golf Club (30.12.99)
common, sandy plain north of Costa Calma, Fuerteventura (03.01.00)
49 House Martin Delichon urbica 2 Ind., Jandia, Fuerteventura (03.01.00)
50 Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii Common overall
51 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus >11 Ind., Amarilla Golf Club (30+31.12.99)
52 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 2 Ind., Amarilla Golf Club (29.12.99)
53 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea canariensis Common, Tenerife
54 Robin Erithacus rubecola superbus Common, North-Tenerife
55 Canary Islands Chat Saxicola dacotiae 2,2 Pico de la Zarza, Fuerteventura (03.01.00)
56 Blackbird Turdus merula cabrerae Common, North-Tenerife
57 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla heineken Common, Monte del Agua (31.12.99)
58 Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala 3-4 Ind., Monte del Agua (31.12.99)
3 Ind., Punta de Teno (01.01.00)
A few Ind., Anaga Peninsula (04.01.00)
59 Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata orbitalis 1,1 Montana Roja (30.12.99)
2,0 Amarilla Golf Club (30.12.99)
3,0 Roquito del Fraile (30.12.99)
>5 Punta de Teno (01.01.00)
1,0 sandy plain north of Costa Calma, Fuerteventura (03.01.00)
60 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita canariensis Common, Tenerife
61 Tenerife Goldcrest Regulus teneriffae 1-2 Ind., Las Lajas (31.12.99)
Common, Monte del Agua (31.12.99) and Anaga Peninsula (04.01.00)
62 Blue Tit Parus caeruleus teneriffae Common, North-Tenerife
Parus caeruleus degener 1-2 Ind., Pico de la Zarza, Fuerteventura (03.01.00)
63 Southern Great Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis koenigi Common, South-Tenerife
>2 Ind., sandy plain north of Costa Calma, Fuerteventura (03.01.00)
64 Raven Corvus corax tingitanus
2 Ind., Pico de la Zarza, Fuerteventura (03.01.00)
65 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 8 Ind., south of Amarilla Golf Club (29.12.99)
66 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Common in towns
67 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia madeirensis about 100 Ind., Punta de Teno (01.01.00)
68 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs tintillon Common, North-Tenerife
69 Blue Chaffinch Fringilla teydea teydea Common, Pico de Teide (31.12.99)
70 Linnet Carduelis cannabina meadewaldoi About 10 Ind., Punta de Teno (01.01.00)
71 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis A few Ind., Costa Calma, Fuerteventura (03.01.00)
72 Greenfinch Carduelis chloris A few Ind., Pico de Teide (31.12.99) and Costa Calma, Fuerteventura
(03.01.00)
73 Canary Carduelis canaria Common, North-Tenerife
(74) Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus 1 immat., Jandía, Fuerteventura (03.01.00)
(75) Monk Parakeet Myopsitta monachus A few Ind., Jandía, Fuerteventura (03.01.00)