BIRDING IN LANZAROTE (CANARY ISLANDS)

Thursday, December 14, 2006 - RARITIES RECORDS AND PHOTO GALLERY

*SACRED IBIS Threskiornis aethiopicus

-2006:

2 birds at Arrecife on 12/III, 1 bird at Arrecife on 15/III, 2 birds at Arrecife on 17/III, 1 bird at Arrecife on 25/III (F. J. García Vargas).

4 birds at Arrecife on 27/III, 5 birds at Arrecife on 31/III (J. Sagardía).

SACRED IBIS. Arrecife, march 2006. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

SACRED IBIS. Arrecife, march 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía

*GREATER FLAMINGO Phoenicopterus ruber

-2002/2003:

1 bird at Janubio salt pans since 29/VII/02 until 04/I/03 (F. J. García Vargas).

1 bird at Arrecife on 11/IX/02 (F. J. García Vargas)

GREATER FLAMINGO. Janubio salt pans, january 2003. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

*RUDDY SHELDUCK Tadorna ferruginea

-2005:

1 bird at Janubio salt pans on 04/I, 1^st for Lanzarote (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).

RUDDY SHELDUCK. Janubio salt pans, january 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía

*COMMON SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna

-2005/2006:

1 bird at Los Cocoteros salt pans since 30/XI/05 until 09/I/06 (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).

5 birds at Janubio salt pans on 16/XII/05 (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).

COMMON SHELDUCK. Los Cocoteros salt pans, november 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía

COMMON SHELDUCK. Janubio salt pans, december 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía

*BLUE-WINGED TEAL Anas discors

-2006:

1 bird at Janubio salt pans on 22/IV, 1^st for Lanzarote (A. Unquiles Cobos, F. J. García Vargas). The bird is relocated on 01/V at Finca La Mareta, near Janubio salt pans, where remained until 07/V (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).

BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Yaiza, may 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía

*GREATER SCAUP Aythya marila

-2005:

2 birds at Janubio salt pans since 24/XI until 30/XI (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).

-2006:

1 bird at Janubio salt pans since 12/XI until at least 03/XII (F. J. García Vargas, A. Unquiles Cobos, J. Sagardía).

GREATER SCAUP. Janubio salt pans, november 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía

*SHORT-TOED EAGLE Circaetus gallicus

-2006:

1 bird at Barranco de Tenegüime on 11/III (A. Unquiles Cobos).

*AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis dominica

-2006:

1 bird at La Santa on 15/X (A. Unquiles Cobos, F. J. García Vargas).

AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. La Santa, october 2006. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

*MARSH SANDPIPER Tringa stagnatilis

-2002:

1 bird at Janubio salt pans on 09/X, 1^st for Lanzarote (F. J. García Vargas).

*LESSER YELLOWLEGS Tringa flavipes

-2005:

1 bird at Los Cocoteros salt pans since 03/XI until 27/XI (J. Sagardía, F. J. García Vargas)

LESSER YELLOWLEGS. Los Cocoteros salt pans, november 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía

*SPOTTED SANDPIPER Actitis macularia

-2005:

1 bird at Janubio salt pans on 26/VIII (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).

-2006:

1 bird at Janubio salt pans (the same?) since 12/I until 18/III (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).

SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Janubio salt pans, august 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía

SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Janubio salt pans, january 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía

*TEMMINCK´S STINT Calidris temminckii

-2003/2004:

1 bird at Los Cocoteros salt pans since 02/XI/03 until 11/IV/04 (F. J. García Vargas).

-2004/2005:

1 bird at Los Cocoteros salt pans on 30/VIII, 03/IX, 17/X and 2 birds at the same place on 25/X/04 but only 1 bird again on 29/X/04 (F. J. García Vargas). This bird remained in the area until 04/IV/05 (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).

TEMMINCK´S STINT. Los Cocoteros salt pans, november 2004. Photo: J. Sagardía

*WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER Calidris fuscicollis

-2003:

1 bird at Los Cocoteros salt pans on 02/XI and 2 birds on 09/XI, 1^st and 2^nd for Lanzarote (F. J. García Vargas).

-2005:

with the influx that involved a total of 30 birds to the Canary Islands, 6 birds reached Lanzarote:

a)Los Cocoteros salt pans: 4 birds on 14/X and 16/X, 3 birds on 20/X and 21/X (F. J. García Vargas) and only 1 bird until 03/XI (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).

b)Janubio salt pans: 1 bird on 14/X (F. J. García Vargas).

c)Arrecife: 1 bird on 19, 20 and 21/X (F. J. García Vargas).

-2006:

1 bird at Los Cocoteros salt pans on 23/IX (F. J. García Vargas).

WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. Arrecife, october 2005. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. Los Cocoteros salt pans, october 2005. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. Los Cocoteros salt pans, september 2006. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

*PECTORAL SANDPIPER Calidris melanotos

-2002:

1 bird at Los Cocoteros salt pans on 29/IX (F. J. García Vargas).

-2006:

1 bird at Puerto del Carmen on 24/X (F. J. García Vargas, A. Unquiles Cobos).

PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Puerto del Carmen, october 2006. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

*GREY PHALAROPE Phalaropus fulicarius

-2004:

1 bird at Janubio salt pans on 18/XII and 21/XII (F. J. García Vargas).

-2005:

1 bird at Los Cocoteros salt pans on 24/X and 29/X (F. J. García Vargas).

GREY PHALAROPE. Los Cocoteros salt pans, october 2005. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

*AUDOUIN´S GULL Larus audounii

-2006:

1 ad. bird at Arrecife on 14/I (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).

1 2^nd winter bird at Arrecife since 29/I until 15/III (F. J. García Vargas).

AUDOUIN´S GULL. Arrecife, january 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía

*RING-BILLED GULL Larus delawarensis

-2004/2005:

1 1^st winter bird at Arrecife since 26/XII/04 until 05/IV/05 (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).

RING-BILLED GULL. Arrecife, december 2004. Photo: J. Sagardía

RING-BILLED GULL. Arrecife, december 2004. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

*MEDITERRANEAN GULL Larus melonocephalus

-2005/2006:

A total of 8 1^st winter birds wintering at Arrecife since 22/XI/05 until at least one on 23/III/06. One of the birds with the ring number M81 was ringed at France on 21/VI/05 (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).

-2006:

1 1^st winter bird at Arrecife on 27/IX (F. J. García Vargas) and 3 birds until at least 02/XII (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).

MEDITERRANEAN GULL. Arrecife, december 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía

*CASPIAN TERN Sterna caspia

-2000:

1 bird at Caleta de Famara on 07/III (A. Unquiles Cobos).

* UNIDENTIFIED YELLOW-BILLED TERN Sterna sp.

-2006:

1 bird at Arrecife since 31/I/06 until 29/III/06 (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).

This bird might be a hybrid Lesser-Crested Tern x Sandwich Tern or an odd bird and the possibility of Cayenne Tern was suggested. The same bird was relocated at Anglesey (U.K.) on 03/VI/06 nesting amongst Sandwich Terns. (Birding World 19 (6): 237-239).

The bird was relocated at Arrecife on 09/IX with the first little flock of returning wintering Sandwich Terns and seen again at Arrecife on 27/IX (F. J. García Vargas).

UNIDENTIFIED YELLOW-BILLED TERN. Arrecife, february 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía

UNIDENTIFIED YELLOW-BILLED TERN. Arrecife, september 2006. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

*ROSEATE TERN Sterna dougallii

-2006:

All records from Arrecife: 1 bird on 13/III, 2 birds on 29/III and 1 bird on 05/IV (F. J. García Vargas).

*EUROPEAN SCOPS OWL Otus scops

-2004:

1 bird at Teguise golf on 01/IV (F. J. García Vargas).

EUROPEAN SCOPS OWL. Teguise golf, april 2004. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

*EURASIAN NIGHTJAR Caprimulgus europaeus

-2000:

1 bird found dead at Mala on 25/VI (A. Unquiles Cobos).

EURASIAN NIGHTJAR. Mala, june 2000. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos

*CHIMNEY SWIFT Chaetura pelagica

-2005:

A flock of 5 birds flying over Puerto del Carmen on 31/X (F. J. García Vargas).

2 birds remained until 01/XI at the same place (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).

CHIMNEY SWIFT. Puerto del Carmen, november 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía

The chimney and the swift!!!

CHIMNEY SWIFT. Puerto del Carmen, november 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía

*CRAG MARTIN Ptyonoprogne rupestris

-2006:

3 birds at Playa Blanca on 12/IV (J. Sagardía).

*CITRINE WAGTAIL Motacilla citreola

-2005/2006:

1 bird at Arrecife since 20/XI/05 until 18/I/06, 1^st for Lanzarote and 2^nd for the Canary Islands (F. J. García Vargas, J. Sagardía).

CITRINE WAGTAIL. Arrecife, november 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía

CITRINE WAGTAIL. Arrecife, december 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía

*GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella naevia

-2006:

1 fresh corpse was found in a feeding place of an Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae at Alegranza islet on 04/IX (J. Sagardía).

GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. Alegranza, september 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía

*WESTERN ORPHEAN WARBLER Sylvia hortensis

-2006:

1 fresh corpse was found in a feeding place of an Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae at Alegranza islet on 04/IX (J. Sagardía).

WESTERN ORPHEAN WARBLER. Alegranza, september 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía

*ORTOLAN BUNTING Emberiza hortulana

-2006:

1 bird at Alegranza islet on 06/IX (J. Sagardía).

ORTOLAN BUNTING. Alegranza, september 2006. Photo: J. Sagardía

*COMMON ROSEFINCH Carpodacus erythrinus

-2005:

1 bird at Alegranza islet on 01/X, 1^st FOR THE CANARY ISLANDS (F. J. García Vargas).

COMMON ROSEFINCH. Alegranza, october 2005. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

*HAWFINCH Coccothraustes coccothraustes

-2005:

2 birds at Uga on 16/XII, 1^stand 2^nd for Lanzarote and 2^nd and 3^rd for the Canary Islands (J. Sagardía, F. J. García Vargas).

-2006:

1 bird at Teguise golf on 01/III (J. Sagardía, F. J. García Vargas).

HAWFINCH. Uga, december 2005. Photo: J. Sagardía

About Me

Francisco Javier García Vargas, Juan Sagardía Pradera and Antonio Unquiles Cobos have been birdwatching in Lanzarote (Canary Islands) the last six years, making a list of the birds observed in the island since 2002. In this blog we show the results of our observations on breeding birds, passage migrants, winter visitors and vagrants of the island. On the other hand, we try this blog can help to all birdwatchers who want to visit Lanzarote.

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