MOERBEEK DJ, WINKELMAN JE & HEER P DE (1987) Rare and scarce birds in the Netherlands in 1985. LIMOSA 60 (1): 21-30.

This annual report of the Dutch rarities committee lists records of rare and scarce birds in the Netherlands in 1985 together with some older ones. Species marked with an asterisk in the list of accepted records have not been considered by the committee. The three numbers in brackets after the species' name refer to the total numbers in 1900-68, 1969-84, and 1985, respectively. Interesting records include: Phaeton aethereus (1st), Aquila clanga (4th), Charadrius leschenaultii (3rd), Larus philadelphia (1st), Tarsiger cyanurus (2nd), and Vireo olivaceus (1st, 2nd). An influx was noted of Branta bernicla hrota (100+), Otis tarda (25), Phylloscopus inornatus (97 records of which 42 trapped) and Nucifraga caryocatactes. Translation of words used in the listing of records: ringvangst = trapped, vondst(en) = found dead, een = one, twee = two, drie = three, vier = four, vijf = five, zes = six, zeven = seven, acht = eight, negen = nine, tien = ten, elf = eleven, twaalf = twelve (see also list of abbreviations). ##### Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Little Egret Egretta garzetta Western Great Egret Ardea alba Black Stork Ciconia nigra Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Snow Goose Chen caerulescens Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla Black Brant # Brent Goose Branta nigricans # Branta bernicla nigricans Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis American Wigeon Anas americana Falcated Duck Anas falcata Common Teal Anas crecca Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Little Crake Porzana parva Great Bustard Otis tarda Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Little Auk Alle alle Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris familiaris Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Arctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla

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