BY RA DE & CDNA (1991) Rare and scarce birds in The Netherlands in 1989. LIMOSA 64 (2): 61-68.

This annual report of the Dutch rarities committee lists records of rare and scarce birds in The Netherlands in 1989 plus some older ones (1978-88). The three numbers in parentheses after the species' name refer to the total number of records during 1900-68, 1969-88, and 1989, respectively. Interesting records include: King Eider (5th and 6th), Short-toed Eagle (4th, 1959), Demoiselle Crane (1st and 2nd), American Golden Plover (1st through 3rd), Semipalmated Sandpiper (1st), Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (1st), Long-billed Dowitcher (5th), Lesser Yellowlegs (1st, in 1979, after removal of old records), Common Gull race heinei (2nd, 1987), Bridled Tern (1st and 2nd), Guillemot race hyperborea (1st, 1988), Olive-backed Pipit (3rd, 1988), Yellow Wagtail racefeidegg (1st, 1988), Northern Mockingbird (1st, 1988), Desert Wheatear (2nd), Eyebrowed Thrush (4th), Wallcreeper (1st), and Whitethroated Sparrow (4th). Translation of words used in the listing of records: ringvangst = trapped and ringed, vondst = found dead, een = one, twee = two, drie = three, vier = four, vijf= five, zes = six, zeven = seven, acht = eight, negen = nine, tien = ten, twaalf= twelve, veertien = fourteen, vijftien = fifteen (see also list of abbreviations). ##### Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Ross's Goose Chen rossii Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla Black Brant # Brent Goose Branta nigricans # Branta bernicla nigricans American Wigeon Anas americana Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis Blue-winged Teal Anas discors King Eider Somateria spectabilis Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo Great Bustard Otis tarda Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus Great Snipe Gallinago media Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa islandica Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus Common Gull Larus canus canus Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Atlantic Murre Uria aalge Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle European Bee-eater Merops apiaster Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Blue-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Bluethroat Luscinia svecica European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris familiaris Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator Rose-coloured Starling Sturnus roseus Arctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola

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