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Titre :	Should Red-necked Nightjar be on the British List?
Auteurs :	Tim Melling, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	British Birds (102(3) MAR 2009)
Article en page(s) :	110-115
Résumé :	A Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruflcollis shot near Killingworth, Northumberland, on 5th October 1856 represents the sole record of this species in Britain. BOURC recently examined the circumstances surrounding the collection and documentation of the preserved specimen. Although in first-winter plumage, it still retains juvenile wing and tail feathers, and this combination is compatible with that expected of a first-winter in early October. The possibility of a fraudulent origin was considered extremely unlikely; the bird was fresh when discovered, and transporting a freshly killed specimen from Iberian breeding grounds to Britain in the 1850s and retaining it in this condition is considered most improbable. After reviewing the available documentation and the reputation of John Hancock, who published the details, BOURC dismissed the possibility of fraud and agreed unanimously that the record should remain on Category B of the British List.

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