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Résumé :
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The Danish bird list has been revised by the Rarities Committee of the Danish Ornithological Society. The revision entailed a standardized reassessment of the documentation of all known records up to and including 2013 of species having 1-3 accepted records in category A and B (AERC standard). A reassessment was also performed for all or a selection of records of another 15 more regularly recorded species or species groups for which the criteria for acceptance has changes in recent years.All available documentation from the committee archives, published records and photos of museum specimens etc. was digitalized and entered into an online database accessible to the 10 committee members. A unanimous committee vote was required to overturn a prior decision made by the committee. Unfortunately, documentation (written account) of the second Danish record of Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus from 1968 had been lost, and the initial decision by the committee to accept that record was upheld.The revision resulted in the rejection of 43 records of 18 species, in addition to records rejected due to general concerns about the credibility of the predominantly written accounts from specific observers listed in Appendix 1. No records previously rejected by the committee were accepted. The single accepted records of four species were rejected resulting in these species being deleted from the Danish bird list: Macaronesian Shearwater Puffinus baroli, Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus, Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis and Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon. Furthermore, in one species a new first record in category B was accepted for the first time whilst the first record(s) of four species in total were rejected. Also rejected was e.g. an account of seven Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris borealis/diomedea migrating past a coastal location in one day, which had been the only accepted report of more than two individuals. The subspecies affiliation of two species was recognized for the first time: Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus auratus/luteus and Dark-eyed Juncolunco hyemalls hyemalis.This report mentions only those species where changes were made in the list of accepted records or changes in their taxonomy. Brackets after the species name contain: 1) number of accepted records and individuals before 1950 separated by a slash; 2) number of accepted records and individuals from 1950 until and including 2013. Godkendte fund means accepted records; Forkastede fund means rejected records. If nothing else is stated, records refer to a single individual. The short form, 1K and 2K, stands for 1st and 2nd calendar year; 2K+ (3K+) means that a bird is at least in the 2nd (3rd) calendar year. Ad. = adult, imm. = immature, juv. = juvenile, rst. = staging, sdr. = summer plumage, vdr. = winter plumage, odr. = transitional plumage, trk. = migrating, trk.fors. = migrating attempt, syng. = singing, ringm. = caught and ringed, in = individuals. Availability of photo (foto) or video film (video) evidence is also indicated. The abbreviation of the geographical region is given after the location; see Neergaard et al. (2012).
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