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Titre :	Rare birds in the Faeroe Islands in 1993-1996
Auteurs :	Soren Sorensen, Auteur ; Jens-Kjeld Jensen, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift (93(2) 1999)
Article en page(s) :	65-70
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	In 1993-1996 the Danish Rarities Committee (Sjaeldenhedsudvalget/SU) accepted 91 records from the Faeroes. Six species were new to the Faeroese list: Mute Swan Cygnus olor, Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri (2 records), Smew Mergus albellus, Common Buzzard Buteo buteo, Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia, and Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis. Second-time records were Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus, Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus, Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops, and Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris. A new sub-species, even to Europe, was "Egyptian" Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur rufescens, with date, locality and other circumstances suggesting a vagrant rather than an escape. The bird is preserved as a skin. New as a breeding species was Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos. The details given are 1) year and date, 2) locality and island, 3) number of birds if more than one, 4) sex if known, 5) other details, e.g. dod = dead, ringm = ringed, 6) initials of observer(s). - The three numbers in brackets following the species name refer to the total number of records (not individuals) in the Faeroes before 1979, from 1979-1992, and from 1993-1996, respectively.

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