16. správa Faunistickej komisie Slovenskej ornitologickej spoločnosti/BirdLife Slovensko / The 16th report of the Rarities Committee of the Slovak Ornithological Society/BirdLife Slovakia

• Main Authors: Richard KVETKO, FK SOS/BirdLife Slovensko
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Czech; English; Slovak
• Published: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Forest Ecology 2016
• Subjects: birds; rarities committee; rarities report; slovakia; Zoology; QL1-991; Arctic; Brant; Anser erythropus; Arctic tern; Barnacle goose; brant goose; Branta bernicla; Branta leucopsis; Calidris canutus; lesser white-fronted goose; Parasitic Jaeger; Red Knot; Stercorarius parasiticus
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/70fa2b2848484dc4accc40b3146d7e1e

In 2015, the Rarities Committee of the Slovak Ornithological Society/BirdLife Slovakia reviewed 64 records, of which 57 were accepted in the category A, 1 in category C, one record in category D, three records in category E and one breeding record. Two records were rejected. First record of Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka), two records of Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala), second breeding record of Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca), one record of Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus), two records of Brant Goose (Branta bernicla), one record of Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus), one record of Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisea), one record of White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) and two records of Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) were the highlights in 2014 and 2015. Rarities Committee accepted also some other valuable observations from the years 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2015. For example, in 2014 and 2015, four records of Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis), five records of Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis), one record of Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca), eight records of Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus), six records of Red Knot (Calidris canutus), 14 records of European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), two records of Black-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava feldegg), two records of Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola), one record of Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides), in 2011 one record of Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus). Furthermore, there were one record of Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) in 2004, in 2009 one record of Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus), six records of Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) in 2014 and 2015, one record of Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), one record of Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus), one sighting of Eurasian Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) in 2014, five records of Rosy Starling (Pastor roseus) in 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2014.