ABRC Review List
Steve McConnell, Secretary
(revised 7 May 2008)

This is a list of species rarely seen in Alabama (<10 ever or <2 in last 10 years) and for which observations are highly sought by the ABRC. If you see one of these species in Alabama, please submit a report to add to our state bird knowledge database.

Black-bellied Whistling Duck

7

(2008)

Brant

6

(1996)

Cackling Goose

9

(2008)

Trumpeter Swan

1

(2006)

White-cheeked Pintail

1

(1970)

Garganey

1 - H

(1968)

Cinnamon Teal

5

(1997)

Eurasian Wigeon

8

(2005)

King Eider

1 - H

(1964)

Harlequin Duck

5

(2004)

Western Grebe

5

(2006)

Audubon's Shearwater

9

(2000)

Leach's Storm-Petrel

4

(1997)

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

8

(2005)

Red-billed Tropicbird

2

(2001)

Neotropic Cormorant

1

(1988)

White-tailed Kite

**

(1996)

Northern Goshawk

5

(2005)

Short-tailed Hawk

1

(2003)

Ferruginous Hawk

3 - H

(1986)

Crested Caracara

1

(2001)

Prairie Falcon

5

(2005)

Limpkin

3

(2007)

Whooping Crane

3 - H

(1899)

Mountain Plover

1

(1978)

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

1

(1988)

Purple Sandpiper

1

(1999)

Curlew Sandpiper

2

(1980)

Ruff

7

(2007)

Eurasian Woodcock

1 - H

(1889)

Little Gull

9

(2005)

California Gull

7

(2008)

Thayer's Gull

5

(2004)

Iceland Gull

9

(2008)

Sabine's Gull

6

(2008)

Brown Noddy

6

(2004)

Roseate Tern

3

(1979)

Arctic Tern

1 - H

(2006)

Long-tailed Jaeger

4 - H

(2005)

Band-tailed Pigeon

1 - H

(1971)

Flammulated Owl

1

(2003)

Snowy Owl

2

(1975)

Burrowing Owl

**

(1991)

Northern Saw-whet Owl

7

(2003)

Lesser Nighthawk

5

(2003)

Vaux’s Swift

1 - H

(2003)

Green Violet-ear

1

(1995)

Broad-billed Hummingbird

4

(2004)

Blue-throated Hummingbird

1 - H

(1995)

Magnificent Hummingbird

2

(1994)

Anna's Hummingbird

3

(2004)

Costa’s Hummingbird

1

(2006)

Hammond's Flycatcher

1

(1992)

Dusky Flycatcher

2

(2008)

Cordilleran/

 

 

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

2

(2003)

Brown-crested Flycatcher

2

(2000)

LaSagra's Flycatcher

1

(1963)

Say's Phoebe

3

(2000)

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

3

(2001)

Couch's Kingbird

1

(1988)

Couch’s/Tropical Kingbird

3

(2001)

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

3

(1993)

Rock Wren

3

(1984)

Northern Wheatear

4

(2007)

Varied Thrush

2

(2008)

Sage Thrasher

5

(2004)

Yellow/Eastern Yellow Wagtail 1

(2003)

 

Yellow-green Vireo

1

(2003)

White-winged Crossbill

3

(2008)

Clark’s Nutcracker

1

(2002)

Common Raven

10

(2002)

Black-throated Gray Warbler

**

(2001)

Townsend’s Warbler

1 – H

(2006)

Kirtland's Warbler

3 - H

(1966)

MacGillivray’s Warbler

1

(2000)

Painted Redstart

1 - H

(1978)

Western Tanager

**

(2004)

Green-tailed Towhee

3

(2004)

Spotted Towhee

1 – H

(2001)

Lark Bunting

6

(1998)

Am. Tree Sparrow

**

(2000)

Smith's Longspur

7

(1992)

Chestnut-collared Longspur

1

(2001)

Snow Bunting

1 - H

(1999)

Western Meadowlark

**

(2006)

Great-tailed Grackle

1 – H

(2000)

Common Redpoll

10

(1994)

Through record  #07-14 (except for 07-04)

H = hypothetical; (    )=year last accepted record;

**  >10 records but <2 in last 10 years