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/ |
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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