Commissie Dwaalgasten Nederlandse Avifauna

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Melanocorypha bimaculata  ·  Bimaculated Lark

id 68611
datum 17 juni 2020
gemeente Het Hogeland (GR)
locatie Rottumerplaat
coördinaten N 53.53834  O 6.5011
aantal, kleed 1
soort waarneming veldwaarneming
status Aanvaard, gepubliceerd in jaarverslag CDNA
waarnemer(s) L C C F Brinkman, B Ubels
opmerkingen photographed (Dutch Birding 42: 294, plate 384-385, 2020). This new species was found by two wardens that spent months in isolation on this restricted Wadden Sea island while doing bird-related research. While celebrating their incredible find with a drink at their cabin, they also picked up the 13th Slender-billed Gull. It only very rarely happens that observers find two rarities in a single day but finding two species recorded less than 10 times including a new one for the country is unprecedented.
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