Barrow's Goldeneye
Bucephala islandica (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (0, 3)
Photo © By USFWS Mountain-Prairie - Barrow's Goldeneye, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48191301
STATUS
North America. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Individuals in Scotland appear to have the best credentials especially if they are unringed. Previous records have been found to be not proven or considered escapes.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1979 Ayrshire Irvine, adult male, 4th November to 28th December.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 76: 528; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 85: 519-520; J. T. Knowler, British Birds 88: 104-106; BOURC (1984), Ibis 126: 443; BOURC (1992), Ibis 134: 212; J. T. Knowler, Birding Scotland 5 (2): 50-51).
2). 2005 North-east Scotland Ythan Estuary, male, 13th to 22nd May, photo; same, Loch of Strathbeg RSPB, 23rd May to 23rd June.
(P. Shepherd, Birding World 18 (5): 201-205, plates 1-6; Birding World 18 (12): 510, photo; P. Shepherd, Birding Scotland 8 (3): 132-134, plates 121-125; British Birds 98: plates 177 & 178; P. Shepherd, North-east Scotland Bird Report 2005: 120, photo; P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 24, plate 1).
3). 2006 Upper Forth Callander, adult male, intermittently from 19th November to 24th March 2007, photo; same, Loch Venachar, intermittently from 20th December to 27th April 2007, photo; possibly same as North-east Scotland 2005.
(Birding World 19 (11): 442, photo; Birding World 19 (12): 488, photo; British Birds 100: plate 52; Birding World 20 (3): 93, photo; P. A. Fraser and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 701, plate 336; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 101: 525; Scottish Birds 29 (1): plate 1).
P). 2023 Dumfries & Galloway The Wig, Loch Ryan, Stranraer, adult male, 6th November.
(birding information services).
