Blackburnian Warbler
Setophaga fusca (Müller, PLS, 1776) (0, 5)
Photo © J-L Irvine - Geosetter, Shetland, 26th September 2023
STATUS
North America. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
The 1961 record was originally classed as an unidentified Dendroica species and was not officially accepted until thirty years later along with the 1988 record.
All records have been on off islands.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1961 Pembrokeshire Skomer, age and sex uncertain, 5th October.
(I. C. T. Nisbet, British Birds 56: 204-217; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 83: 489; D. Saunders & S. Saunders, British Birds 85: 337-343; BOURC (1991), Ibis 133: 220).
2). 1988 Fair Isle Furse, first-winter male, 7th October.
(J. Willmott, Birding World 1 (10): 355-356; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 83: 489; J. Willmott, Birding Scotland 6 (1): 1-2; BOURC (1991), Ibis 133: 220).
3). 2009 Outer Hebrides Hirta, St Kilda, probably first-winter male, 12th to 14th September, photo.
(British Birds 102: plate 427; Birding World 22 (12): 503, photo; W. T. S. Miles, Scottish Birds 30: 282-283, plates 243 & 244; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 103: 632, plate 351).
4). 2022 Isles of Scilly Popplestone Fields, Bryher, 1CY, male, 13th to 28th October, photo.
(British Birds 115: plate 504; L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 596, plate 361).
5). 2023 Shetland Geosetter, Mainland, 1CY, male, 26th September, photo.
(W. Carter, Scottish Birds 44: 173-174, plate 136; British Birds 117: plate 235; L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 732, plate 497).
