Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766) (0, 10)
Photo © By Mike's Birds from Riverside, CA, US - Common yellowthroat, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81470593
STATUS
Nearctic. Polytypic.
OVERVIEW
Since the first record a further nine individuals have made it across the Atlantic, the last occurring in 2012. Seen in all months apart from July, August and December. It has occurred twice in spring and autumn of the same year.
1). 1954 Devon Lundy, first-winter male, trapped, 4th November.
(B. Whitaker, British Birds 48: 145-147; M. Brooks-King, Devon Bird-Watching and Preservation Society Report 1954: 46; BOURC (1956), Ibis 98: 155; I. C. T. Nisbet, British Birds 56: 204-217).
2). 1984 Shetland Tresta, Fetlar, first-winter male, 7th to 11th June, photo.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 582, plates 280, 286; A. Hogg, Scottish Bird Report 1984: 47, photo; Birding Scotland 8 (3): plate 117; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo).
3). 1984 Isles of Scilly Samson Hill/Southward area, Bryher, first-winter male, 2nd to 17th October, photo.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 582; S. Kolodziejski, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1984: 53; S. Kolodziejski & P. C. Skinner, British Birds 79: 434-435, plate 233; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 147).
4). 1989 Kent Murston, near Sittingbourne, first-winter male, 6th January to 23rd April.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 83: 489).
5). 1996 Caernarfonshire Bardsey, female, 27th September, photo.
(P. H. Jones, Birding World 9 (10): 389-390, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 90: 510).
6). 1997 Shetland Baltasound, Unst, first-summer female, 16th to 23rd May, trapped 17th May, photo.
(M. G. Pennington & M. MacLeod, Birding World 10 (5): 185-186, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 91: 513; Shetland Bird Report 1997: photo).
7). 1997 Isles of Scilly Rose Hill, St Mary's, first-winter male, 9th October to 2nd November, photo.
(Birding World 10 (10): 375, photos; Birding World 10 (12): 481, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 91: 513, plate 152; Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1997: photo; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 147).
8). 2004 Shetland Foula, first-winter male, trapped, 9th to 10th October, photo.
(Birding World 17 (10): 402, photo; British Birds 97: plate 398; J. M. Drew, T. P. Drew & M. A. Wilkinson, Birding Scotland 7 (4): 203-205, plates 199-200; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 98: 689, plate 444; M. A. Wilkinson, J. M. Drew & T. P. Drew, Shetland Bird Report 2004: 113-114, photo).
9). 2006 Cornwall Tremough Campus, Penryn, first-winter male, found dead, 23rd October, photo.
(Birding World 19 (10): 420, photo; P. A. Fraser and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 747).
10). 2012 Gwent Rhiwderin, Newport, first-winter male, 10th February to 31st March, photo.
(Birding World 25 (2): 46, photo; M. Broom, Birding World 25 (2): 58-59, plates 1 & 2; British Birds 105: plate 139; Birding World 25 (3): 97, photo; British Birds 105: plate 164; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 635, plate 377).
P). 2024 Hampshire Port of Southampton, female, disembarked RMS Queen Mary II, 30th May.
(birding information services).
