Grey Catbird

Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) (0, 2)

Photo © Rob Stonehouse - Treeve Moor, Cornwall, 16 October 2018

STATUS

North America. Monotypic.

OVERVIEW

One that arrived in Southampton on the Queen Elizabeth II in October 1998 had had human assistance while on board and therefore was unacceptable.

The first individual was extremely secretive wheras the second one was very showy.

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BBRC RECORDS

1). 2001 Anglesey South Stack, Holy Island, 4th to 5th October, again, 6th October.

(K. Croft, Birding World 14 (10): 424-425; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 95: 505; BOURC (2003), Ibis 145: 178-183; K. Croft, British Birds 97: 630-632; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 98: 670; K. Croft, Welsh Bird Report 15: 288).

2). 2018 Cornwall Treeve Moor, Trevescan, Land's End, 1CY, 15th to 29th October, photo.

(British Birds 111: plate 466; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 605, plate 339).