Hooded Warbler
Setophaga citrina (Boddaert, 1783) (0, 2)
Photo © By Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States - Hooded warbler, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74468750
STATUS
North America. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
The eleventh species of Parulidae to reach Britain. Both individuals arrived in September on far flung islands.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1970 Isles of Scilly Big Pool, St Agnes, female, 20th to 23rd September.
(K. D. Edwards & K. C. Osborne, British Birds 65: 203-205; F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 65: 351; BOURC (1972), Ibis 114: 446).
2). 1992 Outer Hebrides Hirta, St Kilda, 10th September.
(T. J. Dix, Birding World 5: 380-381; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 86: 530; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 91: 513; T. J. Dix, Scottish Birds 19: 123; J. Vaughan, Birding Scotland 3 (2): 54-55).
