Redhead
Aythya americana (Eyton, 1838) (0, 1)
Photo © By Judy Gallagher - https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/8617965969/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55259124
STATUS
North America. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
An individual at Kenfig Pool, East Glamorgan that was initially accepted in 2001 and resided in that area until 2007 has since been found not proven.
BBRC RECORDS
1.0). 1996 Nottinghamshire Bleasby Gravel-pits, male, 8th to 27th March, photo.
(M. C. Dennis, Birding World 9 (3): 93-97, plates 1-3; Birding World 10 (2): 74, photo; Birding World 9 (12): 471, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 90: 464, plate 164; Birds of Nottinghamshire Report 1996: photos; BOURC (1998), Ibis 140: 182; M. C. Dennis, British Birds 91: 149-154; M. Garner & A. Rowlands, British Birds 108: 158-167).
1.1). 1997 Leicestershire Rutland Water, male, 4th to 24th February; presumed same as 1996 Nottinghamshire.
(Birding World 10 (2): 46, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 91: 467; M. Garner & A. Rowlands, British Birds 108: 158-167; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 571).
