Rufous-tailed Robin
Larvivora sibilans Swinhoe, 1863 (0, 4)
Photo © By JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13635947
STATUS
Central Russia to south-eastern Russia, north-eastern China and northern Japan. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
The first for the Western Palearctic. All arrivals during October with three in the northern isles and one on the east coast in Norfolk.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 2004 Fair Isle Johnny Arcus' Park, first-winter, trapped, 23rd October, photo.
(D. N. Shaw, Birding World 17 (10): 420-423, plates 1-4; Birding World 17 (12): 505, photo; British Birds 97: plate 390; D. N. Shaw, British Birds 99: 236-241, plates 111-114; BOURC (2006), Ibis 148: 594; D. N. Shaw, Birding Scotland 7 (4): 145-151, plates 136-141; Fair Isle Bird Observatory Report 2004: photo; P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 78; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo; British Birds 110: plate 207).
2). 2010 Orkney Observatory, North Ronaldsay, first-winter male, picked-up dead, 2nd October, photo, now at National Museums Scotland (NMS.Z 2010.95).
(Birding World 23 (10): 423, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 612; R. Y. McGowan, Scottish Birds 32: 168).
3). 2011 Norfolk Warham Greens, first-winter, 14th October, photo.
(Birding World 24 (10): 420, photos; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 605, plate 353 & 354).
4). 2019 Shetland Feal Plantation, Houbie, Fetlar, 1CY+, 6th October.
(A. Tongue, Scottish Birds 40: 180-181; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 634).
