White-throated Robin
Irania gutturalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) (0, 2)
Photo © Mike Barth
STATUS
Turkey to Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and Iran. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
A record from the Isle of Man in 1983 was removed from the British List after they formed their Manx List and the 1990 Skokholm record became the first for Britain. Both records appeared during spring, one on the west coast, the other on the east coast.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1990 Pembrokeshire Skokholm, female, 27th to 30th May, photo.
(M. Betts, Birding World 3 (6): 208, photos; British Birds 83: plate 295; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 84: 482; BOURC (2006), Ibis 148: 594; D. Thelwell, British Birds 99: 361-364).
2). 2011 Cleveland/Co. Durham Hartlepool Headland, first-summer female, 6th to 10th June, trapped 6th June, photo.
(Birding World 24 (6): 222, photo; C. Brown, Birding World 24 (6): 246-251, plates 1-7; British Birds 104: plate 223; Birding World 24 (12): 516, photo; Bowey & Newsome, 2012: photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 606, plate 355).
