Yellow-browed Bunting
Emberiza chrysophrys Pallas, 1776 (0, 6)
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STATUS
Central Siberia. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Initially the 1975 record was not admitted by BOURC (1980) because the three independent descriptions all differed (Ibis 122: 568). However, the BOURC (1990) have now admitted the record to Category A of the British List without comment (Ibis 133: 220), thus, pre-dating the already accepted 1980 record.
Five of the individuals arrived in the autumn with just one in spring.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1975 Norfolk Holkham Meals, female or immature, 19th October.
(J. N. Dymond and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 69: 358; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 82: 557; J. B. Kemp, Norfolk Bird & Mammal Report 1989: 436; D. J. Holman, British Birds 83: 430-432; BOURC (1980), Ibis 122: 568; BOURC (1991), Ibis 133: 220).
2). 1980 Fair Isle Setter and Field, male, age uncertain, 12th to 23rd October, trapped 12th October, photo.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 75: 530; I. S. Robertson, Fair Isle Bird Observatory Report 1980: 60, photo; A. R. Kitson & I. S. Robertson, British Birds 76: 217-225, plates 82-86; BOURC (1984), Ibis 126: 442; Birding World 5 (4): 141, photo; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo).
3). 1992 Orkney North Ronaldsay, 22nd to 23rd September.
(P. J. Donnelly, British Birds 86: 411-414; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 86: 534).
4). 1994 Isles of Scilly Observatory, St Agnes, 19th to 22nd October, photo.
(J. Wright, Birding World 7 (10): 410-411, photos; Birding World 7 (12): 478, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 88: 551, plate 190; Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1994: photo; Birding World 14 (9): 394, photo; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 148).
5). 1998 Orkney Hoy, 4th to 5th May, photo.
(Birding World 11 (5): 173, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 92: 384, 604; Birding Scotland 1: 112-113; Birding Scotland 2 (2): plate 40; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo).
6). 2022 Kent Sandwich Bay, 1CY, male, trapped, 10th October, photo.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 594).
