Yellow-throated Vireo

Vireo flavifrons Vieillot, 1808 (0, 1)

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STATUS

North America. Monotypic.

OVERVIEW

The first record for the Western Palearctic. The first of several transatlantic vagrants to arrive in Britain at this time, after a period of fast-moving depressions.


BBRC RECORD

1). 1990 Cornwall Kenidjack, 20th to 27th September, photo.

(A. Birch, Birding World 3 (9): 308-309, photos; Birding World 4 (1): 25, photo; British Birds 84: plate 253; Birds in Cornwall 1990: photo; BOURC (1992), Ibis 134: 380; Birding World 5 (8): 311, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 85: 548; A. Birch, British Birds 87: 362-365, plates 96-101).

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