Arkadiusz Sikora, Tomasz Chodkiewicz, Szymon Beuch, Łukasz Ławicki, Robert Cymbała, Paweł Czechowski, Stanisław Czyż, Piotr Dębowski, Andrzej Dylik, Wojciech Guzik, Krzysztof Jankowski, Zbigniew Kajzer, Łukasz Krajewski, Łukasz Matyjasiak, Bartosz Smyk, Marcin Wężyk, Przemysław Wylegała
Ornis Polonica 2023, 64: 200–242
https://doi.org/10.12657/ornis.2023.3.3
Abstract: The fourth report of the Rare Bird Panel presents the occurrence of 38 rare species in Poland. This year was very good or the record one for the number of individuals of the Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca (598), Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus (121), Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima (41, including the largest flock of 10 ind.), Purple Heron Ardea purpurea (69), Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia (31), Homeyer’s Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor homeyeri (29) and good for the Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea (36) and Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus (114). In 2021 very low numbers for the Pomarine Skua Strecorarius pomarinus (7), Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus (2), Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus (220), Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri (10), Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus (8), Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides (39) and Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus outside mountains (15) were recorded. In 2021, the numbers of 12 species were moderate.
Keywords: distribution, number, phenology, Poland, rare non–breeding species, regions, report 2021
