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1. Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varía). 2
records: 1 Sept 1970, 19-20 Oct 1991; SW
and S lceland.
2. Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora pere-
grina). 1 record: 14 Oct 1956; found freshly
dead in W Iceland.
3. Northem Parula (Parula americana). 1 re-
cords: ca. 25 Oct 1913 (found dead), 21 Oct
1948, 28 Oct 1952, 24 Oct 1957, 8 Oct 1962,
27 Sept 1989, 29 Sept 1989; SW and S Ice-
land.
4. Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica
caemlescens). 1 record: 14—19 Sept 1988; S
Iceland.
- Black-throated Grccn Warbler (Dendroica vir-
ens). 1 record: 19 Sept 1984. Found dead on board a
ship in the Rcykjavík harbour. The bird was rela-
tively frcshly dead suggesting that it reached Icelan-
dic waters alive, but it is certainly not known when
and where it came on board the ship. This species has
been placed in a category D on the lcelandic list,
which is similar to the British category D.
5. Blackbumian Warbler (Dendroica fiisca).
1 record: autumn 1987. Found exhausted on
board a trawler 40 nautical miles northeast of
Hom, NW lceland. As the trawler had stayed
in Icelandic waters for a long time, the bird
certainly reached Icelandic territory unas-
sisted.
6. Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia). 2
records: 29 Sept-7 Dec 1995, 21-23 Oct
1995; SW and S Iceland.
7. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica
coronata). 8 records (9 individuals): 25 Oct
1964, 10 Oct 1976, 11 Oct 1976, 13 Oct
1976, two 26 Oct 1980, 1 Oct 1989, 13 Oct
1991,25 Sept 1993; SW, S and SE lceland.
8. Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica stríata). 1
records: 28 Sept 1972, 18 Oct 1974, 24 Oct
1974, 3 Nov 1974, 30-31 Oct 1975, 23 Oct
1979, 7-8 Oct 1995; SW, S and SE Iceland.
Six of these records are lfom the seventies.
Interestingly, all 3 birds from 1974 were seen
in birdwatchers gardens, indicating that there
may have been a major influx of the species
in Iceland at the time.
9. American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla). 1
record: 10-12 Sept 1975; S Iceland.
10. Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis). 1
record: 29 Sept 1973; found exhaustcd in SW
Iceland.
According to the litterature, a total of 168
parulids have bcen found in Europe until the end
of 1995 (Table 1). Of these 32 birds (19%) are
from lceland, which is a good share, especially
since birdwatchers are relatively few in Iceland.
Altogcther 21 species have been recorded in Eu-
rope. Two of them have only reached Iceland, viz.
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerul-
escens) and Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadens-
is).
The distribution of the records in lceland shows
a marked south-southwest pattem, which is not
unexpected (Fig. 3). About 28% of the birds (9 of
32) have been found in the Vestmanna Islands off
the south coast. Interestingly, most other Euro-
pean records are from relatively small islands, not
the mainlands. In Ireland 54% of the parulids are
from Cape Clear Island and in Britain 61% are
from islands around the country, including 38%
lfom Scilly. The remaining European records are
also from islands, fíve French records are all from
Ile d’Ouessant, a single German record fforn
Helgoland, and two ffom the Faroe Islands.
American Wood Warblers have been found in
Europe on every day between 24th September
and 5th November, except 15th October. They
have been prcsent on every day ffom 5th Septem-
ber to 20th December. Most of the birds (59) have
been found during the first two weeks of October
(Table 1), and the best days to find a bird seem to
be 7th October (9 birds have been recorded), 13th
October (8 birds) and lOth October (7 birds).
In Greenland 24 parulid species have been re-
corded. Of these, six have not yet been seen in
Europc. These should be expected to show up
there sooner or later. These species are Orange-
crowned Warbler (Vemiivora celata), Nashville
Warbler (Vermivora rufícapilla), Pine Warbler
(Dcndroica pinus), Louisiana Waterthrush (Sei-
urus motacilla), Mouming Warbler (Oporomis
philadelphia) and Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria
virens).
PÓSTFANG HÖFUNDA/AuTHORS' ADDRESS
Erling Ólafsson
Náttúruffæðistolhun íslands
/ Icelandic Institute of Natural History
P.O. Box 5320
IS-125 REYKJAVÍK
Gunnlaugur Pétursson
Gautlandi 21
IS-108 REYKJAVÍK
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