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SUMMARY
Rare and vagrant birds
in Iceland:
Shorebirds 1*
(Recurvirostridae, Burhinidae
Glareolidae, and Charadriidae)
by
Kristinn H. Skarphédinsson
Icelandic Museum of Natural History
P.O. Box 5320
IS-125 REYKJAVÍK
lceland
This paper is the first of five dealing
with 32 species of vagrant shorebirds rec-
orded in Iceland. The seven species cov-
ered in this paper are all rare vagrants (six
records or less), except Pluvialis squataro-
la, which has been recorded annually dur-
ing the past decade.
For each species discussed, general life
history information is given, followed by
listing of Icelandic records through 1980.
Records of rare birds in Iceland between
* Rare and vagrant birds in Iceland. Report 6:
Icelandic Museum of Natural IJistory.
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