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SUMMARY
Rare and vagrant birds in Iceland:
Rollers and related species,
Woodpeckers and Tyrant Fly-
catchers *
by
Erling Ólafsson
lcelandic Museum of Natural History
P.O.Box 5320
1S-125 REYKJAVÍK
Iceland
This paper deals with 8 species of vagrant
birds in Iceland, 4 belonging to the order
Coraciiformes, 3 to Piciformes, and a single
Nearctic Passeriformes species.
For each species general information is
given, followed by a list of records in Iceland
till the end of 1989, together with discussion
and evaluation of the data.
The following data are listed: Locality
(place, district and county), date or time
period, if known sex (karlf. = male, kvenf. =
female) and age (imm, ad), if collected the
location of specimens, name of observer(s) or
reference, in case the record is previously
published. For some records, further dis-
cussion or explanations are included. In all
cases, only a single bird is involved in the
record. All collected specimens but one are
kept at the Icelandic Museum of Natural
History. These are designated by RM
(=Reykjavik Museum) and a catalogue
number (e.g. RM9721). The exception is a
skin of a Great Spotted Woodpecker kept in
the Natural History Museum in Akureyri, but
the skeleton is preserved in the Reykjavik
Museum.
The species dealt with are:
1. Ceryle alcyon. A single record, a young
male from end of September 1901.
2. Merops apiaster. A single sight record from
15 June 1989 (photographed).
3. Coracias garrulus. Three records. The first
refers to a bird which came from under
snow in May 1905. Presumably, the bird
came to Iceland the preceding autumn. The
other records refer to young birds from 11
Sept. 1964 (found dead), and 6 Sept. 1988.
4. Upupa epops. A rare visitor with 8 records,
first seen in 1901. In average, one bird is
seen every 10 years. The records are evenly
distributed within the period 16 April-2
October. The dates are as follows: 17 Sept.
1901, 2 Oct. 1910, mid April 1941, 31
August 1942, 5 Sept. 1951, 2 June 1963,
16 April 1969, 26 July 1980.
5. Jynx torquilla. A rare visitor with 9 records
up to 1988. The first bird was found dead
at the end of July or beginning of August
1927. The other records are from early
autumn, 25 August-25 Sept., except for the
remains of a bird found on 29 Sept. The
records tend to be linked, as there were
three in 1968, two in 1973 and two in 1988.
Five of the nine birds were found dead.
The dates are: July/August 1927 (found
dead), 23 Sept. 1954 (found dead), 25
August 1968 (found dead), 15 Sept. 1968
(found dead), 29 Sept. 1968 (found dead),
* Rare and vagrant birds in Iceland. Report 9:
Icelandic Museum of Natural History.
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