Central Asian Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca curruca halimodendri Sushkin, 1904 (0, 11)
Photo © Mike Barth
Sub-species
STATUS
South-eastern Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to north-western Mongolia.
OVERVIEW
DNA analysis a prerequisite for record acceptance of this sub-species. A number of claimed earlier records (Suffolk, Cleveland and two in Norfolk) have not been accepted.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 2003 Orkney North Ronaldsay, 1CY+, trapped, 16th October, photo, DNA analysis.
(J. M. Collinson, British Birds 110: 20-24; BOURC (2018) Ibis 160: 941; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 601; BOURC (2019), Ibis 162: 265; R. W. Forrester, Scottish Birds 40: 213).
2). 2004 North-east Scotland Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, first-winter, trapped, 5th to 21st December, photo, DNA analysis.
(P. A. A. Baxter & I. D. Broadbent, Birding World 17 (12): 502-504, plates 1-4; Birding Scotland 8 (1): plate 49; P. A. A. Baxter & I. D. Broadbent, Birding Scotland 8: 87-92, plates 95-100; British Birds 98: plates 384-387; North-east Scotland Bird Report 2004: photo; J. M. Collinson, British Birds 110: 20-24; BOURC (2018) Ibis 160: 941; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 601).
3). 2009 Fair Isle Burkle, 1CY, trapped, 16th to 17th October, photo, DNA analysis.
(D. N. Shaw, Fair Isle Bird Observatory Report 2009-10: 117; J. M. Collinson, British Birds 110: 20-24; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 601).
4). 2010 Buckinghamshire Haddenham, 2CY, trapped, 1st January to 10th April, photo, DNA analysis.
(J. M. Collinson, British Birds 110: 20-24; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 601).
5). 2010 Shetland Sumburgh, Mainland, 1CY, trapped, 9th to 10th November, photo, DNA analysis.
(Birding World 23 (11): 466, photo; M. G. Pennington, Shetland Bird Report 2010: 87; J. M. Collinson, British Birds 110: 20-24, plates 10 & 11C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 601).
6). 2012 Yorkshire Spurn, 1CY, trapped, 23rd September, photo, DNA analysis.
(J. M. Collinson, British Birds 110: 20-24; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 601).
7). 2012 Fair Isle Barkland, 1CY, trapped, 24th October, photo, DNA analysis.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 601).
8). 2016 Yorkshire Spurn, 1CY, trapped, 4th to 10th October, photo, DNA analysis.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 601).
9). 2018 Yorkshire Kilnsea, 1CY, trapped, 27th to 29th October, photo, sound recording, DNA analysis.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 628).
10). 2019 Kent Dungeness, 1CY, trapped, 30th October, photo, DNA analysis.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 628).
11). 2022 Orkney North Ronaldsay, 1CY, trapped, October, photo, sound recording, DNA analysis.
(P. French, British Birds 116: 520-522, plates 292-299, fig. 6; L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 584).
P). 2023 Norfolk Holme BO, trapped, 2nd to 22nd January, photo.
(S. Barker & J. M. Collinson, British Birds 117: 278-279, plates 225-228).
