Eastern Crowned Warbler
Phylloscopus coronatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1847) (0, 4)
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STATUS
South-east Russia, north-east China, the Korean Peninsular and Japan; central China. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Once birders get their eye in on a species more are found, resulting in four in seven years of this far eastern Phyllosc. How many are being missed?
BBRC RECORDS
1). 2009 Co. Durham Trow Quarry, South Shields, first-winter, 22nd to 24th October, photo.
(Birding World 22 (10): 397, photo; D. Holden & D. Bilton, Birding World 22 (10): 417-419, plates 1-2, 4-7; British Birds 102: plate 461; Birding World 22 (12): 503, photo; British Birds 103: plate 277; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 103: 609, plate 332; BOURC (2011), Ibis 153: 227-232; D. Holden & M. Newsome, British Birds 104: 303-311, plates 165-169; Bowey & Newsome, 2012: photo).
2). 2011 Greater London/Hertfordshire Hilfield Park Reservoir, first-winter, trapped, 30th October, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 595, plate 348; London Bird Report 2011: photo; Self, 2014).
3). 2014 Cleveland/Yorkshire Hunley Golf Course, Brotton, first-winter, 30th October to 1st November, photo.
(British Birds 107: plate 399; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 602, plate 351).
4). 2016 Yorkshire Bempton Cliffs RSPB, 1CY, 4th to 6th October, photo.
(C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 110: 597, plate 327).
