Evening Grosbeak

Hesperiphona vespertina (Cooper, W, 1825) (0, 2)

Photo © By Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren - Evening Grosbeak, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34603538

STATUS

Canada to south-western Mexico. Polytypic.

OVERVIEW

An erruptive species that is a partial migrant. Both occurrences were in March.

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BBRC RECORDS

1). 1969 Outer Hebrides Hirta, St Kilda, adult male, 26th March.

(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 63: 291; N. Picozzi, British Birds 64: 189-194; Eds., British Birds 64: 560, corr.; BOURC (1971), Ibis 113: 422; N. Picozzi, Birding Scotland 2 (2): 63-64, plate 32; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo).

2). 1980 Highland Nethybridge, Badenoch & Strathspey, adult female, 10th to 25th March, photo.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 74: 491).