Scarlet Tanager

Piranga olivacea (Gmelin, JF, 1789) (0, 7)

Photo © By Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States - Scarlet tanager, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74467823

STATUS

North America. Monotypic.

OVERVIEW

The first Scottish individual on Barra in 2014 broke the monopoly the south-west had of recording this species. All arrived between 28th September and 22nd October.

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BBRC RECORDS

1). 1970 Isles of Scilly Porth Hellick, St Mary's, first-winter male, 4th October.

(B. D. Harding, British Birds 65: 155-158; F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 65: 352; BOURC (1972), Ibis 114: 446).

2). 1975 Isles of Scilly Gimble Porth, Tresco, first-winter male, 28th September to 3rd October, photo.

(J. N. Dymond and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 69: 357; G. C. Hearl, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1975: 34; R. E. Alderton, British Birds 70: 300-301, plate 76; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 148).

3). 1981 Cornwall Nanquidno, St Just, first-winter male, 11th October, photo.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 75: 529; Birds in Cornwall 1981: photos; B. K. Mellow, British Birds 76: 580-582, plates 246-248).

4). 1982 Isles of Scilly Higher Moors, St Mary's, female, 12th to 18th October.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 76: 526; A. G. Goodwin, British Birds 77: 490-491).

5). 2011 Cornwall St Levan, first-winter male, 20th to 21st October, photo.

(Birding World 24 (10): 428, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 615).

6). 2011 Isles of Scilly Sandy Lane, St Mary's, first-winter male, 22nd October, photo.

(Birding World 24 (12): 518, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 615, plate 363).

7). 2014 Outer Hebrides Brevig, Barra, first-winter female, 6th to 9th October, trapped 7th October, photo.

(K. Gillon, Scottish Birds 35: 82-84, plates 73-77; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 626, plate 372).