Birds Mentioned in Recent RBA's, ABA Difficulty 2 or more


BE CAREFUL: Mentioned does NOT necessarily mean reported or seen. E. g. "14 species of Wood Warbler were seen" is a mention of Wood Warbler, a bird on the ABA list.
Good/tough birds for your area may not be of ABA difficulty greater than 1. Check the code 1 page.

Birds are ordered by 1)Difficulty (in parentheses, most difficult first) and
2) ABA/AOU taxonomic order. RBA's for each bird are ordered by time of receipt, most recent first.


Barnacle Goose (5) Branta leucopsis
  NYC Area RBA: 13 November 2009

Pink-footed Goose (4) Anser brachyrhynchus
  NYC Area RBA: 13 November 2009
  [Maine-birds] Maine RBA - November 13, 2009

Yellow-legged Gull (4) Larus cachinnans
  DC Area, 11/17/09

Black-capped Gnatcatcher (4) Polioptila nigriceps
  NM RBA for 11/16/09
  Tucson RBA 14 November 2009

Rufous-capped Warbler (4) Basileuterus rufifrons
  Tucson RBA 14 November 2009

Eurasian Wigeon (3) Anas penelope
  Southeastern CA RBA: November 19, 2009
  RBA, New Hampshire, November 18, 2009
  NYC Area RBA: 13 November 2009
  [sbcobirding] BIRDWEST; Santa Barbara, CA; 11/13/09
  BIRDWEST; Santa Barbara, CA; 11/13/09

Tufted Duck (3) Aythya fuligula
  RBA: Rhode Island, November 14, 2009
  [Maine-birds] Maine RBA - November 13, 2009

Masked Duck (3) Nomonyx dominicus
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, November 19 2009

Hook-billed Kite (3) Chondrohierax uncinatus
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, November 19 2009

Ruff (3) Philomachus pugnax
  RBA western Pennsylvania, 16 November 2009

Little Gull (3) Larus minutus
  RBA: Eastern MA 11/20/09
  [Ontbirds] WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 Nov 2009
  [GeneseeBirds-L] WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 Nov 2009
  WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 Nov 2009
  [nysbirds-l] WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 Nov 2009

Black-headed Gull (3) Larus ridibundus
  [Ontbirds] WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 Nov 2009
  [GeneseeBirds-L] WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 Nov 2009
  WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 Nov 2009
  [nysbirds-l] WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 Nov 2009
  RBA: New Jersey, Nov. 19, 2009
  RBA, New Hampshire, November 18, 2009
  DC Area, 11/17/09
  NYC Area RBA: 13 November 2009
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, November 13th, 2009
  [Maine-birds] Maine RBA - November 13, 2009

Lesser Black-backed Gull (3) Larus fuscus
  RBA: Eastern MA 11/20/09
  MN/Duluth RBA 19 November 2009
  RBA: New Jersey, Nov. 19, 2009
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, November 19 2009
  RBA, New Hampshire, November 18, 2009
  RBA: North Dakota, November 17, 2009
  DC Area, 11/17/09
  Illinois RBA - October 15, 2009
  Iowa RBA: 11-13-09

Slaty-backed Gull (3) Larus schistisagus
  MN/Duluth RBA 19 November 2009

Red-billed Pigeon (3) Columba flavirostris
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, November 19 2009

Ruddy Ground-Dove (3) Columbina talpacoti
  Southeastern CA RBA: November 19, 2009
  Tucson RBA 14 November 2009

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (3) Glaucidium brasilianum
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, November 19 2009

Rose-throated Becard (3) Pachyramphus aglaiae
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, November 19 2009

Rufous-backed Robin (3) Turdus rufopalliatus
  Tucson RBA 14 November 2009

Tropical Parula (3) Parula pitiayumi
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, November 19 2009

White-collared Seedeater (3) Sporophila torqueola
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, November 19 2009

Yellow-billed Loon (2) Gavia adamsii
  NYC Area RBA: 13 November 2009

Manx Shearwater (2) Puffinus puffinus
  RBA: Eastern MA 11/16/09

Gray Hawk (2) Buteo nitidus
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, November 19 2009
  Tucson RBA 14 November 2009

Zone-tailed Hawk (2) Buteo albonotatus
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, November 19 2009
  Or Co CA 11/18/09 RBA

Spruce Grouse (2) Falcipennis canadensis
  [Maine-birds] Maine RBA - November 13, 2009

Whooping Crane (2) Grus americana
  [wisb] RBA Madison, WI 10 Oct 09
  RBA Madison, WI 10 Oct 09

Mountain Plover (2) Charadrius montanus
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, November 19 2009

Bar-tailed Godwit (2) Limosa lapponica
  Or Co CA 11/18/09 RBA

Rock Sandpiper (2) Calidris ptilocnemis
  Northwest CA Bird Alert 20091114

Thayer's Gull (2) Larus thayeri
  MN/Duluth RBA 19 November 2009
  [Ontbirds] WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 Nov 2009
  [GeneseeBirds-L] WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 Nov 2009
  WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 Nov 2009
  [nysbirds-l] WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 Nov 2009
  RBA: North Dakota, November 17, 2009
  Illinois RBA - October 15, 2009

Iceland Gull (2) Larus glaucoides
  MN/Duluth RBA 19 November 2009
  [Ontbirds] WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 Nov 2009
  [GeneseeBirds-L] WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 Nov 2009
  WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 Nov 2009
  [nysbirds-l] WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 Nov 2009
  RBA, New Hampshire, November 18, 2009

Yellow-footed Gull (2) Larus livens
  Southeastern CA RBA: November 19, 2009

Dovekie (2) Alle alle
  RBA: New Jersey, Nov. 19, 2009

Ancient Murrelet (2) Synthliboramphus antiquus
  Southeastern CA RBA: November 19, 2009
  Northwest CA Bird Alert 20091115

Red-crowned Parrot (2) Amazona viridigenalis
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, November 19 2009

Groove-billed Ani (2) Crotophaga sulcirostris
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, November 19 2009

Snowy Owl (2) Nyctea scandiaca
  RBA: North Dakota, November 17, 2009
  [wisb] RBA Madison, WI 10 Oct 09
  RBA Madison, WI 10 Oct 09

Northern Hawk Owl (2) Surnia ulula
  MN/Duluth RBA 19 November 2009
  MN RBA 19 November 2009

Long-eared Owl (2) Asio otus
  NM RBA for 11/19/09
  NM RBA for 11/16/09

Short-eared Owl (2) Asio flammeus
  Central PA Birdline for 11.19.2009
  RBA western Pennsylvania, 16 November 2009
  DC Area, 11/17/09
  Iowa RBA: 11-13-09

Northern Saw-whet Owl (2) Aegolius acadicus
  RBA: Southwestern Ohio (Dayton), November 17, 2009

Elegant Trogon (2) Trogon elegans
  Tucson RBA 14 November 2009

Black-backed Woodpecker (2) Picoides arcticus
  [Maine-birds] Maine RBA - November 13, 2009

Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet (2) Camptostoma imberbe
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley, November 19 2009

Tropical Kingbird (2) Tyrannus melancholicus
  Los Angeles RBA- November 19 2009
  [LACoBirds] Los Angeles RBA- November 19 2009
  Southeastern CA RBA: November 19, 2009
  [sbcobirding] BIRDWEST; Santa Barbara, CA; 11/13/09
  BIRDWEST; Santa Barbara, CA; 11/13/09

Bridled Titmouse (2) Baeolophus wollweberi
  NM RBA for 11/19/09
  NM RBA for 11/16/09

Baird's Sparrow (2) Ammodramus bairdii
  Tucson RBA 14 November 2009

Henslow's Sparrow (2) Ammodramus henslowii
  RBA: Eastern MA 11/20/09
  RBA: Eastern MA 11/16/09

Lawrence's Goldfinch (2) Carduelis lawrencei
  Northwest CA Bird Alert 20091118