Leach's Storm-petrel in the Mediterranean Sea ? (1 Viewer)

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Acrocephalus

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• Jan 17, 2010

• #1

Hi everyone,

Just want to ask if someone have seen Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa in the Mediterranean Sea.

thanks

 

Richard Klim

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• Jan 17, 2010

• #2

Hi Mohamed,

It's been recorded in at least Balearic Islands, Italy, Malta, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon.

Richard

 

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Acrocephalus

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• Jan 19, 2010

• #3

HI,
Thanks Richard. a friend of mine rescued recently one on the Mediterranean coast near the town of Tétouan.

 

Richard Klim

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• Jan 19, 2010

• #4

Acrocephalus said:

a friend of mine rescued recently one on the Mediterranean coast near the town of Tétouan.

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That's an interesting record, Mohamed. I see that Thévenot et al 2003 (Birds of Morocco) mentions several stranded near Tangier after major westerly Atlantic storms in the 19th century, and one modern record in the Straits (4 beached near Tangier in Dec 1973), but no records from the Mediterranean coast of Morocco.

Richard

PS. Have you heard anything about the report of 2x Numenius tenuirostris Slender-billed Curlew at Merja Zerga on 20-23 Dec 2009? - it must be <100km from your location.

 

Last edited: Jan 19, 2010

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Acrocephalus

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• Jan 20, 2010

• #5

Hi,

Thanks Richard. Yes as you said I checked Bird of Morocco and I found that the species is recorded only near Tangier (the strait area) and along the Atlantic coast. I checked also the Bird of Western Palearctic (CD Version 1998) and found no records in the Mediterranean; I suppose that the records you mentioned (in Balearic Islands, Italy, Malta, Egypt, Israel and Lebanon) were recorded from the 1990s onwards.
For the SBC, I have heard what is now circulating in forums but I asked a friend resident there and he didn’t confirm that, I didn’t go there myself as I heard the news somewhat late.

 

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Acrocephalus

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• May 31, 2010

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This about the sighting of the Leach's Storm-petrel in Martil and Mellila in the Mediterranean coast of Morocco last winter.

http://www.go-south.org/go-south-bulletin/gsb_7_89-91.pdf