ABA CHECKLIST

Light-mantled Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Black-browed Albatross.
Comments: one adult in the Pacific Ocean at Cordell Bank, 40 miles off Point Reyes, Marin County, California, on 17 July 1994. More Info

Parkinson's Petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Bulwer's Petrel.
Comments: one individual in the Pacific Ocean near Cordell Bank, 17.6 nautical miles northwest of the Point Reyes headlands, Marin County, California, on 1 October 2005 More Info

Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Great Blue Heron.
Comments: one individual found moribund at Lear's Cove, Newfoundland & Labrador, on 11 October 1996 was sent to Salmonier Nature Park, where it died. More Info

Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Great Egret.
Comments: one recently dead adult male in nuptial plumage salvaged by Stephan Lorenz and colleagues at Buldir Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, on 30 May 2006. More Info

Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus)
Code: 5.
Placement: provisionally placed after Sabine's Gull.
Comments: one adult in alternate plumage discovered by Alan Baldridge at Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California, on 6-7 June 1985, then rediscovered by Ed Harper and others 15 miles north, at Jetty Road State Park, Moss Landing on 8 June 1985. More Info

European Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Code: 5.
Placement: placed after Oriental Turtle-Dove.
Comments: three records of singles: one photographed at Lower Matecumbe Key, Monroe County, Florida, 9-11 April 1990, a record that was relegated to the CLC's short-lived "Origin Uncertain" list; one photographed inhand at St. Pierre, St. Pierre Island, France, sometime between 15-20 May 2001; and one thought to be of the nominate race that was run over by a vehicle at Tuckernuck Island, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, on 19 July 2001. More Info

Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)
Code: 5.
Placement: provisionally placed after Yellow-browed Warbler.
Comments: one of the nominate race at the "Circular Boneyard" at Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, on 25-26 September 2006 was discovered and photographed by Paul Lehman and Gary Rosenberg. More Info

Tundra Bean-Goose (Anser serrirostris)
Comments: split from Bean Goose (Anser fabalis) by the AOU in its 48th supplement to the check-list. See The Auk 124(3):1109-1115, 2007. Anser fabalis now becomes Taiga Bean-Goose.

Ringed Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma hornbyi)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel.
Comments: one individual, 2 August 2005, about 12 nautical miles off the westernmost point of San Miguel Island, Santa Barbara County, California. More Info

Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Eurasian Hobby.
Comments: one second-calendar-year (first-summer) male, 7 or 8-24 August 2004, at Katama Airfield, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts. More Info

Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus)
Code: 2.
Placement: after Dusky Grouse.
Comments: split from Blue Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) by the AOU in its 47th supplement to the check-list. See The Auk 123(3):926-936, 2006. Dendragapus obscurus now becomes Dusky Grouse.
 

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet ((Brotogeris chiriri)
Comments: this species was added to the Checklist in 2002 based on the occurrence of naturalized populations in California and Florida, following the "splitting" of the Canary-winged Parakeet (B. versicolurus) into Whitewinged Parakeet (B. versicolurus) and Yellow-chevroned Parakeet. However, the Yellow-chevroned Parakeet has never been accepted by the CBRC or FOSRC. More Info

Black-backed Wagtail (Motacilla lugens)
Comments: Lumped with White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) by the AOU in its 46th supplement to the check-list. See The Auk 122(3):1026-1031, 2005.

Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus mexicanus)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush.
Comments: single adult, 27 May-29 October 2004, Pharr, Hidalgo County, Texas.

Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Tree Swallow.
Comments: November 2002, Viera Wetlands, Brevard County, Florida.

Cape Verde Shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Cory's Shearwater.
Comments: single individual, 15 August 2004, approximately 49 kilometers southeast of Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.

Black-bellied Storm-Petrel (Fregetta tropica)
Code: 5.
Placement: after White-faced Storm-Petrel.
Comments: single bird, 31 May 2004, approximately 77 kilometers southeast of Oregon Inlet, North Carolina.