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Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor – a new species for avifauna of Serbia

Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor – a new species for avifauna of Serbia Acrocephal 41 us (184/185): 31–32 , 2020 10.2478/acro-2020-0003 through northern Serbia. Yet, the general structure Wilson’s Phalarope of the observed bird was pretty dieff rent. The Phalaropus tricolor – a new observed specimen was notably smaller, short-legged with a thinner and finer bill than Marsh Sandpiper. species for avifauna of Serbia Besides, the feeding habit signic fi antly die ff red from that of Marsh Sandpiper. During a short period of Tribar vni liskonožec Phalaropus observation, the bird was actively feeding in shallow tricolor – nova vrsta za avifavno Srbije water (1–3 cm deep), making jerky, vigorous darting le- ft right movements with its head and bill. Ae ft r five minutes of observation, all the birds flew together to 1 2 Miroslav Mareš & Draženko Rajković the opposite side of the lake. Before flying o, t ff he observed bird was photographed (Figure 1). Jurija Gagarina 105/95, RS–11070 Beograd, S erbia, Later in the same day, photographs of an unusual e-mail: mares.miroslav@gmail.com bird were displayed by few Internet birding groups, Šumadijska 18/30, RS–21000 Novi Sad, Ser bia where numerous birdwatchers identie fi d i -t as Wil e-mail: strix.draze@gmail.com son’s Phalarope. Indeed, the additional analysis of photographs by both authors reaffirmed t - he iden Wilson's PhalarPha ope l aropus tricolor is a swimming tic fi ation. The observed and photographed s - peci sandpiper species of the New World. It is the largest men was distinguished from similar Grey Phalarope and most terrestrial of the three phalarope species Phalaropus fulicarius and Red-necked Phalarope (Hayman et al. 1986), which are broadly known for Phalaropus lobatus by its greyer (paler) pluma-ge, dis their reversed sex-role mating s Col yst we em ( ll & tinctly longer bill, lack of bold black eye-patch and Jehl 2020). Wilson's Phalarope distribution range bright yellow colour of legs. Other somewhat similar is entirely continental. It typically breeds in open wader species like Lesser Yell Tr ow inl ga e g flas vipes habitats adjacent to inland wetlands on prairies and are characterized by their signic fi antly d-ie ff rent pro agricultural lands in western parts of the United States portions, behaviour and not so pure whitish colour and southwestern and central C Ha an ym ad an a ( below. The next day, Vukas Vučković re-found the et al. 1986, Colwell & Jehl 2020). On migration, bird and took several photos of it in flight. The white this species occurs on a wide variety of freshwater rump patch, plain dark grey wings and lac - k of prom lakes, ponds and small pools showing a preference for alkaline waters. Wilson's Phalarope winters in the October–April period across altiplano from Bolivia to Argentina and returns to the breeding grounds in late April and early M H aa y ( yman et al. 1986, Colwell & Jehl 2020). The species is a rare, but regular vagrant in Western Palearctic with most observations reported from British IslA es ( lström & Colston 1991). Here, we report on the first observation of Wilson's Phalarope in the territory of Serbia. In the early morning of 22 September 2019, whilst birdwatching on the northern shore of alkaline lake Rusanda close to the village of Melenci (Banat District, Northern Serbia), the first author spotted one individual of Wilson's Phalarope approximately 20 m from the lakeshore (coordinates 45.5259 F5 ig 2 N ure 1 , : Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor, lake Rusanda near the village of Melenci, N Serbia, 20.302900 E), foraging together with 12 Dunlins 22 September 2019 (photo: Miroslav Mareš) Calidris alpina and three Little Ringed Plovers Charadrius dubius. At first glance, the observer had Slika 1: Tribarvni liskonožec Phalaropus tricolor, jezero an impression that it was Marsh SaTr nd in pi gp ae r Rusanda, Melenci, S Srbija, 22 september 2019 (foto: Miroslav Mareš) stagnatilis  – a regular, but scarce autumn migrant 31 M. Mareš, D. Rajković: Wilson’s PhalarPha ope laropus tricolor – a new species for avifauna of Serbia Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Szilard Daroczi (Romania) for providing relevant literature for Romania, and Vukas Vučković (Serbia) for the useful photograph of Wilson’s Phalarope in flight. Povzetek Septembra 2019 je bil na jezeru Rusanda (severna Srbija) opazovan tribarvni liskon Phao laže roc p us tricolor. Vrsta gnezdi v Severni Ameriki, na selitvi pa se občasno pojavlja tudi v Evropi. Opisano opazovanje je prvi podatek za to vrsto na območju Srbije in le Figure 2: Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor in flight, lake Rusanda near the village of Melenci, šesti za območje jugovzhodne Evrope. Doslej je bila N Serbia, 23 September 2019 (photo: Vukas Vučković) opazovana še v Romuniji, Grčiji in Bolgariji. Slika 2: Tribarvni liskonožec Phalaropus tricolor v letu, References jezero Rusanda, Melenci, S Srbija, 23 september 2019 (foto: Vukas Vučković) Alström P., Colston P. (1991): A Field Guide to the Rare Birds of Britain and Europe. – Harper Collins, London, UK. inent white wing bars confirmed once again that it Colwell M. A., Jehl J. R. Jr . (2020): Wilson's Phalarope was an individual of Wilson’s Phalarope (Figure 2). (Phalaropus tricolor), version 1.0. In Birds of the The general characteristics and colouration World ( Poole A.F. & Gill, F.B. eds). Cornell Lab of of its upperpart, wing coverts and head pattern Ornitholog y, Ithaca, NY, US. suggest that the bird was in first-winter plumage Daroczi J. Sz., Bugariu S., Fântânã C., Kelemen A. (Hayman et al. 1986, Message & Taylor 2005, M., Kovács I., Ölvedi Szilárd Zs., Szabó J. (2015): Svensson et al. 2009). Report of the Romanian Rarities Committee for the period 2010-2014 (Part I). Târgu Mureş, RO. So far, the Wilson's Phalarope has not been listed Hayman P., Marchant J., Prater T. (1986): Shore - neither in the checklist of the bird spe-cies record birds: an identification guide to the waders of the ed in Serbia ( Šćiban et al. 2015) nor in the Nat -ion world. – Christopher Helm, London, UK. al Rulebook on the Designation and Protection of HRC – Hellenic Rarities Committee (2007): Annual Strictly Protected Wild Flora, Fauna and F - ungi (Of Report 2007.  – [https://files.ornithologiki.gr/docs/ c fi ial Gazette of the Republic of Serbia No. 5/2010, rarities/annual_report_2007_en.pdf ], 07/11/2020 47/2011, 32/2016, 98/2016). This species is a some - HRC – Hellenic Rarities Committee (2017): Annual Report 2017.  – [https://files.ornithologiki.gr/docs/ what regular visitor throughout western Europe with rarities/annual_report_2017_en.pdf ], 07/11/2020 few records annuA al ls lt y ( röm & Colston 1991). Ivanov B., Iankov P., Boev Z., Georgiev D., Profirov However, confirmed sightings of Wilson's Phalarope LJ., Dimitrov M. (2014): List of the bird species in southeastern Europe are scarce and sin - gle individ recorded in Bulgaria. – BUNARCO, Sofia, BG. uals were registered sporadically. According to the Message S., Taylor D. (2005): Waders of Europe, Asia and published literature, there are only six re -cords includ North America. – Christopher Helm, London, UK. Svensson L., Mullarney K., Zetterström D. (2009): ing the one described here. Wilson's Phalarope was Collins Bird Guide. Second edition.  – Ha-rperCol recorded once in RomaD nar ia o (czi et al. 2015), lins, London, UK. three times in Greece (HRC 2007, 2017) and once Šćiban M., Rajković D., Radišić D., Vasić V., in Bulgaria (IVANO et V al. 2014). Elsewhere on the Pantović U. (2015): Birds of Serbia: critical list Balkan Peninsula, we could not have foun - d any pub of species.  – Institute for Nature Conservation of lished data on this species. The described observation Vojvodina Province & Bird Protection and Study of Wilson’s Phalarope amply confirms the c - onseS ro vc aiety of Serbia, Novi Sad, RS. tion importance of the IBA Okanj and Rusanda (RS 038) as a stopover station for a wide varie -ty o Pr f w ispe at loe / r Arrived: 8. 11. 2020 birds including sandpipers and their allies. Sprejeto / Accepted: 11. 11. 2020 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acrocephalus de Gruyter

Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor – a new species for avifauna of Serbia

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Acrocephal 41 us (184/185): 31–32 , 2020 10.2478/acro-2020-0003 through northern Serbia. Yet, the general structure Wilson’s Phalarope of the observed bird was pretty dieff rent. The Phalaropus tricolor – a new observed specimen was notably smaller, short-legged with a thinner and finer bill than Marsh Sandpiper. species for avifauna of Serbia Besides, the feeding habit signic fi antly die ff red from that of Marsh Sandpiper. During a short period of Tribar vni liskonožec Phalaropus observation, the bird was actively feeding in shallow tricolor – nova vrsta za avifavno Srbije water (1–3 cm deep), making jerky, vigorous darting le- ft right movements with its head and bill. Ae ft r five minutes of observation, all the birds flew together to 1 2 Miroslav Mareš & Draženko Rajković the opposite side of the lake. Before flying o, t ff he observed bird was photographed (Figure 1). Jurija Gagarina 105/95, RS–11070 Beograd, S erbia, Later in the same day, photographs of an unusual e-mail: mares.miroslav@gmail.com bird were displayed by few Internet birding groups, Šumadijska 18/30, RS–21000 Novi Sad, Ser bia where numerous birdwatchers identie fi d i -t as Wil e-mail: strix.draze@gmail.com son’s Phalarope. Indeed, the additional analysis of photographs by both authors reaffirmed t - he iden Wilson's PhalarPha ope l aropus tricolor is a swimming tic fi ation. The observed and photographed s - peci sandpiper species of the New World. It is the largest men was distinguished from similar Grey Phalarope and most terrestrial of the three phalarope species Phalaropus fulicarius and Red-necked Phalarope (Hayman et al. 1986), which are broadly known for Phalaropus lobatus by its greyer (paler) pluma-ge, dis their reversed sex-role mating s Col yst we em ( ll & tinctly longer bill, lack of bold black eye-patch and Jehl 2020). Wilson's Phalarope distribution range bright yellow colour of legs. Other somewhat similar is entirely continental. It typically breeds in open wader species like Lesser Yell Tr ow inl ga e g flas vipes habitats adjacent to inland wetlands on prairies and are characterized by their signic fi antly d-ie ff rent pro agricultural lands in western parts of the United States portions, behaviour and not so pure whitish colour and southwestern and central C Ha an ym ad an a ( below. The next day, Vukas Vučković re-found the et al. 1986, Colwell & Jehl 2020). On migration, bird and took several photos of it in flight. The white this species occurs on a wide variety of freshwater rump patch, plain dark grey wings and lac - k of prom lakes, ponds and small pools showing a preference for alkaline waters. Wilson's Phalarope winters in the October–April period across altiplano from Bolivia to Argentina and returns to the breeding grounds in late April and early M H aa y ( yman et al. 1986, Colwell & Jehl 2020). The species is a rare, but regular vagrant in Western Palearctic with most observations reported from British IslA es ( lström & Colston 1991). Here, we report on the first observation of Wilson's Phalarope in the territory of Serbia. In the early morning of 22 September 2019, whilst birdwatching on the northern shore of alkaline lake Rusanda close to the village of Melenci (Banat District, Northern Serbia), the first author spotted one individual of Wilson's Phalarope approximately 20 m from the lakeshore (coordinates 45.5259 F5 ig 2 N ure 1 , : Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor, lake Rusanda near the village of Melenci, N Serbia, 20.302900 E), foraging together with 12 Dunlins 22 September 2019 (photo: Miroslav Mareš) Calidris alpina and three Little Ringed Plovers Charadrius dubius. At first glance, the observer had Slika 1: Tribarvni liskonožec Phalaropus tricolor, jezero an impression that it was Marsh SaTr nd in pi gp ae r Rusanda, Melenci, S Srbija, 22 september 2019 (foto: Miroslav Mareš) stagnatilis  – a regular, but scarce autumn migrant 31 M. Mareš, D. Rajković: Wilson’s PhalarPha ope laropus tricolor – a new species for avifauna of Serbia Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Szilard Daroczi (Romania) for providing relevant literature for Romania, and Vukas Vučković (Serbia) for the useful photograph of Wilson’s Phalarope in flight. Povzetek Septembra 2019 je bil na jezeru Rusanda (severna Srbija) opazovan tribarvni liskon Phao laže roc p us tricolor. Vrsta gnezdi v Severni Ameriki, na selitvi pa se občasno pojavlja tudi v Evropi. Opisano opazovanje je prvi podatek za to vrsto na območju Srbije in le Figure 2: Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor in flight, lake Rusanda near the village of Melenci, šesti za območje jugovzhodne Evrope. Doslej je bila N Serbia, 23 September 2019 (photo: Vukas Vučković) opazovana še v Romuniji, Grčiji in Bolgariji. Slika 2: Tribarvni liskonožec Phalaropus tricolor v letu, References jezero Rusanda, Melenci, S Srbija, 23 september 2019 (foto: Vukas Vučković) Alström P., Colston P. (1991): A Field Guide to the Rare Birds of Britain and Europe. – Harper Collins, London, UK. inent white wing bars confirmed once again that it Colwell M. A., Jehl J. R. Jr . (2020): Wilson's Phalarope was an individual of Wilson’s Phalarope (Figure 2). (Phalaropus tricolor), version 1.0. In Birds of the The general characteristics and colouration World ( Poole A.F. & Gill, F.B. eds). Cornell Lab of of its upperpart, wing coverts and head pattern Ornitholog y, Ithaca, NY, US. suggest that the bird was in first-winter plumage Daroczi J. Sz., Bugariu S., Fântânã C., Kelemen A. (Hayman et al. 1986, Message & Taylor 2005, M., Kovács I., Ölvedi Szilárd Zs., Szabó J. (2015): Svensson et al. 2009). Report of the Romanian Rarities Committee for the period 2010-2014 (Part I). Târgu Mureş, RO. So far, the Wilson's Phalarope has not been listed Hayman P., Marchant J., Prater T. (1986): Shore - neither in the checklist of the bird spe-cies record birds: an identification guide to the waders of the ed in Serbia ( Šćiban et al. 2015) nor in the Nat -ion world. – Christopher Helm, London, UK. al Rulebook on the Designation and Protection of HRC – Hellenic Rarities Committee (2007): Annual Strictly Protected Wild Flora, Fauna and F - ungi (Of Report 2007.  – [https://files.ornithologiki.gr/docs/ c fi ial Gazette of the Republic of Serbia No. 5/2010, rarities/annual_report_2007_en.pdf ], 07/11/2020 47/2011, 32/2016, 98/2016). This species is a some - HRC – Hellenic Rarities Committee (2017): Annual Report 2017.  – [https://files.ornithologiki.gr/docs/ what regular visitor throughout western Europe with rarities/annual_report_2017_en.pdf ], 07/11/2020 few records annuA al ls lt y ( röm & Colston 1991). Ivanov B., Iankov P., Boev Z., Georgiev D., Profirov However, confirmed sightings of Wilson's Phalarope LJ., Dimitrov M. (2014): List of the bird species in southeastern Europe are scarce and sin - gle individ recorded in Bulgaria. – BUNARCO, Sofia, BG. uals were registered sporadically. According to the Message S., Taylor D. (2005): Waders of Europe, Asia and published literature, there are only six re -cords includ North America. – Christopher Helm, London, UK. Svensson L., Mullarney K., Zetterström D. (2009): ing the one described here. Wilson's Phalarope was Collins Bird Guide. Second edition.  – Ha-rperCol recorded once in RomaD nar ia o (czi et al. 2015), lins, London, UK. three times in Greece (HRC 2007, 2017) and once Šćiban M., Rajković D., Radišić D., Vasić V., in Bulgaria (IVANO et V al. 2014). Elsewhere on the Pantović U. (2015): Birds of Serbia: critical list Balkan Peninsula, we could not have foun - d any pub of species.  – Institute for Nature Conservation of lished data on this species. The described observation Vojvodina Province & Bird Protection and Study of Wilson’s Phalarope amply confirms the c - onseS ro vc aiety of Serbia, Novi Sad, RS. tion importance of the IBA Okanj and Rusanda (RS 038) as a stopover station for a wide varie -ty o Pr f w ispe at loe / r Arrived: 8. 11. 2020 birds including sandpipers and their allies. Sprejeto / Accepted: 11. 11. 2020

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