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
  RBA: New Jersey, Feb. 4, 2010
  Delaware Valley RBA, 3 FEB 2010

Roadside Hawk (4) Buteo magnirostris
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - February 4, 2010

Aplomado Falcon (4) Falco femoralis
  NM RBA for 2/1/10

Northern Jacana (4) Jacana spinosa
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - February 4, 2010

Oriental Turtle-Dove (4) Streptopelia orientalis
  Vancouver, BC RBA for January 31, 2010

Rufous-capped Warbler (4) Basileuterus rufifrons
  Tucson RBA - 5 February 2010

Crimson-collared Grosbeak (4) Rhodothraupis celaeno
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - February 4, 2010

Eurasian Wigeon (3) Anas penelope
  NM RBA for 2/8/10
  NYC Area RBA: 5 February 2010
  RBA Eastern Mass 2/5/10
  Southeastern CA RBA: February 4, 2010
  RBA: Cape May, NJ, Febtuary 4, 2010
  NM RBA for 2/4/10
  Delaware Valley RBA, 3 FEB 2010
  RBA: Eastern 02/01/10
  NM RBA for 2/1/10

Tufted Duck (3) Aythya fuligula
  RBA Eastern Mass 2/8/10
  N. Calif. BirdBox 07 February 10
  RBA Eastern Mass 2/5/10

Hook-billed Kite (3) Chondrohierax uncinatus
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - February 4, 2010

Great Skua (3) Stercorarius skua
  Delaware Valley RBA, 3 FEB 2010

Little Gull (3) Larus minutus
  RBA western Pennsylvania, 1 February 2010

Black-headed Gull (3) Larus ridibundus
  RBA Eastern Mass 2/8/10
  RBA: Rhode Island, February 6, 20190
  RBA Eastern Mass 2/5/10
  [Maine-birds] Maine RBA - February 5, 2010
  Maine RBA - February 5, 2010
  RBA: Eastern 02/01/10

Lesser Black-backed Gull (3) Larus fuscus
  RBA Eastern Mass 2/8/10
  RBA: Rhode Island, February 6, 20190
  NYC Area RBA: 5 February 2010
  RBA Eastern Mass 2/5/10
  Iowa RBA: 2-5-10
  RBA: New Jersey, Feb. 4, 2010
  Hudson-Mohawk Birdline for 3 Feb 2010
  RBA, New Hampshire, February 3, 2010
  Delaware Valley RBA, 3 FEB 2010
  Illinois RBA - February 2, 2010
  DC Area, 2/2/10

Slaty-backed Gull (3) Larus schistisagus
  Vancouver, BC RBA for January 31, 2010
  RBA: Eastern 02/01/10

Ivory Gull (3) Pagophila eburnea
  RBA: Rhode Island, February 6, 20190
  GA RBA 3 Feb 10

Red-billed Pigeon (3) Columba flavirostris
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - February 4, 2010

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (3) Glaucidium brasilianum
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - February 4, 2010

Rose-throated Becard (3) Pachyramphus aglaiae
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - February 4, 2010

Brown Jay (3) Cyanocorax morio
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - February 4, 2010

Rufous-backed Robin (3) Turdus rufopalliatus
  Tucson RBA - 5 February 2010

Tropical Parula (3) Parula pitiayumi
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - February 4, 2010

White-collared Seedeater (3) Sporophila torqueola
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - February 4, 2010

Gray Hawk (2) Buteo nitidus
  Tucson RBA - 5 February 2010
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - February 4, 2010

Common Black-Hawk (2) Buteogallus anthracinus
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - February 4, 2010

Short-tailed Hawk (2) Buteo brachyurus
  Tucson RBA - 5 February 2010

Zone-tailed Hawk (2) Buteo albonotatus
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - February 4, 2010
  Southeastern CA RBA: February 4, 2010

Gyrfalcon (2) Falco rusticolus
  RBA: Calgary, AB, Feb.4, 2010
  Vancouver, BC RBA for January 31, 2010
  RBA: Calgary, AB, FEB.1, 2010

Gray Partridge (2) Perdix perdix
  Iowa RBA: 2-5-10
  MN/Detroit Lakes - 4 February 2010
  RBA: North Dakota, February 2, 2010

Sharp-tailed Grouse (2) Tympanuchus phasianellus
  MN/Duluth RBA 5 February 2010
  MN/Detroit Lakes - 4 February 2010
  RBA: North Dakota, February 2, 2010

Montezuma Quail (2) Cyrtonyx montezumae
  NM RBA for 2/8/10
  NM RBA for 2/4/10
  NM RBA for 2/1/10

Piping Plover (2) Charadrius melodus
  RBA: Calgary, AB, FEB.1, 2010

Thayer's Gull (2) Larus thayeri
  [Maine-birds] Maine RBA - February 5, 2010
  Maine RBA - February 5, 2010
  MN/Duluth RBA 5 February 2010
  Illinois RBA - February 2, 2010

Iceland Gull (2) Larus glaucoides
  RBA Eastern Mass 2/8/10
  RBA, Western MA, 2/8/10
  RBA: Rhode Island, February 6, 20190
  RBA Eastern Mass 2/5/10
  [Maine-birds] Maine RBA - February 5, 2010
  Maine RBA - February 5, 2010
  [nysbirds-l] WNY Dial-a-Bird 04 Feb 2010
  [Ontbirds] WNY Dial-a-Bird 04 Feb 2010
  WNY Dial-a-Bird 04 Feb 2010
  [GeneseeBirds-L] WNY Dial-a-Bird 04 Feb 2010
  RBA: New Jersey, Feb. 4, 2010
  Hudson-Mohawk Birdline for 3 Feb 2010
  RBA, New Hampshire, February 3, 2010
  Delaware Valley RBA, 3 FEB 2010
  Illinois RBA - February 2, 2010
  DC Area, 2/2/10
  RBA: Eastern 02/01/10

Yellow-footed Gull (2) Larus livens
  Southeastern CA RBA: February 4, 2010

Dovekie (2) Alle alle
  NYC Area RBA: 5 February 2010
  RBA: New Jersey, Feb. 4, 2010
  Delaware Valley RBA, 3 FEB 2010
  RBA: Eastern 02/01/10

Red-crowned Parrot (2) Amazona viridigenalis
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - February 4, 2010

Groove-billed Ani (2) Crotophaga sulcirostris
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - February 4, 2010

Snowy Owl (2) Nyctea scandiaca
  RBA Eastern Mass 2/8/10
  RBA Eastern Mass 2/5/10
  [Maine-birds] Maine RBA - February 5, 2010
  Maine RBA - February 5, 2010
  RBA: Calgary, AB, Feb.4, 2010
  RBA, New Hampshire, February 3, 2010
  Delaware Valley RBA, 3 FEB 2010
  RBA western Pennsylvania, 1 February 2010
  RBA: North Dakota, February 2, 2010
  RBA: Calgary, AB, FEB.1, 2010
  RBA: Eastern 02/01/10

Northern Hawk Owl (2) Surnia ulula
  [Maine-birds] Maine RBA - February 5, 2010
  Maine RBA - February 5, 2010
  MN RBA 5 February 2010
  MN/Duluth RBA 5 February 2010
  MN/Detroit Lakes - 4 February 2010

Great Gray Owl (2) Strix nebulosa
  MN RBA 5 February 2010
  MN/Duluth RBA 5 February 2010
  MN/Detroit Lakes - 4 February 2010
  Vancouver, BC RBA for January 31, 2010

Long-eared Owl (2) Asio otus
  NM RBA for 2/1/10

Short-eared Owl (2) Asio flammeus
  RBA: Rhode Island, February 6, 20190
  Iowa RBA: 2-5-10
  MN/Detroit Lakes - 4 February 2010
  Hudson-Mohawk Birdline for 3 Feb 2010
  Central PA Birdline for 2.4.2010
  RBA western Pennsylvania, 1 February 2010
  Vancouver, BC RBA for January 31, 2010
  RBA: North Dakota, February 2, 2010
  DC Area, 2/2/10

Boreal Owl (2) Aegolius funereus
  MN RBA 5 February 2010
  MN/Duluth RBA 5 February 2010

Northern Saw-whet Owl (2) Aegolius acadicus
  RBA, Western MA, 2/8/10
  MN/Duluth RBA 5 February 2010
  RBA, New Hampshire, February 3, 2010
  Central PA Birdline for 2.4.2010

Violet-crowned Hummingbird (2) Amazilia violiceps
  Tucson RBA - 5 February 2010

Green Kingfisher (2) Chloroceryle americana
  Tucson RBA - 5 February 2010

Black-backed Woodpecker (2) Picoides arcticus
  MN RBA 5 February 2010
  MN/Detroit Lakes - 4 February 2010

Great Kiskadee (2) Pitangus sulphuratus
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - February 4, 2010

Tropical Kingbird (2) Tyrannus melancholicus
  Los Angeles RBA- 4 February 2010
  [LACoBirds] Los Angeles RBA- 4 February 2010

Bridled Titmouse (2) Baeolophus wollweberi
  NM RBA for 2/8/10
  NM RBA for 2/4/10
  NM RBA for 2/1/10

Northern Wheatear (2) Oenanthe oenanthe
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley - February 4, 2010

Painted Redstart (2) Myioborus pictus
  Los Angeles RBA- 4 February 2010
  [LACoBirds] Los Angeles RBA- 4 February 2010

Baird's Sparrow (2) Ammodramus bairdii
  Tucson RBA - 5 February 2010

Yellow-eyed Junco (2) Junco phaeonotus
  NM RBA for 2/8/10

Smith's Longspur (2) Calcarius pictus
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, February 5th, 2010

White-winged Crossbill (2) Loxia leucoptera
  [Maine-birds] Maine RBA - February 5, 2010
  Maine RBA - February 5, 2010
  RBA: Calgary, AB, Feb.4, 2010
  MN/Detroit Lakes - 4 February 2010
  RBA: Calgary, AB, FEB.1, 2010