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.


Tufted Flycatcher (5) Mitrephanes phaeocercus
  Tucson RBA 9 May 2008

Wood Warbler (5) Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  RBA: Eastern MA 05/09/08

Aplomado Falcon (4) Falco femoralis
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley Hotline, May 8 2008

Black-tailed Gull (4) Larus crassirostris
  Chicago, IL RBA, Wednesday, 7 May 2008
  IBET Chicago, IL RBA, Wednesday, 7 May 2008

White-winged Tern (4) Chlidonias leucopterus
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, May 9th, 2008

Fork-tailed Flycatcher (4) Tyrannus savana
  RBA: New Jersey, May 8, 2008
  Delaware Valley RBA, 8 May 2008

Flame-colored Tanager (4) Piranga bidentata
  Tucson RBA 9 May 2008

Yellow Grosbeak (4) Pheucticus chrysopeplus
  Tucson RBA 9 May 2008

Brown Booby (3) Sula leucogaster
  [MBB] Monterey Bay Area Birdbox for Saturday May 10, 2008
  [MBB] Monterey Bay Area Birdbox for Saturday May 10, 2008
  Monterey Bay Area Birdbox for Saturday May 10, 2008
  Monterey Bay Area Birdbox for Saturday May 10, 2008
  [MBB] Monterey Bay Area Birdbox for Friday May 9, 2008
  Monterey Bay Area Birdbox for Friday May 9, 2008
  [MBB] Monterey Bay Area Birdbox for Thursday May 8, 2008
  Monterey Bay Area Birdbox for Thursday May 8, 2008

Muscovy Duck (3) Cairina moschata
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley Hotline, May 8 2008

Eurasian Wigeon (3) Anas penelope
  RBA: Calgary, AB May 8 2008

Tufted Duck (3) Aythya fuligula
  RBA: Portland, OR 5-8-08
  [obol] Vancouver, BC RBA for May 6, 2008
  Vancouver, BC RBA for May 6, 2008

Smew (3) Mergellus albellus
  RBA: Calgary, AB May 8 2008

Masked Duck (3) Nomonyx dominicus
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley Hotline, May 8 2008

Hook-billed Kite (3) Chondrohierax uncinatus
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley Hotline, May 8 2008

Curlew Sandpiper (3) Calidris ferruginea
  RBA: Cape May, NJ, May 8, 2008

Ruff (3) Philomachus pugnax
  RBA: Eastern MA 05/09/08
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, May 9th, 2008
  RBA: Cape May, NJ, May 8, 2008
  MN/Detroit Lakes - 8 May 2008
  Delaware Valley RBA, 8 May 2008

Little Gull (3) Larus minutus
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, May 9th, 2008
  MN/Duluth RBA 8 May 2008
  MN RBA 8 May 2008

Lesser Black-backed Gull (3) Larus fuscus
  NYC Area RBA: 9 May 2008
  RBA: Eastern MA 05/09/08
  Eastern PA Birdline: 5/8/2008
  RBA: Cape May, NJ, May 8, 2008
  Chicago, IL RBA, Wednesday, 7 May 2008
  IBET Chicago, IL RBA, Wednesday, 7 May 2008
  RBA. New Hampshire, May 8, 2008
  Delaware Valley RBA, 8 May 2008

Red-billed Pigeon (3) Columba flavirostris
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley Hotline, May 8 2008

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (3) Glaucidium brasilianum
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley Hotline, May 8 2008

White-eared Hummingbird (3) Hylocharis leucotis
  Tucson RBA 9 May 2008

Berylline Hummingbird (3) Amazilia beryllina
  Tucson RBA 9 May 2008

White-collared Seedeater (3) Sporophila torqueola
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley Hotline, May 8 2008

Five-striped Sparrow (3) Aimophila quinquestriata
  Tucson RBA 9 May 2008

Brambling (3) Fringilla montifringilla
  RBA: Calgary, AB May 8 2008

Yellow-billed Loon (2) Gavia adamsii
  [obol] Vancouver, BC RBA for May 6, 2008
  Vancouver, BC RBA for May 6, 2008

Gray Hawk (2) Buteo nitidus
  NM RBA for 5/8/08

Zone-tailed Hawk (2) Buteo albonotatus
  NM RBA for 5/8/08

Gray Partridge (2) Perdix perdix
  Iowa RBA: May 11, 2008

Montezuma Quail (2) Cyrtonyx montezumae
  NM RBA for 5/8/08

Yellow Rail (2) Coturnicops noveboracensis
  Iowa RBA: May 11, 2008
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, May 9th, 2008
  MN/Duluth RBA 8 May 2008
  Chicago, IL RBA, Wednesday, 7 May 2008
  IBET Chicago, IL RBA, Wednesday, 7 May 2008
  Delaware Valley RBA, 8 May 2008

Black Rail (2) Laterallus jamaicensis
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, May 9th, 2008
  [MBB] Monterey Bay Area Birdbox for Thursday May 8, 2008
  Monterey Bay Area Birdbox for Thursday May 8, 2008
  Missouri RBA - 08 May 2008
  RBA: Cape May, NJ, May 8, 2008
  Delaware Valley RBA, 8 May 2008

Pacific Golden-Plover (2) Pluvialis fulva
  [obol] Vancouver, BC RBA for May 6, 2008
  Vancouver, BC RBA for May 6, 2008

Piping Plover (2) Charadrius melodus
  Iowa RBA: May 11, 2008
  RBA: Rhode Island, May 9, 2008
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, May 9th, 2008
  MN/Duluth RBA 8 May 2008
  Delaware Valley RBA, 8 May 2008

Wood Sandpiper (2) Tringa glareola
  RBA: Birdline Delaware, May 9th, 2008
  Delaware Valley RBA, 8 May 2008

Thayer's Gull (2) Larus thayeri
  MN/Duluth RBA 8 May 2008
  RBA: Calgary, AB May 8 2008
  Chicago, IL RBA, Wednesday, 7 May 2008
  IBET Chicago, IL RBA, Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Iceland Gull (2) Larus glaucoides
  RBA: Cape May, NJ, May 8, 2008
  RBA. New Hampshire, May 8, 2008

Yellow-footed Gull (2) Larus livens
  Southeastern CA RBA: May 8, 2008

Roseate Tern (2) Sterna dougallii
  RBA: Eastern MA 05/09/08
  RBA: Cape May, NJ, May 8, 2008
  RBA: New Jersey, May 8, 2008
  Delaware Valley RBA, 8 May 2008

Red-crowned Parrot (2) Amazona viridigenalis
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley Hotline, May 8 2008

Groove-billed Ani (2) Crotophaga sulcirostris
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley Hotline, May 8 2008

Flammulated Owl (2) Otus flammeolus
  NM RBA for 5/8/08

Whiskered Screech-Owl (2) Otus trichopsis
  NM RBA for 5/8/08

Northern Pygmy-Owl (2) Glaucidium gnoma
  NM RBA for 5/8/08

Long-eared Owl (2) Asio otus
  NM RBA for 5/8/08
  Delaware Valley RBA, 8 May 2008
  [obol] Vancouver, BC RBA for May 6, 2008
  Vancouver, BC RBA for May 6, 2008

Short-eared Owl (2) Asio flammeus
  MN/Duluth RBA 8 May 2008
  MN RBA 8 May 2008

Northern Saw-whet Owl (2) Aegolius acadicus
  NM RBA for 5/8/08
  Central PA Birdline for 5.8.2008
  RBA, Western MA 5/5/08

Black Swift (2) Cypseloides niger
  [obol] Vancouver, BC RBA for May 6, 2008
  Vancouver, BC RBA for May 6, 2008

Blue-throated Hummingbird (2) Lampornis clemenciae
  NM RBA for 5/8/08

Lucifer Hummingbird (2) Calothorax lucifer
  Tucson RBA 9 May 2008
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley Hotline, May 8 2008

Elegant Trogon (2) Trogon elegans
  Tucson RBA 9 May 2008

Black-backed Woodpecker (2) Picoides arcticus
  Maine RBA - May 9, 2008

Greater Pewee (2) Contopus pertinax
  NM RBA for 5/8/08

Tropical Kingbird (2) Tyrannus melancholicus
  Tucson RBA 9 May 2008

Thick-billed Kingbird (2) Tyrannus crassirostris
  Tucson RBA 9 May 2008

Olive Warbler (2) Peucedramus taeniatus
  NM RBA for 5/8/08

Golden-winged Warbler (2) Vermivora chrysoptera
  NYC Area RBA: 9 May 2008
  Ohio Statewide RBA May 9, 2008
  Eastern PA Birdline: 5/8/2008
  RBA: Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley Hotline, May 8 2008
  Delaware Valley RBA, 8 May 2008
  Central PA Birdline for 5.8.2008

Connecticut Warbler (2) Oporornis agilis
  Iowa RBA: May 11, 2008

Red-faced Warbler (2) Cardellina rubrifrons
  NM RBA for 5/8/08

Hepatic Tanager (2) Piranga flava
  NM RBA for 5/8/08

Baird's Sparrow (2) Ammodramus bairdii
  Tucson RBA 9 May 2008

Yellow-eyed Junco (2) Junco phaeonotus
  NM RBA for 5/8/08

Smith's Longspur (2) Calcarius pictus
  Iowa RBA: May 11, 2008
  MN/Detroit Lakes - 8 May 2008
  MN RBA 8 May 2008

Lawrence's Goldfinch (2) Carduelis lawrencei
  BIRDWEST; Santa Barbara, CA; 5/09/08
  [sbcobirding] BIRDWEST; Santa Barbara, CA; 5/09/08