As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Tuesday, 21 July 2015

Ornithologists find new bird species in Lithuania

Elta EN Monday, July 20, 2015 

A new bird species has been observed in Lithuania, the Baillon's crake (porzana pusilla). 

Baillon's crake (porzana pusilla). Photo Wikimedia
Baillon's crake (porzana pusilla). Photo Wikimedia
It was spotted in Rokiškis region in north-eastern Lithuania, the Lithuanian Ornithological Society said.  The bird was first found on 28 May in the valley of the river Saltoja in Rokiškis district by Darius and Daiva Norkūnai of the Lithuanian Ornithological Society. 

Repeated observations show that the species has settled in the region and is forming a local population, although their breeding habitat normally is in south-eastern Europe. The Baillon's crake is the third bird species for the first time observed in Lithuania this year. The others are the Pacific golden plover (pluvialis fulva) and the Dalmatian pelican (pelecanus crispus).

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