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PHOTOs of BIRDS 
rare in NORTH AMERICA

from the FOCUS ON NATURE TOURS
Photo collection

All of the birds in the photos below would be rare in North America.
Photos below are of: Barnacle Goose, Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Baikal Teal, Falcated Duck, 
Eurasian Wigeon, Common Pochard, Black-browed Albatross, Gray Heron, Steller's Sea Eagle, 
Crane Hawk, Corncrake, Northern Lapwing, Lesser Sandplover, Eurasian Golden Plover, 
Wood Sandpiper, Vega Gull, Slaty-backed Gull, Kelp Gull, White-winged Tern, Green Violetear, 
Green-breasted Mango, Gray Nightjar, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Social Flycatcher, 
Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Jackdaw, Brown-chested Martin, Siberian Rubythroat, 
Red-flanked Bluetail, Swinhoe's Robin, Dusky Thrush, Redwing, Narcissus Flycatcher, 
Olive-backed Pipit, Brambling, Eurasian Siskin, Common Rosefinch, Rufous-capped Warbler, 
Bananaquit, Elegant Bunting, Black-faced Grassquit, Flame-colored Tanager, Blue Bunting


Links: 

A Complete List of North American Birds, north of Mexico, 
with some photos, in 6 parts:
Part #1: Grouse to Anhinga     Part #2: Condor to Shorebirds     Part #3: Jaegers to Cuckoos
Part #4: Owls to Flycatchers     Part #5: Shrikes to Pipits     Part #6: Olive Warbler to Buntings

Upcoming FONT Tour Schedule     Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in North America

FONT Past Tour Highlights

A Directory of Photos in this Website

 



Barnacle Goose
 (photographed during a FONT tour in Sweden)  



Eastern Spot-billed Ducks
 (photographed during the Jan/Feb 2009 FONT Japan Tour)
  



Baikal Teal
(photographed during a FONT tour in Japan)  

Falcated Duck
(photographed during a FONT tour in Japan)

A female Eurasian Wigeon
(photographed during a FONT tour in Japan) 




Common Pochard
(photographed during a FONT tour on Sweden)



Black-Browed Albatross
(photographed during a FONT tour in Chile) 



Grey Heron
(photographed in Europe) 




Steller's Sea Eagle
(photographed during a FONT tour in Japan) 



Crane Hawk
(photographed in Mexico)



Corncrake
(photographed in Poland
by Przemyslaw Kunysz)

 



Northern Lapwing
(this bird was photographed in North America)



Lesser Sandplover
(photographed in Japan)
 

European Golden Plover 
 (photo during a FONT tour in Iceland)

 



Wood Sandpiper 
 (this bird was photographed in North America)




Vega Gull & Slaty-backed Gull 
 (photographed during a FONT tour in Japan)

 A first-year Slaty-backed Gull
(photographed in Japan)



ABOVE: An adult Kelp Gull
and BELOW: an immature Kelp Gull 
(both photographed during FONT tours 
in South America)




White-winged Tern 
(this bird photographed in North America)

 
 

Green Violetear
(photographed during a FONT tour in Costa Rica) 

 



Green-breasted Mango
(photographed during a FONT tour 
on Cozumel Island in Mexico) 



Grey Nightjar
(photographed during a FONT tour in Japan) 



Great Spotted Woodpecker
(photographed during a FONT tour in Japan) 




Social Flycatcher
(photographed in Costa Rica) 





Two photographs of the Fork-tailed Flycatcher
(the upper photo taken in Brazil,
the lower photo during a FONT tour in Belize)  




Jackdaw
(photographed in Scotland) 

Brown-chested Martins
(photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil)  
The Brown-chested Martin has occurred in North America 
in Massachusetts in June 1983 & October 2009,
and in New Jersey in November 1997.  



Siberian Rubythroat
(photographed during a FONT tour in Japan) 
    




Red-flanked Bluetail 
(photographed during a FONT tour in Japan) 





 Swinhoe's Robin
(photographed during a FONT tour in Japan 
on Hegura Island)

This bird has also been called the Rufous-tailed Robin.




 

The upper two photos above are of the Dusky Thrush of eastern Asia.
The lower photo above is of the Naumann's Thrush.
(These photos taken in Japan.) 



Redwing
(This bird was photographed in North America.) 
  
  



Narcissus Flycatcher
(photographed during a FONT tour in Japan in the spring)



An Olive-backed Pipit 
(photo during the Jan/Feb 2009 FONT tour in Japan)
  
  



Two photographs of Bramblings
(both photos during a FONT tour in Japan)   
   





Two photographs of Eurasian Siskins
(both photos during a FONT tour in Japan)  




Common Rosefinch
(photographed in Poland
by Przemyslaw Kunysz)

This bird has also been called the Scarlet Rosefinch.

 



Rufous-capped Warbler,
a US rarity in Arizona & Texas
(photo during a FONT tour in Sonora, Mexico)


A Bananaquit
(photo during a FONT tour in the West Indies) 



Elegant Bunting
(photo taken during a FONT tour in Japan) 

This bird has also been called the Yellow-throated Bunting. 



Black-faced Grassquit
(photo during a FONT tour in the West Indies)  

A female Flame-colored Tanager
(photographed in Costa Rica)

There's a photo of a male Flame-colored Tanager
in this web-site
in the North America Bird List #3. 
(link at top of this page)

 


A Blue Bunting
(photo during a FONT tour in Mexico) 
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