Duplicates
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MOURC Proceedings Archive - Flycatchers |
Accepted Duplicates | |
| This is the 1981 to present Records Committee Proceedings archive for The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The last 2 years are available to MOU members. |
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| Species: Flycatchers |
| [Tropical/Couch's Kingbird] (S) (Tyrannus sp.) | Start Date 1936-01-01 | ||||||||
| Ref | First | Last | Location | County | 2 | 3 | Comment | Status | |
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| 76:152 | 2004-06-06 | Grand Marais | Cook | (record #2004-067, vote 2-8). All ten MOURC members vote on potential first state records. This non-vocalizing kingbird was found by an out-of-state observer who previously had observed both Tropical and Couch's kingbirds in the southwestern U.S. The bird was seen at close range but only for about 90 seconds, and the observer was less than 100% certain of its identity. The possibility of a molting or heavily worn Western Kingbird was not completely eliminated. The observer is to be commended for submitting complete documentation on this bird even though she considered it a “hypothetical” sighting for Cook County. | Not Accepted | ||||
| 1 | 84:3 | 2011-10-28 | West Duluth, Smithville and Riverside neighborhoods | St. Louis | (record #2011-034, vote 10-0). While Accepted as Tropical/ Couch's Kingbird, the record was originally submitted as Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus). Prior to voting, it was discussed in detail at the 4 December meeting where it was noted that there are two records of vocalizing Couch's Kingbirds from Massachusetts (7 September 2001) and Michigan (26-28 May 2007). Both the Massachusetts and the Michigan birds were vocalizing, whereas the Minnesota bird did not. The Committee also discussed the extreme difficulty of separating Tropical from Couch's where there were no vocalizations. Two outside authorities, John Arvin and Martin Reid, were also consulted prior to voting. Both agreed the culmen appeared from the photographs to be more like Couch's than Tropical, but was not diagnostic. One of the experts also commented that some of the other important features that might have aided in the diagnosis were not clearly visible in the photographs. First state record. Also see Tropical Kingbird below under Not Accepted records. | Accepted | |||
| 85:99 | 2011-10-28 | Duluth | St. Louis | (record #2011-034) had been previously unanimously accepted (The Loon 84:4-5), but a separate vote is needed to determine if this represents a species classified as “A” (no subscript indicating the identification as Tropical/Couch's Kingbird can be determined from the physical evidence alone) or as “AS” (a qualifying subscript indicating the physical evidence alone is insufficient to determine the identification as Tropical/Couch's Kingbird). After a brief discussion, it was unanimously accepted with the unqualified “A” classification. The subject of establishing formal guidelines for unusual migration dates for observations of Regular species was discussed. It was decided that the Seasonal Report editors would continue to handle such records and that MOURC would not need to be involved. Subsequent to the most recent meeting, the following records were voted on electronically and Accepted: | Duplicate | ||||
| 2 | 93:3 | 2020-08-16 | 30404 Sauk Valley Road | Stearns | (record #2020-090, vote 7-0). Photographed. First county record. MOURC has now accepted three Tropical/Couch's Kingbird records since the first was documented in 2011. All are fall records from the following counties: Lac qui Parle, Stearns, and St. Louis. A fourth fall record from Lake County is pending MOURC consideration. The chronological dates by month for all of the above-mentioned observations are 16 August 2020, 25 September 2020, 30 September 2020 (pending), and 28 October 2011. | Accepted | |||
| 3 | 93:47 | 2020-09-25 | Big Stone N.W.R., Odessa | Lac qui Parle | (record #2020-058, vote 6-1). Photographed. First county record. Not Accepted at either species level (vote 0-7). MOURC has accepted three Tropical/Couch's kingbird records since the first was documented in 2011. All are fall records from the following counties: Lac qui Parle, Stearns, and St. Louis. A fourth fall record from Lake County is pending MOURC consideration. The chronological dates by month for all of the above-mentioned Accepted observations are 16 August 2020, 25 September 2020, 30 September 2020 (pending), and 28 October 2011. | Accepted | |||
| 4 | 93:111 | 2020-09-30 | Scenic Highway 61 at County Road 9 | St. Louis | (record #2020-097, vote 6-1). Adult, photographed. First county record. MOURC has now accepted four Tropical/Couch's Kingbird records since the first was documented in 2011. All are fall records from the counties of Lac qui Parle, Lake, Stearns, and St. Louis. The dates (by month) for all four accepted observations are 16 August 2020, 25 September 2020, 30 September 2020, and 28 October 2011. | Accepted | |||
| One fall record (2011) of a bird that could not be identified to the species level. | |||||||||
| The information in the above table comes from several different sources. The count in column 1 indicates which of the sources is considered the primary source. | ||
| 'Accepted' MOURC entries from The MOURC Proceedings | ||
| 'Not Accepted' or 'Rejected' MOURC entry from The MOURC Proceedings | ||
| Accepted MOU records assembled by David Cahlander | ||
| Sighting records for () | ||
| Avian information from the occurrence maps, in dark red, assembled by Robert Janssen. Seasonal report for the species/season published in The Loon or The Flicker has been added. | ||
| Information from The Loon index assembled by Anthony Hertzel and David Cahlander | ||