• White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis (Bonapartes Strandloper) Nieuwpoort 15/08/2001.

© 2001 Peter Adriaens

• White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus (Witvleugelstern) Verrebroek, Belgium 03/08/2001.  

 © 2001 Leo Janssen

• Black Stork Ciconia nigra (Zwarte Ooievaar) Luxemburg 21/07/2001.  

 © 2001 Leo Janssen & Gaston Sallaets

• Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus (Dwergarend) Verrebroek 01/07/2001.  

 © 2001 Leo Janssen & Gaston Sallaets

• Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus (Dwergarend) Verrebroek 24 to 27/06/ 2001.  

 © 2001 Wim Deloddere

• A Moltoni's Warbler Sylvia cantillans moltonii was observed at Heist (province of West-Vlaanderen), Belgium on 20 and 21 May 2001. This taxon was first described in 1937 by Orlando, but not recognized by subsequent authors, until Gargallo redefined its features (Bull. B.O.C. 1994 114,1:31-36). Moltoni's Warbler differs from other taxa of Subalpine Warbler by its rattling call (trrrrt). Males have clear light brownish-pink
  underparts without any or very little orange or chestnut tinge, being thus very distinct from an other known race. Moult may differ also, and a Subalpine Warbler with fresh primaries in spring is likely to be a Moltoni's
  Warbler. Moltoni's Warbler is a breeding bird from Corsica, Sardinia and some of the Balearic Islands (Majorca and Cabrera). A few have been collected in Tunesia and NW Italy. If accepted by the BAHC, this will constitute the first record of a Moltoni's Warbler well outside of its known range. Gabriel Gargallo confirmed that the recording of the call of the Belgian bird is perfect for moltonii. A file about this record is currently being compiled by the BAHC.
  
  The BAHC thanks the following people for their help :
  - sound recording by Dominique Verbelen
  - sonagrams by Serge Hoste; the first three sonagrams represent the song, and the last one the rattling call of the Moltoni's Warbler in Belgium
  - photographs by Johan Buckens and Tom Goossens

Pictures.

© 2001 Johan Buckens

© 2001 Tom Goossens

Sound recording.

• song 1 (AIFF)    
• song 2 (AIFF)
• song 3 (AIFF)
• call (AIFF)
• song 1 (WAV)
• song 2 (WAV)
• song 3 (WAV)
• call (WAV)

© 2001 Dominique Verbelen

Sonograms.

© 2001 Serge Hoste

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