Bird never seen before in Canada draws crowds to Vancouver park
Global News
The taiga flycatcher has never before been seen in Canada. At least, not until this holiday season when a bird watcher spotted the rare avian specimen in a Vancouver park.
Bird fans are flocking to Vancouver after a rare bird that is hardly ever seen in North America has made its home in the B.C. city.
Birder Ethan Moon discovered the rare taiga flycatcher on Christmas Day while he was visiting a park near the Vancouver Aquatic Centre.
“I noticed a small little bird hopping near the base of trees and lower branches and it looked off; I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Moon. “So I sent messages to a couple friends asking what it was and they were like, ‘taiga flycatcher,’ so yeah, first in Canada.”
Moon said it’s “surreal” that he was the first to see the rare bird and having people congratulate him for spotting it, adding he normally doesn’t travel outside of Canada.
According to Avibase, the world bird database, the taiga flycatcher was first discovered in 1811 and is known to breed in northern Eurasia – from eastern Russia to Siberia and Mongolia.
During winter, it is a visitor to south and southeast Asia, including Bangladesh, India, Thailand, China and Japan.
Where it’s not common is places like western Europe, so it making a stop in North America is even more unusual. The last known sighting was in California in 2006.
While it’s gotten to North America before, birder Mason Maron told Global News he believes the taiga flycatcher may have migrated the wrong way, leading it to B.C.
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