The
Swiss Rarities Committee (Swiss RC) works independently from any other organisation.
It is a member of the Association of European Records and Rarities Committees, AERC and
follows its recommandations. Its main task is to check if unusual bird observations
are sufficiently documented to be cited in scientific literature. The species
concerned either occur rarely in Switzerland or are rarely seen at a specific
time of the year or in a particular part of the country. The first breeding
records in Switzerland are also examined by the Swiss RC. Any record of
a species considered by the Swiss RC should be
submitted on the appropriate recording form. To keep the administrative effort as low as
possible, protocols should be sent whenever possible in electronic form
(preferably as word file) to E-Mail.
Cases for which no protocol has been submitted, but photos, videos or audio
records exist on the web will be handled as well, but published without the name(s)
of the observer(s).
E-Mail
c/o Swiss Ornithological Institute
CH-6204 Sempach
Tel. 041 462 97 32
Fax 041 462 97 00
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