Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythrophalmus

Very rare vagrant from North America

· 1953 One, found dying by Mima Gear on the 11^th October, following a strong south-westerly gale (Sims, cited in Pennington et al., 2004). This was the 3^rd record for Britain, and remains the only record of this species for Shetland to date.