John Gregory: Western Palearctic Life List IOC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 335 of 335 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Common Ostrich Struthio camelus Yes 2 0 2 White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata Yes 1 0 3 Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Yes 2 0 4 Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica Yes 1 0 5 Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus Yes 64 14 6 Black Swan Cygnus atratus Yes 78 17 7 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis Yes 0 0 8 Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos Yes 0 0 9 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata Yes 50 11 10 Wood Duck Aix sponsa Yes 51 11 11 Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus Yes 0 0 12 Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera Yes 5 1 13 Cape Teal Anas capensis Yes 1 0 14 Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha Yes 7 1 15 Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma Yes 0 0 16 Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri Yes 1 0 17 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris Yes 41 9 18 California Quail Callipepla californica Yes 27 5 19 Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Yes 17 3 20 Reeves's Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii Yes 27 5 21 Caucasian Snowcock Tetraogallus caucasicus 70 15 22 Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca 99 21 23 Erckel's Spurfowl Pternistis erckelii Yes 0 0 24 Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus 65 14 25 Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus 71 15 26 Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius Yes 19 4 27 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 12 2 28 Cape Verde Swift Apus alexandri 45 9 29 Plain Swift Apus unicolor 247 54 30 Horus Swift Apus horus Yes 1 0 31 Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs Yes 0 0 32 Nubian Bustard Neotis nuba Yes 0 0 33 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis 24 5 34 Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus Yes 0 0 35 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus Yes 0 0 36 Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius Yes 9 1 37 Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus Yes 18 3 38 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus Yes 18 3 39 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea Yes 0 0 40 Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni Yes 0 0 41 Laurel Pigeon Columba junoniae 171 37 42 African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea Yes 64 14 43 Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens Yes 16 3 44 Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia Yes 1 0 45 African Crake Crecopsis egregia Yes 5 1 46 Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata Yes 2 0 47 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 11 2 48 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 24 5 49 African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis Yes 61 13 50 Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis Yes 1 0 51 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Yes 1 0 52 Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus Yes 2 0 53 Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus Yes 32 7 54 Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis 50 11 55 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris Yes 24 5 56 Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus Yes 1 0 57 Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus Yes 6 1 58 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 41 9 59 Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius 35 7 60 Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius Yes 1 0 61 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis Yes 31 6 62 Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis Yes 0 0 63 American Woodcock Scolopax minor Yes 0 0 64 Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala Yes 7 1 65 Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura Yes 3 0 66 Willet Tringa semipalmata Yes 10 2 67 Crab-plover Dromas ardeola 62 13 68 African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris Yes 22 4 69 Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Yes 2 0 70 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 71 Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi Yes 17 3 72 White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa 79 17 73 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 8 1 74 West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis 33 7 75 Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii 71 15 76 Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus Yes 0 0 77 Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Yes 17 3 78 Relict Gull Ichthyaetus relictus Yes 0 0 79 Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii 72 15 80 White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus 162 35 81 Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus Yes 0 0 82 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 3 0 83 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 84 Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata Yes 0 0 85 Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella Yes 0 0 86 Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula Yes 0 0 87 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 74 16 88 White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Yes 6 1 89 Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica Yes 4 0 90 Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena Yes 0 0 91 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 1 0 92 Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta Yes 1 0 93 Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 36 7 94 Monteiro's Storm Petrel Hydrobates monteiroi Yes 21 4 95 Cape Verde Storm Petrel Hydrobates jabejabe Yes 26 5 96 Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus Yes 0 0 97 Cape Petrel Daption capense Yes 1 0 98 Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta Yes 0 0 99 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 6 1 100 Desertas Petrel Pterodroma deserta Yes 76 16 101 Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow Yes 0 0 102 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 2 0 103 Trindade Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana Yes 7 1 104 White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis Yes 1 0 105 Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas Yes 0 0 106 Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii 37 8 107 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 1 0 108 Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes Yes 2 0 109 Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri Yes 0 0 110 Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus Yes 3 0 111 Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni Yes 0 0 112 Boyd's Shearwater Puffinus boydi Yes 29 6 113 Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax Yes 2 0 114 African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus Yes 1 0 115 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer Yes 1 0 116 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis Yes 34 7 117 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii Yes 0 0 118 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 119 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 24 5 120 Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel Yes 1 0 121 Cape Gannet Morus capensis Yes 1 0 122 Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Yes 3 0 123 African Darter Anhinga rufa Yes 1 0 124 Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus Yes 17 3 125 Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis Yes 34 7 126 White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus Yes 30 6 127 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus Yes 61 13 128 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 10 2 129 Von Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus Yes 0 0 130 Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii Yes 54 11 131 Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis Yes 12 2 132 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Yes 5 1 133 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca Yes 22 4 134 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis 183 40 135 Striated Heron Butorides striata 129 28 136 Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii Yes 4 0 137 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 12 2 138 Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus Yes 2 0 139 Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha 19 4 140 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 59 13 141 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala Yes 2 0 142 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath Yes 17 3 143 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens Yes 17 3 144 Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus Yes 66 14 145 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Yes 0 0 146 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus Yes 0 0 147 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus Yes 4 0 148 Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli Yes 61 13 149 Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis Yes 0 0 150 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus Yes 13 2 151 Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga 192 42 152 Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi Yes 1 0 153 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax Yes 21 4 154 Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii Yes 12 2 155 Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar Yes 1 0 156 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates Yes 8 1 157 Shikra Accipiter badius Yes 35 7 158 Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius Yes 47 10 159 Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus Yes 1 0 160 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 1 0 161 African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer Yes 1 0 162 Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis Yes 2 0 163 Cape Verde Buzzard Buteo bannermani 36 7 164 Cyprus Scops Owl Otus cyprius 85 18 165 Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis Yes 43 9 166 Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus Yes 14 3 167 Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis 37 8 168 Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus Yes 15 3 169 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus Yes 2 0 170 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 172 37 171 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala 45 9 172 White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis Yes 12 2 173 African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus 57 12 174 Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis Yes 0 0 175 Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides Yes 0 0 176 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 11 2 177 African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae Yes 11 2 178 White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos 192 42 179 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Yes 9 1 180 Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus 245 54 181 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 2 0 182 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 35 7 183 Sooty Falcon Falco concolor 57 12 184 Saker Falcon Falco cherrug 142 31 185 Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday Yes 24 5 186 Mitred Parakeet Psittacara mitratus Yes 15 3 187 Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys Yes 16 3 188 Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria Yes 59 13 189 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 190 Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens Yes 10 2 191 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 19 4 192 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus Yes 2 0 193 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis Yes 2 0 194 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 9 1 195 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus Yes 1 0 196 White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus Yes 16 3 197 Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus Yes 1 0 198 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Yes 3 0 199 Northern Shrike Lanius borealis Yes 12 2 200 Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus Yes 0 0 201 Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus Yes 0 0 202 Pied Crow Corvus albus Yes 31 6 203 Grey Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus Yes 68 15 204 Grey-headed Chickadee Poecile cinctus 120 26 205 Caspian Tit Poecile hyrcanus Yes 20 4 206 Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey 158 34 207 Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps 78 17 208 Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus Yes 0 0 209 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 17 3 210 Raso Lark Alauda razae 34 7 211 Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula Yes 60 13 212 Maghreb Lark Galerida macrorhyncha Yes 108 23 213 Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha 184 40 214 Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris Yes 2 0 215 Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis Yes 1 0 216 Arabian Lark Eremalauda eremodites 21 4 217 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus Yes 16 3 218 Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer Yes 56 12 219 White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis 76 16 220 Banded Martin Neophedina cincta Yes 1 0 221 Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola 138 30 222 Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis Yes 4 0 223 Pale Martin Riparia diluta Yes 3 0 224 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 9 1 225 Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica Yes 1 0 226 Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus Yes 3 0 227 Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa Yes 2 0 228 Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi Yes 0 0 229 Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola Yes 1 0 230 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 10 2 231 Plain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus Yes 4 0 232 Canary Islands Chiffchaff Phylloscopus canariensis 208 45 233 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 234 Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus Yes 0 0 235 Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis Yes 30 6 236 Cape Verde Warbler Acrocephalus brevipennis 41 9 237 Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis Yes 0 0 238 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 15 3 239 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 84 18 240 Gray's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes fasciolatus Yes 0 0 241 Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans Yes 36 7 242 African Desert Warbler Curruca deserti Yes 124 27 243 Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana Yes 26 5 244 Ashy-throated Parrotbill Suthora alphonsiana 16 3 245 Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea Yes 47 10 246 Iraq Babbler Argya altirostris Yes 52 11 247 Afghan Babbler Argya huttoni Yes 45 9 248 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 4 0 249 Algerian Nuthatch Sitta ledanti Yes 16 3 250 Corsican Nuthatch Sitta whiteheadi 79 17 251 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 252 Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus Yes 47 10 253 Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus Yes 49 10 254 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 120 26 255 Vinous-breasted Myna Acridotheres leucocephalus 27 5 256 Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus Yes 0 0 257 Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor Yes 0 0 258 Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe Yes 84 18 259 Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica Yes 1 0 260 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 7 1 261 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 5 1 262 Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki Yes 4 0 263 Atlas Pied Flycatcher Ficedula speculigera Yes 65 14 264 Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus Yes 1 0 265 Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus Yes 0 0 266 Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus Yes 60 13 267 Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata Yes 18 3 268 Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops Yes 1 0 269 Atlas Wheatear Oenanthe seebohmi 111 24 270 Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata Yes 2 0 271 Basalt Wheatear Oenanthe warriae 24 5 272 Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia Yes 63 13 273 Hume's Wheatear Oenanthe albonigra Yes 3 0 274 Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura Yes 0 0 275 Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica 71 15 276 Arabian Sunbird Cinnyris hellmayri Yes 0 0 277 Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus Yes 19 4 278 Iago Sparrow Passer iagoensis 48 10 279 Desert Sparrow Passer simplex 143 31 280 Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus Yes 26 5 281 Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula Yes 32 7 282 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus Yes 4 0 283 Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar Yes 16 3 284 Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea Yes 0 0 285 Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer Yes 63 13 286 African Silverbill Euodice cantans Yes 8 1 287 Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata Yes 30 6 288 Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda Yes 12 2 289 Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes Yes 14 3 290 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala Yes 6 1 291 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura Yes 19 4 292 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 167 36 293 Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis Yes 11 2 294 Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus Yes 0 0 295 African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp Yes 35 7 296 Azores Chaffinch Fringilla moreletti 45 9 297 Canary Islands Chaffinch Fringilla canariensis 131 28 298 Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch Fringilla polatzeki Yes 41 9 299 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 1 0 300 Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina 48 10 301 African Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys alienus 125 27 302 Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus Yes 41 9 303 Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla Yes 53 11 304 Sinai Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus 113 24 305 Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus 16 3 306 Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus Yes 0 0 307 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella 233 51 308 Corsican Finch Carduelis corsicana 87 19 309 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 9 1 310 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 12 2 311 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 1 0 312 Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 1 0 313 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea Yes 5 1 314 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Yes 15 3 315 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 316 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Yes 0 0 317 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 16 3 318 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 1 0 319 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula Yes 0 0 320 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea Yes 6 1 321 Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis Yes 1 0 322 Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia Yes 2 0 323 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 13 2 324 Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea Yes 1 0 325 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 30 6 326 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 1 0 327 Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens Yes 15 3 328 Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum Yes 1 0 329 Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica Yes 8 1 330 Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor Yes 0 0 331 Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens Yes 15 3 332 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 28 6 333 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 1 0 334 Dickcissel Spiza americana Yes 12 2 335 Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea Yes 10 2