Joe Proudfoot: Western Palearctic Life List IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 390 of 390 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens Belmullet, Mayo 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 8 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 17 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 19 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana Yes 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 22 American Black Duck Anas rubripes Cross Lough, Belmullet 23 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 24 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 25 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 26 Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 28 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 29 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 30 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 31 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 32 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 22/12/2023 Knockaderry Reservoir 33 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 34 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 35 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 36 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 37 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 38 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 02/12/2018 Ballynacarriga Lake Approx. date. With Mark Stewart 39 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 40 Smew Mergellus albellus 41 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 42 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 43 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Belmullet, Mayo 44 White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala 45 Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus 46 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 47 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 48 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 49 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 50 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 51 Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar 52 Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis 53 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 54 Common Swift Apus apus 55 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 56 Little Swift Apus affinis 57 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 23/06/2017 Nerja, Spain Approx. date 58 Great Bustard Otis tarda Castro Verde, Portugal 59 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius 60 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 61 Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis Castro Verde, Portugal 62 Rock Dove Columba livia 63 Stock Dove Columba oenas 64 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 65 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 66 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 67 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis 68 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 69 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 70 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 71 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 12/02/2022 Lady's Island, Wexford 72 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 73 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 74 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 75 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 76 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 77 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 78 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 79 Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor Yes 22/07/2017 Laguna de Fuenta de Piedra, Spain 80 Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 81 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 82 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 83 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 84 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 85 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 86 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Loop head, Clare 87 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 88 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 89 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 90 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 91 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Tramore, Waterford 92 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 93 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 94 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 95 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 96 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 97 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 98 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 99 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 100 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 101 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 102 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus 103 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 104 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 105 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 106 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 107 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 108 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 109 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Tacumshin, Wexford 110 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 111 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 112 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 21/12/2022 Tallow, Waterford Approx date 113 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 114 Red Knot Calidris canutus 115 Ruff Calidris pugnax 116 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata 117 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 04/06/2019 Swords 118 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 119 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 120 Sanderling Calidris alba 121 Dunlin Calidris alpina 122 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 123 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Tacumshin, Wexford 124 Little Stint Calidris minuta 125 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 126 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 127 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Tacumshin, Wexford 128 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 129 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 130 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 30/06/2021 Portrane, Dublin 131 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 132 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 09/07/2023 Rogerstown Estuary, Dublin 133 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Ebro Delta 134 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 135 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 02/09/2018 Soldiers Point, Louth 136 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 137 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 138 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 139 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 140 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus 141 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 142 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 143 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 144 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei 145 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Salterstown, Louth 146 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 147 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla North Bull Island, Dublin 148 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii 149 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 150 Common Gull Larus canus 151 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 152 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 153 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 154 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 155 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 156 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 157 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 158 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 159 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 160 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 161 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 162 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 163 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 164 Razorbill Alca torda 165 Little Auk Alle alle 166 Common Murre Uria aalge 167 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 168 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 28/08/2017 Balbriggan, Dublin 169 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 170 Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Baltimore pelagic 171 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 172 Leach's Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 173 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 174 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis Sao Martinho de Porto, Portugal 175 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 176 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 177 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 178 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 179 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan 180 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 24/08/2022 Bridges 181 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 182 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 183 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 184 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Greystones, Wicklow 185 Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus 186 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 187 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 188 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 189 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 190 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 191 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 192 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 193 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 194 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 195 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 196 Great Egret Ardea alba 197 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 198 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 199 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus 200 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 201 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Spain 202 Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus 203 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus 204 European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 205 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus 206 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus 207 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus 208 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 209 Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata 210 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 211 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 212 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 213 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 214 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 07/11/2011 Tacumshin 215 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 216 Red Kite Milvus milvus 217 Black Kite Milvus migrans 218 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 219 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 220 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus 221 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 222 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 223 Little Owl Athene noctua 224 Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula 225 Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum 226 Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops 227 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 228 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 229 Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo 230 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 231 Ural Owl Strix uralensis 232 Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa 233 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 234 European Roller Coracias garrulus Castro Verde, Portugal 235 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 236 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 237 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 12/10/2023 Five Mile Point, Wicklow 238 Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius 239 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 240 Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus 241 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 242 White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos 243 Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius 244 European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 245 Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei 246 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Castro Verde, Portugal 247 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 248 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 249 Merlin Falco columbarius 250 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 251 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 252 Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus 253 Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria Yes 15/06/2022 Amsterdam 254 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 255 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 256 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 257 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 258 Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis Castro Verde, Portugal 259 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 260 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 261 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 262 Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki 263 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 264 Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes 265 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 266 Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus 267 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 268 Rook Corvus frugilegus 269 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 270 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 271 Northern Raven Corvus corax 272 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 273 Coal Tit Periparus ater 274 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 275 Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris 276 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 277 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 278 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 279 Great Tit Parus major 280 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Gearagh, Cork 281 Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus 282 Woodlark Lullula arborea 283 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 284 Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae 285 Crested Lark Galerida cristata 286 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 287 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra 288 Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens 289 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 290 Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 291 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 292 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 293 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 294 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 295 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 296 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 297 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Torba, Bodrum, Turkey 298 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 299 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 300 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 301 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Tomar, Portugal 302 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 303 Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon 304 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 305 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 306 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 307 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida 12/09/2022 Howth Head, Dublin 308 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca 309 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 310 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 311 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 312 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 313 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 314 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 315 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli 316 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala 317 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae 318 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 319 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata 320 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 321 Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 322 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 323 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 324 Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer 325 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 326 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 327 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla 328 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 329 Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor 330 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 331 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 332 Redwing Turdus iliacus 333 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 334 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 335 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Ring, Waterford 336 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes 337 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 338 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 339 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 340 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 341 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 342 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 09/09/2023 Churchtown, Wexford 343 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis 344 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 345 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 346 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius 347 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 348 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 349 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 350 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica 351 Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura 352 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus 353 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 354 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis 355 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 356 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris 357 Dunnock Prunella modularis 358 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 359 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 01/11/2017 Dursey 360 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 361 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 362 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Castro Verde, Portugal 363 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 364 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 365 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 366 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 367 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 368 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 369 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 370 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 371 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 372 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 373 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 374 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 375 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 376 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 377 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 378 European Serin Serinus serinus 379 Atlantic Canary Serinus canaria 380 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 381 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 382 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 383 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 384 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 385 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia 386 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia 387 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 388 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 389 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 390 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 02/10/2022 Loop head, Clare