Daniel König: Nordrhein-Westfalen Life List IOC, All records Record(s) 1 to 267 of 267 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 28/12/2023 DE-NW-BN-Rheinaue 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 17/02/2014 DE-NW-WES-Bislicher Insel 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 31/01/1993 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 31/01/1993 5 Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus 09/11/2019 DE-NW-WES-Graverdyk 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 31/01/1992 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 20/01/2019 DE-NW-EU-Zülpicher See 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 31/01/1993 DE-NW-KLE-Kranenburg 9 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 31/01/1993 10 Black Swan Cygnus atratus 16/02/2014 DE-NW-LEV-Hitdorf 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 31/01/1993 12 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 26/02/2022 DE-NW-Liblarer See 13 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 31/01/1993 14 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 31/05/1992 15 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 31/05/1992 16 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 31/01/1993 17 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 10/10/1991 18 Garganey Spatula querquedula 01/09/1996 19 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 15/02/2017 DE-NW-BM Boisdorfer See 20 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 28/08/2002 21 Gadwall Mareca strepera 31/01/1993 22 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 31/01/1993 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/1990 24 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 31/01/1993 25 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 05/04/1992 26 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis Yes 22/03/2014 DE-NW-MS-Rieselfelder Münster 27 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 05/07/2011 28 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 31/01/1992 29 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 29/12/2016 DE-NW-BO-Ölbach Klärteiche 30 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Yes 22/02/2014 DE-NW-SU-Hennef 31 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 31/01/1992 32 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 15/01/2017 DE-NW-EU-Zülpicher See 33 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 21/04/2013 Sittarder Hof, Germany 34 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 12/01/2013 Leverkusen-Hitdorf, Germany 35 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 02/01/2000 36 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/01/2000 37 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 30/10/2016 DE-NW-BM Boisdorfer See 38 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31/01/1993 39 Smew Mergellus albellus 20/02/1994 40 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 31/01/1992 41 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2021 DE-NW-Steinackersee 42 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 29/01/2017 DE-NW-KLE-Rees 43 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 31/01/1993 44 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 31/01/1993 45 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 18/04/1993 46 Common Swift Apus apus 15/05/1994 47 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 26/10/2014 DE-NW-BOR-Dingdener Heide 48 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 01/05/1994 49 Rock Dove Columba livia 01/01/1990 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/05/1992 51 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/1990 52 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 01/06/1992 53 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/1990 54 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 05/07/2011 55 Corn Crake Crex crex 27/05/2020 NW-D-Urdenbacher Kämpe 56 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 22/03/2014 DE-NW-MS-Rieselfelder Münster 57 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 31/01/1993 58 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 31/01/1993 59 Common Crane Grus grus 12/03/1991 60 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 61 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 02/01/2000 62 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 31/01/1993 63 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 12/01/2001 64 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 28/08/2002 65 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus Yes 21/06/2001 66 Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 25/07/2012 St.Tönis, VIE, NW 67 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/02/1998 68 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 05/07/2011 69 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 18/04/2003 70 Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 23/08/2020 NW-SO-Hellwegbörde 71 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 07/09/2003 72 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 28/08/2002 73 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 31/01/1993 74 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 13/05/2001 75 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 01/10/2023 DE-NW-Bislicher Insel 76 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 13/05/2001 77 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 20/04/2014 DE-NW-K-Wahner Heide 78 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 26/03/1994 79 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 26/04/2014 DE-NW-ME-Monbag 80 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 05/09/2021 DE-NW-MS-Rieselfelder 81 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 11/05/2003 82 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 14/04/1996 83 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 20/04/2003 84 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 02/05/2004 85 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 12/05/2020 NW-MS-Rieselfelder 86 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 23/04/1995 87 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 18/04/2003 88 Red Knot Calidris canutus 12/05/2007 DE-NW-MS-Rieselfelder Münster 89 Ruff Calidris pugnax 20/04/2003 90 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 11/05/2003 91 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 11/05/2003 92 Sanderling Calidris alba 04/05/2019 DE-NW-EU-Bedburger Klärteiche 93 Dunlin Calidris alpina 28/08/2002 94 Little Stint Calidris minuta 01/05/2011 DE-NW-BM-Sittarder Hof 95 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 09/06/2019 DE-NW-MS-Rieselfelder Münster 96 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 01/04/2011 97 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/04/2011 98 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 26/04/2014 DE-NW-ME-Monbag 99 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 26/11/2022 DE-NW-Graverdyk 100 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini Yes 15/09/2007 101 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 31/01/1993 102 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 27/07/2018 DE-NW-BN-Legionsweg 103 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 12/05/2007 DE-NW-MS-Rieselfelder Münster 104 Common Gull Larus canus 31/01/1993 105 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Yes 12/01/2013 Hitdorf, LEV, NW 106 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 12/01/2001 107 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 31/01/1993 108 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 01/09/2011 DE-NW-ME-Monbag 109 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 05/02/2012 DE-NW-KLE-Rees 110 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 28/08/2002 111 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 02/01/2000 112 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 14/01/2001 113 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Yes 22/11/2006 114 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 15/08/2019 DE-NW-SG-Kronprinz 115 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 28/08/2002 116 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 20/02/1994 117 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 24/02/2014 DE-NW-BOR-Ammerter Mark 118 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 05/07/2011 Rieselfelder Münster 119 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 02/01/2021 DE-NW-Ümminger See 120 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 05/09/2021 DE-NW-MS-Rieselfelder 121 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 01/06/2020 NW-MS-Rieselfelder 122 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 07/09/2003 123 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 09/11/2014 DE-NW-KLE-Salmorth 124 Great Egret Ardea alba 25/02/2002 125 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 31/01/1993 126 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 29/03/1994 127 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 16/06/2018 DE-NW-MI-Niederheide 128 European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 29/05/1994 129 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 03/09/2002 130 Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata 25/04/2020 NW-GT-Pixelfeld 131 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 24/04/1994 132 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 19/03/1994 133 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/05/1995 134 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 28/01/1996 135 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 13/10/2018 DE-NW-BM-Ingendorf 136 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 15/06/2017 DE-NW-EU-Dreiborner Hochfläche 137 Red Kite Milvus milvus 19/03/1994 138 Black Kite Milvus migrans 01/07/1993 139 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 14/05/2015 DE-NW-WES-Bislicher Insel 140 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus 08/07/2018 DE-NW-KLE-Hetter 141 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 31/01/1993 142 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 08/05/2002 143 Little Owl Athene noctua 25/07/1994 144 Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 29/05/2005 DE-NW-K-Rodenkirchen 145 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 01/06/1987 146 Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo 04/06/2016 DE-NW-ME-Erkrath 147 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 01/07/1993 148 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 30/08/2020 NW-SU-Sieglarer See 149 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 29/12/1993 150 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 21/05/2003 151 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 29/08/2002 152 Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius 15/04/2003 153 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 14/01/1996 154 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 27/03/1994 155 Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius 27/03/1994 156 European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 16/01/1994 157 Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus 28/03/2020 DE-NW-BM Boisdorfer See 158 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 31/01/1993 159 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 25/05/2008 160 Merlin Falco columbarius 02/04/2013 Königshoven, Germany 161 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 13/05/2001 162 Saker Falcon Falco cherrug Yes 30/10/2006 163 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 01/05/1994 164 Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria 12/02/2017 DE-NW-LEV-Hitdorf 165 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 18/01/1998 166 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 15/05/1994 167 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 22/02/2014 DE-NW-SU-Wahner Heide 168 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 09/06/2016 DE-NW-WES Orsoyer Rheinbogen 169 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 28/05/1995 170 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 31/01/1993 171 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 31/01/1993 172 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 31/01/1993 173 Rook Corvus frugilegus 15/11/1991 174 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 31/01/1993 175 Northern Raven Corvus corax 08/12/2011 Meerhof, HSK, NRW 176 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 05/02/2017 DE-NW-WES-Moers 177 Coal Tit Periparus ater 24/04/1994 178 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 17/04/1994 179 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 19/03/1994 180 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 01/05/1994 181 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 31/01/1993 182 Great Tit Parus major 31/01/1993 183 Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus 18/04/2020 NW-MS-Rieselfelder 184 Woodlark Lullula arborea 20/04/2003 185 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 29/05/1994 186 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 16/10/2021 DE-NW-Bislicher Insel 187 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 17/06/1995 188 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 01/05/1994 189 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 14/06/1995 190 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 10/05/2018 DE-NW-DN-Ruraue 191 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 16/01/1994 192 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 01/05/1994 193 Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 24/12/2020 DE-NW-Versunken Bokelt 194 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 24/04/1994 195 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 19/03/1994 196 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 05/05/2018 DE-NW-DO-Hohensyburg 197 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 08/06/2012 Hilchenbach, SI 198 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 28/05/2000 199 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 20/05/2001 200 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 17/06/1995 201 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 29/05/1994 202 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 09/06/2012 Wahner Heide, K, NW 203 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 29/05/1994 204 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis 30/05/2021 DE-NW-MS-Rieselfelder 205 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides 12/05/2007 DE-NW-MS-Rieselfelder Münster 206 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 01/05/1995 207 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 27/03/1994 208 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 01/05/1994 209 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 01/05/1995 210 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans 13/05/2021 DE-NW-LEV-Hitdorf 211 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 01/05/1994 212 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 15/06/2017 DE-NW-EU-Dreiborner Hochfläche 213 Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 17/04/1994 214 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 16/01/1994 215 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 19/03/1994 216 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 20/02/1994 217 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria 28/12/2023 DE-NW-SU-Drachenfels 218 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 22/06/2012 219 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla 31/01/1993 220 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 31/01/1993 221 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 19/03/1994 222 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 16/01/1994 223 Redwing Turdus iliacus 04/11/1988 224 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 31/01/1993 225 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 31/01/1993 226 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 29/05/1994 227 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 20/02/1994 228 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia 28/05/2018 DE-NW-WES-Vahnum 229 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 01/05/1995 230 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 22/04/2001 231 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 26/05/2018 DE-NW-VIE-Venekoten 232 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 24/05/1997 233 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 27/03/1994 234 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 01/05/1994 235 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 13/05/2001 236 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 17/06/1995 237 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 23/04/1995 238 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus 24/04/1994 239 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 29/05/1994 240 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 31/01/1993 241 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris 01/05/2018 DE-NW-OB-Gasometer 242 Dunnock Prunella modularis 31/01/1993 243 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 20/04/1997 244 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 27/03/1994 245 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 17/04/1994 246 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 08/05/2021 DE-NW-Boisdorfer See 247 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/05/1994 248 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 01/05/1994 249 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 16/03/2014 DE-NW-EU-Bedburger Klärteiche 250 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 31/01/1993 251 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 28/02/1988 252 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 27/03/1994 253 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 17/04/1994 254 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 31/01/1993 255 Twite Linaria flavirostris 17/11/2019 DE-NW-WES-Bislicher Insel 256 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/05/1995 257 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 21/01/1990 258 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 20/04/2014 DE-NW-K-Wahner Heide 259 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 07/06/2013 DE-NW-AC-Hatzevenn 260 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 20/02/1994 261 European Serin Serinus serinus 29/05/1994 262 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 12/02/1991 263 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 01/07/2012 DE-NW-BM-Friesheim 264 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 31/01/1993 265 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia 09/06/2012 Drachenfels, SU, NW 266 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 06/05/2016 DE-NW-SU-Wachtberg 267 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/05/1994