Christopher Elmer: Western Palearctic Year List 2022 IOC, All records: Top Blockers Record(s) 1 to 327 of 327 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 14 70.00 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis 3 15.00 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 14 70.00 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 13 65.00 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 2 10.00 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 15 75.00 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 9 45.00 8 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 7 35.00 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 13 65.00 10 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 4 20.00 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 55.00 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 65.00 13 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 15 75.00 14 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea 8 40.00 15 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 9 45.00 16 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13 65.00 17 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 15 75.00 18 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 75.00 19 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 14 70.00 20 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 15 75.00 21 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 14 70.00 22 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 15 75.00 23 Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris 5 25.00 24 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 9 45.00 25 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 15 75.00 26 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 6 30.00 27 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 6 30.00 28 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 14 70.00 29 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 9 45.00 30 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 4 20.00 31 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 11 55.00 32 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 1 5.00 33 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 4 20.00 34 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 9 45.00 35 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 5 25.00 36 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 12 60.00 37 Smew Mergellus albellus 4 20.00 38 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 12 60.00 39 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 11 55.00 40 Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus 6 30.00 41 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 1 5.00 42 Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 3 15.00 43 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 5 25.00 44 Caucasian Grouse Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi 1 5.00 45 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 10 50.00 46 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 15 75.00 47 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 14 70.00 48 Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar 5 25.00 49 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 11 55.00 50 Common Swift Apus apus 15 75.00 51 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 8 40.00 52 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax 4 20.00 53 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 14 70.00 54 Rock Dove Columba livia 15 75.00 55 Stock Dove Columba oenas 15 75.00 56 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 15 75.00 57 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 12 60.00 58 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 15 75.00 59 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis 6 30.00 60 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 13 65.00 61 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 3 15.00 62 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 15 75.00 63 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 15 75.00 64 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata 4 20.00 65 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 5 25.00 66 Common Crane Grus grus 9 45.00 67 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 13 65.00 68 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 15 75.00 69 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 6 30.00 70 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 11 55.00 71 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 11 55.00 72 Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 10 50.00 73 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 15 75.00 74 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 13 65.00 75 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 15 75.00 76 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 11 55.00 77 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 13 65.00 78 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 14 70.00 79 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 14 70.00 80 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 15 75.00 81 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 11 55.00 82 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 14 70.00 83 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 13 65.00 84 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 11 55.00 85 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 14 70.00 86 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 1 5.00 87 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 7 35.00 88 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 11 55.00 89 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 15 75.00 90 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 13 65.00 91 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 12 60.00 92 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 4 20.00 93 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 10 50.00 94 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 15 75.00 95 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 11 55.00 96 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 13 65.00 97 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 16 80.00 98 Red Knot Calidris canutus 8 40.00 99 Ruff Calidris pugnax 13 65.00 100 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 9 45.00 101 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 6 30.00 102 Sanderling Calidris alba 14 70.00 103 Dunlin Calidris alpina 15 75.00 104 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 10 50.00 105 Little Stint Calidris minuta 9 45.00 106 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 3 15.00 107 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 6 30.00 108 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 8 40.00 109 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 7 35.00 110 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 10 50.00 111 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 9 45.00 112 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 7 35.00 113 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 8 40.00 114 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 6 30.00 115 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 16 80.00 116 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 3 15.00 117 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 11 55.00 118 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 8 40.00 119 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 9 45.00 120 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei 9 45.00 121 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 15 75.00 122 Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus 5 25.00 123 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii 8 40.00 124 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 12 60.00 125 Common Gull Larus canus 13 65.00 126 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 3 15.00 127 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 8 40.00 128 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 15 75.00 129 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 13 65.00 130 Armenian Gull Larus armenicus 3 15.00 131 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 14 70.00 132 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 4 20.00 133 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 16 80.00 134 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 6 30.00 135 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 11 55.00 136 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 8 40.00 137 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 5 25.00 138 Razorbill Alca torda 11 55.00 139 Common Murre Uria aalge 11 55.00 140 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 10 50.00 141 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 8 40.00 142 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 10 50.00 143 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris 2 10.00 144 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 14 70.00 145 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 4 20.00 146 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 3 15.00 147 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 8 40.00 148 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 11 55.00 149 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 13 65.00 150 Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus 6 30.00 151 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 16 80.00 152 European Shag Gulosus aristotelis 13 65.00 153 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 13 65.00 154 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 13 65.00 155 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 12 60.00 156 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 7 35.00 157 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 8 40.00 158 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 15 75.00 159 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 7 35.00 160 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 13 65.00 161 Great Egret Ardea alba 13 65.00 162 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 15 75.00 163 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 9 45.00 164 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 4 20.00 165 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus 6 30.00 166 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 10 50.00 167 Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus 4 20.00 168 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus 8 40.00 169 Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus 4 20.00 170 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus 8 40.00 171 Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina 6 30.00 172 Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga 3 15.00 173 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus 11 55.00 174 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis 2 10.00 175 Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca 3 15.00 176 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 8 40.00 177 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 15 75.00 178 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 11 55.00 179 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 15 75.00 180 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 12 60.00 181 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus 7 35.00 182 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 10 50.00 183 Red Kite Milvus milvus 15 75.00 184 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 10 50.00 185 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus 8 40.00 186 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 15 75.00 187 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 11 55.00 188 Little Owl Athene noctua 11 55.00 189 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 7 35.00 190 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 14 70.00 191 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 12 60.00 192 European Roller Coracias garrulus 8 40.00 193 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 14 70.00 194 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 11 55.00 195 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 9 45.00 196 Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius 4 20.00 197 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 11 55.00 198 Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus 5 25.00 199 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 15 75.00 200 Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius 9 45.00 201 European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 14 70.00 202 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 15 75.00 203 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae 4 20.00 204 Merlin Falco columbarius 11 55.00 205 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 14 70.00 206 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 15 75.00 207 Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus 3 15.00 208 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 10 50.00 209 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 10 50.00 210 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 7 35.00 211 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus 6 30.00 212 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor 4 20.00 213 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 10 50.00 214 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 10 50.00 215 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 15 75.00 216 Iberian Magpie Cyanopica cooki 5 25.00 217 Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 15 75.00 218 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 8 40.00 219 Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus 6 30.00 220 Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 15 75.00 221 Rook Corvus frugilegus 14 70.00 222 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 15 75.00 223 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 12 60.00 224 Northern Raven Corvus corax 14 70.00 225 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 4 20.00 226 Coal Tit Periparus ater 15 75.00 227 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 10 50.00 228 Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris 4 20.00 229 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 12 60.00 230 Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 15 75.00 231 Great Tit Parus major 15 75.00 232 Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus 11 55.00 233 Woodlark Lullula arborea 10 50.00 234 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 15 75.00 235 Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae 7 35.00 236 Crested Lark Galerida cristata 11 55.00 237 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 6 30.00 238 Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 6 30.00 239 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra 8 40.00 240 Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei 3 15.00 241 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 15 75.00 242 Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 11 55.00 243 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 16 80.00 244 Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 15 75.00 245 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 11 55.00 246 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 15 75.00 247 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 15 75.00 248 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 5 25.00 249 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 14 70.00 250 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 15 75.00 251 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 9 45.00 252 Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon 4 20.00 253 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 15 75.00 254 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 15 75.00 255 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 11 55.00 256 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 9 45.00 257 Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 14 70.00 258 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 13 65.00 259 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 13 65.00 260 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala 11 55.00 261 Common Whitethroat Curruca communis 15 75.00 262 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 8 40.00 263 Balearic Warbler Curruca balearica 2 10.00 264 Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 11 55.00 265 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 13 65.00 266 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 15 75.00 267 Krüper's Nuthatch Sitta krueperi 3 15.00 268 Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer 5 25.00 269 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 13 65.00 270 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria 3 15.00 271 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 13 65.00 272 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 15 75.00 273 Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor 8 40.00 274 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 15 75.00 275 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 15 75.00 276 Redwing Turdus iliacus 16 80.00 277 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 15 75.00 278 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 12 60.00 279 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 7 35.00 280 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 13 65.00 281 Mediterranean Flycatcher Muscicapa tyrrhenica 2 10.00 282 European Robin Erithacus rubecula 15 75.00 283 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 13 65.00 284 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 12 60.00 285 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 12 60.00 286 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 12 60.00 287 Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus 1 5.00 288 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius 10 50.00 289 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 11 55.00 290 European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 15 75.00 291 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 15 75.00 292 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 9 45.00 293 Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii 3 15.00 294 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus 10 50.00 295 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia 7 35.00 296 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 13 65.00 297 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis 11 55.00 298 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 15 75.00 299 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris 7 35.00 300 Dunnock Prunella modularis 15 75.00 301 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 13 65.00 302 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 14 70.00 303 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 16 80.00 304 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 9 45.00 305 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 16 80.00 306 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 10 50.00 307 European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 12 60.00 308 Common Chaffinch [group] Fringilla coelebs [group] 8 40.00 309 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 11 55.00 310 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 11 55.00 311 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 14 70.00 312 Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla 1 5.00 313 European Greenfinch Chloris chloris 15 75.00 314 Twite Linaria flavirostris 3 15.00 315 Common Linnet Linaria cannabina 15 75.00 316 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 9 45.00 317 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 10 50.00 318 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 15 75.00 319 Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus 2 10.00 320 European Serin Serinus serinus 12 60.00 321 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 14 70.00 322 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 8 40.00 323 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 14 70.00 324 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 14 70.00 325 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia 6 30.00 326 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 10 50.00 327 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 15 75.00