Hrafn Archer: Shetland Life List BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 350 of 350 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 0 0 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 25 45 3 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 2 3 4 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 0 0 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 4 7 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 14 25 7 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 1 1 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 8 14 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 7 12 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13 23 11 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 12 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 7 12 13 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 14 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 4 7 15 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 6 10 16 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 11 20 17 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 0 0 18 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 19 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 0 0 20 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 6 10 21 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 22 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 9 16 23 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 2 3 24 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 25 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 26 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 3 5 27 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 28 Smew Mergellus albellus 7 12 29 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 7 12 30 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 3 5 31 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 0 0 32 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 0 0 33 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 0 0 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 0 0 35 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 0 0 36 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 0 0 37 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 0 0 38 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 39 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 11 20 40 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 1 1 41 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 42 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 13 23 43 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 7 12 44 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 7 12 45 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 46 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 0 0 47 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 48 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 1 1 49 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 50 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 51 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 4 7 52 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 6 10 53 Stock Dove Columba oenas 20 36 54 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 9 16 55 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 6 10 56 Corncrake Crex crex 20 36 57 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 58 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 10 18 59 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 60 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 61 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 1 1 62 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 4 7 63 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 4 7 64 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 11 20 65 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 14 25 66 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 9 16 67 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 2 3 68 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 6 10 69 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 2 3 70 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 2 3 71 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 15 27 72 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 73 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 7 12 74 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 75 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 76 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 0 0 77 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 2 3 78 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 79 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 80 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 81 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 1 1 82 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 6 10 83 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 4 7 84 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 7 12 85 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 5 9 86 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 87 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 12 21 88 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 89 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 9 16 90 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 21 38 91 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 5 9 92 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 21 38 93 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 94 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 95 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 1 1 96 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 97 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 5 9 98 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 8 14 99 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 1 1 100 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 3 5 101 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 2 3 102 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 29 52 103 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 7 12 104 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 2 3 105 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 12 21 106 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 107 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 108 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 109 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 9 16 110 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 111 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 1 1 112 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 113 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 5 9 114 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 3 5 115 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 2 3 116 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 117 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 9 16 118 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 2 3 119 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 120 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 0 0 121 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 25 45 122 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 123 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 124 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 125 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 4 7 126 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 3 5 127 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 4 7 128 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 129 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 8 14 130 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 3 5 131 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 3 5 132 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 133 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 0 0 134 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 2 3 135 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 136 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 137 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 18 32 138 Little Auk Alle alle 16 29 139 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 8 14 140 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 141 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 0 0 142 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 12 21 143 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 2 3 144 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 16 29 145 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 146 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 0 0 147 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 148 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 1 1 149 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 17 30 150 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 1 1 151 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 152 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 3 5 153 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 2 3 154 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 155 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 156 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 16 29 157 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 8 14 158 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 7 12 159 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 160 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 1 1 161 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 7 12 162 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 163 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 24 43 164 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 165 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 2 3 166 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 167 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 0 0 168 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 20 36 169 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 170 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 17 30 171 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 172 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 0 0 173 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 2 3 174 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 39 70 175 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 0 0 176 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 25 45 177 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 3 5 178 Red Kite Milvus milvus 11 20 179 Black Kite Milvus migrans 6 10 180 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 13 23 181 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 1 1 182 Buzzard Buteo buteo 20 36 183 Barn Owl Tyto alba 8 14 184 Little Owl Athene noctua 0 0 185 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 186 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 4 7 187 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 32 58 188 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 1 1 189 Hoopoe Upupa epops 14 25 190 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 191 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 6 10 192 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 193 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 3 5 194 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 20 36 195 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 3 5 196 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 0 0 197 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 198 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 199 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 3 5 200 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 201 Hobby Falco subbuteo 13 23 202 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 1 1 203 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 0 0 204 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 205 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 206 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 207 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 208 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 17 30 209 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 21 38 210 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 9 16 211 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 212 Jay Garrulus glandarius 0 0 213 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 214 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 1 1 215 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 32 58 216 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 217 Coal Tit Periparus ater 10 18 218 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 0 0 219 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 0 0 220 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 0 0 221 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 26 47 222 Great Tit Parus major 21 38 223 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 0 0 224 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 0 0 225 Woodlark Lullula arborea 9 16 226 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 227 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 32 58 228 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 229 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 4 7 230 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 0 0 231 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 232 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 233 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 234 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 1 1 235 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 3 5 236 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 8 14 237 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 8 14 238 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 26 47 239 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 2 3 240 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 241 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 4 7 242 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 243 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 15 27 244 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 4 7 245 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 21 38 246 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 15 27 247 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 17 30 248 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 16 29 249 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 5 9 250 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 1 1 251 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 20 36 252 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 25 45 253 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 8 14 254 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 32 58 255 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 256 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 257 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 258 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 1 1 259 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 16 29 260 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 14 25 261 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 4 7 262 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 263 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 1 1 264 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 0 0 265 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 266 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 13 23 267 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 0 0 268 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 269 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 270 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 271 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 32 58 272 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 273 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 2 3 274 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 9 16 275 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 30 54 276 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 5 9 277 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 11 20 278 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 279 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 280 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 281 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 282 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 283 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 15 27 284 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 285 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 1 1 286 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 10 18 287 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 8 14 288 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 35 63 289 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 290 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 291 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 14 25 292 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 12 21 293 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 14 25 294 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 295 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 12 21 296 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 1 1 297 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 8 14 298 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 299 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 300 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 12 21 301 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 2 3 302 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 5 9 303 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 39 70 304 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 3 5 305 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 306 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 23 41 307 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 308 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 30 54 309 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 1 1 310 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 9 16 311 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 38 69 312 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 2 3 313 Serin Serinus serinus 5 9 314 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 8 14 315 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 21 38 316 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 12 21 317 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 318 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 1 1 319 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 0 0 320 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 5 9 321 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 322 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 323 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 18 32 324 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 1 1 325 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 11 20 326 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 327 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 5 9 328 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 9 16 329 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 1 1 330 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 4 7 331 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 3 5 332 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 3 5 333 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 334 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 335 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 336 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 337 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 338 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 1 1 339 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 340 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 341 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 342 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 2 3 343 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 11 20 344 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 10 18 345 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 346 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 12 21 347 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 348 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 349 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 9 16 350 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0