Christopher Bell: Britain, Ireland and Isle of Man Life List BOU/IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 345 of 345 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 201 50 2 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 121 30 3 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 77 19 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 192 47 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 161 40 6 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 145 36 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 284 70 8 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 173 43 9 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 67 16 10 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 141 35 11 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 120 29 12 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 77 19 13 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 220 54 14 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 204 50 15 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 61 15 16 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 117 29 17 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 109 27 18 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 75 18 19 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 126 31 20 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 131 32 21 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 88 21 22 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 114 28 23 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 178 44 24 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 183 45 25 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 127 31 26 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 76 18 27 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Yes 0 0 28 Needle-tailed Swift Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 29 7 29 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 67 16 30 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 131 32 31 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 75 18 32 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 95 23 33 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 9 2 34 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 40 9 35 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 36 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 115 28 37 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 139 34 38 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 93 23 39 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 74 18 40 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 22 5 41 Rufous Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 110 27 42 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 47 11 43 Sora Porzana carolina Yes 117 29 44 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 103 25 45 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 1 0 46 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 1 0 47 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 115 28 48 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 122 30 49 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 84 20 50 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 171 42 51 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 91 22 52 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 100 24 53 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 79 19 54 Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius Yes 126 31 55 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 9 2 56 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 47 11 57 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 34 8 58 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 122 30 59 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 177 44 60 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 109 27 61 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 98 24 62 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 47 11 63 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 103 25 64 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 111 27 65 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 111 27 66 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 81 20 67 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 181 45 68 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 137 34 69 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 168 41 70 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 111 27 71 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 51 12 72 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 155 38 73 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 213 52 74 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 141 35 75 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 114 28 76 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 148 36 77 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 119 29 78 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 158 39 79 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 96 23 80 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 107 26 81 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 195 48 82 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 165 41 83 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 117 29 84 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 130 32 85 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 161 40 86 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 87 21 87 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 113 28 88 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 137 34 89 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 162 40 90 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 91 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 76 18 92 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 50 12 93 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 145 36 94 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 152 37 95 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 205 50 96 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 138 34 97 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 3 0 98 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 111 27 99 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 88 21 100 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 54 13 101 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 150 37 102 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 135 33 103 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 69 17 104 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 191 47 105 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 155 38 106 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 139 34 107 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 55 13 108 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 204 50 109 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 80 19 110 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 111 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 98 24 112 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 82 20 113 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 38 9 114 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 7 1 115 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 116 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 79 19 117 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 106 26 118 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 54 13 119 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 4 0 120 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 143 35 121 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 130 32 122 Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 123 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 30 7 124 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 181 45 125 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 6 1 126 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 13 3 127 Capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 128 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 182 45 129 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 25 6 130 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 37 9 131 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 23 5 132 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 133 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 141 35 134 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 135 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 136 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 53 13 137 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 93 23 138 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 233 57 139 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 116 28 140 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 16 3 141 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 148 36 142 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 194 48 143 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 47 11 144 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 64 15 145 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 122 30 146 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 29 7 147 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 55 13 148 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 79 19 149 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 45 11 150 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 32 7 151 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus Yes 0 0 152 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 106 26 153 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 89 22 154 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 206 51 155 Black Kite Milvus migrans 160 39 156 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 157 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 158 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 52 12 159 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 160 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 111 27 161 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 256 63 162 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 145 36 163 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 147 36 164 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 113 28 165 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 46 11 166 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 12 2 167 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 238 59 168 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 73 18 169 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 4 0 170 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 211 52 171 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 39 9 172 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 81 20 173 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 102 25 174 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 175 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 31 7 176 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 35 8 177 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 71 17 178 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 15 3 179 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 42 10 180 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 51 12 181 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 198 49 182 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 112 27 183 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 110 27 184 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 137 34 185 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 15 3 186 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 69 17 187 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 83 20 188 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 189 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 67 16 190 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 165 41 191 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 1 0 192 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 41 10 193 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 82 20 194 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 32 7 195 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 12 2 196 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 97 24 197 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 167 41 198 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 91 22 199 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 131 32 200 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 35 8 201 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 174 43 202 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 166 41 203 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 19 4 204 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 191 47 205 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 164 40 206 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 77 19 207 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 99 24 208 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 169 42 209 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 210 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 148 36 211 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 175 43 212 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola 120 29 213 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 118 29 214 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 150 37 215 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 24 5 216 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 133 33 217 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 59 14 218 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 1 0 219 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 220 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 167 41 221 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 90 22 222 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 79 19 223 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 135 33 224 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 168 41 225 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 72 17 226 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 76 18 227 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 7 1 228 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 113 28 229 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 48 11 230 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 113 28 231 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 103 25 232 Moltoni's Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 50 12 233 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 94 23 234 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 110 27 235 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 97 24 236 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 255 63 237 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 238 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 65 16 239 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 17 4 240 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 89 22 241 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 82 20 242 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 93 23 243 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 244 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 45 11 245 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 2 0 246 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 104 25 247 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 73 18 248 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 109 27 249 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 66 16 250 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 96 23 251 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 62 15 252 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 67 16 253 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 43 10 254 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 108 26 255 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 60 14 256 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 142 35 257 Rufous Bush Chat Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 84 20 258 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 65 16 259 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 76 18 260 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 114 28 261 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 253 62 262 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 50 12 263 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 3 0 264 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 4 0 265 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 103 25 266 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 267 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 117 29 268 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 111 27 269 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 141 35 270 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 69 17 271 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 142 35 272 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 57 14 273 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 9 2 274 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 275 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 113 28 276 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 99 24 277 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 107 26 278 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 111 27 279 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 155 38 280 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 126 31 281 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris 145 36 282 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 154 38 283 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 91 22 284 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus 145 36 285 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 126 31 286 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 287 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 48 11 288 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 85 21 289 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 183 45 290 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus Yes 148 36 291 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 165 41 292 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 152 37 293 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 51 12 294 Serin Serinus serinus 182 45 295 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 121 30 296 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 297 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 159 39 298 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 56 13 299 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 201 50 300 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 20 4 301 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 194 48 302 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 41 10 303 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 161 40 304 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 76 18 305 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 20 4 306 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 113 28 307 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 54 13 308 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 78 19 309 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 1 0 310 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 34 8 311 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 312 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 129 32 313 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 129 32 314 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 134 33 315 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 33 8 316 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 55 13 317 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 2 0 318 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 100 24 319 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 99 24 320 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 25 6 321 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 6 1 322 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 27 6 323 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 107 26 324 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 61 15 325 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 28 6 326 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 92 22 327 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 32 7 328 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 98 24 329 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 330 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 62 15 331 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 41 10 332 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 74 18 333 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 75 18 334 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 29 7 335 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 53 13 336 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 51 12 337 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 338 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 109 27 339 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 118 29 340 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 59 14 341 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 38 9 342 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 343 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 54 13 344 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 81 20 345 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 40 9