Benedict Macdonald: Western Palearctic Life List IOC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 337 of 337 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Common Ostrich Struthio camelus Yes 2 0 2 Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Yes 2 0 3 Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica Yes 1 0 4 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis Yes 0 0 5 Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos Yes 0 0 6 Wood Duck Aix sponsa Yes 51 11 7 Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus Yes 0 0 8 Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera Yes 3 0 9 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 83 18 10 Cape Teal Anas capensis Yes 1 0 11 Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha Yes 7 1 12 Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma Yes 0 0 13 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 97 21 14 Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri Yes 1 0 15 California Quail Callipepla californica Yes 26 5 16 Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Yes 17 3 17 Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca 98 21 18 Erckel's Spurfowl Pternistis erckelii Yes 0 0 19 Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus 64 14 20 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 12 2 21 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 63 14 22 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 88 19 23 Horus Swift Apus horus Yes 1 0 24 Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs Yes 0 0 25 Nubian Bustard Neotis nuba Yes 0 0 26 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis 24 5 27 Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus Yes 0 0 28 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 87 19 29 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 62 13 30 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus Yes 0 0 31 Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius Yes 9 2 32 Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus Yes 18 4 33 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 17 3 34 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus Yes 18 4 35 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea Yes 0 0 36 Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni Yes 0 0 37 African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea Yes 62 13 38 Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens Yes 16 3 39 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 48 10 40 Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia Yes 1 0 41 African Crake Crecopsis egregia Yes 5 1 42 Sora Porzana carolina Yes 151 33 43 Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata Yes 2 0 44 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 139 31 45 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 11 2 46 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 24 5 47 African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis Yes 61 13 48 Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis Yes 1 0 49 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Yes 1 0 50 Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus Yes 2 0 51 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 100 22 52 Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis 50 11 53 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 102 22 54 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 136 30 55 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris Yes 24 5 56 Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus Yes 1 0 57 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 74 16 58 Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus Yes 6 1 59 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 40 8 60 Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius 34 7 61 Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius Yes 1 0 62 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis Yes 31 6 63 Little Curlew Numenius minutus Yes 64 14 64 Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis Yes 0 0 65 Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris Yes 26 5 66 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 148 33 67 American Woodcock Scolopax minor Yes 0 0 68 Great Snipe Gallinago media 214 47 69 Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala Yes 7 1 70 Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura Yes 3 0 71 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 53 11 72 Willet Tringa semipalmata Yes 10 2 73 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 213 47 74 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 149 33 75 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata 168 37 76 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 130 29 77 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 132 29 78 African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris Yes 22 4 79 Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Yes 2 0 80 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 81 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 114 25 82 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus 138 30 83 Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi Yes 17 3 84 White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa 78 17 85 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 7 1 86 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus 72 16 87 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea 199 44 88 Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus Yes 0 0 89 Relict Gull Ichthyaetus relictus Yes 0 0 90 Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii 72 16 91 Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus Yes 0 0 92 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 3 0 93 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 134 29 94 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 90 20 95 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 25 5 96 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 18 4 97 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 98 Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata Yes 0 0 99 Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella Yes 0 0 100 Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula Yes 0 0 101 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 82 18 102 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 51 11 103 White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Yes 6 1 104 Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica Yes 4 0 105 Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena Yes 0 0 106 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 1 0 107 Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta Yes 1 0 108 Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 36 8 109 Monteiro's Storm Petrel Hydrobates monteiroi Yes 20 4 110 Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus Yes 0 0 111 Cape Petrel Daption capense Yes 1 0 112 Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta Yes 0 0 113 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 6 1 114 Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow Yes 0 0 115 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 2 0 116 Trindade Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana Yes 7 1 117 White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis Yes 1 0 118 Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas Yes 0 0 119 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 1 0 120 Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes Yes 2 0 121 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan 231 51 122 Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri Yes 0 0 123 Persian Shearwater Puffinus persicus Yes 3 0 124 Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni Yes 0 0 125 Boyd's Shearwater Puffinus boydi Yes 29 6 126 Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax Yes 2 0 127 African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus Yes 1 0 128 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer Yes 1 0 129 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis Yes 34 7 130 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii Yes 0 0 131 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 132 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 24 5 133 Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel Yes 1 0 134 Cape Gannet Morus capensis Yes 1 0 135 African Darter Anhinga rufa Yes 1 0 136 Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis Yes 34 7 137 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 10 2 138 Von Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus Yes 0 0 139 Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii Yes 54 12 140 Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis Yes 12 2 141 Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea Yes 24 5 142 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 26 5 143 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Yes 5 1 144 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca Yes 22 4 145 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 72 16 146 Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii Yes 4 0 147 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 12 2 148 Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus Yes 2 0 149 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 58 12 150 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala Yes 2 0 151 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath Yes 17 3 152 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens Yes 17 3 153 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Yes 0 0 154 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus Yes 0 0 155 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus Yes 4 0 156 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos 43 9 157 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus Yes 13 2 158 Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi Yes 1 0 159 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax Yes 21 4 160 Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii Yes 12 2 161 Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar Yes 1 0 162 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates Yes 8 1 163 Shikra Accipiter badius Yes 32 7 164 Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes 185 41 165 Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius Yes 47 10 166 Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus Yes 1 0 167 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 1 0 168 African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer Yes 1 0 169 Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis Yes 42 9 170 Maghreb Owl Strix mauritanica 40 8 171 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus Yes 2 0 172 White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis Yes 12 2 173 African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus 57 12 174 Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis Yes 0 0 175 Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides Yes 0 0 176 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 11 2 177 African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae Yes 11 2 178 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Yes 9 2 179 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 2 0 180 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 35 7 181 Sooty Falcon Falco concolor 55 12 182 Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday Yes 24 5 183 Mitred Parakeet Psittacara mitratus Yes 13 2 184 Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys Yes 16 3 185 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 186 Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens Yes 10 2 187 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 17 3 188 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 19 4 189 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 65 14 190 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus Yes 2 0 191 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis Yes 2 0 192 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 9 2 193 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 44 9 194 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus Yes 1 0 195 White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus Yes 16 3 196 Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus Yes 1 0 197 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Yes 3 0 198 Northern Shrike Lanius borealis Yes 11 2 199 Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus Yes 0 0 200 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 28 6 201 Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus Yes 0 0 202 Pied Crow Corvus albus Yes 31 6 203 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 93 20 204 Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus Yes 39 8 205 Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus Yes 0 0 206 Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris Yes 2 0 207 Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis Yes 1 0 208 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 109 24 209 Dunn's Lark Eremalauda dunni 36 8 210 Arabian Lark Eremalauda eremodites 21 4 211 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus Yes 16 3 212 Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer Yes 55 12 213 Banded Martin Neophedina cincta Yes 1 0 214 Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis Yes 4 0 215 Pale Martin Riparia diluta Yes 2 0 216 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 21 4 217 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 9 2 218 Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica Yes 1 0 219 Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus Yes 3 0 220 Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi Yes 0 0 221 Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola Yes 1 0 222 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 120 26 223 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 10 2 224 Plain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus Yes 4 0 225 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 112 25 226 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 227 Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus Yes 0 0 228 Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis Yes 29 6 229 Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis Yes 0 0 230 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola 207 46 231 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 276 61 232 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 15 3 233 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 205 45 234 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 80 17 235 Gray's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes fasciolatus Yes 0 0 236 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 108 24 237 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 101 22 238 Ashy-throated Parrotbill Suthora alphonsiana 16 3 239 Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea Yes 47 10 240 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 4 0 241 Algerian Nuthatch Sitta ledanti Yes 15 3 242 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 71 15 243 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 244 Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus Yes 0 0 245 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 32 7 246 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 11 2 247 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 137 30 248 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 64 14 249 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 122 27 250 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 55 12 251 Tickell's Thrush Turdus unicolor Yes 0 0 252 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 82 18 253 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 39 8 254 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 58 12 255 Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica Yes 1 0 256 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 49 10 257 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 7 1 258 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 5 1 259 Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki Yes 4 0 260 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 111 24 261 Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus Yes 1 0 262 Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus Yes 0 0 263 Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata Yes 18 4 264 Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 127 28 265 Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops Yes 1 0 266 Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata Yes 2 0 267 Hume's Wheatear Oenanthe albonigra Yes 3 0 268 Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura Yes 0 0 269 Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica 71 15 270 Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus Yes 19 4 271 Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula Yes 32 7 272 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus Yes 4 0 273 Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus Yes 90 20 274 Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar Yes 16 3 275 Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea Yes 0 0 276 African Silverbill Euodice cantans Yes 7 1 277 Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata Yes 29 6 278 Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda Yes 12 2 279 Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes Yes 14 3 280 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala Yes 6 1 281 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura Yes 19 4 282 Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis Yes 11 2 283 Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus Yes 0 0 284 African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp Yes 35 7 285 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 91 20 286 Azores Chaffinch Fringilla moreletti 45 10 287 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 1 0 288 Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina 47 10 289 Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla Yes 49 10 290 Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus 16 3 291 Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus Yes 0 0 292 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 9 2 293 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 39 8 294 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola 97 21 295 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 12 2 296 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 95 21 297 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala 85 19 298 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 1 0 299 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 21 4 300 Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 1 0 301 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea Yes 5 1 302 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 177 39 303 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 13 2 304 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 63 14 305 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Yes 15 3 306 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 307 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Yes 0 0 308 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 16 3 309 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 1 0 310 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula Yes 0 0 311 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 37 8 312 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 51 11 313 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 21 4 314 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea Yes 6 1 315 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 35 7 316 Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis Yes 1 0 317 Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia Yes 2 0 318 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 141 31 319 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 13 2 320 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 55 12 321 Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea Yes 1 0 322 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 30 6 323 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 1 0 324 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 133 29 325 Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens Yes 15 3 326 Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum Yes 1 0 327 Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica Yes 8 1 328 Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor Yes 0 0 329 Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens Yes 15 3 330 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 49 10 331 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 28 6 332 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 1 0 333 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 48 10 334 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 103 23 335 Dickcissel Spiza americana Yes 12 2 336 Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea Yes 10 2 337 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 45 10