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