Jim Bowman: Ireland Year List 2019 IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 285 of 285 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 12 48 3 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 0 0 4 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Yes 0 0 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 0 0 6 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 7 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 5 20 8 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 9 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 6 24 10 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 0 0 11 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 0 0 12 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 13 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 0 0 14 Scaup Aythya marila 16 64 15 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 0 0 16 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 0 0 17 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 0 0 18 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 19 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 20 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 0 0 21 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 22 Smew Mergellus albellus 2 8 23 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 2 8 24 Goosander Mergus merganser 14 56 25 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 5 20 26 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 14 56 27 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 6 24 28 Quail Coturnix coturnix 10 40 29 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 4 16 30 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 31 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 32 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 0 0 33 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 34 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 35 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 36 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 37 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 38 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 1 4 39 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 40 Corncrake Crex crex 5 20 41 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 42 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 4 16 43 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 44 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 45 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 46 Crane Grus grus Yes 4 16 47 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 48 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 3 12 49 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 9 36 50 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 0 0 51 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 0 0 52 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 0 0 53 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 2 8 54 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 0 0 55 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 56 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 57 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 58 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 59 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 60 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 0 0 61 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 62 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 63 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 64 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 7 28 65 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 66 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 67 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 68 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 69 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 70 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 6 24 71 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 72 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 73 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 4 16 74 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 75 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 76 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 4 16 77 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 78 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 79 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 1 4 80 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 81 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 6 24 82 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 6 24 83 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 84 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 85 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 86 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 7 28 87 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 88 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 0 0 89 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 0 0 90 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 0 0 91 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 92 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 8 32 93 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 94 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 95 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 96 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 97 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 98 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 99 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 6 24 100 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 0 0 101 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 102 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 3 12 103 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 104 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 7 28 105 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 106 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 107 Little Auk Alle alle 0 0 108 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 109 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 8 32 110 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 2 8 111 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 1 4 112 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 3 12 113 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 114 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 11 44 115 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 116 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 0 0 117 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 1 4 118 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 119 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 120 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 3 12 121 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 6 24 122 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 123 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 124 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 125 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 0 0 126 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 127 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 128 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 0 0 129 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 130 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 131 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 132 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 2 8 133 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 134 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 135 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 1 4 136 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 14 56 137 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 0 0 138 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 139 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 140 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 6 24 141 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 4 16 142 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 0 0 143 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 0 0 144 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 0 0 145 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 0 0 146 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 7 28 147 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 148 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 149 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 150 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 5 20 151 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 11 44 152 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 153 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 0 0 154 Hoopoe Upupa epops 0 0 155 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 156 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 157 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 158 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 3 12 159 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 160 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 9 36 161 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 162 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 163 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 164 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 9 36 165 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 166 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 1 4 167 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 0 0 168 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 0 0 169 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 0 0 170 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 171 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 1 4 172 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 173 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 1 4 174 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 175 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Yes 0 0 176 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 0 0 177 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 0 0 178 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 179 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 3 12 180 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 5 20 181 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 182 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 0 0 183 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 0 0 184 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 185 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 4 16 186 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 0 0 187 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 0 0 188 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 0 0 189 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 0 0 190 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 191 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 0 0 192 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 0 0 193 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 194 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 195 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 196 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 0 0 197 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 0 0 198 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 199 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 200 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 201 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 6 24 202 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 0 0 203 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 204 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 9 36 205 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 206 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 7 28 207 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 9 36 208 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 209 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 0 0 210 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 211 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 0 0 212 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 213 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 214 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 3 12 215 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 216 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 217 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 218 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 219 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 220 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 221 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 4 16 222 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 223 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 224 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 225 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 1 4 226 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 227 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 4 16 228 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 229 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 8 32 230 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 231 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 0 0 232 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 10 40 233 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 234 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 0 0 235 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 0 0 236 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 237 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 238 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 239 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 1 4 240 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 0 0 241 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 242 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 2 8 243 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 244 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 245 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 246 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 247 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 0 0 248 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 6 24 249 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 7 28 250 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 0 0 251 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 0 0 252 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 7 28 253 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 0 0 254 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 255 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 5 20 256 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 0 0 257 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 0 0 258 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 0 0 259 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 260 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 261 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 262 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 263 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 264 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 265 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 266 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 5 20 267 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 268 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 269 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 270 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 0 0 271 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 272 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 273 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 274 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 275 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 276 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 277 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 278 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 0 0 279 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 280 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 5 20 281 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 282 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 283 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 284 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 285 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0