Des Higgins: Ireland Year List 2020 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 4 18 3 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 1 4 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 0 0 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Yes 0 0 6 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 7 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 3 13 8 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 8 36 10 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 0 0 11 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 12 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 0 0 13 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 7 31 14 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 1 4 15 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 1 4 16 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 3 13 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 1 4 21 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 22 Smew Mergellus albellus 4 18 23 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 1 4 24 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 0 0 25 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 2 9 26 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 0 0 27 Quail Coturnix coturnix 0 0 28 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 29 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 0 0 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 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 7 31 38 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 39 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 0 0 40 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 41 Corncrake Crex crex 3 13 42 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 43 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 0 0 44 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 45 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 46 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 47 Crane Grus grus Yes 1 4 48 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 49 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 3 13 50 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 0 0 51 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 3 13 52 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 1 4 53 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 1 4 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 1 4 62 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 63 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 64 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 65 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 66 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 67 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 0 0 68 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 3 13 69 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 1 4 70 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 71 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 2 9 72 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 73 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 74 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 5 22 75 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 76 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 77 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 78 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 1 4 79 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 80 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 0 0 81 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 82 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 83 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 0 0 84 Little Stint Calidris minuta 10 45 85 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 86 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 3 13 87 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 88 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 0 0 89 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 90 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 1 4 91 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 92 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 93 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 1 4 94 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 1 4 95 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 96 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 0 0 97 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 98 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 99 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 100 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 101 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 102 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 103 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 9 40 104 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 105 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 0 0 106 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 107 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 8 36 108 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 109 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 110 Little Auk Alle alle 0 0 111 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 112 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 113 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 0 0 114 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 115 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 116 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 2 9 117 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 3 13 118 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 119 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 120 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 121 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 122 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 123 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 0 0 124 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 1 4 125 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 0 0 126 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 127 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 128 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 0 0 129 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 130 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 131 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 0 0 132 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 5 22 133 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 3 13 134 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 5 22 135 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 136 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 137 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 2 9 138 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 0 0 139 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 2 9 140 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 0 0 141 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 0 0 142 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 0 0 143 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 5 22 144 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 145 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 146 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 147 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 148 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 5 22 149 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 150 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 0 0 151 Hoopoe Upupa epops 0 0 152 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 153 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 154 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 0 0 155 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 156 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 0 0 157 Merlin Falco columbarius 16 72 158 Hobby Falco subbuteo 1 4 159 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 160 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 161 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 162 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 0 0 163 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 1 4 164 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 0 0 165 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 0 0 166 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 0 0 167 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 1 4 168 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 169 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 1 4 170 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 171 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Yes 0 0 172 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 0 0 173 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 0 0 174 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 175 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 0 0 176 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 3 13 177 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 178 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 0 0 179 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 1 4 180 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 181 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 182 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 0 0 183 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 2 9 184 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 1 4 185 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 0 0 186 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 187 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 0 0 188 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 189 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 190 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 191 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 0 0 192 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 0 0 193 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 194 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 195 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 196 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 0 0 197 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 0 0 198 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 199 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 200 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 8 36 201 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 202 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 2 9 203 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 1 4 204 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 205 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 0 0 206 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 207 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 0 0 208 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 209 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 0 0 210 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 211 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 212 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 213 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 214 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 215 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 216 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 217 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 2 9 218 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 219 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 220 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 221 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 0 0 222 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 223 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 0 0 224 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 225 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 2 9 226 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 227 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 0 0 228 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 12 54 229 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 1 4 230 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 231 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 0 0 232 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 0 0 233 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 234 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 235 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 236 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 2 9 237 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 238 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 239 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 1 4 240 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 241 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 242 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 243 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 244 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 3 13 245 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 1 4 246 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 0 0 247 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 0 0 248 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 1 4 249 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 0 0 250 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 10 45 251 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 0 0 252 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 2 9 253 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 6 27 254 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 0 0 255 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 256 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 0 0 257 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 0 0 258 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 0 0 259 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 0 0 260 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 261 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 262 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 263 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 264 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 265 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 266 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 267 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 1 4 280 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 281 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