Isabelle Walsh: Ireland Year List 2020 IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 317 of 317 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 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 13 59 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 5 22 8 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 3 13 10 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 8 36 12 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 0 0 13 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 3 13 14 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 15 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 0 0 16 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 7 31 17 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 1 4 18 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 1 4 19 Eider Somateria mollissima 10 45 20 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 4 18 21 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 0 0 22 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 23 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 24 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 1 4 25 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 26 Smew Mergellus albellus 4 18 27 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 1 4 28 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 0 0 29 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 2 9 30 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 0 0 31 Quail Coturnix coturnix 0 0 32 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 33 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 0 0 34 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 35 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 36 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 0 0 37 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 38 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 39 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 40 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 7 31 42 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 43 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 0 0 44 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 45 Corncrake Crex crex 3 13 46 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 47 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 0 0 48 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 49 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 50 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 51 Crane Grus grus Yes 1 4 52 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 53 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 3 13 54 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 0 0 55 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 3 13 56 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 1 4 57 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 1 4 58 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 0 0 59 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 60 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 61 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 9 40 62 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 63 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 64 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 65 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 0 0 66 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 1 4 67 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 68 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 69 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 70 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 6 27 71 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 72 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 73 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 0 0 74 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 3 13 75 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 1 4 76 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 77 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 2 9 78 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 9 40 79 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 80 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 81 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 6 27 82 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 5 22 83 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 84 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 85 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 86 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 1 4 87 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 88 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 11 50 89 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 0 0 90 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 91 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 92 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 9 40 93 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 14 63 94 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 0 0 95 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 96 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 97 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 0 0 98 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 99 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 1 4 100 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 101 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 102 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 1 4 103 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 1 4 104 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 105 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 2 9 106 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 0 0 107 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 108 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 4 18 109 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 110 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 111 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 112 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 8 36 113 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 114 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 115 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 5 22 116 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 9 40 117 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 118 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 10 45 119 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 0 0 120 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 121 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 9 40 122 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 1 4 123 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 124 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 125 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 7 31 126 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 2 9 127 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 8 36 128 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 5 22 129 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 7 31 130 Puffin Fratercula arctica 9 40 131 Little Auk Alle alle 0 0 132 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 133 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 134 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 0 0 135 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 2 9 136 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 137 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 138 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 5 22 139 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 2 9 140 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 3 13 141 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 142 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 7 31 143 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 144 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 4 18 145 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 6 27 146 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 147 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 148 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 149 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 0 0 150 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 5 22 151 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 1 4 152 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 0 0 153 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 154 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 155 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 6 27 156 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 0 0 157 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 158 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 159 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 0 0 160 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 5 22 161 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 3 13 162 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 163 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 164 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 2 9 165 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 0 0 166 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 2 9 167 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 0 0 168 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 0 0 169 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 0 0 170 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 5 22 171 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 172 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 173 Barn Owl Tyto alba 8 36 174 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 175 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 176 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 5 22 177 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 178 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 0 0 179 Hoopoe Upupa epops 0 0 180 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 181 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 7 31 182 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 183 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 0 0 184 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 185 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 0 0 186 Hobby Falco subbuteo 1 4 187 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 188 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 189 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 190 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 0 0 191 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 1 4 192 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 0 0 193 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 0 0 194 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 0 0 195 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 1 4 196 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 197 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 7 31 198 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 1 4 199 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 12 54 200 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 201 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Yes 0 0 202 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 0 0 203 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 0 0 204 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 205 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 0 0 206 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 3 13 207 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 208 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 0 0 209 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 1 4 210 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 211 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 212 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 9 40 213 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 0 0 214 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 2 9 215 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 1 4 216 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 0 0 217 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 218 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 0 0 219 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 4 18 220 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 221 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 222 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 223 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 0 0 224 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 0 0 225 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 226 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 227 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 228 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 0 0 229 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 0 0 230 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 231 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 232 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 233 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 2 9 234 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 1 4 235 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 7 31 236 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 237 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 0 0 238 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 239 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 0 0 240 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 241 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 0 0 242 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 243 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 244 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 245 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 246 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 247 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 248 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 249 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 2 9 250 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 251 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 252 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 253 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 0 0 254 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 255 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 0 0 256 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 257 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 2 9 258 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 259 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 0 0 260 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 1 4 261 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 262 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 0 0 263 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 0 0 264 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 265 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 266 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 267 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 2 9 268 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 2 9 269 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 270 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 271 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 1 4 272 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 273 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 274 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 275 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 276 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 3 13 277 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 1 4 278 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 0 0 279 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 0 0 280 Twite Linaria flavirostris 7 31 281 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 1 4 282 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 0 0 283 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 0 0 284 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 2 9 285 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 0 0 286 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 287 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 0 0 288 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 0 0 289 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 0 0 290 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 0 0 291 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 292 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 293 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 294 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 295 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 296 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 297 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 5 22 298 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 299 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 300 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 301 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 302 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 0 0 303 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 304 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 305 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 306 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 307 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 308 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 309 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 310 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 0 0 311 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 1 4 312 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 313 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 314 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 315 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 316 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 317 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0