Ronan O' Driscoll: Ireland Year List 2020 IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 343 of 343 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 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 12 54 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 1 4 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 0 0 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Yes 0 0 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 5 22 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 15 68 9 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 40 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 3 13 12 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 8 36 14 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 0 0 15 American Wigeon Mareca americana 10 45 16 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 3 13 17 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 10 45 18 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 8 36 19 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 11 50 21 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 0 0 22 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 1 4 23 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 1 4 24 Eider Somateria mollissima 10 45 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 4 18 26 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 0 0 27 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 28 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 29 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 1 4 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 16 72 31 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 32 Smew Mergellus albellus 4 18 33 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 1 4 34 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 0 0 35 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 2 9 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 0 0 37 Quail Coturnix coturnix 0 0 38 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 39 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 0 0 40 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 41 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 42 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 0 0 43 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 44 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 45 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 46 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 47 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 7 31 48 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 49 Rock Dove Columba livia 17 77 50 Stock Dove Columba oenas 14 63 51 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 0 0 52 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 53 Corncrake Crex crex 3 13 54 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 55 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 0 0 56 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 57 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 58 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 59 Crane Grus grus Yes 1 4 60 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 61 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 5 22 62 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 10 45 63 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 9 40 64 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 0 0 65 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 3 13 66 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 1 4 67 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 1 4 68 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 0 0 69 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 70 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 71 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 9 40 72 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 73 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 74 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 75 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 0 0 76 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 1 4 77 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 78 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 79 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 10 45 80 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 81 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 6 27 82 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 83 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 84 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 0 0 85 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 3 13 86 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 1 4 87 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 88 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 2 9 89 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 90 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 91 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 6 27 92 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 5 22 93 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 94 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 95 Ruff Calidris pugnax 11 50 96 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 97 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 1 4 98 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 99 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 0 0 100 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 101 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 102 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 14 63 103 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 0 0 104 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 105 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 3 13 106 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 9 40 107 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 108 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 0 0 109 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 110 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 1 4 111 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 112 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 113 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 12 54 114 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 1 4 115 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 7 31 116 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 1 4 117 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 118 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 2 9 119 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 0 0 120 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 121 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 13 59 122 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 9 40 123 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 4 18 124 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 125 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 126 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 127 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 8 36 128 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 129 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 130 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 5 22 131 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 10 45 132 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 133 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 0 0 134 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 135 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 9 40 136 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 1 4 137 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 138 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 139 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 7 31 140 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 2 9 141 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 8 36 142 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 5 22 143 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 7 31 144 Puffin Fratercula arctica 9 40 145 Little Auk Alle alle 0 0 146 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 147 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 4 18 148 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 149 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 0 0 150 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 2 9 151 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 152 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 11 50 153 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 154 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 5 22 155 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 2 9 156 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 3 13 157 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 158 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 7 31 159 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 160 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 4 18 161 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 6 27 162 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 163 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 164 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 165 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 0 0 166 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 10 45 167 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 5 22 168 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 1 4 169 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 6 27 170 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 0 0 171 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 172 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 173 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 6 27 174 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 0 0 175 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 176 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 177 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 0 0 178 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 5 22 179 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 3 13 180 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 5 22 181 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 182 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 183 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 2 9 184 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 0 0 185 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 10 45 186 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 0 0 187 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 0 0 188 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 0 0 189 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 190 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 191 Barn Owl Tyto alba 8 36 192 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 193 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 194 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 195 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 0 0 196 Hoopoe Upupa epops 0 0 197 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 198 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 199 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 0 0 200 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 201 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 12 54 202 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 0 0 203 Hobby Falco subbuteo 1 4 204 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 205 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 206 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 207 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 0 0 208 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 1 4 209 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 0 0 210 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 0 0 211 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 0 0 212 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 1 4 213 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 214 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 7 31 215 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 1 4 216 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 11 50 217 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 6 27 218 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 219 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Yes 0 0 220 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 0 0 221 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 9 40 222 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 0 0 223 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 224 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 0 0 225 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 3 13 226 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 227 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 0 0 228 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 1 4 229 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 230 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 231 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 0 0 232 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 2 9 233 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 1 4 234 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 0 0 235 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 236 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 0 0 237 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 4 18 238 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 239 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 240 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 241 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 0 0 242 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 9 40 243 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 0 0 244 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 245 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 246 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 247 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 0 0 248 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 0 0 249 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 250 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 251 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 8 36 252 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 253 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 2 9 254 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 1 4 255 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 7 31 256 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 257 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 0 0 258 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 259 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 0 0 260 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 261 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 0 0 262 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 263 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 5 22 264 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 265 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 266 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 267 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 268 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 269 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 270 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 2 9 271 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 272 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 273 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 274 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 0 0 275 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 276 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 0 0 277 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 278 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 279 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 0 0 280 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 1 4 281 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 282 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 9 40 283 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 0 0 284 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 0 0 285 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 286 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 287 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 288 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 12 54 289 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 13 59 290 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 2 9 291 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 7 31 292 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 2 9 293 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 294 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 295 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 1 4 296 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 297 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 298 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 299 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 300 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 3 13 301 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 1 4 302 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 0 0 303 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 0 0 304 Twite Linaria flavirostris 7 31 305 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 1 4 306 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 0 0 307 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 10 45 308 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 0 0 309 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 2 9 310 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 6 27 311 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 0 0 312 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 313 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 0 0 314 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 0 0 315 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 0 0 316 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 0 0 317 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 318 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 319 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 320 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 321 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 322 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 323 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 5 22 324 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 325 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 326 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 327 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 328 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 0 0 329 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 330 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 331 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 332 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 333 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 334 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 335 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 336 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 0 0 337 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 1 4 338 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 339 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 340 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 341 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 342 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 343 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0