Sean Geeney: Ireland Year List 2020 IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 381 of 381 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 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 13 59 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 5 22 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 15 68 10 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 40 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 3 13 13 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 8 36 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 0 0 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 19 86 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 17 77 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 10 45 19 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 3 13 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 10 45 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 8 36 22 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 11 50 24 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 0 0 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 7 31 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 17 77 27 Scaup Aythya marila 9 40 28 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 1 4 29 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 1 4 30 Eider Somateria mollissima 10 45 31 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 3 13 32 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 4 18 33 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 0 0 34 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 35 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 16 72 36 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 37 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 13 59 38 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 1 4 39 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 40 Smew Mergellus albellus 4 18 41 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 1 4 42 Goosander Mergus merganser 10 45 43 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 0 0 44 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 2 9 45 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 0 0 46 Quail Coturnix coturnix 0 0 47 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 48 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 0 0 49 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 50 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 51 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 0 0 52 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 53 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 54 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 55 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 56 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 7 31 57 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 58 Rock Dove Columba livia 17 77 59 Stock Dove Columba oenas 14 63 60 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 0 0 61 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 62 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 13 59 63 Corncrake Crex crex 3 13 64 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 65 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 0 0 66 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 67 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 68 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 69 Crane Grus grus Yes 1 4 70 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 71 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 5 22 72 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 10 45 73 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 3 13 74 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 9 40 75 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 0 0 76 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 3 13 77 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 1 4 78 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 1 4 79 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 0 0 80 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 81 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 82 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 83 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 84 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 85 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 0 0 86 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 1 4 87 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 88 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 89 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 10 45 90 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 91 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 6 27 92 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 13 59 93 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 94 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 95 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 0 0 96 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 3 13 97 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 1 4 98 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 99 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 2 9 100 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 9 40 101 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 102 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 103 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 6 27 104 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 5 22 105 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 8 36 106 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 107 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 108 Ruff Calidris pugnax 11 50 109 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 110 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 1 4 111 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 112 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 11 50 113 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 0 0 114 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 115 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 116 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 9 40 117 Sanderling Calidris alba 18 81 118 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 14 63 119 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 0 0 120 Little Stint Calidris minuta 10 45 121 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 122 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 3 13 123 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 9 40 124 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 125 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 0 0 126 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 127 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 1 4 128 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 129 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 130 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 1 4 131 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 7 31 132 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 1 4 133 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 134 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 2 9 135 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 0 0 136 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 137 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 13 59 138 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 9 40 139 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 4 18 140 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 141 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 142 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 143 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 8 36 144 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 145 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 16 72 146 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 147 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 5 22 148 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 9 40 149 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 10 45 150 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 151 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 17 77 152 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 10 45 153 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 0 0 154 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 155 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 8 36 156 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 9 40 157 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 18 81 158 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 1 4 159 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 160 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 161 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 7 31 162 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 2 9 163 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 8 36 164 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 5 22 165 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 7 31 166 Puffin Fratercula arctica 9 40 167 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 18 81 168 Little Auk Alle alle 0 0 169 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 170 Guillemot Uria aalge 18 81 171 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 18 81 172 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 4 18 173 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 174 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 19 86 175 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 0 0 176 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 2 9 177 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 178 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 11 50 179 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 180 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 5 22 181 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 17 77 182 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 2 9 183 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 3 13 184 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 185 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 7 31 186 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 187 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 4 18 188 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 14 63 189 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 6 27 190 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 191 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 192 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 193 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 0 0 194 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 10 45 195 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 19 86 196 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 5 22 197 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 1 4 198 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 6 27 199 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 0 0 200 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 201 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 202 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 6 27 203 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 0 0 204 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 205 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 206 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 0 0 207 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 5 22 208 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 3 13 209 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 5 22 210 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 211 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 212 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 2 9 213 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 0 0 214 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 10 45 215 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 2 9 216 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 0 0 217 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 0 0 218 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 15 68 219 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 0 0 220 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 5 22 221 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 222 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 223 Barn Owl Tyto alba 8 36 224 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 225 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 226 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 14 63 227 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 228 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 0 0 229 Hoopoe Upupa epops 0 0 230 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 231 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 7 31 232 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 233 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 0 0 234 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 235 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 12 54 236 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 0 0 237 Hobby Falco subbuteo 1 4 238 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 239 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 240 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 241 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 0 0 242 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 1 4 243 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 0 0 244 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 0 0 245 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 0 0 246 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 1 4 247 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 248 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 7 31 249 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 1 4 250 Jay Garrulus glandarius 15 68 251 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 11 50 252 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 6 27 253 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 254 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Yes 0 0 255 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 0 0 256 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 9 40 257 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 0 0 258 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 259 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 0 0 260 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 17 77 261 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 3 13 262 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 263 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 0 0 264 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 1 4 265 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 266 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 267 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 9 40 268 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 0 0 269 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 2 9 270 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 1 4 271 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 0 0 272 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 273 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 0 0 274 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 4 18 275 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 276 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 277 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 278 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 0 0 279 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 9 40 280 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 0 0 281 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 282 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 283 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 284 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 0 0 285 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 0 0 286 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 287 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 288 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 8 36 289 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 290 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 2 9 291 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 1 4 292 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 7 31 293 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 294 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 0 0 295 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 296 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 0 0 297 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 298 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 0 0 299 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 300 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 5 22 301 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 302 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 303 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 304 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 305 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 306 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 307 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 17 77 308 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 2 9 309 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 310 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 311 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 312 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 0 0 313 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 314 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 0 0 315 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 316 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 2 9 317 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 318 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 0 0 319 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 1 4 320 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 321 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 9 40 322 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 0 0 323 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 0 0 324 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 325 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 326 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 327 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 12 54 328 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 2 9 329 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 7 31 330 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 2 9 331 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 332 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 333 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 1 4 334 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 335 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 336 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 337 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 338 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 3 13 339 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 1 4 340 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 0 0 341 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 0 0 342 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 1 4 343 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 0 0 344 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 10 45 345 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 0 0 346 Siskin Spinus spinus 16 72 347 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 2 9 348 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 6 27 349 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 0 0 350 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 351 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 0 0 352 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 0 0 353 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 0 0 354 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 0 0 355 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 356 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 357 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 358 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 359 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 360 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 361 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 5 22 362 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 363 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 364 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 365 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 366 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 0 0 367 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 368 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 369 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 370 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 371 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 372 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 373 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 374 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 0 0 375 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 1 4 376 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 377 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 378 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 379 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 380 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 381 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0