Ciara Laverty: Ireland Year List 2021 IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 366 of 366 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 5 21 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 9 39 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 1 4 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 1 4 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Yes 0 0 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 0 0 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 13 56 9 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 0 0 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 6 26 12 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 8 34 14 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 0 0 15 American Wigeon Mareca americana 3 13 16 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 4 17 17 Pintail Anas acuta 15 65 18 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 7 30 19 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 0 0 20 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 21 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 0 0 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 8 34 23 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 6 26 24 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 2 8 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 13 56 26 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 3 13 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 5 21 28 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 0 0 29 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 18 78 31 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 15 65 33 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 3 13 34 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 35 Smew Mergellus albellus 3 13 36 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 0 0 37 Goosander Mergus merganser 8 34 38 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 0 0 39 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 6 26 40 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 5 21 41 Quail Coturnix coturnix 0 0 42 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 43 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 0 0 44 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 45 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 46 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 0 0 47 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 48 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 49 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 1 4 50 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 51 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 52 Rock Dove Columba livia 18 78 53 Stock Dove Columba oenas 16 69 54 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 5 21 55 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 56 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 16 69 57 Corncrake Crex crex 6 26 58 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 59 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 0 0 60 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 8 34 61 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 62 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 63 Crane Grus grus Yes 1 4 64 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 65 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 3 13 66 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 7 30 67 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 2 8 68 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 0 0 69 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 4 17 70 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 4 17 71 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 17 73 72 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 0 0 73 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 7 30 74 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 1 4 75 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 76 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 4 17 77 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 11 47 78 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 79 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 80 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 81 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 0 0 82 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 83 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 84 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 85 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 2 8 86 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 2 8 87 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 11 47 88 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 89 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 90 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 1 4 91 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 1 4 92 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 5 21 93 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 94 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 0 0 95 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 15 65 96 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 1 4 97 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 98 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 9 39 99 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 8 34 100 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 14 60 101 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 18 78 102 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 103 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 104 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 105 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 106 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 107 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 17 73 108 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 0 0 109 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 110 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 111 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 2 8 112 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 14 60 113 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 2 8 114 Little Stint Calidris minuta 16 69 115 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 116 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 6 26 117 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 3 13 118 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 0 0 119 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 120 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 121 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 122 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 123 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 17 73 124 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 12 52 125 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 2 8 126 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 0 0 127 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 128 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 9 39 129 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 1 4 130 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 10 43 131 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 17 73 132 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 15 65 133 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 134 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 135 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 136 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 137 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 13 56 138 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 2 8 139 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 140 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 4 17 141 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 6 26 142 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 0 0 143 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 144 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 12 52 145 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 1 4 146 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 147 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 13 56 148 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 17 73 149 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 150 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 151 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 152 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 14 60 153 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 2 8 154 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 14 60 155 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 5 21 156 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 12 52 157 Puffin Fratercula arctica 15 65 158 Little Auk Alle alle 4 17 159 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 160 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 18 78 161 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 5 21 162 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 163 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 18 78 164 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 1 4 165 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 3 13 166 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 167 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 10 43 168 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 169 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 3 13 170 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 0 0 171 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 2 8 172 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 173 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 11 47 174 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 175 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 3 13 176 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 5 21 177 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 178 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 179 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 180 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 0 0 181 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 182 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 2 8 183 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 10 43 184 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 5 21 185 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 0 0 186 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 187 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 188 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 189 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 0 0 190 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 191 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 192 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 0 0 193 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 13 56 194 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 3 13 195 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 7 30 196 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 197 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 3 13 198 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 0 0 199 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 12 52 200 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 4 17 201 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 1 4 202 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 0 0 203 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 16 69 204 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 0 0 205 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 4 17 206 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 207 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 208 Barn Owl Tyto alba 10 43 209 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 210 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 211 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 11 47 212 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 10 43 213 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 214 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 0 0 215 Hoopoe Upupa epops 2 8 216 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 217 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 1 4 218 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 219 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 3 13 220 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 221 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 0 0 222 Merlin Falco columbarius 16 69 223 Hobby Falco subbuteo 2 8 224 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 225 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 226 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 227 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 0 0 228 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 229 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 0 0 230 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 0 0 231 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 2 8 232 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 0 0 233 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 234 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 6 26 235 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 236 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 15 65 237 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 0 0 238 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 239 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Yes 0 0 240 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 0 0 241 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 9 39 242 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 0 0 243 Skylark Alauda arvensis 20 86 244 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 245 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 5 21 246 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 0 0 247 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 248 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 0 0 249 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 7 30 250 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 251 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 252 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 4 17 253 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 0 0 254 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 1 4 255 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 0 0 256 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 1 4 257 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 258 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 0 0 259 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 0 0 260 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 261 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 262 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 263 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 0 0 264 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 1 4 265 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 266 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 267 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 268 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 0 0 269 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 2 8 270 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 271 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 272 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 273 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 9 39 274 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 0 0 275 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 10 43 276 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 277 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 0 0 278 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 279 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 0 0 280 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 281 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 0 0 282 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 283 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 14 60 284 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 285 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 286 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 287 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 288 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 289 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 290 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 2 8 291 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 292 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 293 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 16 69 294 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 295 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 0 0 296 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 297 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 1 4 298 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 299 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 6 26 300 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 301 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 0 0 302 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 9 39 303 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 2 8 304 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 305 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 15 65 306 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 0 0 307 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 0 0 308 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 309 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 310 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 311 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 8 34 312 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 0 0 313 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 0 0 314 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 315 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 316 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 5 21 317 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 318 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 319 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 320 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 321 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 7 30 322 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 8 34 323 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 2 8 324 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 0 0 325 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 22 95 326 Twite Linaria flavirostris 8 34 327 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 5 21 328 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 0 0 329 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 12 52 330 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 0 0 331 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 3 13 332 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 6 26 333 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 0 0 334 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 19 82 335 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 336 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 2 8 337 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 0 0 338 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 0 0 339 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 4 17 340 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 341 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 342 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 343 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 344 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 345 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 346 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 347 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 348 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 349 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 350 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 351 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 0 0 352 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 353 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 354 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 355 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 356 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 357 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 358 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 359 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 0 0 360 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 2 8 361 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 362 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 363 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 364 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 365 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 1 4 366 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0