Mícheál Cowming: Ireland Year List 2023 IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 269 of 269 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 0 0 2 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 4 14 3 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 6 22 4 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Yes 0 0 5 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 4 14 6 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 7 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 4 14 8 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 9 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 0 0 10 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 3 11 11 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 10 37 12 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 0 0 13 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 14 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 3 11 15 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 0 0 16 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 11 40 17 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 18 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 19 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 1 3 20 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 21 Smew Mergellus albellus 2 7 22 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 2 7 23 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 10 37 24 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 5 18 25 Quail Coturnix coturnix 3 11 26 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 27 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 0 0 28 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 29 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 30 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 31 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 32 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 33 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 34 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 35 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 4 14 36 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 37 Corncrake Crex crex 8 29 38 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 39 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 0 0 40 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 41 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 42 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 43 Crane Grus grus Yes 0 0 44 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 45 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 0 0 46 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 0 0 47 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 7 25 48 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 49 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 50 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 7 25 51 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 52 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 53 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 4 14 54 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 2 7 55 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 1 3 56 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 57 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 58 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 59 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 60 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 61 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 2 7 62 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 2 7 63 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 64 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 6 22 65 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 66 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 67 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 9 33 68 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 69 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 70 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 71 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 72 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 0 0 73 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 74 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 75 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 5 18 76 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 3 11 77 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 78 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 1 3 79 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 80 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 7 25 81 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 82 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 83 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 84 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 7 25 85 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 86 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 2 7 87 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 88 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 1 3 89 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 90 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 91 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 92 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 93 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 8 29 94 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 11 40 95 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 0 0 96 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 97 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 9 33 98 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 2 7 99 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 100 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 101 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 102 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 103 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 13 48 104 Little Auk Alle alle 3 11 105 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 106 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 107 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 0 0 108 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 7 25 109 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 110 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 111 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 2 7 112 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 2 7 113 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 1 3 114 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 115 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 116 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 117 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 118 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 0 0 119 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 120 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 4 14 121 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 122 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 123 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 124 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 125 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 126 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 5 18 127 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 128 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 129 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 1 3 130 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 15 55 131 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 4 14 132 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 0 0 133 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 0 0 134 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 6 22 135 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 136 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 137 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 138 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 139 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 140 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 0 0 141 Hoopoe Upupa epops 5 18 142 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 143 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 144 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 145 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 3 11 146 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 147 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 0 0 148 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 149 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 150 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 151 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 3 11 152 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 153 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 0 0 154 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 0 0 155 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 0 0 156 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 3 11 157 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 158 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 0 0 159 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 160 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 14 51 161 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 9 33 162 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 163 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Yes 0 0 164 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 12 44 165 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 0 0 166 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 167 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 0 0 168 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 0 0 169 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 7 25 170 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 3 11 171 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 1 3 172 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 173 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 6 22 174 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 0 0 175 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 0 0 176 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 0 0 177 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 2 7 178 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 179 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 0 0 180 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 0 0 181 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 182 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 183 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 0 0 184 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 0 0 185 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 186 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 187 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 188 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 2 7 189 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 0 0 190 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 191 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 192 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 193 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 10 37 194 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 1 3 195 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 196 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 0 0 197 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 198 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 0 0 199 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 200 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 201 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 2 7 202 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 203 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 204 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 1 3 205 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 206 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 207 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 208 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 209 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 210 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 211 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 0 0 212 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 213 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 214 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 215 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 0 0 216 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 217 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 0 0 218 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 0 0 219 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 220 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 4 14 221 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 222 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 8 29 223 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 0 0 224 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 0 0 225 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 226 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 227 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 3 11 228 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 229 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 230 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 231 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 232 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 9 33 233 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 2 7 234 Twite Linaria flavirostris 7 25 235 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 2 7 236 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 2 7 237 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 0 0 238 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 7 25 239 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 9 33 240 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 0 0 241 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 242 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 0 0 243 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 0 0 244 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 1 3 245 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 0 0 246 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 247 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 248 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 249 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 250 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 251 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 252 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 1 3 253 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 254 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 255 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 256 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 0 0 257 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 2 7 258 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 259 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 260 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 261 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 262 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 0 0 263 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 264 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 265 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 266 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 267 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 268 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 269 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0