Chris Ingram: Ireland Year List 2023 IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 294 of 294 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 0 0 2 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 6 22 3 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Yes 0 0 4 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 5 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 13 48 6 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 4 14 7 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 8 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 0 0 9 American Wigeon Mareca americana 6 22 10 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 3 11 11 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 0 0 12 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 13 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 0 0 14 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 8 29 15 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 8 29 16 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 17 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 18 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 1 3 19 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 20 Smew Mergellus albellus 2 7 21 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 5 18 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 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 14 51 31 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 32 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 33 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 34 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 35 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 36 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 4 14 37 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 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 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 4 14 46 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 12 44 47 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 0 0 48 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 15 55 49 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 7 25 50 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 0 0 51 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 1 3 52 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 53 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 54 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 7 25 55 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 56 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 57 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 4 14 58 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 2 7 59 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 1 3 60 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 61 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 62 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 7 25 63 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 64 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 12 44 65 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 66 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 67 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 2 7 68 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 2 7 69 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 70 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 6 22 71 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 72 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 73 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 8 29 74 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 75 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 76 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 77 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 78 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 0 0 79 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 80 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 81 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 5 18 82 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 83 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 1 3 84 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 85 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 7 25 86 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 87 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 88 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 89 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 20 74 90 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 7 25 91 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 1 3 92 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 15 55 93 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 94 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 13 48 95 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 3 11 96 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 2 7 97 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 17 62 98 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 99 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 1 3 100 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 101 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 102 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 103 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 104 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 11 40 105 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 0 0 106 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 107 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 9 33 108 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 2 7 109 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 110 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 111 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 112 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 113 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 8 29 114 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 115 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 116 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 0 0 117 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 7 25 118 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 119 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 120 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 2 7 121 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 1 3 122 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 123 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 6 22 124 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 125 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 126 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 127 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 0 0 128 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 129 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 3 11 130 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 14 51 131 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 12 44 132 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 4 14 133 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 134 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 135 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 136 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 15 55 137 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 138 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 139 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 2 7 140 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 15 55 141 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 5 18 142 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 143 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 144 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 1 3 145 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 4 14 146 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 0 0 147 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 3 11 148 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 20 74 149 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 0 0 150 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 151 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 152 Barn Owl Tyto alba 18 66 153 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 154 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 155 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 156 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 0 0 157 Hoopoe Upupa epops 5 18 158 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 159 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 160 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 161 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 3 11 162 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 163 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 0 0 164 Hobby Falco subbuteo 6 22 165 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 166 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 167 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 168 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 3 11 169 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 170 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 0 0 171 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 0 0 172 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 0 0 173 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 3 11 174 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 175 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 0 0 176 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 177 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 14 51 178 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 179 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Yes 0 0 180 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 13 48 181 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 12 44 182 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 0 0 183 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 184 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 0 0 185 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 0 0 186 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 7 25 187 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 14 51 188 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 1 3 189 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 190 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 6 22 191 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 0 0 192 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 0 0 193 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 0 0 194 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 2 7 195 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 196 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 0 0 197 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 0 0 198 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 199 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 200 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 6 22 201 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 0 0 202 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 19 70 203 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 0 0 204 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 205 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 206 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 207 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 2 7 208 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 0 0 209 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 210 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 211 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 18 66 212 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 213 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 10 37 214 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 1 3 215 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 8 29 216 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 217 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 0 0 218 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 219 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 0 0 220 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 221 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 2 7 222 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 223 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 2 7 224 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 225 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 226 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 1 3 227 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 228 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 229 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 230 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 9 33 231 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 232 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 233 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 234 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 0 0 235 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 236 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 4 14 237 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 238 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 239 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 0 0 240 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 14 51 241 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 5 18 242 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 243 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 0 0 244 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 0 0 245 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 246 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 4 14 247 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 248 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 8 29 249 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 0 0 250 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 0 0 251 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 252 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 253 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 3 11 254 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 255 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 256 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 257 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 258 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 9 33 259 Twite Linaria flavirostris 7 25 260 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 2 7 261 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 0 0 262 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 7 25 263 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 0 0 264 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 265 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 0 0 266 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 0 0 267 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 0 0 268 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 269 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 5 18 270 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 271 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 272 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 273 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 274 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 275 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 1 3 276 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 277 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 278 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 279 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 0 0 280 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 5 18 281 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 2 7 282 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 283 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 284 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 8 29 285 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 286 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 287 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 0 0 288 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 289 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 290 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 291 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 292 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 293 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 294 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0