Dougie Preston: Shetland Life List BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 209 of 209 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 2 3 3 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 0 0 4 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 1 1 5 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 6 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 7 12 7 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 8 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 0 0 9 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 10 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 0 0 11 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 12 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 13 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 14 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 15 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 3 5 16 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 0 0 17 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 0 0 18 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 0 0 19 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 0 0 20 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 0 0 21 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 0 0 22 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 0 0 23 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 24 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 1 1 25 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 26 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 27 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 0 0 28 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 29 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 1 1 30 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 31 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 32 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 6 10 33 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 34 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 35 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 36 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 1 1 37 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 4 7 38 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 2 3 39 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 2 3 40 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 2 3 41 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 42 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 7 12 43 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 44 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 45 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 0 0 46 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 47 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 48 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 49 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 1 1 50 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 51 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 52 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 53 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 54 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 1 1 55 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 12 21 56 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 57 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 1 1 58 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 3 5 59 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 17 30 60 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 2 3 61 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 62 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 63 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 64 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 65 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 1 1 66 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 67 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 5 9 68 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 2 3 69 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 70 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 9 16 71 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 2 3 72 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 73 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 0 0 74 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 25 45 75 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 76 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 77 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 78 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 4 7 79 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 80 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 3 5 81 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 82 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 0 0 83 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 2 3 84 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 85 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 86 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 87 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 0 0 88 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 12 21 89 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 90 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 0 0 91 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 92 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 1 1 93 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 1 1 94 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 95 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 2 3 96 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 97 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 98 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 99 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 1 1 100 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 101 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 102 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 2 3 103 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 104 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 0 0 105 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 106 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 17 30 107 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 108 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 0 0 109 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 0 0 110 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 3 5 111 Red Kite Milvus milvus 11 20 112 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 1 1 113 Little Owl Athene noctua 0 0 114 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 115 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 4 7 116 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 1 1 117 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 118 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 6 10 119 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 120 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 3 5 121 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 3 5 122 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 0 0 123 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 124 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 125 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 126 Hobby Falco subbuteo 13 23 127 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 1 1 128 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 0 0 129 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 130 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 131 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 132 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 133 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 134 Jay Garrulus glandarius 0 0 135 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 136 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 1 1 137 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 138 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 0 0 139 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 0 0 140 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 0 0 141 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 0 0 142 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 0 0 143 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 144 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 145 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 0 0 146 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 147 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 148 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 149 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 1 1 150 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 3 5 151 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 152 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 153 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 4 7 154 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 155 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 156 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 157 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 1 1 158 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 159 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 0 0 160 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 161 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 0 0 162 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 163 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 164 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 165 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 166 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 2 3 167 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 5 9 168 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 169 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 170 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 171 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 172 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 173 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 174 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 1 1 175 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 176 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 177 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 178 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 1 1 179 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 180 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 181 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 2 3 182 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 183 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 184 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 1 1 185 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 8 14 186 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 187 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 1 1 188 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 0 0 189 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 190 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 191 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 1 1 192 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 193 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 1 1 194 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 4 7 195 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 3 5 196 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 197 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 198 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 199 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 200 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 201 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 1 1 202 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 203 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 204 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 205 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 2 3 206 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 207 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 208 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 209 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0