Robert Gilbert: Shetland Life List BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 341 of 341 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 25 45 3 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 2 3 4 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 0 0 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 4 7 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 14 25 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 27 49 8 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 1 1 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 8 14 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 7 12 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13 23 12 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 13 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 7 12 14 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 15 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 4 7 16 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 6 10 17 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 11 20 18 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 0 0 19 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 20 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 0 0 21 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 6 10 22 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 23 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 9 16 24 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 2 3 25 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 26 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 27 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 3 5 28 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 7 12 30 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 7 12 31 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 3 5 32 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 0 0 33 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 0 0 34 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 0 0 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 0 0 36 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 0 0 37 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 0 0 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 0 0 39 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 40 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 11 20 41 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 1 1 42 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 43 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 13 23 44 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 7 12 45 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 7 12 46 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 47 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 0 0 48 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 49 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 1 1 50 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 51 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 52 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 4 7 53 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 6 10 54 Stock Dove Columba oenas 20 36 55 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 9 16 56 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 6 10 57 Corncrake Crex crex 20 36 58 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 59 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 10 18 60 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 9 16 61 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 62 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 63 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 1 1 64 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 4 7 65 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 4 7 66 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 11 20 67 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 14 25 68 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 9 16 69 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 2 3 70 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 6 10 71 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 2 3 72 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 2 3 73 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 15 27 74 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 75 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 7 12 76 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 77 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 78 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 0 0 79 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 2 3 80 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 81 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 82 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 83 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 1 1 84 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 6 10 85 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 4 7 86 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 7 12 87 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 5 9 88 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 89 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 12 21 90 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 91 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 9 16 92 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 21 38 93 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 5 9 94 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 21 38 95 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 96 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 97 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 1 1 98 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 99 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 5 9 100 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 8 14 101 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 1 1 102 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 3 5 103 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 2 3 104 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 7 12 105 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 2 3 106 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 12 21 107 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 108 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 109 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 110 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 9 16 111 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 112 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 1 1 113 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 114 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 5 9 115 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 3 5 116 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 2 3 117 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 118 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 9 16 119 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 2 3 120 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 121 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 0 0 122 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 123 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 124 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 125 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 4 7 126 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 3 5 127 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 4 7 128 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 129 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 8 14 130 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 3 5 131 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 3 5 132 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 133 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 18 32 134 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 0 0 135 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 2 3 136 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 137 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 138 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 18 32 139 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 8 14 140 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 141 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 0 0 142 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 12 21 143 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 2 3 144 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 16 29 145 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 146 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 0 0 147 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 148 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 26 47 149 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 1 1 150 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 17 30 151 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 1 1 152 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 153 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 3 5 154 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 2 3 155 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 156 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 157 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 16 29 158 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 8 14 159 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 7 12 160 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 161 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 1 1 162 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 7 12 163 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 164 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 24 43 165 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 166 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 2 3 167 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 168 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 0 0 169 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 20 36 170 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 171 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 17 30 172 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 173 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 0 0 174 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 2 3 175 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 39 70 176 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 0 0 177 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 3 5 178 Red Kite Milvus milvus 11 20 179 Black Kite Milvus migrans 6 10 180 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 13 23 181 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 1 1 182 Buzzard Buteo buteo 20 36 183 Barn Owl Tyto alba 8 14 184 Little Owl Athene noctua 0 0 185 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 186 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 4 7 187 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 1 1 188 Hoopoe Upupa epops 14 25 189 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 190 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 6 10 191 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 192 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 3 5 193 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 20 36 194 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 3 5 195 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 0 0 196 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 197 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 198 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 3 5 199 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 200 Hobby Falco subbuteo 13 23 201 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 1 1 202 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 0 0 203 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 204 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 205 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 206 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 207 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 17 30 208 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 21 38 209 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 9 16 210 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 211 Jay Garrulus glandarius 0 0 212 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 213 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 1 1 214 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 39 70 215 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 216 Coal Tit Periparus ater 10 18 217 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 0 0 218 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 0 0 219 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 0 0 220 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 26 47 221 Great Tit Parus major 21 38 222 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 0 0 223 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 0 0 224 Woodlark Lullula arborea 9 16 225 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 226 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 227 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 4 7 228 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 0 0 229 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 230 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 231 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 232 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 1 1 233 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 3 5 234 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 8 14 235 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 8 14 236 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 2 3 237 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 238 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 4 7 239 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 240 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 15 27 241 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 4 7 242 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 21 38 243 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 17 30 244 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 16 29 245 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 5 9 246 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 1 1 247 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 20 36 248 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 25 45 249 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 8 14 250 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 32 58 251 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 252 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 253 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 254 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 1 1 255 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 16 29 256 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 14 25 257 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 4 7 258 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 259 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 1 1 260 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 0 0 261 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 262 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 13 23 263 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 0 0 264 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 265 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 266 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 267 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 268 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 2 3 269 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 30 54 270 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 5 9 271 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 11 20 272 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 273 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 274 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 275 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 276 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 277 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 15 27 278 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 279 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 1 1 280 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 10 18 281 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 8 14 282 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 35 63 283 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 284 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 285 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 12 21 286 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 14 25 287 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 288 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 12 21 289 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 1 1 290 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 8 14 291 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 292 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 293 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 29 52 294 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 2 3 295 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 5 9 296 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 3 5 297 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 298 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 17 30 299 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 23 41 300 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 301 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 1 1 302 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 9 16 303 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 2 3 304 Serin Serinus serinus 5 9 305 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 8 14 306 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 21 38 307 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 12 21 308 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 309 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 1 1 310 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 0 0 311 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 5 9 312 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 313 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 314 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 18 32 315 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 1 1 316 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 11 20 317 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 318 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 5 9 319 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 9 16 320 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 1 1 321 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 4 7 322 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 3 5 323 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 3 5 324 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 325 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 326 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 327 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 328 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 329 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 1 1 330 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 331 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 332 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 333 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 2 3 334 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 11 20 335 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 10 18 336 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 337 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 12 21 338 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 339 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 340 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 9 16 341 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0