Cliff Smith: Britain Year List 2019 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 324 of 324 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 3 0 2 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 0 0 3 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 60 15 4 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 8 2 5 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 6 American Wigeon Mareca americana 64 16 7 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 35 9 8 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 0 0 9 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 10 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 96 25 11 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 20 5 12 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 0 0 13 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 19 5 14 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 1 0 15 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 3 0 16 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 17 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 10 2 18 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 32 8 19 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 49 12 20 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 36 9 21 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 17 4 22 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 2 0 23 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 4 1 24 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Yes 0 0 25 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 26 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 27 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 1 0 28 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 2 0 29 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 30 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 0 0 31 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 6 1 32 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 33 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 39 10 34 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 26 6 35 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 36 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 37 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 0 0 38 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 1 0 39 Corncrake Crex crex 25 6 40 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 41 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 69 18 42 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 43 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 44 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 45 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 0 0 46 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 2 0 47 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 17 4 48 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 0 0 49 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 29 7 50 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 51 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 52 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 53 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 54 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 0 0 55 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 56 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 57 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 58 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 59 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 44 11 60 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 61 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 62 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 0 0 63 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 64 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 65 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 11 2 66 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 67 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 0 0 68 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 5 1 69 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 11 2 70 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 71 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 72 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 25 6 73 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 74 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 1 0 75 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 32 8 76 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 77 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 24 6 78 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 79 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 80 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 0 0 81 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 82 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 90 23 83 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 70 18 84 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 85 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 86 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 87 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 5 1 88 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 89 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 4 1 90 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 91 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 0 0 92 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 37 9 93 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 2 0 94 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 5 1 95 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 96 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 97 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 98 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 99 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 2 0 100 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 101 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 4 1 102 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 34 8 103 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 104 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 0 0 105 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 106 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 107 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 21 5 108 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 0 0 109 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 110 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 111 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 112 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 24 6 113 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 0 0 114 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 115 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 0 0 116 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 117 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 118 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 0 0 119 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 12 3 120 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 9 2 121 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 122 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 123 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 22 5 124 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 0 0 125 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 0 0 126 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 127 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 7 1 128 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 1 0 129 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 10 2 130 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 0 0 131 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 132 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 4 1 133 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 134 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 135 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 0 0 136 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 137 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 138 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 139 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 11 2 140 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 141 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 142 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 37 9 143 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 0 0 144 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 145 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 68 17 146 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 0 0 147 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 0 0 148 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 149 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 88 23 150 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 1 0 151 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 0 0 152 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 0 0 153 Black Kite Milvus migrans 7 1 154 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 155 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 156 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 157 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 3 0 158 Hoopoe Upupa epops 38 10 159 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 160 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 161 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 162 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 77 20 163 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 164 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 119 31 165 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 5 1 166 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 167 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 0 0 168 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 169 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 170 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 171 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 172 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 0 0 173 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 174 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 175 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 176 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 0 0 177 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 178 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 42 11 179 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 37 9 180 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 2 0 181 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 182 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 183 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 184 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 81 21 185 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 156 41 186 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 20 5 187 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 188 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 1 0 189 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 190 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 0 0 191 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 192 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 1 0 193 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 194 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 195 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 196 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 197 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 60 15 198 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 4 1 199 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 0 0 200 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 201 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 0 0 202 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 6 1 203 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 204 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 5 1 205 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 206 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 207 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 208 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 3 0 209 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 210 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 211 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 212 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 16 4 213 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 214 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 0 0 215 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 0 0 216 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 217 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 218 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 0 0 219 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 220 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 221 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 1 0 222 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 25 6 223 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 1 0 224 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 225 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 226 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 227 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 0 0 228 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 229 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 230 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 231 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 232 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 233 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 49 12 234 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 235 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 236 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 237 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 238 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 239 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 240 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 241 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 0 0 242 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 243 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 244 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 0 0 245 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 246 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 247 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 248 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 249 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 1 0 250 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 2 0 251 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 252 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 253 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 254 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 5 1 255 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 256 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 257 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 16 4 258 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 61 16 259 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 260 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 261 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 4 1 262 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 0 0 263 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 264 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 265 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 266 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 267 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 15 3 268 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 0 0 269 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 270 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 8 2 271 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 272 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 15 3 273 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 274 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 275 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 276 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 47 12 277 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 16 4 278 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 36 9 279 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 280 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 281 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 282 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 35 9 283 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 284 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 285 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 286 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 9 2 287 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 288 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 289 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 0 0 290 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 1 0 291 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 292 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 0 0 293 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 294 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 295 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 296 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 0 0 297 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 298 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 5 1 299 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 300 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 301 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 302 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 303 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 304 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 0 0 305 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 306 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 307 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 308 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 309 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 310 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 311 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 312 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 0 0 313 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 0 0 314 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 315 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 0 0 316 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 317 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 318 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 319 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 320 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 321 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 322 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 323 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 17 4 324 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0