Paul Lynch: Ireland Year List 2020 IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 318 of 318 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 4 18 3 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 1 4 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 0 0 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Yes 0 0 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 5 22 7 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 40 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 3 13 10 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 11 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 0 0 12 American Wigeon Mareca americana 10 45 13 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 8 36 14 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 15 Pochard Aythya ferina 11 50 16 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 0 0 17 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 7 31 18 Scaup Aythya marila 9 40 19 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 1 4 20 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 1 4 21 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 3 13 22 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 4 18 23 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 0 0 24 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 25 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 13 59 27 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 1 4 28 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 16 72 29 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 4 18 31 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 1 4 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 10 45 33 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 0 0 34 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 2 9 35 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 0 0 36 Quail Coturnix coturnix 0 0 37 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 38 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 0 0 39 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 40 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 41 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 0 0 42 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 43 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 44 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 45 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 46 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 7 31 47 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 48 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 0 0 49 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 50 Corncrake Crex crex 3 13 51 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 52 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 0 0 53 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 54 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 55 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 56 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 57 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 5 22 58 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 10 45 59 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 3 13 60 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 0 0 61 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 3 13 62 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 1 4 63 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 1 4 64 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 0 0 65 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 66 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 67 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 68 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 69 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 70 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 0 0 71 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 1 4 72 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 73 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 74 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 10 45 75 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 76 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 6 27 77 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 78 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 79 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 0 0 80 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 3 13 81 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 1 4 82 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 83 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 84 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 85 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 6 27 86 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 8 36 87 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 88 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 89 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 90 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 1 4 91 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 92 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 0 0 93 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 94 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 95 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 9 40 96 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 0 0 97 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 98 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 3 13 99 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 100 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 0 0 101 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 102 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 1 4 103 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 104 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 105 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 7 31 106 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 1 4 107 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 108 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 2 9 109 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 0 0 110 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 111 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 4 18 112 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 113 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 114 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 115 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 8 36 116 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 117 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 118 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 119 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 10 45 120 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 0 0 121 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 122 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 8 36 123 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 1 4 124 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 125 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 126 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 2 9 127 Puffin Fratercula arctica 9 40 128 Little Auk Alle alle 0 0 129 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 130 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 4 18 131 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 132 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 0 0 133 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 2 9 134 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 135 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 136 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 2 9 137 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 3 13 138 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 139 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 140 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 141 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 142 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 143 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 0 0 144 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 10 45 145 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 1 4 146 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 6 27 147 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 0 0 148 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 149 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 150 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 0 0 151 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 152 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 153 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 0 0 154 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 11 50 155 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 5 22 156 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 157 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 158 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 2 9 159 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 0 0 160 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 14 63 161 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 2 9 162 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 0 0 163 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 0 0 164 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 0 0 165 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 5 22 166 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 167 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 168 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 169 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 170 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 171 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 0 0 172 Hoopoe Upupa epops 0 0 173 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 174 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 175 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 0 0 176 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 177 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 12 54 178 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 0 0 179 Hobby Falco subbuteo 1 4 180 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 181 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 182 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 183 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 0 0 184 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 1 4 185 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 0 0 186 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 0 0 187 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 0 0 188 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 1 4 189 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 190 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 7 31 191 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 1 4 192 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 6 27 193 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 194 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Yes 0 0 195 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 0 0 196 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 9 40 197 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 0 0 198 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 199 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 0 0 200 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 201 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 0 0 202 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 1 4 203 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 204 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 205 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 9 40 206 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 0 0 207 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 2 9 208 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 1 4 209 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 0 0 210 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 211 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 0 0 212 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 4 18 213 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 214 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 215 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 216 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 0 0 217 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 9 40 218 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 0 0 219 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 220 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 221 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 222 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 0 0 223 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 0 0 224 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 225 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 226 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 8 36 227 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 228 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 2 9 229 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 1 4 230 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 7 31 231 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 232 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 0 0 233 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 234 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 0 0 235 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 236 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 0 0 237 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 17 77 238 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 239 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 5 22 240 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 241 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 242 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 243 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 244 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 245 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 246 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 2 9 247 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 248 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 249 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 250 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 0 0 251 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 252 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 0 0 253 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 254 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 2 9 255 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 256 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 0 0 257 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 1 4 258 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 259 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 9 40 260 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 0 0 261 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 0 0 262 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 263 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 264 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 265 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 12 54 266 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 2 9 267 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 7 31 268 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 2 9 269 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 270 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 271 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 1 4 272 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 273 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 274 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 275 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 276 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 3 13 277 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 1 4 278 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 0 0 279 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 0 0 280 Twite Linaria flavirostris 7 31 281 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 1 4 282 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 0 0 283 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 10 45 284 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 0 0 285 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 2 9 286 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 0 0 287 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 288 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 0 0 289 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 0 0 290 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 0 0 291 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 0 0 292 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 293 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 294 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 295 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 296 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 297 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 298 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 5 22 299 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 300 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 301 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 302 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 303 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 0 0 304 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 305 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 306 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 307 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 308 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 309 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 310 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 311 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 0 0 312 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 1 4 313 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 314 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 315 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 316 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 317 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 318 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0