Joe Proudfoot: Ireland Year List 2020 IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 355 of 355 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 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 12 54 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 1 4 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 0 0 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Yes 0 0 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 13 59 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 5 22 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 15 68 10 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 40 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 3 13 13 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 8 36 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 0 0 16 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 3 13 17 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 10 45 18 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 8 36 19 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 11 50 21 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 0 0 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 7 31 23 Scaup Aythya marila 9 40 24 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 1 4 25 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 1 4 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 10 45 27 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 3 13 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 4 18 29 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 0 0 30 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 31 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 32 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 1 4 33 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 34 Smew Mergellus albellus 4 18 35 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 1 4 36 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 0 0 37 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 2 9 38 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 0 0 39 Quail Coturnix coturnix 0 0 40 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 41 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 0 0 42 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 43 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 44 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 0 0 45 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 46 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 47 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 48 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 49 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 7 31 50 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 51 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 0 0 52 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 53 Corncrake Crex crex 3 13 54 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 55 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 0 0 56 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 57 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 58 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 59 Crane Grus grus Yes 1 4 60 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 61 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 5 22 62 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 10 45 63 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 3 13 64 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 9 40 65 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 0 0 66 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 3 13 67 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 1 4 68 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 1 4 69 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 0 0 70 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 71 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 72 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 73 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 74 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 75 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 0 0 76 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 1 4 77 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 14 63 78 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 79 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 80 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 10 45 81 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 82 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 6 27 83 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 84 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 85 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 0 0 86 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 3 13 87 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 1 4 88 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 89 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 14 63 90 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 2 9 91 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 9 40 92 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 93 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 94 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 6 27 95 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 5 22 96 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 8 36 97 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 98 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 99 Ruff Calidris pugnax 11 50 100 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 101 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 1 4 102 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 103 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 11 50 104 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 0 0 105 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 106 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 107 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 9 40 108 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 0 0 109 Little Stint Calidris minuta 10 45 110 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 111 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 3 13 112 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 9 40 113 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 114 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 0 0 115 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 116 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 1 4 117 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 118 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 119 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 1 4 120 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 7 31 121 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 1 4 122 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 123 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 2 9 124 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 0 0 125 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 126 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 9 40 127 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 4 18 128 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 129 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 130 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 131 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 0 0 132 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 133 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 5 22 134 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 9 40 135 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 10 45 136 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 137 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 0 0 138 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 139 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 8 36 140 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 9 40 141 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 1 4 142 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 143 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 144 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 7 31 145 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 2 9 146 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 8 36 147 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 5 22 148 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 7 31 149 Puffin Fratercula arctica 9 40 150 Little Auk Alle alle 0 0 151 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 152 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 4 18 153 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 154 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 0 0 155 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 2 9 156 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 157 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 11 50 158 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 159 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 5 22 160 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 2 9 161 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 3 13 162 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 163 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 7 31 164 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 165 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 4 18 166 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 6 27 167 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 168 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 169 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 170 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 0 0 171 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 10 45 172 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 5 22 173 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 1 4 174 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 6 27 175 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 0 0 176 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 177 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 178 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 6 27 179 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 0 0 180 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 181 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 182 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 0 0 183 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 11 50 184 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 5 22 185 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 3 13 186 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 5 22 187 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 188 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 189 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 2 9 190 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 0 0 191 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 10 45 192 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 14 63 193 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 2 9 194 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 0 0 195 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 0 0 196 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 0 0 197 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 198 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 199 Barn Owl Tyto alba 8 36 200 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 201 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 202 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 5 22 203 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 204 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 0 0 205 Hoopoe Upupa epops 0 0 206 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 207 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 7 31 208 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 209 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 0 0 210 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 211 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 0 0 212 Hobby Falco subbuteo 1 4 213 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 214 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 215 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 216 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 0 0 217 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 1 4 218 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 0 0 219 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 0 0 220 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 0 0 221 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 1 4 222 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 223 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 7 31 224 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 1 4 225 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 12 54 226 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 227 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Yes 0 0 228 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 0 0 229 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 9 40 230 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 0 0 231 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 232 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 0 0 233 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 3 13 234 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 235 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 0 0 236 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 1 4 237 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 238 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 239 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 9 40 240 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 0 0 241 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 2 9 242 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 1 4 243 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 0 0 244 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 245 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 0 0 246 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 4 18 247 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 248 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 249 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 15 68 250 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 251 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 0 0 252 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 9 40 253 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 0 0 254 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 255 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 256 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 257 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 0 0 258 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 0 0 259 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 260 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 261 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 8 36 262 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 263 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 2 9 264 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 1 4 265 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 7 31 266 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 267 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 0 0 268 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 269 Whitethroat Curruca communis 15 68 270 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 0 0 271 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 272 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 0 0 273 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 274 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 5 22 275 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 276 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 277 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 278 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 279 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 280 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 281 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 2 9 282 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 283 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 284 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 285 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 0 0 286 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 287 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 0 0 288 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 289 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 2 9 290 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 291 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 0 0 292 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 12 54 293 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 1 4 294 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 295 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 9 40 296 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 0 0 297 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 15 68 298 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 0 0 299 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 300 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 301 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 302 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 2 9 303 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 7 31 304 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 2 9 305 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 306 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 307 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 1 4 308 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 309 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 310 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 311 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 312 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 3 13 313 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 1 4 314 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 0 0 315 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 0 0 316 Twite Linaria flavirostris 7 31 317 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 1 4 318 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 0 0 319 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 10 45 320 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 0 0 321 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 2 9 322 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 6 27 323 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 0 0 324 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 325 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 0 0 326 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 0 0 327 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 0 0 328 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 0 0 329 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 330 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 331 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 332 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 333 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 334 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 335 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 5 22 336 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 337 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 338 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 339 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 340 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 0 0 341 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 342 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 343 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 344 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 345 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 346 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 347 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 348 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 0 0 349 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 1 4 350 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 351 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 352 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 353 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 354 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 355 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0