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