Andrew Russell: Shetland Life List BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 392 of 392 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 0 0 2 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 2 3 3 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 0 0 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 4 7 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 14 25 6 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 1 1 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 8 14 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 7 12 9 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 13 23 10 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 26 47 12 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 7 12 13 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 14 American Wigeon Mareca americana 15 27 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 Pochard Aythya ferina 39 70 21 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 0 0 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 37 67 23 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 6 10 24 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 25 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 44 80 26 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 9 16 27 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 2 3 28 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 29 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 30 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 3 5 31 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 32 Smew Mergellus albellus 7 12 33 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 7 12 34 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 3 5 35 Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 0 0 36 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 0 0 37 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 0 0 38 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 0 0 39 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 0 0 40 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 0 0 41 Quail Coturnix coturnix 23 41 42 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 0 0 43 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 44 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 11 20 45 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 1 1 46 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 47 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 13 23 48 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 7 12 49 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 7 12 50 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 51 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 0 0 52 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 53 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 1 1 54 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 55 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 56 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 4 7 57 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 23 41 58 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 6 10 59 Stock Dove Columba oenas 20 36 60 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 9 16 61 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 6 10 62 Corncrake Crex crex 20 36 63 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 64 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 10 18 65 Coot Fulica atra 42 76 66 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 9 16 67 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 68 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 69 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 1 1 70 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 4 7 71 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 4 7 72 Crane Grus grus 29 52 73 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 22 40 74 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 11 20 75 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 14 25 76 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 9 16 77 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 2 3 78 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 6 10 79 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 2 3 80 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 2 3 81 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 29 52 82 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 15 27 83 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 84 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 7 12 85 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 86 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 87 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 0 0 88 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 2 3 89 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 90 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 91 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 92 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 1 1 93 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 6 10 94 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 4 7 95 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 7 12 96 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 5 9 97 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 98 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 12 21 99 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 100 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 9 16 101 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 21 38 102 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 5 9 103 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 21 38 104 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 28 50 105 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 106 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 107 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 1 1 108 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 23 41 109 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 17 30 110 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 37 67 111 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 112 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 5 9 113 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 8 14 114 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 1 1 115 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 3 5 116 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 31 56 117 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 17 30 118 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 2 3 119 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 7 12 120 Little Stint Calidris minuta 36 65 121 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 2 3 122 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 12 21 123 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 28 50 124 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 125 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 27 49 126 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 127 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 128 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 9 16 129 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 130 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 1 1 131 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 132 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 5 9 133 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 3 5 134 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 2 3 135 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 136 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 9 16 137 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 2 3 138 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 139 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 41 74 140 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 0 0 141 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 142 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 143 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 144 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 34 61 145 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 4 7 146 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 3 5 147 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 4 7 148 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 149 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 8 14 150 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 3 5 151 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 3 5 152 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 153 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 15 27 154 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 18 32 155 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 0 0 156 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 2 3 157 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 41 74 158 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 159 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 160 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 18 32 161 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 23 41 162 Little Auk Alle alle 16 29 163 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 8 14 164 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 34 61 165 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 166 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 35 63 167 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 0 0 168 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 12 21 169 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 2 3 170 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 16 29 171 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 172 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 0 0 173 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 174 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 26 47 175 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 1 1 176 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 17 30 177 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 1 1 178 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 179 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 3 5 180 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 2 3 181 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 182 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 183 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 16 29 184 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 8 14 185 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 7 12 186 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 187 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 21 38 188 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 1 1 189 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 7 12 190 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 191 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 24 43 192 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 193 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 2 3 194 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 23 41 195 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 196 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 0 0 197 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 20 36 198 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 199 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 17 30 200 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 201 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 0 0 202 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 2 3 203 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 23 41 204 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 0 0 205 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 25 45 206 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 3 5 207 Red Kite Milvus milvus 11 20 208 Black Kite Milvus migrans 6 10 209 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 18 32 210 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 13 23 211 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 1 1 212 Buzzard Buteo buteo 20 36 213 Barn Owl Tyto alba 8 14 214 Little Owl Athene noctua 0 0 215 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 216 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 4 7 217 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 35 63 218 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 1 1 219 Hoopoe Upupa epops 14 25 220 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 221 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 6 10 222 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 223 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 3 5 224 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 20 36 225 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 3 5 226 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 0 0 227 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 228 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 229 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 3 5 230 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 231 Hobby Falco subbuteo 13 23 232 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 1 1 233 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 0 0 234 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 235 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 236 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 24 43 237 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 238 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 22 40 239 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 240 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 17 30 241 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 33 60 242 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 21 38 243 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 22 40 244 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 245 Jay Garrulus glandarius 0 0 246 Magpie Pica pica 25 45 247 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 248 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 1 1 249 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 41 74 250 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 251 Coal Tit Periparus ater 10 18 252 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 0 0 253 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 0 0 254 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 0 0 255 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 0 0 256 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 0 0 257 Woodlark Lullula arborea 9 16 258 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 259 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 30 54 260 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 261 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 4 7 262 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 27 49 263 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 0 0 264 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 265 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 266 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 15 27 267 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 268 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 1 1 269 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 3 5 270 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 8 14 271 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 8 14 272 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 2 3 273 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 274 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 4 7 275 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 276 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 29 52 277 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 44 80 278 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 15 27 279 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 4 7 280 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 34 61 281 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 21 38 282 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 35 63 283 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 15 27 284 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 17 30 285 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 16 29 286 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 5 9 287 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 1 1 288 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 20 36 289 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 25 45 290 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 8 14 291 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 292 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 293 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 294 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 1 1 295 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 16 29 296 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 14 25 297 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 4 7 298 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 31 56 299 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 300 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 1 1 301 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 0 0 302 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 303 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 13 23 304 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 0 0 305 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 306 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 17 30 307 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 308 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 309 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 32 58 310 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 311 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 2 3 312 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 17 30 313 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 9 16 314 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 11 20 315 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 316 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 317 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 318 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 319 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 320 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 22 40 321 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 15 27 322 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 25 45 323 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 324 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 1 1 325 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 47 85 326 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 10 18 327 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 8 14 328 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 329 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 330 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 14 25 331 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 14 25 332 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 333 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 12 21 334 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 1 1 335 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 8 14 336 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 337 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 338 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 12 21 339 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 44 80 340 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 26 47 341 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 41 74 342 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 2 3 343 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 5 9 344 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 40 72 345 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 30 54 346 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 29 52 347 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 3 5 348 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 349 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 17 30 350 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 351 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 25 45 352 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 1 1 353 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 2 3 354 Serin Serinus serinus 5 9 355 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 8 14 356 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 357 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 27 49 358 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 1 1 359 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 0 0 360 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 5 9 361 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 362 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 38 69 363 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 364 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 18 32 365 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 1 1 366 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 11 20 367 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 368 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 5 9 369 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 15 27 370 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 9 16 371 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 1 1 372 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 4 7 373 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 3 5 374 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 3 5 375 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 376 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 377 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 378 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 379 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 380 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 1 1 381 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 382 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 383 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 15 27 384 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 385 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 2 3 386 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 11 20 387 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 388 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 31 56 389 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 390 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 391 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 9 16 392 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0