Isabelle Walsh: Ireland Year List 2021 IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 358 of 358 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 5 21 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 9 39 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 1 4 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 1 4 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Yes 0 0 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 14 60 8 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 0 0 9 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 13 56 10 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 11 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 0 0 12 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 18 78 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 6 26 14 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 8 34 16 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 0 0 17 American Wigeon Mareca americana 3 13 18 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 4 17 19 Pintail Anas acuta 15 65 20 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 7 30 21 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 0 0 22 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 15 65 24 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 0 0 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 8 34 26 Scaup Aythya marila 12 52 27 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 6 26 28 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 2 8 29 Eider Somateria mollissima 13 56 30 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 3 13 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 5 21 32 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 0 0 33 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 34 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 35 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 15 65 36 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 3 13 37 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 15 65 38 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 39 Smew Mergellus albellus 3 13 40 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 0 0 41 Goosander Mergus merganser 8 34 42 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 18 78 43 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 0 0 44 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 6 26 45 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 5 21 46 Quail Coturnix coturnix 0 0 47 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 48 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 0 0 49 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 50 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 51 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 0 0 52 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 53 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 54 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 1 4 55 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 56 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 57 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 5 21 58 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 59 Corncrake Crex crex 6 26 60 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 61 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 0 0 62 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 8 34 63 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 64 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 65 Crane Grus grus Yes 1 4 66 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 67 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 3 13 68 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 20 86 69 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 7 30 70 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 2 8 71 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 0 0 72 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 4 17 73 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 4 17 74 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 0 0 75 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 7 30 76 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 1 4 77 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 78 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 4 17 79 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 11 47 80 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 81 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 82 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 83 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 0 0 84 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 85 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 86 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 19 82 87 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 88 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 2 8 89 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 2 8 90 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 11 47 91 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 11 47 92 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 93 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 94 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 1 4 95 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 1 4 96 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 5 21 97 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 98 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 19 82 99 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 0 0 100 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 15 65 101 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 1 4 102 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 103 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 9 39 104 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 14 60 105 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 106 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 107 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 108 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 109 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 110 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 17 73 111 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 0 0 112 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 113 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 114 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 2 8 115 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 14 60 116 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 2 8 117 Little Stint Calidris minuta 16 69 118 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 119 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 6 26 120 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 12 52 121 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 3 13 122 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 0 0 123 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 124 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 125 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 126 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 127 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 12 52 128 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 2 8 129 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 0 0 130 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 131 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 9 39 132 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 1 4 133 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 134 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 135 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 136 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 137 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 13 56 138 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 2 8 139 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 140 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 4 17 141 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 6 26 142 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 0 0 143 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 144 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 1 4 145 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 146 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 17 73 147 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 148 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 149 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 150 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 14 60 151 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 2 8 152 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 14 60 153 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 5 21 154 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 12 52 155 Little Auk Alle alle 4 17 156 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 157 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 5 21 158 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 159 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 1 4 160 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 3 13 161 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 162 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 10 43 163 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 164 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 3 13 165 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 0 0 166 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 2 8 167 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 168 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 11 47 169 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 170 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 3 13 171 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 5 21 172 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 173 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 174 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 175 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 0 0 176 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 177 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 2 8 178 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 10 43 179 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 5 21 180 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 0 0 181 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 182 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 183 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 184 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 0 0 185 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 186 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 187 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 0 0 188 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 16 69 189 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 3 13 190 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 13 56 191 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 7 30 192 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 193 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 3 13 194 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 0 0 195 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 13 56 196 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 12 52 197 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 4 17 198 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 1 4 199 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 0 0 200 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 0 0 201 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 4 17 202 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 203 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 204 Barn Owl Tyto alba 10 43 205 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 206 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 207 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 10 43 208 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 209 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 0 0 210 Hoopoe Upupa epops 2 8 211 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 212 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 21 91 213 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 1 4 214 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 215 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 3 13 216 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 217 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 0 0 218 Hobby Falco subbuteo 2 8 219 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 220 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 221 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 222 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 0 0 223 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 224 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 0 0 225 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 0 0 226 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 2 8 227 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 0 0 228 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 229 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 6 26 230 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 231 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 15 65 232 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 0 0 233 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 234 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Yes 0 0 235 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 0 0 236 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 9 39 237 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 0 0 238 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 239 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 0 0 240 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 241 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 0 0 242 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 7 30 243 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 244 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 245 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 4 17 246 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 0 0 247 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 1 4 248 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 0 0 249 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 1 4 250 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 251 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 0 0 252 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 0 0 253 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 254 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 255 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 256 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 0 0 257 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 1 4 258 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 259 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 260 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 261 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 0 0 262 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 2 8 263 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 264 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 265 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 266 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 9 39 267 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 0 0 268 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 269 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 0 0 270 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 271 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 0 0 272 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 273 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 0 0 274 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 275 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 8 282 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 283 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 284 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 16 69 285 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 286 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 0 0 287 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 288 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 1 4 289 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 290 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 6 26 291 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 292 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 0 0 293 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 9 39 294 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 2 8 295 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 296 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 15 65 297 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 0 0 298 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 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 21 91 303 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 16 69 304 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 0 0 305 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 0 0 306 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 307 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 308 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 5 21 309 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 310 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 311 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 312 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 313 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 7 30 314 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 19 82 315 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 8 34 316 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 2 8 317 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 0 0 318 Twite Linaria flavirostris 8 34 319 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 5 21 320 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 0 0 321 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 12 52 322 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 0 0 323 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 3 13 324 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 6 26 325 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 0 0 326 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 19 82 327 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 328 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 2 8 329 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 0 0 330 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 0 0 331 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 4 17 332 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 333 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 334 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 335 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 336 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 337 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 338 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 339 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 340 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 341 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 342 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 343 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 0 0 344 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 345 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 346 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 347 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 348 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 349 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 350 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 351 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 0 0 352 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 2 8 353 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 354 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 355 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 356 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 357 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 1 4 358 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0