Des Higgins: Ireland Year List 2021 IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 305 of 305 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 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 0 0 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 6 26 12 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 8 34 14 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 0 0 15 American Wigeon Mareca americana 3 13 16 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 4 17 17 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 7 30 18 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 0 0 19 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 20 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 0 0 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 8 34 22 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 6 26 23 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 2 8 24 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 3 13 25 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 5 21 26 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 0 0 27 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 28 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 29 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 3 13 30 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 3 13 32 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 0 0 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 8 34 34 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 0 0 35 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 6 26 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 5 21 37 Quail Coturnix coturnix 0 0 38 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 39 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 0 0 40 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 41 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 42 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 0 0 43 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 44 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 45 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 46 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 47 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 48 Corncrake Crex crex 6 26 49 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 50 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 0 0 51 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 52 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 53 Crane Grus grus Yes 1 4 54 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 55 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 3 13 56 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 7 30 57 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 2 8 58 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 0 0 59 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 4 17 60 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 0 0 61 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 7 30 62 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 1 4 63 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 64 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 4 17 65 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 11 47 66 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 67 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 68 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 69 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 0 0 70 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 71 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 72 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 73 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 2 8 74 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 2 8 75 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 11 47 76 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 11 47 77 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 78 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 79 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 1 4 80 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 1 4 81 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 82 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 0 0 83 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 15 65 84 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 1 4 85 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 86 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 8 34 87 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 14 60 88 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 89 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 90 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 91 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 92 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 93 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 0 0 94 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 95 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 96 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 2 8 97 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 2 8 98 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 99 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 12 52 100 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 0 0 101 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 102 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 103 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 104 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 105 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 2 8 106 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 0 0 107 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 108 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 1 4 109 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 10 43 110 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 111 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 112 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 113 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 114 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 2 8 115 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 116 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 4 17 117 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 0 0 118 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 119 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 12 52 120 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 1 4 121 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 122 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 13 56 123 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 124 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 125 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 126 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 2 8 127 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 5 21 128 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 129 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 5 21 130 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 131 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 1 4 132 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 3 13 133 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 134 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 135 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 3 13 136 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 0 0 137 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 2 8 138 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 139 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 140 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 3 13 141 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 142 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 143 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 144 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 0 0 145 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 146 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 2 8 147 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 10 43 148 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 0 0 149 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 150 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 151 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 152 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 0 0 153 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 154 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 155 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 0 0 156 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 7 30 157 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 158 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 3 13 159 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 0 0 160 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 1 4 161 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 0 0 162 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 0 0 163 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 164 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 165 Barn Owl Tyto alba 10 43 166 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 167 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 168 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 11 47 169 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 170 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 0 0 171 Hoopoe Upupa epops 2 8 172 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 173 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 1 4 174 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 175 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 3 13 176 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 177 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 0 0 178 Hobby Falco subbuteo 2 8 179 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 180 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 181 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 182 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 0 0 183 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 184 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 0 0 185 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 0 0 186 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 2 8 187 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 0 0 188 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 189 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 6 26 190 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 191 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 0 0 192 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 193 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Yes 0 0 194 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 0 0 195 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 0 0 196 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 197 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 5 21 198 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 0 0 199 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 200 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 0 0 201 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 202 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 203 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 4 17 204 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 0 0 205 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 0 0 206 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 1 4 207 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 208 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 0 0 209 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 0 0 210 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 211 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 212 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 213 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 0 0 214 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 1 4 215 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 216 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 217 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 218 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 0 0 219 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 220 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 221 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 16 69 222 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 223 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 9 39 224 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 0 0 225 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 226 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 0 0 227 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 228 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 0 0 229 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 230 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 0 0 231 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 18 78 232 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 233 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 234 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 235 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 236 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 237 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 238 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 239 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 18 78 240 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 2 8 241 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 242 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 243 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 244 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 0 0 245 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 246 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 247 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 248 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 0 0 249 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 2 8 250 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 251 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 0 0 252 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 0 0 253 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 254 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 255 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 256 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 16 69 257 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 0 0 258 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 0 0 259 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 260 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 261 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 262 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 263 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 264 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 265 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 7 30 266 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 8 34 267 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 2 8 268 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 0 0 269 Twite Linaria flavirostris 8 34 270 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 0 0 271 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 12 52 272 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 0 0 273 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 3 13 274 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 6 26 275 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 0 0 276 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 277 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 2 8 278 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 0 0 279 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 0 0 280 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 4 17 281 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 282 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 283 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 284 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 285 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 286 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 287 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 288 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 289 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 290 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 291 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 292 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 0 0 293 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 294 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 295 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 296 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 297 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 298 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 299 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 300 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 0 0 301 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 302 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 303 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 304 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 305 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0