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