Niall Griffin: Ireland Year List 2021 IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 339 of 339 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 0 0 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 9 39 3 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 1 4 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 1 4 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 18 78 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 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 6 26 13 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 8 34 15 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 0 0 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 3 13 17 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 4 17 18 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 7 30 19 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 0 0 20 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 15 65 22 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 0 0 23 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 8 34 24 Scaup Aythya marila 12 52 25 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 6 26 26 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 2 8 27 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 3 13 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 5 21 29 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 0 0 30 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 31 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 32 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 15 65 33 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 3 13 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 15 65 35 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 36 Smew Mergellus albellus 3 13 37 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 0 0 38 Goosander Mergus merganser 8 34 39 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 0 0 40 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 6 26 41 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 5 21 42 Quail Coturnix coturnix 0 0 43 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 44 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 0 0 45 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 46 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 47 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 0 0 48 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 49 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 50 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 1 4 51 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 52 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 53 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 5 21 54 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 55 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 16 69 56 Corncrake Crex crex 6 26 57 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 58 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 0 0 59 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 8 34 60 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 61 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 62 Crane Grus grus Yes 1 4 63 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 64 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 3 13 65 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 7 30 66 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 2 8 67 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 0 0 68 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 4 17 69 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 4 17 70 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 0 0 71 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 7 30 72 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 1 4 73 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 74 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 4 17 75 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 11 47 76 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 77 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 78 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 79 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 0 0 80 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 81 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 82 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 83 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 2 8 84 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 2 8 85 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 11 47 86 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 11 47 87 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 88 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 89 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 1 4 90 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 1 4 91 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 5 21 92 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 93 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 0 0 94 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 1 4 95 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 96 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 8 34 97 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 98 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 99 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 100 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 101 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 102 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 0 0 103 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 104 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 105 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 2 8 106 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 14 60 107 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 2 8 108 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 109 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 12 52 110 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 0 0 111 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 112 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 113 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 114 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 115 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 2 8 116 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 0 0 117 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 118 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 9 39 119 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 1 4 120 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 121 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 122 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 123 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 124 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 13 56 125 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 2 8 126 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 127 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 4 17 128 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 6 26 129 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 0 0 130 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 131 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 12 52 132 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 1 4 133 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 134 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 13 56 135 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 136 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 137 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 138 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 2 8 139 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 14 60 140 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 5 21 141 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 12 52 142 Little Auk Alle alle 4 17 143 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 144 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 0 0 145 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 1 4 146 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 3 13 147 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 148 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 10 43 149 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 150 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 3 13 151 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 0 0 152 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 2 8 153 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 154 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 11 47 155 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 156 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 3 13 157 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 5 21 158 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 159 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 160 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 161 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 0 0 162 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 163 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 2 8 164 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 5 21 165 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 0 0 166 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 167 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 168 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 169 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 0 0 170 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 171 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 172 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 0 0 173 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 13 56 174 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 16 69 175 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 3 13 176 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 13 56 177 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 7 30 178 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 179 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes 3 13 180 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 0 0 181 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 13 56 182 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 12 52 183 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 4 17 184 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 1 4 185 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 0 0 186 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 0 0 187 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 4 17 188 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 189 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 190 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 191 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 192 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 11 47 193 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 10 43 194 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 195 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 0 0 196 Hoopoe Upupa epops 2 8 197 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 198 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 1 4 199 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 200 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 3 13 201 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 202 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 0 0 203 Merlin Falco columbarius 16 69 204 Hobby Falco subbuteo 2 8 205 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 206 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 207 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 208 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 0 0 209 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 210 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 0 0 211 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 0 0 212 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 2 8 213 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 0 0 214 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 215 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 216 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 0 0 217 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 218 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Yes 0 0 219 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 0 0 220 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 9 39 221 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 0 0 222 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 223 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 5 21 224 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 0 0 225 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 226 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 0 0 227 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 7 30 228 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 229 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 230 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 4 17 231 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 0 0 232 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 1 4 233 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 0 0 234 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 1 4 235 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 236 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 0 0 237 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 0 0 238 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 239 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 240 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 241 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 0 0 242 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 1 4 243 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 244 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 245 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 246 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 0 0 247 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 2 8 248 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 249 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 250 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 251 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 9 39 252 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 0 0 253 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 10 43 254 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 255 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 0 0 256 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 257 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 0 0 258 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 259 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 0 0 260 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 261 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 262 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 263 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 264 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 265 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 266 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 267 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 18 78 268 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 2 8 269 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 270 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 271 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 272 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 0 0 273 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 274 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 1 4 275 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 276 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 6 26 277 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 278 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 0 0 279 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 9 39 280 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 2 8 281 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 282 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 0 0 283 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 0 0 284 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 285 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 286 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 287 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 8 34 288 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 0 0 289 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 0 0 290 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 291 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 292 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 5 21 293 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 294 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 295 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 296 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 297 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 7 30 298 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 8 34 299 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 2 8 300 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 0 0 301 Twite Linaria flavirostris 8 34 302 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 5 21 303 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 0 0 304 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 12 52 305 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 0 0 306 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 3 13 307 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 6 26 308 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 0 0 309 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 310 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 2 8 311 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 0 0 312 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 0 0 313 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 314 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 315 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 316 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 317 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 318 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 319 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 320 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 321 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 322 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 323 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 324 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 0 0 325 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 326 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 327 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 328 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 329 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 330 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 331 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 332 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 0 0 333 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 2 8 334 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 335 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 336 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 337 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 338 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 1 4 339 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0