David Stirling: Ireland Life List IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 254 of 254 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 14 13 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 75 73 3 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 52 50 4 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Yes 18 17 5 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 6 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 70 68 7 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 17 16 8 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 43 42 9 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 44 43 10 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 6 5 11 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 44 43 12 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 31 30 13 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 14 13 14 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 31 30 15 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 42 41 16 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 26 25 17 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 33 32 18 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 54 52 19 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 38 37 20 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 35 34 21 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 22 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 26 25 23 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 9 8 24 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 25 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 31 30 26 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 27 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 28 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 60 58 29 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 17 16 30 Corncrake Crex crex 59 57 31 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 12 11 32 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 17 16 33 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 44 43 34 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 35 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 6 5 36 Crane Grus grus Yes 51 50 37 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 35 34 38 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 36 35 39 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 51 50 40 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 37 36 41 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 15 14 42 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 37 36 43 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 3 2 44 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 18 17 45 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 33 32 46 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 15 14 47 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 9 8 48 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 6 5 49 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 62 60 50 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 46 45 51 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 2 1 52 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 53 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 54 52 54 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 50 49 55 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 33 32 56 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 59 57 57 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 31 30 58 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 35 34 59 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 65 63 60 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 61 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 26 25 62 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 42 41 63 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 38 37 64 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 34 33 65 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 8 7 66 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 18 17 67 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 60 58 68 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 57 55 69 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 31 30 70 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 64 62 71 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 70 68 72 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 29 28 73 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 53 51 74 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 75 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 29 28 76 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 22 21 77 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 10 9 78 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 50 49 79 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 45 44 80 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 32 31 81 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 48 47 82 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 14 13 83 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 8 7 84 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 26 25 85 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 46 45 86 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 39 38 87 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 53 51 88 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 30 29 89 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 43 42 90 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 5 4 91 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 34 33 92 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 26 25 93 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 3 2 94 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 57 55 95 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 1 0 96 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 45 44 97 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 25 24 98 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 47 46 99 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 3 2 100 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 1 0 101 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 53 51 102 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 22 21 103 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 62 60 104 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 2 1 105 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 1 0 106 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 61 59 107 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 12 11 108 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 109 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 110 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 14 13 111 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 42 41 112 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 33 32 113 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 28 27 114 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 115 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 26 25 116 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 57 55 117 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 20 19 118 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 17 16 119 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 41 40 120 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 51 50 121 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 5 4 122 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 29 28 123 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 35 34 124 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 24 23 125 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 57 55 126 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 127 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 32 31 128 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 129 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 13 12 130 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 34 33 131 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 132 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 29 28 133 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 22 21 134 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 52 50 135 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 7 6 136 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 45 44 137 Hobby Falco subbuteo 64 62 138 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 22 21 139 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 10 9 140 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 2 1 141 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 49 48 142 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 18 17 143 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 25 24 144 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 16 15 145 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 14 13 146 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 53 51 147 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 24 23 148 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 19 18 149 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 150 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Yes 0 0 151 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 29 28 152 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 8 7 153 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 21 20 154 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 43 42 155 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 40 39 156 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 10 9 157 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 52 50 158 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 28 27 159 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 32 31 160 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 34 33 161 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 27 26 162 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 12 11 163 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 164 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 27 26 165 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 31 30 166 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 8 7 167 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 4 3 168 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 24 23 169 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 26 25 170 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 38 37 171 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 22 21 172 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 2 1 173 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 41 40 174 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 30 29 175 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 2 1 176 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 29 28 177 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 1 0 178 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 43 42 179 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 64 62 180 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 15 14 181 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 33 32 182 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 3 2 183 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 11 10 184 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 185 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 186 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 25 24 187 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 16 15 188 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 28 27 189 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 10 9 190 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 7 6 191 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 192 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 193 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 194 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 4 3 195 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 25 24 196 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 36 35 197 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 44 43 198 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 8 7 199 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 3 2 200 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 28 27 201 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 10 9 202 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 25 24 203 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 28 27 204 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 25 24 205 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 21 20 206 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 18 17 207 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 26 25 208 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 38 37 209 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 36 35 210 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 27 26 211 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 50 49 212 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 12 11 213 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 3 2 214 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 29 28 215 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 32 31 216 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 64 62 217 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 51 50 218 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 40 39 219 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 31 30 220 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 14 13 221 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 23 22 222 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 54 52 223 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 15 14 224 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 16 15 225 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 25 24 226 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 1 0 227 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 30 29 228 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 1 0 229 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 26 25 230 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 231 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 7 6 232 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 19 18 233 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 19 18 234 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 20 19 235 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 28 27 236 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 3 2 237 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 6 5 238 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 21 20 239 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 16 15 240 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 17 16 241 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 6 5 242 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 15 14 243 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 5 4 244 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 22 21 245 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 10 9 246 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 247 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 26 25 248 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 30 29 249 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 31 30 250 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 21 20 251 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 8 7 252 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 25 24 253 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 20 19 254 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 3 2