Des Higgins: Ireland Year List 2022 IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 273 of 273 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 7 21 3 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Yes 0 0 4 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 5 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 28 6 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 4 12 7 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 8 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 7 21 9 American Wigeon Mareca americana 4 12 10 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 3 9 11 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 0 0 12 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 13 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 13 40 14 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 0 0 15 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 14 43 16 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 17 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 18 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 0 0 19 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 20 Smew Mergellus albellus 7 21 21 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 2 6 22 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 7 21 23 Quail Coturnix coturnix 2 6 24 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 25 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 0 0 26 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 27 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 28 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 0 0 29 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 30 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 31 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 32 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 33 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 34 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 5 15 35 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 36 Corncrake Crex crex 5 15 37 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 38 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 0 0 39 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 8 25 40 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 41 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 42 Crane Grus grus Yes 0 0 43 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 44 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 7 21 45 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 15 46 46 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 11 34 47 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 0 0 48 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 0 0 49 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 6 18 50 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 8 25 51 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 1 3 52 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 53 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 4 12 54 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 14 43 55 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 56 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 57 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 0 0 58 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 59 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 60 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 61 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 0 0 62 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 63 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 15 46 64 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 16 50 65 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 66 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 67 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 0 0 68 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 1 3 69 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 70 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 5 15 71 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 13 40 72 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 73 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 74 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 17 53 75 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 76 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 77 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 78 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 5 15 79 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 80 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 81 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 4 12 82 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 1 3 83 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 84 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 3 9 85 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 86 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 5 15 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 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 6 18 92 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 1 3 93 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 0 0 94 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 95 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 0 0 96 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 8 25 97 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 98 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 99 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 100 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 8 25 101 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 102 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 9 28 103 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 0 0 104 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 105 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 0 0 106 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 107 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 11 34 108 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 109 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 110 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 111 Little Auk Alle alle 5 15 112 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 113 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 13 40 114 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 1 3 115 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 0 0 116 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 2 6 117 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 118 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 0 0 119 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 120 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 121 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 122 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 123 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 124 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 0 0 125 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 126 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 127 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 128 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 0 0 129 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 130 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 131 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 5 15 132 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 4 12 133 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11 34 134 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 135 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 0 0 136 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 12 37 137 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 0 0 138 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 0 0 139 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 1 3 140 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 8 25 141 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 142 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 143 Barn Owl Tyto alba 10 31 144 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 145 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 146 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 18 56 147 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 10 31 148 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 149 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 0 0 150 Hoopoe Upupa epops 1 3 151 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 152 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 153 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 154 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 0 0 155 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 156 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 0 0 157 Hobby Falco subbuteo 5 15 158 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 159 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 2 6 160 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 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 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 0 0 165 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 166 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 4 12 167 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 168 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 4 12 169 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 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 0 0 175 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 0 0 176 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 177 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 1 3 178 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 179 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 180 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 1 3 181 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 0 0 182 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus 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 4 12 186 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 3 9 190 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 0 0 191 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 192 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 193 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 0 0 194 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 0 0 195 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 196 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 197 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 198 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 9 28 199 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 1 3 200 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 201 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 202 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 0 0 203 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 204 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 205 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 1 3 206 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 207 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 208 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 209 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 210 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 211 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 212 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 16 50 213 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 214 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 215 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 216 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 0 0 217 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 218 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 0 0 219 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 220 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 6 18 221 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 222 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 223 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 1 3 224 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 225 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 226 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 227 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 0 0 228 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 229 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 230 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 4 12 231 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 232 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 233 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 234 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 235 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 11 34 236 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 1 3 237 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 2 6 238 Twite Linaria flavirostris 15 46 239 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 4 12 240 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 2 6 241 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 19 59 242 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 3 9 243 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 1 3 244 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 245 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 0 0 246 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 0 0 247 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 0 0 248 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 0 0 249 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 250 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 251 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 252 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 253 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 254 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 255 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 256 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 257 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 258 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 259 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 0 0 260 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 261 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 262 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 263 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 264 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 265 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 266 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 267 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 0 0 268 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 269 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 270 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 271 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 272 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 273 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0