Ciara Laverty: Ireland Year List 2022 IRBC, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 347 of 347 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 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 13 40 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 11 34 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis Yes 0 0 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 24 75 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 11 34 8 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 9 28 10 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 11 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 7 21 12 American Wigeon Mareca americana 4 12 13 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 3 9 14 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 18 56 15 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 0 0 16 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 17 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 9 28 18 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 20 62 19 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 13 40 20 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 0 0 21 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 7 21 22 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 14 43 23 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 4 12 24 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 25 78 26 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 19 59 28 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 0 0 29 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 7 21 31 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 10 31 32 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 2 6 33 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 13 40 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 7 21 35 Quail Coturnix coturnix 2 6 36 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 37 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 0 0 38 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 39 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 40 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Yes 0 0 41 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 42 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 43 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 44 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 45 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 23 71 46 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 47 Stock Dove Columba oenas 25 78 48 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 5 15 49 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 50 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 51 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 0 0 52 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 8 25 53 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 54 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 55 Crane Grus grus Yes 0 0 56 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 57 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 7 21 58 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 15 46 59 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 11 34 60 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus Yes 0 0 61 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Yes 0 0 62 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 6 18 63 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 25 78 64 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 8 25 65 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 14 43 66 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 1 3 67 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 68 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 4 12 69 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 70 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 71 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 10 31 72 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus Yes 0 0 73 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 74 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 75 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 27 84 76 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 0 0 77 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 0 0 78 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 79 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 15 46 80 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 81 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 82 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 0 0 83 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 1 3 84 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 85 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 5 15 86 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 13 40 87 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 88 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 89 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 11 34 90 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 17 53 91 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 20 62 92 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 17 53 93 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 27 84 94 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 95 Knot Calidris canutus 27 84 96 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 0 0 97 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 3 9 98 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 99 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 20 62 100 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Yes 5 15 101 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 102 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 103 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 4 12 104 Sanderling Calidris alba 24 75 105 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 24 75 106 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 1 3 107 Little Stint Calidris minuta 14 43 108 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 109 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 3 9 110 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 16 50 111 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 112 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 5 15 113 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 114 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 0 0 115 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 0 0 116 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 117 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 23 71 118 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 6 18 119 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 1 3 120 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 0 0 121 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 122 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 12 37 123 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 0 0 124 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 8 25 125 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 17 53 126 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 127 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 12 37 128 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 129 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 130 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 8 25 131 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 132 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 12 37 133 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 9 28 134 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 0 0 135 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 136 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 17 53 137 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Yes 0 0 138 Vega Gull Larus vegae Yes 0 0 139 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 11 34 140 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 18 56 141 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 0 0 142 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 143 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 144 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 9 28 145 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 17 53 146 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 13 40 147 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 13 40 148 Little Auk Alle alle 5 15 149 Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 150 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 28 87 151 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 13 40 152 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica Yes 1 3 153 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 25 78 154 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Yes 0 0 155 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 5 15 156 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 2 6 157 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 11 34 158 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 159 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 8 25 160 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae Yes 0 0 161 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 7 21 162 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 163 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 14 43 164 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Yes 0 0 165 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 11 34 166 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 7 21 167 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 168 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Yes 0 0 169 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 170 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Yes 0 0 171 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 5 15 172 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 12 37 173 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 14 43 174 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yes 5 15 175 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 176 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 177 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 178 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 0 0 179 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes 0 0 180 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 181 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 5 15 182 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Yes 4 12 183 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11 34 184 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 15 46 185 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Yes 0 0 186 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 0 0 187 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 18 56 188 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 20 62 189 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 12 37 190 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 0 0 191 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Yes 0 0 192 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 1 3 193 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Yes 8 25 194 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Yes 0 0 195 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus Yes 0 0 196 Barn Owl Tyto alba 10 31 197 Little Owl Athene noctua Yes 0 0 198 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 199 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 10 31 200 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 201 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Yes 0 0 202 Hoopoe Upupa epops 1 3 203 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 204 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 205 Bee-eater Merops apiaster Yes 0 0 206 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 0 0 207 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 208 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Yes 0 0 209 Merlin Falco columbarius 24 75 210 Hobby Falco subbuteo 5 15 211 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 212 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 26 81 213 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 2 6 214 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 215 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 6 18 216 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 217 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 0 0 218 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor Yes 0 0 219 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 0 0 220 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 2 6 221 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 222 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 4 12 223 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 224 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 4 12 225 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 226 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Yes 0 0 227 Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Yes 0 0 228 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 16 50 229 Woodlark Lullula arborea Yes 0 0 230 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris Yes 0 0 231 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 0 0 232 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Yes 0 0 233 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 234 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 17 53 235 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 1 3 236 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 237 Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 0 0 238 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 11 34 239 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yes 5 15 240 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Yes 1 3 241 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Yes 0 0 242 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 0 0 243 Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 244 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Yes 0 0 245 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Yes 4 12 246 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 247 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 248 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 249 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Yes 3 9 250 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Yes 0 0 251 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 252 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 253 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 14 43 254 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 0 0 255 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 0 0 256 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 257 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 258 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 259 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 9 28 260 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 1 3 261 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 12 37 262 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 263 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 1 3 264 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 0 0 265 Whitethroat Curruca communis 25 78 266 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Yes 0 0 267 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 268 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 9 28 269 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 270 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus Yes 1 3 271 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 272 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 273 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 274 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 275 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 0 0 276 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 277 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 278 Rufous Bush Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 279 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 280 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Yes 0 0 281 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Yes 0 0 282 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 0 0 283 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 284 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 6 18 285 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 0 0 286 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 3 9 287 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 21 65 288 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 10 31 289 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 290 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 17 53 291 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 1 3 292 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 10 31 293 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 294 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 295 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 0 0 296 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 10 31 297 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 0 0 298 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola Yes 4 12 299 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 300 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 301 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 4 12 302 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Yes 0 0 303 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 304 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 305 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 306 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 11 34 307 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Yes 1 3 308 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 2 6 309 Twite Linaria flavirostris 15 46 310 Common (Mealy) Redpoll Acanthis flammea 4 12 311 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni Yes 2 6 312 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 7 21 313 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 3 9 314 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 20 62 315 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Yes 1 3 316 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 317 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 0 0 318 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Yes 0 0 319 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Yes 0 0 320 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 0 0 321 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 322 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 323 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Yes 0 0 324 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 325 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 326 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 327 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 328 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 5 15 329 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 330 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 331 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 332 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Yes 0 0 333 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 334 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 335 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 336 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 337 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 338 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 339 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 340 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yes 0 0 341 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 342 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 4 12 343 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 344 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 345 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 346 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 347 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0