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