Al McNee: Scotland Year List 2023 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 353 of 353 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 1 5 2 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 1 5 3 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 0 0 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 2 11 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 2 11 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 1 5 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 9 50 8 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 0 0 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 1 5 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 2 11 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 4 22 12 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 13 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 0 0 14 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 15 American Wigeon Mareca americana 3 16 16 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 0 0 17 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 1 5 18 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 0 0 19 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 20 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 0 0 21 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 2 11 22 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 23 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 6 33 24 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 0 0 25 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 7 38 26 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 0 0 27 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 0 0 28 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 29 Smew Mergellus albellus 7 38 30 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 0 0 31 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 0 0 32 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 1 5 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 11 61 34 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 0 0 35 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 0 0 36 Quail Coturnix coturnix 5 27 37 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 38 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 2 11 39 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 40 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 41 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 6 33 42 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 0 0 43 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 1 5 44 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 45 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 0 0 46 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 47 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 0 0 48 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 0 0 49 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 50 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 51 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 52 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 3 16 53 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 1 5 54 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 0 0 55 Corncrake Crex crex 2 11 56 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 57 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 1 5 58 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 59 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 60 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 61 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 62 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 0 0 63 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 0 0 64 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 0 0 65 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 10 55 66 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 2 11 67 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 1 5 68 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 4 22 69 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 1 5 70 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 3 16 71 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 72 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 73 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 74 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 0 0 75 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 76 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons 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 0 0 80 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 81 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 0 0 82 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 1 5 83 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 1 5 84 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 85 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 86 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 87 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 0 0 88 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 2 11 89 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 3 16 90 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 0 0 91 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 0 0 92 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 93 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 94 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 0 0 95 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 2 11 96 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 3 16 97 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 0 0 98 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 99 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 1 5 100 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 2 11 101 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 2 11 102 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 103 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 1 5 104 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 1 5 105 Little Stint Calidris minuta 5 27 106 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 0 0 107 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 0 0 108 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 109 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 0 0 110 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 111 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum 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 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 116 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 5 27 117 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 0 0 118 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 0 0 119 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 120 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 2 11 121 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 3 16 122 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 123 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 3 16 124 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 125 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 126 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 127 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 1 5 128 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 129 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 3 16 130 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 131 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 2 11 132 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 0 0 133 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 134 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 135 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 2 11 136 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 2 11 137 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 3 16 138 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 4 22 139 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 140 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 3 16 141 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 4 22 142 Little Auk Alle alle 5 27 143 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 144 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 0 0 145 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 146 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 147 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 148 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 149 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 2 11 150 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 0 0 151 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 0 0 152 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 3 16 153 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 154 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 1 5 155 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 1 5 156 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 157 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 158 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 0 0 159 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 4 22 160 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 161 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 162 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 1 5 163 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 0 0 164 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 0 0 165 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 166 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 167 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 0 0 168 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 0 0 169 Black Kite Milvus migrans 0 0 170 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 0 0 171 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 172 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 173 Little Owl Athene noctua 0 0 174 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 175 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 176 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 1 5 177 Hoopoe Upupa epops 1 5 178 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 1 5 179 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 180 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 181 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 0 0 182 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 2 11 183 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 0 0 184 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 7 38 185 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 186 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 187 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 0 0 188 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 189 Hobby Falco subbuteo 3 16 190 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 191 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 192 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 193 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 1 5 194 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 195 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 1 5 196 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 197 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 1 5 198 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 1 5 199 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 0 0 200 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 1 5 201 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 0 0 202 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 203 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 0 0 204 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 1 5 205 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 206 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 1 5 207 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 2 11 208 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 0 0 209 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 2 11 210 Woodlark Lullula arborea 0 0 211 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 212 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 1 5 213 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 214 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 0 0 215 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 0 0 216 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 217 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 0 0 218 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 0 0 219 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 220 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 0 0 221 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 222 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 1 5 223 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 2 11 224 Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi 0 0 225 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 1 5 226 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 0 0 227 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 228 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 0 0 229 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 230 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 0 0 231 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 232 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 0 0 233 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 2 11 234 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 6 33 235 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 1 5 236 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 0 0 237 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 0 0 238 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 239 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 1 5 240 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 241 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 0 0 242 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 1 5 243 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Yes 0 0 244 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Yes 1 5 245 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 1 5 246 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 247 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 248 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 249 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 250 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 251 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 0 0 252 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 1 5 253 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 0 0 254 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 255 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 256 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 0 0 257 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 258 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 1 5 259 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 10 55 260 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 261 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 0 0 262 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 263 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 1 5 264 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 265 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 0 0 266 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 267 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 0 0 268 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 269 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 0 0 270 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 8 44 271 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 0 0 272 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 273 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 274 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 275 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 276 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 277 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 278 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 1 5 279 Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Yes 0 0 280 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 281 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 282 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 283 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 1 5 284 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 2 11 285 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 2 11 286 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 287 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 288 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 1 5 289 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 0 0 290 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 0 0 291 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 292 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 2 11 293 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 0 0 294 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 295 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 296 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 297 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 7 38 298 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 1 5 299 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 0 0 300 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 0 0 301 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 0 0 302 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 0 0 303 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 0 0 304 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 305 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 306 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 307 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 308 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 1 5 309 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 1 5 310 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 4 22 311 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 0 0 312 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 0 0 313 Serin Serinus serinus 0 0 314 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 1 5 315 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 316 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 317 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 0 0 318 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 0 0 319 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 0 0 320 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 321 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 322 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 1 5 323 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 324 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila Yes 0 0 325 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 326 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 0 0 327 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 328 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 329 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 2 11 330 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 331 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 332 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 0 0 333 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 334 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 335 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 336 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 337 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 338 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 339 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 340 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 341 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 342 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 343 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 344 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 345 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 346 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 0 0 347 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 348 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 349 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 350 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 0 0 351 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 352 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 353 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0