The British List
The list of bird species recorded in Britain
The latest list includes all species - 628 as at 14 June 2022 - recorded in a wild, or apparently wild, state in Britain, as recognised by the British Ornithologists' Union (BOU).
- See the BOU's latest (10th) edition of The Checklist of Birds of Britain.
Their list is divided into six categories: A, B, C, D, E and F. The ABC category shows the species that have self-sustaining populations in Britain which may be either native to Britain or have been introduced to it or have colonised it.
Species in category D may belong to ABC but it can't be proven yet, while category E is a list of escaped birds and category F are fossilised species.
- The Irish Rare Birds Committee maintains a separate list for species occurring in Ireland.
- The IOC maintains its own list for birds across the globe.
BTO supports the taxonomic listing recommended by the British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) in its British List and use it in our work. We also use that list to create a bird species table of our own to help people access key parts of the British List and our own BirdFacts data.
PLEASE NOTE: The table below is based on the BOU's 9th edition of the British List published in 2020.
In addition to the common and scientific names, the table indicates its status in Britain and BTO 2 letter and 5 letter codes. Population size is given for the breeding season (unless this is small, or the species only occurs in winter, in which case the winter or, where appropriate, passage population is given). All estimates are per year, except those where the total number of Records (since 1950) is indicated.
Clicking on the species name will take you through to the relevant BirdFacts species page for more information on the species.
- View more information on the order of bird species used, and why it changes.
- of the book Silent Summer also discusses some of the factors affecting our bird populations.
Chapter 17
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Capercaillie | Tetrao urogallus | Re-introduced Breeder | 1,000 - 10,000 Adults | CP | CAPER |
Black Grouse | Lyrurus tetrix | Resident Breeder | 1,000 - 10,000 Males | BK | BLAGR |
Ptarmigan | Lagopus muta | Resident Breeder | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | PM | PTARM |
Red Grouse | Lagopus lagopus | Resident Breeder | 100,000 - 500,000 Pairs | RG | REDGR |
Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa | Introduced Breeder | 10,000 - 100,000 Territories | RL | RELPA |
Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix | Resident/Introduced Breeder | 10,000 - 100,000 Territories | P. | GREPA |
Quail | Coturnix coturnix | Migrant Breeder | 500 - 1000 Males | Q. | QUAIL |
Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced Breeder | 4 million Birds | PH | PHEAS |
Golden Pheasant | Chrysolophus pictus | Introduced Breeder | 100-500 Pairs | GF | GOLPH |
Lady Amherst’s Pheasant | Chrysolophus amherstiae | Introduced Breeder | 1-10 Males | LM | LAAPH |
Brent Goose | Branta bernicla | Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Birds | BG | BREGO |
Red-breasted Goose | Branta ruficollis | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | EB | REBGO |
Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Introduced Breeder, Accidental | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | CG | CANGO |
Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | LQ | |
Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | Escaped Breeder, Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Birds | BY | BARGO |
Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | SJ | SNOGO |
Greylag Goose | Anser anser | Introduced/Resident Breeder, Winter Migrant | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | GJ | GREGO |
Taiga Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | Winter Migrant | 100-500 Birds | XF | |
Tundra Bean Goose | Anser serrirostris | Winter Migrant | 100-500 Birds | XR | |
Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus | Winter Migrant | 500,000 - 1 million Birds | PG | PIFGO |
White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | Winter Migrant | 10,000 - 100,000 Birds | WG | WHFGO |
Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | Accidental | 100-500 Records | LC | LWFGO |
Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Resident/Introduced Breeder | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | MS | MUTSW |
Bewick's Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Winter Migrant | 1,000 - 10,000 Birds | BS | BEWSW |
Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | Scarce Breeder, Winter Migrant | 10,000 - 100,000 Birds | WS | WHOSW |
Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Introduced Breeder | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | EG | EGYGO |
Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | SU | SHELD |
Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | Escaped, Former Visitor (Last Record 1946) | 1-10 Records | UD | RUDSH |
Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | Introduced Breeder | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | MN | MANDA |
Baikal Teal | Sibirionetta formosa | Accidental | 1-10 Records | IK | BAITE |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 100-500 Pairs | GY | GARGA |
Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Scarce Visitor | 100-500 Records | TB | BLWTE |
Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Migrant Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 500 - 1000 Pairs | SV | SHOVE |
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | GA | GADWA |
Falcated Duck | Mareca falcata | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Wigeon | Mareca penelope | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Birds | WN | WIGEO |
American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | AW | AMEWI |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Introduced/Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Pairs | MA | MALLA |
American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | BD | BLADU |
Pintail | Anas acuta | Resident/Migrant Breeder, Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Birds | PT | PINTA |
Teal | Anas crecca | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | T. | TEAL. |
Green-winged Teal | Anas carolinensis | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | TA | GRWTE |
Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | Escaped Breeder, Scarce Visitor | 500 - 1000 Birds | RQ | RECPO |
Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | Accidental | 1-10 Records | VB | |
Redhead | Aythya americana | Accidental | 1-10 Records | AZ | |
Pochard | Aythya ferina | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Birds | PO | POCHA |
Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Accidental | 1-10 Birds | FD | FERDU |
Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | NG | RINDU |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | TU | TUFDU |
Scaup | Aythya marila | Scarce Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Birds | SP | SCAUP |
Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Scarce Visitor | 1-10 Birds | AY | |
Steller’s Eider | Polysticta stelleri | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | ES | STEEI |
King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | Accidental | 100-500 Records | KE | KINEI |
Eider | Somateria mollissima | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | E. | EIDER |
Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | HQ | HARDU |
Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | FS | SURSC |
Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | Passage/Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Birds | VS | VELSC |
White-winged Scoter | Melanitta deglandi | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | Resident/Migrant Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Birds | CX | COMSC |
Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | DX | BLASC |
Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Scarce Breeder, Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Birds | LN | LOTDU |
Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | VH | BUFFL |
Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 100-500 Females | GN | GOLDE |
Barrow’s Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica | Accidental | 1-10 Records | VG | BRWGO |
Smew | Mergellus albellus | Winter Visitor | 100-500 Birds | SY | SMEW. |
Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Goosander | Mergus merganser | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | GD | GOOSA |
Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | RM | REBME |
Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Introduced Breeder | 10 - 100 Birds | RY | RUDDU |
Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | COMNI | |
Red-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus ruficollis | Not Recorded since 1856 | RENNI | ||
Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Males | NJ | NIJAR |
Egyptian Nightjar | Caprimulgus aegyptius | Accidental | 1-10 Records | EGYNI | |
White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | NI | NETSW |
Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | CHISW | |
Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | AI | ALPSW |
Swift | Apus apus | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | SI | SWIFT |
Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | II | PALSW |
Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | PACSW | |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | LITSW | |
White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | Reported, but does not occur | 0 Records | RUTHU | |
Great Bustard | Otis tarda | Re-introduced Breeder, Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | US | GREBU |
Macqueen’s Bustard | Chlamydotis macqueenii | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | LITBS | |
Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | UK | GRSCU |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | YEBCU | |
Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | BLBCU | |
Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | CK | CUCKO |
Pallas’s Sandgrouse | Syrrhaptes paradoxus | Accidental, Has Bred | 1-10 Records | PALSA | |
Rock Dove | Columba livia | Resident Breeder | 500,000 - 1 million Pairs | DV | ROCDO |
Stock Dove | Columba oenas | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Territories | SD | STODO |
Woodpigeon | Columba palumbus | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 5.3 million Pairs | WP | WOODP |
Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Territories | TD | TURDO |
Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | RUTDO | |
Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Resident Breeder | 500,000 - 1 million Pairs | CD | COLDO |
Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Territories | WA | WATRA |
Corncrake | Crex crex | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Males | CE | CORNC |
Little Crake | Porzana parva | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | JC | LITCR |
Baillon’s Crake | Porzana pusilla | Occasional Breeder, Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | VC | BAICR |
Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | Scarce Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10 - 100 Males | AK | SPOCR |
Sora | Porzana carolina | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | JR | SORA. |
Western Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | Accidental | 1-10 Records | PURSW | |
Allen’s Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ALLGA | |
American Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | Accidental | 1-10 Records | AMPGA | |
Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Territories | MH | MOORH |
Coot | Fulica atra | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | CO | COOT. |
American Coot | Fulica americana | Accidental | 1-10 Records | AO | AMECO |
Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | Accidental | 1-10 Records | SANCR | |
Crane | Grus grus | Resident/Re-introduced Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10 - 100 Pairs | AN | CRANE |
Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | LG | LITGR |
Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | PJ | PIBGR |
Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | Scarce Breeder, Winter Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | RX | RENGR |
Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | GG | GRCGR |
Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 10 - 100 Pairs | SZ | SLAGR |
Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 10 - 100 Pairs | BN | BLNGR |
Stone-curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus | Migrant Breeder | 100-500 Pairs | TN | STOCU |
Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Pairs | OC | OYSTE |
Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Scarce Visitor, Has Bred | 100-500 Records | IT | BLWST |
Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | AV | AVOCE |
Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Pairs | L. | LAPWI |
Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | IP | SOCPL |
White-tailed Lapwing | Vanellus leucurus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | WHTPL | |
Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | GP | GOLPL |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | IF | PAGPL |
American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | ID | AMGPL |
Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Passage/Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Birds | GV | GREPL |
Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | RP | RINPL |
Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | TV | SEMPL |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | LP | LIRPL |
Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | KL | KILLD |
Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | Former Breeder, Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | KP | KENPL |
Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | DQ | |
Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | DP | GRSPL |
Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | CASPL | |
Dotterel | Charadrius morinellus | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 500 - 1000 Males | DO | DOTTE |
Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | UP | UPLSA |
Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 500 - 1000 Pairs | WM | WHIMB |
Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | LITWH | |
Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | Extinct (1963), Last Record 1887 | ESKCU | ||
Curlew | Numenius arquata | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | CU | CURLE |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Passage/Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Birds | BA | BATGO |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Migrant Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 100-500 Pairs | BW | BLTGO |
Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Accidental | 1-10 Records | HU | HUDGO |
Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Scarce Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Birds | TT | TURNS |
Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Accidental | 1-10 Records | KO | |
Knot | Calidris canutus | Passage/Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Birds | KN | KNOT. |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Scarce Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 500 - 1000 Birds | RU | RUFF. |
Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Accidental | 100-500 Records | OA | BRBSA |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | VV | SHTSA |
Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | MI | STISA |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Passage Visitor | 500 - 1000 Birds | CV | CURSA |
Temminck’s Stint | Calidris temminckii | Scarce Breeder, Passage Visitor | 100-500 Birds | TK | TEMST |
Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | Accidental | 1-10 Records | LOTST | |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Sanderling | Calidris alba | Passage/Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Birds | SS | SANDE |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Migrant Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | DN | DUNLI |
Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | Scarce Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Birds | PS | PURSA |
Baird’s Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Accidental | 100-500 Records | BP | BAISA |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Passage Visitor | 500 - 1000 Birds | LX | LITST |
Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | EP | LEASA |
White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | WU | WHRSA |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | BQ | BUBSA |
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Scarce Visitor, Has probably bred | 100-500 Birds | PP | PECSA |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Scarce Visitor | 100-500 Records | PZ | SEMSA |
Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ER | WESSA |
Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Accidental | 100-500 Records | LD | LOBDO |
Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | SHBDO | |
Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Males | WK | WOODC |
Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | Passage/Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Birds | JS | JACSN |
Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Accidental | 100-500 Records | DS | GRESN |
Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | SN | SNIPE |
Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | TR | TERSA |
Wilson’s Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Accidental | 100-500 Records | WF | WILPH |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10 - 100 Males | NK | RENPH |
Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Passage Visitor | 100-500 Birds | PL | GREPH |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Migrant Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | CS | COMSA |
Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Accidental, Has Bred | 100-500 Records | PQ | SPOSA |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Scarce Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | GE | GRESA | |
Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | I. | SOLSA |
Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Accidental | 1-10 Records | YT | |
Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Accidental | 100-500 Records | LY | LESYE |
Redshank | Tringa totanus | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | RK | REDSH |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Accidental | 100-500 Records | MD | MARSA |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Scarce Breeder, Passage Visitor | OD | WOOSA | |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Passage/Winter Visitor | 100-500 Birds | DR | SPORE |
Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | GK | GRESH |
Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | LZ | GREYE |
Cream-coloured Courser | Cursorius cursor | Accidental | 1-10 Records | CRCCO | |
Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Records | KM | COLPR |
Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | Accidental | 1-10 Records | GM | |
Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | KW | BLWPR |
Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Pairs | KI | KITTI |
Ivory Gull | Pagophila eburnea | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | IV | IVOGU |
Sabine’s Gull | Xema sabini | Passage Visitor | 100-500 Birds | AB | SABGU |
Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | EI | SLEGU |
Bonaparte’s Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | Accidental | 100-500 Records | ON | BONGU |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Pairs | BH | BLHGU |
Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | Scarce Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | LU | LITGU | |
Ross’s Gull | Rhodostethia rosea | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | QG | ROSGU |
Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Accidental | 100-500 Records | LF | LAUGU |
Franklin’s Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | FG | FRAGU |
Audouin's Gull | Ichthyaetus audouinii | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 500 - 1000 Pairs | MU | MEDGU |
Great Black-headed Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | Not Recorded since 1859 | GBHGU | ||
Common Gull | Larus canus | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | CM | COMGU |
Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | IN | RIBGU |
Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | GB | GBBGU |
Glaucous-winged Gull | Larus glaucescens | Accidental | 1-10 Records | GLWGU | |
Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | Winter Visitor | 100-500 Birds | GZ | GLAGU |
Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | Winter Visitor | 100-500 Birds | IG | ICEGU |
Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Pairs | HG | HERGU |
American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | ||
Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | Scarce Visitor | 100-500 Birds | YC | CASGU |
Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | Scarce Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 500 - 1000 Birds | YG | YELGU |
Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Pairs | LB | LBBGU |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Scarce Visitor, Has Bred | 100-500 Records | TG | GUBTE |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Accidental | 100-500 Records | CJ | CASTE |
Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | QT | ROYTE |
Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Accidental | 1-10 Records | TF | LECTE |
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | TE | SANTE |
Cabot's Tern | Thalasseus acuflavidus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Elegant Tern | Thalasseus elegans | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ELETE | |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | AF | LITTE |
Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Aleutian Tern | Onychoprion aleuticus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ALETE | |
Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | BRITE | |
Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | SOOTE | |
Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10 - 100 Pairs | RS | ROSTE |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | CN | COMTE |
Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | AE | ARCTE |
Forster’s Tern | Sterna forsteri | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | FO | FORTE |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Accidental | 100-500 Records | WD | WHKTE |
White-winged Black Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | WJ | WWBTE |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Former Breeder, Passage Visitor | BJ | BLATE | |
Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | NX | GRESK |
Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | Passage Visitor | PK | POMSK | |
Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | AC | ARCSK |
Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | Passage Visitor, Has Bred | OG | LOTSK | |
Little Auk | Alle alle | Passage/Winter Visitor | LK | LITAU | |
Brünnich’s Guillemot | Uria lomvia | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | TZ | BRUGU |
Guillemot | Uria aalge | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 500,000 - 1 million Pairs | GU | GUILL |
Razorbill | Alca torda | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Pairs | RA | RAZOR |
Great Auk | Pinguinus impennis | Extinct (1844) Former Breeder, Last recorded 1840 | |||
Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | Resident Breeder | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | TY | BLAGU |
Long-billed Murrelet | Brachyramphus perdix | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Ancient Murrelet | Synthliboramphus antiquus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Puffin | Fratercula arctica | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 500,000 - 1 million Pairs | PU | PUFFI |
Tufted Puffin | Fratercula cirrhata | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Ascension Frigatebird | Fregata aquila | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | RH | RETDI |
Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 100-500 Pairs | BV | BLTDI |
Pacific Diver | Gavia pacifica | Accidental | 1-10 Records | KD | |
Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer | Scarce Breeder, Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Birds | ND | GRNDI |
White-billed Diver | Gavia adamsii | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | WV | WHBDI |
Wilson’s Storm Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | WILPE | |
White-faced Storm Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Not Recorded since 1897 | WHFPE | ||
Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | AA | BLBAL |
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | Accidental | 1-10 Records | YENAL | |
Storm Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | Migrant Breeder | 10,000 - 100,000 Nests | TM | STOPE |
Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma monorhis | Accidental | 1-10 Records | SWSPE | |
Leach’s Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | TL | LEAPE |
Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage Visitor | 500,000 - 1 million Pairs | F. | FULMA |
Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata | Accidental | 1-10 Records | BLCPE | |
Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Cory’s Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | Scarce Migrant | 500 - 1000 Birds | CQ | CORSH |
Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Passage Visitor | OT | SOOSH | |
Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Scarce Migrant | GQ | GRTSH | |
Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Migrant Breeder | 100,000 - 500,000 Pairs | MX | MANSH |
Yelkouan Shearwater | Puffinus yelkouan | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Balearic Shearwater | Puffinus mauretanicus | Passage Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Birds | YQ | BALSH |
Barolo Shearwater | Puffinus baroli | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | MV | LITSH |
Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | Accidental | 100-500 Records | OS | BLAST |
White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | Former Breeder, Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | OR | WHIST |
Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Gannet | Morus bassanus | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Nests | GX | GANNE |
Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis | Resident Breeder | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | SA | SHAG. |
Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | CA | CORMO |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | IB | GLOIB |
Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | Former, but now Scarce, Breeder, Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | NB | SPOON |
Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 10 - 100 Males | BI | BITTE |
American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | AM | AMEBI |
Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | Accidental, Has Bred | 100-500 Records | LL | LITBI |
Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Escaped Breeder, Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | NT | NIGHE |
Green Heron | Butorides virescens | Accidental | 1-10 Records | HR | GRBHE |
Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | QH | SQUHE |
Chinese Pond Heron | Ardeola bacchus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Scarce Visitor, Has Bred | 10 - 100 Birds | EC | CATEG |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | H. | GREHE |
Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Scarce Visitor, Has Bred | 10 - 100 Birds | UR | PURHE |
Great White Egret | Ardea alba | Scarce Visitor, Has Bred | 10 - 100 Birds | HW | GRWEG |
Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Accidental | 1-10 Records | NY | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Resident Breeder, Passage Visitor | 500 - 1000 Pairs | ET | LITEG |
Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 100-500 Pairs | OP | OSPRE |
Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Not Recorded since 1868 | EGYVU | ||
Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 100-500 Pairs | HZ | HONBU |
Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | SHTEA | |
Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Not Recorded since 1915 | SPOEA | ||
Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | Resident Breeder | 100-500 Pairs | EA | GOLEA |
Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | SH | SPARR |
Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | Re-introduced Breeder | 100-500 Pairs | GI | GOSHA |
Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage Visitor | 100-500 Pairs | MR | MARHA |
Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 500 - 1000 Pairs | HH | HENHA |
Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | HI | PALHA |
Montagu’s Harrier | Circus pygargus | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10 - 100 Pairs | MO | MONHA |
Red Kite | Milvus milvus | Resident/Introduced Breeder, Passage Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | KT | REDKI |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | KB | BLAKI |
White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | Re-introduced Breeder, Accidental | 10 - 100 Pairs | WE | WHTEA |
Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | Passage/Winter Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | RF | ROLBU |
Buzzard | Buteo buteo | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | BZ | BUZZA |
Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Resident Breeder | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | BO | BAROW |
Scops Owl | Otus scops | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | IQ | SCOOW |
Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | Accidental, Former Breeder | 100-500 Records | SO | SNOOW |
Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Bubo bubo | Escaped (?) Breeder | EO | EAGOW | |
Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | Resident Breeder | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | TO | TAWOW |
Hawk Owl | Surnia ulula | Accidental | 1-10 Records | HAWOW | |
Little Owl | Athene noctua | Introduced Breeder | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | LO | LITOW |
Tengmalm’s Owl | Aegolius funereus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | TENOW | |
Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | LE | LOEOW |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | SE | SHEOW |
Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Scarce Visitor, Has Bred | 100-500 Birds | HP | HOOPO |
Roller | Coracias garrulus | Accidental | 100-500 Records | ROLLE | |
Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | Migrant/Resident Breeder | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | KF | KINGF |
Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | Accidental | 1-10 Records | BELKI | |
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | BLCBE | |
Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | Scarce Visitor, Has Bred | 10 - 100 Birds | MZ | BEEEA |
Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | Former Breeder, Scarce Visitor | 100-500 Birds | WY | WRYNE |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | Accidental | 1-10 Records | YEBSA | |
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dryobates minor | Resident Breeder | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | LS | LESWO |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | Resident Breeder, Scarce Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Pairs | GS | GRSWO |
Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | Resident Breeder | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | G. | GREWO |
Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | LESKE | |
Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | K. | KESTR |
American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | Accidental | 1-10 Records | AMEKE | |
Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | FV | REFFA |
Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Eleonora’s Falcon | Falco eleonorae | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ELEFA | |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | ML | MERLI |
Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | HY | HOBBY |
Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | Accidental | 100-500 Records | YF | GYRFA |
Peregrine | Falco peregrinus | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | PE | PEREG |
Ring-necked Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced Breeder | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | RI | RINPA |
Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | ||
Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | Former Breeder, Scarce Visitor | 100-500 Birds | ED | REBSH |
Daurian Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | Accidental | 100-500 Records | IL | ISASH |
Turkestan Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | Accidental | 100-500 Records | LEGSH | |
Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | Passage/Winter Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | SR | GRGSH |
Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | OO | WOOSH |
Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | MASSH | |
Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | PHIVI | |
Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | Accidental | 100-500 Records | EV | REEVI |
Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | Scarce Breeder, Passage Visitor | 1-10 Pairs | OL | GOLOR |
Jay | Garrulus glandarius | Resident Breeder | 100,000 - 500,000 Territories | J. | JAY.. |
Magpie | Pica pica | Resident Breeder | 500,000 - 1 million Territories | MG | MAGPI |
Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | Accidental | NC | NUTCR | |
Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | Resident Breeder | 100-500 Pairs | CF | CHOUG |
Jackdaw | Coloeus monedula | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 1.3 million Pairs | JD | JACKD |
Rook | Corvus frugilegus | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 500,000 - 1 million Pairs | RO | ROOK. |
Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 1 million Territories | C. | CARCR |
Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Territories | HC | HOOCR |
Raven | Corvus corax | Resident Breeder | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | RN | RAVEN |
Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Birds | WX | WAXWI |
Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Coal Tit | Periparus ater | Resident Breeder | 500,000 - 1 million Territories | CT | COATI |
Crested Tit | Lophophanes cristatus | Resident Breeder | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | CI | CRETI |
Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris | Resident Breeder | 10,000 - 100,000 Territories | MT | MARTI |
Willow Tit | Poecile montanus | Resident Breeder | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | WT | WILTI |
Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 3.4 million Territories | BT | BLUTI |
Great Tit | Parus major | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 2.5 million Territories | GT | GRETI |
Penduline Tit | Remiz pendulinus | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | DT | PENTI |
Bearded Tit | Panurus biarmicus | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 500 - 1000 Pairs | BR | BEATI |
Woodlark | Lullula arborea | Resident/Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | WL | WOODL |
White-winged Lark | Alauda leucoptera | Accidental | 1-10 Records | WHWLA | |
Skylark | Alauda arvensis | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1.4 million Territories | S. | SKYLA |
Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | CRELA | |
Shore Lark | Eremophila alpestris | Scarce Breeder, Winter Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | SX | SHOLA |
Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | VL | SHTLA |
Bimaculated Lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata | Accidental | 1-10 Records | BIMLA | |
Calandra Lark | Melanocorypha calandra | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | CALLA | |
Black Lark | Melanocorypha yeltoniensis | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Lesser Short-toed Lark | Alaudala rufescens | Accidental | 1-10 Records | LSTLA | |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Nests | SM | SANMA |
Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Purple Martin | Progne subis | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 500,000 - 1 million Territories | SL | SWALL |
Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | CRAMA | |
House Martin | Delichon urbicum | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 500,000 - 1 million Pairs | HM | HOUMA |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | VR | RERSW |
American Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Accidental | 1-10 Records | CLISW | |
Cetti’s Warbler | Cettia cetti | Resident Breeder, Passage Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Males | CW | CETWA |
Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | Resident Breeder | 100,000 - 500,000 Territories | LT | LOTTI |
Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Males | WO | WOOWA |
Western Bonelli’s Warbler | Phylloscopus bonelli | Accidental | 100-500 Records | IW | BONWA |
Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler | Phylloscopus orientalis | Accidental | 1-10 Records | EABWA | |
Hume’s Warbler | Phylloscopus humei | Accidental | 100-500 Records | HULWA | |
Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | Passage/Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Birds | YB | YEBWA |
Pallas’s Warbler | Phylloscopus proregulus | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | PA | PALWA |
Radde’s Warbler | Phylloscopus schwarzi | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | RADWA | |
Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | UY | DUSWA |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 2.2 million Territories | WW | WILWA |
Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | Migrant Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1.1 million Territories | CC | CHIFF |
Iberian Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus ibericus | Accidental, Has Bred | 10 - 100 Records | IR | IBECH |
Eastern Crowned Warbler | Phylloscopus coronatus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Green Warbler | Phylloscopus nitidus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | GRNWA | |
Two-barred Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | GSHWA | |
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus tenellipes | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis | Scarce Visitor | 100-500 Records | AP | ARCWA |
Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | Accidental | 100-500 Records | QW | GRRWA |
Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | Passage Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | AQ | AQUWA |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Territories | SW | SEDWA |
Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | Accidental | 100-500 Records | PY | PADWA |
Blyth’s Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | DU | BLRWA |
Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Pairs | RW | REEWA |
Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | Scarce Visitor, Scarce Breeder | 10 - 100 Birds | MW | MARWA |
Thick-billed Warbler | Arundinax aedon | Accidental | 1-10 Records | THBWA | |
Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata | Accidental | 100-500 Records | DM | BOOWA |
Sykes’s Warbler | Iduna rama | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | SYKWA | |
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | EAOWA | |
Olive-tree Warbler | Hippolais olivetorum | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | ME | MELWA |
Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | Scarce Visitor, Scarce Breeder | 10 - 100 Birds | IC | ICTWA |
Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes certhiola | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | PAGWA | |
Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | Accidental | 100-500 Records | LANWA | |
Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Territories | GH | GRAWA |
River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | VW | RIVWA |
Savi’s Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | Scarce Visitor, Scarce Breeder | 500 - 1000 Records | VI | SAVWA |
Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | Accidental | 1-10 Records | FZ | FATWA |
Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | Migrant Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1.1 million Territories | BC | BLACA |
Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Territories | GW | GARWA |
Barred Warbler | Sylvia nisoria | Scarce Visitor | 100-500 Birds | RR | BARWA |
Lesser Whitethroat | Sylvia curruca | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Territories | LW | LESWH |
Western Orphean Warbler | Sylvia hortensis | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ORPWA | |
Eastern Orphean Warbler | Sylvia crassirostris | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Asian Desert Warbler | Sylvia nana | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | DA | DESWA |
Whitethroat | Sylvia communis | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 1.1 million Territories | WH | WHITE |
Dartford Warbler | Sylvia undata | Resident Breeder | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | DW | DARWA |
Marmora’s Warbler | Sylvia sarda | Accidental | 1-10 Records | MAMWA | |
Spectacled Warbler | Sylvia conspicillata | Accidental | 1-10 Records | VY | SPEWA |
Western Subalpine Warbler | Sylvia cantillans | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | VZ | SUBWA |
Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler | Sylvia subalpina | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Sardinian Warbler | Sylvia melanocephala | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | VX | SARWA |
Rüppell’s Warbler | Sylvia ruppeli | Accidental | 1-10 Records | RUPWA | |
Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 500 - 1000 Territories | FC | FIREC |
Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 500,000 - 1 million Territories | GC | GOLDC |
Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 7.7 million Territories | WR | WREN. |
Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | Resident Breeder | 100,000 - 500,000 Territories | NH | NUTHA |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Wallcreeper | Tichodroma muraria | Accidental | 1-10 Records | WALLC | |
Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | Resident Breeder | 100,000 - 500,000 Territories | TC | TREEC |
Short-toed Treecreeper | Certhia brachydactyla | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | TH | SHTTR |
Grey Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | Accidental | 1-10 Records | BROTH | |
Rose-coloured Starling | Pastor roseus | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | OE | ROCST |
Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1.8 million Pairs | SG | STARL |
Siberian Thrush | Geokichla sibirica | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | SIBTH | |
White’s Thrush | Zoothera aurea | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | WHITH | |
Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius | Accidental | 1-10 Records | VT | |
Veery | Catharus fuscescens | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | VEERY | |
Grey-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | GRATH | |
Swainson’s Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | SWATH | |
Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | HERTH | |
Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Territories | RZ | RINOU |
Blackbird | Turdus merula | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 4.9 million Pairs | B. | BLABI |
Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | EYBTH | |
Black-throated Thrush | Turdus atrogularis | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | XC | BLTTH |
Red-throated Thrush | Turdus ruficollis | Accidental | 1-10 Records | RETTH | |
Naumann's Thrush | Turdus naumanni | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | DUSTH | |
Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | Scarce Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 500,000 - 1 million Birds | FF | FIELD |
Redwing | Turdus iliacus | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 500,000 - 1 million Birds | RE | REDWI |
Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1.1 million Territories | ST | SONTH |
Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Territories | M. | MISTH |
American Robin | Turdus migratorius | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | AR | AMERO |
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | Accidental | 1-10 Records | RUBRO | |
Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Territories | SF | SPOFL |
Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Robin | Erithacus rubecula | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 6 million Territories | R. | ROBIN |
Siberian Blue Robin | Larvivora cyane | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Rufous-tailed Robin | Larvivora sibilans | Accidental | 1-10 Records | RUTRO | |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | Scarce Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | BU | BLUTH |
Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | Accidental | 100-500 Records | FN | THRNI |
Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Males | N. | NIGAL |
White-throated Robin | Irania gutturalis | Accidental | 1-10 Records | WHTRO | |
Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | SIBRU | |
Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | Scarce Visitor | 100-500 Records | REFBL | |
Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | PF | PIEFL |
Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | COLFL | |
Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | Scarce Visitor | 100-500 Birds | FY | REBFL |
Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | Accidental | 1-10 Records | TAIFL | |
Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 10 - 100 Pairs | BX | BLARE |
Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Pairs | RT | REDST |
Moussier’s Redstart | Phoenicurus moussieri | Accidental | 1-10 Records | MOURE | |
Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | OH | ROCTH |
Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | Accidental | 1-10 Records | BLRTH | |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | WC | WHINC |
Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | Migrant/Resident Breeder | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | SC | STOCH |
Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | Accidental | 100-500 Records | ||
Stejneger's Stonechat | Saxicola stejnegeri | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Pairs | W. | WHEAT |
Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | ISAWH | |
Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | Accidental | 100-500 Records | DESWH | |
Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Records | BLEWH | |
Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | PI | PIEWH |
White-crowned Black Wheatear | Oenanthe leucopyga | Accidental | 1-10 Records | WHCBL | |
Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | Resident Breeder | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | DI | DIPPE |
House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Resident Breeder | 5.1 million Pairs | HS | HOUSP |
Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | SPASP | |
Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Resident Breeder, Passage Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Territories | TS | TRESP |
Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ROCSP | |
Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | ALPAC | |
Siberian Accentor | Prunella montanella | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | ||
Dunnock | Prunella modularis | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 2.3 million Territories | D. | DUNNO |
Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Territories | YW | YELWA |
Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | IZ | CITWA |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Resident Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | GL | GREWA |
Pied Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Pairs | PW | PIEWA |
Richard’s Pipit | Anthus richardi | Scarce Visitor | 100-500 Birds | PR | RICPI |
Blyth’s Pipit | Anthus godlewskii | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | BLYPI | |
Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | Accidental | 10 - 100 Birds | TI | TAWPI |
Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 1.9 million Pairs | MP | MEAPI |
Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | TP | TREPI |
Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | OV | OLBPI |
Pechora Pipit | Anthus gustavi | Scarce Visitor | 100-500 Records | PECPI | |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | Accidental | 500 - 1000 Records | VP | RETPI |
Buff-bellied Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | AMEPI | |
Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | Passage/Winter Visitor | 100-500 Birds | WI | WATPI |
Rock Pipit | Anthus petrosus | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | RC | ROCPI |
Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 5.8 million Territories | CH | CHAFF |
Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | Scarce Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Birds | BL | BRAMB |
Evening Grosbeak | Hesperiphona vespertina | Accidental | 1-10 Records | EVEGR | |
Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | Resident Breeder, Passage Visitor | 500 - 1000 Pairs | HF | HAWFI |
Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | Accidental | 1-10 Records | PINGR | |
Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Resident Breeder, Scarce Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Territories | BF | BULLF |
Trumpeter Finch | Bucanetes githagineus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | TRUFI | |
Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | Scarce Breeder, Passage Visitor | 100-500 Birds | SQ | SCARO |
Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 1.7 million Pairs | GR | GREFI |
Twite | Linaria flavirostris | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Winter Visitor | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | TW | TWITE |
Linnet | Linaria cannabina | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Territories | LI | LINNE |
Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | Scarce Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 100-500 Birds | FR | COMRE |
Lesser Redpoll | Acanthis cabaret | Migrant/Resident Breeder | 100,000 - 500,000 Pairs | LR | LESRE |
Arctic Redpoll | Acanthis hornemanni | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | AL | ARCRE |
Parrot Crossbill | Loxia pytyopsittacus | Scarce Visitor, Occasional Breeder | 100-500 Records | PC | PARCR |
Scottish Crossbill | Loxia scotica | Endemic Breeder | 1,000 - 10,000 Pairs | CY | SCOCR |
Common Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Pairs | CR | CROSS |
Two-barred Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | Scarce Visitor | 100-500 Records | PD | TWBCR |
Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | Migrant/Resident Breeder | 1.2 million Pairs | GO | GOLDF |
Citril Finch | Carduelis citrinella | Accidental | 1-10 Records | CITFI | |
Serin | Serinus serinus | Scarce Visitor, Has bred | 10 - 100 Birds | NS | SERIN |
Siskin | Spinus spinus | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Pairs | SK | SISKI |
Lapland Bunting | Calcarius lapponicus | Scarce Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 500 - 1000 Birds | LA | LAPBU |
Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 10 - 100 Pairs | SB | SNOBU |
Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | Resident Breeder, Passage Visitor | 10,000 - 100,000 Territories | CB | CORBU |
Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 500,000 - 1 million Territories | Y. | YELHA |
Pine Bunting | Emberiza leucocephalos | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | EL | PINBU |
Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ROCBU | |
Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | OB | ORTBU |
Cretzschmar’s Bunting | Emberiza caesia | Accidental | 1-10 Records | CREBU | |
Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus | Resident Breeder | 1,000 - 10,000 Territories | CL | CIRBU |
Chestnut-eared Bunting | Emberiza fucata | Accidental | 1-10 Records | CHABU | |
Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla | Scarce Visitor | 10 - 100 Birds | LJ | LITBU |
Yellow-browed Bunting | Emberiza chrysophrys | Accidental | 1-10 Records | YEBBU | |
Rustic Bunting | Emberiza rustica | Accidental | 500 - 1000 Records | RUSBU | |
Yellow-breasted Bunting | Emberiza aureola | Accidental | 100-500 Records | YO | YBSBU |
Chestnut Bunting | Emberiza rutila | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | Accidental | 100-500 Records | BLHBU | |
Black-faced Bunting | Emberiza spodocephala | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Pallas’s Reed Bunting | Emberiza pallasi | Accidental | 1-10 Records | PARBU | |
Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor | 100,000 - 500,000 Territories | RB | REEBU |
Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | Accidental | 1-10 Records | SONSP | |
White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | Accidental | 1-10 Records | WHCSP | |
White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | WHTSP | |
Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | JU | DAEJU |
Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | Accidental | 1-10 Records | SAVSP | |
Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | LARSP | |
Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | RUSTO | |
Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | BOBOL | |
Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | NOROR | |
Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | Accidental | 1-10 Records | OVENB | |
Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | Accidental | 1-10 Records | NORWA | |
Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | BAWWA | |
Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | Accidental | 1-10 Records | TENWA | |
Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | COMYE | |
Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | Accidental | 1-10 Records | HOOWA | |
American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | Accidental | 1-10 Records | AD | AMERE |
Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | Accidental | 1-10 Records | CAMWA | |
Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | NORPA | |
Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | Accidental | 1-10 Records | MAGWA | |
Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Yellow Warbler | Setophaga aestiva | Accidental | 1-10 Records | YLWWA | |
Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | BLAWA | |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | YERWA | |
Wilson’s Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | Accidental | 1-10 Records | ||
Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | Accidental | 1-10 Records | SUMTA | |
Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | Accidental | 1-10 Records | SCATA | |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | Accidental | 10 - 100 Records | ROBGR | |
Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | Accidental | 1-10 Records | INDBU |
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