Systematic List Of Birds

LANDGUARD BIRD LIST

 

Scientific & English vernacular names plus the order they are in constantly change. The order & scientific names follows IOC. Where more than one race has been recorded this is noted although several other species involve more than one race but this is so far unproven. All of these species have been recorded since the observatory was founded except Chough (1888), Lark Sparrow (1981) & White-cheeked Pintail (1982).

BRENT GOOSE Branta bernicla

                              B.b.nigricans

           B.b.bernicla

                              B.b.hrota

RED-BREASTED GOOSE Branta ruficollis

CANADA GOOSE Branta canadensis

BARNACLE GOOSE Branta leucopsis

GREYLAG GOOSE Anser anser

TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE Anser serrirostris

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE Anser brachyrhynchus

WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Anser albifrons

MUTE SWAN Cygnus olor

BEWICK’S SWAN Cygnus columbianus

WHOOPER SWAN Cygnus cygnus

EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiaca

SHELDUCK Tadorna tadorna

MANDARIN DUCK Aix galericulata

GARGANEY Spatula querquedula

SHOVELER Spatula clypeata

GADWALL Mareca strepera

WIGEON Mareca penelope

MALLARD Anas platyrhynchos

PINTAIL Anas acuta

TEAL Anas crecca

RED-CRESTED POCHARD Netta rufina

POCHARD Aythya ferina

TUFTED DUCK Aythya fuligula

SCAUP Aythya marila

EIDER Somateria mollissima

VELVET SCOTER Melanitta fusca

COMMON SCOTER Melanitta nigra

LONG-TAILED DUCK Clangula hyemalis

GOLDENEYE Bucephala clangula

SMEW Mergellus albellus

GOOSANDER Mergus merganser

RED-BREASTED MERGANSER Mergus serrator

GREY PARTRIDGE Perdix perdix

PHEASANT Phasianus colchicus

QUAIL Coturnix coturnix

RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE Alectoris rufa

NIGHTJAR Caprimulgus europaeus

ALPINE SWIFT Tachymarptis melba

PALLID SWIFT Apus pallidus

SWIFT Apus apus

YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO Coccyzus americanus

CUCKOO Cuculus canorus

FERAL PIGEON Columba livia

STOCK DOVE Columba oenas

WOODPIGEON Columba palumbus

TURTLE DOVE Streptopelia turtur

COLLARED DOVE Streptopelia decaocto

WATER RAIL Rallus aquaticus

SPOTTED CRAKE Porzana porzana

MOORHEN Gallinula chloropus

COOT Fulica atra

CRANE Grus grus

LITTLE GREBE Tachybaptus ruficollis

RED-NECKED GREBE Podiceps grisegena

GREAT CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus

SLAVONIAN GREBE Podiceps auritus

BLACK-NECKED GREBE Podiceps nigricollis

STONE CURLEW Burhinus oedicnemus

OYSTERCATCHER Haematopus ostralegus

AVOCET Recurvirostra avosetta

LAPWING Vanellus vanellus

GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis apricaria

AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER Pluvialis dominica

GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola

RINGED PLOVER Charadrius hiaticula

                                   C.h.hiaticula

                                   C.h.tundrae

LITTLE RINGED PLOVER Charadrius dubius

KENTISH PLOVER Charadrius alexandrinus

DOTTEREL Charadrius morinellus

WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus

CURLEW Numenius arquata

BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa

TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres

KNOT Calidris canutus

RUFF Calidris pugnax

CURLEW SANDPIPER Calidris ferruginea

TEMMINCK’S STINT Calidris temminckii

SANDERLING Calidris alba

DUNLIN Calidris alpina

PURPLE SANDPIPER Calidris maritima

LITTLE STINT Calidris minuta

BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER Calidris subruficollis

WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticola

JACK SNIPE Lymnocryptes minimus

SNIPE Gallinago gallinago

GREY PHALAROPE Phalaropus fulicarius

COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos

GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus

REDSHANK Tringa totanus

MARSH SANDPIPER Tringa stagnatilis

WOOD SANDPIPER Tringa glareola

SPOTTED REDSHANK Tringa erythropus

GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia

KITTIWAKE Rissa tridactyla

SABINE’S GULL Xema sabini

BLACK-HEADED GULL Chroicocephalus ridibundus

LITTLE GULL Hydrocoloeus minutus

MEDITERRANEAN GULL Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

COMMON GULL Larus canus

GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus marinus

GLAUCOUS GULL Larus hyperboreus

ICELAND GULL Larus glaucoides

HERRING GULL Larus argentatus

                                L.a.argenteus

                                L.a.argentatus

CASPIAN GULL Larus cachinnans

YELLOW-LEGGED GULL Larus michahellis

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus fuscus

                                                              L.f.graellsii

                                                              L.f.intermedius

GULL-BILLED TERN Gelochelidon nilotica

SANDWICH TERN Thalasseus sandvicensis

LITTLE TERN Sternula albifrons

ROSEATE TERN Sterna dougallii

COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo

ARCTIC TERN Sterna paradisaea

WHISKERED TERN Chlidonias hybrida

BLACK TERN Chlidonias niger

GREAT SKUA Stercorarius skua

POMARINE SKUA Stercorarius pomarinus

ARCTIC SKUA Stercorarius parasiticus

LONG-TAILED SKUA Stercorarius longicaudus

LITTLE AUK Alle alle

GUILLEMOT Uria aalge

                        U.a.aalgae

                        U.a.albionis

RAZORBILL Alca torda

PUFFIN Fratercula arctica

RED-THROATED DIVER Gavia stellata

BLACK-THROATED DIVER Gavia arctica

GREAT NORTHERN DIVER Gavia immer

STORM PETREL Hydrobates pelagicus

LEACH’S PETREL Oceanodroma leucorhoa

FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis

CORY’S SHEARWATER Calonectris borealis

SOOTY SHEARWATER Ardenna griseus

GREAT SHEARWATER Ardenna gravis

MANX SHEARWATER Puffinus puffinus

BALEARIC SHEARWATER Puffinus mauretanicus

BLACK STORK Ciconia nigra

GANNET Morus bassanus

CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo

                            P.c.carbo

                            P.c. sinensis

SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis

GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus

SPOONBILL Platalea leucorodia

BITTERN Botaurus stellaris

NIGHT HERON Nycticorax nycticorax

CATTLE EGRET Bubulcus ibis

GREY HERON Ardea cinerea

GREAT WHITE EGRET Ardea alba

LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta

OSPREY Pandion haliaetus

HONEY-BUZZARD Pernis apivorus

SPARROWHAWK Accipiter nisus

MARSH HARRIER Circus aeruginosus

HEN HARRIER Circus cyaneus

MONTAGU’S HARRIER Circus pygargus

RED KITE Milvus milvus

BLACK KITE Milvus migrans

WHITE-TAILED EAGLE Haliaeetus albicilla

ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD Buteo lagopus

BUZZARD Buteo buteo

BARN OWL Tyto alba

                       T.a.alba

                       T.a.guttata

LITTLE OWL Athene noctua

LONG-EARED OWL Asio otus

SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus

SNOWY OWL Bubo scandiacus

TAWNY OWL Strix aluco

HOOPOE Upupa epops

KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis

BEE-EATER Merops apiaster

WRYNECK Jynx torquilla

LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos minor

GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major

GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis

KESTREL Falco tinnunculus

RED-FOOTED FALCON Falco vespertinus

MERLIN Falco columbarius

HOBBY Falco subbuteo

PEREGRINE Falco peregrinus

RED-BACKED SHRIKE Lanius collurio

GREAT GREY SHRIKE Lanius excubitor

                                             L.e.excubitor

                                             L.e.pallidirsotris

WOODCHAT SHRIKE Lanius senator

GOLDEN ORIOLE Oriolus oriolus

JAY Garrulus glandarius

MAGPIE Pica pica

CHOUGH Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

JACKDAW Coloeus monedula

                     C.m.monedula

                     C.m.spermologus

ROOK Corvus frugilegus

CARRION CROW Corvus corone

HOODED CROW Corvus cornix

RAVEN Corvus corax

WAXWING Bombycilla garrulus

COAL TIT Periparus ater

                    P.a ater

                    P.a.britannicus

MARSH TIT Poecile palustris

WILLOW TIT Poecile montana

BLUE TIT Cyanistes caeruleus

GREAT TIT Parus major

BEARDED TIT Panurus biarmicus

WOODLARK Lullula arborea

SKYLARK Alauda arvensis

CRESTED LARK Galerida cristata

SHORE LARK Eremophila alpestris

SHORT-TOED LARK Calandrella brachydactyla

SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia

SWALLOW Hirundo rustica

HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbicum

RED-RUMPED SWALLOW Cecropsis daurica

CETTI’S WARBLER Cettia cetti

LONG-TAILED TIT Aegithalos caudatus

                                     A.c.europaeus

                                     A.c.rosaceus

WOOD WARBLER Phylloscopus sibilatrix

WESTERN BONELLI’S WARBLER Phylloscopus bonelli

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER Phylloscopus inornatus

PALLAS’S WARBLER Phylloscopus proregulus

RADDE’S WARBLER Phylloscopus schwarzi

DUSKY WARBLER Phylloscopus fuscatus

WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus

                                        P.t.trochilus

                                        P.t.acredula

CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita

                           P.c.abietinus

   P.c.collybita

                           P.c.tristis

IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus ibericus

GREENISH WARBLER Phylloscopus trochiloides

ARCTIC WARBLER Phylloscopus borealis

GREAT REED WARBLER Acrocephalus arundinaceus

AQUATIC WARBLER Acrocephalus paludicola

SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

PADDYFIELD WARBLER Acrocephalus agricola

BLYTH’S REED WARBLER Acrocephalus dumetorum

REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus

MARSH WARBLER Acrocephalus palustris

BOOTED WARBLER Iduna caligata

MELODIOUS WARBLER Hippolais polyglotta

ICTERINE WARBLER Hippolais icterina

LANCEOLATED WARBLER Locustella lanceolata

GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella naevia

SAVI’S WARBLER Locustella luscinioides

BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla

GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin

BARRED WARBLER Curruca nisoria

LESSER WHITETHROAT Curruca curruca

                                                C.c.curruca

                                                C.c.blythi

SARDINIAN WARBLER Curruca melanocephala

WESTERN SUBALPINE WARBLER Curruca iberiae

EASTERN SUBALPINE WARBLER Curruca cantillans

WHITETHROAT Curruca communis

SPECTACLED WARBLER Curruca conspicillata

DARTFORD WARBLER Curruca undata

FIRECREST Regulus ignicapilla

GOLDCREST Regulus regulus

WREN Troglodytes troglodytes

NUTHATCH Sitta europaea

TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris

                              C.f.britannica                         

                              C.f.familiaris

SHORT-TOED TREECREEPER Certhia brachydactyla

ROSE-COLOURED STARLING Pastor roseus

STARLING Sturnus vulgaris

SONG THRUSH Turdus philomelos

                              T.p.clarkei

                              T.p.philomelos

MISTLE THRUSH Turdus viscivorus

REDWING Turdus iliacus

                     T.i.iliacus

                     T.i.coburni

BLACKBIRD Turdus merula

FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris

RING OUZEL Turdus torquatus

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata

ROBIN Erithacus rubecula

              E.r.melophilus

              E.r.rubecula

BLUETHROAT Luscinia svecica

                             L.s.svecica

                             L.s.cyanecula

THRUSH NIGHTINGALE Luscinia luscinia

NIGHTINGALE Luscinia megarhynchos

RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL Tarsiger cyanurus

PIED FLYCATCHER Ficedula hypoleuca

RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER Ficedula parva

BLACK REDSTART Phoenicurus ochruros

REDSTART Phoenicurus phoenicurus

WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra

STONECHAT Saxicola rubicola

                          S.r.rubicola

                          S.r.hibernans

SIBERIAN STONECHAT Saxicola maurus

                                              S.m.hemprichii

                                              S.m.maurus  (?)

STEJNEGER’S STONECHAT Saxicola stejnegeri

WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe

                         O.o.leucorhoa

                         O.o.oenanthe

ISABELLINE WHEATEAR Oenanthe isabellina

DESERT WHEATEAR Oenanthe deserti

PIED WHEATEAR Oenanthe pleschanka

HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus

SPANISH SPARROW Passer hispaniolensis

TREE SPARROW Passer montanus

DUNNOCK Prunella modularis

YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava

                                     M.f.flavissima

                                     M.f.flava

                                     M.f.feldegg

                                     M.f.thunbergi

CITRINE WAGTAIL Motacilla citreola

GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea

PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba

                              M.a.yarrelli

                              M.a.alba

RICHARD’S PIPIT Anthus richardi

BLYTH’S PIPIT Anthus godlewskii

TAWNY PIPIT Anthus campestris

MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis

TREE PIPIT Anthus trivialis

RED-THROATED PIPIT Anthus cervinus

WATER PIPIT Anthus spinoletta

ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus

CHAFFINCH Fringilla coelebs

                         F.c.gengleri

                         F.c.coelebs

BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla

HAWFINCH Coccothraustes coccothraustes

BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula

                         P.p.pileata

                         P.p.pyrrhula

TRUMPETER FINCH Bucanetes githagineus

COMMON ROSEFINCH Carpodacus erythrina

GREENFINCH Chloris chloris

TWITE Linaria flavirostris

LINNET Linaria cannabina

COMMON REDPOLL Acanthis flammea

LESSER REDPOLL Acanthis cabaret

CROSSBILL Loxia curvirostra

GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis

SERIN Serinus serinus

SISKIN Spinus spinus

LAPLAND BUNTING Calcarius lapponicus

SNOW BUNTING Plectrophenax nivalis

                                P.n.nivalis

                                P.n.insulae

CORN BUNTING Emberiza calandra

YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella

ORTOLAN BUNTING Emberiza hortulana

LITTLE BUNTING Emberiza pusilla

RUSTIC BUNTING Emberiza rustica

YELLOW-BREASTED BUNTING Emberiza aureola

REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus

WHITE-THROATED SPARROW Zonotrichia albicollis

LARK SPARROW Chondestes grammacus

 

TIDE LINE CORPSE

RED-BILLED TROPICBIRD Phaethon aethereus

 

ESCAPEES

BAR-HEADED GOOSE Anser indicus

SNOW GOOSE Anser caerulescens

BLACK SWAN Cygnus atratus

RUDDY SHELDUCK Tadorna ferruginea

AUSTRALIAN SHELDUCK Tadorna tadornoides

MUSCOVY DUCK Cairina moschata

WHITE-CHEEKED PINTAIL Anas bahamensis

JAPANESE QUAIL Coturnix japonica

GREATER FLAMINGO Phoenicopterus roseus

CHILEAN FLAMINGO Phoenicopterus chilensis

HARRIS'S HAWK Parabuteo unicinctus

BARBARY DOVE Streptopelia risoria

LAUGHING DOVE Spilopelia senegalensis

DIAMOND DOVE Geopelia cuneata

AMERICAN KESTREL Falco sparverius

SAKER Falco cherrug

COCKATIEL Nymphicus hollandicus

SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO Cacatua galerita

GREY PARROT Psittacus erithacus

SCARLET MACAW Ara macao

BLUE-CROWNED PARAKEET Thectocercus acuticaudatus

SUPERB PARROT Polytelis swainsonii

LORD DERBY’S PARAKEET Psittacula derbiana

RING-NECKED PARAKEET Psittacula krameri

EASTERN ROSELLA Platycercus eximius

BOURKES PARROT Neopsephotus bourkii

BUDGERIGAR Melopsittacus undulatus

ROSY-FACED LOVEBIRD Agapornis roseicollis

SOOTY-HEADED BULBUL Pyconotus aurigaster

RED-BILLED LEIOTHRIX Leiothrix lutea

COMMON HILL MYNA Gracula religiosa

COMMON MYNA Acridotheres tristis

PURPLE STARLING Lamprotornis purpureus

VERDITER FLYCATCHER Eumyias thalassina

TACAZZE SUNBIRD Nectarinia tacazze

PURPLE/PALESTINE SUNBIRD Cinnyris asiaticus/osea

SUDAN GOLDEN SPARROW Passer luteus

VITELLINE MASKED WEAVER Ploceus vitellinus

VILLAGE WEAVER Ploceus cucullatus

RED-HEADED QUELEA Quelea erythrops

RED-BILLED QUELEA Quelea quelea

YELLOW-CROWNED BISHOP Euplectes afer

NORTHERN RED BISHOP Euplectes franciscanu

COMMON WAXBILL Estrilda astrld

BLACK-RUMPED WAXBILL Estrilda troglodytes

PIN-TAILED WHYDAH Vidua macroura

CHINESE GROSBEAK Eophona migratoria

GREY-HEADED BULLFINCH Pyrrhula erythaca

DESERT FINCH Rhodospiza obsoleta

YELLOW-FRONTED CANARY Crithagra mozambica

RED-FRONTED SERIN Serinus pusillus

ATLANTIC CANARY Serinus canaria

 

Compiled by Nigel Odin, Landguard Bird Observatory, View Point Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 3TW

E.mail: landguardbo@yahoo.co.uk

Updated January 2024