eBird Field Checklist
Shetland Islands County, Scotland, GB
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439 species (+41 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Bar-headed Goose
Emperor Goose
Snow Goose
Graylag Goose
Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Taiga Bean-Goose
Tundra Bean-Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Brant
Barnacle Goose
Canada Goose
Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Red-breasted Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Tundra Swan
Whooper Swan
goose sp.
Egyptian Goose
Common Shelduck
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Baikal Teal
Garganey
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Green-winged Teal
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
King Eider
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Velvet Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Smew
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Willow Ptarmigan
Ring-necked Pheasant
Common Quail
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Stock Dove
Common Wood-Pigeon
European Turtle-Dove
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Sandgrouse
Pallas's Sandgrouse
Cuckoos
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
Eurasian Nightjar
Swifts
White-throated Needletail
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Pallid Swift
Pacific Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Water Rail
Corn Crake
Spotted Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
American Coot
Little Crake
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Common Crane
Shorebirds
Eurasian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
European Golden-Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Eurasian Dotterel
Killdeer
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Whimbrel/Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
Jack Snipe
Eurasian Woodcock
Great Snipe
Common Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
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Temminck's Stint
Red-necked Stint
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris sp.
Black-winged Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Great Skua
jaeger sp.
Alcids
Atlantic Puffin
Black Guillemot
Razorbill
Dovekie
Thick-billed Murre
Common Murre
large alcid sp.
alcid sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Ross's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Common Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Caspian Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
gull sp.
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Common/Arctic Tern
Roseate Tern
Sandwich Tern
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Arctic Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
loon sp.
Albatrosses
Black-browed Albatross
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
European Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Northern Fulmar
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
procellariid sp.
Storks
Black Stork
White Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Northern Gannet
Cormorants and Anhingas
Great Cormorant
European Shag
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Great Cormorant/European Shag
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Great Bittern
Least Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Gray Heron
Glossy Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
European Honey-buzzard
Golden Eagle
Western Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Red Kite
Black Kite
White-tailed Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
Common Buzzard
Owls
Barn Owl
Eurasian Scops-Owl
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Boreal Owl
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
European Roller
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-footed Falcon
Merlin
Eurasian Hobby
Saker Falcon
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
Vireos
Red-eyed Vireo
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike
Brown Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Hooded Crow
Carrion x Hooded Crow (hybrid)
Carrion/Hooded Crow
Common Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Coal Tit
Eurasian Blue Tit
Great Tit
Larks
Horned Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Calandra Lark
Wood Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Reed Warblers and Allies
Thick-billed Warbler
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Booted Warbler
Sykes's Warbler
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Western Olivaceous Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Aquatic Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Lanceolated Warbler
River Warbler
Savi's Warbler
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Helopsaltes/Locustella sp.
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Eurasian Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
swallow sp.
Leaf Warblers
Wood Warbler
Western Bonelli's Warbler
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
Western/Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Warbler
Pallas's Leaf Warbler
Radde's Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler/Common Chiffchaff
Iberian Chiffchaff
Green Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Arctic Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Long-tailed Tits and Bushtit
Long-tailed Tit
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Barred Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Rüppell's Warbler
Sardinian Warbler
Moltoni's Warbler
Western Subalpine Warbler
Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Western/Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Moltoni's/Western/Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Marmora's Warbler
Kinglets
Goldcrest
Common Firecrest
Treecreepers
Eurasian Treecreeper
Wrens
Eurasian Wren
Dippers
White-throated Dipper
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Rosy Starling
Daurian Starling
Thrushes
White's Thrush
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Siberian Thrush
Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush
Redwing
Eurasian Blackbird
Eyebrowed Thrush
Fieldfare
Ring Ouzel
Black-throated Thrush
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Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
European Robin
Rufous-tailed Robin
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Bluethroat
Siberian Rubythroat
Red-flanked Bluetail
Taiga Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
European Pied Flycatcher
Collared Flycatcher
Ficedula sp.
Common Redstart
Black Redstart
Whinchat
Common Redstart x Whinchat (hybrid)
European Stonechat
Siberian Stonechat
Amur Stonechat
Siberian/Amur Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Accentors
Siberian Accentor
Dunnock
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Pechora Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Water Pipit
Rock Pipit
American Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Chaffinch
Brambling
Hawfinch
Common Rosefinch
Pine Grosbeak
Eurasian Bullfinch
European Greenfinch
Twite
Eurasian Linnet
Common Redpoll
Lesser Redpoll
Common/Lesser Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Common/Hoary Redpoll
redpoll sp.
Parrot Crossbill
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
European Goldfinch
Citril Finch
European Serin
Eurasian Siskin
finch sp.
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Old World Buntings
Black-headed Bunting
Red-headed Bunting
Corn Bunting
Chestnut-eared Bunting
Yellowhammer
Pine Bunting
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Ortolan Bunting
Cretzschmar's Bunting
Reed Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Little Bunting
Rustic Bunting
Black-faced Bunting
Chestnut Bunting
New World Sparrows
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Baltimore Oriole
Brown-headed Cowbird
Wood-Warblers
Tennessee Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Cape May Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Painted Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
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