Field Guide/Birds/British Isles

Passeriformes Thumbnails Tyrannidae, Tyrant flycatchers Field Guide/Birds/Eastern Phoebe, Sayornis phoebe Alaudidae, larks Field Guide/Birds/Calandra Lark, Melanocorypha calandra, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Bimaculated Lark, Melanocorypha bimaculata, very rare Field Guide/Birds/White-winged Lark, Melanocorypha leucoptera, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Black Lark, Melanocorypha yeltoniensis, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Greater Short-toed Lark, Calandrella brachydactyla Field Guide/Birds/Lesser Short-toed Lark, Calandrella rufescens, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Crested Lark, Galerida cristata Field Guide/Birds/Wood Lark, Lullula arborea Field Guide/Birds/Skylark, Alauda arvensis Field Guide/Birds/Shore Lark, Eremophila alpestris Hirundinidae, swallows and martins Field Guide/Birds/Tree Swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Sand Martin, Riparia riparia Field Guide/Birds/Crag Martin, Ptyonoprogne rupestris, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica Field Guide/Birds/Red-rumped Swallow, Hirundo daurica, rare Field Guide/Birds/Cliff Swallow, Hirundo pyrrhonota, very rare Field Guide/Birds/House Martin, Delichon urbicum Motacillidae, wagtails and pipits Field Guide/Birds/Citrine Wagtail, Motacilla citreola, rare Field Guide/Birds/White Wagtail, Motacilla alba. Two races Motacilla alba alba Motacilla alba yarrelli, Pied Wagtail. Field Guide/Birds/Grey Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea Field Guide/Birds/Blue-headed Wagtail, Motacilla flava Yellow Wagtail M. f. flavissima is the breeding form Field Guide/Birds/Richard's Pipit, Anthus richardi Field Guide/Birds/Tawny Pipit, Anthus campestris, rare Field Guide/Birds/Blyth's Pipit, Anthus godlewskii, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Tree Pipit, Anthus trivialis Field Guide/Birds/Olive-backed Pipit, Anthus hodgsoni , rare Field Guide/Birds/Pechora Pipit, Anthus gustavi, rare Field Guide/Birds/Meadow Pipit, Anthus pratensis Field Guide/Birds/Red-throated Pipit, Anthus cervinus, rare Field Guide/Birds/Water Pipit, Anthus spinoletta Field Guide/Birds/Rock Pipit, Anthus petrosus Field Guide/Birds/Buff-bellied Pipit, Anthus rubescens, very rare Bombycillidae, waxwings Field Guide/Birds/Bohemian Waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus Field Guide/Birds/Cedar Waxwing, B. cedrorum, very rare Cinclidae, dippers European Dipper, Cinclus cinclus Troglodytidae, wrens Winter Wren Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes Mimidae, mockingbirds Field Guide/Birds/Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Brown Thrasher, Toxostoma rufum, one record Prunellidae, accentors Field Guide/Birds/Dunnock, Prunella modularis Field Guide/Birds/Alpine Accentor, Prunella collaris, rare Turdidae: thrushes and chats Field Guide/Birds/Blackbird, Turdus merula Field Guide/Birds/Ring Ouzel, Turdus torquatus Field Guide/Birds/Eyebrowed Thrush, Turdus obscurus, rare Field Guide/Birds/Dark-throated Thrush, Turdus atrogularis , rare Black-throated Thrush, T. a. atrogularis, rare Red-throated Thrush, T.a. ruficollis, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Dusky Thrush, Turdus naumanni Naumann's Thrush, T. n. naumanni, very rare Dusky Thrush, T. n. eunomus, rare Field Guide/Birds/Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris Field Guide/Birds/Redwing, Turdus iliacus Field Guide/Birds/Song Thrush, Turdus philomelos Field Guide/Birds/Mistle Thrush, Turdus viscivorus Field Guide/Birds/American Robin, Turdus migratorius, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Siberian Thrush, Zoothera sibirica, very rare Field Guide/Birds/White's Thrush or Scaly Thrush, Zoothera dauma, rare Field Guide/Birds/Varied Thrush, Zoothera naevia, one record Field Guide/Birds/ Veery, Catharus fuscescens, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Gray-cheeked Thrush, Catharus minimus, rare Field Guide/Birds/Swainson's Thrush, Catharus ustulatus, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Hermit Thrush, Catharus guttatus, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, very rare Rock Thrush, Monticola saxatilis, rare Field Guide/Birds/Blue Rock-Thrush, Monticola solitarius, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Rufous Bush Robin, Cercotrichas galactotes, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Bluethroat, Luscinia svecica Field Guide/Birds/Siberian Rubythroat, Luscinia calliope, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Thrush Nightingale, Luscinia luscinia, rare Field Guide/Birds/Nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos Field Guide/Birds/Siberian Blue Robin, Luscinia cyanea, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Red-flanked Bluetail, Tarsiger cyanurus, very rare Field Guide/Birds/European Robin, Erithacus rubecula Field Guide/Birds/White-throated Robin, Irania gutturalis, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Stonechat, Saxicola torquatus Field Guide/Birds/Siberian Stonechat, S. (torquatus) maura may be a separate species, rare Field Guide/Birds/Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra. Field Guide/Birds/Northern Wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe Field Guide/Birds/Isabelline Wheatear, Oenanthe isabellina, rare Field Guide/Birds/Desert Wheatear, Oenanthe deserti, rare Field Guide/Birds/Black-eared Wheatear, Oenanthe hispanica, rare Field Guide/Birds/Pied Wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka, rare Field Guide/Birds/White-crowned Wheatear, Oenanthe leucopyga, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Black Redstart, Phoenicurus ochruros Field Guide/Birds/Common Redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus Corvidae: crows, ravens, and allies Field Guide/Birds/Carrion Crow, Corvus corone Field Guide/Birds/Common Raven, Corvus corax Field Guide/Birds/Hooded Crow, Corvus cornix Field Guide/Birds/Jackdaw, Corvus monedula Rook, Corvus frugilegus Field Guide/Birds/Eurasian Jay, Garrulus glandarius Field Guide/Birds/Chough, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Field Guide/Birds/European Magpie, Pica pica Field Guide/Birds/Nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes, very rare Sylviidae: Old World warblers Field Guide/Birds/Cetti's Warbler, Cettia cetti Field Guide/Birds/Lanceolated Warbler, Locustella lanceolata, rare Field Guide/Birds/Grasshopper Warbler, Locustella naevia Field Guide/Birds/Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler, Locustella certhiola, rare Field Guide/Birds/River Warbler, Locustella fluviatilis, rare Field Guide/Birds/Savi's Warbler, Locustella luscinioides, rare breeder Field Guide/Birds/Moustached Warbler, Acrocephalus melanopogon, very rare, has bred Field Guide/Birds/Aquatic Warbler, Acrocephalus paludicola, rare Field Guide/Birds/Sedge Warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Field Guide/Birds/Paddyfield Warbler, Acrocephalus agricola, rare Field Guide/Birds/Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus Field Guide/Birds/Blyth's Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus dumetorum, rare Field Guide/Birds/Marsh Warbler, Acrocephalus palustris Field Guide/Birds/Great Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus arundinaceus, rare Field Guide/Birds/Thick-billed Warbler, Acrocephalus aedon, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Booted Warbler, Hippolais caligata, rare Sykes' Warbler, Hippolais rama,very rare Field Guide/Birds/Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Hippolais pallida, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Western Olivaceous Warbler, Hippolais opaca, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Melodious Warbler, Hippolais polyglotta Field Guide/Birds/Icterine Warbler, Hippolais icterina Field Guide/Birds/Willow Warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus Field Guide/Birds/Common Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita Field Guide/Birds/Iberian Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus brehmii, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Western Bonelli's Warbler, Phylloscopus bonelli, rare Field Guide/Birds/Eastern Bonelli's Warbler, Phylloscopus orientalis, rare Field Guide/Birds/Wood Warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix Field Guide/Birds/Dusky Warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus, rare Field Guide/Birds/Radde's Warbler, Phylloscopus schwarzi, rare Field Guide/Birds/Pallas's Warbler, Phylloscopus proregulus, rare Field Guide/Birds/Yellow-browed Warbler, Phylloscopus inornatus Field Guide/Birds/Hume's Warbler, Phylloscopus humei, rare Field Guide/Birds/Arctic Warbler, Phylloscopus borealis, rare Field Guide/Birds/Greenish Warbler, Phylloscopus trochiloides, rare Field Guide/Birds/Blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla Field Guide/Birds/Garden Warbler, Sylvia borin Field Guide/Birds/Whitethroat, Sylvia communis Field Guide/Birds/Lesser Whitethroat, Sylvia curruca Asian Desert Warbler, Sylvia nana Field Guide/Birds/Barred Warbler, Sylvia nisoria Field Guide/Birds/Orphean Warbler, Sylvia hortensis, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Rüppell's Warbler, Sylvia rueppelli Field Guide/Birds/Subalpine Warbler, Sylvia cantillans, rare Field Guide/Birds/Sardinian Warbler, Sylvia melanocephala, rare Field Guide/Birds/Spectacled Warbler, Sylvia conspicillata, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Dartford Warbler, Sylvia undata Field Guide/Birds/Marmora's Warbler Sylvia sarda, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Zitting Cisticola, Cisticola juncidis, very rare Regulidae: kinglets Field Guide/Birds/Goldcrest, Regulus regulus Field Guide/Birds/Firecrest, Regulus ignicapillus Muscicapidae: Old World flycatchers Field Guide/Birds/Spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa striata Pied Flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca Field Guide/Birds/Collared Flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis, rare Field Guide/Birds/Red-breasted Flycatcher, Ficedula parva Aegithalidae: long-tailed tits Field Guide/Birds/Long-tailed Tit, Aegithalos longicaudus Remizidae: penduline tits Field Guide/Birds/Penduline Tit, Remiz pendulinus, rarity, has bred Paridae: titmice Field Guide/Birds/Marsh Tit, Parus palustris Field Guide/Birds/Willow Tit, Parus montana Field Guide/Birds/Coal Tit, Parus ater Field Guide/Birds/Crested Tit, Parus cristatus Field Guide/Birds/Great Tit, Parus major Field Guide/Birds/Blue Tit, Parus caeruleus Tichodromadidae: Wallcreeper Field Guide/Birds/Wallcreeper, Tichodroma muraria, very rare Sittidae: nuthatches Field Guide/Birds/Eurasian Nuthatch, Sitta europaea Field Guide/Birds/Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis Certhiidae - treecreepers Field Guide/Birds/Common Treecreeper, Certhia familiaris Field Guide/Birds/Short-toed Treecreeper, Certhia brachydactyla, rare Laniidae - shrikes Field Guide/Birds/Great Grey Shrike, Lanius excubitor Field Guide/Birds/Southern Grey Shrike, Lanius meridionalis, rare Field Guide/Birds/Lesser Grey Shrike, Lanius minor, rare Field Guide/Birds/Red-backed Shrike, Lanius collurio Field Guide/Birds/Isabelline Shrike, Lanius isabellinus, rare Field Guide/Birds/Woodchat Shrike, Lanius senator, rare Field Guide/Birds/Long-tailed Shrike, Lanius schach, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Brown Shrike, Lanius cristatus, very rare Emberizidae - buntings and, as very rare vagrants, American sparrows Field Guide/Birds/Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella Field Guide/Birds/Pine Bunting, Emberiza leucocephalos, rare Field Guide/Birds/Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus Field Guide/Birds/Ortolan Bunting, Emberiza hortulana Field Guide/Birds/Cretzschmar's Bunting, Emberiza caesia, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Little Bunting, Emberiza pusilla, rare Field Guide/Birds/Yellow-browed Bunting, Emberiza chrysophrys, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Rustic Bunting, Emberiza rustica, rare Field Guide/Birds/Yellow-breasted Bunting, Emberiza aureola Field Guide/Birds/Black-faced Bunting, Emberiza spodocephala, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Black-headed Bunting, Emberiza melanocephala, rare Field Guide/Birds/Pallas' Reed Bunting, Emberiza pallasi, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Reed Bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus Field Guide/Birds/Corn Bunting, Miliaria calandra Field Guide/Birds/Snow Bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis Field Guide/Birds/Lapland Bunting, Calcarius lapponicus Rufous-sided Towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Lark Sparrow, Chondestes grammacus, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia, very rare Field Guide/Birds/White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys, very rare Field Guide/Birds/White-throated Sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Dark-eyed Junco, Junco hyemalis, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Savannah Sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis, very rare Thraupidae - tanagers: very rare vagrant Field Guide/Birds/Scarlet Tanager, Piranga olivacea, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Summer Tanager, Piranga rubra, one record Vireonidae - vireos: very rare vagrant Field Guide/Birds/Yellow-throated Vireo, Vireo flavifrons, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Philadelphia Vireo, Vireo philadelphicus, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus, rare Parulidae - New World warblers: very rare vagrants Field Guide/Birds/Golden-winged Warbler, Vermivora chrysoptera, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Tennessee Warbler, Vermivora peregrina, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Northern Parula, Parula americana, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Yellow Warbler, Dendroica petechia, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Chestnut-sided Warbler, Dendroica pensylvanica, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Magnolia Warbler, Dendroica magnolia, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Cape May Warbler, Dendroica tigrina, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Yellow-rumped Warbler, Dendroica coronata, rare Field Guide/Birds/Blackburnian Warbler, Dendroica fusca, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Bay-breasted Warbler, Dendroica castanea, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Blackpoll Warbler, Dendroica striata, rare Field Guide/Birds/Black-and-white Warbler, Mniotilta varia, very rare Field Guide/Birds/American Redstart, Setophaga ruticilla, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Northern Waterthrush, Seiurus noveboracensis, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Common Yellowthroat, Geothlypis trichas, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Hooded Warbler, Wilsonia citrina, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Wilson's Warbler, Wilsonia pusilla, very rare Icteridae - icterids: very rare vagrant Field Guide/Birds/Bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, very rare vagrant Field Guide/Birds/Baltimore Oriole, Icterus galbula, very rare vagrant Fringillidae - finches Field Guide/Birds/Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs Field Guide/Birds/Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla Field Guide/Birds/Pine Grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Common Rosefinch, Carpodacus erythrinus Field Guide/Birds/Parrot Crossbill, Loxia pytyopsittacus, rare Field Guide/Birds/Scottish Crossbill, Loxia scotica Field Guide/Birds/Common Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra Field Guide/Birds/Two-barred Crossbill, Loxia leucoptera, rare Field Guide/Birds/European Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris Common Redpoll, Carduelis flammea Lesser Redpoll, Carduelis cabaret Arctic Redpoll, Carduelis hornemanni Field Guide/Birds/Eurasian Siskin, Carduelis spinus Field Guide/Birds/European Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis Field Guide/Birds/Twite, Carduelis flavirostris Field Guide/Birds/Eurasian Linnet, Carduelis cannabina Field Guide/Birds/European Serin, Serinus serinus Field Guide/Birds/Eurasian Bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula Field Guide/Birds/Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes Field Guide/Birds/Evening Grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus, very rare Field Guide/Birds/Trumpeter Finch, Rhodopechys githaginea, very rare Ploceidae - sparrows Field Guide/Birds/House Sparrow, Passer domesticus Field Guide/Birds/Spanish Sparrow, Passer hispaniolensis, very rare vagrant Field Guide/Birds/Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus Field Guide/Birds/Rock Sparrow, Petronia petronia, very rare vagrant Sturnidae - starlings Field Guide/Birds/Rosy Starling, Sturnus roseus, rare but increasing Field Guide/Birds/Common Starling, Sturnus vulgaris Oriolidae - orioles Field Guide/Birds/Golden Oriole, Oriolus oriolus Anseriformes Anatidae: swans, geese and ducks Field Guide/Birds/Mute Swan - Cygnus olor A & C Field Guide/Birds/Tundra Swan - Cygnus columbianus A Field Guide/Birds/Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus A Field Guide/Birds/Bean Goose - Anser fabalis A Field Guide/Birds/Pink-footed Goose - Anser brachyrhynchus A Field Guide/Birds/White-fronted Goose - Anser albifrons A Field Guide/Birds/Lesser White-fronted Goose - Anser erythropus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Greylag Goose - Anser anser A & C Field Guide/Birds/Snow Goose - Anser caerulescens A most records are presumed escapes from captivity Field Guide/Birds/Canada Goose - Branta canadensis A & C Field Guide/Birds/Barnacle Goose - Branta leucopsis A Field Guide/Birds/Brent Goose - Branta bernicla A Field Guide/Birds/Red-breasted Goose - Branta ruficollis A rare Field Guide/Birds/Egyptian Goose - Alopochen aegyptiaca C Field Guide/Birds/Ruddy Shelduck - Tadorna ferruginea B & C many records are presumed escapes from captivity Field Guide/Birds/Common Shelduck - Tadorna tadorna A Field Guide/Birds/Mandarin Duck - Aix galericulata C Field Guide/Birds/Wigeon - Anas penelope A Field Guide/Birds/American Wigeon - Anas americana A rare Field Guide/Birds/Gadwall - Anas strepera A & C Field Guide/Birds/Common Teal - Anas crecca A Field Guide/Birds/Green-winged Teal - Anas carolinensis A Field Guide/Birds/Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos A & C Field Guide/Birds/American Black Duck - Anas rubripes A rare Field Guide/Birds/Northern Pintail - Anas acuta A Field Guide/Birds/Garganey - Anas querquedula A Field Guide/Birds/Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors A rare Field Guide/Birds/Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata A Field Guide/Birds/Red-crested Pochard - Netta rufina A & C Field Guide/Birds/Pochard - Aythya ferina A Redhead - Aythya americana A rare Field Guide/Birds/Canvasback - Aythya valisineria A rare Field Guide/Birds/Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris A Field Guide/Birds/Ferruginous Duck - Aythya nyroca A rare many records are presumed escapes from captivity Field Guide/Birds/Tufted Duck - Aythya fuligula A Field Guide/Birds/Greater Scaup - Aythya marila A Field Guide/Birds/Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis A rare Field Guide/Birds/Common Eider - Somateria mollissima A Field Guide/Birds/King Eider - Somateria spectabilis A rare Field Guide/Birds/Steller's Eider - Polysticta stelleri A rare Field Guide/Birds/Harlequin Duck - Histrionicus histrionicus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Long-tailed Duck - Clangula hyemalis A Field Guide/Birds/Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra A Field Guide/Birds/Surf Scoter - Melanitta perspicillata A Field Guide/Birds/Velvet Scoter - Melanitta fusca A Field Guide/Birds/Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola A rare most records are presumed escapes from captivity Field Guide/Birds/Barrow's Goldeneye - Bucephala islandica A rare most records are presumed escapes from captivity Field Guide/Birds/Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula A Field Guide/Birds/Smew - Mergellus albellus A Field Guide/Birds/Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator A Goosander - Mergus merganser A Field Guide/Birds/Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis C introduced species currently subject to an eradication programme Galliformes Tetraonidae: grouse Field Guide/Birds/Red Grouse - Lagopus lagopus scotica A Field Guide/Birds/Ptarmigan - Lagopus muta A Field Guide/Birds/Eurasian Black Grouse - Tetrao tetrix A Field Guide/Birds/Capercaillie - Tetrao urogallus B & C reintroduced Phasianidae: partridges, pheasants and quails Field Guide/Birds/Red-legged Partridge - Alectoris rufa C Field Guide/Birds/Grey Partridge - Perdix perdix A & C Field Guide/Birds/Common Quail - Coturnix coturnix A Field Guide/Birds/Common Pheasant - Phasanius colchicus C Field Guide/Birds/Golden Pheasant - Chrysolophus pictus C Field Guide/Birds/Lady Amherst's Pheasant - Chrysolophus amherstiae C Gaviiformes Gaviidae: divers Field Guide/Birds/Red-throated Diver - Gavia stellata A Field Guide/Birds/Black-throated Diver - Gavia arctica A Field Guide/Birds/Great Northern Diver - Gavia immer A Field Guide/Birds/White-billed Diver - Gavia adamsii A rare Podicipediformes Podicepidae: grebes Field Guide/Birds/Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps A rare Field Guide/Birds/Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis A Field Guide/Birds/Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus A Field Guide/Birds/Red-necked Grebe - Podiceps grisegena A Field Guide/Birds/Slavonian Grebe - Podiceps auritus A Field Guide/Birds/Black-necked Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis A Procellariiformes Diomedeidae: albatrosses Field Guide/Birds/Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris A rare Procellariidae: fulmar, shearwaters, gadfly and other petrels Field Guide/Birds/Northern Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis A Field Guide/Birds/Fea's Petrel - Pterodroma feae A rare Capped Petrel - Pterodroma hasitata B rare Field Guide/Birds/Bulwer's Petrel - Bulweria bulwerii A rare Field Guide/Birds/Cory's Shearwater - Calonectis diomedea A Field Guide/Birds/Great Shearwater - Puffinus gravis A Field Guide/Birds/Sooty Shearwater - Puffinus griseus A Field Guide/Birds/Manx Shearwater - Puffinus puffinus A Balearic Shearwater - Puffinus mauretanicus A Field Guide/Birds/Little Shearwater - Puffinus assimilis A rare Hydrobatidae: storm petrels Wilson's Petrel - Oceanites oceanicus A rare (though more regular well offshore) White-faced Petrel - Pelagodroma marina B rare Storm Petrel - Hydrobates pelagicus A Leach's Petrel - Oceanodroma leucorhea A Swinhoe's Petrel - Oceanodroma monorhis A rare Madeiran Petrel - Oceanodroma castro B rare Pelecaniformes Sulidae: gannets Gannet - Morus bassanus A Phalacrocoracidae: cormorants Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo A Field Guide/Birds/Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Common Shag - Phalacrocorax aristotelis A Fregatidae: frigatebirds Field Guide/Birds/Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens A rare Field Guide/Birds/Ascension Frigatebird - Fregata aquila B rare - one record Phaethontidae: tropicbirds Field Guide/Birds/Red-billed Tropicbird - Phaeton aetherius A rare Ciconiiformes Ardeidae: herons and bitterns Bittern - Botaurus stellata A Field Guide/Birds/American Bittern - Botaurus lentiginosa A rare Field Guide/Birds/Little Bittern - Ixobrychus minutus A rare Night Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax A rare Field Guide/Birds/Green Heron - Butorides virescens A rare Field Guide/Birds/Squacco Heron - Ardeola ralloides A rare Field Guide/Birds/Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis A rare Field Guide/Birds/Little Egret - Egretta garzetta A Field Guide/Birds/Snowy Egret - Egretta thula A rare Great White Egret - Ardea alba A rare Field Guide/Birds/Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea A Field Guide/Birds/Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea A Ciconiidae: storks (rare) Field Guide/Birds/Black Stork - Ciconia nigra A rare Field Guide/Birds/White Stork - Ciconia ciconia A Threskiornithidae: ibises and spoonbills Field Guide/Birds/Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Common Spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia A Accipitriformes Some classifications also include the Falconidae. Pandionidae: Osprey Field Guide/Birds/Osprey - Pandion haliaetus A Accipitridae: hawks, eagles, buzzards, harriers, kites and allies European Field Guide/Birds/Honey Buzzard - Pernis apivorus A Field Guide/Birds/Black Kite - Milvus migrans A rare Field Guide/Birds/Red Kite - Milvus milvus A & C Field Guide/Birds/White-tailed Eagle - Haliaeetus albicilla A & C Field Guide/Birds/Egyptian Vulture - Neophron percnopterus B Field Guide/Birds/Short-toed Eagle - Circaetus gallicus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Marsh Harrier - Circus aeruginosus A Field Guide/Birds/Hen Harrier - Circus cyaneus A Field Guide/Birds/Pallid Harrier - Circus macrourus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Montagu's Harrier - Circus pygargus A Field Guide/Birds/Goshawk - Accipiter gentilis A & C Field Guide/Birds/Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus A Field Guide/Birds/Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo A Field Guide/Birds/Rough-legged Buzzard - Buteo lagopus A Field Guide/Birds/Greater Spotted Eagle - Aquila clanga B Field Guide/Birds/Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos A Falconiformes Sometimes included in the Accipitriformes Falconidae: falcons Field Guide/Birds/Lesser Kestrel - Falco naumanni A rare Field Guide/Birds/Common Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus A Field Guide/Birds/American Kestrel - Falco sparverius A rare Field Guide/Birds/Red-footed Falcon - Falco vespertinus A rare Merlin - Falco columbarius A Field Guide/Birds/Eurasian Hobby - Falco subbuteo A Field Guide/Birds/Eleanora's Falcon - Falco eleonorae A rare Field Guide/Birds/Gyr Falcon - Falco rusticolus A rare Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus A Gruiformes Rallidae: rails and crakes Field Guide/Birds/Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus A Field Guide/Birds/Spotted Crake - Porzana porzana A Sora - Porzana carolina A rare Field Guide/Birds/Little Crake - Porzana parva A rare Field Guide/Birds/Baillon's Crake - Porzana pusilla A rare Field Guide/Birds/Corn Crake - Crex crex A Field Guide/Birds/Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus A Field Guide/Birds/Allen's Gallinule - Porphyrio alleni A rare Field Guide/Birds/American Purple Gallinule - Porphyrio martinica A rare Coot - Fulica atra A Field Guide/Birds/American Coot - Fulica americana A rare Gruidae: cranes Field Guide/Birds/Common Crane - Grus grus A Field Guide/Birds/Sandhill Crane - Grus americana A rare Otidae: bustards Field Guide/Birds/Little Bustard - Tetrax tetrax A rare Field Guide/Birds/Macqueen's Bustard - Chlamydotis macqueenii B rare Field Guide/Birds/Great Bustard - Otis tarda A rare Charadriiformes Suborder Charadrii: waders Haematopodidae: oystercatchers Field Guide/Birds/Common Pied Oystercatcher - Haematopus ostralegus A Recurvirostridae: avocets and stilts Field Guide/Birds/Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus A rare Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta A Burhinidae: thick-knees Stone Curlew - Burhinus oedicnemus A Glareolidae: coursers and pratincoles Field Guide/Birds/Cream-coloured Courser - Cursorius cursor A rare rare Field Guide/Birds/Collared Pratincole - Glareola pratincola A rare Field Guide/Birds/Oriental Pratincole - Glareola maldivarum A rare Field Guide/Birds/Black-winged Pratincole - Glareola nordmanni A rare Charadriidae: plovers and lapwings Field Guide/Birds/Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius A Field Guide/Birds/Ringed Plover - Charadrius hiaticula A Field Guide/Birds/Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Kentish Plover - Charadrius alexandrinus A Field Guide/Birds/Lesser Sand Plover - Charadrius mongolus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Greater Sand Plover - Charadrius leschenaultii A rare Field Guide/Birds/Caspian Plover - Charadrius asiaticus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Eurasian Dotterel - Charadrius morinellus A Field Guide/Birds/American Golden Plover - Pluvialis dominica A rare Field Guide/Birds/Pacific Golden Plover - Pluvialis fulva A rare Golden Plover - Pluvialis apricaria A Field Guide/Birds/Grey Plover - Pluvialis squatarola A Field Guide/Birds/Sociable Lapwing - Vanellus gregarius A rare Field Guide/Birds/White-tailed Lapwing - Vanellus leucurus A rare Lapwing - Vanellus vanellus A Scolopacidae: typical waders or shorebirds Field Guide/Birds/Great Knot - Calidris tenuirostris A rare Field Guide/Birds/Red Knot - Calidris canutus A Field Guide/Birds/Sanderling - Calidris alba A Field Guide/Birds/Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla A rare Field Guide/Birds/Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri A rare Field Guide/Birds/Red-necked Stint - Calidris ruficollis A rare Field Guide/Birds/Little Stint - Calidris minuta A Field Guide/Birds/Temminck's Stint - Calidris temminckii A Field Guide/Birds/Long-toed Stint - Calidris subminuta A rare Field Guide/Birds/Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla A rare Field Guide/Birds/White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis A rare Field Guide/Birds/Baird's Sandpiper - Calidris bairdii A rare Field Guide/Birds/Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos A Field Guide/Birds/Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - Calidris acuminata A rare Field Guide/Birds/Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea A Field Guide/Birds/Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima A Field Guide/Birds/Dunlin - Calidris alpina A Field Guide/Birds/Broad-billed Sandpiper - Limicola falcinellus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollis A Field Guide/Birds/Ruff - Philomachus pugnax A Field Guide/Birds/Jack Snipe - Lymnocryptes minimus A Field Guide/Birds/Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago A Field Guide/Birds/Great Snipe - Gallinago media A rare Field Guide/Birds/Short-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus griseus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Long-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceus A rare Woodcock - Scolopax rusticola A Field Guide/Birds/Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa A Field Guide/Birds/Hudsonian Godwit - Limosa haemastica A rare Field Guide/Birds/Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica A Field Guide/Birds/Little Curlew - Numenius minutus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Eskimo Curlew - Numenius borealis B extinct Field Guide/Birds/Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus A Field Guide/Birds/Slender-billed Curlew - Numenius tenuirostris A rare Curlew - Numenius arquata A Field Guide/Birds/Upland Sandpiper - Bartramia longicauda A rare Field Guide/Birds/Spotted Redshank - Tringa erythropus A Field Guide/Birds/Common Redshank - Tringa totanus A Field Guide/Birds/Marsh Sandpiper - Tringa stagnatilis A rare Field Guide/Birds/Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia A Field Guide/Birds/Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca A rare Field Guide/Birds/Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes A rare Field Guide/Birds/Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria A rare Field Guide/Birds/Green Sandpiper - Tringa ochropus A Field Guide/Birds/Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola A Field Guide/Birds/Terek Sandpiper - Xenus cinereus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos A Field Guide/Birds/Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius A rare Field Guide/Birds/Grey-tailed Tattler - Heterosceles brevipes A rare Turnstone - Arenaria interpres A Field Guide/Birds/Wilson's Phalarope - Phalaropus tricolor A rare Field Guide/Birds/Red-necked Phalarope - Phalaropus lobatus A Field Guide/Birds/Grey Phalarope - Phalaropus fulicaria A Suborder Lari: skuas, gulls & terns Stercorariidae: skuas Field Guide/Birds/Pomarine Skua - Stercorarius pomarinus A Field Guide/Birds/Arctic Skua - Stercorarius parasiticus A Field Guide/Birds/Long-tailed Skua - Stercorarius longicaudus A Field Guide/Birds/Great Skua - Stercorarius skua A Laridae: gulls Field Guide/Birds/Great Black-headed Gull - Larus ichthyaetus B rare Field Guide/Birds/Mediterranean Gull - Larus melanocephalus A Field Guide/Birds/Laughing Gull - Larus atricilla A rare Field Guide/Birds/Franklin's Gull - Larus pipixcan A rare Field Guide/Birds/Little Gull - Larus minutus A Field Guide/Birds/Sabine's Gull - Larus sabini A Field Guide/Birds/Bonaparte's Gull - Larus philadelphia A rare Field Guide/Birds/Black-headed Gull - Larus ridibundus A Field Guide/Birds/Slender-billed Gull - Larus genei A rare Field Guide/Birds/Audouin's Gull - Larus audouinii A rare Field Guide/Birds/Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis A Field Guide/Birds/Common Gull - Larus canus A Field Guide/Birds/Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus A Field Guide/Birds/Herring Gull - Larus argentatus A Field Guide/Birds/Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides A Field Guide/Birds/Glaucous Gull - Larus hyperboreus A Field Guide/Birds/Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus A Field Guide/Birds/Ross's Gull - Rhodostethia rosea A rare Field Guide/Birds/Kittiwake - Rissa tridactyla A Field Guide/Birds/Ivory Gull - Pagophila eburnea A rare Sternidae: terns Field Guide/Birds/Gull-billed Tern - Sterna nilotica A rare Field Guide/Birds/Caspian Tern - Sterna caspia A rare Field Guide/Birds/Royal Tern - Sterna maximus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Lesser Crested Tern - Sterna bengalensis A rare Field Guide/Birds/Sandwich Tern - Sterna sandvicensis A Field Guide/Birds/Elegant Tern - Sterna elegans A rare Field Guide/Birds/Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii A Field Guide/Birds/Common Tern - Sterna hirundo A Field Guide/Birds/Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea A Field Guide/Birds/Aleutian Tern - Sterna aleutica A rare Field Guide/Birds/Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri A rare Field Guide/Birds/Bridled Tern - Sterna anaethetus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Sooty Tern - Sterna fuscata A rare Field Guide/Birds/Little Tern - Sterna albifrons A Field Guide/Birds/Whiskered Tern - Childonias hybridus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Black Tern - Childonias niger A Field Guide/Birds/White-winged Tern - Childonias leucopterus A rare Suborder Alcae: auks Alcidae: auks Field Guide/Birds/Common Guillemot - Uria aalge A Field Guide/Birds/Brunnich's Guillemot - Uria lomvia A rare Field Guide/Birds/Razorbill - Alca torda A Field Guide/Birds/Great Auk - Pinguinus impennis B extinct Field Guide/Birds/Black Guillemot - Cepphus grylle A Field Guide/Birds/Ancient Murrelet - Synthliboramphus antiquus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Little Auk - Alle alle A Field Guide/Birds/Atlantic Puffin - Fratercula arctica A Pterocliformes Pteroclidae: sandgrouse Field Guide/Birds/Field Guide/Pallas's Sandgrouse - Syrrhaptes paradoxus A rare Columbiformes Columbidae: [[Dove|pigeons and doves Rock Dove or Feral Pigeon - Columba livia A & C Field Guide/Birds/Stock Dove - Columba oenas A Field Guide/Birds/Wood Pigeon - Columba palumbus A Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto A Field Guide/Birds/Turtle Dove - Streptopelia turtur A Field Guide/Birds/Oriental Turtle Dove - Streptopelia orientalis A rare Field Guide/Birds/Mourning Dove - ''Zenaida macroura A rarePsittaciformes Psittacidae: parrots Ring-necked Parakeet - Psittacula krameri CCuculiformes Cuculidae: cuckoos Field Guide/Birds/Great Spotted Cuckoo - Clamator glandarius A rare Field Guide/Birds/Common Cuckoo - Cuculus canorus A Field Guide/Birds/Black-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus erythropthalmus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanus A rareStrigiformes Tytonidae: barn owls Field Guide/Birds/Barn Owl - Tyto alba A Strigidae: owls Scops Owl - Otus scops A rare Field Guide/Birds/Snowy Owl - Bubo scandiacus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Northern Hawk Owl - Surnia ulula A rare Field Guide/Birds/Little Owl - Athene noctua C Field Guide/Birds/Tawny Owl - Strix aluco A Field Guide/Birds/Long-eared Owl - Asio otus A Field Guide/Birds/Short-eared Owl - Asio flammeus A Field Guide/Birds/Tengmalm's Owl - Aegolius funereus A rareCaprimulgiformes Caprimulgidae: nightjars Field Guide/Birds/European Nightjar - Caprimulgus europaeus A Field Guide/Birds/Red-necked Nightjar - Caprimulgus ruficollis A rare Field Guide/Birds/Egyptian Nightjar - Caprimulgus aegyptius A rare Field Guide/Birds/Common Nighthawk - Chordeiles minor A rareApodiformes Apodidae: swifts Field Guide/Birds/Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica A rare Needle-tailed Swift - Hirundapus caudacutus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Common Swift - Apus apus A Field Guide/Birds/Pallid Swift - Apus pallidus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Pacific Swift - Apus pacificus A rare Field Guide/Birds/Alpine Swift - Apus melba A rare Field Guide/Birds/Little Swift - Apus affinis A rareCoraciiformes Alcedinidae: kingfishers Field Guide/Birds/European Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis A Field Guide/Birds/Belted Kingfisher - Ceryle alcyon A rare Meropidae: bee-eaters Field Guide/Birds/Blue-cheeked Bee-eater - Merops persicus A rare Field Guide/Birds/European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster A Coraciidae: rollers Field Guide/Birds/European Roller - Coracias garrulus A rare Upupidae: Hoopoes Field Guide/Birds/Hoopoe - Upupa epops APiciformes Picidae: woodpeckers Field Guide/Birds/Eurasian Wryneck - Jynx torquilla A Field Guide/Birds/Green Woodpecker - Picus viridis A Field Guide/Birds/Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius A rare Field Guide/Birds/Great Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos major A Field Guide/Birds/Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos minor A'''