THE WEST MIDLANDS BIRD LIST

 

 Common Name  Scientific Name

 BOU Category

 Mute Swan  Cygnus olor

A

 Bewick's Swan  Cygnus columbianus

A

 Whooper Swan  Cygnus cygnus

A

 Bean Goose  Anser fabalis 

A

 Pink-footed Goose  Anser brachyrhynchus

A

 White-fronted Goose  Anser albifrons

A

 Greylag Goose  Anser anser

A

 Canada Goose   Branta canadensis

C

 Barnacle Goose  Branta leucopsis

A

 Brent Goose  Branta bernicla

A

 Egyptian Goose  Alopochen aegyptiaca

C

 Shelduck  Tadorna tadorna

A

 Mandarin Duck  Aix galericulata

C

 Wigeon  Anas penelope

A

 American Wigeon  Anas americana

A

 Gadwall  Anas strepera

A

 Teal  Anas crecca

A

 Green-winged Teal  Anas carolinensis

A

 Mallard  Anas platyrhynchos

A

 Pintail  Anas acuta

A

 Garganey  Anas querquedula

A

 Blue-winged Teal  Anas discors

A

 Shoveler  Anas clypeata

A

 Red-crested Pochard  Netta rufina

A

 Pochard  Aythya ferina

A

 Ring-necked Duck  Aythya collaris

A

 Ferruginous Duck  Aythya nyroca

A

 Tufted Duck  Aythya fuligula

A

 Scaup  Aythya marila

A

 Lesser Scaup  Aythya affinis

A

 Eider  Somateria mollissima 

A

 Long-tailed Duck  Clangula hyemalis

A

 Common Scoter  Melanitta nigra

A

 Surf Scoter  Melanitta perspicillata

A

 Velvet Scoter  Melanitta fusca

A

 Bufflehead  Bucephala albeola

A

 Goldeneye  Bucephala clangula

A

 Smew  Mergellus albellus

A

 Red-breasted Merganser  Mergus serrator

A

 Goosander  Mergus merganser

A

 Ruddy Duck  Oxyura jamaicensis

C

 Red Grouse  Lagopus lagopus

A

 Black Grouse  Tetrao tetrix

A

 Red-legged Partridge  Alectoris rufa 

C

 Grey Partridge  Perdix perdix

A

 Quail  Coturnix coturnix

A

 Pheasant  Phasianus colchicus

C

 Red-throated Diver  Gavia stellata

A

 Black-throated Diver  Gavia arctica

A

 Great Northern Diver  Gavia immer

A

 Little Grebe  Tachybaptus ruficollis

A

 Great Crested Grebe  Podiceps cristatus

A

 Red-necked Grebe  Podiceps grisegena

A

 Slavonian Grebe  Podiceps auritus

A

 Black-necked Grebe  Podiceps nigricollis

A

 Fulmar  Fulmarus glacialis

A

 Cory's Shearwater  Calonectris diomeda

A

 Manx Shearwater  Puffinus puffinus

A

 Storm Petrel  Hydrobates pelagicus

A

 Leach's Petrel  Oceanodroma leucorhoa

A

 Gannet  Morus bassanus

A

 Cormorant  Phalacrocorax carbo

A

 Shag  Phalacrocorax aristotelis

A

 Bittern  Botaurus stellaris

A

 Little Bittern  Ixobrychus minutus

A

 Night Heron  Nycticorax nycticorax

A

 Squacco Heron  Ardeola ralloides

A

 Cattle Egret  Bubulcus ibis

A

 Little Egret  Egretta garzetta

A

 Great White Egret  Ardea alba

A

 Grey Heron  Ardea cinerea

A

 Purple Heron  Ardea purpurea

A

 Black Stork  Ciconia nigra

A

 White Stork  Ciconia ciconia

A

 Glossy Ibis  Plegadis falcinellus

A

 Spoonbill  Platalea leucorodia

A

 Honey Buzzard  Pernis apivorus

A

 Black Kite  Milvus migrans

A

 Red Kite  Milvus milvus

A

 White-tailed Eagle  Haliaeetus albicilla

A

 Marsh Harrier  Circus aeruginosus

A

 Hen Harrier  Circus cyaneus

A

 Montagu's Harrier  Circus pygargus

A

 Goshawk  Accipiter gentillis

A

 Sparrowhawk  Accipiter nisus

A

 Buzzard  Buteo buteo

A

 Rough-legged Buzzard  Buteo lagopus

A

 Golden Eagle  Aquila chrysaetos

A

 Osprey  Pandion haliaetus

A

 Kestrel  Falco tinnunculus

A

 Red-footed Falcon  Falco vespertinus

A

 Merlin  Falco columbarius

A

 Hobby  Falco subbuteo

A

 Gyr Falcon  Falco rusticolus

A

 Peregrine  Falco peregrinus

A

 Water Rail  Rallus aquaticus

A

 Spotted Crake  Porzana porzana

A

 Little Crake  Porzana parva

A

 Corncrake  Crex crex

A

 Moorhen  Gallinula chloropus

A

 Coot  Fulica atra

A

 Common Crane  Grus grus

A

 Little Bustard  Tetrax tetrax

A

 Great Bustard  Otis tarda

A

 Oystercatcher  Haematopus ostralegus

A

 Black-winged Stilt  Himantopus himantopus

A

 Avocet  Recurvirostra avosetta

A

 Stone Curlew  Burhinus oedicnemus

A

 Collared Pratincole  Glareola pratincola

A

 Little Ringed Plover  Charadrius dubius

A

 Ringed Plover  Charadrius hiaticula

A

 Kentish Plover  Charadrius alexandrinus

A

 Dotterel  Charadrius morinellus

A

 American Golden Plover  Pluvialis dominica

A

 Golden Plover  Pluvialis apricaria

A

 Grey Plover  Pluvialis squatarola

A

 White-tailed Plover  Vanellus leucurus

A

 Lapwing  Vanellus vanellus

A

 Knot  Calidris canutus

A

 Sanderling  Calidris alba

A

 Little Stint

 Calidris minuta

A

 Temminck's Stint  Calidris temminckii

A

 Least Sandpiper  Calidris minutilla

A

 White-rumped Sandpiper  Calidris fuscicollis

A

 Baird's Sandpiper  Calidris bairdii

A

 Pectoral Sandpiper  Calidris melanotos

A

 Curlew Sandpiper  Calidris ferruginea

A

 Purple Sandpiper  Calidris maritima

A

 Dunlin  Calidris alpina

A

 Broad-billed Sandpiper  Limicola falcinellus

A

 Buff-breasted Sandpiper  Tryngites subruficollis

A

 Ruff  Philomachus pugnax

A

 Jack Snipe  Lymnocryptes minimus

A

 Snipe  Gallinago gallinago

A

 Great Snipe  Gallinago media

A

 Long-billed Dowitcher  Limnodromus scolopaceus

A

 Woodcock  Scolopax rusticola

A

 Black-tailed Godwit  Limosa limosa

A

 Bar-tailed Godwit  Limosa lapponica

A

 Whimbrel  Numenius phaeopus

A

 Curlew  Numenius arquata

A

 Upland Sandpiper  Bartramia longicauda

A

 Common Sandpiper  Actitus hypoleucos

A

 Spotted Sandpiper  Actitus macularis

A

 Green Sandpiper  Tringa ochropus

A

 Spotted Redshank  Tringa erythropus

A

 Greenshank  Tringa nebularia

A

 Lesser Yellowlegs  Tringa flavipes

A

 Marsh Sandpiper  Tringa stagnatilis

A

 Wood Sandpiper  Tringa glareola

A

 Redshank  Tringa totanus

A

 Turnstone  Arenaria interpres

A

 Wilson's Phalarope  Phalaropus tricolour

A

 Red-necked Phalarope  Phalaropus lobatus

A

 Grey Phalarope  Phalaropus fulicarius

A

 Pomarine Skua  Stercorarius pomarinus

A

 Arctic Skua  Stercorarius parasiticus

A

 Long-tailed Skua  Stercorarius longicaudus

A

 Great Skua  Stercorarius skua

A

 Sabine's Gull  Larus sabini

A

 Kittiwake  Rissa tridactyla

A

 Bonaparte's Gull  Chroicocephalus philadelphia

A

 Black-headed Gull  Chroicocephalus ridibundus

A

 Little Gull  Hydrocoloeus minutus

A

 Laughing Gull  Larus atricilla

A

 Franklin's Gull  Larus pipixcan

A

 Mediterranean Gull  Larus melanocephalus

A

 Common Gull  Larus canus

A

 Ring-billed Gull  Larus delawarensis

A

 Lesser Black-backed Gull  Larus fuscus

A

 Herring Gull  Larus argentatus

A

 Yellow-legged Gull  Larus michahellis

A

 Caspian Gull  Larus cahinnans

A

 Iceland Gull  Larus glaucoides

A

 Glaucous Gull  Larus hyperboreus

A

 Great Black-backed Gull  Larus marinus

A

 Sooty Tern  Onychoprion fuscata

A

 Little Tern  Sternula albifrons

A

 Gull-billed Tern  Gelochelidon nilotica

A

 Caspian Tern  Hydroprogne caspia

A

 Whiskered Tern  Chlidonias hybrida

A

 Black Tern  Chlidonias niger

A

 White-winged Black Tern  Chlidonias leucopterus

A

 Sandwich Tern  Sterna sandvicensis

A

 Common Tern  Sterna hirundo

A

 Roseate Tern  Sterna dougalli

A

 Arctic Tern  Sterna paradisaea

A

 Guillemot  Uria aalge

A

 Razorbill  Alca torda

A

 Little Auk  Alle alle

A

 Puffin  Fratercula arctica

A

 Pallas's Sandgrouse  Syrrhaptes paradoxus

A

 Rock Dove  Columba livia

A

 Stock Dove  Columba oenas

A

 Woodpigeon  Columba palumbas

A

 Collared Dove  Streptopelia decaocto

A

 Turtle Dove  Streptopelia turtur

A

 Ring-necked Parakeet  Psittacula krameri

C

 Cuckoo  Cuculus canorus

A

 Barn Owl  Tyto alba

A

 Little Owl  Athene noctua

C

 Tawny Owl  Strix aluco

A

 Long-eared Owl  Asio otus

A

 Short-eared Owl  Asio flammeus

A

 Tengmalm's Owl  Aegolius funereus

A

 Nightjar  Caprimulgus europaeus

A

 Needle-tailed Swift  Hirundapus caudacutus

A

 Swift  Apus apus

A

 Alpine Swift  Apus melba

A

 Kingfisher  Alcedo atthis

A

 Belted Kingfisher  Megaceryle alcyon

A

 Bee-eater  Merops apiaster

A

 Roller  Coracias garrulus

A

 Hoopoe  Upupa epops

A

 Wryneck  Jynx torquilla

A

 Green Woodpecker  Picus viridis

A

 Great Spotted Woodpecker  Dendrocopos major

A

 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker  Dendrocopos minor

A

 Woodlark  Lullula arborea

A

 Skylark  Alauda arvensis

A

 Shorelark  Eremophila alpestris

A

 Sand Martin  Riparia riparia

A

 Swallow  Hirundo rustica

A

 House Martin  Delichon urbicum

A

 Red-rumped Swallow  Cecropis daurica

A

 Richard's Pipit  Anthus richardi

A

 Tree Pipit  Anthus trivialis

A

 Meadow Pipit  Anthus pratensis

A

 Red-throated Pipit  Anthus cervinus

A

 Rock Pipit  Anthus petrosus

A

 Water Pipit  Anthus spinoletta

A

 Yellow Wagtail  Motacilla flava

A

 Citrine Wagtail  Motacilla citreola

A

 Grey Wagtail  Motacilla cinerea

A

 Pied Wagtail  Motacilla alba

A

 Waxwing  Bombycilla garrulus

A

 Dipper  Cinclus cinclus

A

 Wren  Troglodytes troglodytes

A

 Dunnock  Prunella modularis

A

 Alpine Accentor  Prunella collaris

A

 Robin  Erithacus rubecula

A

 Nightingale  Luscinia megarhynchos

A

 Bluethroat  Luscinia svecica

A

 Black Redstart  Phoenicurus ochruros

A

 Redstart  Phoenicurus phoenicurus

A

 Whinchat  Saxicola rubetra

A

 Stonechat  Saxicola torquatus

A

 Wheatear  Oenanthe oenanthe

A

 Desert Wheatear  Oenanthe deserti

A

 White's Thrush  Zoothera dauma

A

 Ring Ouzel  Turdus torquatus

A

 Blackbird  Turdus merula

A

 Dusky Thrush  Turdus naumanni

A

 Black-throated Thrush  Turdus ruficollis

A

 Fieldfare  Turdus pilaris

A

 Song Thrush  Turdus philomelos

A

 Redwing  Turdus iliacus

A

 Mistle Thrush  Turdus viscivorus

A

 Cetti's Warbler  Cettia cetti

A

 Grasshopper Warbler  Locustella naevia

A

 River Warbler  Locustella fluviatilis

A

 Savi's Warbler  Locustella luscinioides

A

 Aquatic Warbler  Acrocephalus paludicola

A

 Sedge Warbler  Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

A

 Marsh Warbler  Acrocephalus palustris

A

 Reed Warbler  Acrocephalus scirpaceus

A

 Great Reed Warbler  Acrocephalus arundinaceus

A

 Icterine Warbler  Hippolais icterina

A

 Melodius Warbler  Hippolais polyglotta

A

 Blackcap  Sylvia atricapilla

A

 Garden Warbler  Sylvia borin

A

 Barred Warbler  Sylvia nisoria

A

 Lesser Whitethroat  Sylvia curruca

A

 Whitethroat  Sylvia communis

A

 Dartford Warbler

 Sylvia undata

A

 Arctic Warbler

 Phylloscopus borealis

A

 Pallas's Warbler

 Phylloscopus proregulus

A

 Yellow-browed Warbler

 Phylloscopus inornatus

A

 Hume's Warbler  Phylloscopus humei

A

 Dusky Warbler  Phylloscopus fuscatus

A

 Wood Warbler  Phylloscopus sibilatrix

A

 Chiffchaff  Phylloscopus collybita

A

 Willow Warbler  Phylloscopus trochilus

A

 Goldcrest  Regulus regulus

A

 Firecrest  Regulus ignicapilla

A

 Spotted Flycatcher  Muscicapa striata

A

 Red-breasted Flycatcher  Ficedula parva

A

 Pied Flycatcher  Ficedula hypoleuca

A

 Bearded Tit  Panurus biarmicus

A

 Long-tailed Tit  Aegithalos caudatus

A

 Blue Tit  Cyanistes caeruleus

A

 Great Tit  Parus major

A

 Coal Tit  Periparus ater

A

 Willow Tit  Poecile montanus

A

 Marsh Tit  Poecile palustris

A

 Nuthatch  Sitta europaea

A

 Treecreeper  Certhia familiaris

A

 Golden Oriole  Oriolus oriolus

A

 Red-backed Shrike  Lanius collurio

A

 Lesser Grey Shrike  Lanius minor

A

 Great Grey Shrike  Lanius excubitor

A

 Woodchat Shrike  Lanius senator

A

 Jay  Garrulus glandarius

A

 Magpie  Pica pica

A

 Nutcracker  Nucifraga caryocatactes

A

 Chough  Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

A

 Jackdaw  Corvus monedula

A

 Rook  Corvus frugilegus

A

 Carrion Crow  Corvus corone

A

 Hooded Crow  Corvus cornix

A

 Raven  Corvus corax

A

 Starling  Sturnus vulgaris

A

 Rose-coloured Starling  Sturnus roseus

A

 House Sparrow  Passer domesticus

A

 Tree Sparrow  Passer montanus

A

 Chaffinch  Fringilla coelebs

A

 Brambling  Fringilla montifringilla

A

 Serin  Serinus serinus

A

 Greenfinch  Carduelis chloris

A

 Goldfinch  Carduelis carduelis

A

 Siskin  Carduelis spinus

A

 Linnet  Carduelis cannabina

A

 Twite  Carduelis flavirostris

A

 Common Redpoll  Carduelis flammea

A

 Lesser Redpoll  Carduelis cabaret

A

 Arctic Redpoll  Carduelis hornemanni

A

 Two-barred Crossbill  Loxia leucoptera

A

 Common Crossbill  Loxia curvirostra

A

 Common Rosefinch

 Carpodacus erythrinus

A

 Bullfinch  Pyrrhula pyrrhula

A

 Hawfinch  Coccothraustes coccothraustes

A

 Lapland Bunting  Calcarius lapponicus

A

 Snow Bunting  Plectrophenax nivalis

A

 Pine Bunting  Emberiza leucocephalos

A

 Yellowhammer  Emberiza citrinella

A

 Cirl Bunting  Emberiza cirlus

A

 Rustic Bunting  Emberiza rustica

A

 Little Bunting  Emberiza pusilla

A

 Reed Bunting  Emberiza schoeniclus

A

 Black-headed Bunting  Emberiza melanocephala

A

 Corn Bunting  Emberiza calandra

A

 Baltimore Oriole  Icterus galbula

A

 

 

 

 
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