British Bird List

List of all 578 species on the british birds list in categories A,B and C

Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
Bean Goose Anser fabalis
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
Brent Goose Branta bernicla
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
Wigeon Anas penelope
American Wigeon Anas americana
Gadwall Anas strepera
Teal Anas crecca
Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Black Duck Anas rubripes
Pintail Anas acuta
Garganey Anas querquedula
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Shoveler Anas clypeata
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
Canvasback Aythya valisineria
Pochard Aythya farina
Redhead Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Scaup Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
Eider Somateria mollissima
King Eider Somateria spectabilis
Steller’s Eider Polysticta stelleri
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
Black Scoter Melanitta americana
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Smew Mergellus albellus
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
Goosander Mergus merganser
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus
Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix
Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
Quail Coturnix coturnix
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
Lady Amherst’s Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae
Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata
Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica
Great Northern Diver Gavia immer
Yellow-billed Diver Gavia adamsii
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
Fea’s Petrel Pterodroma feae
Capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata
Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
Macaronesian Shearwater Puffinus baroli
Wilson’s Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
White-faced Petrel Pelagodroma marina
Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
Leach’s Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Swinhoe’s Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis
Madeiran Petrel Oceanodroma castro
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
Gannet Morus bassanus
Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila
Bittern Botaurus stellaris
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Green Heron Butorides virescens
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Great White Egret Ardea alba
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Red Kite Milvus milvus
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus
Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus
Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
Buzzard Buteo buteo
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
Merlin Falco columbarius
Hobby Falco subbuteo
Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae
Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus
Peregrine Falco peregrinus
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Sora Porzana carolina
Little Crake Porzana parva
Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla
Cornrake Crex crex
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Allen’s Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
Coot Fulica atra
American Coot Fulica americana
Crane Grus grus
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax
Macqueen’s Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii
Great Bustard Otis tarda
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus
Dotterel Charadrius morinellus
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarious
White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Knot Calidris canutus
Sanderling Calidris alba
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminate
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritime
Dunlin Calidris alpine
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Great Snipe Gallinago media
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus
Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris
Curlew Numenius arquata
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Redshank Tringa totanus
Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolour
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus
Great Skua Stercorarius skua
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
Sabine’s Gull Larus sabini
Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
Bonaparte’s Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
Ross’s Gull Rhodostethia rosea
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
Franklin’s Gull Larus pipixcan
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
Audouin’s Gull Larus audouinii
Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus
Common Gull Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleutica
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscata
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
Royal Tern Sterna maxima
Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis
Forster’s Tern Sterna forsteri
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Guillemot Uria aalge
Brünnich’s Guillemot Uria lomvia
Razorbill Alca torda
Great Auk Pinguinus impennis
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix
Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
Little Auk Alle alle
Puffin Fratercula arctica
Pallas’s Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon Columba livia
Stock Dove Columba oenas
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus
Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
Rufous Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythrophthalmus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Scops Owl Otus scops
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
Little Owl Athene noctua
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Long-eared Owl Asio otus
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Tengmalm’s Owl Aegolius funereus
Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
Needle-tailed Swift Hirundapus caudacutus
Swift Apus apus
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
Alpine Swift Apus melba
White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
Little Swift Apus affinis
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Roller Coracias garrulus
Hoopoe Upupa epops
Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
White-winged Lark Melanocorypha leucoptera
Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens
Crested Lark Galerida cristata
Woodlark Lullula arborea
Skylark Alauda arvensis
Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
Swallow Hirundo rustica
House Martin Delichon urbicum
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi
Blyth’s Pipit Anthus godlewskii
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
Dipper Cinclus cinclus
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
Dunnock Prunella modularis
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
Rufous Bush Chat Cercotrichas galactotes
Robin Erithacus rubecula
Rufous-tailed Robin Luscinia sibilans
Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Siberian Blue Robin Luscinia cyane
Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Moussier’s Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
White’s Thrush Zoothera dauma
Siberian Thrush Zoothera sibirica
Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus
Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
Veery Catharus fuscescens
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
Blackbird Turdus merula
Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
Dusky Thrush Turdus naumanni
Dark-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Redwing Turdus iliacus
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
American Robin Turdus migratorius
Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti
Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis
Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler Locustella certhiola
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida
Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata
Sykes’s Warbler Hippolais rama
Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis
Asian Desert Warbler Sylvia nana
Whitethroat Sylvia communis
Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata
Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata
Marmora’s Warbler Sylvia sarda
Rüppell’s Warbler Sylvia rueppelli
Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans
Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala
Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
Pallas’s Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
Hume’s Warbler Phylloscopus humei
Radde’s Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
Western Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
Great Tit Parus major
Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
Coal Tit Periparus ater
Willow Tit Poecile montana
Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
Nuthatch Sitta europaea
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
Jay Garrulus glandarius
Magpie Pica pica
Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Jackdaw Corvus monedula
Rook Corvus frugilegus
Carrion Crow Corvus corone
Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
Raven Corvus corax
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Rose-coloured Starling Sturnus roseus
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
Serin Serinus serinus
Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Siskin Carduelis spinus
Linnet Carduelis cannabina
Twite Carduelis flavirostris
Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret
Mealy Redpoll Carduelis flammea
Arctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica
Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina
Northern Parula Parula americana
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina
Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina
Wilson’s Warbler Wilsonia pusilla
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
Cretzschmar’s Bunting Emberiza caesia
Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
Pallas’s Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula