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Systematic List

Geese
- Brent Goose – Gèadh-got
- Red-breasted Goose
- Canada Goose – Gèadh-dubh
  - Canada Goose
  - North American Canada Goose
- Barnacle Goose
- Cackling Goose
- Snow Goose
- Greylag Goose
- Taiga Bean Goose
- Pink-footed Goose
- Tundra Bean Goose
- Greater White-fronted Goose – Gèadh-bhlàr
  - Greenland White-fronted Goose
  - European White-fronted Goose
- Lesser White-fronted Goose
Swans
- Mute Swan
- Bewick’s Swan
- Whooper Swan
Ducks
- Shelduck
- [Ruddy Shelduck]
- Mandarin Duck
- Garganey
- Blue-winged Teal
- Shoveler
- Gadwall
- Wigeon
- American Wigeon
- Mallard
- Pintail
- Teal
- Green-winged Teal
- Red-crested Pochard
- [Redhead]
- Pochard
- Ring-necked Duck
- Tufted Duck
- Scaup
- Lesser Scaup
- Steller’s Eider
- King Eider
- Eider
- Harlequin Duck
- Surf Scoter
- Velvet Scoter
- Common Scoter
- Long-tailed Duck
- Bufflehead
- Goldeneye
- Smew
- Hooded Merganser
- Goosander
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Ruddy Duck
Game Birds
- Red Grouse
- Ptarmigan
- Black Grouse
- Quail
Nightjars, swifts, cuckoos
- Nightjar
- White-throated Needletail
- Chimney Swift
- Alpine Swift
- Common Swift
- Pallid Swift
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Cuckoo
Sandgrouse
- Pallas’s Sandgrouse
Doves and pigeons
- Rock Dove
- Stock Dove
- Woodpigeon
- Turtle Dove
- Oriental Turtle Dove
- Collared Dove
- Mourning Dove
Rails and crakes
- Water Rail
- Corncrake
- Sora
- Spotted Crake
- Moorhen
- Coot
- American Coot
- Allen’s Gallinule
- [Western Swamphen]
- Crane
Grebes
- Little Grebe
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Red-necked Grebe
- Great Crested Grebe
- Slavonian Grebe
- Black-necked Grebe
Waders
- Stone-curlew
- Oystercatcher
- Black-winged Stilt
- Avocet
- Lapwing
- Grey-headed Lapwing
- Golden Plover
- Pacific Golden Plover
- American Golden Plover
- Grey Plover
- Ringed Plover
- Semipalmated Plover
- Little Ringed Plover
- Killdeer
- Kentish Plover
- Greater Sand Plover
- Dotterel
- Upland Sandpiper
- Whimbrel
- Hudsonian Whimbrel
- Curlew
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Turnstone
- Knot
- Ruff
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Temminck’s Stint
- Sanderling
- Dunlin
- Purple Sandpiper
- Baird’s Sandpiper
- Little Stint
- Least Sandpiper
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Western Sandpiper
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Woodcock
- Jack Snipe
- Great Snipe
- Snipe
- Wilson’s Phalarope
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Grey Phalarope
- Common Sandpiper
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Green Sandpiper
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Redshank
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Wood Sandpiper
- Spotted Redshank
- Greenshank
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Oriental Pratincole
- Black-winged Pratincole
Gulls
- Kittiwake
- Ivory Gull
- Sabine’s Gull
- Bonaparte’s Gull
- Black-headed Gull
- Little Gull
- Ross’s Gull
- Laughing Gull
- Franklin’s Gull
- Mediterranean Gull
- Common Gull
- Ring-billed Gull
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Glaucous Gull
- Iceland Gull
  - Iceland Gull
  - Kumlien’s / Thayer’s Gull
- Herring Gull
- American Herring Gull
- Yellow-legged Gull
  - Yellow-legged Gull
  - Azorean Yellow-legged Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
Terns and skuas
- Gull-billed Tern
- Caspian Tern
- Sandwich Tern
- Little Tern
- Roseate Tern
- Common Tern
- Arctic Tern
- Whiskered Tern
- White-winged Black Tern
- Black Tern – Steàrnag-dhubh
  - Black Tern
  - American Black Tern
- Great Skua
- Pomarine Skua
- Arctic Skua
- Long-tailed Skua
Auks
- Little Auk
- Brünnich’s Guillemot
- Guillemot
- Razorbill
- Great Auk
- Black Guillemot
- Puffin
Divers
- Red-throated Diver
- Black-throated Diver
- Great Northern Diver
- White-billed Diver
Albatross, Fulmar, shearwaters, petrels
- Wilson’s Petrel
- Black-browed Albatross
- Storm Petrel
- Leach’s Petrel
- Fulmar
- Zino’s/Fea’s/Desertas Petrel
- Cory’s Shearwater
- Sooty Shearwater
- Great Shearwater
- Manx Shearwater
- Balearic Shearwater
- Barolo / Boyd’s / Audubon’s Shearwater
Herons, Egrets, Gannet, Cormorants
- Black Stork
- White Stork
- Gannet
- Cormorant
- Shag
- Glossy Ibis
- Spoonbill
- Bittern
- American Bittern
- Little Bittern
- Night-heron
- Squacco Heron
- Cattle Egret
- Grey Heron
- Purple Heron
- Great White Egret
- Little Egret
Raptors
- Osprey
- Honey-buzzard
- Golden Eagle
- Sparrowhawk
- Goshawk
- Marsh Harrier
- Hen Harrier
- Northern Harrier
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Red Kite
- Black Kite
- White-tailed Eagle
- Rough-legged Buzzard
- Buzzard
Owls
- Barn Owl
- Scops Owl
- Long-eared Owl
- Short-eared Owl
- Snowy Owl
- Tawny Owl
Hoopoe, Roller, Kingfisher, Bee-eaters, Woodpeckers
- Hoopoe
- Roller
- Kingfisher
- Bee-eater
- Wryneck
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
Falcons
- Kestrel
- Red-footed Falcon
- Eleonora’s Falcon
- Merlin
- Hobby
- Gyr Falcon
- Peregrine
Kingbird, shrikes, vireo, oriole
- Eastern Kingbird
- Brown Shrike
- Red-backed Shrike
- Daurian Shrike
- Long-tailed Shrike
- Lesser Grey Shrike
- Great Grey Shrike
- Woodchat Shrike
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Golden Oriole
Crows
- Magpie
- Chough
- Jackdaw
- Rook
- Carrion Crow
- Hooded Crow
- Raven
Waxwing, tits
- Waxwing
- Coal Tit
- Blue Tit
- Great Tit
- Bearded Tit
Larks
- Woodlark
- Skylark
- Shore Lark – Uiseag-adharcach
  - Shore Lark
  - American Horned Lark
- Short-toed Lark
- Calandra Lark
Swallows, martins
- Sand Martin
- Purple Martin
- Swallow
- House Martin
- Red-rumped Swallow
Warblers, Long-tailed Tit, crests
- Cetti’s Warbler
- Long-tailed Tit
- Wood Warbler
- Western Bonelli’s Warbler
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Pallas’s Warbler
- Dusky Warbler
- Willow Warbler
- Chiffchaff – Caifean
  - Common Chiffchaff
  - [Scandinavian Chiffchaff]
  - Siberian Chiffchaff
- Iberian Chiffchaff
- Greenish Warbler
- Arctic Warbler
- Sedge Warbler
- Paddyfield Warbler
- Blyth’s Reed Warbler
- Reed Warbler
- Marsh Warbler
- Booted Warbler
- Melodious Warbler
- Icterine Warbler
- Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Blackcap
- Garden Warbler
- Barred Warbler
- Lesser Whitethroat – Gealan-coille-beag
  - Lesser Whitethroat
  - Siberian Lesser Whitethroat
- Sardinian Warbler
- Subalpine Warbler Group
- Western Subalpine Warbler
- Moltoni’s Subalpine Warbler
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler
- Whitethroat
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Firecrest
- Goldcrest
Wren, Treecreeper, starlings
- Wren
  - Hebridean Wren
  - St. Kilda Wren
- Treecreeper
- Rose-coloured Starling
- Starling
Thrushes
- Swainson’s Thrush
- Hermit Thrush
- Grey-cheeked Thrush
- Veery
- White’s Thrush
- Song Thrush
- Mistle Thrush
- Redwing
- Blackbird
- Eyebrowed Thrush
- Fieldfare
- Ring Ouzel
- American Robin
Flycatchers, Robin, nighingales, chats
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Robin
- Bluethroat – Òranaiche
  - Red-spotted Bluethroat
  - White-spotted Bluethroat
- Thrush Nightingale
- Nightingale
- Red-flanked Bluetail
- Red-breasted Flycatcher
- Pied Flycatcher
- Collared Flycatcher
- Black Redstart
- Redstart
- Rock Thrush
- Whinchat
- Stonechat
- Siberian Stonechat
- Wheatear – Brù-gheal
  - Northern Wheatear
  - Greenland Wheatear
- Western Black-eared Wheatear
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Dipper, sparrows, Dunnock
- Dipper – Gobha-dubh-an-uisge
  - White-throated Dipper
  - Black-bellied Dipper
- Tree Sparrow
- House Sparrow
- Dunnock
Wagtails & pipits
- Yellow Wagtail
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- Citrine Wagtail
- Grey Wagtail
- Pied / White Wagtail – Breac-an-t-sìl
  - Pied Wagtail
  - White Wagtail
- Richard’s Pipit
- Tawny Pipit
- Meadow Pipit
- Tree Pipit
- Olive-backed Pipit
- Pechora Pipit
- Red-throated Pipit
- Buff-bellied Pipit
- Rock Pipit – Gabhagan
  - Eurasian Rock Pipit
  - Scandinavian Rock Pipit
Finches
- Chaffinch
- Brambling
- Evening Grosbeak
- Hawfinch
- Bullfinch – Corcan-coille
  - British Bullfinch
  - Northern Bullfinch
- Trumpeter Finch
- Common Rosefinch
- Greenfinch
- Twite
- Linnet
- Redpoll
- Parrot Crossbill
- Common Crossbill
- Two-barred Crossbill
- Goldfinch
- Serin
- Siskin
Buntings, American vagrants
- Lapland Bunting
- Snow Bunting
- Corn Bunting
- Yellowhammer
- Pine Bunting
- Ortolan Bunting
- Little Bunting
- Rustic Bunting
- Yellow-breasted Bunting
- Black-headed Bunting
- Reed Bunting
- Dark-eyed Junco
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- Bobolink
- Baltimore Oriole
- Ovenbird
- Tennessee Warbler
- Hooded Warbler
- American Redstart
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Yellow Warbler
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Wilson’s Warbler
- Scarlet Tanager
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Category D Species
- Greater Flamingo
- Saker Falcon
- Red-headed Bunting
Category E Species
- Black Swan
- Bar-headed Goose
- Emporer Goose
- Muscovy Duck
- Wood Duck
- Cinnamon Teal
- Grey Partridge
- Pheasant
- Red-legged Partridge
- Indian Peafowl
- Northern Bobwhite
- Chillean Flamingo
- Eagle Owl
- Lanner Falcon
- Pallas’s Rosefinch
Species not included in the systematic list

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