The British List
Bird species recorded in Great Britain

Category A, B, C species
Part 2 — Barn Owl to Baltimore Oriole

• Barn Owl Tyto alba A
• Eurasian Scops Owl* Otus scops A
• Snowy Owl* Nyctea scandiaca A
• Northern Hawk Owl* Surnia ulula 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
• European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus A
• Red-necked Nightjar* Caprimulgus ruficollis B
• Egyptian Nightjar* Caprimulgus aegyptius A
• Common Nighthawk* Chordeiles minor A
• Chimney Swift* Chaetura pelagica A
• White-throated Needletail* Hirundapus caudacutus A
• Common Swift Apus apus A
• Pallid Swift* Apus pallidus A
• Pacific Swift* Apus pacificus A
• Alpine Swift* Apus melba A
• Little Swift* Apus affinis A
• Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis A
• Belted Kingfisher* Ceryle alcyon A
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eater* Merops superciliosus A
• European Bee-eater Merops apiaster A
• European Roller* Coracias garrulus A
• Hoopoe Upupa epops A
• Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla A
• Green Woodpecker Picus viridis A
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker* Sphyrapicus varius A
• Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major A
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor A
• Eastern Phoebe* Sayornis phoebe A
• Calandra Lark* Melanocorypha calandra A
• Bimaculated Lark* Melanocorypha bimaculata A
• White-winged Lark* Melanocorypha leucoptera A
• Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla A
• Lesser Short-toed Lark* Calandrella rufescens A
• Crested Lark* Galerida cristata A
• Wood Lark Lullula arborea A
• Sky Lark Alauda arvensis A
• Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris A
• Sand Martin Riparia riparia A
• Tree Swallow* Tachycineta bicolor A
• Eurasian Crag Martin* Ptyonoprogne rupestris A
• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica A
• Red-rumped Swallow* Hirundo daurica A
• Cliff Swallow* Hirundo pyrrhonota A
• House Martin Delichon urbica A
• Richard’s Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae A
• Blyth’s Pipit* Anthus godlewskii A
• Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris A
• Olive-backed Pipit* Anthus hodgsoni A
• Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis A
• Pechora Pipit* Anthus gustavi A
• Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis A
• Red-throated Pipit* Anthus cervinus A
• Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus A
• Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta A
• Buff-bellied Pipit* Anthus rubescens A
• Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava A
• Citrine Wagtail* Motacilla citreola A
• Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea A
• White / Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba A
• Cedar Waxwing* Bombycilla cedrorum A
• Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus A
• White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus A
• Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes A
• Northern Mockingbird* Mimus polyglottos A
• Brown Thrasher* Toxostoma rufum A
• Hedge Accentor Prunella modularis A
• Alpine Accentor* Prunella collaris A
• Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin* Cercotrichas galactotes A
• European Robin Erithacus rubecula A
• Thrush Nightingale* Luscinia luscinia A
• Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos A
• Siberian Rubythroat* Luscinia calliope A
• Bluethroat Luscinia svecica A
• Red-flanked Bluetail* Tarsiger cyanurus A
• White-throated Robin* Irania gutturalis A
• Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros A
• Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus A
• Moussier’s Redstart* Phoenicurus moussieri A
• Whinchat Saxicola rubetra A
• Stonechat Saxicola torquata A
• Isabelline Wheatear* Oenanthe isabellina A
• Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe A
• Pied Wheatear* Oenanthe pleschanka A
• Black-eared Wheatear* Oenanthe hispanica A
• Desert Wheatear* Oenanthe deserti A
• White-tailed Wheatear* Oenanthe leucopyga A
• Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush* Monticola saxatilis A
• Blue Rock Thrush* Monticola solitarius A
• White’s Thrush* Zoothera dauma A
• Siberian Thrush* Zoothera sibirica A
• Varied Thrush* Zoothera naevia A
• Wood Thrush* Hylocichla mustelina A
• Hermit Thrush* Catharus guttatus A
• Swainson’s Thrush* Catharus ustulatus A
• Grey-cheeked Thrush* Catharus minimus A
• Veery* Catharus fuscescens A
• Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus A
• Common Blackbird Turdus merula A
• Eyebrowed Thrush* Turdus obscurus A
• Dusky Thrush* Turdus naumanni A
• Dark-throated Thrush* Turdus ruficollis A
• Fieldfare Turdus pilaris A
• Song Thrush Turdus philomelos A
• Redwing Turdus iliacus A
• Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus A
• American Robin* Turdus migratorius A
• Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti A
• Zitting Cisticola* Cisticola juncidis A
• Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler* Locustella certhiola A
• Lanceolated Warbler* Locustella lanceolata A
• Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia A
• River Warbler* Locustella fluviatilis A
• Savi’s Warbler Locustella luscinioides A
• Moustached Warbler* Acrocephalus melanopogon A
• Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola A
• Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus A
• Paddyfield Warbler* Acrocephalus agricola A
• Blyth’s Reed Warbler* Acrocephalus dumetorum A
• Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris A
• Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus A
• Great Reed Warbler* Acrocephalus arundinaceus A
• Thick-billed Warbler* Acrocephalus aedon A
• Olivaceous Warbler* Hippolais pallida A
• Booted Warbler* Hippolais caligata A
• Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina A
• Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta A
• Marmora’s Warbler* Sylvia sarda A
• Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata A
• Spectacled Warbler* Sylvia conspicillata A
• Subalpine Warbler* Sylvia cantillans A
• Sardinian Warbler* Sylvia melanocephala A
• Rüppell’s Warbler* Sylvia rueppelli A
• Desert Warbler* Sylvia nana A
• Orphean Warbler* Sylvia hortensis A
• Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria A
• Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca A
• Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis A
• Garden Warbler Sylvia borin A
• Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla A
• Greenish Warbler* Phylloscopus trochiloides A
• Arctic Warbler* Phylloscopus borealis A
• Pallas’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus A
• Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus A
• Hume’s Leaf Warbler* Phylloscopus humei A
• Radde’s Warbler* Phylloscopus schwarzi A
• Dusky Warbler* Phylloscopus fuscatus A
• Western Bonelli’s Warbler* Phylloscopus bonelli A
• Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler* Phylloscopus orientalis A
• Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix A
• Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita A
• Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus brehmii A
• Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus A
• Goldcrest Regulus regulus A
• Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus A
• Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata A
• Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva A
• Collared Flycatcher* Ficedula albicollis A
• Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca A
• Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus A
• Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus A
• Marsh Tit Parus palustris A
• Willow Tit Parus montanus A
• Crested Tit Parus cristatus A
• Coal Tit Parus ater A
• Blue Tit Parus caeruleus A
• Great Tit Parus major A
• Red-breasted Nuthatch* Sitta canadensis A
• Wood Nuthatch Sitta europaea A
• Wallcreeper* Tichodroma muraria A
• Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris A
• Short-toed Treecreeper* Certhia brachydactyla A
• Eurasian Penduline Tit* Remiz pendulinus A
• Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus A
• Brown Shrike* Lanius cristatus A
• Isabelline Shrike* Lanius isabellinus A
• Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio A
• Lesser Grey Shrike* Lanius minor A
• Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor A
• Southern Grey Shrike* Lanius meridionalis A
• Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator A
• Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius A
• Black-billed Magpie Pica pica A
• Spotted Nutcracker* Nucifraga caryocatactes A
• Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax A
• Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula A
• Rook Corvus frugilegus A
• Carrion / Hooded Crow Corvus corone A
• Common Raven Corvus corax A
• Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris A
• Rosy Starling* Sturnus roseus A
• House Sparrow Passer domesticus A
• Spanish Sparrow* Passer hispaniolensis A
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus A
• Rock Sparrow* Petronia petronia A
• Yellow-throated Vireo* Vireo flavifrons A
• Philadelphia Vireo* Vireo philadelphicus A
• Red-eyed Vireo* Vireo olivaceus A
• Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs A
• Brambling Fringilla montifringilla A
• European Serin Serinus serinus A
• European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris A
• European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis A
• Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus A
• Common Linnet Carduelis cannabina A
• Twite Carduelis flavirostris A
• Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret
• Mealy Redpoll Carduelis flammea A
• Arctic Redpoll* Carduelis hornemanni A
• Two-barred Crossbill* Loxia leucoptera A
• Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra A
• Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica A
• Parrot Crossbill* Loxia pytyopsittacus A
• Trumpeter Finch* Bucanetes githagineus A
• Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus A
• Pine Grosbeak* Pinicola enucleator A
• Common Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula A
• Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes A
• Evening Grosbeak* Hesperiphona vespertina A
• Black-and-white Warbler* Mniotilta varia A
• Golden-winged Warbler* Vermivora chrysoptera A
• Tennessee Warbler* Vermivora peregrina A
• Northern Parula* Parula americana A
• Yellow Warbler* Dendroica petechia A
• Chestnut-sided Warbler* Dendroica pensylvanica A
• Blackburnian Warbler* Dendroica fusca A
• Cape May Warbler* Dendroica tigrina A
• Magnolia Warbler* Dendroica magnolia A
• Yellow-rumped Warbler* Dendroica coronata A
• Blackpoll Warbler* Dendroica striata A
• Bay-breasted Warbler* Dendroica castanea A
• American Redstart* Setophaga ruticilla A
• Ovenbird* Seiurus aurocapillus A
• Northern Waterthrush* Seiurus noveboracensis A
• Common Yellowthroat* Geothlypis trichas A
• Hooded Warbler* Wilsonia citrina A
• Wilson’s Warbler* Wilsonia pusilla A
• Summer Tanager* Piranga rubra A
• Scarlet Tanager* Piranga olivacea A
• Eastern Towhee* Pipilo erythrophthalmus A
• Lark Sparrow* Chondestes grammacus A
• Savannah Sparrow* Passerculus sandwichensis A
• Song Sparrow* Melospiza melodia A
• White-crowned Sparrow* Zonotrichia leucophrys A
• White-throated Sparrow* Zonotrichia albicollis A
• Dark-eyed Junco* Junco hyemalis A
• Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus A
• Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis A
• Black-faced Bunting* Emberiza spodocephala A
• Pine Bunting* Emberiza leucocephalos A
• Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella A
• Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus A
• Rock Bunting* Emberiza cia A
• Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana A
• Cretzschmar’s Bunting* Emberiza caesia A
• Yellow-browed Bunting* Emberiza chrysophrys A
• Rustic Bunting* Emberiza rustica A
• Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla A
• Yellow-breasted Bunting* Emberiza aureola A
• Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus A
• Pallas’s Bunting* Emberiza pallasi A
• Black-headed Bunting* Emberiza melanocephala A
• Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra A
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak* Pheucticus ludovicianus A
• Indigo Bunting* Passerina cyanea A
• Bobolink* Dolichonyx oryzivorus A
• Brown-headed Cowbird* Molothrus ater A
• Baltimore Oriole* Icterus galbula A

Part 1 of A-C list

Total no. of species on British List (cats A, B, C) 555

The following species have been recorded in Northern Ireland but not from Great Britain

• Bald Eagle* Haliaeetus leucocephalus A
• Elegant Tern* Sterna elegans A
• Fox Sparrow* Passerella iliaca A

The following species have been recorded from the Isle of Man but not from Great Britain

• Mourning Dove* Zenaida macroura A

The following species have been recorded from the Republic of Ireland but not from Great Britain

• Short-billed Dowitcher* Limnogromus griseus A
• Gray Catbird* Dumetella carolinensis A

* Species for which descriptions are required by the British Birds Rarities Committee

¹ ‘Soft-plumaged Petrel is not included on the British List or within any of the totals as records from Britain have not been assigned specifically to any of the three species within the complex

² Extinct

Nomenclature follows Voous’s List of Recent Holarctic Bird Species (BOU 1977, revised edition). English names are as in BOU Checklist of Birds of Britain and Ireland (6th Edition, 1992)

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