The British List
Bird species recorded in Great Britain

Category D species
| Category A-C | Category E |

These species form no part of the British List

• Great White Pelican* Pelecanus onocrotalus
• Greater Flamingo* Phoenicopterus ruber
• Falcated Duck* Anas falcata
• Baikal Teal* Anas formosa
• Marbled Duck* Marmaronetta angustirostris
• Bald Eagle* Haliaeetus leucocephalus
• Monk Vulture* Aegypius monachus
• Egyptian Vulture* Neophron percnopterus
• Saker Falcon* Falco cherrug
• Asian Brown Flycatcher* Muscicapa dauurica
• Mugimaki Flycatcher* Ficedula mugimaki
• Daurian Starling* Sturnus sturninus
• White-winged Snowfinch* Montifringilla nivalis
• Palm Warbler* Dendroica palmarum
• Chestnut Bunting* Emberiza rutila
• Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
• Blue Grosbeak* Guiraca caerulea

*=BBRC species

Total no. of Category D species recorded in Britain 17

Provisional list of British Category E species
| Category A-C | Category D |

Species that have been recorded as introductions, transportees or escapees from captivity, and whose breeding populations (if any) are thought not to be self-sustaining.

This list has been compiled mostly from recent bird reports and other published listings, and is not exhaustive. BOURC is unable to vouch for correct identification of these species, or the circumstances in which they were recorded; clearly doubtful cases have been excluded, however, pending enquiries, along with species not recorded with certainty since 1 January 1950. Species of which category E individuals are recorded as nesting, with their own kind, are marked with an asterisk (E*). Also given are any other categories of the British List in which the species is currently placed.

• Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus (tropical oceans) E
• Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus (S Europe, Africa, C Asia) DE
• Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens (C & S Africa) E
• Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus (SE Europe to China) E
• Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus (North America) AE
• Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias (N & C America) E
• Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis (cosmopolitan) AE
• Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax (Eurasia, Africa, Americas) AE*
• Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis (India, SE Asia, Japan) E
• Black Stork Ciconia nigra (Europe to N China, S Africa; winters Africa, India) AE
• European White Stork Ciconia ciconia (W Eurasia, Africa; winters Africa, India) AE
• Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus (Africa) E
• Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis (Australia) E
• Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus (S America) E
• Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber (N South America) E
• Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus (Eurasia, Africa, Americas, Australia) AE
• Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi (Peru, Bolivia) E
• African Spoonbill Platalea alba (Africa) E
• Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber (S Eurasia, Africa, C & S America) DE
• Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis (Peru, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile) E
• Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor (Africa, NW India) E
• Fulvous Whisting Duck Dendrocygna bicolor (Americas, Africa, India) E
• White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata (S America, Africa) E
• Black Swan Cygnus atratus (Australia, New Zealand) E*
• Black-necked Swan Cygnus melanocorypha (S America) E
• Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator (N America) E
• Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus (N Europe, N Asia; winters C Europe, C Asia, China) AE*
• Swan Goose Anser cygnoides (NC Asia, Siberia; winters China) E*
• Bean Goose Anser fabalis (N Eurasia; winters S Eurasia) AE
• Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus (Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard) AE*
• Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons (Holarctic) AE*
• Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus (N Eurasia) AE*
• Greylag Goose Anser anser (Eurasia) ACE*
• Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus (C Asia) E*
• Snow Goose Anser caerulescens (N America & Greenland) AE*
• Ross’s Goose Anser rossii (C Canada, winters S USA) E*
• Emperor Goose Anser canagicus (Siberia & Alaska) E
• Hawaiian Goose Branta sandvicensis (Hawaii) E
• Canada Goose Branta canadensis (N America) ACE*
• Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis (E Greenland, Svalbard, Novaya Zemlya) AE*
• Brent Goose Branta bernicla (Holarctic) AE
• Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis (N C Siberia) AE
• Magellan/Upland Goose Chloephaga picta (S S America) E*
• Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus (Africa) CE*
• Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea (N Africa, S Eurasia) BE*
• Cape/South African Shelduck Tadorna cana (S Africa) E
• Paradise/New Zealand Shelduck Tadorna variegata (New Zealand) E
• Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides (Australia) E
• Radjah Shelduck Tadorna radjah (N Australia, New Guinea) E
• Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata (C & S America) E*
• Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos (S America, Africa, India) E
• Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys (C S America) E
• Wood Duck Aix sponsa (N America) E*
• Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata (E Asia) CE*
• Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata (Australia) E
• Wigeon Anas penelope (Eurasia) AE*
• American Wigeon Anas americana (N America) AE
• Chiloë Wigeon Anas sibilatrix (S S America) E
• Falcated Teal Anas falcata (E Asia) DE
• Speckled/Chilean Teal Anas flavirostris (S America) E
• Cape Teal Anas capensis (S & E Africa) E
• Chestnut Teal Anas castanea (Australia) E
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos (Eurasia, N America) ACE*
• Pintail Anas acuta (Eurasia, N America) AE
• Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica (S America) E
• White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis (S America, Caribbean) E
• Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha (S & E Africa) E
• African Yellowbill Anas undulata
• Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata
• Philippine Duck Anas luzonica
• Silver Teal Anas versicolor (S S America) E
• Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota (S & E Africa) E
• Blue-winged Teal Anas discors (N America) AE
• Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera (Americas) E*
• Australian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis (Australia, New Zealand) E
• Red Shoveler Anas platalea
• Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina (SW Eurasia) AE*
• Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca (S S America) E
• Pochard Aythya ferina (Eurasia) AE*
• Redhead Aythya americana (N America) AE
• Canvasback Aythya valisineria
• Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca (S Palaearctic) AE
• New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae (New Zealand) E
• Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica (N America, Iceland) AE
• Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus (N America) AE
• Black-headed Duck Heteronetta atricapilla (S S America) E
• Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis (Americas) CE*
• White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala (SW Eurasia) E
• Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa (S & E Africa) E
• Argentine Blue-billed Duck Oxyura vittata (S S America) E
• Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura (Americas) E
• American Black Vulture Coragyps atratus (Americas) E
• Osprey Pandion haliaetus (cosmopolitan) AE*
• Red Kite Milvus milvus (Europe) ACE*
• Black Kite Milvus migrans (Eurasia, Africa, Australia) AE
• Pallas Sea-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus (C Asia) E
• White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla (Eurasia) AE*
• Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus (N America) DE
• Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus (S Eurasia, India, Africa) BE
• Indian White-backed Vulture Gyps bengalensis (India, SE Asia) E
• European Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus (S Eurasia, N Africa) BE
• Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus (Africa) E
• Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis (Holarctic) ACE
• Harris’s Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus (C & S America) E
• Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus (N America) E
• Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis (N & C America) E
• Common Buzzard Buteo buteo (Eurasia) AE*
• Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax (Africa, India) E
• Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos (Holarctic) AE
• American Kestrel Falco sparverius (Americas) AE
• Lanner Falco biarmicus (Africa, Middle East) E
• Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus (W N America) E
• Laggar Falcon Falco jugger (India) E
• Saker Falco cherrug (S Eurasia) DE
• Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus (Holarctic) AE
• Peregrine Falco peregrinus (cosmopolitan) AE
• Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides (N Africa, Middle East) E
• Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus (W N America) E
• Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus (N & C America) E*
• Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca (SE Europe) E*
• Chukar Alectoris chukar (C & E Eurasia) E*
• Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara (N Africa) E
• Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa (SW Europe) CE*
• Grey Partridge Perdix perdix (W Eurasia) ACE*
• Japanese Quail Coturnix japonicus (China, Japan) E
• Red Jungle-fowl Gallus gallus (India, SE Asia) E
• Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera (SE Asia) E*
• Swinhoe’s Pheasant Lophura swinhoii (Taiwan) E
• Blue Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon auritum (China) E
• Reeves’s Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii (China) E*
• Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus (E Asia, intro Europe, N America, NZ) CE*
• Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus (China) CE*
• Lady Amherst’s Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae (China) CE*
• Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio (S Europe, Africa, Asia) E*
• Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus (India) E
• Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris (Africa) E
• Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo (S Eurasia, N Africa) E
• Sarus Crane Grus antigone (India, SE Asia) E
• Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum/pavonina (Africa) E
• Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio (S Eurasia, Africa, India, SE Asia, Australia) E
• Peruvian Thick-knee Burhinus superciliaris (Ecuador, Peru) E
• Spur-winged Plover Hoplopterus spinosus (SE Europe, C & E Africa) E
• Blacksmith Plover Hoplopterus armatus (Africa) E
• Snowy Sheathbill Chionis alba (Antarctic) E
• Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus (Africa, S America) E
• Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae (Australia, New Zealand, Cape Province) E
• Zebra Dove Geopelia striata (SE Asia, Australia) E
• Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata (Australia) E
• Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes (Australia) E
• Feral Pigeon/Rock Dove Columba livia (Eurasia, Africa, India) ACE*
• Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis (Africa, India) E
• Barbary Dove "Streptopelia risoria" (domestic hybrid) E
• Namaqua Dove Oena capensis (Africa, Arabia) E
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita (Australia, New Guinea) E
• Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus (Australia) E*
• Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus (Australia) E
• Red-fronted Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae (New Zealand, New Caledonia) E
• Red-headed Conure Aratinga erythrogenys (Ecuador, Peru) E
• Patagonian Conure Cyanoliseus patagonus (S S America) E
• Blue-fronted Amazon Amazona aestiva (S America) E
• Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus (W Africa) E
• African Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus (W Africa) E
• Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri (Africa, India) CE*
• Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria (India, SE Asia) E*
• Moustached Parakeet Psittacula alexandri (India, SE Asia) E
• Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala (India, Sri Lanka) E
• Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus (S America) E*
• Peach-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis (S Africa) E
• Red-faced Lovebird Agapornis pullaria (Africa) E
• Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
• Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius (SE Australia) E
• Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans (E Australia) E
• Barn Owl Tyto alba (cosmopolitan) AE*
• Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus (N & S America) E
• Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo (Palaearctic) E*
• Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca (Holarctic) AE
• White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides (Africa) E
• Hoopoe Upupa epops (Eurasia, India, Africa) AE
• Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus (N & C America) E
• Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti (N Africa, India) E
• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica (Eurasia, Americas, India, Africa) AE
• Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer (India) E
• Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus (India, SE Asia) E
• Chinese Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis (China) E
• Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster (China, SE Asia) E
• Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis (S Palaearctic, NW India) AE
• Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum (Americas) AE
• Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica (NE Asia, Japan) E
• Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos (N America, Caribbean) AE
• Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus (E Asia) E
• White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
• Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus (Asia) AE
• Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius (Eurasia, SE Asia) AE
• American Robin Turdus migratorius (N America) AE
• Kessler’s Thrush Turdus kessleri (W China) E
• Siberian Thrush Zoothera sibirica (NE Asia) AE
• Orange-gorgetted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata (SE Asia) E
• Indian Verditer Flycatcher Muscicapa thalassina (India, SE Asia) E
• Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea (S China, Himalayas) E
• Brown-capped Fulvetta Alcippe brunnea (China, SE Asia) E
• Black-capped Sibia Heterophasia capistrata (Himalayas) E
• Vinous-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus (China) E
• Variable Sunbird Nectarinia venusta (Africa) E
• Scarlet-chested Sunbird Nectarinia senegalensis (Africa) E
• Japanese White-eye Zosterops japonica (Japan) E
• Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosa (India, SE Asia) E
• Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleura (China) E
• Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus (W N America) E
• Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia (N America) AE
• White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis (N America) AE
• White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys (N America) AE
• Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis (S & C America) E
• Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis (N America) AE
• Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana (W Eurasia, N Africa) AE
• Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala (C & E Asia) AE
• Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala (SE Europe, Iran, Caucasus) AE
• Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus (W N America) E
• Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena (W USA) E
• Painted Bunting Passerina ciris (SE USA) E
• Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor (S USA, Mexico, Guatemala) E
• Orange-breasted or Rainbow Bunting Passerina leclancheri (SW Mexico) E
• Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis (N America) E
• Northern Parula Parula americana (E N America) AE
• Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia (E N America) AE
• Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata (N America) AE
• American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla (N America) AE
• Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus (Caribbean) E
• Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus (N America) E
• Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (N America) E
• Yellow-hooded Blackbird Agelaius icterocephalus (N S America) E
• Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula (E N America) AE
• Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola (S America) E
• Common Diuca Finch Diuca diuca (S America) E
• Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs (W Palaearctic) AE
• Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus (Middle East) E
• Island Canary Serinus canaria (N Atlantic islands) E
• Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus (Africa) E
• Greenfinch Carduelis chloris (W Palaearctic) AE
• Siskin Carduelis spinus (Palaearctic) AE
• American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis (N America) E
• Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus (Africa, Middle East) AE
• Desert Finch Rhodopechys obsoleta (Middle East) E
• Long-tailed Rosefinch Uragus sibiricus (E Palaearctic) E
• Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus (E Palaearctic) E
• Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria (E Palaearctic) E
• Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata (E Palaearctic) E
• Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens (W Africa) E
• Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga (E Africa) E
• Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes (Africa) E
• Red Munia Amandava amandava (India, SE Asia) E
• Zebra Finch Poephila guttata (Australia) E
• Indian Silverbill Lonchura malabarica (India) E
• Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata (Africa) E
• White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata (India, SE Asia) E
• Spotted Munia Lonchura punctulata (India, SE Asia) E
• Chestnut Munia Lonchura malacca (India, SE Asia) E
• White-headed Munia Lonchura maja (S Thailand to Bali) E
• White-winged Widow-bird Euplectes albonotatus (E Africa) E
• Long-tailed Widow-bird Euplectes progne (E & S Africa) E
• Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeacea (Africa) E
• Red Bishop Euplectes orix (Africa) E
• Fire-crowned Bishop Euplectes diademata (E Africa) E
• Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura (Africa) E
• Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus (Africa) E
• Village or Spotted-backed Weaver Ploceus cucullatus (Africa) E
• Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus (W Africa) E
• Taveta Golden Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps (Kenya, Tanzania) E
• Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus (E Africa) E
• Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus (Africa) E
• Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea (Africa) E
• Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops (Africa) E
• Brahminy Myna Sturnus pagodarum (India) E
• Rose-coloured Starling Sturnus roseus (E Europe, W & C Asia) AE
• White-cheeked Starling Sturnus cineraceus (C & E Asia) E
• White-shouldered Starling Sturnus sinensis (China) E
• Pied Starling Sturnus contra (India, SE Asia) E
• Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus (Africa) E
• Purple Glossy Starling Lamprotornis purpureus (Africa) E
• Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus (China, SE Asia) E
• Hill Myna Gracula religiosa (India, SE Asia) E
• Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis (SE Asia) E
• Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata (N America) E
• Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha (China, SE Asia) E
• Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (Eurasia) AE

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