Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club - NTBC
Transcript of Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club - NTBC
Northumberland & Tyneside
Bird Club
COUNTY CHECKLIST This list covers all species recorded in Northumberland, Newcastle and North Tyneside (the club’s recording area) up to the 31st December 2017 and follows the sequence used by the British Ornithologists Union (2017)
British (English) vernacular name Scientific name
Brent Goose Branta bernicla
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
Garganey Spatula querquedula
Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
Shoveler Spatula clypeata
Gadwall Mareca strepera
Wigeon Mareca penelope
American Wigeon Mareca americana
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Pintail Anas acuta
Teal Anas crecca
Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
Pochard Aythya ferina
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Scaup Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
King Eider Somateria spectabilis
Eider Somateria mollissima
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
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Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
Black Scoter Melanitta americana
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Smew Mergellus albellus
Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
Goosander Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix
Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
Quail Coturnix coturnix
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata
Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica
Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica
Great Northern Diver Gavia immer
White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii
Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
Swinhoe's Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis
Leach's Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
Zino's/Fea's/Desertas Petrel Pterodroma madeira/feae/deserta
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Bittern Botaurus stellaris
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
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Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Great White Egret Ardea alba
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Gannet Morus bassanus
Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus
Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
Red Kite Milvus milvus
Black Kite Milvus migrans
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
Buzzard Buteo buteo
Great Bustard Otis tarda
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
Corncrake Crex crex
Little Crake Porzana parva
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Coot Fulica atra
Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
Crane Grus grus
Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius
Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Dotterel Charadrius morinellus
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Curlew Numenius arquata
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Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Knot Calidris canutus
Ruff Calidris pugnax
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Sanderling Calidris alba
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
Little Stint Calidris minuta
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Great Snipe Gallinago media
Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Redshank Tringa totanus
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
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Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Common Gull Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Great Skua Stercorarius skua
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus
Little Auk Alle alle
Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia
Common Guillemot Uria aalge
Razorbill Alca torda
Great Auk Pinguinus impennis
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
Puffin Fratercula arctica
Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
Rock Dove Columba livia
Stock Dove Columba oenas
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus
Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Little Owl Athene noctua
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Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus
Long-eared Owl Asio otus
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
Swift Apus apus
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
Roller Coracias garrulus
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Hoopoe Upupa epops
Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
Merlin Falco columbarius
Hobby Falco subbuteo
Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus
Peregrine Falco peregrinus
Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Jay Garrulus glandarius
Magpie Pica pica
Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
Rook Corvus frugilegus
Carrion Crow Corvus corone
Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
Raven Corvus corax
Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
Coal Tit Periparus ater
Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
Willow Tit Poecile montanus
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
Great Tit Parus major
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Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus
Woodlark Lullula arborea
Skylark Alauda arvensis
Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris
Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Swallow Hirundo rustica
House Martin Delichon urbicum
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella certhiola
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
Whitethroat Sylvia communis
Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans
Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
Goldcrest Regulus regulus
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Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Nuthatch Sitta europaea
Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
Blackbird Turdus merula
Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Redwing Turdus iliacus
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
Robin Erithacus rubecula
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
Dipper Cinclus cinclus
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
Dunnock Prunella modularis
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba
Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
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Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
Greenfinch Chloris chloris
Twite Linaria flavirostris
Linnet Linaria cannabina
Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea
Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni
Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus
Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Serin Serinus serinus
Siskin Spinus spinus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis