List of species and subspecies requiring substantiating details.

Appendix 1

Incorporating additions and changes to the Irish List since January 2005 and revisions to March 2017.

Species Scientific name
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Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
Canada Goose (all races) Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose (all races) Branta hutchinsii
Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
Whistling Swan Cygnus columbianus columbianus
American Black Duck Anas rubripes
Baikal Teal Anas formosa
Redhead Aythya americana
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
Dresser's Eider Somateria mollissima dresseri
White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
Black Scoter Melanitta americana
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica
White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
Madeiran / Monteiro's / Cape Verde Storm-petrel Oceanodroma sp.
Swinhoe's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma monorhis
Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow
Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
Green Heron Butorides virescens
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
Frigatebird sp. Fregata sp.
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Goshawk (all races) Accipiter gentilis
Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Black Kite Milvus migrans
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus sanctijohannis
Great Bustard Otis tarda
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax
Little Crake Porzana parva
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
Sora Porzana carolina
American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
American Coot Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus
Great Snipe Gallinago media
Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis
Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
Atlantic Gull Larus michahellis atlantis
Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
Baltic Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus fuscus
Scandinavian Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus intermedius
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Royal Tern Thalasseus maxima
Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
American Black Tern Chlidonias niger surinamensis
Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia
Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
'Dark-breasted' Barn Owl Tyto alba guttata
Scops Owl Otus scops
Little Owl Athene noctua
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
Little Swift Apus affinis
Roller Coracias garrulus
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
Taiga Merlin Falco columbarius columbarius
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
Balearic Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator badius
Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
Woodlark Lullula arborea
American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
Eastern Olivacaeous Warbler Iduna pallida
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella certhiola
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
Siberian Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca blythi
Central Asian Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca halimodendri
Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata
Eastern Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans albistriata
Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica
White's Thrush Zoothera dauma
Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
American Robin Turdus migratorius
Rufous Bush Robin (all races) Cercotrichas galactotes
Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
Black Wheatear / White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucura / Oenanthe leucopyga
Black-bellied Dipper Cinclus cinclus cinclus
Ashy-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava cinereocapilla
Grey-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava thunbergi
Black-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava feldegg
North-eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava plexa / tschutschensis
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens
Mealy Redpoll Acanthis flammea flammea
Greenland Redpoll Acanthis flammea rostrata
Arctic Redpoll (all races) Acanthis hornemanni
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
Serin Serinus serinus
Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
Northern Parula Setophaga americana
Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea

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Appendix 2