The Highland List
The Highland list follows the IOC World Bird List version 11.1, only those species in BOU categories A, B and C are included within it.
The Highland list stands at 378 species, this includes 371 Category A species, 2 Category B species and 5 Category C species.
This list was compiled by Bob McMillan and Peter Stronach.
This page was updated on 19th October 2024.
The Highland list follows the IOC World Bird List version 11.1, only those species in BOU categories A, B and C are included within it.
The Highland list stands at 378 species, this includes 371 Category A species, 2 Category B species and 5 Category C species.
This list was compiled by Bob McMillan and Peter Stronach.
This page was updated on 19th October 2024.
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English name
Capercaillie Black Grouse Ptarmigan Red Grouse Red-legged Partridge Grey Partridge Quail Pheasant Brent Goose Red-breasted Goose Canada Goose Barnacle Goose Cackling Goose Snow Goose Greylag Goose Taiga Bean Goose Pink-footed Goose Tundra Bean Goose White-fronted Goose Mute Swan Bewick's Swan Whooper Swan Shelduck Ruddy Shelduck Mandarin Duck Garganey Blue-winged Teal Shoveler Gadwall Wigeon American Wigeon Mallard Black Duck Pintail Teal Green-winged Teal Red-crested Pochard Pochard Ferruginous Duck Ring-necked Duck Tufted Duck Scaup Lesser Scaup Steller's Eider King Eider Eider Harlequin Duck Surf Scoter Velvet Scoter Common Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Goldeneye Smew Goosander Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Nightjar Alpine Swift Swift Pallid Swift Yellow-billed Cuckoo Cuckoo Pallas's Sandgrouse Rock Dove Stock Dove Woodpigeon Turtle Dove Oriental Turtle Dove Collared Dove Mourning Dove Water Rail Corncrake Spotted Crake Moorhen Coot American Coot Sandhill Crane Crane Little Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Red-necked Grebe Great Crested Grebe Slavonian Grebe Black-necked Grebe Stone-curlew Oystercatcher Black-winged Stilt Avocet Lapwing Golden Plover American Golden Plover Grey Plover Ringed Plover Little Ringed Plover Kentish Plover Greater Sand Plover Dotterel 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 White-rumped Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Woodcock Jack Snipe Great Snipe Snipe Terek Sandpiper Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Grey Phalarope Common Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Green Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Redshank Marsh Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Spotted Redshank Greenshank Greater Yellowlegs 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 Herring Gull American Herring Gull Yellow-legged Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Sandwich Tern Little Tern Bridled Tern Roseate Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern White-winged Black Tern Black Tern Great Skua Pomarine Skua Arctic Skua Long-tailed Skua Little Auk Brünnich's Guillemot Common Guillemot Razorbill Great Auk Black Guillemot Puffin Red-throated Diver Black-throated Diver Great Northern Diver White-billed Diver Black-browed Albatross Storm Petrel Leach's Petrel Fulmar Cory's Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Great Shearwater Manx Shearwater Balearic Shearwater Black Stork White Stork Gannet Brown Booby Shag Cormorant Glossy Ibis Spoonbill Bittern Little Bittern Night-heron Cattle Egret Grey Heron Purple Heron Great White Egret Little Egret Osprey Honey-buzzard Short-toed Eagle Golden Eagle Sparrowhawk Goshawk Marsh Harrier Hen Harrier Northern Harrier Pallid Harrier Montagu's Harrier Red Kite Black Kite White-tailed Eagle Rough-legged Buzzard Buzzard Barn Owl Scops Owl Snowy Owl Tawny Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Hoopoe Roller Kingfisher Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Bee-eater Wryneck Great Spotted Woodpecker Green Woodpecker Kestrel Red-footed Falcon Merlin Hobby Gyr Falcon Peregrine Red-backed Shrike Lesser Grey Shrike Great Grey Shrike Woodchat Shrike Golden Oriole Jay Magpie Nutcracker Chough Jackdaw Rook Carrion Crow Hooded Crow Raven Waxwing Coal Tit Crested Tit Willow Tit Blue Tit Great Tit Woodlark Skylark Shore Lark Short-toed Lark Sand Martin Swallow House Martin Red-rumped Swallow American Cliff Swallow Long-tailed Tit Wood Warbler Hume's Warbler Yellow-browed Warbler Pallas's Warbler Dusky Warbler Willow Warbler Chiffchaff Iberian Chiffchaff Greenish Warbler Great Reed Warbler Sedge Warbler Blyth's Reed Warbler Reed Warbler Marsh Warbler Icterine Warbler Grasshopper Warbler River Warbler Blackcap Garden Warbler Barred Warbler Lesser Whitethroat Western Orphean Warbler Whitethroat Subalpine Warbler Firecrest Goldcrest Wren Nuthatch Treecreeper Rose-coloured Starling Starling White's Thrush Veery Ring Ouzel Blackbird Eyebrowed Thrush Black-throated Thrush Fieldfare Redwing Song Thrush Mistle Thrush American Robin Spotted Flycatcher Robin Bluethroat Nightingale Red-flanked Bluetail Pied Flycatcher Collared Flycatcher Red-breasted Flycatcher Black Redstart Redstart Whinchat Stonechat Wheatear Desert Wheatear Dipper House Sparrow Tree Sparrow Siberian Accentor Dunnock Yellow Wagtail Eastern Yellow Wagtail Citrine Wagtail Grey Wagtail Pied Wagtail Richard's Pipit Meadow Pipit Tree Pipit Olive-backed Pipit Red-throated Pipit Water Pipit Rock Pipit Chaffinch Brambling Evening Grosbeak Hawfinch Bullfinch Trumpeter Finch Common Rosefinch Greenfinch Twite Linnet Common Redpoll Lesser Redpoll Arctic Redpoll Parrot Crossbill Scottish Crossbill Crossbill Two-barred Crossbill Goldfinch Serin Siskin Lapland Bunting Snow Bunting Corn Bunting Yellowhammer Pine Bunting Ortolan Bunting Little Bunting Rustic Bunting Yellow-breasted Bunting Black-headed Bunting Reed Bunting White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Blackpoll Warbler |
Scientific name
Tetrao urogallus Lyrurus tetrix Lagopus muta Lagopus lagopus Alectoris rufa Perdix perdix Coturnix coturnix Phasianus colchicus Branta bernicla Branta ruficollis Branta canadensis Branta leucopsis Branta hutchinsii Anser caerulescens Anser anser Anser fabalis Anser brachyrhynchus Anser serrirostris Anser albifrons Cygnus olor Cygnus columbianus Cygnus cygnus Tadorna tadorna Tadorna ferruginea Aix galericulata Spatula querquedula Spatula discors Spatula clypeata Mareca strepera Mareca penelope Mareca americana Anas platyrhynchos Anas rubripes Anas acuta Anas crecca Anas carolinensis Netta rufina Aythya ferina Aythya nyroca Aythya collaris Aythya fuligula Aythya marila Aythya affinis Polysticta stelleri Somateria spectabilis Somateria mollissima Histrionicus histrionicus Melanitta perspicillata Melanitta fusca Melanitta nigra Melanitta americana Clangula hyemalis Bucephala albeola Bucephala clangula Mergellus albellus Mergus merganser Mergus serrator Oxyura jamaicensis Caprimulgus europaeus Tachymarptis melba Apus apus Apus pallidus Coccyzus americanus Cuculus canorus Syrrhaptes paradoxus Columba livia Columba oenas Columba palumbus Streptopelia turtur Streptopelia orientalis Streptopelia decaocto Zenaida macroura Rallus aquaticus Crex crex Porzana porzana Gallinula chloropus Fulica atra Fulica americana Antigone canadensis Grus grus Tachybaptus ruficollis Podilymbus podiceps Podiceps grisegena Podiceps cristatus Podiceps auritus Podiceps nigricollis Burhinus oedicnemus Haematopus ostralegus Himantopus himantopus Recurvirostra avosetta Vanellus vanellus Pluvialis apricaria Pluvialis dominica Pluvialis squatarola Charadrius hiaticula Charadrius dubius Charadrius alexandrinus Charadrius leschenaultii Charadrius morinellus Numenius phaeopus Numenius arquata Limosa lapponica Limosa limosa Arenaria interpres Calidris canutus Calidris pugnax Calidris falcinellus Calidris himantopus Calidris ferruginea Calidris temminckii Calidris alba Calidris alpina Calidris maritima Calidris bairdii Calidris minuta Calidris fuscicollis Calidris subruficollis Calidris melanotos Calidris pusilla Limnodromus scolopaceus Scolopax rusticola Lymnocryptes minimus Gallinago media Gallinago gallinago Xenus cinereus Phalaropus tricolor Phalaropus lobatus Phalaropus fulicarius Actitis hypoleucos Actitis macularius Tringa ochropus Tringa flavipes Tringa totanus Tringa stagnatilis Tringa glareola Tringa erythropus Tringa nebularia Tringa melanoleuca Rissa tridactyla Pagophila eburnea Xema sabini Chroicocephalus philadelphia Chroicocephalus ridibundus Hydrocoloeus minutus Rhodostethia rosea Leucophaeus atricilla Leucophaeus pipixcan Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Larus canus Larus delawarensis Larus marinus Larus hyperboreus Larus glaucoides Larus argentatus Larus smithsonianus Larus michahellis Larus fuscus Thalasseus sandvicensis Sternula albifrons Onychoprion anaethetus Sterna dougallii Sterna hirundo Sterna paradisaea Chlidonias leucopterus Chlidonias niger Stercorarius skua Stercorarius pomarinus Stercorarius parasiticus Stercorarius longicaudus Alle alle Uria lomvia Uria aalge Alca torda Pinguinus impennis Cepphus grylle Fratercula arctica Gavia stellata Gavia arctica Gavia immer Gavia adamsii Thalassarche melanophris Hydrobates pelagicus Oceanodroma leucorhoa Fulmarus glacialis Calonectris borealis Ardenna grisea Ardenna gravis Puffinus puffinus Puffinus mauretanicus Ciconia nigra Ciconia ciconia Morus bassanus Sula leucogaster Phalacrocorax aristotelis Phalacrocorax carbo Plegadis falcinellus Platalea leucorodia Botaurus stellaris Ixobrychus minutus Nycticorax nycticorax Bubulcus ibis Ardea cinerea Ardea purpurea Ardea alba Egretta garzetta Pandion haliaetus Pernis apivorus Circaetus gallicus Aquila chrysaetos Accipiter nisus Accipiter gentilis Circus aeruginosus Circus cyaneus Circus hudsonius Circus macrourus Circus pygargus Milvus milvus Milvus migrans Haliaeetus albicilla Buteo lagopus Buteo buteo Tyto alba Otus scops Bubo scandiacus Strix aluco Asio otus Asio flammeus Upupa epops Coracias garrulus Alcedo atthis Merops persicus Merops apiaster Jynx torquilla Dendrocopos major Picus viridis Falco tinnunculus Falco vespertinus Falco columbarius Falco subbuteo Falco rusticolus Falco peregrinus Lanius collurio Lanius minor Lanius excubitor Lanius senator Oriolus oriolus Garrulus glandarius Pica pica Nucifraga caryocatactes Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Coloeus monedula Corvus frugilegus Corvus corone Corvus cornix Corvus corax Bombycilla garrulus Periparus ater Lophophanes cristatus Poecile montanus Cyanistes caeruleus Parus major Lullula arborea Alauda arvensis Eremophila alpestris Calandrella brachydactyla Riparia riparia Hirundo rustica Delichon urbicum Cecropis daurica Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Aegithalos caudatus Phylloscopus sibilatrix Phylloscopus humei Phylloscopus inornatus Phylloscopus proregulus Phylloscopus fuscatus Phylloscopus trochilus Phylloscopus collybita Phylloscopus ibericus Phylloscopus trochiloides Acrocephalus arundinaceus Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Acrocephalus dumetorum Acrocephalus scirpaceus Acrocephalus palustris Hippolais icterina Locustella naevia Locustella fluviatilis Sylvia atricapilla Sylvia borin Sylvia nisoria Sylvia curruca Sylvia hortensis Sylvia communis Sylvia cantillans Regulus ignicapilla Regulus regulus Troglodytes troglodytes Sitta europaea Certhia familiaris Pastor roseus Sturnus vulgaris Zoothera aurea Catharus fuscescens Turdus torquatus Turdus merula Turdus obscurus Turdus atrogularis Turdus pilaris Turdus iliacus Turdus philomelos Turdus viscivorus Turdus migratorius Muscicapa striata Erithacus rubecula Luscinia svecica Luscinia megarhynchos Tarsiger cyanurus Ficedula hypoleuca Ficedula albicollis Ficedula parva Phoenicurus ochruros Phoenicurus phoenicurus Saxicola rubetra Saxicola rubicola Oenanthe oenanthe Oenanthe deserti Cinclus cinclus Passer domesticus Passer montanus Prunella montanella Prunella modularis Motacilla flava Motacilla tschutschensis Motacilla citreola Motacilla cinerea Motacilla alba Anthus richardi Anthus pratensis Anthus trivialis Anthus hodgsoni Anthus cervinus Anthus spinoletta Anthus petrosus Fringilla coelebs Fringilla montifringilla Hesperiphona vespertina Coccothraustes coccothraustes Pyrrhula pyrrhula Bucanetes githagineus Carpodacus erythrinus Chloris chloris Linaria flavirostris Linaria cannabina Acanthis flammea Acanthis cabaret Acanthis hornemanni Loxia pytyopsittacus Loxia scotica Loxia curvirostra Loxia leucoptera Carduelis carduelis Serinus serinus Spinus spinus Calcarius lapponicus Plectrophenax nivalis Emberiza calandra Emberiza citrinella Emberiza leucocephalos Emberiza hortulana Emberiza pusilla Emberiza rustica Emberiza aureola Emberiza melanocephala Emberiza schoeniclus Zonotrichia albicollis Junco hyemalis Setophaga striata |
BOU category
C3E* AE A A C1E* AC2E* AE* C1E* AE AE* AC2E* AC2E* AE AC2E* AC2C4E* AE* AE* AE AE* AC2 AE AE* A BDE* C1E* A AE* A AC2E* AE* AE AC2C4E* A AE A A AC2E* AE* AE AE A A A A A A A A A A A A AE AE* A A A C1E* A A A A A A A AC4E* A A A A A A A AE* A A A A A AE* A A A A A A A A A AE A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A B A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A AE AE A A A A AE AE A A AE* AE A A A A AE* A A AE A AC3E* A A A A A AC3E* AE AC3E* AE AE* AE* A AE A A A AE A A A A A A A A A A A AE AE A A AE A A A A A AE* A A A A AE A A A A A A A A A A AE A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A AE A A A A A A A A A A A AE A A A A AE A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A AE A A A A AE A AE A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A AE A A AE AE A AE AE AE |
