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 Current Rare
Species
The table below gives the species that are currently assessed by
BBRC giving:
Their English name
Their full Scientific name,
Whether they are a sub-species
Number of occurrences up to 1950 (i.e. before BBRC started assessment)
Number of occurrences from 1950 to 2006 inclusive
BOU Category
In some instances the Category is not given as these are new
species that have not yet been officially admitted to the British List by BOU.
Some Category D & E species are included as the BBRC is interested in monitoring their
occurrence to see if there is a case for elevation to Category A,B or C.
Note: Sub-species are not given a Category by BOU, but the category of their nominate
species is given in this table.
Species
recently removed:
( the 17 departing species )
From January 2006 the following species were
no longer considered by BBRC. Records before that date should still be sent in.
Ferruginous Duck, Wilsons Storm-petrel,
Great White Egret, Black Kite, Red-footed Falcon, American Golden Plover, White-rumped
Sandpiper, White-winged Black tern, Alpine Swift, Red-rumped Swallow, Red-throated Pipit,
Subalpine Warbler (but albistriata
still required), Greenish Warbler (but Green & Two-barred Greenish still required),
Raddes Warbler, Dusky Warbler, Arctic Redpoll (but still C. h. hornemanni),
Rustic Bunting
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
|
upto end 1949 |
1950-2006 |
Cat |
Whistling Swan |
Cygnus columbianus columbianus |
sub-species |
0 |
2 |
AE |
Lesser White-fronted Goose |
Anser erythropus |
. |
9 |
122 |
AE* |
Ross's Goose |
Anser rossii |
. |
0 |
8 |
DE |
Lesser Canada Goose |
Branta hutchinsii |
. |
- |
- |
- |
Red-breasted Goose |
Branta ruficollis |
. |
9 |
64 |
AE |
Black Duck |
Anas rubripes |
. |
0 |
31 |
A |
Blue-winged Teal |
Anas discors |
. |
10 |
223 |
AE |
Falcated Duck |
Anas falcata |
. |
0 |
20 |
DE |
Baikal Teal |
Anas formosa |
. |
0 |
6 |
DE |
Marbled Duck |
Marmaronetta angustirostris |
. |
0 |
19 |
DE |
Canvasback |
Aythya valisineria |
. |
0 |
7 |
AE |
Redhead |
Aythya americana |
. |
0 |
3 |
AE |
Lesser Scaup |
Aythya affinis |
. |
0 |
101 |
A |
Northern Common Eider |
Somateria mollissima borealis |
sub-species |
0 |
1 |
A |
King Eider |
Somateria spectabilis |
. |
57 |
130 |
A |
Steller's Eider |
Polysticta stelleri |
. |
5 |
10 |
A |
Harlequin Duck |
Histrionicus histrionicus |
. |
4 |
9 |
A |
Black Scoter |
Melanitta americana |
. |
0 |
7 |
A |
Bufflehead |
Bucephala albeola |
. |
2 |
11 |
A |
Barrow's Goldeneye |
Bucephala islandica |
. |
0 |
3 |
AE |
Hooded Merganser |
Lophodytes cucullatus |
. |
0 |
? |
- |
White-headed Duck |
Oxyura leucocephala |
. |
0 |
19 |
DE |
White Pelican |
Pelecanus onocrotalus |
. |
- |
- |
DE |
Pacific Diver |
Gavia pacifica |
. |
- |
- |
- |
White-billed Diver |
Gavia adamsii |
. |
7 |
305 |
A |
Pied-billed Grebe |
Podilymbus podiceps |
. |
0 |
40 |
A |
Yellow-nosed Albatross |
Thalassarche chlororhynchos |
. |
- |
- |
- |
Black-browed Albatross |
Thalassarche melanophris |
. |
1 |
22 |
A |
Non-specific Albatross |
Thalassarche sp |
unidentified |
5 |
32 |
- |
Fea's Petrel |
Pterodroma feae |
. |
0 |
3 |
A |
Madeira/Fea's Petrel |
Pterodroma madeira/feae |
unidentified |
0 |
33 |
- |
Black-capped Petrel |
Pterodroma hasitata |
. |
1 |
1 |
A |
Scopoli's Shearwater |
Calonectris diomedia diomedea |
sub-species |
- |
- |
A |
North Atlantic Little Shearwater |
Puffinus baroli |
. |
3 |
58 |
A |
White-faced Storm-petrel |
Pelagodroma marina |
. |
1 |
0 |
B |
Swinhoe's Storm-petrel |
Oceanodroma monorhis |
. |
0 |
4 |
A |
Madeiran Storm-petrel |
Oceanodroma castro |
. |
1 |
0 |
B |
Red-billed Tropicbird |
Phaethon aethereus |
. |
0 |
3 |
AE |
Double-crested Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax auritus |
. |
0 |
1 |
A |
Ascension Frigatebird |
Fregata aquila |
. |
0 |
1 |
A |
Magnificent Frigatebird |
Fregata magnificens |
. |
0 |
2 |
A |
American Bittern |
Botaurus lentiginosus |
. |
29 |
7 |
A |
Little Bittern |
Ixobrychus minutus |
. |
259 |
219 |
A |
Green-backed Heron |
Butorides virescens |
. |
1 |
4 |
A |
Squacco Heron |
Ardeola ralloides |
. |
69 |
62 |
A |
Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
. |
3 |
162 |
AE |
Snowy Egret |
Egretta thula |
. |
0 |
1 |
A |
Great Blue Heron |
Ardea herodias |
. |
- |
- |
- |
Black Stork |
Ciconia nigra |
. |
23 |
141 |
AE |
Glossy Ibis |
Plegadis falcinellus |
. |
341 |
92 |
AE |
Black-eared Kite |
Milvus milvus lineatus |
sub-species |
- |
- |
AE |
Eurasian Black Vulture |
Aegypius monachus |
. |
- |
- |
D |
Booted Eagle |
Hieraaetus pennatus |
. |
- |
- |
D |
Griffon Vulture |
Gyps fulvus |
. |
- |
- |
- |
Egyptian Vulture |
Neophron percnopterus |
. |
2 |
0 |
BE |
Short-toed Eagle |
Circaetus gallicus |
. |
0 |
1 |
A |
Northern Harrier |
Circus cyaneus hudsonius |
sub-species |
0 |
1 |
A |
Pallid Harrier |
Circus macrourus |
. |
2 |
22 |
A |
American Goshawk |
Accipiter gentilis atricapillus |
sub-species |
1 |
0 |
AC3E* |
Spotted Eagle |
Aquila clanga |
. |
12 |
0 |
B |
Lesser Kestrel |
Falco naumanni |
. |
9 |
7 |
A |
American Kestrel |
Falco sparverius |
. |
0 |
2 |
AE |
Eleonora's Falcon |
Falco eleonorae |
. |
0 |
5 |
A |
Gyr Falcon |
Falco rusticolus |
. |
215 |
148 |
AE |
Saker Falcon |
Falco cherrug |
. |
- |
- |
DE |
Sora |
Porzana carolina |
. |
4 |
11 |
A |
Little Crake |
Porzana parva |
. |
69 |
39 |
A |
Baillon's Crake |
Porzana pusilla |
. |
65 |
15 |
A |
Allen's Gallinule |
Porphyrula alleni |
. |
1 |
1 |
A |
American Purple Gallinule |
Porphyrula martinica |
. |
0 |
1 |
A |
American Coot |
Fulica americana |
. |
0 |
6 |
A |
Sandhill Crane |
Grus canadensis |
. |
0 |
2 |
A |
Little Bustard |
Tetrax tetrax |
. |
96 |
25 |
A |
Macqueen's Bustard |
Chlamydotis macqueenii |
. |
4 |
1 |
A |
Great Bustard |
Otis tarda |
. |
84 |
20 |
A |
Black-winged Stilt |
Himantopus himantopus |
. |
129 |
243 |
A |
Cream-coloured Courser |
Cursorius cursor |
. |
37 |
7 |
A |
Collared Pratincole |
Glareola pratincola |
. |
23 |
64 |
A |
Oriental Pratincole |
Glareola maldivarum |
. |
0 |
5 |
A |
Black-winged Pratincole |
Glareola nordmanni |
. |
2 |
31 |
A |
Semipalmated Plover |
Charadrius semipalmatus |
. |
0 |
2 |
A |
Killdeer |
Charadrius vociferus |
. |
4 |
45 |
A |
Lesser Sand Plover |
Charadrius mongolus |
. |
0 |
4 |
A |
Greater Sand Plover |
Charadrius leschenaultii |
. |
0 |
14 |
A |
Caspian Plover |
Charadrius asiaticus |
. |
2 |
3 |
A |
Pacific Golden Plover |
Pluvialis fulva |
. |
3 |
60 |
A |
Sociable Lapwing |
Vanellus gregarius |
. |
3 |
38 |
A |
White-tailed Lapwing |
Vanellus leucurus |
. |
0 |
4 |
A |
Great Knot |
Calidris tenuirostris |
. |
0 |
3 |
A |
Semipalmated Sandpiper |
Calidris pusilla |
. |
0 |
82 |
A |
Western Sandpiper |
Calidris mauri |
. |
0 |
7 |
A |
Red-necked Stint |
Calidris ruficollis |
. |
0 |
6 |
A |
Long-toed Stint |
Calidris subminuta |
. |
0 |
2 |
A |
Least Sandpiper |
Calidris minutilla |
. |
4 |
28 |
A |
Baird's Sandpiper |
Calidris bairdii |
. |
1 |
199 |
A |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper |
Calidris acuminata |
. |
4 |
22 |
A |
Stilt Sandpiper |
Calidris himantopus |
. |
0 |
24 |
A |
Hudsonian Dunlin |
Calidris alpina hudsonia |
sub-species |
- |
- |
A |
Broad-billed Sandpiper |
Limicola falcinellus |
. |
15 |
205 |
A |
Wilson's Snipe |
Gallinago delicata |
sub-species |
- |
- |
A |
Great Snipe |
Gallinago media |
. |
506 |
150 |
A |
Short-billed Dowitcher |
Limnodromus griseus |
. |
0 |
1 |
A |
Long-billed Dowitcher |
Limnodromus scolopaceus |
. |
6 |
178 |
A |
Hudsonian Godwit |
Limosa haemastica |
. |
0 |
2 |
A |
Little Curlew |
Numenius minutus |
. |
0 |
2 |
A |
Eskimo Curlew |
Numenius borealis |
. |
5 |
0 |
B |
Hudsonian Whimbrel |
Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus |
sub-species |
0 |
3 |
A |
Slender-billed Curlew |
Numenius tenuirostris |
. |
0 |
1 |
A |
Upland Sandpiper |
Bartramia longicauda |
. |
9 |
34 |
A |
Marsh Sandpiper |
Tringa stagnatilis |
. |
6 |
122 |
A |
Greater Yellowlegs |
Tringa melanoleuca |
. |
6 |
20 |
A |
Lesser Yellowlegs |
Tringa flavipes |
. |
16 |
258 |
A |
Solitary Sandpiper |
Tringa solitaria |
. |
5 |
25 |
A |
Terek Sandpiper |
Xenus cinereus |
. |
0 |
66 |
A |
Spotted Sandpiper |
Actitis macularius |
. |
1 |
136 |
A |
Grey-tailed Tattler |
Heteroscelus brevipes |
. |
0 |
2 |
A |
Wilson's Phalarope |
Phalaropus tricolor |
. |
0 |
216 |
A |
'Southern Oceans' Skua |
Stercorarius antarctica/maccormicki |
. |
- |
- |
- |
Great Black-headed Gull |
Larus ichthyaetus |
. |
1 |
0 |
B |
Laughing Gull |
Larus atricilla |
. |
1 |
170 |
A |
Franklin's Gull |
Larus pipixcan |
. |
0 |
53 |
A |
Bonaparte's Gull |
Larus philadelphia |
. |
8 |
139 |
A |
Slender-billed Gull |
Larus genei |
. |
0 |
9 |
A |
Audouin's Gull |
Larus audouinii |
. |
0 |
2 |
A |
Mew Gull -heinei |
Larus canus heinei |
sub-species |
0 |
3 |
A |
Baltic Gull |
Larus fuscus fuscus |
sub-species |
0 |
1 |
A |
American Herring Gull |
Larus argentatus smithsonianus |
sub-species |
0 |
13 |
A |
Glaucous-winged Gull |
Larus glaucescens |
. |
- |
- |
- |
Ross's Gull |
Rhodostethia rosea |
. |
1 |
88 |
A |
Ivory Gull |
Pagophila eburnea |
. |
84 |
51 |
A |
Aleutian Tern |
Onychoprion aleutica |
. |
0 |
1 |
A |
Sooty Tern |
Onychoprion fuscata |
. |
13 |
13 |
A |
Bridled Tern |
Onychoprion anaethetus |
. |
1 |
21 |
A |
Least Tern |
Sternula albifrons antillarum/athalossos |
sub-species |
0 |
1 |
A |
Gull-billed Tern |
Gelochelidon nilotica |
. |
51 |
270 |
A |
Whiskered Tern |
Chlidonias hybrida |
. |
23 |
129 |
A |
American Black Tern |
Chlidonias niger surinamensis |
sub-species |
0 |
1 |
A |
Royal Tern |
Sterna maxima |
. |
0 |
4 |
A |
Lesser Crested Tern |
Sterna bengalensis |
. |
0 |
9 |
A |
Forster's Tern |
Sterna forsteri |
. |
0 |
20 |
A |
Brünnich's Guillemot |
Uria lomvia |
. |
1 |
37 |
A |
Long-billed Murrelet |
Brachyramphus perdix |
. |
0 |
1 |
A |
Ancient Murrelet |
Synthliboramphus antiquus |
. |
0 |
1 |
A |
Pallas's Sandgrouse |
Syrrhaptes paradoxus |
. |
many |
7 |
A |
Oriental Turtle Dove |
Streptopeli | |