British List

According to the British Ornithological Union, there have been 622 species recorded in a wild state in the UK. This is therefore the list according to IOC taxonomy and naming. Birds in red text are still to be seen.

PHEASANTS AND ALLIES
Western Capercaillie
Black Grouse
Rock Ptarmigan
Willow Ptarmigan (Red Grouse)
Red-legged Partridge
Grey Partridge
Common Quail
Common Pheasant
Golden Pheasant 
Lady Amherst's Pheasant

DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS
Brant Goose
Red-breasted Goose
Canada Goose
Barnacle Goose
Cackling Goose
Snow Goose
Greylag Goose
Taiga Bean Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Tundra Bean Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Mute Swan
Tundra Swan (Bewick's Swan)
Whooper Swan
Egyptian Goose
Common Shelduck
Ruddy Shelduck
Mandarin Duck
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Garganey
Baikal Teal
Eurasian Teal
Green-winged Teal
Red-crested Pochard
Canvasback
Redhead
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Steller's Eider
King Eider
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Velvet Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Smew
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck

NIGHTJARS 
Common Nighthawk 
Red-necked Nightjar
European Nightjar
Egyptian Nightjar

SWIFTS 
White-throated Needletail 
Chimney Swift
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Pallid Swift
Pacific Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift

BUSTARDS 
Great Bustard
Macqueen's Bustard
Little Bustard

CUCKOOS 
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo

SANDGROUSE
Pallas's Sandgrouse 

PIGEONS & DOVES 
Rock Dove
Stock Dove
Common Wood Pigeon
European Turtle Dove
Oriental Turtle Dove
Eurasian Collared Dove
Mourning Dove

RAILS, CRAKES AND COOTS
Water Rail
Corn Crake
Little Crake
Baillon's Crake
Spotted Crake
Sora
Western Swamphen
Allen's Gallinule
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
American Coot

CRANES 
Sandhill Crane
Common Crane

GREBES 
Little Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Horned Grebe
Black-necked Grebe

STONE-CURLEWS & THICK-KNEES
Eurasian Stone-curlew

OYSTERCATCHERS 
Eurasian Oystercatcher

STILTS & AVOCETS 
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet

PLOVERS 
Northern Lapwing
Sociable Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing
European Golden Plover
Pacific Golden Plover
American Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Killdeer
Kentish Plover
Lesser Sand Plover
Greater Sand Plover
Caspian Plover
Eurasian Dotterel

SANDPIPERS & ALLIES 
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Little Curlew
Eskimo Curlew (Probably Extinct)
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck’s Stint
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Little Stint
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed Dowitcher
Eurasian Woodcock
Jack Snipe
Great Snipe
Common Snipe
Wilson's Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope 
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Common Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Grey-tailed Tattler
Lesser Yellowlegs
Common Redshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Greater Yellowlegs

COURSERS & PRATINICOLES
Cream-coloured Courser
Collared Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole

GULLS, TERNS & SKIMMERS
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Sabine’s Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Black-headed Gull
Little Gull
Ross’s Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Audouin's Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Pallas's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
European Herring Gull
American Herring Gull
Caspian Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Sandwich Tern
Cabot's Tern
Little Tern
Least Tern
Aleutian Tern
Bridled Tern
Sooty Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Black Tern

SKUAS 
Great Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger

AUKS 
Little Auk
Thick-billed Murre
Common Murre
Razorbill
Great Auk (Extinct)
Black Guillemot
Long-billed Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
Atlantic Puffin
Tufted Puffin

TROPICBIRDS
Red-billed Tropicbird

LOONS 
Red-throated Loon
Black-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon

AUSTRAL STORM PETRELS
Wilson's Storm Petrel
White-faced Storm Petrel

ALBATROSSES 
Black-browed Albatross 
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross 

NORTHERN STORM PETRELS
European Storm Petrel
Swinhoe's Storm Petrel
Leach's Storm Petrel

PETRELS & SHEARWATERS 
Northern Fulmar
Black-capped Petrel
Scopolli's Shearwater 
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Yelkouan Shearwater
Balearic Shearwater
Barolo Shearwater

STORKS 
Black Stork
White Stork

FRIGATEBIRDS
Ascension Frigatebird
Magnificent Frigatebird

GANNETS & BOOBIES
Northern Gannet
Red-footed Booby

CORMORANTS AND SHAGS
Double-crested Cormorant
European Shag
Great Cormorant

IBISES & SPOONBILLS 
Glossy Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill

HERONS, BITTERNS & EGRETS 
Eurasian Bittern
American Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night-heron
Green Heron
Squacco Heron
Chinese Pond Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Great Blue Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret 
Snowy Egret
Little Egret

PELICANS
Dalmatian Pelican

OSPREYS
Western Osprey

KITES, HAWKS & EAGLES 
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard 
Short-toed Snake Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Golden Eagle
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Northern Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Northern Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
Red Kite
Black Kite
White-tailed Eagle
Rough-legged Buzzard
Common Buzzard

BARN OWLS 
Western Barn Owl

TYPICAL OWLS 
Eurasian Scops Owl
Snowy Owl
Tawny Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Little Owl
Boreal Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl

HOOPOES 
Eurasian Hoopoe

ROLLERS 
European Roller

KINGFISHERS 
Common Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher

BEE EATERS 
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater

WOODPECKERS 
Eurasian Wryneck
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 
Great Spotted Woodpecker
European Green Woodpecker

CARACARAS & FALCONS 
Lesser Kestrel
Common Kestrel
American Kestrel
Red-footed Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eleonora's Falcon
Merlin
Eurasian Hobby
Gyrfalcon 
Peregrine Falcon

OLD WORLD PARROTS 
Rose-ringed Parakeet 

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS 
Eastern Phoebe
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher 
Eastern Kingbird

SHRIKES 
Brown Shrike
Red-backed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Lesser Grey Shrike
Great Grey Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
Masked Shrike

VIREOS 
Yellow-throated Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo

FIGBIRDS & ORIOLES 
Eurasian Golden Oriole

CROWS 
Eurasian Jay
Eurasian Magpie
Spotted Nutcracker
Red-billed Chough 
Western Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Hooded Crow
Northern Raven

WAXWINGS 
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing

TITS & CHICKADEES 
Coal Tit
European Crested Tit
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Eurasian Blue Tit
Great Tit

PENDULINE TITS 
Eurasian Penduline Tit

BEARDED REEDLING
Bearded Reedling 

LARKS 
Woodlark
White-winged Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Crested Lark
Horned Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Bimaculated Lark
Calandra Lark
Black Lark
Lesser Short-toed Lark

SWALLOWS & MARTINS 
Sand Martin
Tree Swallow
Purple Swallow
Barn Swallow
Eurasian Crag Martin
Common House Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
American Cliff Swallow

CETTIA BUSH WARBLERS & ALLIES
Cetti’s Warbler

BUSH TITS 
Long-tailed Tit

LEAF WARBLERS & ALLIES
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Iberian Chiffchaff
Western Bonelli's Warbler
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
Wood Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Radde's Warbler
Pallas’s Leaf Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Leaf Warbler
Arctic Warbler
Green Warbler
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Two-barred Warbler
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
Eastern Crowned Warbler

REED WARBLERS & ALLIES
Great Reed Warbler
Aquatic Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Eurasian Reed Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Thick-billed Warbler
Booted Warbler
Syke's Warbler 
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Olive-tree Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Melodious Warbler

GRASSBIRDS
Common Grasshopper Warbler
River Warbler
Savi's Warbler
Lanceolated Warbler
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler

CISTICOLAS & ALLIES
Zitting Cisticola

SYLVIID BABBLERS
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Barred Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Western Orphean Warbler
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Asian Desert Warbler
Common Whitethroat
Dartford Warbler
Mamora's Warbler
Spectacled Warbler
Western Subalpine Warbler
Moltoni's Warbler
Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Sardinian Warbler
Ruppell's Warbler

GOLDCRESTS & KINGLETS 
Common Firecrest
Goldcrest

WRENS 
Eurasian Wren

NUTHATCHES 
Eurasian Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch

WALLCREEPER 
Wallcreeper

TREECREEPERS 
Eurasian Treecreeper
Short-toed Treecreeper

MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS
Grey Catbird
Northern Mockingbird 
Brown Thrasher

STARLINGS
Rosy Starling
Common Starling

THRUSHES
Siberian Thrush
White's Thrush
Varied Thrush
Veery
Grey-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Ring Ouzel
Common Blackbird
Eyebrowed Thrush
Black-throated Thrush
Red-throated Thrush
Naumann's Thrush
Dusky Thrush
Fieldfare
Redwing
Song Thrush
Mistle Thrush
American Robin

CHATS & OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS 
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin
Spotted Flycatcher
Asian Brown Flycatcher 
European Robin
Siberian Blue Robin
Rufous-tailed Robin
Bluethroat
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
White-throated Robin
Siberian Rubythroat
Red-flanked Bluetail
European Pied Flycatcher
Collared Flycatcher 
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher 
Black Redstart
Common Redstart
Moussier's Redstart
Common Rock Thrush
Blue Rock Thrush
Whinchat
European Stonechat
Siberian Stonechat
Stejneger's Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Western Black-eared Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
White-crowned Wheatear

DIPPERS 
White-throated Dipper

OLD WORLD SPARROWS & SNOWFINCHES
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Rock Sparrow

ACCENTORS 
Alpine Accentor
Siberian Accentor
Dunnock

WAGTAILS & PIPITS
Western Yellow Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail 
Citrine Wagtail 
Grey Wagtail
White Wagtail (Pied Wagtail)
Richard’s Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Pechora Pipit
Red-throated Pipit 
Buff-bellied Pipit
Water Pipit
Eurasian Rock Pipit

FINCHES 
Common Chaffinch
Brambling
Evening Grosbeak
Hawfinch
Pine Grosbeak 
Eurasian Bullfinch
Trumpeter Finch
Common Rosefinch
European Greenfinch
Twite
Common Linnet
Common Redpoll
Lesser Redpoll
Arctic Redpoll
Parrot Crossbill
Scottish Crossbill
Red Crossbill
Two-barred Crossbill
European Goldfinch
Citril Finch
European Serin
Eurasian Siskin

LONGSPURS & SNOW BUNTINGS
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting

BUNTINGS
Corn Bunting
Yellowhammer
Pine Bunting
Rock Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Cretzschmar's Bunting
Cirl Bunting
Chestnut-eared Bunting
Little Bunting
Yellow-browed Bunting
Rustic Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Chestnut Bunting
Black-headed Bunting
Black-faced Bunting
Pallas's Reed Bunting
Common Reed Bunting

NEW WORLD SPARROWS
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Eastern Towhee

OROPENDOLAS, ORIOLES & BLACKBIRDS
Bobolink
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird

NEW WORLD WARBLERS
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
American Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpool Warbler
Myrtle Warbler
Wilson's Warbler

CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS & ALLIES
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting

Recorded but not assigned to a species
White-bellied Storm Petrel or Black-bellied Storm Petrel
Cape Verde Storm Petrel or Madeiran Storm Petrel or Monteiro's Storm Petrel
Zino’s Petrel or Fea’s Petrel or Deserta's Petrel 
Brown Skua or South Polar Skua

Under assessment
Brown Booby
Trindade Petrel
White-chinned Petrel
Bearded Vulture
Booted Eagle
House Crow
Yellow-billed Flycatcher
Paddyfield Pipit




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