British Birds

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Native Status, Migratory Status	Common Name	Scientific Name
Native, Winter Migrant	Brent Goose	Branta bernicla
Introduced	Canada Goose	Branta canadensis
Native, Winter Migrant	Barnacle Goose	Branta leucopsis
Introduced	Snow Goose	Anser caerulescens
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Greylag Goose	Anser anser
Native, Winter Migrant	Taiga Bean Goose	Anser fabalis
Native, Winter Migrant	Pink-Footed Goose	Anser brachyrhynchus
Native, Winter Migrant	Tundra Bean Goose	Anser serrirostris
Native, Winter Migrant	Greater White-Fronted Goose	Anser albifrons
Native, Resident	Mute Swan	Cygnus olor
Native, Winter Migrant	Bewick's Swan	Cygnus columbianus
Native, Winter Migrant	Whooper Swan	Cygnus cygnus
Introduced, Resident	Egyptian Goose	Alopochen aegyptica
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Common Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna
Introduced	Ruddy Shelduck	Tadorna ferruginea
Introduced	Muscovy Duck	Cairina moschata
Introduced	Mandarin	Aix galericulata
Native, Summer Migrant	Garganey	Spatula querquedula
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Gadwall	Mareca strepera
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope
Native, Resident	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Eurasian Teal	Anas crecca
Naturalised, Resident and Vagrant	Red-Crested Pochard	Netta rufina
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Common Pochard	Aythya ferina
Vagrant	Ferruginous Duck	Aythya nyroca
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Greater Scaup	Aythya marilla
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Common Eider	Somateria mollissima
Vagrant	Surf Scoter	Melanitta perspicillata
Native, Winter Migrant	Velvet Scoter	Melanitta fusca
Native, Winter Migrant and Passage Migrant	Common Scoter	Melanitta nigra
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Long-Tailed Duck	Clangula hemalis
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Common Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula
Native, Winter Migrant	Smew	Mergellus albellus
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Goosander	Mergus merganser
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Red-Breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator
Introduced	Ruddy Duck	Oxyura jamaicensis
Native, Resident	Red Grouse	Lagopus scotica
Native, Resident	Rock Ptarmigan	Lagopus muta
Reintroduced Native, Resident	Western Capercaillie	Tetrao urogallus
Native, Resident	Black Grouse	Lyurus tetrix
Native, Resident	Grey Partridge	Perdix perdix
Invasive	Common Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus
Native, Summer Migrant	Common Quail	Coturnix coturnix
Naturalised, Resident	Red-Legged Partridge	Alectoris rufa
Native, Summer Migrant	European Nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus
Vagrant	Alpine Swift	Apus melba
Native, Summer Migrant	Common Swift	Apus apus
Reintroduced Native, Resident	Great Bustard	Otis tarda
Native, Summer Migrant	Common Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus
Native, Resident	Rock Dove	Columba livia
Native, Resident	Stock Dove	Columba oenas
Native, Resident	Common Woodpigeon	Columba palumbus
Native, Summer Migrant	European Turtle Dove	Streptopelia turtur
Native, Resident	Eurasian Collared Dove	Streptopelia decaocto
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Water Rail	Rallus aquaticus
Native, Summer Migrant	Corncrake	Crex crex
Native, Summer Migrant	Spotted Crake	Porzana porzana
Native, Resident	Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra
Reintroduced Native, Resident and Passage Migrant	Common Crane	Grus grus
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Red-Necked Grebe	Podiceps grisegena
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Slavonian Grebe	Podiceps auritus
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Black-Necked Grebe	Podiceps nigricollis
Native, Summer Migrant	Eurasian Stone-Curlew	Burhinus oedicnemus
Native, Resident and Passage Migrant	Eurasian Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus
Native, Summer Migrant	Black-Winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus
Native, Resident	Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta
Native, Winter Migrant and Passage Migrant	Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	European Golden Plover	Pluvialis apricaria
Native, Winter Migrant and Passage Migrant	Eurasian Dotterel	Eudromias morinellus
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula
Native, Summer Migrant	Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Northern Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus

Native Status, Migratory Status	Common Name	Scientific Name
Extirpated, Now Vagrant	Kentish Plover	Anarhynchus alexandrinus
Native, Summer Migrant and Passage Migrant	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
Native, Resident	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata
Native, Winter Migrant and Passage Migrant	Bar-Tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Black-Tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa
Native, Winter Migrant and Passage Migrant	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
Native, Winter Migrant and Passage Migrant	Red Knot	Calidris canutus
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Ruff	Calidris pugnax
Native, Winter Migrant and Passage Migrant	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea
Native, Resident and Passage Migrant	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii
Native, Winter Migrant and Passage Migrant	Sanderling	Calidris alba
Native, Winter Migrant and Passage Migrant	Dunlin	Calidris alpina
Native, Winter Migrant and Purple Migrant	Purple Sandpiper	Calidris maritima
Native, Winter Migrant and Passage Migrant	Little Stint	Calidris minuta
Vagrant	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos
Native, Resident	Eurasian Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola
Native, Winter Migrant and Passage Migrant	Jack Snipe	Lymnocryptes minimus
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Red-Necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus
Native, Winter Migrant	Grey Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicaria
Native, Resident and Passage Migrant	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucus
Native, Winter Migrant and Passage Migrant	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus
Vagrant	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes
Native, Resident	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus
Native, Resident and Passage Migrant	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola
Native, Winter Migrant and Passage Migrant	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus
Native, Resident and Passage Migrant	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
Native, Resident and Summer Migrant	Black-Legged Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla
Vagrant	Sabine's Gull	Xerna sabini
Native, Resident	Black-Headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Little Gull	Hydrocoloeus minutus
Native, Resident and Summer Migrant	Mediterranean Gull	Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Common Gull	Larus canus
Native, Resident and Passage Migrant	Great Black-Backed Gull	Larus marinus
Native, Winter Migrant	Glaucous Gull	Larus hyperboreus
Native, Winter Migrant	Iceland Gull	Larus glaucoides
Native, Resident	European Herring Gull	Larus argentatus
Vagrant	Caspian Gull	Larus cachinnans
Native, Summer Migrant and Passage Migrant	Yellow-Legged Gull	Larus michahellis
Native, Resident and Passage Migrant	Lesser Black-Backed Gull	Larus fiscus
Native Summer Migrant	Sandwich Tern	Thalasseus sandvicensis
Native, Summer Migrant	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons
Native, Summer Migrant	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii
Native, Summer Migrant	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo
Native, Summer Migrant	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea
Vagrant	White-Winged Black Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus
Native, Summer Migrant and Passage Migrant	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger
Native, Resident and Passage Migrant	Great Skua	Stercorarius skua
Native, Passage Migrant	Pomarine Skua	Stercorarius pomarinus
Native, Resident and Passage Migrant	Arctic Skua	Stercorarius parasiticus
Native, Passage Migrant	Long-Tailed Skua	Stercorarius longicaudus
Native, Winter Migrant	Little Auk	Alle alle
Native, Resident and Summer Migrant	Common Guillemot	Uria aalge
Native, Resident and Summer Migrant	Razorbill	Alca torda
Extinct Native	Great Auk	Pinguinus impennis
Native, Resident	Black Guillemot	Cepphus grylle
Native, Summer Migrant	Atlantic Puffin	Fratercula arctica
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Red-Throated Diver	Gavia stellata
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Black-Throated Diver	Gavia arctica
Native, Winter Migrant	Great Northern Diver	Gavia immer
Native, Summer Migrant	European Storm Petrel	Hydrobates pelagicus
Native, Summer Migrant	Leach's Storm Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous
Native, Resident and Summer Migrant	Northern Fulmar	Fulmarus glacialis
Vagrant	Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris borealis
Native, Passage Migrant	Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea
Native, Passage Migrant	Great Shearwater	Ardenna gravis
Native, Summer Migrant	Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus
Native, Passage Migrant	Balearic Shearwater	Puffinus mauretanicus
Extirpated Native, Now Vagrant	Black Stork	Ciconia nigra
Reintroduced Native, Summer Migrant	White Stork	Ciconia ciconia
Native, Summer Migrant and Passage Migrant	Northern Gannet	Morus bassanus
Native, Resident	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo
Native, Resident	European Shag	Gulosus aristotelis
Vagrant	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus
Native, Resident	Eurasian Spoonbill	Platalea leucordia
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Eurasian Bittern	Botaurus stellaris
Vagrant	Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus

Native Status, Migratory Status	Common Name	Scientific Name
Extirpated Native, Now Vagrant	Black-Crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
Native, Resident	Western Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea
Vagrant	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea
Native, Resident	Great White Egret	Ardea alba
Native, Resident and Passage Migrant	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta
Extirpated Native	Dalmatian Pelican	Pelecanus crispus
Native, Summer Migrant	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
Native, Summer Migrant and Passage Migrant	European Honey Buzzard	Pernis apivorus
Native, Resident	Golden Eagle	Aquila chrysaetos
Native, Resident and Passage Migrant	Eurasian Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus
Reintroduced Native, Resident	Eurasian Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis
Native, Resident and Passage Migrant	Western Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus
Native, Resident and Passage Migrant	Hen Harrier	Cicrus cyaneus
Vagrant	Pallid Harrier	Circus macrourus
Native, Summer Migrant and Passage Migrant	Montagu's Harrier	Circus pygargus
Reintroduced Native, Resident	Red Kite	Milvus milvus
Vagrant	Black Kite	Milvus migrans
Reintroduced Native, Resident	White-Tailed Eagle	Haliaeetus albicilla
Native, Passage Migrant	Rough-Legged Buzzard	Buteo lagopus
Native, Resident and Passage Migrant	Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo
Native, Resident	Western Barn Owl	Tyto alba
Naturalised, Resident	Little Owl	Athene noctua
Native, Resident	Long-Eared Owl	Asio otus
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Short-Eared Owl	Asio flammeus
Extirpated Native, Now Vagrant	Eurasian Eagle-Owl	Bubo bubo
Native, Resident	Tawny Owl	Strix aluco
Native, Summer Migrant	Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops
Native, Resident	Common Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis
Native, Summer Migrant	European Bee-Eater	Merops apiaster
Native, Summer Migrant	Eurasian Wryneck	Jynx torquilla
Native, Resident	Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	Dryobates minor
Native, Resident	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopus major
Native, Resident	European Green Woodpecker	Picus viridis
Native, Resident	Common Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus
Vagrant	Red-Footed Falcon	Falco vespertinus
Native, Resident	Merlin	Falco columbarius
Native, Summer Migrant	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo
Native, Resident	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
Invasive	Ring-Necked Parakeet	Psittacula krameri
Invasive	Alexandrine Parakeet	Psittacula eupatria
Extirpated, Now Vagrant	Red-Backed Shrike	Lanius collurio
Extirpated, Now Vagrant	Great Grey Shrike	Lanius excubitor
Vagrant	Woodchat Shrike	Lanius senator
Native, Summer Migrant	Eurasian Golden Oriole	Oriolus oriolus
Native, Resident	Eurasian Jay	Garrulus glandarius
Native, Resident	Eurasian Magpie	Pica pica
Native, Resident	Red-Billed Chough	Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Native, Resident	Western Jackdaw	Coleus monedula
Native, Resident	Rook	Corvus frugilegus
Native, Resident	Carrion Crow	Corvus corone
Native, Resident	Hooded Crow	Corvus cornix
Native, Resident	Common Raven	Corvus corax
Native, Winter Migrant	Bohemian Waxwing	Bombycilla garrulus
Native, Resident	Coal Tit	Periparus ater
Native, Resident	Crested Tit	Lophophanes cristatus
Native, Resident	Marsh Tit	Poecile palustris
Native, Resident	Willow Tit	Poecile montana
Native, Resident	Eurasian Blue Tit	Cyanistes caeruleus
Native, Resident	Great Tit	Parus major
Native, Resident	Bearded Tit	Panurus biarmicus
Native, Resident and Summer Migrant	Woodlark	Lullula arborea
Native, Resident	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis
Native, Winter Migrant and Passage Migrant	Shore Lark	Eremophila alpestris
Vagrant	Greater Short-Toed Lark	Calandrella brachydactyla
Native, Summer Migrant	Common Sand Martin	Riparia riparia
Native, Summer Migrant	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
Native, Summer Migrant	Common House Martin	Delichon urbicum
Vagrant	European Red-Rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica
Native, Resident	Cetti's Warbler	Cettia cetti
Native, Resident	Long-Tailed Tit	Aegithalos caudatus
Native, Summer Migrant	Wood Warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Native, Summer Migrant	Yellow-Browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus
Vagrant	Pallas's Warbler	Phylloscopus proregulus
Vagrant	Radde's Warbler	Phylloscopus schwarzi
Vagrant	Dusky Warbler	Phylloscopus fuscatus
Native, Summer Migrant	Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus

Native Status, Migratory Status	Common Name	Scientific Name
Native, Summer Migrant and Passage Migrant	Common Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita
Vagrant	Greenish Warbler	Phylloscopus trochiloides
Vagrant	Arctic Warbler	Phylloscopus borealis
Native, Summer Migrant	Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Vagrant	Blyth's Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus dumetorum
Native, Summer Migrant	Eurasian Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Native, Summer Migrant	Marsh Warbler	Acrocephalus palustris
Vagrant	Melodious Warbler	Hippolais polyglotta
Vagrant	Icterine Warbler	Hippolais icterina
Native, Summer Migrant	Savi's Warbler	Locustella luscinioides
Native, Summer Migrant	Common Grasshopper Warbler	Locustella naevia
Native, Resident and Summer Migrant	Eurasian Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla
Native, Summer Migrant	Garden Warbler	Sylvia borin
Native, Passage Migrant	Barred Warbler	Curruca nisoria
Native, Summer Migrant	Lesser Whitethroat	Curruca curruca
Native, Summer Migrant	Common Whitethroat	Curruca communis
Native, Resident	Dartford Warbler	Curruca undata
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Goldcrest	Regulus regulus
Native, Resident and Passage Migrant	Common Firecrest	Regulus ignicapillus
Native, Resident	Eurasian Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes
Native, Resident	Eurasian Nuthatch	Sitta europaea
Native, Resident	Eurasian Treecreeper	Certhia familiaris
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Common Starling	Sturnus vulgaris
Native, Resident	Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos
Native, Resident	Mistle Thrush	Turdus viscivorus
Native, Winter Migrant	Redwing	Turdus iliacus
Native, Resident	Common Blackbird	Turdus merula
Native, Winter Migrant	Fieldfare	Turdus pilaris
Native, Summer Migrant	Ring Ouzel	Turdus torquatus
Native, Summer Migrant	Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata
Native, Resident	European Robin	Erithacus rubecula
Vagrant	Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica
Native, Summer Migrant	Common Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos
Vagrant	Red-Flanked Bluetail	Tarsiger cyanurus
Vagrant	Red-Breasted Flycatcher	Ficedula parva
Native, Summer Migrant	European Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula albicollis
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Black Redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros
Native, Summer Migrant	Common Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Native, Summer Migrant and Passage Migrant	Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra
Native, Resident	European stonechat	Saxicola rubicola
Native, Summer Migrant and Passage Migrant	Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe
Native, Resident	White-Throated Dipper	Cinclus cinclus
Native, Resident	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus
Native, Resident	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus
Native, Resident	Dunnock	Prunella modularis
Native, Summer Migrant	Western Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava
Vagrant	Citrine Wagtail	Motacilla citreola
Native, Resident	Grey Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea
Native, Resident	Pied Wagtail	Motacilla albea
Vagrant	Richard's Pipit	Anthus richardi
Native, Resident	Meadow Pipit	Anthus pratensis
Native, Summer Migrant	Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis
Native, Winter Migrant	Water Pipit	Anthus spinoletta
Native, Resident	European Rock Pipit	Anthus petrosus
Native, Resident	Eurasian Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs
Native, Winter Migrant	Brambling	Fringilla montifringilla
Native, Resident	Hawfinch	Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Native, Resident	Eurasian Bullfinch	Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Vagrant	Common Rosefinch	Carpodacus erythrinus
Native, Resident	European Greenfinch	Chloris chloris
Native, Resident	Twite	Linaria flavirostris
Native, Resident	Common Linnet	Linaria cannabina
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Redpoll	Acanthis flammea
Native, Resident	Parrot Crossbill	Loxia pytyopsittacus
Native, Resident	Scottish Crossbill	Loxia scotica
Native, Resident	Red Crossbill	Loxia curvirostra
Native, Resident	European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis
Native, Passage Migrant	European Serin	Serinus serinus
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Eurasian Siskin	Spinus spinus
Native, Winter Migrant	Lapland Bunting	Calcarius lapponicus
Native, Resident and Winter Migrant	Snow Bunting	Plectrophenax nivalis
Native, Resident	Corn Bunting	Emberiza calandra
Native, Resident	Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella
Vagrant	Ortolan Bunting	Emberiza hortulana
Reintroduced Native, Resident	Cirl Bunting	Emberiza cirlus
Vagrant	Little Bunting	Emberiza pusilla
Native, Resident	Common Reed Bunting	Emberiza schoeniclus

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