Cornwall list

There are 424 species on the Cornwall list.

English Name Scientific Name Status Withheld Code
Red-throated DiverGavia stellataScarce*
Black-throated DiverGavia arcticaScarce
Pacific DiverGavia pacificaVery rare*
Great Northern DiverGavia immerAbundant*
White-billed DiverGavia adamsiiVery rare*BBRC
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsVery rare*BBRC
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisFairly common
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusCommon
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaScarce*
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritusFairly common*
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisScarce*
Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophrisVery rare*BBRC
FulmarFulmarus glacialisAbundant
Fea's PetrelPterodroma feaeVery rare*BBRC
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedeaVery rare*
Great ShearwaterPuffinus gravisScarce*
Sooty ShearwaterPuffinus griseusVery rare*
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusAbundant*
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusFairly common
Macaronesian ShearwaterPuffinus baroliVery rare*BBRC
Wilson's PetrelOceanites oceanicusVery rare*
Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicusScarce
Leach's PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaScarce*
GannetMorus bassanusAbundant
CormorantPhalacrocorax carboFairly common
ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelisAbundant
BitternBotaurus stellarisVery scarce
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusVery rare*BBRC
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusVery rare*BBRC
Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxRare*
Green HeronButorides virescensVery rare*BBRC
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesVery rare*BBRC
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibisRare*BBRC
Little EgretEgretta garzettaFairly common
Great White EgretArdea albaVery scarce*
Grey HeronArdea cinereaFairly common
Purple HeronArdea purpureaVery scarce*
Black StorkCiconia nigraVery rare*BBRC
White StorkCiconia ciconiaRare*
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusRare*BBRC
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaFairly common*
Mute SwanCygnus olorVery common
Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianusVery scarce*
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusScarce
Bean GooseAnser fabalisRare*
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusScarce*
White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsScarce*
Greylag GooseAnser anserCommon
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensCommon
Canada GooseBranta canadensisVery common
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisScarce
Brent GooseBranta berniclaScarce
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaFairly common
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaFairly commonBBRC
ShelduckTadorna tadornaFairly common
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataFairly common
WigeonAnas penelopeVery common
American WigeonAnas americanaRare*
GadwallAnas streperaFairly common
TealAnas creccaCommon
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensisVery scarce*
MallardAnas platyrhynchosVery common
Black DuckAnas rubripesVery rare*BBRC
PintailAnas acutaScarce*
GarganeyAnas querquedulaScarce*
Blue-winged TealAnas discorsVery rare*BBRC
ShovelerAnas clypeataFairly common
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaVery scarce
CanvasbackAythya valisineriaVery rare*BBRC
PochardAythya ferinaCommon
Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisVery scarce*
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaVery rare*
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaCommon
ScaupAythya marilaScarce
Lesser ScaupAythya affinisVery rare*BBRC
EiderSomateria mollissimaFairly common*
King EiderSomateria spectabilisVery rare*
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisScarce*
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraVery scarce*
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataVery rare*
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaVery scarce*
BuffleheadBucephala albeolaVery rare*BBRC
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaFairly common
SmewMergellus albellusVery scarce*
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorFairly common
GoosanderMergus merganserScarce*
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisScarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusRare*
Black KiteMilvus migransVery scarce*
Red KiteMilvus milvusFairly common
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicillaVery rare*
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosusVery scarce*
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusScarce*
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusVery rare*BBRC
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusVery scarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
GoshawkAccipiter gentilisVery rare*
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusCommon
BuzzardButeo buteoCommon
Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopusRare*
OspreyPandion haliaetusVery scarce*
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanniVery rare*BBRC
KestrelFalco tinnunculusCommon
American KestrelFalco sparveriusVery rare*BBRC
Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusRare*
MerlinFalco columbariusFairly common
HobbyFalco subbuteoFairly common
Gyr FalconFalco rusticolusVery rare*BBRC
PeregrineFalco peregrinusFairly common1 Mar-31 Jul
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaVery common
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixScarce
QuailCoturnix coturnixScarce*
PheasantPhasianus colchicusVery common
Water RailRallus aquaticusFairly common
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaVery scarce*
Little CrakePorzana parvaVery rare*BBRC
Baillon's CrakePorzana pusillaVery rare*BBRC
CorncrakeCrex crexRare*
MoorhenGallinula chloropusVery common
CootFulica atraCommon
CraneGrus grusRare*
Little BustardTetrax tetraxVery rare*BBRC
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusFairly common
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopusRare*BBRC
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaScarce
Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusRare*1 Mar-31 Jul
Cream-coloured CourserCursorius cursorVery rare*BBRC
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincolaVery rare*BBRC
Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanniVery rare*BBRC
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubiusFairly common
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaFairly common
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusVery rare*BBRC
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusRare*
DotterelCharadrius morinellusScarce*
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominicaRare*
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulvaVery rare*BBRC
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaCommon
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVery scarce*
Sociable PloverVanellus gregariusVery rare*BBRC
LapwingVanellus vanellusCommon
KnotCalidris canutusFairly common
SanderlingCalidris albaVery scarce*
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaVery rare*BBRC
Little StintCalidris minutaScarce
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiRare*
Long-toed StintCalidris subminutaVery rare*BBRC
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaVery rare*BBRC
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVery rare*
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiRare*BBRC
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosRare*
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVery rare*BBRC
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVery scarce*
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaCommon
DunlinCalidris alpinaFairly common
Broad-billed SandpiperLimicola falcinellusVery rare*BBRC
Buff-breasted SandpiperTryngites subruficollisVery scarce*
RuffPhilomachus pugnaxVery scarce*
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarce*
SnipeGallinago gallinagoCommon
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicataVery rare*BBRC
Great SnipeGallinago mediaVery rare*BBRC
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusVery rare*BBRC
WoodcockScolopax rusticolaScarce*
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaScarce*
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaVery scarce
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusScarce*
CurlewNumenius arquataFairly common
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaVery rare*BBRC
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereusVery rare*BBRC
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosFairly common
Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusVery rare*BBRC
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusFairly common
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaVery rare*BBRC
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusVery scarce*
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaVery rare*BBRC
GreenshankTringa nebulariaScarce*
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesRare*BBRC
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaScarce
RedshankTringa totanusFairly common
TurnstoneArenaria interpresVery scarce*
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorVery rare*
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusVery scarce*
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusScarce*
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinusScarce*
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticusFairly common
Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudusScarce*
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaCommon
Sabine's GullXema sabiniScarce*
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaAbundant
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaVery rare*BBRC
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusAbundant
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusScarce*
Ross's GullRhodostethia roseaVery rare*BBRC
Laughing GullLarus atricillaVery rare*BBRC
Franklin's GullLarus pipixcanVery rare*BBRC
Mediterranean GullLarus melanocephalusScarce*
Common GullLarus canusVery common
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisVery scarce*
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusVery common
Herring GullLarus argentatusVery common
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisScarce*
Caspian GullLarus cachinnansRare*
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusVery rare*BBRC
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesScarce*
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusScarce*
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusFairly common
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscataVery rare*BBRC
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetusVery rare*BBRC
Little TernSternula albifronsVery scarce*
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaVery rare*BBRC
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiaVery rare*BBRC
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybridaVery rare*BBRC
Black TernChlidonias nigerScarce*
White-winged Black TernChlidonias leucopterusVery rare*
Sandwich TernSterna sandvicensisVery scarce*
Royal TernSterna maximaVery rare*BBRC
Forster's TernSterna forsteriVery rare*BBRC
Common TernSterna hirundoFairly common
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiVery scarce*
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaScarce
GuillemotUria aalgeAbundant
RazorbillAlca tordaVery common
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleVery scarce*
Little AukAlle alleScarce*
PuffinFratercula arcticaScarce
Pallas's SandgrouseSyrrhaptes paradoxusVery rare*BBRC
Rock Dove / Feral PigeonColumba liviaVery common
Stock DoveColumba oenasCommon
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusAbundant
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoVery common
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturScarce*
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameriFairly common
CuckooCuculus canorusFairly common
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusVery rare*BBRC
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusVery rare*BBRC
Barn OwlTyto albaFairly common
Scops OwlOtus scopsVery rare*BBRC
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVery rare*BBRC
Little OwlAthene noctuaFairly common
Tawny OwlStrix alucoCommon
Long-eared OwlAsio otusVery scarce*1 Mar-31 Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusScarce*
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusVery scarce*
Common NighthawkChordeiles minorVery rare*
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVery rare*BBRC
SwiftApus apusCommon
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusVery rare*BBRC
Alpine SwiftApus melbaRare*
KingfisherAlcedo atthisFairly common
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonVery rare*BBRC
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicusVery rare*BBRC
Bee-eaterMerops apiasterRare*
RollerCoracias garrulusVery rare*BBRC
HoopoeUpupa epopsScarce*
WryneckJynx torquillaScarce*
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisCommon
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorCommon
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos minorScarce*
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaVery rare*
Crested LarkGalerida cristataVery rare*BBRC
WoodlarkLullula arboreaVery scarce*
SkylarkAlauda arvensisCommon
Shore LarkEremophila alpestrisVery rare*
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaFairly common
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisVery rare*BBRC
SwallowHirundo rusticaCommon
House MartinDelichon urbicumCommon
Red-rumped SwallowCecropis dauricaRare*
Richard's PipitAnthus richardiVery scarce*
Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskiiVery rare*BBRC
Tawny PipitAnthus campestrisVery rare*
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoniVery rare*BBRC
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisScarce*
Pechora PipitAnthus gustaviVery rare*BBRC
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisVery common
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinusVery rare*
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusAbundant
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaScarce*
Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescensVery rare*BBRC
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaFairly common
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreolaVery rare*BBRC
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaFairly common
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaVery common
WaxwingBombycilla garrulusVery scarce*
DipperCinclus cinclusFairly common1 Mar-31 Jul
WrenTroglodytes troglodytesAbundant
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosVery rare*BBRC
DunnockPrunella modularisVery common
Alpine AccentorPrunella collarisVery rare*BBRC
RobinErithacus rubeculaAbundant
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosScarce*
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaVery rare*
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusVery rare*BBRC
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosScarce*
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusVery scarce*
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraScarce*
StonechatSaxicola torquatusFairly common
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurusVery rare*
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellinaVery rare*BBRC
WheatearOenanthe oenantheFairly common
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschankaVery rare*BBRC
Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanicaVery rare*BBRC
Desert WheatearOenanthe desertiVery rare*BBRC
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitariusVery rare*BBRC
White's ThrushZoothera daumaVery rare*BBRC
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusVery rare*BBRC
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusVery rare*BBRC
Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusVery rare*BBRC
VeeryCatharus fuscescensVery rare*BBRC
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusVery scarce*
BlackbirdTurdus merulaAbundant
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusVery rare*BBRC
Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularisVery rare*BBRC
FieldfareTurdus pilarisFairly common
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosVery common
RedwingTurdus iliacusFairly common
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusCommon
American RobinTurdus migratoriusVery rare*BBRC
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiFairly common
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaScarce*
River WarblerLocustella fluviatilisVery rare*BBRC
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesVery rare*BBRC
Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaRare*
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusFairly common
Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricolaVery rare*BBRC
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisVery rare*
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusFairly common
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceusVery rareBBRC
Booted WarblerHippolais caligataVery rare*BBRC
Icterine WarblerHippolais icterinaRare*
Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglottaRare*
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaCommon
Garden WarblerSylvia borinFairly common
Barred WarblerSylvia nisoriaRare*
Lesser WhitethroatSylvia currucaFairly common
Orphean WarblerSylvia hortensisVery rare*BBRC
WhitethroatSylvia communisFairly common
Dartford WarblerSylvia undataVery scarce*
Subalpine WarblerSylvia cantillansVery rare*
Sardinian WarblerSylvia melanocephalaVery rare*BBRC
Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloidesVery rare*
Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealisVery rare*BBRC
Pallas's WarblerPhylloscopus proregulusRare*
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusScarce*
Hume's WarblerPhylloscopus humeiVery rare*BBRC
Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarziVery rare*
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatusRare*
Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelliVery rare*BBRC
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixVery scarce*
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaCommon
Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericusVery rare*BBRC
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusCommon
GoldcrestRegulus regulusVery common
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaScarce*
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataScarce*
Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicillaVery rare*BBRC
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaScarce
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusRare*
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusVery common
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusAbundant
Great TitParus majorAbundant
Coal TitPeriparus aterCommon
Willow TitPoecile montanaVery scarce*
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisCommon
NuthatchSitta europaeaCommon
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisCommon
Penduline TitRemiz pendulinusVery rare*BBRC
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusRare*
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatusVery rare*BBRC
Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinusVery rare*BBRC
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioScarce*
Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minorVery rare*BBRC
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorRare*
Southern Grey ShrikeLanius meridionalisVery rare*BBRC
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorVery scarce*
JayGarrulus glandariusCommon
MagpiePica picaVery common
NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactesVery rare*BBRC
ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxFairly common1 Mar-31 Jul
JackdawCorvus monedulaAbundant
RookCorvus frugilegusVery common
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneVery common
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixRare*
RavenCorvus coraxFairly common
StarlingSturnus vulgarisVery common
Rose-coloured StarlingPastor roseusVery scarce*
House SparrowPasser domesticusVery common
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensisVery rare*BBRC
Tree SparrowPasser montanusScarce*
Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifronsVery rare*BBRC
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsAbundant
BramblingFringilla montifringillaScarce
SerinSerinus serinusRare*
GreenfinchCarduelis chlorisVery common
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisVery common
SiskinCarduelis spinusCommon
LinnetCarduelis cannabinaCommon
TwiteCarduelis flavirostrisVery rare*
Lesser RedpollCarduelis cabaretFairly common
Two-barred CrossbillLoxia leucopteraVery rare*BBRC
Common CrossbillLoxia curvirostraScarce*
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusVery rare*
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaCommon
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesVery scarce*
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta variaVery rare*BBRC
Northern ParulaParula americanaVery rare*BBRC
Blackpoll WarblerDendroica striataVery rare*BBRC
Bay-breasted WarblerDendroica castaneaVery rare*BBRC
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaVery rare*BBRC
Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusillaVery rare*BBRC
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaVery rare*BBRC
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisVery rare*BBRC
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisVery rare*BBRC
Lapland BuntingCalcarius lapponicusScarce*
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisScarce*
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaCommon
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusVery scarce1 Mar-31 Jul
Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulanaRare*
Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaVery rare*
Little BuntingEmberiza pusillaVery scarce*
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusCommon
Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephalaVery rare*BBRC
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraFairly common
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusVery rare*BBRC
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaVery rare*BBRC
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