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Shetland Bird List

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The table contains a complete list of the 473 bird species recorded in Shetland, including the year of the first record and, where relevant, Shetland name, breeding status and category.

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Key to breeding status:

 

C: common (50+ pairs)

u: uncommon but annual (fewer than 50 pairs)

sp: sporadic

e: extinct (regular or sporadic with no 21st century records)

poss: possible breeding spp.

hyb: only bred as part of a hybrid pair

Key to category:

 

C: Category C (not native/introduced)

D: Category D (uncertain provenance)

O: only seen offshore

X: globally extinct

F: only recorded on Fair Isle

P: provisional (believed to have occurred but no accepted records)

Species
Scientific Name
Shetland Name
Breeding Status
First Record
Cat.
Western Bonelli’sWarbler
Phylloscopus bonelli
1961
Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler
Phylloscopus orientalis
1998
Hume's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus humei
2003
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatus
1886
Pallas's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus proregulus
1966
Radde’s Warbler
Phylloscopus schwarzi
1976
Dusky Warbler
Phylloscopus fuscatus
1961
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilus
sp
1822
Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita
sp
1863
Iberian Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus ibericus
2010
Green Warbler
Phylloscopus nitidans
2014
Two-barred Warbler
Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
2017
Greenish Warbler
Phylloscopus trochiloides
1945
Arctic Warbler
Phylloscopus borealis
1908
Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus arundinaceus
1958
Aquatic Warbler
Acrocephalus paludicola
1914
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
sp
1906
Paddyfield Warbler
Acrocephalus agricola
1925
Blyth’s Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus dumetorum
1910
Eurasian Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
e
1908
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