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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.
Marmora's Warbler
Sylvia sarda
2018
Subalpine Warbler
Sylvia cantillans
1908
Moltoni's Warbler
Sylvia subalpina
2009
Sardinian Warbler
Sylvia melanocephala
1967
Rüppell’s Warbler
Sylvia rueppelli
1977
Common Firecrest
Regulus igniacapilla
1965
Goldcrest
Regulus regulus
u
1809
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytes
Robbie Cuddie; Sistie Moose
C
1769
Eurasian Treecreeper
Certhia familiaris
1859
Daurian Starling
Agropsar sturninus
1985
D/F
Rosy Starling
Pastor roseus
1843
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Stari
C
1733
Siberian Thrush
Geokichla sibirica
2007
White’s Thrush
Zoothera aurea
1929
Veery
Catharus fuscescens
2005
Grey-cheeked Thrush
Catharus minimus
1953
Swainson’s Thrush
Catharus ustulatus
1980
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
1975
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatus
e
1861
Common Blackbird
Turdus merula
C
1793
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