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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.
Eyebrowed Thrush
Turdus obscurus
1987
Black-throated Thrush
Turdus atrogularis
1957
Dusky Thrush
Turdus eunomus
1961
Fieldfare
Turdus pilaris
sp #
1806
Redwing
Turdus iliacus
sp #
1837
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelos
sp
1822
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorus
1863
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
1967
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striata
1844
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Muscicapa dauurica
1992
F
European Robin
Erithacus rubecula
sp
1791
Siberian Blue Robin
Larvivora cyane
2011
Rufous-tailed Robin
Larvivora sibilans
2004
F
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica
1905
Thrush Nightingale
Luscinia luscinia
1911
Common Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos
1929
Siberian Rubythroat
Calliope calliope
1975
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurus
1947
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleuca
1898
Collared Flycatcher
Ficedula albicollis
1947
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