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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.
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula parva
1906
Taiga Flycatcher
Ficedula albicilla
2003
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurus
1907
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
e
1860
Common Rock Thrush
Monticola saxatilis
1931
F
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetra
1887
(European) Stonechat
Saxicola rubicola
sp
1892
Siberian Stonechat
Saxicola maurus
1961
[Stejneger's Stonechat]
Saxicola stejnegeri
?
P
Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
Stenshakker; Stinkle; Chak
C
1791
Isabelline Wheatear
Oenanthe isabellina
1994
Desert Wheatear
Oenanthe deserti
1928
Black-eared Wheatear
Oenanthe hispanica
1907
Pied Wheatear
Oenanthe pleschanka
1989
White-throated Dipper
Cinclus cinclus
1898
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
C
1733
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
sp
1898
Alpine Accentor
Prunella collaris
1908
F
Siberian Accentor
Prunella montanella
2016
Dunnock
Prunella modularis
e
1868
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