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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 Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
e
1868
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla tschutschensis
1912
Citrine Wagtail
Motacilla citreola
1954
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
sp
1863
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
u
1809
Richard’s Pipit
Anthus richardi
1908
Blyth’s Pipit
Anthus godlewskii
1988
Tawny Pipit
Anthus campestris
1933
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis
Hill Sparrow; Teetik
C
1769
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis
1905
Olive-backed Pipit
Anthus hodgsoni
1964
Pechora Pipit
Anthus gustavi
1925
Red-throated Pipit
Anthus cervinus
1908
Buff-bellied Pipit
Anthus rubescens
1953
Water Pipit
Anthus spinoletta
2010
Eurasian Rock Pipit
Anthus pertrosus
Banks Sparrow; Teetik
C
1809
Common Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
sp
1811
Brambling
Fringilla montifringilla
poss #
1844
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
1904
Pine Grosbeak
Pinicola enucleator
1992
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