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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.
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molthrus ater
2009
F
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillus
1973
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
1936
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrina
1975
F
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
1984
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrina
2013
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnolia
2012
F
Blackburnian Warbler
Setophaga fusca
1988
F
American Yellow Warbler
Setophaga aestiva
1990
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanica
1985
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striata
1985
Myrtle Warbler
Setophaga coronata
1977
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
2016
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