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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.
Leach's Storm Petrel
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
u #
1910
Northern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis
Maalie
C
1805
Fea’s/Zino’s/Desertas Petrel
Pterodroma feae/madeira/desertas
1996
Cory’s Shearwater
Calonectris borealis
1965
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseus
1923
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravis
1936
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
Leerie
u
1700
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollis
e
1822
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
2017
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegena
1861
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
1844
Slavonian Grebe
Podiceps auritus
sp
1809
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis
1966
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus
1988
D
Black Stork
Ciconia nigra
1977
White Stork
Ciconia ciconia
1837
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
1862
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
1871
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellaris
1822
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutus
1883
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