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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.
Great Snipe
Gallinago media
1901
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallingo
Horsegok; Snippik
C
1733
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
1975
Wilson’s Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor
1973
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
Peerie Deuk
u #
1864
Grey Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius
1895
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
u
1822
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
1986
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
1905
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
1992
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
1910
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Kjoorlie
C
1791
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatalis
1969
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
1908
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
1930
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
sp #
1871
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
2007
Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola
1812
Black-winged Pratincole
Glareola nordmanni
1927
F
Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla
Rippek Maa; Weeg
C
1700
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