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South Ayrshire
This checklist includes all bird species found in South Ayrshire , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2025. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: South Ayrshire [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 12
Number of introduced species: 8
Last modified: 2025-10-12
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| Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Ross's Goose | Anser rossii | Uncertain origin |
| Graylag Goose | Anser anser | |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
| Taiga Bean-Goose | Anser fabalis | |
| Tundra Bean-Goose | Anser serrirostris | |
| Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus | |
| Brant | Branta bernicla | |
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Introduced species |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | Uncertain origin |
| Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | Introduced species |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | Introduced species |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Vulnerable |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Rare/Accidental |
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Near-threatened |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | Rare/Accidental |
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | Vulnerable |
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Vulnerable |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
| Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Introduced species |
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| Red Grouse | Lagopus scotica | |
| Black Grouse | Lyrurus tetrix | |
| Gray Partridge | Perdix perdix | |
| Golden Pheasant | Chrysolophus pictus | Introduced species |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa | Introduced species Near-threatened |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| Stock Dove | Columba oenas | |
| Common Wood-Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
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| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | |
| Corn Crake | Crex crex | |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Near-threatened |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| European Golden-Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Near-threatened |
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| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Near-threatened |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | Rare/Accidental |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | |
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| Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica | Vulnerable |
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | |
| Razorbill | Alca torda | |
| Dovekie | Alle alle | |
| Common Murre | Uria aalge | |
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| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | |
| Ross's Gull | Rhodostethia rosea | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Vulnerable |
| Ivory Gull | Pagophila eburnea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | |
| Common Gull | Larus canus | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | Rare/Accidental |
| European Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Vulnerable |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |
| Arctic Loon | Gavia arctica | |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer | |
| Yellow-billed Loon | Gavia adamsii | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Rare/Accidental |
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| European Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | |
| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Vulnerable |
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| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Rare/Accidental |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | |
| Balearic Shearwater | Puffinus mauretanicus | Critically endangered |
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| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | |
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| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| European Shag | Gulosus aristotelis | |
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| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Eurasian Goshawk | Astur gentilis | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | |
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
| Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | |
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| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | Uncertain origin Endangered |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
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| Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
| Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
| Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
| Eurasian Jackdaw | Coloeus monedula | |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
| Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix | |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
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| Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
| Willow Tit | Poecile montanus | |
| Eurasian Blue Tit | Cyanistes caeruleus | |
| Great Tit | Parus major | |
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| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
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| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
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| Common Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
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| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
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| Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
| Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
| Common Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla | |
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| Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
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| Eurasian Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | |
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| Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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| White-throated Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | |
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus | |
| Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | |
| Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | |
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| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | |
| European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
| European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
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| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
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| Dunnock | Prunella modularis | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
| Rock Pipit | Anthus petrosus | |
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| Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
| Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | |
| Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
| European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
| Twite | Linaria flavirostris | |
| Eurasian Linnet | Linaria cannabina | |
| Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
| Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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| Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
| Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | |
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