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Alderney

This checklist includes all bird species found in Alderney , 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 .

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Country or region: Alderney [map]

Number of species: 314
Number of globally threatened species: 12
Number of introduced species: 2
Date last reviewed: 2019-12-23
Last modified: 2022-12-10
See also: http://www.societe.org.gg/sections/ornithology.html

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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
Graylag Goose	Anser anser	Rare/Accidental
Greater White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons	Rare/Accidental
Pink-footed Goose	Anser brachyrhynchus	Rare/Accidental
Brant	Branta bernicla	Rare/Accidental
Barnacle Goose	Branta leucopsis	Rare/Accidental
Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	Rare/Accidental
Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	Rare/Accidental
Whooper Swan	Cygnus cygnus	Rare/Accidental
Ruddy Shelduck	Tadorna ferruginea	Rare/Accidental
Common Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna
Mandarin Duck	Aix galericulata	Rare/Accidental
Garganey	Spatula querquedula	Rare/Accidental
Blue-winged Teal	Spatula discors	Rare/Accidental
Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	Rare/Accidental
Gadwall	Mareca strepera	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	Rare/Accidental
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	Rare/Accidental
Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca
Common Pochard	Aythya ferina	Vulnerable
Ferruginous Duck	Aythya nyroca	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	Rare/Accidental
Greater Scaup	Aythya marila	Rare/Accidental
Common Eider	Somateria mollissima	Near-threatened
Velvet Scoter	Melanitta fusca	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Common Scoter	Melanitta nigra
Common Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula	Rare/Accidental
Smew	Mergellus albellus	Rare/Accidental
Common Merganser	Mergus merganser	Rare/Accidental
Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	Introduced species
Common Quail	Coturnix coturnix	Extirpated
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis
Horned Grebe	Podiceps auritus	Vulnerable
Red-necked Grebe	Podiceps grisegena	Rare/Accidental
Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus
Eared Grebe	Podiceps nigricollis
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	Introduced species
Stock Dove	Columba oenas
Common Wood-Pigeon	Columba palumbus
European Turtle-Dove	Streptopelia turtur	Vulnerable
Eurasian Collared-Dove	Streptopelia decaocto
PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae
Pallas's Sandgrouse	Syrrhaptes paradoxus	Rare/Accidental
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae
Great Bustard	Otis tarda	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Little Bustard	Tetrax tetrax	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
Great Spotted Cuckoo	Clamator glandarius	Rare/Accidental
Common Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
Eurasian Nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus	Rare/Accidental
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae
Alpine Swift	Apus melba	Rare/Accidental
Common Swift	Apus apus
Pallid Swift	Apus pallidus	Rare/Accidental
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
Water Rail	Rallus aquaticus
Corn Crake	Crex crex	Rare/Accidental
Spotted Crake	Porzana porzana	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus
Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae
Common Crane	Grus grus	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae
Eurasian Thick-knee	Burhinus oedicnemus	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Rare/Accidental
Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae
Eurasian Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus	Near-threatened
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola
European Golden-Plover	Pluvialis apricaria
Northern Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	Near-threatened
Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	Rare/Accidental
Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	Rare/Accidental
Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius	Rare/Accidental
Killdeer	Charadrius vociferus	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Dotterel	Charadrius morinellus	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	Near-threatened
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	Near-threatened
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Near-threatened
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
Red Knot	Calidris canutus	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Ruff	Calidris pugnax
Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Sanderling	Calidris alba
Dunlin	Calidris alpina
Purple Sandpiper	Calidris maritima
Little Stint	Calidris minuta	Rare/Accidental
White-rumped Sandpiper	Calidris fuscicollis	Rare/Accidental
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Jack Snipe	Lymnocryptes minimus
Eurasian Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola
Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago
Wilson's Phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	Rare/Accidental
Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	Rare/Accidental
Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius	Rare/Accidental
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	Rare/Accidental
Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	Rare/Accidental
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	Rare/Accidental
Common Redshank	Tringa totanus
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae
Great Skua	Stercorarius skua
Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	Rare/Accidental
Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus
CHARADRIIFORMES: Alcidae
Dovekie	Alle alle	Rare/Accidental
Common Murre	Uria aalge
Razorbill	Alca torda
Atlantic Puffin	Fratercula arctica	Vulnerable
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
Black-legged Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	Vulnerable
Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini	Rare/Accidental
Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Little Gull	Hydrocoloeus minutus	Rare/Accidental
Mediterranean Gull	Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Common Gull	Larus canus
Herring Gull	Larus argentatus
Yellow-legged Gull	Larus michahellis
Iceland Gull	Larus glaucoides	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus
Glaucous Gull	Larus hyperboreus	Rare/Accidental
Great Black-backed Gull	Larus marinus
Little Tern	Sternula albifrons
Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	Rare/Accidental
Black Tern	Chlidonias niger
Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	Rare/Accidental
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea
Royal Tern	Thalasseus maximus	Rare/Accidental
Sandwich Tern	Thalasseus sandvicensis
West African Crested Tern	Thalasseus albididorsalis	Rare/Accidental
GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae
Red-throated Loon	Gavia stellata
Arctic Loon	Gavia arctica
Common Loon	Gavia immer
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae
Black-browed Albatross	Thalassarche melanophris	Rare/Accidental
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae
European Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates pelagicus
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae
Northern Fulmar	Fulmarus glacialis
Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris diomedea	Rare/Accidental
Great Shearwater	Ardenna gravis	Rare/Accidental
Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	Near-threatened
Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus
Balearic Shearwater	Puffinus mauretanicus	Critically endangered
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
Black Stork	Ciconia nigra	Rare/Accidental
White Stork	Ciconia ciconia	Rare/Accidental
SULIFORMES: Sulidae
Northern Gannet	Morus bassanus
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo
European Shag	Gulosus aristotelis
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
Dalmatian Pelican	Pelecanus crispus	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae
Great Bittern	Botaurus stellaris	Rare/Accidental
Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	Rare/Accidental
Great Egret	Ardea alba	Rare/Accidental
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta
Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	Rare/Accidental
Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides	Rare/Accidental
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Rare/Accidental
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
African Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia	Rare/Accidental
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	Rare/Accidental
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae
Black-winged Kite	Elanus caeruleus	Rare/Accidental
Bearded Vulture	Gypaetus barbatus	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
European Honey-buzzard	Pernis apivorus
Booted Eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus	Introduced species
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier	Circus aeruginosus
Hen Harrier	Circus cyaneus
Pallid Harrier	Circus macrourus	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Montagu's Harrier	Circus pygargus	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus	Rare/Accidental
Northern Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis	Rare/Accidental
Red Kite	Milvus milvus	Rare/Accidental
Black Kite	Milvus migrans
White-tailed Eagle	Haliaeetus albicilla	Rare/Accidental
Rough-legged Hawk	Buteo lagopus	Rare/Accidental
Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo	Rare/Accidental
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae
Barn Owl	Tyto alba
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
Snowy Owl	Bubo scandiacus	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Tawny Owl	Strix aluco	Rare/Accidental
Long-eared Owl	Asio otus	Rare/Accidental
Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae
Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
Common Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae
European Bee-eater	Merops apiaster	Rare/Accidental
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae
European Roller	Coracias garrulus	Rare/Accidental
PICIFORMES: Picidae
Eurasian Wryneck	Jynx torquilla
Great Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos major	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	Dryobates minor	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Green Woodpecker	Picus viridis	Rare/Accidental
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Eurasian Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus
Red-footed Falcon	Falco vespertinus	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Merlin	Falco columbarius
Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo
Gyrfalcon	Falco rusticolus	Rare/Accidental
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae
Eurasian Golden Oriole	Oriolus oriolus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae
Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio	Rare/Accidental
Great Gray Shrike	Lanius excubitor	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Gray Shrike	Lanius minor	Rare/Accidental
Woodchat Shrike	Lanius senator	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
Eurasian Jay	Garrulus glandarius	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Magpie	Pica pica	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Nutcracker	Nucifraga caryocatactes	Rare/Accidental
Red-billed Chough	Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Jackdaw	Corvus monedula
Rook	Corvus frugilegus	Rare/Accidental
Carrion Crow	Corvus corone
Hooded Crow	Corvus cornix	Rare/Accidental
Common Raven	Corvus corax	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae
Coal Tit	Periparus ater
Marsh Tit	Poecile palustris	Rare/Accidental
Willow Tit	Poecile montanus	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Blue Tit	Cyanistes caeruleus
Great Tit	Parus major
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae
Eurasian Penduline-Tit	Remiz pendulinus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae
Horned Lark	Eremophila alpestris	Rare/Accidental
Greater Short-toed Lark	Calandrella brachydactyla	Rare/Accidental
Wood Lark	Lullula arborea	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis
PASSERIFORMES: Panuridae
Bearded Reedling	Panurus biarmicus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae
Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae
Booted Warbler	Iduna caligata	Rare/Accidental
Melodious Warbler	Hippolais polyglotta	Rare/Accidental
Icterine Warbler	Hippolais icterina	Rare/Accidental
Aquatic Warbler	Acrocephalus paludicola	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Blyth's Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus dumetorum	Rare/Accidental
Marsh Warbler	Acrocephalus palustris	Rare/Accidental
Common Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae
Common Grasshopper Warbler	Locustella naevia
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Bank Swallow	Riparia riparia
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	Rare/Accidental
Common House-Martin	Delichon urbicum
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae
Wood Warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Western Bonelli's Warbler	Phylloscopus bonelli	Rare/Accidental
Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	Rare/Accidental
Pallas's Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus proregulus	Rare/Accidental
Radde's Warbler	Phylloscopus schwarzi	Rare/Accidental
Dusky Warbler	Phylloscopus fuscatus	Rare/Accidental
Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus
Common Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita
Iberian Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus ibericus	Rare/Accidental
Greenish Warbler	Phylloscopus trochiloides	Rare/Accidental
Arctic Warbler	Phylloscopus borealis	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Scotocercidae
Cetti's Warbler	Cettia cetti	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Aegithalidae
Long-tailed Tit	Aegithalos caudatus
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae
Eurasian Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla
Garden Warbler	Sylvia borin
Barred Warbler	Curruca nisoria
Lesser Whitethroat	Curruca curruca
Sardinian Warbler	Curruca melanocephala	Rare/Accidental
Western Subalpine Warbler	Curruca iberiae	Rare/Accidental
Eastern Subalpine Warbler	Curruca cantillans	Rare/Accidental
Greater Whitethroat	Curruca communis
Dartford Warbler	Curruca undata	Near-threatened
PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae
Goldcrest	Regulus regulus
Common Firecrest	Regulus ignicapilla
PASSERIFORMES: Tichodromidae
Wallcreeper	Tichodroma muraria	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae
Eurasian Nuthatch	Sitta europaea	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae
Eurasian Treecreeper	Certhia familiaris	Rare/Accidental
Short-toed Treecreeper	Certhia brachydactyla	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae
Eurasian Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes
PASSERIFORMES: Cinclidae
White-throated Dipper	Cinclus cinclus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris
Rosy Starling	Pastor roseus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
Mistle Thrush	Turdus viscivorus
Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos
Redwing	Turdus iliacus	Near-threatened
Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula
Fieldfare	Turdus pilaris
Ring Ouzel	Turdus torquatus
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae
Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata
European Robin	Erithacus rubecula
Thrush Nightingale	Luscinia luscinia	Rare/Accidental
Common Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos	Rare/Accidental
Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica	Rare/Accidental
Red-flanked Bluetail	Tarsiger cyanurus	Rare/Accidental
Red-breasted Flycatcher	Ficedula parva	Rare/Accidental
European Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca
Common Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Black Redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra
European Stonechat	Saxicola rubicola
Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	Rare/Accidental
Desert Wheatear	Oenanthe deserti	Rare/Accidental
Western Black-eared Wheatear	Oenanthe hispanica	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Bombycillidae
Bohemian Waxwing	Bombycilla garrulus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Prunellidae
Dunnock	Prunella modularis
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea
Western Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava
White Wagtail	Motacilla alba
Richard's Pipit	Anthus richardi	Rare/Accidental
Tawny Pipit	Anthus campestris	Rare/Accidental
Meadow Pipit	Anthus pratensis
Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis
Olive-backed Pipit	Anthus hodgsoni	Rare/Accidental
Water Pipit	Anthus spinoletta	Rare/Accidental
Rock Pipit	Anthus petrosus
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs
Brambling	Fringilla montifringilla
Hawfinch	Coccothraustes coccothraustes	Rare/Accidental
Common Rosefinch	Carpodacus erythrinus	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Bullfinch	Pyrrhula pyrrhula	Rare/Accidental
Trumpeter Finch	Bucanetes githagineus	Rare/Accidental
European Greenfinch	Chloris chloris
Eurasian Linnet	Linaria cannabina
Common Redpoll	Acanthis flammea	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Redpoll	Acanthis cabaret	Rare/Accidental
Red Crossbill	Loxia curvirostra	Rare/Accidental
European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis
European Serin	Serinus serinus	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Siskin	Spinus spinus
PASSERIFORMES: Calcariidae
Lapland Longspur	Calcarius lapponicus	Rare/Accidental
Snow Bunting	Plectrophenax nivalis
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae
Black-headed Bunting	Emberiza melanocephala	Rare/Accidental
Red-headed Bunting	Emberiza bruniceps	Introduced species
Corn Bunting	Emberiza calandra	Rare/Accidental
Cirl Bunting	Emberiza cirlus	Rare/Accidental
Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	Rare/Accidental
Ortolan Bunting	Emberiza hortulana	Rare/Accidental
Reed Bunting	Emberiza schoeniclus	Rare/Accidental
Rustic Bunting	Emberiza rustica	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Pheucticus ludovicianus	Rare/Accidental

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