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Species Status - Passage Species

The other sections are Resident Species, Summer Species, Winter Species, Vagrant & Others.

Each of the sections use the following keys on each page:

R – Resident all year round

S – Summer visitor

W – Winter visitor

PM – Passage migrant

V – Vagrant

E – Presumed Escape

* - Previous breeding species, now extinct

** - as yet not accepted by relevant rarities committee

red text – pre-1950’s records

Vernacular Name	Scientific Name	Manx Name	R	S	W	PM	V	E
Red-throated Diver	Gavia stellata	Lhargey Mooar			X	X
Black-throated Diver	Gavia arctica	Lhargey			X	X
Great Northern Diver	Gavia immer	Arrag Vooar = Big Pullet. Thummeyder			X	X
Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	Eean Kereen Beg			X	X
Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	Eean Kereen				X
Fulmar	Fulmarus glacialis	Eean Croymmagh	X			X
Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	Scraayl		X		X
Storm Petrel	Hydrobates pelagicus	Kitty Varrey = Sea Kitty ie Wren		X		X
Leach's Petrel	Oceanodroma leucorhoa					X
Gannet	Morus bassanus	Gant		X		X
Bewick's Swan	Cygnus columbianus				X	X
Whooper Swan	Cygnus cygnus	Ollay Chiaullee			X	X
Pink-footed Goose	Anser brachyrhynchus				X	X
Brent Goose	Branta bernicla					X
Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna	Thunnag y Scape		X	X	X
Wigeon	Anas penelope	Thunnag veg feie = Little Wild Duck			X	X
Teal	Anas crecca	Laagh Laaghag			X	X
Pintail	Anas acuta	Laagh fammanagh				X
Scaup	Aythya marila	Thunnag Varrey			X	X
Eider	Somateria mollissima	Laagh Loughlinagh		X	X	X
Long-tailed Duck	Clangula hyemalis	Laagh Lheeah			X	X
Common Scoter	Melanitta nigra				X	X
Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula	Laaghag Hooillagh			X	X
Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator	Thunnag Cleeau Yiarg			X	X
Merlin	Falco columbarius				X	X
Quail	Cortunix cortunix	Eean Feie		X		X
Corncrake	Crex crex	Eean Raip = the bird (which cries) 'raip'		X		X
Golden Plover	Pluvialis apricaria	Ushag Reeast = Bird of the Waste, Fedjag Reeast = Whistler of the Waste			X	X
Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola				X	X
Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	Earkan	X		X	X
Knot	Calidris canutus					X
Sanderling	Calidris alba					X
Little Stint	Calidris minuta					X
Dunlin	Calidris alpina	Breck ny Traie			X	X
Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea					X
Ruff	Philomachus pugnax					X
Snipe	Gallinago gallinago	Coayr Heddagh = Spear-face	X		X	X
Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola	Ushag Rennee = Fern Bird	X		X	X
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa					X
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus			X		X
Curlew	Numenius arquata	Crottag i.e., Cruittagh = Humped	X		X	X
Redshank	Tringa totanus	Goblan Marrey = Beaked bird of the sea	X		X	X
Greenshank	Tringa nebularia					X
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	Looyran		X		X
Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	Goblaghan			X	X
Pomarine Skua	Stercorarius pomarinus					X
Arctic Skua	Stercorarius parasiticus	Shirragh Varrey				X
Great Skua	Stercorarius skua	Maarliagh Marrey				X
Little Gull	Larus minutus					X
Black-headed Gull	Larus ridibundus	Pirragh	X		X	X
Common Gull	Larus canus	Foillan Vane	X		X	X
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	Foillan Saggyrt = Priest Gull		X		X
Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	Perragh		X		X
Sandwich Tern	Sterna sandvicensis			X		X
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	Gibbyn Gant = Gannet of the Sand-eels, Spyrryd. Spithag				X
Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea			X		X
Little Tern	Sterna albifrons	Gant Beg		X		X
Guillemot	Uria aalge	Stronnag. Chennell		X	X	X
Razorbill	Alca torda	Coltrag		X	X	X
Little Auk	Alle alle	Coltrag Veg			X	X
Puffin	Fratercula arctica	Pibbin. Poltrag		X		X
Turtle Dove	Streptopelia turtur	Calmane Coe				X
Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	Cooag		X		X
Long-eared Owl	Asio otus	Hullad. Kione chayt = Cat's Head	X			X
Swift	Apus apus	Gollan ny Greg		X		X
Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	Ushag Awiney = River Bird				X
Skylark	Aluada arvensis	Ushag Tappagh, Ushag y Tappee, Ushag Happagh	X			X
Sand Martin	Riparia riparia	Gollan Geinnee		X		X
Swallow	Hirundo rustica	Gollan geayee = Fork of the Wind		X		X
House Martin	Delichon urbica	Gollan Thie		X		X
Tree Pipit	Anthus trivialis					X
Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava					X
Grey Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	Ushag Ghlass	X			X
White (Pied) Wagtail	Motacilla alba	Ushag Vreck = Pied Bird, Ushag voltee = Weather Bird	X			X
Waxwing	Bombycilla garrulus				X	X
Robin	Erithacus rubecula	Cleean jiarg = Redbreast. Spiitag	X			X
Black Redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros				X	X
Redstart	Pheonicurus pheonicurus					X
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra			X		X
Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	Claggan cloaie		X		X
Ring Ouzel	Turdus torquatus					X
Blackbird	Turdus merula		X			X
Fieldfare	Turdus pilaris	Ushag sniaghtey = Snow bird			X	X
Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	Lhon. Thresh len	X			X
Redwing	Turdus iliacus	Lhon Geayee			X	X
Grasshopper Warbler	Locustella naevia			X		X
Sedge Warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaneus			X		X
Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus					X
Lesser Whitethroat	Sylvia curruca					X
Whitethroat	Sylvia communis	Fynnag ny Keylley		X		X
Garden Warbler	Sylvia borin	Kiaulleyder garee				X
Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla	Bayrn dhoo		X	X	X
Wood Warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix	Kiaulleyder Keylley		X		X
Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita	Beealerey		X	X	X
Willow Warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	Drean Vane = White Wren		X		X
Goldcrest	Regulus regulus	Ushag y fuygh = Bird of the timber	X			X
Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	Skybbyltagh breck		X		X
Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca					X
Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	Truitlag	X			X
Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	Ushag y Choan = Bird of the valley, Ushag veg vreck = Little pied bird	X			X
Brambling	Fringilla montifringilla				X	X
Greenfinch	Carduelis chloris	Corkan Keylley glass	X			X
Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	Lossey ny Keylley = Flame of the woods, Kiark my Leydee = My lady's hen	X			X
Siskin	Carduelis spinus		X			X
Linnet	Carduelis cannabina	Fillip ny Kempey = Sparrow of the hemp, Ushag y lieen = Bird of the flax	X			X
Twite	Carduelis flavirostris				X	X
Redpoll	Carduelis flammea	Bytermmyn dhone, Lossan ruy	X			X
Crossbill	Loxia curvirostr		X			X
Lapland Bunting	Calcarius lapponicus					X
Snow Bunting	Plectrophenax nivalis	Pompee sniaghtee			X	X

Each of the sections use the following keys on each page:

R – Resident all year round

S – Summer visitor

W – Winter visitor

PM – Passage migrant

V – Vagrant

E – Presumed Escape

* - Previous breeding species, now extinct

** - as yet not accepted by relevant rarities committee

red text – pre-1950’s records