Seeing Birds - Species Status - Vagrant & Others 

[Introduction] [Visiting Birders] [Further Reading] [Interesting Birds] [Recent Reports] [Species Status] [Gazetteer] [Recording Form]

[Home] [Statements Of Support] [MBA Overview] [MBA Surveys] [Contacts] [Sponsors]

[Your Support] [Recent Reports] [News Sheets] [Seeing Birds] [Useful Links]

Species Status - Vagrant & Other Species

The other sections are Resident Species, Summer Species, Winter Species, Passage Species.

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-necked Grebe	Podiceps grisegena	Eean Kereen Jiarg					X
Slavonian Grebe	Podiceps auritus	Eean Kereen Cleayshagh					X
Black-necked Grebe	Podiceps nigricollis						X
Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris diomedea						X
Great Shearwater	Puffinus gravis						X
Sooty Shearwater	Puffinus griseus						X
Mediterranean Shearwater	Puffinus mauritanicus						X
Little Shearwater	Puffinus assimilis						X
Bittern	Botaurus stellaris						X
Little Bittern	Ixobrychus minutus						X
Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax						X
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta						X
Purple Heron**	Ardea purpurea						X
Spoonbill	Platalea leucorodia						X
Bean Goose	Anser fabalis	Guiy Poanrey					X
White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons						X
Lesser White-fronted Goose**	Anser erythropus						X
Snow Goose	Anser caerulescens							X
Barnacle Goose	Branta leucopsis	Guiy ny Twoaie					X
Egyptian Goose	Alopochen aegyptiacus							X
Muscovy Duck	Cairina moschata							X
Wood Duck	Aix sponsa							X
Mandarin Duck	Aix galericulata							X
American Wigeon**	Anas americana						X
Gadwall	Anas strepera	Laagh ghlass					X
Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca carolinensis						X
Garganey	Anas querquedula						X
Red-crested Pochard	Netta rufina						X
Ferruginous Duck	Aythya nyroca						X
Velvet Scoter	Melanitta fusca						X
Smew	Mergus albellus						X
Goosander	Mergus merganser	Laagh 'Eeacklagh					X
Honey Buzzard	Pernis apivorus						X
Black Kite	Milvus migrans						X
Red Kite	Milvus milvus						X
White-tailed Eagle*	Haliaeetus albicilla	Urley Erne
Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus						X
Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis						X
Buzzard	Buteo buteo						X
Rough-legged Buzzard	Buteo lagopus						X
Golden Eagle	Aquila chrysaetos	Urley					X
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus						X
Red-footed Falcon	Falco vespertinus						X
Hobby	Falco subbuteo						X
Gyr Falcon	Falco rusticolus
Black Grouse*	Tetrao tetrix
Spotted Crake	Porzana porzana						X
Baillon's Crake	Porzana pusilla						X
Crane	Grus grus						X
Stone Curlew	Burhinus oedicnemus						X
Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius						X
Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus						X
Dotterel	Charadrius morinellus						X
American Golden Plover**	Pluvialis dominica						X
Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii						X
Pectoral Sandpiper**	Calidris melanotos						X
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Tryngites subruficollis						X
Great Snipe	Gallinago media
Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus						X
Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus						X
Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes
Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus						X
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola						X
Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus						X
Grey Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius						X
Wilson's Phalarope**	Phalaropus tricolor						X
Long-tailed Skua	Stercorarius longicaudus						X
Mediterranean Gull	Larus melanocephalus						X
Sabine's Gull	Larus sabini						X
Iceland Gull	Larus glaucoides	Foillan Loughlinagh					X
Glaucous Gull	Larus hyperboreus						X
Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii						X
Bridled Tern	Sterna anaethetus						X
Black Tern	Childonias niger						X
Great Auk*	Pinguinus impennis
Pallas's Sandgrouse	Syrrhaptes paradoxus
Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura						X
Rose-ringed Parakeet	Psittacula krameri						X
Great Spotted Cuckoo	Clamator glandarius						X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo**	Coccyzus americanus						X
Scops Owl	Otus scops						X
Snowy Owl	Nyctea scandiaca
Little Owl	Athene noctua						X
Tawny Owl	Strix aluco						X
Nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus	Ushag ny Hoie					X
Alpine Swift	Apus melba						X
Bee-eater	Merops apiaster						X
Roller	Coracias garrulus						X
Hoopoe	Upupa epops						X
Wryneck	Jynx torquilla						X
Green Woodpecker	Picus viridis	Snoggeyder Glass					X
Great Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos major	Snoggeyder					X
Calandra Lark	Melanocorypha calandra						X
Woodlark	Lullula arborea						X
Shore Lark	Eremophila alpestris						X
Richard's Pipit	Anthus novaeseelandiae						X
Tawny Pipit	Anthus campestris						X
Pechora Pipit	Anthus gustavi						X
Water Pipit	Anthus spinoletta						X
Dipper	Cinclus cinclus	Lhondhoo ny Hawin = Blackbird of the Stream					X
Thrush Nightingale	Luscinia luscinia						X
Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos						X
Bluethroat	Luscinia svecica						X
White-throated Robin	Irania gutturalis						X
Black-eared Wheatear	Oenanthe hispanica						X
Aquatic Warbler	Acrocephalus paludicola						X
Marsh Warbler	Acrocephalus palustris						X
Icterine Warbler	Hippolais icterina						X
Melodious Warbler	Hippolais polyglotta						X
Subalpine Warbler	Sylvia cantillans						X
Sardinian Warbler	Sylvia melanocephala						X
Barred Warbler	Sylvia nisoria						X
Greenish Warbler	Phylloscopus trochiloides						X
Pallas's Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus proregulus						X
Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus						X
Dusky Warbler	Phylloscopus fuscatus						X
Bonelli's Warbler	Phylloscopus bonelli						X
Firecrest	Regulus ignicapillus						X
Red-breasted Flycatcher	Ficedula parva						X
Bearded Tit	Panurus biarmicus						X
Marsh Tit	Parus palustris						X
Nuthatch	Sitta europaea						X
Golden Oriole	Oriolus oriolus						X
Red-backed Shrike	Lanius collurio						X
Great Grey Shrike	Lanius excubitor						X
Woodchat Shrike	Lanius senator						X
Jay	Garrulus glandarius						X
Rose-coloured Starling**	Sturnus roseus						X
Serin	Serinus serinus						X
Arctic Redpoll	Carduelis hornemanni						X
Common Rosefinch	Carpodacus erythrinus						X
Bullfinch	Pyrrhula pyrrhula						X
Hawfinch	Coccothraustes coccothraustes						X
Yellow-rumped Warbler	Dendroica coronata						X
Song Sparrow	Zomotrichia melodia						X
Cirl Bunting	Emberiza cirlus
Ortolan Bunting	Emberiza hortulana						X
Rustic Bunting	Emberiza rustica						X
Little Bunting	Emberiza pusilla						X
Red-headed Bunting	Emberiza bruniceps						X
Black-headed Bunting	Emberiza melanocephala						X
Corn Bunting*	Miliaria calandra	Pompee ny Hoarn = Bunting of the barley, Ushag rouayr ny Hoarn = Fat bird of the barley
Baltimore Oriole	Icterus galbula						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