AERC Western Palearctic list, December 2012 Crochet P.-A., Joynt G. (2012). AERC list of Western Palearctic birds. December 2012 version. Available at http://www.aerc.eu/tac.html About the list: INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME remarks ORDER STRUTHIONIFORMES OSTRICHES Family Struthionidae Ostrich Struthio camelus ORDER ANSERIFORMES DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Family Anatidae Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor cat. A/D in Morocco (including a flock of 11-12 suggesting natural vagrancy, hence accepted here) Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica cat. A in Israel Black Swan Cygnus atratus cat. C in the Netherlands Mute Swan Cygnus olor Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Bean Goose Anser fabalis Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Greylag Goose Anser anser Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus cat. C in the Netherlands 1 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens Ross's Goose Anser rossii cat. A in the Netherlands Canada Goose Branta canadensis Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Brant Goose Branta bernicla Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis 3) Only species either admitted into an "official" national list (for countries with a national avifaunistic commission or national rarities committee) or whose occurrence in the WP has been published in detail (description or photo and circumstances allowing review of the evidence, usually in a journal) have been admitted on the list. Category D species have not been admitted. 4) The information in the "remarks" column is by no mean exhaustive. It is aimed at providing some supporting information for the species whose status on the WP list is less well known than average. This is obviously a subjective criterion: the aim is to have at least one reliable or accepted record for each species in the WP. 2) The AERC WP list follows the systematics of Voous (1973; 1977a; 1977b) modified by the changes listed in the AERC TAC systematic recommendations published online on the AERC web site. For species not in Voous (a few introduced or accidental species) the default systematics is the IOC world bird list. 1) The limits of the Western Palearctic region follow for convenience the limits defined in the “Birds of the Western Palearctic” (BWP) series (Oxford University Press).
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AERC Western Palearctic list, December 2012Crochet P.-A., Joynt G. (2012). AERC list of Western Palearctic birds. December 2012 version. Available at http://www.aerc.eu/tac.html
About the list:
INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME remarks
ORDER STRUTHIONIFORMESOSTRICHES Family StruthionidaeOstrich Struthio camelus
ORDER ANSERIFORMESDUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Family AnatidaeFulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor cat. A/D in Morocco (including a flock of 11-12 suggesting natural vagrancy, hence accepted here)
Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica cat. A in Israel
Black Swan Cygnus atratus cat. C in the Netherlands
3) Only species either admitted into an "official" national list (for countries with a national avifaunistic commission or national rarities committee) or whose occurrence in the WP has been published in detail (description or photo and circumstances allowing review of the evidence, usually in a journal) have been admitted on the list. Category D species have not been admitted.
4) The information in the "remarks" column is by no mean exhaustive. It is aimed at providing some supporting information for the species whose status on the WP list is less well known than average. This is obviously a subjective criterion: the aim is to have at least one reliable or accepted record for each species in the WP.
2) The AERC WP list follows the systematics of Voous (1973; 1977a; 1977b) modified by the changes listed in the AERC TAC systematic recommendations published online on the AERC web site. For species not in Voous (a few introduced or accidental species) the default systematics is the IOC world bird list.
1) The limits of the Western Palearctic region follow for convenience the limits defined in the “Birds of the Western Palearctic” (BWP) series (Oxford University Press).
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacaRuddy Shelduck Tadorna ferrugineaCommon Shelduck Tadorna tadornaSpur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis cat. A in Morocco, vagrant Mauritania
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos vagrant in Mauritania (Banc d'Arguin)
Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus cat. A in Jordan, vagrant Iraq
Wood Duck Aix sponsa cat. A in Portugal (Azores) and Iceland
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulataEurasian Wigeon Anas penelopeAmerican Wigeon Anas americanaFalcated Duck Anas falcata Cat. A in the Netherlands, vagrant Jordan, Iraq, Turkey all in winter 1968-69
Gadwall Anas streperaBaikal Teal Anas formosaEurasian Teal Anas creccaGreen-winged Teal Anas carolinensisCape Teal Anas capensis cat. A in Israel, vagrant Lybia
Mallard Anas platyrhynchosAmerican Black Duck Anas rubripesNorthern Pintail Anas acutaGarganey Anas querquedulaBlue-winged Teal Anas discorsNorthern Shoveler Anas clypeataRed-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha cat. A in Israel
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostrisRed-crested Pochard Netta rufinaSouthern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma cat. A in Israel
ORDER PROCELLARIIFORMESALBATROSSES Family DiomedeidaeBlack-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophrisYellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchosShy Albatross Thalassarche cauta cat. A in Israel
Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans cat. A in Italy, one old record in Portugal
PETRELS, SHEARWATERS Family ProcellariidaeSouthern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus cat. A in Italy
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialisCape Petrel Daption capense cat. A in Gibraltar, Italy, Norway
Herald Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana cat. A in Portugal (Azores)
Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta cat. A in Israel
Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis cat. A in Israel, Norway
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeiraFea's Petrel Pterodroma feaeBermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow cat. A in Portugal (Azores)
Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulweriiCory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedeaCape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsiiStreaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelasFlesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes cat. A in Israel
Great Shearwater Puffinus gravisWedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus vagrant in Egypt
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseusManx Shearwater Puffinus puffinusYelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouanBalearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicusMacaronesian Shearwater Puffinus baroliTropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni cat. A in Israel (subspecies persicus and bailloni)
STORM PETRELS Family HydrobatidaeWilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicusWhite-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marinaBlack-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica cat. A in Spain 2
ORDER PELECANIFORMESTROPICBIRDS Family PhaethontidaeRed-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereusWhite-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus vagrant in Cape Verde
ANHINGAS Family AnhingidaeDarter Anhinga melanogaster
PELICANS Family PelecanidaeGreat White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalusDalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispusPink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
FRIGATEBIRDS Family FregatidaeAscension Frigatebird Fregata aquila cat. A in UK
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificensLesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel cat. A in Israel
ORDER CICONIIFORMESHERONS, BITTERNS Family ArdeidaeEurasian Bittern Botaurus stellarisAmerican Bittern Botaurus lentiginosusLeast Bittern Ixobrychus exilisLittle Bittern Ixobrychus minutusVon Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus cat. B in Italy
Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmiiBlack-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticoraxYellow-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax violaceus cat. A in Portugal (Azores)
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermediaGreat Egret Egretta albaGrey Heron Ardea cinereaGreat Blue Heron Ardea herodiasBlack-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala cat. A in France, Israel
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
STORKS Family CiconiidaeYellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibisAfrican Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus cat. A in Egypt
Black Stork Ciconia nigraWhite Stork Ciconia ciconiaMarabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer vagrant in Israel, Mauritania, cat. A in Spain 3
IBISES, SPOONBILLS Family ThreskiornithidaeGlossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellusNorthern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremitaSacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicusEurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
ORDER PHOENICOPTERIFORMESFLAMINGOS Family PhoenicopteridaeGreater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseusLesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor
ORDER ACCIPITRIFORMESKITES, HAWKS, EAGLES Family AccipitridaeEuropean Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorusCrested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchusSwallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus cat. A in Portugal (Azores)
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleusBlack Kite Milvus migransRed Kite Milvus milvusAfrican Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer vagrant in Egypt
Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphusWhite-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicillaBald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus cat. A in Ireland and Northern Ireland
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatusEgyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterusHooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus cat. A in Morocco, vagrant in Mauritania
White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus cat. A in Spain 4
OSPREYS Family PandionidaeOsprey Pandion haliaetus
ORDER FALCONIFORMESCARACARAS, FALCONS Family FalconidaeLesser Kestrel Falco naumanniCommon Kestrel Falco tinnunculusAmerican Kestrel Falco sparverius cat. A in UK, vagrant in Portugal (Azores)
Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellusPacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulvaAmerican Golden Plover Pluvialis dominicaEuropean Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarolaSpur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosusBlack-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus vagrant in Israel or Jordan (in the Arava valley before the existence of the current border)
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseusLong-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceusEurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticolaAmerican Woodcock Scolopax minor cat. A in France
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemasticaBar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponicaLittle Curlew Numenius minutusEskimo Curlew Numenius borealis † cat. B in UK, Ireland. Extinct.
GULLS Family LaridaeSooty Gull Larus hemprichiiWhite-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmusPallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetusRelict Gull Larus relictus vagrant in Russia and Kazakhstan (same flock over the border)
ORDER COLUMBIFORMESPIGEONS, DOVES Family ColumbidaeRock Dove Columba liviaStock Dove Columba oenas
Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanniCommon Wood Pigeon Columba palumbusTrocaz Pigeon Columba trocazBolle's Pigeon Columba bolliiLaurel Pigeon Columba junoniaeAfrican Collared Dove Streptopelia risoriaMourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens cat. A in Egypt
Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaoctoEuropean Turtle Dove Streptopelia turturOriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalisLaughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensisNamaqua Dove Oena capensisMourning Dove Zenaida macrouraBruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia cat. A in Egypt
ORDER PSITTACIFORMESCOCKATOOS, PARROTS Family PsittacidaeRose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameriFischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri cat. C in France
Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday cat. C in Israel
Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus cat. C in Spain, Israel, Italy
ORDER CUCULIFORMESCUCKOOS Family CuculidaeJacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinusGreat Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandariusDiederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx capriusCommon Cuckoo Cuculus canorusOriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatusBlack-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmusYellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanusAsian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus cat. A in Kuwait
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
ORDER STRIGIFORMESBARN OWLS Family TytonidaeBarn Owl Tyto alba
ORDER CAPRIMULGIFORMESNIGHTJARS Family CaprimulgidaeNubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicusEuropean Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeusRed-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollisEgyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptiusCommon Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
ORDER APODIFORMESSWIFTS Family ApodidaeChimney Swift Chaetura pelagicaWhite-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutusCape Verde Swift Apus alexandriPlain Swift Apus unicolorCommon Swift Apus apusPallid Swift Apus pallidusFork-tailed Swift Apus pacificusAlpine Swift Apus melbaWhite-rumped Swift Apus cafferLittle Swift Apus affinisAfrican Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
ORDER COLIIFORMESMOUSEBIRDS Family ColiidaeBlue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
ORDER CORACIIFORMESKINGFISHERS Family AlcedinidaeWhite-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensisGrey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephalaCommon Kingfisher Alcedo atthisPied Kingfisher Ceryle rudisBelted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
BEE-EATERS Family MeropidaeGreen Bee-eater Merops orientalisEuropean Bee-eater Merops apiaster 7
SWALLOWS, MARTINS Family HirundinidaeBanded Martin Neophedina cincta vagrant in Egypt
Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicolaSand Martin Riparia ripariaTree Swallow Tachycineta bicolorPurple Martin Progne subis cat. A in UK, Portugal (Azores)
Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestrisRock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligulaBarn Swallow Hirundo rusticaEthiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica cat. A in Israel
Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis dauricaStreak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola cat. A in Egypt
OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS Family MuscicapidaeAsian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauuricaSpotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striataRed-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parvaTaiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicillaSemicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquataCollared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollisEuropean Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleucaAtlas Pied Flycatcher Ficedula speculigera
BABBLERS, PARROTBILLS Family TimaliidaeBearded Reedling Panurus biarmicusVinous-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus cat. C in Italy
Iraq Babbler Turdoides altirostrisCommon Babbler Turdoides caudataArabian Babbler Turdoides squamicepsFulvous Babbler Turdoides fulvaRed-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea cat. C in France, Italy and Spain
BUSHTITS Family AegithalidaeLong-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
TITS, CHICKADEES Family ParidaeMarsh Tit Parus palustrisSombre Tit Parus lugubrisWillow Tit Parus montanusGrey-headed Chickadee Parus cinctusEuropean Crested Tit Parus cristatusCoal Tit Parus aterEurasian Blue Tit Parus caeruleusAfrican Blue Tit Parus teneriffaeAzure Tit Parus cyanusGreat Tit Parus major
NUTHATCHES, WALLCREEPER Family SittidaeKrüper’s Nuthatch Sitta krueperiCorsican Nuthatch Sitta whiteheadiAlgerian Nuthatch Sitta ledantiRed-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis cat. A in UK
Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaeaEastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta tephronotaWestern Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer
WALLCREEPER Family TichodromidaeWallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
TREECREEPERS Family CerthiidaeEurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiarisShort-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
PENDULINE TITS Family Remizidae
Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
SUNBIRDS Family NectariniidaePygmy Sunbird Anthreptes platurusNile Valley Sunbird Anthreptes metallicusPurple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica cat. A in Kuwait
Palestine Sunbird Nectarinia osea
ORIOLES Family OriolidaeEurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
STARLINGS Family SturnidaeTristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramiiSpotless Starling Sturnus unicolorCommon Starling Sturnus vulgarisRosy Starling Pastor roseusDaurian Starling Agropsar sturninus cat. A in Norway, the Netherlands
Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus cat. C in Kuwait
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis cat. C in Kuwait, Israel
Vinous-breasted Starling Acridotheres burmannicus cat. C in Israel
Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus cat. C in Portugal
OLD WORLD SPARROWS, SNOWFINCHES Family PasseridaeHouse Sparrow Passer domesticusSpanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensisDead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticusIago Sparrow Passer iagoensisDesert Sparrow Passer simplexEurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanusSudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteusPale Rockfinch Petronia brachydactylaYellow-throated Sparrow Petronia xanthocollisRock Sparrow Petronia petroniaWhite-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis
WEAVERS, WIDOWBIRDS Family PloceidaeVillage Weaver Ploceus cucullatus cat. A in Egypt
Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus cat. C in Portugal
Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyarYellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer cat. C in Portugal
WAXBILLS, MUNIAS & ALLIES Family EstrildidaeRed-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala established in Algeria
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrildRed Avadavat Amandava amandavaIndian Silverbill Euodice malabaricaAfrican Silverbill Euodice cantans breeds in S Algeria, origin unknown
Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca cat. C in Portugal
VIREOS Family VireonidaeWhite-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus cat. A in Portugal (Azores)
Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescensBlack-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virensBlackburnian Warbler Dendroica fuscaCape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina cat. A in UK
Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnoliaYellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronataPalm Warbler Dendroica palmarum cat. A in Iceland
NEW WORLD BLACKBIRDS Family IcteridaeBobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorusBrown-headed Cowbird Molothrus aterYellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus cat. A in Iceland, the Netherlands
Northern Oriole Icterus galbula
Changes since last edition
3 recently accepted in cat. A in Spain (http://www.rarebirdspain.net/esplis12.pdf)4 species added (http://www.rarebirdspain.net/esplis12.pdf)5 recently accepted in cat. A in Spain (http://www.rarebirdspain.net/esplis12.pdf)
1 species added (see http://www.dutchbirding.nl/content/page/files/webprog20121001-80.pdf)2 species added (http://www.rarebirdspain.net/esplis12.pdf)
15 split from P. pyrrhula
9 specied added (Haas 2012 Extremely Rare Birds in the Western Palearctic, Lynx Edition)10 Oenanthe picata deleted (E. Shochat/IRDC pers. com., Bull BOC 132: 226-235)11 correction of mistake about sequence of Hippolais and Acrocephalus 12 change of spelling13 Iraq: see Sandgrouse 34: 4-43.14 Lanius excubitoroides deleted (see Crochet & Haas Dutch Birding in press)
6 Cursorius temminckii deleted (see Crochet & Haas Dutch Birding in press)7 species sequence8 Mirafra cordofanica deleted (see Crochet & Haas Dutch Birding in press)