Birds of Ireland
Ireland hosts 380 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Common EiderSomateria mollissima
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Little AukAlle alle
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Cape Verde PetrelPterodroma feae
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- American CootFulica americana
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- Elegant TernThalasseus elegans
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Ivory GullPagophila eburnea
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Stejneger's ScoterMelanitta stejnegeri
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii
- Barolo ShearwaterPuffinus baroli
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Black ScoterMelanitta americana
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- GyrfalconFalco rusticolus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus