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2004 News and Decisions

from the Records Committee (BOURC)

19 August 2004

Records of non-native birds in the UK

A joint appeal from the BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION RECORDS COMMITTEE and RARE BIRDS BREEDING PANEL

APPENDIX

Category C (non-native species)

Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca C
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata C
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis C
Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus C
Lady Amherst’s Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae C
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri C
Little Owl Athene noctua C

Category E species (provisional list – all species)

* Species recorded nesting (with their own kind) were individuals are known or presumed to have originated from a captive/introduced source

Ostrich Struthio camelus (Africa) E
Fulvous Whisting Duck Dendrocygna bicolor (Americas, Africa, India) E
White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata (S America, Africa) E
Black Swan Cygnus atratus (Australia, New Zealand) E*
Black-necked Swan Cygnus melanocorypha (S America) E
Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator (N America) E
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus (N Europe, N Asia; winters C Europe, C Asia, China) AE*
Swan Goose Anser cygnoides (NC Asia, Siberia; winters China) E*
Bean Goose Anser fabalis (N Eurasia; winters S Eurasia) AE
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus (Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard) AE*
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons (Holarctic) AE*
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus (N Eurasia) AE*
Greylag Goose Anser anser (Eurasia) ACE*
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus (C Asia) E*
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens (N America & Greenland) AE*
Ross’s Goose Anser rossii (C Canada, winters S USA) E*
Emperor Goose Anser canagicus (Siberia & Alaska) E*
Hawaiian Goose Branta sandvicensis (Hawaii) E
Canada Goose Branta canadensis (N America) ACE*
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis (E Greenland, Svalbard, Novaya Zemlya) AE*
Brent Goose Branta bernicla (Holarctic) AE
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis (N C Siberia) AE
Magellan/Upland Goose Chloephaga picta (S America) E*
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus (Africa) CE*
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea (N Africa, S Eurasia) BE*
Cape/South African Shelduck Tadorna cana (S Africa) E
Paradise/New Zealand Shelduck Tadorna variegata (New Zealand) E
Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides (Australia) E
Radjah Shelduck Tadorna radjah (N Australia, New Guinea) E
Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata (C & S America) E*
Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos (S America, Africa, India) E
Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys (C S America) E
Wood Duck Aix sponsa (N America) E*
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata (E Asia) CE*
Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata (Australia) E
Wigeon Anas penelope (Eurasia) AE*
American Wigeon Anas americana (N America) AE
Chiloë Wigeon Anas sibilatrix (S America) E
Falcated Teal Anas falcata (E Asia) DE
Speckled/Chilean Teal Anas flavirostris (S America) E
Cape Teal Anas capensis (S & E Africa) E
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea (Australia) E
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos (Eurasia, N America) ACE*
Pintail Anas acuta (Eurasia, N America) AE
Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica (S America) E
White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis (S America, Caribbean) E
Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha (S & E Africa) E
African Yellowbill Anas undulata E
Philippine Duck Anas luzonica E
Silver Teal Anas versicolor (S S America) E
Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota (S & E Africa) E
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors (N America) AE
Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera (Americas) E*
Australian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis (Australia, New Zealand) E
Red Shoveler Anas platalea E
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina (SW Eurasia) AE*
Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca (S S America) E
Common Pochard Aythya ferina (Eurasia) AE*
Redhead Aythya americana (N America) AE
Canvasback Aythya valisineria E
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca (S Palaearctic) AE
New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae (New Zealand) E
Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica (N America, Iceland) AE
Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus (N America) E
Black-headed Duck Heteronetta atricapilla (S S America) E
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis (Americas) CE*
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala (SW Eurasia) E
Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa (S & E Africa) E
Argentine Blue-billed Duck Oxyura vittata (S S America) E
Black Grouse Tetreo tetrix (Europe) AE
Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus (W N America) E
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus (N & C America) E*
Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca (SE Europe) E*
Chukar Alectoris chukar (C & E Eurasia) E*
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara (N Africa) E
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa (SW Europe) CE*
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix (W Eurasia) ACE*
Japanese Quail Coturnix japonicus (China, Japan) E
Red Jungle-fowl Gallus gallus (India, SE Asia) E
Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera (SE Asia) E*
Green Pheasant Phasianus versicolor (Asia) E (Ogilvie & RBBP 2001)
Swinhoe’s Pheasant Lophura swinhoii (Taiwan) E
Blue Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon auritum (China) E
Reeves’s Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii (China) E*
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus (E Asia, intro Europe, N America, NZ) CE*
Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus (China) CE*
Lady Amherst’s Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae (China) CE*
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio (S Europe, Africa, Asia) E*
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus (India) E
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris (Africa) E*
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus (tropical oceans) E
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus (S Europe, Africa, C Asia) DE
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens (C & S Africa) E
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus (SE Europe to China) E
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus (North America) AE
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias (N & C America) E
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis (cosmopolitan) AE
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax (Eurasia, Africa, Americas) AE*
Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis (India, SE Asia, Japan) E
Black Stork Ciconia nigra (Europe to N China, S Africa; winters Africa, India) AE
European White Stork Ciconia ciconia (W Eurasia, Africa; winters Africa, India) AE
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus (Africa) E
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis (Australia) E
Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus (S America) E
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber (N South America) E
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus (Eurasia, Africa, Americas, Australia) AE
Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi (Peru, Bolivia) E
African Spoonbill Platalea alba (Africa) E
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber (S Eurasia, Africa, C & S America) DE
Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis (Peru, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile) E
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor (Africa, NW India) E
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura (Americas) E
American Black Vulture Coragyps atratus (Americas) E
Osprey Pandion haliaetus (cosmopolitan) AE*
Red Kite Milvus milvus (Europe) ACE
Black Kite Milvus migrans (Eurasia, Africa, Australia) AE
Pallas Sea-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus (C Asia) E
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla (Eurasia) AE*
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus (N America) DE
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus (S Eurasia, India, Africa) BE
Indian White-backed Vulture Gyps bengalensis (India, SE Asia) E
European Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus (S Eurasia, N Africa) BE
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus (Africa) E
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis (Holarctic) ACE*
Harris’s Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus (C & S America) E
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus (N America) E
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis (N & C America) E
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo (Eurasia) AE*
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax (Africa, India) E
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos (Holarctic) AE
American Kestrel Falco sparverius (Americas) AE
Lanner Falco biarmicus (Africa, Middle East) E
Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus (W N America) E
Laggar Falcon Falco jugger (India) E
Saker Falco cherrug (S Eurasia) DE
Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus (Holarctic) AE
Peregrine Falco peregrinus (cosmopolitan) AE
Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides (N Africa, Middle East) E
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo (S Eurasia, N Africa) E
Sarus Crane Grus antigone (India, SE Asia) E
Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum/pavonina (Africa) E
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio (S Eurasia, Africa, India, SE Asia, Australia) E
Peruvian Thick-knee Burhinus superciliaris (Ecuador, Peru) E
Spur-winged Plover Hoplopterus spinosus (SE Europe, C & E Africa) E
Blacksmith Plover Hoplopterus armatus (Africa) E
Snowy Sheathbill Chionis alba (Antarctic) E
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus (Africa, S America) E
Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae (Australia, New Zealand, Cape Province) E
Zebra Dove Geopelia striata (SE Asia, Australia) E
Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata (Australia) E
Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes (Australia) E
Feral Pigeon/Rock Dove Columba livia (Eurasia, Africa, India) ACE*
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis (Africa, India) E
Barbary Dove "Streptopelia risoria" (domestic hybrid) E
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis (Africa, Arabia) E
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita (Australia, New Guinea) E
Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus (Australia) E*
Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus (Australia) E
Red-fronted Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae (New Zealand, New Caledonia) E
Red-headed Conure Aratinga erythrogenys (Ecuador, Peru) E
Patagonian Conure Cyanoliseus patagonus (S S America) E
Blue-fronted Amazon Amazona aestiva (S America) E
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus (W Africa) E
African Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus (W Africa) E
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri (Africa, India) CE*
Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria (India, SE Asia) E*
Moustached Parakeet Psittacula alexandri (India, SE Asia) E
Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala (India, Sri Lanka) E
Blue-crowned Parakeet Aratinga acuticaudata (S America) E* (Ogilvie & RBBP 2001)
Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus (S America) E*
Peach-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis (S Africa) E
Red-faced Lovebird Agapornis pullaria (Africa) E
Scarlet Macaw Ara macao E
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius (SE Australia) E
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans (E Australia) E
Barn Owl Tyto alba (cosmopolitan) AE*
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus (N & S America) E
Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo (Palaearctic) E*
Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca (Holarctic) AE
White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides (Africa) E
Hoopoe Upupa epops (Eurasia, India, Africa) AE
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus (N & C America) E
Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco E
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti (N Africa, India) E
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica (Eurasia, Americas, India, Africa) AE
Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer (India) E
Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus (India, SE Asia) E
Chinese Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis (China) E
Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster (China, SE Asia) E
Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis (S Palaearctic, NW India) AE
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum (Americas) AE
Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica (NE Asia, Japan) E
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos (N America, Caribbean) AE
Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus (E Asia) E
White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus (Asia) AE
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius (Eurasia, SE Asia) AE
American Robin Turdus migratorius (N America) AE
Kessler’s Thrush Turdus kessleri (W China) E
Siberian Thrush Zoothera sibirica (NE Asia) AE
Orange-gorgetted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata (SE Asia) E
Indian Verditer Flycatcher Muscicapa thalassina (India, SE Asia) E
Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea (S China, Himalayas) E
Brown-capped Fulvetta Alcippe brunnea (China, SE Asia) E
Black-capped Sibia Heterophasia capistrata (Himalayas) E
Vinous-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus (China) E
Variable Sunbird Nectarinia venusta (Africa) E
Scarlet-chested Sunbird Nectarinia senegalensis (Africa) E
Japanese White-eye Zosterops japonica (Japan) E
Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosa (India, SE Asia) E
Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleura (China) E
Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus (W N America) E
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia (N America) AE
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis (N America) AE
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys (N America) AE
Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis (S & C America) E
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis (N America) AE
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana (W Eurasia, N Africa) AE
Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala (C & E Asia) AE
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala (SE Europe, Iran, Caucasus) AE
Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus (W N America) E
Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena (W USA) E
Painted Bunting Passerina ciris (SE USA) E
Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor (S USA, Mexico, Guatemala) E
Orange-breasted or Rainbow Bunting Passerina leclancheri (SW Mexico) E
Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata E
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis (N America) E
Northern Parula Parula americana (E N America) AE
Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia (E N America) AE
Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata (N America) AE
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla (N America) AE
Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus (Caribbean) E
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus (N America) E
Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (N America) E
Yellow-hooded Blackbird Agelaius icterocephalus (N S America) E
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula (E N America) AE
Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola (S America) E
Common Diuca Finch Diuca diuca (S America) E
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs (W Palaearctic) AE
Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus (Middle East) E
Island Canary Serinus canaria (N Atlantic islands) E
Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus (Africa) E
Greenfinch Carduelis chloris (W Palaearctic) AE
Siskin Carduelis spinus (Palaearctic) AE
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis (N America) E
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus (Africa, Middle East) AE
Desert Finch Rhodopechys obsoleta (Middle East) E
Long-tailed Rosefinch Uragus sibiricus (E Palaearctic) E
Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus (E Palaearctic) E
Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria (E Palaearctic) E
Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata (E Palaearctic) E
Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens (W Africa) E
Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga (E Africa) E
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes (Africa) E
Red Munia Amandava amandava (India, SE Asia) E
Zebra Finch Poephila guttata (Australia) E
Indian Silverbill Lonchura malabarica (India) E
Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata (Africa) E
White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata (India, SE Asia) E
Spotted Munia Lonchura punctulata (India, SE Asia) E
Chestnut Munia Lonchura malacca (India, SE Asia) E
White-headed Munia Lonchura maja (S Thailand to Bali) E
White-winged Widow-bird Euplectes albonotatus (E Africa) E
Long-tailed Widow-bird Euplectes progne (E & S Africa) E
Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeacea (Africa) E
Red Bishop Euplectes orix (Africa) E
Fire-crowned Bishop Euplectes diademata (E Africa) E
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura (Africa) E
Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus (Africa) E
Village or Spotted-backed Weaver Ploceus cucullatus (Africa) E
Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus (W Africa) E
Taveta Golden Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps (Kenya, Tanzania) E
Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus (E Africa) E
Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus (Africa) E
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea (Africa) E
Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops (Africa) E
Brahminy Myna Sturnus pagodarum (India) E
Rose-coloured Starling Sturnus roseus (E Europe, W & C Asia) AE
White-cheeked Starling Sturnus cineraceus (C & E Asia) E
White-shouldered Starling Sturnus sinensis (China) E
Pied Starling Sturnus contra (India, SE Asia) E
Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus (Africa) E
Purple Glossy Starling Lamprotornis purpureus (Africa) E
Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus (China, SE Asia) E
Hill Myna Gracula religiosa (India, SE Asia) E
Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis (SE Asia) E
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata (N America) E
Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha (China, SE Asia) E
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (Eurasia) AE

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