Species included in categories A, B & C Scientific name Race Category 1 Mute Swan Cygnus olor -- A / C1 2 Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii A >> Tundra Swan columbianus -- 3 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus -- A 4 Bean Goose Anser fabalis fabilis A >> Tundra Bean Goose rossicus -- 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus -- A 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris A >> Russian White-fronted Goose albifrons -- 7 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus -- A 8 Greylag Goose Anser anser anser A / C1 9 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens caerulescens A / D1 >> Greater Snow Goose atlanticus -- 10 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii A 11 Canada Goose Branta canadensis canadensis A / C1 >> Todd's Canada Goose interior -- 12 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis -- A / C1 13 Brent Goose Branta bernicla hrota A >> Dark-bellied Brent Goose bernicla -- >> Black Brant nigricans -- 14 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea -- B / D1 15 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna -- A 16 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata -- C1 17 Wigeon Anas penelope -- A 18 American Wigeon Anas americana -- A 19 Gadwall Anas strepera -- A 20 Baikal Teal Anas formosa -- A / D1 21 Teal Anas crecca crecca A 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis -- A 23 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos A / C1 24 American Black Duck Anas rubripes -- A 25 Pintail Anas acuta acuta A 26 Garganey Anas querquedula -- A 27 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors -- A 28 Shoveler Anas clypeata -- A 29 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina -- A 30 Pochard Aythya ferina -- A 31 Redhead Aythya americana -- A 32 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris -- A 33 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca -- A 34 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula -- A 35 Scaup Aythya marila marila A 36 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis -- A 37 Eider Somateria mollissima mollissima A >> Northern Eider borealis -- >> Dresser's Eider dresseri -- 38 King Eider Somateria spectabilis -- A 39 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis -- A 40 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra -- A 41 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata -- A 42 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca -- A 43 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi stejnegeri A 44 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola -- A 45 Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica -- A 46 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula clangula A 47 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus -- A / D1 48 Smew Mergellus albellus -- A 49 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator -- A 50 Goosander Mergus merganser merganser A 51 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis jamaicensis C1 / C2 52 Quail Coturnix coturnix coturnix A 53 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica A 54 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus urogallus B 55 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix perdix A / C1 56 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus colchicus C1 >> Ring-necked Pheasant torquatus -- 57 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata -- A 58 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica arctica A 59 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica -- A 60 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer -- A 61 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii -- A 62 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris -- A 63 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis glacialis A 64 Fea’s / Zino's Petrel Pterodroma feae / madeira n/a A 65 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii -- A 66 Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea -- A 67 Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis -- A 68 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus -- A 69 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus -- A 70 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus -- A 71 Macaronesian Shearwater Puffinus baroli baroli A 72 Wilson’s Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus exasperatus A 73 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus pelagicus A 74 Leach’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa leucorhoa A 75 Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma monorhis -- A 76 Madeiran / Cape Verde / Monteiro’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma castro / jabejabe / monteiroi † (see note below) B 77 Gannet Morus bassanus -- A 78 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo carbo A >> Continental Cormorant sinensis -- 79 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus not determined A 80 Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis aristotelis A 81 Frigatebird sp. Fregata sp. n/a A 82 Bittern Botaurus stellaris stellaris A 83 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus -- A 84 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus minutus A 85 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax A 86 Green Heron Butorides virescens -- A 87 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides -- A 88 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis ibis A 89 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea -- A 90 Little Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta A 91 Great White Egret Ardea alba alba A 92 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea cinerea A 93 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea purpurea A 94 Black Stork Ciconia nigra -- A 95 White Stork Ciconia ciconia ciconia A 96 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus -- A 97 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia leucorodia A 98 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps not determined A 99 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis ruficollis A 100 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus cristatus A 101 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena grisegena A 102 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus auritus A 103 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis nigricollis A 104 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus -- A 105 Black Kite Milvus migrans migrans A 106 Red Kite Milvus milvus milvus A / C2 107 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla -- A / C2 / D4 108 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus not determined A 109 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus fulvus B 110 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus A 111 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus cyaneus A >> Northern Harrier hudsonius -- 112 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus -- A 113 Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus -- A 114 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis gentilis A >> American Goshawk atricapillus -- 115 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus nisus A 116 Buzzard Buteo buteo buteo A 117 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus lagopus A >> Rough-legged Hawk sanctijohannis -- 118 Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga -- B 119 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos A / D4 120 Osprey Pandion haliaetus haliaetus A 121 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus aquaticus A 122 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana -- A 123 Sora Porzana carolina -- A 124 Little Crake Porzana parva -- B 125 Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla intermedia A 126 Corncrake Crex crex -- A 127 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus chloropus A 128 Coot Fulica atra atra A 129 American Coot Fulica americana not determined A 130 Crane Grus grus -- A 131 Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis canadensis B 132 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax -- B 133 Great Bustard Otis tarda tarda B 134 Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus oedicnemus A 135 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus himantopus A 136 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta -- A 137 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus A 138 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica -- A 139 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva -- A 140 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria -- A 141 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola -- A 142 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius -- A 143 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus -- A 144 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius curonicus A 145 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula hiaticula A >> Tundra Ringed Plover tundrae -- 146 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus -- A 147 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus vociferus A 148 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus alexandrinus A / E 149 Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus mongolus or stegmanni A 150 Dotterel Charadrius morinellus -- A 151 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda -- A 152 Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis -- B 153 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus -- A 154 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus A 155 Curlew Numenius arquata arquata A 156 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa islandica A >> European Black-tailed Godwit limosa -- 157 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica lapponica A 158 Turnstone Arenaria interpres interpres A 159 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris -- A 160 Knot Calidris canutus islandica A >> Siberian Knot canutus -- 161 Ruff Calidris pugnax -- A 162 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata -- A 163 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus falcinellus A 164 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea -- A 165 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus -- A 166 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis -- A 167 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta -- A 168 Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii -- A 169 Sanderling Calidris alba -- A 170 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina A >> Schiøler's Dunlin arctica -- >> Schinz's Dunlin schinzii -- 171 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima -- A 172 Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii -- A 173 Little Stint Calidris minuta -- A 174 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis -- A 175 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla -- A 176 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis -- A 177 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos -- A 178 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri -- A 179 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla -- A 180 Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor -- A 181 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus -- A 182 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius -- A 183 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus -- A 184 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos -- A 185 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius -- A 186 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus -- A 187 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria not determined A 188 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus -- A 189 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca -- A 190 Greenshank Tringa nebularia -- A 191 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes -- A 192 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis -- A 193 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola -- A 194 Redshank Tringa totanus totanus A >> Icelandic Redshank robusta -- 195 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus -- A 196 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus not determined A 197 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus -- A 198 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola -- A 199 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago gallinago A >> Faeroe Snipe faeroeensis