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 >> Whistling Swan columbianus -- 3 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus -- A 4 Bean Goose Anser fabalis fabalis 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 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis -- A / D1 15 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea -- B / D1 16 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna -- A 17 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata -- C1 18 Wigeon Anas penelope -- A 19 American Wigeon Anas americana -- A 20 Gadwall Anas strepera -- A 21 Baikal Teal Anas formosa -- A / D1 22 Teal Anas crecca crecca A 23 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis -- A 24 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos A / C1 25 American Black Duck Anas rubripes -- A 26 Pintail Anas acuta acuta A 27 Garganey Anas querquedula -- A 28 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors -- A 29 Shoveler Anas clypeata -- A 30 Red-crested Pochard * Netta rufina -- A 31 Pochard Aythya ferina -- A 32 Redhead Aythya americana -- A 33 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris -- A 34 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca -- A 35 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula -- A 36 Scaup Aythya marila marila A 37 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis -- A 38 Eider Somateria mollissima mollissima A >> Dresser's Eider dresseri -- 39 King Eider Somateria spectabilis -- A 40 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis -- A 41 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra -- A 42 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata -- A 43 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca -- A 44 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi stejnegeri A 45 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola -- A 46 Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica -- A 47 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula clangula A 48 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus -- A / D1 49 Smew Mergellus albellus -- A 50 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator -- A 51 Goosander Mergus merganser merganser A 52 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis jamaicensis C1 / C2 53 Quail Coturnix coturnix coturnix A 54 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica A 55 Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus urogallus B 56 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix perdix A / C1 57 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus colchicus C1 >> Ring-necked Pheasant torquatus -- 58 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata -- A 59 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica arctica A 60 Pacific Diver Gavia pacifica -- A 61 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer -- A 62 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii -- A 63 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris -- A 64 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis glacialis A 65 Fea’s / Zino's Petrel Pterodroma feae / madeira n/a 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 / D4 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 -- A 112 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius -- A 113 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus -- A 114 Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus -- A 115 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis gentilis A >> American Goshawk atricapillus -- 116 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus nisus A 117 Buzzard Buteo buteo buteo A 118 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus lagopus A >> Rough-legged Hawk sanctijohannis -- 119 Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga -- B 120 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos A / D4 121 Osprey Pandion haliaetus haliaetus A 122 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus aquaticus A 123 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana -- A 124 Sora Porzana carolina -- A 125 Little Crake Zapornia parva -- B 126 Baillon’s Crake Zapornia pusilla intermedia A 127 Corncrake Crex crex -- A 128 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus chloropus A 129 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus -- A 130 Coot Fulica atra atra A 131 American Coot Fulica americana not determined A 132 Crane Grus grus -- A 133 Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis canadensis B 134 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax -- B 135 Great Bustard Otis tarda tarda B 136 Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus oedicnemus A 137 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus himantopus A 138 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta -- A 139 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus A 140 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola -- A 141 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria -- A 142 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica -- A 143 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva -- A 144 Dotterel Charadrius morinellus -- A 145 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus vociferus A 146 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus -- A 147 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula hiaticula A >> Tundra Ringed Plover tundrae -- 148 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius curonicus A 149 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius -- A 150 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus -- A 151 Lesser Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus mongolus or stegmanni A 152 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus alexandrinus A / E 153 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda -- A 154 Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis -- B 155 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus -- A 156 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus A 157 Curlew Numenius arquata arquata A 158 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa islandica A >> European Black-tailed Godwit limosa -- 159 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica lapponica A 160 Turnstone Arenaria interpres interpres A 161 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris -- A 162 Knot Calidris canutus islandica A >> Siberian Knot canutus -- 163 Ruff Calidris pugnax -- A 164 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata -- A 165 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus falcinellus A 166 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea -- A 167 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus -- A 168 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis -- A 169 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta -- A 170 Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii -- A 171 Sanderling Calidris alba -- A 172 Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina A >> Schiøler's Dunlin arctica -- >> Schinz's Dunlin schinzii -- 173 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima -- A 174 Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii -- A 175 Little Stint Calidris minuta -- A 176 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis -- A 177 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla -- A 178 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis -- A 179 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos -- A 180 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri -- A 181 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla -- A 182 Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor -- A 183 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus -- A 184 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius -- A 185 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus -- A 186 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos -- A 187 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius -- A 188 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus -- A 189 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria not determined A 190 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus -- A 191 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca -- A 192 Greenshank Tringa nebularia -- A 193 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes -- A 194 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis -- A 195 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola -- A 196 Redshank Tringa totanus totanus A >> Icelandic Redshank robusta -- 197 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus -- A 198 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus not determined A 199 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus -- A 200 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola -- A 201 Common Snipe