Birds Of Conservation Concern in Ireland
Birdwatch Ireland and RSPB Northern Ireland have agreed a list of priority bird species for conservation action on the island of Ireland.
| Red List - High conservation concern |
| Amber List - Medium conservation concern |
| Green List - Not threatened |
RED Listed Species meet one or more of the following criteria :
| Their breeding population or range has declined by more than 50% in the last 25 years |
| Their breeding population has undergone a significant decline since 1900 |
| They are of global conservation concern |
Red List: 18 Species
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Black-necked Grebe |
Common Scoter |
Hen Harrier |
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Red Grouse |
Grey Partridge |
Quail |
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Corncrake |
Lapwing |
Curlew |
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Red-necked Phalarope |
Roseate Tern |
Barn Owl |
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Nightjar |
Ring Ouzel |
Chough |
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Twite |
Yellowhammer |
Corn Bunting |
AMBER Listed Species meet one or more of the following criteria :
| Their breeding population has declined by 25%-50% in the last 25 years. |
| They are rare or sporadically breeding species |
| Their breeding or wintering population is internationally important and/or localised |
| They have an unfavourable conservation status in Europe |
Amber List: 77 species
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Red-throated diver |
Pochard |
Tufted Duck |
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Black-throated diver |
Scaup |
Eider |
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Great Crested Grebe |
Golden eye |
Red-breasted Merganser |
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Cory's Shearwater |
Goosander |
Goshawk |
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Great Shearwater |
Merlin |
Peregrine |
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Sooty Shearwater |
Water Rail |
Spotted Crake |
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Manx Shearwater |
Coot |
Golden Plover |
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Storm Petrel |
Grey Plover |
Knot |
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Leach's Petrel |
Dunlin |
Jack Snipe |
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Gannet |
Snipe |
Woodcock |
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Cormorant |
Black-tailed Godwit |
Bar-tailed Godwit |
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Little Egret |
Redshank |
Little Gull |
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Bewick's Swan |
Mediterranean Gull |
Black-headed gull |
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Whooper Swan |
Common gull |
Sandwich Tern |
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Greenland White-fronted Goose |
Common Tern |
Artic Tern |
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Greylag Goose |
Little Tern |
Guillemot |
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Barnacle Goose |
Razorbill |
Black Guillemot |
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Brent Goose |
Puffin |
Stock Dove |
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Shelduck |
Cuckoo |
Short-eared Owl |
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Wigeon |
Kingfisher |
Skylark |
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Gadwall |
Sandmartin |
Swallow |
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Teal |
Yellow Wagtail |
Redstart |
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Pintail |
Whinchat |
Stonechat |
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Garganey |
Grasshopper Warbler |
Reed Warbler |
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Lesser Whitethroat |
Wood Warbler |
Spotted Flycatcher |
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Pied Flycatcher |
Redpoll |
GREEN Listed species are all other regularly occurring species in Ireland whose conservation status is presently considered favourable.