The database containing records of all Danish rarities will continually be updated!
This list forms the basis for all the listings on Netfugl.dk . It involves all category A, B and C birds recorded in Denmark (according to SU/BOURC/AERC standard).
Category A Category B Little Shearwater , American Kestrel , Allen's Gallinule , Macqueen's Bustard , Upland Sandpiper and Yellow-billed Cuckoo .Category C
Observations of the species marked with an asterisk (e.g. *Little Shearwater) has to be submitted to the Danish Rarities Committee for approval. Exceptions can be recent records of birds, which have been generally 'accepted' by the Danish birding scene.red , it means that not all accepted records are shown. If the bracket is black, it means that all accepted records are included in the list.
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica Great Northern Loon Gavia immer info Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis * Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris (3/3) info Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis * Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea (49/50) info * Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis (9/9) info Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus * Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus (78/83) info * Macaronesian Shearwater Puffinus baroli (1/1) info European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus Leach's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa Northern Gannet Morus bassanus Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo * European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis (84/151) info * Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus (1/1) info * Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens (1/1) info Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris * American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus (2/2) info * Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus (10/10) info * Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax (27/27) info * Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides (9/9) info * Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis (14/14) info Little Egret Egretta garzetta Great Egret Ardea alba Grey Heron Ardea cinerea * Purple Heron Ardea purpurea (23/23) info Black Stork Ciconia nigra info White Stork Ciconia ciconia * Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus (38/47) info Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia info Mute Swan Cygnus olor Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Bean Goose Anser fabalis Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Greylag Goose Anser anser Greater Canada Goose Branta canadensis Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Brant Goose Branta bernicla Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis (8/11) info Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca (120/187) info Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea (1/1) info Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope * American Wigeon Anas americana (37/37) info Gadwall Anas strepera * Baikal Teal Anas formosa (1/1) info Eurasian Teal Anas crecca Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis (33/33) info Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Northern Pintail Anas acuta Garganey Anas querquedula * Blue-winged Teal Anas discors (19/21) info Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina Common Pochard Aythya ferina * Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris (13/13) info * Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca (63/69) info Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Greater Scaup Aythya marila * Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis (7/7) info Common Eider Somateria mollissima King Eider Somateria spectabilis Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri (39/58) info Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Black Scoter Melanitta nigra * American Scoter Melanitta americana (7/7) info * Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata (45/51) info Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca * White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi (1/1) info Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Smew Mergellus albellus Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Common Merganser Mergus merganser Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis (57/69) info European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus * Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus (4/4) info Black Kite Milvus migrans Red Kite Milvus milvus White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla * Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus (3/3) info * Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus (3/3) info * Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus (44/44) info Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus (170/174) info Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Common Buzzard Buteo buteo * Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus (16/16) info Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus * Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga (78/79) info * Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina (132/138) info * Booted Eagle Aquila pennata (13/13) info Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos * Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata (5/5) info * Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis (26/26) info * Asian Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca (27/27) info Osprey Pandion haliaetus * Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni (9/9) info Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus * American Kestrel Falco sparverius (1/1) info Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Merlin Falco columbarius Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo * Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae (2/2) info * Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus (109/110) info Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus * Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix info Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Spotted Crake Porzana porzana info * Little Crake Porzana parva (10/10) info * Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla (13/13) info Corn Crake Crex crex Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus * Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni (1/1) info Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Common Crane Grus grus * Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo (6/11) info * Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax (5/5) info * Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii (1/1) info * Great Bustard Otis tarda (8/8) info Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus * Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus (45/64) info Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta * Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus (46/51) info * Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor (4/4) info * Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola (16/16) info * Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum (1/1) info * Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni (10/10) info Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus (1/1) info * Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus (2/2) info * Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii (2/2) info Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus * Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva (30/30) info * American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica (13/13) info European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola * Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius (4/4) info * White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus (6/6) info Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Red Knot Calidris canutus Sanderling Calidris alba * Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla (2/2) info * Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis (2/2) info Little Stint Calidris minuta (1/1) info Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii * White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis (22/22) info * Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii (3/3) info Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos (65/68) info * Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata (2/2) info Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea (1/1) info Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Dunlin Calidris alpina Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus * Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus (1/1) info * Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis (40/40) info Ruff Philomachus pugnax Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Great Snipe Gallinago media * Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus (13/13) info Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa * Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica (1/1) info Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata * Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda (1/1) info * Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus (50/50) info Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos * Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius (2/2) info Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia * Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes (7/7) info Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis (79/89) info Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Common Redshank Tringa totanus Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres * Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor (9/9) info Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus Great Skua Stercorarius skua * Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea (7/7) info Sabine's Gull Larus sabini Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla * Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia (5/5) info Common Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus * Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea (10/10) info * Laughing Gull Larus atricilla (6/6) info * Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan (1/1) info Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus * Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii (1/1) info * Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus (2/2) info Mew Gull Larus canus * Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis (2/2) info Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides * Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri (1/1) info Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus * Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens (1/1) info * Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus (3/3) info Little Tern Sternula albifrons Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia (1/1) info * Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida (38/61) info Black Tern Chlidonias niger (1/1) info White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus (103/133) info Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis * Elegant Tern Sterna elegans (1/1) info Common Tern Sterna hirundo * Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii (2/2) info Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Common Murre Uria aalge * Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia (13/14) info Razorbill Alca torda Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Little Auk Alle alle Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica * Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus (6/7) info Common Pigeon Columba livia Stock Dove Columba oenas Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur * Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis (10/10) info * Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura (1/1) info * Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius (7/7) info Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus * Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (1/1) info * Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus (1/1) info Barn Owl Tyto alba * Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops (5/5) info Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo * Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus (70/73) info * Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula (37/37) info * Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum (30/30) info Little Owl Athene noctua Tawny Owl Strix aluco Long-eared Owl Asio otus Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus (1/1) info European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus * Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius (1/1) info * White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus (1/1) info Common Swift Apus apus * Pallid Swift Apus pallidus (2/2) info * Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus (1/1) info * Alpine Swift Apus melba (29/30) info Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis * Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus (3/3) info European Bee-eater Merops apiaster info * European Roller Coracias garrulus (22/22) info Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla * Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus (1/1) info European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis info Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major * Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius (2/2) info Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor * Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus (12/12) info * Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata (1/1) info * Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla (43/43) info Crested Lark Galerida cristata Wood Lark Lullula arborea Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Sand Martin Riparia riparia * Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris (4/4) info Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Common House Martin Delichon urbicum Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica (65/68) info Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi * Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii (1/1) info Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris * Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni (6/6) info Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Eurasian Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava (1/1) info * Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola (45/46) info Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea White Wagtail Motacilla alba Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Dunnock Prunella modularis * Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella (1/1) info * Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris (13/13) info European Robin Erithacus rubecula * Rufous-tailed Robin Luscinia sibilans (1/1) info Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos (77/77) info * Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope (2/2) info Bluethroat Luscinia svecica info * Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus (13/13) info Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Whinchat Saxicola rubetra European Stonechat Saxicola torquatus * Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus (38/38) info * Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina (2/2) info Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe * Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka (9/9) info * Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica (3/3) info * Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti (15/15) info * White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga (1/1) info * Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis (7/7) info * Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma (5/5) info * Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus (1/1) info Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Common Blackbird Turdus merula * Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus (2/2) info * Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis (10/10) info Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Redwing Turdus iliacus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus * American Robin Turdus migratorius (1/1) info * Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis (3/3) info * Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata (6/6) info Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides (1/1) info * Gray's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella fasciolata (1/1) info * Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola (31/33) info Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus * Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola (10/10) info * Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum (48/49) info Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus * Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida (1/1) info * Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata (5/5) info Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina * Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta (7/7) info * Marmora's Warbler Sylvia sarda (1/1) info * Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans (59/59) info * Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala (8/8) info * Rüppell's Warbler Sylvia rueppelli (1/1) info * Asian Desert Warbler Sylvia nana (3/3) info Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides info * Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis (4/4) info Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus * Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei (26/26) info * Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi (21/21) info * Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus (46/46) info * Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli (11/11) info Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix info Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita * Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus (5/5) info Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla * Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica (1/1) info Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Eurasian Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca info Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus Long-tailed Bushtit Aegithalos caudatus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major European Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus Coal Tit Periparus ater Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Willow Tit Poecile montana Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus * Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus (1/1) info * Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus (1/1) info Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio info * Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach (1/1) info * Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor (47/47) info Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor * Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis (4/4) info * Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator (37/37) info Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius Eurasian Magpie Pica pica Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Western Jackdaw Corvus monedula * Daurian Jackdaw Corvus dauuricus (1/1) info Rook Corvus frugilegus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Hooded Crow Corvus cornix Northern Raven Corvus corax * Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor (1/1) info Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris Rosy Starling Pastor roseus (79/80) info House Sparrow Passer domesticus Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus * Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus (1/1) info Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Brambling Fringilla montifringilla European Serin Serinus serinus European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus Common Linnet Carduelis cannabina Twite Carduelis flavirostris Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea Arctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus * Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus (4/4) info Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus * Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator (35/54) info Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes * Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata (1/1) info * White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis (2/2) info * Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis (1/1) info Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus info Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis * Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos (3/3) info Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella * Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus (1/1) info * Rock Bunting Emberiza cia (1/1) info * Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea (1/1) info Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana * Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica (46/46) info * Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla (74/74) info * Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola (6/6) info Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus * Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala (21/21) info Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra * Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus (1/1) info
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