BIRDS

Manx Bird
List

BIRDS

Manx Bird
List

The official Manx List of wild birds

The official Manx List of wild birds is maintained by the Manx Bird Records Committee (MBRC), a sub-committee of the Manx Bird Club formerly Manx Ornithological Society (MOS). The list documents all species deemed to have occurred in a wild state in the Isle of Man.

Records of scarce and rare Manx species as well as rare Manx breeding species are reviewed by MBRC in the first instance. Those supported by adequate proof of identification and circumstances, and hence deemed to have been proven, are added to the Manx List. Records of species that are rare in the wider context of the British Isles are scrutinised by the British Birds Rarities Committee (BBRC), while records of rare breeding birds are notified to the Rare Breeding Birds Panel (RBBP).

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Please use the online submissions form on our sightings site at sightings.manxbirdlife.im, to send us your records. For scarce and rare species (denoted *), please additionally submit an MBRC Description Form giving details of the circumstances in which you found the bird, the specific observations you made and the basis for making the identification, along with field sketches and photographs wherever possible. Thank you.

As is the protocol elsewhere, all records should be submitted to MBRC in the first instance. Those requiring BBRC scrutiny will be forwarded by MBRC to BBRC.

Birds are deemed to have occurred in the Isle of Man up to 12 nautical miles offshore from the island or the midway point between the Isle of Man and the United Kingdom, whichever is the lesser distance.

While the British Ornithologist’s Union (BOU) maintains the British List (the official list of birds recorded from England, Scotland and Wales), the Isle of Man has its own list which is maintained by the Manx Ornithological Society (MOS).

The Isle of Man follows BOU and occasionally seek its advice on matters relating to the Manx List. Some Isle of Man items are occasionally covered in BOURC reports and papers. Accordingly, as of January 2018, the Manx List adopted the taxonomy and nomenclature of the revised IOC-based BOU British List.

The Manx List

Version: Peregrine Vol. 13 July 2022 (last updated 2022-10-14). Taxonomy from The British List (BOU 24 January 2020).
NB:  Please see the key to the list by c;icking the button below.

wdt_ID wdt_created_by wdt_created_at wdt_last_edited_by wdt_last_edited_at # photos English name Scientific name Cat. Bred Adjudication BoCCIoM
1Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 01:32 PM1Red GrouseLagopus lagopusABr-Amber
2Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 01:35 PM2Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaC1Br-
3Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 01:34 PM3Grey PartridgePerdix perdixAC1Br-
4Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 01:35 PM4QuailCoturnix coturnixABrMBRC
5Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM5PheasantPhasianus colchicusC1Br-
6Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM6Brent GooseBranta berniclaA--Amber
7Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM7Canada GooseBranta canadensisAC1Br-
8Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM8Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisAE--
9Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM9Greylag GooseAnser anserAC1Br-
10Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM10Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusA--Amber
11Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM11Taiga/Tundra Bean GooseAnser fabalis/serrirostrisB-MBRC
12Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM12White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsA-MBRCAmber
13Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM13Mute SwanCygnus olorAC1Br-Amber
14Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM14Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianusA-MBRC
15Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM15Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusA--Amber
16Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM16ShelduckTadorna tadornaABr-Amber
17Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM17GarganeySpatula querquedulaA-MBRC
18Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM18Blue-winged TealSpatula discorsA-MBRC-BBRC
19Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM19ShovelerSpatula clypeataABr-Amber
20Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM20GadwallMareca streperaAC1Br-Amber
21Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM21WigeonMareca penelopeA--
22Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM22American WigeonMareca americanaA-MBRC
23Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM23MallardAnas platyrhynchosAC1Br-Amber
24Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM24PintailAnas acutaA--Amber
25Manx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PMManx_B1rdL1f319/09/2025 12:29 PM25TealAnas creccaABr-Red
#English nameScientific nameCat.BredAdjudicationBoCCIoM

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