Abbreviated code list - BTO

1 Abbreviated code listStandard naming and coding of species and subspecies regularly found in Britain and Ireland (long list)Mute SwanCygnus olorMSMUTSWB ewick s SwanCygnus columbianusBSBEWSWW hooper SwanCygnus cygnusWSWHOSWBean GooseAnser fabalisBEBEAGOBean Goose (Taiga)Anser fabalis fabalisXFBean Goose (Tundra)Anser fabalis rossicusXRPink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPGPIFGOW hite-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWGWHFGOW hite-fronted Goose (Greenland)Anser albifrons flavirostrisNWWhite-fronted Goose (European)Anser albifrons albifronsEWGreylag GooseAnser anserGJGREGOG reylag Goose (domestic)Anser anserZLSnow GooseAnser caerulescensSJSNOGOC anada GooseBranta canadensisCGCANGOB arnacle GooseBranta leucopsisBYBARGOB rent GooseBranta berniclaBGBREGOB rent Goose (Dark-bellied)Branta bernicla berniclaDBBrent Goose (Light-bellied)Branta bernicla hrotaPBBrent Goose (Black Brant)

2 Branta bernicla nigricansBBEgyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaEGEGYGOR uddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaUDRUDSHS helduckTadorna tadornaSUSHELDM andarin DuckAix galericulataMNMANDAW igeonAnas penelopeWNWIGEOA merican WigeonAnas americanaAWAMEWIG adwallAnas streperaGAGADWATealAnas TealAnas carolinensisTAGRWTEM allardAnas platyrhynchosMAMALLAM allard (domestic)Anas platyrhynchosZFPintailAnas acutaPTPINTAG arganeyAnas querquedulaGYGARGAS hovelerAnas clypeataSVSHOVERed-crested PochardNetta rufinaRQRECPOP ochardAythya ferinaPOPOCHARing-necked DuckAythya collarisNGRINDUF erruginous DuckAythya nyrocaFDFERDUT ufted DuckAythya fuligulaTUTUFDUS caupAythya marilaSPSCAUPE iderSomateria DuckClangula hyemalisLNLOTDUC ommon ScoterMelanitta nigraCXCOMSCSurf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataFSSURSCV elvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaVSVELSCG oldeneyeBucephala clangulaGNGOLDESmewMergellus MerganserMergus serratorRMREBMEG oosanderMergus merganserGDGOOSAR uddy

3 DuckOxyura jamaicensisRYRUDDURed GrouseLagopus lagopus scoticaRGREDGRP tarmiganLagopus mutaPMPTARMB lack GrouseTetrao tetrixBKBLAGRC apercaillieTetrao urogallusCPCAPERRed-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaRLRELPAGrey PartridgePerdix colchicusPHPHEASG olden PheasantChrysolophus pictusGFGOLPHLady Amherst s PheasantChrysolophus amherstiaeLMLAAPHRed-throated DiverGavia stellataRHRETDIB lack-throated DiverGavia arcticaBVBLTDIG reat Northern DiverGavia immerNDGRNDIL ittle GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisLGLITGRG reat Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusGGGRCGRRed-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaRXRENGRS lavonian GrebePodiceps auritusSZSLAGRB lack-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisBNBLNGRF ulmarFulmarus s ShearwaterCalonectris diomedeaCQCORSHG reat ShearwaterPuffinus gravisGQGRTSHA bbreviated code listStandard naming and coding of species and subspecies regularly found in Britain and Ireland (long list)

4 Sooty ShearwaterPuffinus griseusOTSOOSHManx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusMXMANSHB alearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusYQBALSHW ilson s PetrelOceanites oceanicusWILPES torm PetrelHydrobates pelagicusTMSTOPEL each s PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaTLLEAPEG annetMorus bassanusGXGANNEC ormorantPhalacrocorax carboCACORMOC ormorant (Continental)Phalacrocorax carbo sinensisShagPhalacrocorax stellarisBIBITTEN ight-heronNycticorax nycticoraxNTNIGHEL ittle EgretEgretta garzettaETLITEGG reat White EgretArdea albaHWGRWEGGrey HeronArdea HeronArdea purpureaURPURHEW hite StorkCiconia ciconiaORWHISTG lossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusIBGLOIBS poonbillPlatalea leucorodiaNBSPOONH oney-buzzardPernis apivorusHZHONBUB lack KiteMilvus migransKBBLAKIRed KiteMilvus milvusKTREDKIW hite-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicillaWEWHTEAM arsh HarrierCircus aeruginosusMRMARHAHen HarrierCircus cyaneusHHHENHAM ontagu s HarrierCircus pygargusMOMONHAG

5 OshawkAccipiter gentilisGIGOSHAS parrowhawkAccipiter nisusSHSPARRB uzzardButeo buteoBZBUZZAR ough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopusRFROLBUG olden EagleAquila chrysaetosEAGOLEAO spreyPandion haliaetusOPOSPREK estrelFalco FalconFalco vespertinusFVREFFAM erlinFalco columbariusMLMERLIH obbyFalco subbuteoHYHOBBYP eregrineFalco peregrinusPEPEREGW ater RailRallus aquaticusWAWATRAS potted CrakePorzana porzanaAKSPOCRC orncrakeCrex crexCECORNCM oorhenGallinula chloropusMHMOORHCootFulica grusANCRANEO ystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusOCOYSTEB lack-winged StiltHimantopus himantopusITBLWSTA vocetRecurvirostra avosettaAVAVOCES tone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusTNSTOCUL ittle Ringed PloverCharadrius dubiusLPLIRPLR inged PloverCharadrius hiaticulaRPRINPLK entish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusKPKENPLD otterelCharadrius morinellusDODOTTEA merican Golden PloverPluvialis dominicaIDAMGPLG olden PloverPluvialis apricariaGPGOLPLGrey PloverPluvialis squatarolaGVGREPLL apwingVanellus albaSSSANDEL ittle StintCalidris minutaLXLITSTT emminck s StintCalidris temminckiiTKTEMSTW hite-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisWUWHRSAP ectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPPPECSAC urlew SandpiperCalidris

6 FerrugineaCVCURSAP urple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPSPURSAD unlinCalidris alpinaDNDUNLIBuff-breasted SandpiperTryngites subruficollisBQBUBSARuffPhilomachus SnipeLymnocryptes minimusJSJACSNS nipeGallinago gallinagoSNSNIPEW oodcockScolopax rusticolaWKWOODCB lack-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaBWBLTGOA bbreviated code listStandard naming and coding of species and subspecies regularly found in Britain and Ireland (long list)Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaBABATGOW himbrelNumenius phaeopusWMWHIMBC urlewNumenius arquataCUCURLES potted RedshankTringa erythropusDRSPORER edshankTringa totanusRKREDSHG reenshankTringa nebulariaGKGRESHL esser YellowlegsTringa flavipesLYLESYEG reen SandpiperTringa ochropusGEGRESAWood SandpiperTringa glareolaODWOOSAC ommon SandpiperActitis hypoleucosCSCOMSAT urnstoneArenaria interpresTTTURNSRed-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusNKRENPHGrey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPLGREPHP omarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinusPKPOMSKA rctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticusACARCSKLong-tailed

7 SkuaStercorarius longicaudusOGLOTSKG reat SkuaStercorarius skuaNXGRESKM editerranean GullLarus melanocephalusMUMEDGUL ittle GullHydrocoloeus minutusLULITGUS abine s GullLarus sabiniABSABGUB lack-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusBHBLHGURing-billed GullLarus delawarensisINRIBGUC ommon GullLarus canusCMCOMGUL esser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusLBLBBGUH erring GullLarus argentatusHGHERGUY ellow-legged GullLarus michahellisYGYELGUC aspian GullLarus cachinnansYCIceland GullLarus glaucoidesIGICEGUG laucous GullLarus hyperboreusGZGLAGUG reat Black-backed GullLarus marinusGBGBBGUK ittiwakeRissa tridactylaKIKITTIS andwich TernSterna sandvicensisTESANTER oseate TernSterna dougalliiRSROSTEC ommon TernSterna hirundoCNCOMTEA rctic TernSterna paradisaeaAEARCTEL ittle TernSternula albifronsAFLITTEB lack TernChlidonias nigerBJBLATEW hite-winged Black TernChlidonias leucopterusWJWWBTEG uillemotUria aalgeGUGUILLR azorbillAlca tordaRARAZORB lack GuillemotCepphus grylleTYBLAGUL ittle AukAlle alleLKLITAUP uffinFratercula arcticaPUPUFFIRock DoveColumba liviaDVROCDOF eral PigeonColumba liviaFPStock DoveColumba oenasSDSTODOW oodpigeonColumba palumbusWPWOODPC ollared DoveStreptopelia

8 DecaoctoCDCOLDOT urtle DoveStreptopelia turturTDTURDORing-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameriRIRINPAC uckooCuculus canorusCKCUCKOBarn OwlTyto albaBOBAROWL ittle OwlAthene noctuaLOLITOWT awny OwlStrix alucoTOTAWOWLong-eared OwlAsio otusLELOEOWS hort-eared OwlAsio flammeusSESHEOWN ightjarCaprimulgus europaeusNJNIJARS wiftApus apusSISWIFTA lpine SwiftApus melbaAIALPSWK ingfisherAlcedo atthisKFKINGFBee-eaterMerops apiasterMZBEEEAH oopoeUpupa epopsHPHOOPOW ryneckJynx torquillaWYWRYNEG reen WoodpeckerPicus Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorGSGRSWOL esser Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos minorLSLESWOS hort-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaVLSHTLAW oodlarkLullula arboreaWLWOODLS kylarkAlauda LarkEremophila alpestrisSXSHOLAA bbreviated code listStandard naming and coding of species and subspecies regularly found in Britain and Ireland (long list)

9 Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSMSANMAS wallowHirundo rusticaSLSWALLRed-rumped SwallowCecropis dauricaVRRERSWH ouse MartinDelichon urbicumHMHOUMAR ichard s PipitAnthus richardiPRRICPIT awny PipitAnthus campestrisTITAWPITree PipitAnthus trivialisTPTREPIM eadow PipitAnthus pratensisMPMEAPIRed-throated PipitAnthus cervinusVPRETPIRock PipitAnthus petrosusRCROCPIW ater PipitAnthus spinolettaWIWATPIY ellow WagtailMotacilla flavaYWYELWAY ellow Wagtail (Blue-headed)Motacilla flava flavaYellow Wagtail (Grey-headed)Motacilla flava thunbergiGrey WagtailMotacilla cinereaGLGREWAPied/White WagtailMotacilla albaPWPIEWAPied Wagtail (yarrellii)Motacilla alba yarrelliiWhite Wagtail (alba)Motacilla alba albaWBWaxwingBombycilla garrulusWXWAXWID ipperCinclus cinclusDIDIPPEWrenTroglodytes svecicaBUBLUTHB luethroat (White-spotted)Luscinia svecica cyaneculaBluethroat (Red-spotted)Luscinia svecica svecicaBlack RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosBXBLARER edstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusRTREDSTW hinchatSaxicola rubetraWCWHINCS tonechatSaxicola torquatusSCSTOCHW heatearOenanthe (Greenland)Oenanthe oenanthe l