Dutch birding bird names
(latest update: 21 january 2010)
(See also special issue Dutch Birdings' bird names)
This list contains all species recorded in Europe with Macaronesia and all countries bordering the Black, Dead or Mediterranean Sea.
The Dutch, English and scientific (sub)species names follow the 'rules' set by the Dutch Birding journal and the Dutch committee for avian systematics (CSNA).
English vernacular names are those recommended in Birds of the world: recommended English names by Gill & Wright (2006). The Dutch names are based upon Vogels van de wereld: complete checklist by Walters (1997).
The list includes four species which were not accepted in any country other than in 'category D', indicating concerns about their provenance (Cape Shoveler in Morocco, Jouanin's Petrel in Italy, Chinese Pond Heron in England, Finland, Hungary and Norway, and Swainson's Hawk in France and Norway). 'Category D' is not applied by rarities committees in the Netherlands and therefore not in this list either.
The list also includes six taxa which have gone extinct in the world since 1840 (Cape Verde Kite, Canary Islands Oystercatcher, Eskimo Curlew, Slender-billed Curlew, Great Auk and Lanzarote Chiffchaff).
A number of distinct subspecies are listed as well. These concern taxa which sometimes have been considered specifically distinct. When subspecies are mentioned, the commonest European taxon is not repeated when that also happens to be the nominate (with the exception of a few confusion cases).
Unnamed taxa are not listed (eg, Grey-bellied Brent Goose, Grant's Storm Petrel and crossbill 'vocal types' A Wandering, B Bohemian, C Glip, D Phantom, E British, F Scarce and X Parakeet Crossbill).
Species for which it is certain that not a single individual arrived or occurred by its own force as a wild bird are excluded. Introduced species with viable breeding populations of which all individuals or their ancestors certainly originate from captivity are listed separately at the bottom.
Changes from the printed version of this checklist, which is available from Dutch Birding Association, are highlighted in blue (van den Berg, A B 2008. Dutch Birding-vogelnamen: lijst van West-Palearctische vogelsoorten 2008. Amsterdam. ISBN 978-90-808433-4-9.) The sequence of passerines follows Sangster et al in Ibis 152: 180-186, 2010.
o (Sub)species recorded in the Netherlands are indicated by an open circle behind the Dutch name.
1) Introduced Dutch species indicated by 1) are not officially part of the Dutch list. Four of these (Egyptian Goose, Common Pheasant, Sacred Ibis and Common Pigeon) are in the main list because they occur or have occurred in recent times in genuinely wild populations elsewhere in the region; Canada Goose is on the Dutch list because the occurrence of wild individuals cannot be excluded.
o2) For one taxon indicated by o2) related taxa could not be excluded with certainty (Fea's Petrel).
o3) Taxa indicated by o3) have been documented by a published photograph but were not (yet) formally accepted or in review by 1 March 2009.
4) For one species indicated by 4) only a hybrid has been accepted (Azure Tit).
Arnoud B van den Berg © January 2010
