UK to US bird-name translation
The following translation of US to UK names was drawn up by Mike Agnes,
Cleveland
British English American English
American Golden Plover = American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominicus
Arctic Redpoll = hoary redpoll Carduelis hornemanni
Arctic Skua = parasitic jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
Bewick's Swan considered in N.Am. as a
race/subspecies (C. c. bewickii)
of "tundra" swan, Cygnus columbianus
Blackbird = Eurasian blackbird Turdus merula
Black-necked Grebe = eared grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Black-throated Diver = arctic loon Gavia arctica; note that
the race pacifica is here considered a
separate species known as Pacific loon
Black-winged Stilt N. Am. recognizes two species:
b.-n. stilt Himantopus himantopus,
and black-necked stilt H. mexicanus
Brent Goose = brant Branta bernicla
Brunnich's Guillemot = thick-billed murre Uria lomvia
Bullfinch = Eurasian bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Buzzard = common buzzard Buteo buteo
Chaffinch = common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Collared Dove = Eurasian collared-dove
Streptopelia decaocto
Common Gull = mew gull Larus canus
Common Scoter = black scoter Melanitta nigra
Coot = Eurasian coot Fulica atra
Cormorant = great cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Crossbill = red crossbill Loxia curvirostra
Cuckoo = common cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Curlew = Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata
Dotterel = Eurasian dotterel
Charadrius morinellus
Golden Plover = European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
Eider = common eider Somateria mollissima
Fulmar = northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
Gannet = northern gannet Morus bassanus
Goldeneye = common goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Goosander = common merganser Mergus merganser
Goshawk = northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis
Great Grey Shrike = northern shrike Lanius excubitor
Great Northern Diver = common loon Gavia immer
Great Shearwater = greater shearwater Puffinus gravis
Great White Heron = great egret Casmerodius albus
Greenshank = common greenshank Tringa nebularia
Grey Phalarope = red phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria
Grey Plover = black-bellied plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Guillemot = common murre Uria aalge
Hen Harrier = northern harrier Circus cyaneus
Hobby = northern hobby Falco subbuteo
Jackdaw = Eurasian jackdaw Corvus monedula
Kentish Plover = snowy plover Charadrius
alexandrinus
Kestrel = Eurasian kestrel Falco
tinnunculus
Kittiwake = black-legged kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla
Knot = red knot Calidris canutus
Lapland Bunting = Lapland longspur
Calcarius lapponicus
Lapwing = northern lapwing Vanellus
vanellus
Little Auk = dovekie Alle alle
Long-tailed Duck = oldsquaw Clangula hyemalis
Long-tailed Skua = long-tailed jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus
Magpie = black-billed magpie Pica pica
Moorhen = common moorhen Gallinula
chloropus
Night Heron = black-crowned night-heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Pacific Golden Plover = Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
Partridge (Grey Partridge) = gray partridge Perdix perdix
Pheasant = ring-necked pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
Pintail = northern pintail Anas acuta
Pochard = common pochard Aythya ferina
Pomarine Skua = pomarine jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus
Ptarmigan = rock ptarmigan Lagopus mutus
Puffin = Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica
Raven = common raven Corvus corax
Red Grouse N.Am. recognizes both lagopus and
scoticus as races/subspecies of a
single species, called here willow
ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
Redpoll = common redpoll Carduelis flammea
Red-throated Diver = red-throated loon Gavia stellata
Reed Bunting = common reed-bunting
Emberiza schoeniclus
Ringed Plover = common ringed plover
Charadrius hiaticula
Robin = European robin Erithacus
rubecula
Rough-legged Buzzard = rough-legged hawk Buteo
lagopus
Sand Martin = bank swallow Riparia riparia
Scarlet Rosefinch or
Scarlet Grosbeak = common rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinus
Scaup = greater scaup Aythya marila
Shelduck = common shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Shore Lark = horned lark Eremophila alpestris
Shoveler = northern shoveler Anas clypeata
Skylark = Eurasian skylark Alauda arvensis
Slavonian Grebe = horned grebe Podiceps auritus
Snipe = common snipe Gallinago gallinago
Starling = European starling Sturnus vulgaris
Storm Petrel = British storm-petrel
Hydrobates pelagicus
Swallow = barn swallow Hirundo rustica
Teal = green-winged teal Anas crecca
Tengmalm's Owl = boreal owl Aegolius funereus
Treecreeper N.Am. recognizes as a separate species
the N.Am. brown creeper
Certhia americana
Tree Pipit = brown tree-pipit Anthus trivialis
Tree Sparrow = Eurasian tree sparrow
Passer montanus
Turnstone = ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpes
Two-barred Crossbill = white-winged crossbill
Loxia leucoptera
Velvet Scoter = white-winged scoter Melanitta fusca
Waxwing = Bohemian waxwing
Bombycilla garrulus
Whistling Swan considered in N.Am. as a
race/subspecies (C. c. columbianus)
of tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus
White-fronted Goose = greater white-fronted
goose Anser albifrons
White-billed Diver = yellow-billed loon Gavia adamsii
White-winged Black Tern = white-winged tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
Wigeon = Eurasian wigeon Anas penelope
Willow Grouse N.Am. recognizes both lagopus and
scoticus as races/subspecies of a
single species, called here willow
ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
Woodcock = Eurasian woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Wren = winter wren Troglodytes
troglodytes
Wryneck = Eurasian wryneck Jynx torquilla