Key to species status in Co Waterford:
A. Recorded in an apparently natural state at
least once since 1st January 1950.
B. Recorded in an apparently wild state pre-1950
only (B* = globally extinct).
C1. Species, originally introduced by man, that
now have self-sustaining feral breeding populations.
C2. Species occurring as vagrants from self-sustaining
feral populations outside Waterford.
P. Pending - category A, subject to acceptance
by the Irish Rare Birds Committee.
D1, D2, D3,
D4. Other categories - see foot of page.
Species sequence and nomenclature follows "Checklist of the Birds
of Ireland" (Irish Rare Birds Committee, 1998), with minor updates.
Species or subspecies currently, or until recently, considered by
the Irish Rare Birds Committee (see IRBC website for full details of
recent revisions):
* Species or subspecies for which IRBC required supporting documentation
(description or photos) for assessment of pre-2005 records only, but for which any post-2004 records will automatically qualify
for publication in the Irish Bird Report. (Note: for some additional species, older records, e.g. in 1980s, may also
require documentation before official acceptance.)
** Species or subspecies on IRBC's "Supplementary Accreditation
Species" list: rarities for which submission of photographs is encouraged, but for which post-2004 records will be published
in the Irish Bird Report unless (a) "the circumstances and/or source of the claim is unclear", (b) "the identification is
known to be controversial" or (c) "the record falls well outside the known patern of occurrence". Pre-2005 records of
these species will still require a description or photographic evidence sufficient to confirm identification.
*** Species or subspecies on IRBC's 2005
Revised Rarity List: extreme rarities or particularly "difficult" species requiring full documentation (description
and/or photographs) before records are considered for publication in the Irish Bird Report.
