The rare breeding bird list includes species with fewer than 100 breeding pairs in Ireland. Species that are currently monitored by other schemes are indicated with asterisks, while those in parentheses are extremely rare and not breeding annually:

Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
Wigeon Moreca penelope
Garganey Anas querquedula
Shoveler Anas clypeata
Pochard Aythya ferina
(Scaup Aythya marila)
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
Goosander Mergus merganser
Quail Coturnix coturnix
*Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata
(Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea)
*Red Kite Milvus milvus
*White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
(Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus)
Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
*Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
(Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa)
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Great Skua Stercorarius skua
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
(Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis)
(Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahelis)
(Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus)
Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
(Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca)
Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
(White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba)
Twite Carduelis flavirostris