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Appendix 1. Species Codes

AX Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
AC Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
AE Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
AV Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
HD Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
BO Barn Owl Tyto alba
BY Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
BA Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
BE Bean Goose Anser fabalis
BR Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus
MZ Bee-Eater Merops apiaster
BS Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus
BI Bittern Botaurus stellaris
BK Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix
TY Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
KB Black Kite Milvus migrans
BX Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
OS Black Stork Ciconia nigra
AS Black Swan Cygnus atratus
BJ Black Tern Chlidonias niger
B. Blackbird Turdus merula
BC Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
BH Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
BN Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
BW Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
BV Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica
BT Blue Tit Parus caeruleus
BU Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
OQ Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
BL Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
BG Brent Goose Branta bernicla
UG Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
BF Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
BZ Buzzard Buteo buteo
CG Canada Goose Branta canadensis
CP Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus
C. Carrion Crow Corvus corone corone
CW Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
CH Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
CC Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
HL Chiloe Wigeon Anas sibilatrix
CF Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
KR Chukar Alectoris chukar
CL Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
CT Coal Tit Parus ater
QL Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
CD Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
CM Common Gull Larus canus
SQ Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
CS Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
CX Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
CN Common Tern Sterna hirundo
CO Coot Fulica atra
CA Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
CB Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra
CE Corncrake Crex crex
CQ Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
AN Crane Grus grus
CI Crested Tit Parus cristatus
CR Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
CK Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
CU Curlew Numenius arquata
CV Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
DW Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata
DI Dipper Cinclus cinclus
DO Dotterel Charadrius morinellus
DN Dunlin Calidris alpina
D. Dunnock Prunella modularis
EG Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
E. Eider Somateria mollissima
EM Emperor Goose Anser canagica
FP Feral Pigeon Columba livia
ZL Feral/hybrid Goose Anser sp
ZF Feral/hybrid mallard type  
FD Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
FF Fieldfare

Turdus pilaris
FC Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus
F. Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
GA Gadwall Anas strepera
GX Gannet Morus bassanus
GW Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
GY Garganey Anas querquedula
GZ Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
GC Goldcrest Regulus regulus
EA Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
OL Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
GF Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
GP Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
GN Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
GO Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
GD Goosander Mergus merganser
GI Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
GH Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
GB Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
GG Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
SR Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
ND Great Northern Diver Gavia immer
QW Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
GQ Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis
NX Great Skua Stercorarius skua
GS Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
GT Great Tit Parus major
GE Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
G. Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
GR Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
GK Greenshank Tringa nebularia
H. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
P. Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
PL Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
GV Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
GL Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
GJ Greylag Goose Anser anser
GU Guillemot Uria aalge
HA Harris Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
HF Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
FW Helmetted Guineafowl Numidia meleagris
HH Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
HG Herring Gull Larus argentatus
HY Hobby Falco subbuteo
HZ Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
HC Hooded Crow Corvus corone cornix
HP Hoopoe Upupa epops
HM House Martin Delichon urbica
HS House Sparrow Passer domesticus
IG Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
IC Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
JS Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
JD Jackdaw Corvus monedula
J. Jay Garrulus glandarius
KP Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
K. Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
KF Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
KI Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
KN Knot Calidris canutus
LM Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae
FB Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
LA Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus
L. Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
TL Leach's Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
LB Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
LR Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret
LS Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor
LW Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
LI Linnet Carduelis cannabina
LK Little Auk Alle alle
ET Little Egret Egretta garzetta
LG Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
LU Little Gull Larus minutus
LO Little Owl Athene noctua
LP Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
LX Little Stint Calidris minuta
AF Little Tern Sterna albifrons
LE Long-eared Owl Asio otus
LN Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
OG Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus
LT Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
MG Magpie Pica pica
MA Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
MN Mandarin Aix galericulata
MX Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
MR Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
MT Marsh Tit Parus palustris
MW Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
MP Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
FR Mealy Redpoll Carduelis flammea
MU Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
ML Merlin Falco columbarius
M. Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
MO Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
MH Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
MY Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
MS Mute Swan Cygnus olor
NT Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
N. Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
NJ Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
NH Nuthatch Sitta europaea
OP Osprey Pandion haliaetus
X. Other cage bird species  
OC Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
PC Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus
PX Peacock Parvo cristatus
PP Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
PE Peregrine Falco peregrinus
PH Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
PF Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
PW Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba
PG Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
PT Pintail Anas acuta
PO Pochard Aythya ferina
PK Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
PM Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus
PU Puffin Fratercula arctica
UR Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
PS Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
Q. Quail Coturnix coturnix
RN Raven Corvus corax
RA Razorbill Alca torda
RG Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus
KT Red Kite Milvus milvus
ED Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
EB Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
RM Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
RQ Red-crested Pochard Marmaronetta angustirostris
RL Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
RX Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
NK Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
RK Redshank Tringa totanus
RT Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
RH Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata
RE Redwing Turdus iliacus
RB Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
RW Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
RV Reeve's Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesi
RZ Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
IN Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
RP Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
RI Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri
R. Robin Erithacus rubecula
DV Rock Dove Columba livia
RC Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus petrosus
RO Rook Corvus frugilegus
RS Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
RF Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
RY Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
UD Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
RU Ruff Philomachus pugnax
JF Saker Falco cherrug
SM Sand Martin Riparia riparia
SS Sanderling Calidris alba
TE Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
VI Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
SP Scaup Aythya marila
CY Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica
SW Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
NS Serin Serinus serinus
SA Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis
SU Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
SX Shorelark Eremophila alpestris
SE Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
TH Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
SV Shoveler Anas clypeata
PV Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera
SK Siskin Carduelis spinus
S. Skylark Alauda arvensis
SZ Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus
SY Smew Mergus albellus
SN Snipe Gallinago gallinago
SB Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
SJ Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
ST Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
OT Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
SH Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
NB Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
AK Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
SF Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
DR Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
SG Starling Sturnus vulgaris
SD Stock Dove Columba oenas
SC Stonechat Saxicola torquata
TN Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
TM Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
SL Swallow Hirundo rustica
SI Swift Apus apus
TO Tawny Owl Strix aluco
T. Teal Anas crecca
TK Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
TP Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
TS Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
TC Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
TU Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
TT Turnstone Arenaria interpres
TD Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
TW Twite Carduelis flavirostris
VS Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
WI Water Pipit Anthus petrosus spinoletta
WA Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
WX Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
W. Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
WM Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
WC Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
OR White Stork Ciconia ciconia
WG White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
WE White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
WH Whitethroat Sylvia communis
WS Whooper Swan Cygnus Cygnus
WN Wigeon Anas penelope
WT Willow Tit Parus montanus
WW Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
DC Wood Duck Aix sponsa
WP Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
OD Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
WO Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
WK Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
WL Woodlark Lullula arborea
WR Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
WY Wryneck Jynx torquilla
YW Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Y. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
YG Yellow-legged Gull Larus arg. michahellis
FI Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata


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