Digital aerial seabird and cetacean surveys off the east coast of Scotland

Appendix I: Species and groupings List in Taxonomic Order

Avian

Common Name: Bird sp.

Scientific Name: n/a

Family: n/a

Class - Aves

Wildfowl

Common Name: Common Eider

Scientific Name: Somateria mollissima

Family: Anatidae

Class: Aves

Wader

Common Name: Curlew

Scientific Name: Numenius arquata

Family: Scolopacidae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Redshank

Scientific Name: Tringa totanus

Family: Scolopacidae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Wader sp.

Scientific Name: n/a

Family: n/a

Class: Aves

Gull

Common Name: Gull sp.

Scientific Name: n/a

Family: Laridae

Class: Aves

Small Gull

Common Name: Kittiwake

Scientific Name: Rissa tridactyla

Family: Laridae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Black-headed Gull

Scientific Name: Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Family: Laridae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Common Gull

Scientific Name: Larus canus

Family: Laridae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Small Gull sp.

Scientific Name: n/a

Family: Laridae

Class: Aves

Large Gull Black-backed Gull [Bb]

Common Name: Great Black-backed Gull [Bb]

Scientific Name: Larus marinus

Family: Laridae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Herring Gull

Scientific Name: Larus argentatus

Family: Laridae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Lesser Black-backed Gull [Bb]

Scientific Name: Larus fuscus

Family: Laridae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Large Gull sp.

Scientific Name: n/a

Family: Laridae

Class: Aves

Tern 'Commic' Tern [CA]

Common Name: Common Tern [CA]

Scientific Name: Sterna hirundo

Family: Laridae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Arctic Tern [CA]

Scientific Name: Sterna paradisaea

Family: Laridae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Tern sp.

Scientific Name: n/a

Family: Laridae

Class: Aves

Skua

Common Name: Great Skua

Scientific Name: Stercorarius skua

Family: Stercorariidae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Arctic Skua

Scientific Name: Stercorarius parasiticus

Family: Stercorariidae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Skua sp.

Scientific Name: Stercorarius spp.

Family: Stercorariidae

Class: Aves

Auk Guillemot / Razorbill [GR]

Common Name: Guillemot [GR]

Scientific Name: Uria aalge

Family: Alcidae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Razorbill [GR]

Scientific Name: Alca torda

Family: Alcidae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Black Guillemot

Scientific Name: Cepphus grylle

Family: Alcidae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Puffin

Scientific Name: Fratercula arctica

Family: Alcidae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Auk sp.

Scientific Name: n/a

Family: Alcidae

Class: Aves

Diver

Common Name: Red-throated Diver

Scientific Name: Gavia stellata

Family: Gaviidae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Great Northern Diver

Scientific Name: Gavia immer

Family: Gaviidae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Diver sp.

Scientific Name: Gavia spp.

Family: Gaviidae

Class: Aves

Storm Petrel

Common Name: Storm Petrel sp.

Scientific Name: n/a

Family: Oceanitidae. Hydrobatidae

Class: Aves

Fulmar

Common Name: Fulmar

Scientific Name: Fulmarius glacialis

Family: Procellariidae

Class: Aves

Shearwater

Common Name: Manx Shearwater

Scientific Name: Puffinus puffinus

Family: Procellariidae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Shearwater sp.

Scientific Name: n/a

Family: Procellariidae

Class: Aves

Gannet

Common Name: Gannet

Scientific Name: Morus bassanus

Family: Sulidae

Class: Aves

Cormorant / Shag

Common Name: Cormorant

Scientific Name: Phalacrocorax carbo

Family: Phalacrocoracidae

Class: Aves

Common Name: Shag

Scientific Name: Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Family: Phalacrocoracidae

Class: Aves

Unidentified Avian

Common Name: Bird sp.

Scientific Name: n/a

Family: n/a

Class: Aves

Mammal

Marine Mammal

Common Name: Marine Mammal sp.

Scientific Name: n/a

Family: n/a

Class: Mammalia

Seal

Common Name: Grey Seal

Scientific Name: Halichoerus grypus

Family: Phocidae

Class: Mammalia

Common Name: Seal sp.

Scientific Name: n/a

Family: Phocidae

Class: Mammalia

Whale

Common Name: Common Minke Whale

Scientific Name: Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Family: Balaenopteridae

Class: Mammalia

Common Name: Whale sp.

Scientific Name: n/a

Family: n/a

Class: Mammalia

Dolphin / Porpoise

Dolphin

Common Name: Common Dolphin

Scientific Name: Delphinus delphis

Family: Delphinidae

Class: Mammalia

Common Name: White-beaked Dolphin

Scientific Name: Lagenorhynchus albirostris

Family: Delphinidae

Class: Mammalia

Common Name: Dolphin sp.

Scientific Name: n/a

Family: Delphinidae

Class: Mammalia

Porpoise

Common Name: Harbour Porpoise

Scientific Name: Phocoena phocoena

Family: Phocoenidae

Class: Mammalia

Fish

Shark

Common Name: Basking Shark

Scientific Name: Cetorhinus maximus

Family: Cetorhinidae

Class: Chondrichthyes

Common Name: Shark sp.

Scientific Name: n/a

Family: n/a

Class: Chondrichthyes

Bony fish

Common Name: Ocean Sunfish

Scientific Name: Mola mola

Family: Molidae

Class: Actinopterygii