EASTERN BIRD LIST, 7/99

EASTERN BIRD LIST - based on the 7th edition,Check-list of North American Birds, American Ornithologists' Union, 1998.**

**from: Field Guide to the Birds of North America, third edition, National Geographic, 1999.

*Regionals              Image1.gif (869 bytes)   vocalization required

Loons: (Family Gaviidae)

*Common Loon Gavia immer   Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Grebes (Family Podicipedidae)

Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus

*Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps

Boobies, Gannets (Family Sulidae)

*Northern Gannet Morus bassanus

Pelicans (Family Pelecanidae)

*Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

Cormorants (Family Phalacrocoracidae)

*Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus

Herons, Bitterns (Family Ardeidae)

*American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

Green Heron Butorides virescens   Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Snowy Egret Egretta thula

Great Egret Ardea alba

*Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias

Ducks, Geese, Swans (Family Anatidae)

Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus

Snow Goose Chen caerulescens

*Canada Goose Branta canadensis

*Wood Duck Aix sponsa

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

American Black Duck Anas rubripes

*Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata

Canvasback Aythya valisineria

Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula

Bufflehead Bucephala albeola

Common Merganser Mergus merganser

Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator

*Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus

Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis

New World Vultures (Family Cathartidae)

*Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

Hawks, Kites, Eagles (Family Accipitridae)

*Osprey Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos

*Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus   Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis   Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Caracaras, Falcons (Family Falconidae)

American Kestrel Falco sparverius  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Merlin Falco columbarius

*Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

Grouse, Turkeys (Family Phasianidae)

*Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus

Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus

Rails, Gallinules, Coots (Family Rallidae)

Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Virginia Rail Rallus limicola  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Cranes (Family Gruidae)

*Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis

Plovers (Family Charadriidae)

Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola

Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus

*Killdeer Charadrius vociferus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Sandpipers (Family Scolopacidae)

*Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

Sanderling Calidris alba

Dunlin Calidris alpina

Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla

*Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers (Family Laridae)

Laughing Gull Larus atricilla

*Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia

Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis

*Herring Gull Larus argentatus

Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus

*Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri

Least Tern Sterna antillarum  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Black Tern Childonias niger

Black Skimmer Rynchops niger

Auks, Murres, Puffins (Family Alcidae)

*Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica

Pigeons, Doves (Family Columbidae)

Rock Dove Columba livia

*Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Cuckoos, Roadrunners (Family Cuculidae)

*Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Owls (Families Tytonidae and Strigidae)

Barn Owl Tyto alba

*Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Barred Owl Strix varia  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Nighthawks, Nightjars (F. Caprimulgidae)

Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor

*Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Swifts (Family Apodidae)

*Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica

Hummingbirds (Family Trochilidae)

*Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris

Kingfishers (Family Alcedinidae)

*Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Woodpeckers (Family Picidae)

Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius

*Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens

Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Tyrant Flycatchers (Family Tyrannidae)

Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii

*Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus

Shrikes (Family Laniidae)

*Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus

Vireos (Family Vireonidae)

Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius

Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Crows, Jays (Family Corvidae)

Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos

Larks (Family Alaudidae)

*Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris

Swallows (Family Hirundinidae)

Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor

*Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Chickadees, Titmice (Family Paridae)

Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Creepers (Family Certhiidae)

*Brown Creeper Certhia americana  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Nuthatches (Family Sittidae)

*White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Wrens (Family Troglodytidae)

*House Wren Troglodytes aedon  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Kinglets (Family Regulidae)

*Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa

Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula

Gnatcatchers (Family Sylviidae)

*Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Thrushes (Family Turdidae)

Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus

*American Robin Turdus migratorius  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Mockingbirds, Thrashers (F. Mimidae)

Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis

*Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Starlings (Family Sturnidae)

European Starling Sturnus vulgaris

Waxwings (Family Bombycillidae)

*Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Wood-Warblers (Family Parulidae)

*Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata

Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia

Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Tanagers (Family Thraupidae)

Summer Tanager Piranga rubra

*Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Emberizids (Family Emberizidae)

*Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina

Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana

White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis

Cardinals (Family Cardinalidae)

*Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus

*Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Blackbirds (Family Icteridae)

Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula

*Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Finches (Family Fringillidae)

Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus

*Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

*American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis  Image1.gif (869 bytes)

Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus

Old World Sparrows (Family Passeridae)

*House Sparrow Passer domesticus

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