Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
Checklist Bargraph Data
ABUNDANCE DEFINITIONS ABUNDANT: Present in moderate to large numbers, and easily found in suitable habitat at the right time of year.
COMMON: Present in small to moderate numbers, and usually can be found in suitable habitat at the right time of year.
UNCOMMON: Present in small numbers, and sometimes but not always found with some effort in suitable habitat at the right time of year.
OCCASIONAL: Occurs annually in very small numbers. Not to be expected on any given day, but some species might be found with extended effort over the course of the appropriate season(s).
RARE: Occurs less than annually, but there tends to be a pattern over time at the right time of year in suitable habitat; 4 or more records in last 10 years.
ACCIDENTAL: Represents an exceptional occurrence that might not be repeated again for years; 3 or fewer records in last 10 years.
IRRUPTIVE: Represents an irruptive species whose numbers are highly variable from year to year. There may be small to even large numbers present in one year, while in another year it may be absent altogether.
SYMBOLS USED * after species name indicates breeding X Exotic # Extralimital S Specialty J F M A M J J A S O N D
Ducks, Geese, and Swans __Snow Goose __Snow Goose __Ross’s Goose __Brant # __Canada Goose __Mute Swan X __Tundra Swan S __Wood Duck # __Gadwall* __Eurasian Wigeon __American Wigeon __American Black Duck* __Mallard* __Blue-winged Teal __Northern Shoveler __Northern Pintail S __Green-winged Teal __Green-winged Teal __Canvasback __Redhead __Ring-necked Duck __Greater Scaup __Lesser Scaup __King Eider __Common Eider __Harlequin Duck __Surf Scoter __White-winged Scoter __Black Scoter __Long-tailed Duck __Bufflehead __Common Goldeneye __Hooded Merganser __Common Merganser __Red-breasted Merganser __Ruddy Duck
Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail __Ring-necked Pheasant
New World Quail __Northern Bobwhite #
Loons __Red-throated Loon __Common Loon J F M A M J J A S O N D
Grebes __Pied-billed Grebe __Horned Grebe __Red-necked Grebe __Eared Grebe
Shearwaters and Petrels __Cory’s Shearwater # __Greater Shearwater # __Sooty Shearwater # __Manx Shearwater # __Audubon’s Shearwater #
Storm-Petrels __Wilson’s Storm-Petrel # __Leach’s Storm-Petrel #
Boobies and Gannets __Northern Gannet S
Pelicans __American White Pelican __Brown Pelican* S
Cormorants __Double-crested Cormorant __Great Cormorant #
Frigatebirds __Magnificent Frigatebird #
Herons, Bitterns, and Allies __American Bittern __Least Bittern __Great Blue Heron __Great Egret __Snowy Egret __Little Blue Heron __Tricolored Heron __Reddish Egret # __Cattle Egret __Green Heron __Black-crowned Night-Heron __Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Ibises and Spoonbills __White Ibis __Glossy Ibis
New World Vultures __Turkey Vulture J F M A M J J A S O N D
Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies __Osprey* __Swallow-tailed Kite __Mississippi Kite __Bald Eagle __Northern Harrier __Sharp-shinned Hawk __Cooper’s Hawk __Red-shouldered Hawk __Broad-winged Hawk __Red-tailed Hawk __Rough-legged Hawk
Caracaras and Falcons __American Kestrel __Merlin __Peregrine Falcon
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots __Yellow Rail __Black Rail # __Clapper Rail* __King Rail* __Virginia Rail* __Sora __Common Moorhen # __American Coot
Lapwings and Plovers __Black-bellied Plover __American Golden-Plover __Wilson’s Plover # __Semipalmated Plover __Piping Plover* __Killdeer*
Oystercatchers __American Oystercatcher*
Stilts and Avocets __Black-necked Stilt* __American Avocet S
Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies __Spotted Sandpiper # __Solitary Sandpiper __Greater Yellowlegs __Willet* __Lesser Yellowlegs J F M A M J J A S O N D
Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies __Upland Sandpiper # __Whimbrel __Long-billed Curlew # __Hudsonian Godwit __Marbled Godwit __Ruddy Turnstone __Red Knot __Sanderling __Semipalmated Sandpiper __Western Sandpiper __Least Sandpiper __White-rumped Sandpiper __Baird’s Sandpiper __Pectoral Sandpiper __Purple Sandpiper __Dunlin __Curlew Sandpiper # __Stilt Sandpiper # __Buff-breasted Sandpiper # __Ruff # __Short-billed Dowitcher __Long-billed Dowitcher __Wilson’s Snipe __American Woodcock # __Wilson’s Phalarope # __Red-necked Phalarope # __Red Phalarope #
Skuas, Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers __Laughing Gull* __Little Gull __Black-headed Gull # __Bonaparte’s Gull __Ring-billed Gull __California Gull # __Herring Gull* __Thayer’s Gull # __Iceland Gull # __Lesser Black-backed Gull __Glaucous Gull # __Great Black-backed Gull* __Black-legged Kittiwake # __Sooty Tern # __Least Tern* __Gull-billed Tern J F M A M J J A S O N D
Skuas, Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers __Caspian Tern* __Black Tern __Roseate Tern # __Common Tern __Forster’s Tern __Royal Tern* __Sandwich Tern* __Black Skimmer*
Skuas and Jaegers __South Polar Skua # __Pomarine Jaeger # __Parasitic Jaeger # __Long-tailed Jaeger #
Auks, Murres, and Puffins __Dovekie # __Razorbill #
Pigeons and Doves __Rock Pigeon # __Eurasian Collared-Dove # __White-winged Dove # __Mourning Dove*
Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis __Yellow-billed Cuckoo __Black-billed Cuckoo
Typical Owls __Eastern Screech-Owl # __Great Horned Owl* # __Short-eared Owl # __Northern Saw-whet Owl #
Goatsuckers __Common Nighthawk __Chuck-will’s-widow # __Whip-poor-will #
Swifts __Chimney Swift #
Hummingbirds __Ruby-throated Hummingbird # __Rufous Hummingbird # J F M A M J J A S O N D
Kingfishers __Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers and Allies __Red-headed Woodpecker # __Red-bellied Woodpecker # __Yellow-bellied Sapsucker __Downy Woodpecker # __Hairy Woodpecker # __Northern Flicker __Pileated Woodpecker #
Tyrant Flycatchers __Eastern Wood-Pewee __Yellow-bellied Flycatcher __Acadian Flycatcher
__Willow/Alder Flycatcher
Tyrant Flycatchers __Least Flycatcher __Eastern Phoebe __Great Crested Flycatcher __Western Kingbird __Eastern Kingbird __Gray Kingbird # __Scissor-tailed Flycatcher #
Vireos __White-eyed Vireo __Yellow-throated Vireo # __Blue-headed Vireo __Warbling Vireo # __Philadelphia Vireo __Red-eyed Vireo
Crows and Jays __Blue Jay __American Crow __Fish Crow
Larks __Horned Lark #
Swallows __Purple Martin __Tree Swallow __Northern Rough-winged Swallow # __Bank Swallow # __Cliff Swallow # J F M A M J J A S O N D
Swallows __Barn Swallow
Chickadees and Titmice __Carolina Chickadee __Tufted Titmouse
Nuthatches __Red-breasted Nuthatch # __Brown-headed Nuthatch #
Creepers __Brown Creeper #
Wrens __Carolina Wren* __House Wren __Winter Wren __Sedge Wren __Marsh Wren
Kinglets __Golden-crowned Kinglet __Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers __Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Thrushes __Eastern Bluebird # __Veery # __Gray-cheeked Thrush # __Swainson’s Thrush # __Hermit Thrush # __Wood Thrush # __American Robin
Mockingbirds and Thrashers __Gray Catbird __Northern Mockingbird __Brown Thrasher
Starlings __European Starling #
Wagtails and Pipits __American Pipit #
Waxwings __Cedar Waxwing #
Wood-Warblers __Blue-winged Warbler # J F M A M J J A S O N D
Wood-Warblers __Golden-winged Warbler # __Tennessee Warbler # __Orange-crowned Warbler __Nashville Warbler # __Northern Parula __Yellow Warbler __Chestnut-sided Warbler # __Magnolia Warbler # __Cape May Warbler __Black-throated Blue Warbler __Yellow-rumped Warbler __Black-throated Green Warbler # __Blackburnian Warbler # __Yellow-throated Warbler __Pine Warbler __Prairie Warbler __Palm Warbler __Bay-breasted Warbler # __Blackpoll Warbler # __Black-and-white Warbler __American Redstart __Prothonotary Warbler __Worm-eating Warbler # __Ovenbird # __Northern Waterthrush # __Kentucky Warbler # __Connecticut Warbler # __Mourning Warbler # __Common Yellowthroat __Hooded Warbler # __Wilson’s Warbler # __Canada Warbler # __Yellow-breasted Chat
Tanagers __Summer Tanager # __Scarlet Tanager #
Emberizids __Eastern Towhee __Chipping Sparrow __Clay-colored Sparrow __Field Sparrow __Vesper Sparrow __Lark Sparrow __Savannah Sparrow J F M A M J J A S O N D __Ipswich Sparrow
Emberizids __Grasshopper Sparrow __Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow __Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow __Seaside Sparrow* __Fox Sparrow # __Song Sparrow __Lincoln’s Sparrow __Swamp Sparrow __White-throated Sparrow __White-crowned Sparrow __Dark-eyed Junco __Lapland Longspur # __Snow Bunting
Cardinals, Saltators, and Allies __Northern Cardinal* __Rose-breasted Grosbeak # __Blue Grosbeak # __Indigo Bunting # __Painted Bunting # __Dickcissel #
Blackbirds __Bobolink # __Red-winged Blackbird* __Eastern Meadowlark __Yellow-headed Blackbird # __Rusty Blackbird # __Common Grackle __Boat-tailed Grackle __Shiny Cowbird # __Brown-headed Cowbird # __Orchard Oriole # __Baltimore Oriole #
Fringilline and Cardueline Finches and Allies __Purple Finch __House Finch __Pine Siskin # __American Goldfinch __Evening Grosbeak #
Old World Sparrows __House Sparrow ACCIDENTALS Fulvous Whistling-Duck Arctic Tern Greater White-fronted Goose Great Skua Cinnamon Teal Common Murre Garganey Thick-billed Murre Pacific Loon Common Ground-Dove Western Grebe Snowy Owl Northern Fulmar Burrowing Owl Black-capped Petrel Antillean Nighthawk White-faced Storm-Petrel Olive-sided Flycatcher Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Vermilion Flycatcher White-tailed Tropicbird Ash-throated Flycatcher Masked Booby Tropical Kingbird Brown Booby Fork-tailed Flycatcher Anhinga Loggerhead Shrike Great Blue Heron Northern Shrike White-faced Ibis Cave Swallow Roseate Spoonbill White-breasted Nuthatch Wood Stork Bewick’s Wren Black Vulture Northern Wheatear Northern Goshawk Sage Thrasher Swainson’s Hawk Sprague’s Pipit Golden Eagle Black-throated Gray Warbler Purple Gallinule Townsend’s Warbler Sandhill Crane Cerulean Warbler Spotted Redshank Swainson’s Warbler Whimbrel Louisiana Waterthrush Black-tailed Godwit Western Tanager Bar-tailed Godwit American Tree Sparrow Little Stint Lark Bunting Franklin’s Gull Le Conte’s Sparrow Mew Gull Western Meadowlark Yellow-legged Gull Brewer’s Blackbird Sabine’s Gull Red Crossbill Bridled Tern White-winged Crossbill White-winged Tern Common Redpoll Roseate Tern