Bird List Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Sighted at Common Name Scientific Name Great Bay  American bittern Botaurus lentiginosus American black duck Anas rubripes American coot Fulica americana American crow Corvus brachyrhynchos American goldfinch Carduelis tristis American green-winged teal Anas crecca American kestrel Falco sparverius American redstart Setophaga ruticilla American robin Turdus migratorius American tree sparrow Spizella arborea American wigeon Anas americana American Scolopax minor Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Baltimore oriole Icterus galbula Bank swallow Riparia riparia Barn swallow Hirundo rustica Strix varida Belted kingfisher Ceryle alcyon Black and white warbler Mniotilta varia Black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Black-capped chickadee Poecile atricapilla Black-throated green warbler Dendroica virens Blue jay Cyanocitta cristata Blue-headed vireo Vireo solitarius Blue-winged warbler Vermivora pinus Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Broad-winged hawk Buteo platypterus Brown creeper Certhia americana Brown thrasher Toxostoma rufum Brown-headed cowbird Molothrus ater Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Canada goose Branta canadensis Canada warbler Wilsonia canadensis Cedar waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Chestnut-sided warbler Dendroica pensylvanica Chimney swift Chaetura pelagica Chipping sparrow Spizella passerina Cliff swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonora Common goldeneye Bucephala clangula Common grackle Quiscalus quiscula Common merganser Mergus merganser Common nighthawk Choerdeiles minor Common raven Corvus corax Common tern Sterna hirundo Common yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Cooper's hawk Accipiter cooperii Dark-eyed junco Junco hyemalis Double-crested cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Downy woodpecker Picoides pubescens Eastern bluebird Sialia sialis Eastern kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Eastern meadowlark Sturnella magna Eastern phoebe Sayornis phoebe Eastern towhee Pipolo erythrophthalmus Eastern wood-pewee Contopus virens European starling Sturnus vulgaris Field sparrow Spizella pusilla Gadwall Anas strepera Golden-crowned kinglet Regulus satrapa Gray catbird Dumetella carolinensis Great black-backed gull Larus marinus Great blue heron Ardea herodias Great-crested flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Great egret Ardea alba Great horned owl Bubo virginianus Greater scaup Aythya marila Greater yellowlegs melanoleuca Green heron Butorides virescens Hairy woodpecker Picoides villosus Herring gull Larus argentatus Hooded merganser Lophodytes cucullatus House finch Carpodacus mexicanus House wren Troglodytes aedon Passerina cyanea Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Least minutilla Lesser scaup Aythya affinis Lesser yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Marsh wren Cistothorus palustris Mourning dove Zenaida macroura Mute swan Cygnus olor Northern cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Northern flicker Colaptes auratus Northern harrier Circus cyaneus Northern mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Northern pintail Anas acuta Northern waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis Orchard oriole Icterus spurius Osprey Pandion haliaetus Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus Palm warbler Dendroica palmarum Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus Pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps Pileated woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Pine warbler Dendroica pinus Prairie warbler Dendroica discolor Purple finch Carpodacus purpureus Red-bellied woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator Red-breasted nuthatch Sitta canadensis Red-eyed vireo Vireo olivaceus Red-shouldered hawk Buteo lineatus Red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis Red-winged blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Ring-billed gull Larus delawarensis Ring-necked duck Aythya collaris Rose-breasted grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Ruby-crowned kinglet Regulus calendula Ruby-throated hummingbird Archilochus colubris Ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis Bonasa umbellus Rusty blackbird Euphagus carolinus Saltmarsh sparrow Ammodramus caudacutus Savannah sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Scarlet tanager Piranga olivacea Sharp-shinned hawk Accipiter striatus Snowy egret Egretta thula Solitary sandpiper Tringa solitaria Song sparrow Melospiza melodia Sora Porzana carolina Spotted sandpiper macularia Tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor Tufted titmouse Baeolophus bicolor Turkey vulture Cathartes aura Upland sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Veery Catharus fuscenscens Vesper sparrow Pooecetes gramineus Virginia rail Rallus limicola Warbling vireo Vireo gilvus White-breasted nuthatch Sitta carolinensis White-eyed vireo Vireo griseus White-throated sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Meleagris gallopavo Empidonax trailli Winter wren Troglodytes troglodytes Wood duck Aix sponda Wood thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yellow warbler Dendroica petechia Yellow-bellied flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yellow-rumped warbler Dendroica coronata Yellow-throated vireo Vireo flavifrons

Revised April, 2012