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Bay Wildlife. A few new species have been added to this

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Status Status Status Status W s S Breeding Habitat Breeding Habitat W s S F Breeding Habitat W s S F Goatsuckers Breeding Habitat W s S F Plovers F Honeycreepers Common ( Choredeilies minor ) NIA * R * R Pied-billed (Podilymbus ) B SP UUUU Black-bellied Plover ( Pluvialis squatorla ) NSPO**O Bananaquit ( Coereba flaveola ) BDFAAAA Antillean Nighthawk ( C. gundlachii ) BIA * RUR Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus) B SP UUUU American Golden-Plover ( P. ) NIA***R Tanagers Chuck-will’s-widow Shearwaters Wilson’s Plover ( Charadruis wilsonia ) BSP CCCC Scarlet Tanager ( Piranga olivacea) NDF * R * R ( Caprimulgus carolinensis ) N MF R R * R Audubon’s Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri)BOS RRRR Semipalmated Plover ( C. semipalmtus ) NSP CC* C Sparrows and Allies Killdeer ( C. vociferus ) B IA UURU Black-faced Grassquit ( Tiaris bicolor) BDFCCCC Green-throated Carib ( Eulampis holoserceus ) BDFCCCC White-tailed (Phaethon lepturus) BOS RRUU Oystercatchers Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Antillean Crested Red-billed Tropicbird (P. aetherus) B OS UURU American Oystercatcher ( Loxigilla noctis ) BDFCCCC ( Orthorhynchus cristatus ) BDFCCCC Boobies ( Haematopus palliatus ) B OS UUUU Cardinals and Allies Kingfishers Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) BOS RRRR Stilts Rose-breasted Grosbeak Belted Kingfisher ( Ceryle alcyon ) NOS CC* C Brown Booby (S. leucogaster) BOS AAAA Black-necked Stilt ( Himantopus mexicanus ) BSP CCCC ( Pheucticus ludovicianus ) NIA RR* R Red-footed Booby (S. sula) BOS RRRR Turnstones, Snipes and Sandpipers Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea ) NIA R * * R Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Pelicans Greater Yellowlegs ( Tringa melanoleuca ) NSP OR * O Indigo Bunting ( P. cyanea ) NIA RR* R ( Sphyrapicus varius ) NIAR**R Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) BOS AAAA Lesser Yellowlegs ( T. flavipes ) NSP CC* C Orioles and Allies Flycatchers Cormorants Solitary Sandpiper ( T. solitaria ) NSP * O* O Bobolink ( Dolichonyx oryzivorus ) NDFRR* R ( Elaenia martinica ) B DF UUUU Double-crested Cormorant Spotted Sandpiper ( Actitis macularia ) NSP CCRC Baltimore Oriole ( Icterus galbula ) NDFRR* R Puerto Rican Flycatcher (Phalacrocorax auritus) NOS UU* * Whimbrel ( Numenius phaeopus ) NSP***R Troupial ( I. icterus ) NDFRRRR ( Myiarchus antillarum ) PDFRRRR Frigatebirds Ruddy Turnstone ( Arenaria interpres ) NSP OORO Old World Sparrows Gray Kingbird ( Tyrannus dominicensis ) BIA AAAA Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)BOS AAAA Red Knot ( Calidris canutus ) N SP RRRR House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus ) P IA UUUU Vireos Herons, Egrets and Bitterns Sanderling ( C. alba ) N OS R R * R White-eyed Vireo ( Vireo griseus ) NDFRR* * Other Birds Of Interest American Bittern ( Botaurus lentiginosus) N SPR*** Semipalmated Sandpiper ( C. pusilla ) NSP OORO Yellow-throated Vireo ( V. flavifrons ) NDFR*** Great Blue Heron ( Ardea herodias) N OS C C R C Western Sandpiper ( C. mauri ) NSP OO* O Black-whiskered Vireo ( V. altiloquus ) B DF UUUU These breeding species were not included on this Great Egret ( A. alba ) B SP UUUU Least Sandpiper ( C. minutilla ) NSP OORO and Martins list because they have gone unreported and are perhaps Snowy Egret ( Egretta thula) B M UUUU White-rumped Sandpiper ( C. fuscicollis ) NSP * O* O Caribbean Martin ( dominicensis ) BOS RRR* extirpated in the area : Least Bittern,West Indian Little Blue Heron ( E. caerulea) BSP CCCC Pectoral Sandpiper ( C. melanotos ) NIA***R Bank ( Rapiria ) NOSR*** Whistling-, Caribbean Coot, Brown-throated Tricolored Heron ( E. tricolor) BM RRRR Dunlin ( C. alpina ) NOSR*** ( Petrochelisdon pyrrhonota ) NOSR**R Parakeet, Puerto Rican Screech , Antillean Mango, Egret ( Bubulcus ibis) BIA CCCC Stilt Sandpiper ( C. himantopus ) NSP OR * O ( rustica ) NOS R O* O Willet, and Shiny Cowbird. Green Heron ( Butorides virescens) BM CCCC Short-billed Dowitcher Mockingbirds and Thrashers Black-crowned Night-Heron ( Limnodromus griseus ) NSP ORRO Northern Mockingbird ( Mimus polyglottos ) B IA UUUU ( Nycticorax nycticorax) BM RRRR Wilson’s Snipe ( Gallinago delicata ) NIA RR* R Yellow-crowned Night Heron Gulls, and Jaegers Pearly-eyed Thrasher ( Allenia fusca ) BIA AAAA The following birds are considered Accidentals or ( Nyctanassa violacea ) B SP UUUU Wood Warblers Vagrants : Greater Shearwater, Wilson’s Storm Petrel, Pomarine Jaeger ( Stercorarius pomarinus ) NOSR*** Waterfowl Blue-winged Warbler ( Vermivora pinus ) NMFRR* * Leach’s Storm Petrel, Reddish Egret, Glossy Ibis, Laughing Gull ( Larus atricilla ) BOS * AAA American Wigeon ( Anas americana ) NSP RR* R Golden-winged Warbler ( V. chrysoptera ) NMFR*** Hooded Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Upland Sandpiper, Ring-billed Gull ( L. delawarensis ) NOSR*** Blue-winged Teal ( A. discors ) NSP CC* C Northern ( Parula americana ) NDFCC* O Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Artic , Black Gull-billed Tern ( Sterna nilotica ) PM **R* Northern Shoveler ( A. clypeata ) N SP RR* R Yellow Warbler ( Dendrocia petechia ) BM CCCC Tern, Red-eyed Vireo,Bay-breasted Warbler, Chimney Royal Tern ( S. maxima ) BOS CCRC White-cheeked Pintail ( A. bahamensis ) BSP CCCC Chestnut-sided Warbler ( D. pensylvanica ) NMF * R * * Swift,Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Veery, Sandwich Tern ( S. sandvicensis ) BOS* RUR Northern Pintail ( A. acuta ) NSPR*** ( D. magnolia ) NMFRR* R Tennessee Warbler, Swainson’s Warbler, and Dickcissel. Roseate Tern ( S. dougallii ) BOS* UCU Green-winged Teal ( A. crecca) NSPR*** Cape May Warbler ( D. tigrina ) NMFOO* O ( S. hirundo ) N OS RRRR Black-throated Blue Warbler (D. caerulescens ) NMFOO Please contact the V.I. National Park at 776- Ring-necked Duck ( Aythya collaris ) NSP OO* O Least Tern ( S. antillarum ) B OS * UUU *O6201 ext 238 to report sightings of any of the Lesser Scaup ( A. affinis ) NSP RR* * Bridled Tern ( S. anaethetus ) B OS * UU* Yellow-rumped Warbler ( D. coronata ) NDF OR * R above birds. Then send back this list to the Hawks and Harriers Sooty Tern ( S. fuscata ) B OS * UU* Black-throated Green Warbler ( D.virens ) NMFRR* R park accompanied by detailed written or Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ) NOS OO* O Brown Noddy ( Anous stolidus ) B OS * UUR Northern Harrier ( Circus cyaneus ) NSPR*** Pigeons and Doves Blackburnian Warbler ( D. fusca ) NDFR*** photographic material. Yellow-throated Warbler ( D. dominica ) NMR**R Sharp-shinned Hawk ( Accipiter striatus ) NMF***R Rock Dove ( Columba livia ) BIA RRRR ( D. discolor ) NDF OO* O Red-tailed Hawk ( Buteo jamaicensis ) B IA UUUU Scaly-naped Pigeon ( C. squamosa ) BMFCCCC ( D. palmarum ) NM OO* O Falcons White-crowned Pigeon ( C. leucocphala ) B M UUUU Blackpoll Warbler ( D. striata ) NDF * R * R American Kestrel ( Falco sparverius ) BIA CCCC White-winged Dove ( Zenaida asiatica ) PIA UUUU Black- and -white Warbler ( Mniotilta varia ) NMFUU* U Merlin ( F. columbarius ) NSP UUUU Zenaida Dove ( Z. aurita ) BIA AAAA American Redstart ( ruticilla ) NMF UU * U Peregrine Falcon ( F. peregrinus ) NOS UU* U Common Ground-Dove Prothonotary Warbler ( Protonotaria citea ) NM RR* R Guinea ( Columbina passerina ) BIA AAAA Worm-eating Warbler Helmeted Guinea Fowl ( Numida meleagris) B IA UUUU Bridled Quail-Dove ( G. mystacea ) B MFUUUU ( Helmitheros vermivorus ) NMFOO* O Rails, Gallinules and Coots Ruddy Quail-Dove ( Geotrygon montana ) PMFRRRR Clapper ( longirostris ) B M RRRR and Anis Ovenbird ( Seiurus aurocapillus ) NMFOO* O Northern Waterthrush ( S. noveboracensis ) NM CC* C The National Park Service cares for special places saved Sora Rail ( Porzana corolina ) NSP OO* O Yellow-billed ( Coccyzus americanus ) NMLOO* O Louisiana Waterthrush ( S. motacilla ) NMFRR* R by the American people so that all may experience our Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus ) B SP UUUU Mangrove Cockoo ( C. minor ) B DF UUUU Kentucky Warbler ( Oporornis formosus ) NMFR*** heritage. American Coot ( Fulica americana ) NSP OO* * Smooth-billed Ani ( Crotophaga ani ) B DF UUUU Common Yellowthroat ( Geothlypis trichas ) NMFRR* * EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA Hooded Warbler ( Wilsonia citrina ) NMFOO* O