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Bird Checklist for the East Coast Bird Checklist for the East Coast Seen Common Name Latin Name Seen Common Name Latin Name Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata Common Scoter Melanitta nigra Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca Common Loon Gavia immer Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Common Merganser Mergus merganser Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Northern Gannet Morus bassanus Black Vulture Coragyps atratus American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Osprey Pandion haliaetus Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus Great Egret Casmerodius albus Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Snowy Egret Egretta thula Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis American Kestrel Falco sparverius Green Heron Butorides striatus Merlin Falco columbarius Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus White Ibis Eudocimus albus Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris Mute Swan Cygnus olor King Rail Rallus elegans Snow Goose Chen caerulescens Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Ross' Goose Chen rossii Sora Porzana carolina Brant Branta bernicla Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis American Coot Fulica americana Wood Duck Aix sponsa Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus American Black Duck Anas rubripes Piping Plover Charadrius melodus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Northern Pintail Anas acuta American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata American Avocet Recurvirostra americana Gadwall Anas strepera Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes American Wigeon Anas americana Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Canvasback Aythya valisineria Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Redhead Aythya americana Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Greater Scaup Aythya marila Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Common Eider Somateria mollissima Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa King Eider Somateria spectabilis Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Red Knot Calidris canutus Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Sanderling Calidris alba Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 1 Bird Checklist for the East Coast Seen Common Name Latin Name Seen Common Name Latin Name Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus Northern Parula Parula americana Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina Purple Martin Progne subis Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx erripennis Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens Bank Swallow Riparia riparia Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca Cliff Swallow Hirundo pyrrhonota Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica Cave Swallow Hirundo fulva Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata Common Raven Corvus corax Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea Black-capped Chickadee Parus atricapillus Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Carolina Chickadee Parus carolinensis American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Tufted Titmouse Parus bicolor Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorus White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus Brown Creeper Certhia americana Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla House Wren Troglodytes aedon Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis Veery Catharus fuscescens Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus American Robin Turdus migratorius Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Dickcissel Spiza americana Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus American Pipit Anthus rubescens American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus caudacutus Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana 2 Bird Checklist for the East Coast Seen Common Name Latin Name Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Dunlin Calidris alpina Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Ruff Philomachus pugnax Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago American Woodcock Scolopax minor Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria Laughing Gull Larus atricilla Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Herring Gull Larus argentatus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Ross' Gull Rhodostethia rosea Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica Caspian Tern Sterna caspia Royal Tern Sterna maxima Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Common Tern Sterna hirundo Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Least Tern Sterna antillarum Black Skimmer Rynchops niger Rock Pigeon Columba livia Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilocus colubris Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens Olive-sided Flycatcher Nuttallornis borealis Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris 3 Bird Checklist for the East Coast Seen Common Name Latin Name White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius Northern Oriole Icterus galbula Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis House Sparrow Passer domesticus 4.
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