Checklist of the Birds of Wisconsin 2017 - Wisconsin Society for Ornithology Abundance: 1=abundant or common; 2=uncommon 3=rare, irregular; 4=casual or accidental; 5=extinct Checklist of the Birds of Wisconsin 2017 - Wisconsin Society for Ornithology Common name Scientific name Abundance Review List Geese and Swans Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis casual Review Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor accidental 1 record Review Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons regular Snow Goose Chen caerulescens regular Ross's Goose Chen rossii regular Brant Branta bernicla accidental Review Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii regular Canada Goose Branta canadensis regular Mute Swan Cygnus olor regular Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator regular Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus regular Ducks Wood Duck Aix sponsa regular Gadwall Anas strepera regular Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope casual Review American Wigeon Anas americana regular American Black Duck Anas rubripes regular Mallard Anas platyrhynchos regular Blue-winged Teal Anas discors regular Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera casual Review Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata regular Northern Pintail Anas acuta regular Garganey Anas querquedula accidental 1 record Review Green-winged Teal Anas crecca regular Canvasback Aythya valisineria regular Redhead Aythya americana regular Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris regular Greater Scaup Aythya marila regular Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis regular King Eider Somateria spectabilis casual Review Common Eider Somateria mollissima accidental 7 records Review Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus rare Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata regular White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca regular Black Scoter Melanitta americana regular Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis regular Bufflehead Bucephala albeola regular Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula regular Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica casual Review Abundance: 1=abundant or common; 2=uncommon 3=rare, irregular; 4=casual or accidental; 5=extinct Checklist of the Birds of Wisconsin 2017 - Wisconsin Society for Ornithology Common name Scientific name Abundance Review List Smew Mergellus albellus accidental 1 record Review Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus regular Common Merganser Mergus merganser regular Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator regular Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus accidental 1 record Review Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis regular Bobwhite through Turkey Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus rare Gray Partridge Perdix perdix rare Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus regular Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus regular Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis rare Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus accidental 1 record Review Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus rare Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido regular Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo regular Grebes Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps regular Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus regular Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena rare Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis rare Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis rare Pigeons and Doves Rock Pigeon Columba livia regular Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata accidental 5 records Review Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto regular Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius extinct Inca Dove Columbina inca accidental 1 record Review Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina accidental 3 records Review White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica casual Review Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura regular Cuchoos and Ani Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus regular Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus regular Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris accidental 15 records Review Nightjars and Swift Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor regular Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis rare Review Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus regular Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica regular Hummingbirds Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus accidental 7 records Review Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii accidental 1 record Review Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris regular Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna casual Review Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus rare Review Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris accidental 2 records Review Rails through Cranes Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis rare Review Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis accidental 7 records Review King Rail Rallus elegans rare Review Virginia Rail Rallus limicola regular Abundance: 1=abundant or common; 2=uncommon 3=rare, irregular; 4=casual or accidental; 5=extinct Checklist of the Birds of Wisconsin 2017 - Wisconsin Society for Ornithology Common name Scientific name Abundance Review List Sora Porzana carolina regular Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus accidental 19 records Review Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata regular American Coot Fulica americana regular Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis regular Whooping Crane Grus americana rare Shorebirds Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus rare American Avocet Recurvirostra americana regular Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola regular American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica regular Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus accidental 5 records Review Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia accidental 3 records Review Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus regular Piping Plover Charadrius melodus rare Killdeer Charadrius vociferus regular Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda rare Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis accidental 2 records Review Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus rare Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus accidental 9 records Review Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica rare Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa rare Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres regular Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala accidental 1 record Review Red Knot Calidris canutus rare Ruff Calidris pugnax casual Review Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus regular Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea accidental 9 records Review Sanderling Calidris alba regular Dunlin Calidris alpina regular Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima casual Review Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii regular Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla regular White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis regular Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis regular Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos regular Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla regular Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri rare Review Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus regular Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus regular Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata regular American Woodcock Scolopax minor regular Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius regular Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria regular Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca regular Willet Tringa semipalmata regular Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes regular Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor regular Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus rere Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius rare Review Jaegers Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus casual Review Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus regular Review Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus casual Review Dovekie through Murrelet Dovekie Alle alle accidental 2 records Review Abundance: 1=abundant or common; 2=uncommon 3=rare, irregular; 4=casual or accidental; 5=extinct Checklist of the Birds of Wisconsin 2017 - Wisconsin Society for Ornithology Common name Scientific name Abundance Review List Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia accidental 1 record Review Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus accidental 6 records Review Gulls and Terns Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla casual Review Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea accidental 13 records Review Sabine's Gull Xema sabini rare Review Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia regular Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus accidental 15 records Review Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus rare Review Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea accidental 1 record Review Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla rare Review Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan regular Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris accidental 2 records Review Mew Gull Larus canus casual Review Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis regular California Gull Larus californicus casual Review Herring Gull Larus argentatus regular Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri regular Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides regular Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus regular Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus casual Review Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens accidental 6 records Review Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus regular Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus regular Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus accidental 1 record Review Least Tern Sternula antillarum accidental 15 records Review Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia regular Black Tern Chlidonias niger regular White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus accidental 2 records Review Common Tern Sterna hirundo regular Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea casual Review Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri regular Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus accidental 4 records Review Loons Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata regular Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica rare Review Common Loon Gavia immer regular Stork Wood Stork Mycteria americana accidental 5 records Review Frigatebird, Cormorants, and Anhinga Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens accidental 3 records Review Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus accidental 1 record Review Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus regular Anhinga Anhinga anhinga accidental 11 records Review Pelicans American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos regular Brown