Avibase Page 1of 16 Col Location Date Start time Duration Distance Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World 1 Country or region: Maine 2 <b>Note:</b> The AOU checklist only covers North American birds. 3 Number of species: 471 4 Number of endemics: 0 5 Number of breeding endemics: 0 6 Number of introduced species: 8 7 Date last reviewed: 2019-12-25 8 9 10 Recommended citation: Lepage, D. 2021. Checklist of the birds of Maine. Avibase, the world bird database. Retrieved from .https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?lang=EN&region=usme [30/09/2021]. Make your observations count! Submit your data to ebird.org - Legend: [x] accidental [ex] extirpated [EX] extinct [EW] extinct in the wild [E] endemic [e] endemic (country/region) Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis Rare/Accidental Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Rare/Accidental Snow Goose Anser caerulescens Ross's Goose Anser rossii Rare/Accidental Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Rare/Accidental Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Rare/Accidental Brant Branta bernicla Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Rare/Accidental Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Rare/Accidental Canada Goose Branta canadensis Introduced species Mute Swan Cygnus olor Introduced species Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator Rare/Accidental Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Rare/Accidental Wood Duck Aix sponsa Garganey Spatula querquedula Rare/Accidental Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata Gadwall Mareca strepera Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope American Wigeon Mareca americana Mallard Anas platyrhynchos American Black Duck Anas rubripes Northern Pintail Anas acuta Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Avibase Page 2of 16 Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Redhead Aythya americana Rare/Accidental Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Rare/Accidental Greater Scaup Aythya marila Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Rare/Accidental King Eider Somateria spectabilis Common Eider Somateria mollissima Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Black Scoter Melanitta americana Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Common Merganser Mergus merganser Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus Spruce Grouse Canachites canadensis Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus Rare/Accidental Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Introduced species PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Rare/Accidental Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Rare/Accidental Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii Rare/Accidental COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae Rock Pigeon Columba livia Introduced species Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata Rare/Accidental Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto Rare/Accidental Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica Rare/Accidental Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Avibase Page 3of 16 Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis Rare/Accidental Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus APODIFORMES: Apodidae Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica APODIFORMES: Trochilidae Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus Rare/Accidental Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope Rare/Accidental Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Rare/Accidental GRUIFORMES: Rallidae Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans Rare/Accidental King Rail Rallus elegans Rare/Accidental Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Corn Crake Crex crex Rare/Accidental Sora Porzana carolina Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata American Coot Fulica americana Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus Rare/Accidental Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis Rare/Accidental GRUIFORMES: Gruidae Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Rare/Accidental American Avocet Recurvirostra americana Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Rare/Accidental Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Avibase Page 4of 16 Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria Rare/Accidental American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva Rare/Accidental Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Rare/Accidental Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Piping Plover Charadrius melodus Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia Rare/Accidental Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis Extirpated Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Rare/Accidental Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Rare/Accidental Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Rare/Accidental Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Rare/Accidental Red Knot Calidris canutus Surfbird Calidris virgata Rare/Accidental Ruff Calidris pugnax Rare/Accidental Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Rare/Accidental Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Rare/Accidental Sanderling Calidris alba Dunlin Calidris alpina Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus American Woodcock Scolopax minor Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Rare/Accidental Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Willet Tringa semipalmata Avibase Page 5of 16 Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae Great Skua Stercorarius skua South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Rare/Accidental Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Alcidae Dovekie Alle alle Common Murre Uria aalge Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia Razorbill Alca torda Great Auk Pinguinus impennis Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Rare/Accidental Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Rare/Accidental Sabine's Gull Xema sabini Rare/Accidental Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Rare/Accidental Mew Gull Larus canus Rare/Accidental Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Herring Gull Larus argentatus Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Rare/Accidental Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Rare/Accidental Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Rare/Accidental Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Rare/Accidental Least Tern Sternula antillarum Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Rare/Accidental Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Avibase Page 6of 16 Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Black Tern Chlidonias niger White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Rare/Accidental Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Common Tern Sterna hirundo Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Rare/Accidental Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Rare/Accidental Black Skimmer Rynchops niger Rare/Accidental PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Rare/Accidental Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Rare/Accidental GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica Rare/Accidental Common Loon Gavia immer Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii Rare/Accidental PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Rare/Accidental Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Rare/Accidental PROCELLARIIFORMES: Oceanitidae Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae European Storm-Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus Rare/Accidental Leach's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous PROCELLARIIFORMES: