Cape May, New Jersey is a treat for birders. Mid-September to mid-October is the high season with an abundance of raptors, shorebirds and songbirds. Common sightings include osprey, American kestrel, merlin, peregrine falcon, northern harrier and sharp-shinned and Cooper’s hawks; black-bellied plover, American golden-plover, ruddy turnstone, western sandpiper, sanderling, and dunlin; as well as warblers, swallows, wrens, sparrows, and buntings.
Cape May – Birding Checklist
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae | ||
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | Rare/Accidental |
Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | Rare/Accidental |
Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
Snow Goose | Chen caerulescens | |
Ross’s Goose | Chen rossii | |
Brant | Branta bernicla | Rare/Accidental |
Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | Rare/Accidental |
Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | |
Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | |
Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Introduced species |
Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator | Rare/Accidental |
Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | |
Gadwall | Anas strepera | |
Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope | |
American Wigeon | Anas americana | |
American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors | |
Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | |
Redhead | Aythya americana | |
Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | |
Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | |
Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Near-threatened |
Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | |
Labrador Duck | Camptorhynchus labradorius | Extinct |
Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | |
White-winged Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | Near-threatened |
Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Vulnerable |
Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | |
Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
Barrow’s Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica | Rare/Accidental |
Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | |
Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |
Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | |
GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae | ||
Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus | Near-threatened |
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae | ||
Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus | |
Greater Prairie-Chicken | Tympanuchus cupido | Vulnerable |
Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | |
GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae | ||
Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |
Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | Rare/Accidental |
Common Loon | Gavia immer | |
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae | ||
Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Vulnerable |
Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | Rare/Accidental |
Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis | Rare/Accidental |
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae | ||
Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Rare/Accidental |
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae | ||
Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | |
Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata | Rare/Accidental |
Cory’s Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | |
Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | |
Audubon’s Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae | ||
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Rare/Accidental |
Leach’s Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | |
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma castro | Rare/Accidental |
PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae | ||
White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Rare/Accidental |
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae | ||
Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | Rare/Accidental |
SULIFORMES: Fregatidae | ||
Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | Rare/Accidental |
SULIFORMES: Sulidae | ||
Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Rare/Accidental |
Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | |
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae | ||
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | Rare/Accidental |
Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus | |
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae | ||
Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | Rare/Accidental |
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae | ||
American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | |
Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae | ||
American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | |
Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | |
Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | |
Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae | ||
White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi | Rare/Accidental |
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Cathartidae | ||
Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae | ||
Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae | ||
Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | Rare/Accidental |
Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis | |
Northern Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
Cooper’s Hawk | Accipiter cooperii | |
Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | |
Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus | |
Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | |
Swainson’s Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | Rare/Accidental |
Zone-tailed Hawk | Buteo albonotatus | Rare/Accidental |
Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | |
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae | ||
Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis | Rare/Accidental |
Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | |
Corn Crake | Crex crex | Rare/Accidental |
King Rail | Rallus elegans | Near-threatened |
Clapper Rail | Rallus crepitans | |
Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | |
Sora | Porzana carolina | |
Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinicus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
American Coot | Fulica americana | |
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae | ||
Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae | ||
Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | |
American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae | ||
American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae | ||
Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |
Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Lesser Sand-Plover | Charadrius mongolus | Rare/Accidental |
Wilson’s Plover | Charadrius wilsonia | Rare/Accidental |
Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | Near-threatened |
Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae | ||
Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | |
Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Rare/Accidental |
Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | Rare/Accidental |
Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | |
Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Rare/Accidental |
Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | |
Baird’s Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Rare/Accidental |
Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | |
White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Near-threatened |
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Near-threatened |
Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | |
Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | |
Wilson’s Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
American Woodcock | Scolopax minor | |
Wilson’s Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | |
Willet | Tringa semipalmata | |
Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae | ||
Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | Rare/Accidental |
South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Alcidae | ||
Dovekie | Alle alle | |
Common Murre | Uria aalge | Rare/Accidental |
Thick-billed Murre | Uria lomvia | Rare/Accidental |
Razorbill | Alca torda | Near-threatened |
Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | Rare/Accidental |
Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica | Vulnerable |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae | ||
Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
Ivory Gull | Pagophila eburnea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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 |
Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | Rare/Accidental |
Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
California Gull | Larus californicus | Rare/Accidental |
Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
Thayer’s Gull | Larus thayeri | |
Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
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 | |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Rare/Accidental |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Rare/Accidental |
Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Rare/Accidental |
Forster’s Tern | Sterna forsteri | |
Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | |
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae | ||
Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata | Rare/Accidental |
Passenger Pigeon | Ectopistes migratorius | Extinct |
Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Rare/Accidental |
Common Ground-Dove | Columbina passerina | Rare/Accidental |
White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | |
Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae | ||
Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | |
Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | |
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae | ||
Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae | ||
Eastern Screech-Owl | Megascops asio | |
Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | |
Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | |
Barred Owl | Strix varia | |
Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus | |
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae | ||
Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | Rare/Accidental |
Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
Chuck-will’s-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis | |
Eastern Whip-poor-will | Antrostomus vociferus | |
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae | ||
Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | Rare/Accidental |
Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | Near-threatened |
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Trochilidae | ||
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | |
Black-chinned Hummingbird | Archilochus alexandri | Rare/Accidental |
Broad-tailed Hummingbird | Selasphorus platycercus | Rare/Accidental |
Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | Rare/Accidental |
Allen’s Hummingbird | Selasphorus sasin | Rare/Accidental |
Calliope Hummingbird | Selasphorus calliope | Rare/Accidental |
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae | ||
Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
PICIFORMES: Picidae | ||
Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | Near-threatened |
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 | |
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae | ||
Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway | Rare/Accidental |
American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae | ||
Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | Near-threatened |
Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens | |
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris | |
Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens | |
Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum | |
Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii | |
Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | |
Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | |
Say’s Phoebe | Sayornis saya | Rare/Accidental |
Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | Rare/Accidental |
Ash-throated Flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens | Rare/Accidental |
Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | |
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes luteiventris | Rare/Accidental |
Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis | |
Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | |
Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | Rare/Accidental |
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | Rare/Accidental |
Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | Rare/Accidental |
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae | ||
Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae | ||
White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | |
Bell’s Vireo | Vireo bellii | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | |
Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius | |
Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | |
Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | |
Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae | ||
Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | |
American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | |
Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus | |
Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae | ||
Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae | ||
Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | |
Purple Martin | Progne subis | |
Brown-chested Martin | Progne tapera | Rare/Accidental |
Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | |
Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina | Rare/Accidental |
Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva | Rare/Accidental |
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae | ||
Carolina Chickadee | Poecile carolinensis | |
Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus | |
Tufted Titmouse | Baeolophus bicolor | |
PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae | ||
Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | |
White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis | |
Brown-headed Nuthatch | Sitta pusilla | |
PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae | ||
Brown Creeper | Certhia americana | |
PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae | ||
Rock Wren | Salpinctes obsoletus | Rare/Accidental |
House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
Winter Wren | Troglodytes hiemalis | |
Sedge Wren | Cistothorus platensis | |
Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | |
Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus | |
PASSERIFORMES: Polioptilidae | ||
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | |
PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae | ||
Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula | |
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae | ||
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Rare/Accidental |
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae | ||
Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | |
Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | Rare/Accidental |
Townsend’s Solitaire | Myadestes townsendi | Rare/Accidental |
Veery | Catharus fuscescens | |
Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | |
Bicknell’s Thrush | Catharus bicknelli | Vulnerable |
Swainson’s Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | |
Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | |
Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | Near-threatened |
American Robin | Turdus migratorius | |
Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius | Rare/Accidental |
PASSERIFORMES: Mimidae | ||
Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | |
Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | |
Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | |
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae | ||
European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae | ||
American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
PASSERIFORMES: Bombycillidae | ||
Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | Rare/Accidental |
Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | |
PASSERIFORMES: Calcariidae | ||
Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | |
Smith’s Longspur | Calcarius pictus | Rare/Accidental |
Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae | ||
Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | |
Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorum | |
Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla | |
Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | Near-threatened |
Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora cyanoptera | |
Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | |
Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | |
Swainson’s Warbler | Limnothlypis swainsonii | Rare/Accidental |
Tennessee Warbler | Oreothlypis peregrina | |
Orange-crowned Warbler | Oreothlypis celata | |
Nashville Warbler | Oreothlypis ruficapilla | |
Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis | |
MacGillivray’s Warbler | Geothlypis tolmiei | Rare/Accidental |
Mourning Warbler | Geothlypis philadelphia | |
Kentucky Warbler | Geothlypis formosa | |
Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | |
American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | |
Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea | Vulnerable |
Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | |
Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | |
Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea | |
Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca | |
Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | |
Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica | |
Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | |
Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens | |
Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | |
Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus | |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-throated Warbler | Setophaga dominica | |
Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | |
Black-throated Gray Warbler | Setophaga nigrescens | Rare/Accidental |
Townsend’s Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | Rare/Accidental |
Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens | |
Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis | |
Wilson’s Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | |
Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | |
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae | ||
Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | |
Henslow’s Sparrow | Ammodramus henslowii | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Le Conte’s Sparrow | Ammodramus leconteii | Rare/Accidental |
Nelson’s Sparrow | Ammodramus nelsoni | |
Saltmarsh Sparrow | Ammodramus caudacutus | Vulnerable |
Seaside Sparrow | Ammodramus maritimus | |
American Tree Sparrow | Spizelloides arborea | |
Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | |
Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | |
Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla | |
Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | |
Lark Bunting | Calamospiza melanocorys | Rare/Accidental |
Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca | |
Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | |
White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | Rare/Accidental |
Golden-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla | Rare/Accidental |
Harris’s Sparrow | Zonotrichia querula | Rare/Accidental |
White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | |
Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus | |
Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | |
Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | |
Lincoln’s Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | |
Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | |
Spotted Towhee | Pipilo maculatus | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | |
PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae | ||
Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | |
Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | |
Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | |
Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | |
Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Dickcissel | Spiza americana | |
PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae | ||
Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | |
Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | |
Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | |
Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | |
Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | Vulnerable |
Brewer’s Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | |
Boat-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus major | |
Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | |
Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | |
Bullock’s Oriole | Icterus bullockii | Rare/Accidental |
Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | |
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae | ||
Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | Rare/Accidental |
Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | |
House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | |
Purple Finch | Haemorhous purpureus | |
Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | |
Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
Hoary Redpoll | Acanthis hornemanni | Rare/Accidental |
Pine Siskin | Spinus pinus | |
American Goldfinch | Spinus tristis | |
Evening Grosbeak | Coccothraustes vespertinus | |
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae | ||
House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Rare/Accidental |
Last updated Mar 09 2017