Loons: (Family Gaviidae)

*Common Loon Gavia immer  

Grebes (Family Podicipedidae)

Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus

*Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps

Boobies, Gannets (Family Sulidae)

*Northern Gannet Morus bassanus

Pelicans (Family Pelecanidae)

*Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

Cormorants (Family Phalacrocoracidae)

*Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus

Herons, Bitterns (Family Ardeidae)

*American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus 

Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

Green Heron Butorides virescens  

Snowy Egret Egretta thula

Great Egret Ardea alba

*Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias

Ducks, Geese, Swans (Family Anatidae)

Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus

Snow Goose Chen caerulescens

*Canada Goose Branta canadensis

*Wood Duck Aix sponsa

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

American Black Duck Anas rubripes

*Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata

Canvasback Aythya valisineria

Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula

Bufflehead Bucephala albeola

Common Merganser Mergus merganser

Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator

*Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus

Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis

New World Vultures (Family Cathartidae)

*Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

Hawks, Kites, Eagles (Family Accipitridae)

*Osprey Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos

*Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus  

Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 

Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus 

*Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis  

Caracaras, Falcons (Family Falconidae)

American Kestrel Falco sparverius 

Merlin Falco columbarius

*Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

Grouse, Turkeys (Family Phasianidae)

*Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus

Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo 

Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus

Rails, Gallinules, Coots (Family Rallidae)

Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris 

*Virginia Rail Rallus limicola 

Cranes (Family Gruidae)

*Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis

Plovers (Family Charadriidae)

Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola

Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus

*Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 

Sandpipers (Family Scolopacidae)

*Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus 

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 

Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

Sanderling Calidris alba

Dunlin Calidris alpina

Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla

*Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 

*Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers (Family Laridae)

Laughing Gull Larus atricilla

*Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia

Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis

*Herring Gull Larus argentatus

Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus

*Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri

Least Tern Sterna antillarum 

Black Tern Childonias niger

Black Skimmer Rynchops niger

Auks, Murres, Puffins (Family Alcidae)

*Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica

Pigeons, Doves (Family Columbidae)

Rock Dove Columba livia

*Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 

Cuckoos, Roadrunners (Family Cuculidae)

*Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus 

Owls (Families Tytonidae and Strigidae)

Barn Owl Tyto alba

*Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 

*Barred Owl Strix varia 

*Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio 

Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus 

Nighthawks, Nightjars (F. Caprimulgidae)

Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor

*Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus 

Swifts (Family Apodidae)

*Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica

Hummingbirds (Family Trochilidae)

*Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris

Kingfishers (Family Alcedinidae)

*Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon 

Woodpeckers (Family Picidae)

Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 

*Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius

*Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens

Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus 

Tyrant Flycatchers (Family Tyrannidae)

Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens 

*Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii

*Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 

Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus

Shrikes (Family Laniidae)

*Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus

Vireos (Family Vireonidae)

Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons 

*Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius

Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 

Crows, Jays (Family Corvidae)

Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 

*American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos

Larks (Family Alaudidae)

*Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris

Swallows (Family Hirundinidae)

Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor

*Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Chickadees, Titmice (Family Paridae)

Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 

*Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 

Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis 

Creepers (Family Certhiidae)

*Brown Creeper Certhia americana 

Nuthatches (Family Sittidae)

*White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 

Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 

Wrens (Family Troglodytidae)

*House Wren Troglodytes aedon 

Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 

*Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 

Kinglets (Family Regulidae)

*Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa

Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula

Gnatcatchers (Family Sylviidae)

*Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 

Thrushes (Family Turdidae)

Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 

Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 

*Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus

*American Robin Turdus migratorius 

Mockingbirds, Thrashers (F. Mimidae)

Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis

*Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 

*Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 

Starlings (Family Sturnidae)

European Starling Sturnus vulgaris

Waxwings (Family Bombycillidae)

*Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 

Wood-Warblers (Family Parulidae)

*Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus 

*Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata

Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia

Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens 

*Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia 

*Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 

Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens 

Tanagers (Family Thraupidae)

Summer Tanager Piranga rubra

*Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea 

Emberizids (Family Emberizidae)

*Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus 

Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla 

*Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina

Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 

*Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 

Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana

White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 

White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 

*Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 

Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis

Cardinals (Family Cardinalidae)

*Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus

*Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 

Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 

Blackbirds (Family Icteridae)

Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 

*Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 

Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula

*Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 

*Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 

Finches (Family Fringillidae)

Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus 

*House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus

*Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus 

*American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis 

Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus

Old World Sparrows (Family Passeridae)

*House Sparrow Passer domesticus