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Field Check List of Maine Birds

GEESE and DUCKS
TINAMIDAE
GROUSE
PHASIANIDAE
LOONS
GAVIIDAE
GREBES
PODICIPEDIDAE

SHEARWATERS
PROCELLARIIDAE
STORM-PETRELS
HYDROBATIDAE
BOOBIES
SULIDAE
CORMORANTS
PHALACROCORACIDAE
BITTERNS and HERONS
ARDEIDAE
IBISES
THRESKIORNITHIDAE
VULTURES
CATHARTIDAE
HAWKS and EAGLES
ACCIPITRIDAE
FALCONS
FALCONIDAE
RAILS and ALLIES
RALLIDAE
CRANES
GRUIDAE
PLOVERS
CHARADRIIDAE
OYSTERCATCHERS
HAEMATOPODIDAE
SANDPIPERS
SCOLOPACIDAE
GULLS and TERNS
LARIDAE
ALCIDS
ALCIDAE
PIGEONS and DOVES
COLUMBIDAE
CUCKOOS
CUCULIDAE
OWLS
STRIGIDAE
NIGHTJARS
CAPRIMULGIDAE
SWIFTS
APODIDAE
HUMMINGBIRDS
TROCHILIDAE
KINGFISHERS
ALCEDINIDAE
WOODPECKERS
PICIDAE
FLYCATCHERS
FLUVICOLINAE
SHRIKES
LANIIDAE
VIREOS
VIREONIDAE
JAYS and CROWS
CORVIDAE
LARKS
ALAUDIDAE
SWALLOWS
HIRUNDINIDAE
CHICKADEES
PARIDAE
NUTHATCHES
SITTIDAE
CREEPERS
CERTHIIDAE
WRENS
TROGLODYTIDAE
KINGLETS
REGULIDAE
GNATCATCHERS
SYLVIIDAE
THRUSHES
TURDIDAE
MIMICS
MIMIDAE
STARLINGS
STURNIDAE
PIPITS
MOTACILLIDAE
WAXWINGS
BOMBYCILLIDAE
WOOD WARBLERS
PARULIDAE
TANAGERS
THRAUPIDAE
NEW WORLD SPARROWS
EMBERIZIDAE
CARDINALS and ALLIES
CARDINALIDAE
BLACKBIRDS
ICTERIDAE
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
PASSERIDAE

Watchlist Key

Audubon Watchlist 2002-2006 RED: Species in this category are declining rapidly, have very small populations or limited ranges, and face major conservation threats. These typically are species of global conservation concern.

Audubon Watchlist 2002-2006 YELLOW: this category includes those species that are also declining but at a slower rate than those in the red category. These typically are species of national conservation concern.

 

 

Field Checklist of Maine Birds

 

 

GEESE and DUCKS (TINAMIDAE)

Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Brant
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
King Eider
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's 'Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck

GROUSE (PHASIANIDAE)

Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Wild Turkey

LOONS (GAVIIDAE)

Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon

GREBES (PODICIPEDIDAE)

Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe

SHEARWATERS (PROCELLARIIDAE)

Northern Fulmar
Cory's Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater

STORM-PETRELS (HYDROBATIDAE)

Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel

BOOBIES (SULIDAE)

Northern Gannet

CORMORANTS (PHALACROCORACIDAE)

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant

BITTERNS and HERONS (ARDEIDAE)

American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

IBISES (THRESKIORNITHIDAE)

Glossy Ibis

VULTURES (CATHARTIDAE)

Turkey Vulture

HAWKS and EAGLES (ACCIPITRIDAE)

Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle

FALCONS (FALCONIDAE)

American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon

RAILS and ALLIES (RALLIDAE)

Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot

CRANES (GRUIDAE)

Sandhill Crane

PLOVERS (CHARADRIIDAE)

Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer

OYSTERCATCHERS (HAEMATOPODIDAE)

American Oystercatcher

SANDPIPERS (SCOLOPACIDAE)

Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope

GULLS and TERNS (LARIDAE)

Great Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Laughing Gull
Little Gull
Black-headed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Caspian Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern

ALCIDS (ALCIDAE)

Dovekie
Common Murre
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Atlantic Puffin

PIGEONS and DOVES (COLUMBIDAE)

Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove

CUCKOOS (CUCULIDAE)

Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo

OWLS (STRIGIDAE)

Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl

NIGHTJARS (CAPRIMULGIDAE)

Common Nighthawk
Whip-poor-will

SWIFTS (APODIDAE)

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Chimney Swift

HUMMINGBIRDS (TROCHILIDAE)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

KINGFISHERS (ALCEDINIDAE)

Belted Kingfisher

WOODPECKERS (PICIDAE)

Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Am. Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker

FLYCATCHERS (FLUVICOLINAE)

Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird

SHRIKES (LANIIDAE)

Northern Shrike

VIREOS (VIREONIDAE)

White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo

JAYS and CROWS (CORVIDAE)

Gray Jay
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven

LARKS (ALAUDIDAE)

Horned Lark

SWALLOWS (HIRUNDINIDAE)

Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow

CHICKADEES (PARIDAE)

Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse

NUTHATCHES (SITTIDAE)

Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch

CREEPERS (CERTHIIDAE)

Brown Creeper

WRENS (TROGLODYTIDAE)

Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren

KINGLETS (REGULIDAE)

Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

GNATCATCHERS (SYLVIIDAE)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

THRUSHES (TURDIDAE)

Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin

MIMICS (MIMIDAE)

Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher

STARLINGS (STURNIDAE)

European Starling

PIPITS (MOTACILLIDAE)

American Pipit

WAXWINGS (BOMBYCILLIDAE)

Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing

WOOD WARBLERS (PARULIDAE)

Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat

TANAGERS (THRAUPIDAE)

Scarlet Tanager

NEW WORLD SPARROWS (EMBERIZIDAE)

Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting

CARDINALS and ALLIES (CARDINALIDAE)

Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel

BLACKBIRDS (ICTERIDAE)

Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak

OLD WORLD SPARROWS (PASSERIDAE)

House Sparrow

 


 

Audubon Watchlist 2002-2006 RED: Species in this category are declining rapidly, have very small populations or limited ranges, and face major conservation threats. These typically are species of global conservation concern.

Audubon Watchlist 2002-2006 YELLOW: this category includes those species that are also declining but at a slower rate than those in the red category. These typically are species of national conservation concern.

 

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