Field Checklist of Birds - Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership 2005

Loons (Gaviidae)

• Red-throated Loon (R,V)
• Common Loon (A,B)

Grebe (Podicipedidae)

• Pied-billed Grebe (O,B)

Cormorants (Phalachrocoracidae)

• Double-crested Cormorant (U,V)

Bitterns and Herons (Ardeidae)

• American Bittern (U,B) HP
• Least Bittern (U,B) State Special Concern
• Great Blue Heron (U,V)
• Great Egret (O,V)
• Green Heron (U,B)
• Black-crowned Night-heron (O,B)

Geese and Ducks (Anatidae)

• Canada Goose (C,B)
• Wood Duck (C,B)
• Green-winged Teal (U,B)
• Blue-winged Teal (U,B)
• American Black Duck (C,B) HP
• Mallard (U,B)
• Northern Pintail (O,V)
• Common Eider (U,M)
• Long-tailed Duck (U,M)
• Harlequin Duck (R,M) State Threatened
• Ring-necked Duck (C,B)
• Surf Scoter (U,M)
• White-winged Scoter (M)
• Common Goldeneye (C,B)
• Barrow’s Goldeneye (O,M)
• Bufflehead (C,W)
• Hooded Merganser (C,B)
• Common Merganser (C,B)
• Red-breasted Merganser (U,B)

New World Vultures

• Turkey Vulture (U,V)

Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)

• Osprey (U,B)
• Bald Eagle (C,B) State Threatened
• Northern Harrier (C,B) MP
• Sharp-shinned Hawk (U,B)
• Cooper’s Hawk (U,B) State Special Concern
• Northern Goshawk (U,B) State Special Concern
• Red-shouldered Hawk (U,B)
• Broad-winged Hawk (C,B)
• Rough-legged Hawk (U,W)
• Red-tailed Hawk (U,M)

Falcons (Falconidae)

• American Kestrel (U,B)
• Merlin (U,B)
• Peregrine Falcon (U,V) MP

Grouse (Phasianidue)

• Spruce Grouse (U,B)
• Ruffed Grouse (C,B) MP
• Wild Turkey (U,B)

Rails and Allies (Rallidae)

• Sora (U,B)
• Virginia Rail (U,B)
• American Coot (O,B) State Special Concern

Plovers (Charadriidae)

• Black-bellied Plover (U,M)
• Semipalmated Plover (U,M)
• Killdeer (U,B)

Sandpipers (Haematopodidae)

• Greater Yellowlegs (C,M)
• Lesser Yellowlegs (U,M)
• Pectoral Sandpiper (U,M)
• Spotted Sandpiper (C,B)
• Solitary Sandpiper (U,M)
• Semipalmated Sandpiper (U,M)
• Least Sandpiper (C,M)
• Pectoral Sandpiper (U,M)
• Common Snipe (C,B)
• American Woodcock (A,B) HHP

Gulls and Terns (Laridae)

• Ring-billed Gull (U,S,V)
• Herring Gull (U,S,V)
• Great Black-backed Gull (O,V)
• Bonaparte’s Gull (U,M)
• Common Tern (C,B) State Special Concern
• Black Tern (U,B) State Endangered

Doves (Columbidae)

• Mourning Dove (C,B)

Cuckoos (Cuculidae)

• Black-billed Cuckoo (U,B)
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo (R,B)

Owls (Strigidae)

• Great Horned Owl (U,B)
• Snowy Owl (U,W)
• Barred Owl (C,B)
• Northern Saw-whet Owl (U,B)

Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)

• Common Nighthawk (U,B)
• Whip-poor-will (U,B) MP

Swifts (Apodidae)

• Chimney Swift (U,B) HP

Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

• Ruby-throated Hummingbird (U,B)

Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

• Belted Kingfisher (U,B)

Woodpeckers (Picidae)

• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (C,B) HP
• Downy Woodpecker (C,B)
• Hairy Woodpecker (C,B)
• Three-toed Woodpecker (R,B) State Special Concern
• Black-backed Woodpecker (U,B) MP
• Northern Flicker (C,B) MP
• Pileated Woodpecker (C,B)

Flycatcher (Tyrannidae)

• Olive-sided Flycatcher (U,B) State Special Concern
• Eastern Wood Pewee (C,B) HP
• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (U,B) MP
• Alder Flycatcher (C,B)
• Willow Flycatcher (O,B)
• Least Flycatcher (C,B)
• Eastern Phoebe (C,B)
• Great-crested Flycatcher (U,B)
• Eastern Kingbird (C,B)

Larks (Alaudidae)

• Horned Lark (U,M) MP

Swallows (Hirundinidae)

• Tree Swallow (C,B)
• Bank Swallow (U,B) MP
• Rough-winged Swallow (O,B)
• Cliff Swallow (U,B)
• Barn Swallow (C,B) MP
• Purple Martin (U,B)

Jays and Crows (Corividae)

• Gray Jay (C,B)MP
• Blue jay (C,B)
• American Crow (C,B)
• Common Raven (C,B)

Chickadees (Paridae)

• Black-capped Chickadee (A,B)
• Boreal Chickadee (O,B)

Nuthatches (Sittidae)

• Red-breasted Nuthatch (U,B)
• White-breasted Nuthatch (U,B)

Creepers (Certhilidae)

• Brown Creeper (U,B) MP

Wrens (Troglodytidae)

• Winter Wren (C,B)
• Sedge Wren (R,B) State Endangered

Thrushes (Muscicapidae)

• Golden-crowned Kinglet (A,B)
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet (C,B)
• Eastern Bluebird (U,B)
• Veery (C,B) HP
• Swainson’s Thrush (C,B)
• Hermit Thrush (A,B)
• Wood Thrush (U,B) HHP
• American Robin (A,B)

Mimics (Mimidae)

• Gray Catbird (C,B)
• Northern Mockingbird (O,V)
• Brown Thrasher (O,B)

Pipits (Motacillidae)

• American Pipit (C,M)

Waxwings (Bombycillidae)

• Cedar Waxwing (A,B)

Shrikes (Laniidae)

• Northern Shrike (U,W)

Starlings (Sturnidae)

• European Starling (U,B)

Vireos (Vireonidae)

• Blue-headed Vireo (A,B)
• Warbling Vireo (U,B)
• Philadelphia Vireo (U,B)
• Red-eyed Vireo (A,B)

Wood Warblers (Parulinae)

• Tennessee Warbler (U,B)
• Nashville Warbler (A,B) MP
• Northern Parula (A,B)
• Yellow Warbler (C,B)
• Chestnut-sided Warbler (A,B) HP
• Magnolia Warbler (A,B)
• Cape May Warbler (U,B) HP
• Black-throated Blue Warbler (C,B)
• Yellow-rumped Warbler (A,B)
• Black-throated Green Warble (C,B) MP
• Blackburnian Warbler (C,B) MP
• Pine Warbler (C,B)
• Palm Warbler (C,B) MP
• Bay-breasted Warbler (C,B) HHP
• Blackpoll Warbler (U,b?) MP
• Black and White Warbler (C,B)
• American Redstart (C,B) HP
• Ovenbird (A,B) MP
• Northern Waterthrush (U,B)
• Mourning Warbler (U,B)
• Common Yellowthroat (A,B)
• Wilson’s Warbler (U,B)
• Canada Warbler (U,B) HHP

Tanagers (Thraupinae)

• Scarlet Tanager (C,B)

Cardinals and Allies

• Northern Cardinal (O,V)
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak (U,B) MP
• Indigo Bunting (U,B)

New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)

• Eastern Towhee (O,B)
• American Tree Sparrow (C,W)
• Chipping Sparrow (C,B)
• Savannah Sparrow (A,B)
• Fox Sparrow (U,M)
• Song Sparrow (A,B)
• Lincoln’s Sparrow (C,B)
• Swamp Sparrow (C,B)
• White-throated Sparrow (A,B)
• White-crowned Sparrow (U,M)
• Dark-eyed Junco (C,B)
• Lapland Longspur (U,M)
• Snow Bunting (U,M/W)

Blackbirds (Icteridae)

• Bobolink (C,B) MP
• Red-winged Blackbird (C,B)
• Rusty Blackbird (R,B; U,M) State Special Concern
• Common Grackle (C,B)
• Brown-headed Cowbird (U,B)
• Baltimore Oriole (U,B)

Finches (Fringillidae)

• Pine Grosbeak (U,b) MP
• Purple Finch (C,B) HP
• House Finch (U,B)
• Red Crossbill (U,B)
• White-winged Crossbill (U,B)
• Common Redpoll (C,W)
• Pine Siskin (U,B)
• American Goldfinch (C,B)
• Evening Grosbeak (C,B)

Total: 188 Species

Key:
A: Abundant                           O: Occasional
R: Rare                                   W: Winter
C: Common                            M: Migrant          
U: Uncommon                         V: Visitor
B: Breeding                           

Partners in Flight Ranking (draft):
HHP - Highest Priority
HP - High Priority
MP - Moderate Priority