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The Birds of 
North America 

Part 1: Grouse 
thru Shorebirds


A List compiled by Armas Hill







Noting those found during FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Alaska, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, North Carolina, Nebraska, Newfoundland, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Washington State, & Wyoming, including offshore pelagic trips  

Birds found during FONT tours & pelagic trips have an (*).   


 PHOTO AT UPPER RIGHT: AMERICAN WOODCOCK 
 (photo by Howard Eskin)


CODES:

During FONT tours in:

(all in the United States unless indicated otherwise) 

AK:    Alaska
AZ:    Arizona
BC:    British Columbia, Canada (until 2001, during our West Coast Tours in September) 
CA:    California  (during our September West Coast Tours)
CO:    Colorado
DE:    Delaware (including offshore pelagic trips from DE & some land-birding tours) 
FL:     Florida
IA:     Iowa  (with our Nebraska Tours in March)
KS:    Kansas  (with our Colorado Tours in April)
NC:    North Carolina  (including offshore pelagic trips and spring & summer land-birding tours)
NE:    Nebraska  (tours in March & with our Colorado tours in April) 
NF:    Newfoundland, Canada
NM:   New Mexico  (with our West Texas Tours in the spring & our Arizona Tours in the late-summer)   
 OK:   Oklahoma  (with our Colorado Tours in April)    
TX:    Texas
VA:    Virginia  (in conjunction with a NC Tour in the spring)
WA:   Washington State  (during our September West Coast Tours) 
WY:   Wyoming  (with our Colorado Tours in April)

During FONT pelagic trips:
DEP:    offshore from Delaware
CAP:    offshore from California  
NCP:    offshore from North Carolina 
NJP:    offshore from New Jersey
WAP:   offshore from Washington State 

The months when the birds have been found are with the above codes. 
(ac):        north of the Arctic Circle 
(DT):       in the area of the Dry Tortugas islands in Florida
(PI):        at the Pribilof Islands in Alaska

(USe):          endemic to the USA 
(USqe):        quasi (or nearly) endemic to the USA
(USeb):        endemic-breeder in USA 
(USneb):      near-endemic breeder in the USA
(NAi):           species introduced into North America
(NAri):          re-introduced species
(r/NA):          rare in North America
(r/US):          rare in the USA

(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
(t1): critical   (t2): endangered   (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally


(ph):  species with a photo in the FONT web-site  

       
 Links:

 North American Birds, Part #2 of List:  Jaegers to Flycatchers

North American Birds, Part #3 of List: Shrikes to Buntings
Birds (with photos) during FONT Tours in:

Alaska   Arizona   California   Colorado    North Carolina    Texas    Washington State 

North American Mammals  (with photos)
Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in North America

Directory of Photos in this Website 

A Photo Gallery of Birds that in North America would be Rare


List of Birds:

  1. Plain Chachalaca (*) (ph) ______ TX:may
    Ortalis vetula
  2. Chukar (i) (*) ______  CO:apr  WA:sep 
    Alectoris chukar
  3. Gray Partridge (i) (*) ______ WA:sep
    Perdix perdox 
  4. Himalayan Snowcock (i) ______
    Tetraogallus himalayensis
  5. Common Pheasant (i) (*) ______  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  KS:apr  NC:jun  NE:mar  NM:apr  OK:apr  WA:sep  (some of these birds, dependent upon their race, have also been called "Ring-necked Pheasant")
    Phasianus colchicus
  6. Greater Prairie Chicken  (t3) (*) (ph) ______ CO:apr  NE:mar  
     Tympanuchus cupido  



    A Greater Prairie Chicken photographed during a FONT tour 
    (photo by Rick Greenspun) 

  7. Lesser Prairie Chicken (t3) (USe) (*) (ph) ______ KS:apr
    Tympanuchus pallidicinctus



    A Lesser Prairie Chicken photographed during a FONT tour 
     (photo by Rick Greenspun)
  8. Sharp-tailed Grouse (*) ______ CO:apr  NE:mar
    Tympanuchus phasianellus
  9. Dusky Grouse (*) (ph) ______  CO:apr  (this & the Sooty Grouse when combined was the "Blue Grouse") 
    Dendragapus obscurus




    A Dusky Grouse photographed during a FONT tour
    (photo by Alan Brady) 

  10. Sooty Grouse (*) ______ WA:sep  (this & the Dusky Grouse when combined was the "Blue Grouse")
    Dendragapus obscurus
    In Washington State, both Sooty and Dusky Grouse occur. The Sooty is in western Washington and on the east slope of the Cascades in the central part of the state. The Dusky is further east in Washington.
       
  11. Sage Grouse (*) (ph)  ______  CO:apr,jul
    Centrocercus urophasianus      (monotypic)
  12. Gunnison Grouse (t2) (USe) (*) ______  CO:apr
     Centrocercus minimus      (monotypic)  
  13. Ruffed Grouse (*) ______ WA:sep
    Bonasa umbellus
  14. Spruce Grouse ______
    Falcipennis canadensis
  15. White-tailed Ptarmigan (*) (ph)  ______  CO:apr
    Lagopus leucurus 
  16. Willow Ptarmigan (*) ______ AK:may,jun
    Lagopus lagopus
  17. Rock Ptarmigan (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun
    Lagopus muta  
  18. Wild Turkey (*) (ph) ______ AK:may  AZ:jul  CA:sep  CO:apr  DE:may  KS:apr  NC:jun  NE:mar,apr  NM:apr  OK:apr  TX:apr,may
    Meleagris galloparo
    Some populations of the Wild Turkey have either been introduced, or re-introduced. 



    Wild Turkeys
         (photo courtesy of James Scheib) 

  19. Scaled Quail (*) ______ AZ:jul,aug  CO:apr  NM:apr,jul  OK:apr  TX:apr,may
    Callipepla squamata pallida
  20. Gambel's Quail (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jan,jul,aug,sep  TX:apr,may
    Callipepla g. gambelii
  21. California Quail (*) ______  CA:sep  WA:sep
    Callipepla californica
  22. Mountain Quail (*) ______  CA:sep
    Oreotyx pictus
  23. Northern Bobwhite (*) ______ CO:apr  DE:may  KS:apr  NC:may,jun,aug  TX:apr,may
    Colinus virginianus
  24. "Masked" Northern Bobwhite (*) ______  AZ:jul,aug
    Colinus virginianus
  25. Montezuma Quail (*) ______ AZ:jul,aug  TX:apr  (former names have been Harlequin Quail & Mearn's Quail) 
    Cyrtonyx montezumae mearnsi
  26. Black-bellied Whistling Duck (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jul  TX:apr,may
    Dendrocygna autumnalis
  27. Fulvous Whistling Duck ______ 
    Dendrocygna bicolor
  28. Greater White-fronted Goose (*) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  CA:sep  CO:apr  IA:mar  NE:mar  WA:sep
    Anser albifrons
  29. Bean Goose (*) ______ AK:may (PI)
    Anser fabilis
  30. Pink-footed Goose ______
    Anser brachyrhynchus
  31. Lesser White-fronted Goose ______
    Anser erythropus
  32. Graylag Goose  (ph) ______
    Anser anser 
  33. Snow Goose (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  CO:apr  DE:may  IA:mar  KS:apr  NC:may  NE:mar
    Chen     (has been Anser) caerulescens
  34. Ross's Goose (*) ______ AK:may (PI)  AZ:jan  CO:apr  IA:mar  NE:mar
    Chen     (has been Anser) rossii
  35. Emperor Goose (*) ______  AK:may,jun
    Chen     (has been Anser)
  36. Canada Goose (*) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  IA:mar  KS:apr  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  NE:mar  NF:jul  OK:apr  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Branta canadensis
  37. Cackling Goose  (ph) ______
    Branta hutchinsii







    Two photographs of a Cackling Gooses with Snow Geese
         (photos by Kim Steininger)
  38. Brant Goose  (*) (ph)  ______  AK:may,jun  CA:sep  DE:may  WA:sep  (called Brent Goose in the Old World, and often just "Brant" in North America)
    Branta bernicia nigricans
  39. Barnacle Goose  (ph) ______
    Branta leucopsis
  40. Mute Swan (i) (*) (ph) ______  CO:apr  DE:may  VA:may  WA:sep
    Cygnus olor
  41. Tundra Swan (*) ______ AK:may,jun (ac) (PI)  NC:may   (was called "Whistling Swan"  before it was conspecific with the Bewick's Swan of Eurasia)
    Cygnus columbianus
  42. Trumpeter Swan (nt) (ph) ______  AK:may,jun
    Cygnus buccinator
  43. Whooper Swan  (ph) ______
    Cygnus cygnus
  44. Muscovy Duck  (ph) ______  (r/US) 
    Cairina moschata
  45. Wood Duck (*) (ph)  ______ AZ:jul,aug  BC:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  FL:apr  IA:mar  KS:apr  NC:may,jun,aug  NE:mar  TX:apr  WA:sep 
    Aix sponsa
  46. Gadwall (*) (ph)  ______ AK:jun  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr  DE:may  IA:mar  KS:apr  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  NE:mar  TX:apr  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Anas strepera  

    Gadwalls were seen with young during the FONT North Carolina Tour in August 1994. 




    Gadwalls  ABOVE: female, BELOW: male
         (photos by Doris Potter)





  47. American Wigeon (*) (ph)  ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  AZ:jan  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  IA:mar  KS:apr  NC:aug  NE:mar  TX:apr  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Anas americana|




    American Wigeons, a male above & a female below
     (both photos by Doris Potter)
  48. Eurasian Wigeon (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)
    Anas penelope 




    A female Eurasian Wigeon
         (photo by Karl Frafjord during a FONT tour in Japan)




    Two female Wigeons together: Eurasian (above) & American (below)
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
  49. American Black Duck (*) (ph) ______  DE:may  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  NF:jul
    Anas rubripes



    American Black Duck
         (photo by Doris Potter)

  50. Mallard (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  AZ:jan,jul,aug,sep  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  IA:mar  KS:apr  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  NE:mar  OK:apr  WA:sep  WY:apr 
    Anas platyrhynchos



    A female Mallard      
    (photo by Doris Potter) 

  51. Mexican Duck (*) ______  AZ:jul,aug,sep  TX:apr,may  (has been considered conspecific with the Mallard) 
    Anas diazi
  52. Mottled Duck (*) ______ FL:apr  TX:apr,may
    Anas fulvigula 
  53. Eastern Spot-billed Duck  (ph)  ______  (r/NA)
    Anas zonorhyncha
  54. Blue-winged Teal (*) (ph) ______ AZ:aug  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  IA:mar  KS:apr  NC:may,aug  NE:mar  NM:apr  OK:apr  TX:apr,may  VA:may  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Anas discolors
  55. Cinnamon Teal (*) ______ CA:sep  AZ:jul,sep  BC:sep  CO:apr,jul  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium
  56. Northern Shoveler (*) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  AZ:jan,sep  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  IA:mar  KS:apr  NC:aug  NE:mar  NM:apr  TX:apr,may   WA:sep  WY:apr
    Anas clypeata
  57. Northern Pintail (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  AZ:jan  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  IA:mar  KS:apr  NC:aug  NE:mar  TX:apr,may  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Anas acita




    Male & female Northern Pintails in flight
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
  58. White-cheeked Pintail ______  (r/NA)
    Anas bahamensis
  59. Green-winged Teal (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  AZ:jan,aug  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  IA:mar  KS:apr  NE:mar  TX:may  WA:sep  WY:apr  (was conspecific with the Eurasian Teal)
    Anas carolinensis
  60. Eurasian Teal (*) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)
    Anas crecca 
  61. Baikal Teal  (ph) ______  (r/NA)
    Anas formosa
  62. Falcated Duck (*) (ph) ______ AK:jun (PI)  (r/NA)
    Anas falcata
  63. Garganey (*) ______ AK:jun (PI)  (r/NA)
    Anas querquedula
  64. Common Pochard (*) (ph) ______ AK:may (PI)  (r/NA)
    Aythya ferina  
  65. Canvasback (*) ______ AK:may,jun  CO:apr,jul  NE:mar  WY:apr
    Aythya valisineria
  66. Redhead (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun   AZ:aug  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  IA:mar  NE:mar  TX:apr  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Aythya americana
  67. Ring-necked Duck (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun  BC:sep  CO:apr,jul  IA:mar  KS:apr  NE:mar  NM:apr  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Aythya collaris
  68. Greater Scaup ______ AK:may,jun (ac) (PI)  BC:sep  CO:jul  IA:mar  WA:sep
    Aythya marila mariloides
  69. Lesser Scaup (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun  AZ:jan,jul  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  IA:mar  KS:apr  NE:mar  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Aythya affinis
  70. Tufted Duck (*) ______ AK:jun (PI)
    Aythya fuligula 
  71. Harlequin Duck (*) (ph) ______  AK:may,jun (PI)  BC:sep  CA:sep  WA:sep
    Histrionicus histrionicus




    Harlequin Duck
    (photo by Howard Eskin) 

  72. Common Eider (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  NC:aug 
    Somateria mollissima  

    A Common Eider was first in the surf, and then resting on the sand, at Cape Hatteras during the FONT North Carolina Tour in August 1993.


     

    A female Common Eider 
  73. King Eider (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)
    Somateria spectabilis



    Female King Eiders
         (photo by Kim Steininger) 

  74. Spectacled Eider (t3) (*) ______ AK:may,jun
    Somateria fischeri 
  75. Steller's Eider (t3) (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)
    Polysticta stelleri




    A female Steller's Eider
         (photo Claude Bloch during a FONT tour)
  76. Surf Scoter (*) (ph) ______ AK:jun (PI)  BC:sep  CA:sep  NJP:dec  WA:sep
    Melanitta perspicillata
  77. White-winged Scoter (*) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  BC:sep  DE:may  NJP:dec  WA:sep  (was conspecific with the Velvet Scoter of Eurasia)
    Melanitta deglandi
  78. American Scoter (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun  BC:sep  DE:may  NC:may  WA:sep  (was conspecific with the Black Scoter of Eurasia)
    Melanitta americana
  79. Long-tailed Duck (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  (a former name was Oldsquaw)
    Clangula hyemalis



    Long-tailed Duck
         (photo by Kim Steininger)

  80. Bufflehead (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr  IA:mar  KS:apr  NE:mar  TX:apr  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Bucephala albeola
  81. Common Goldeneye (*) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  CO:apr  NE:mar  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Bucephala clangula (americana) 
  82. Barrow's Goldeneye (*) ______  AK:may,jun  CO:apr  WA:sep
    Buscephala islandica
  83. Hooded Merganser (*) (ph) ______ AK:jun  BC:sep  WA:sep
    Lodhodytes cucullatus




    Four male Hooded Mergansers
     (photo by Doris Potter)
  84. Common Merganser (*) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  AZ:jan  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  IA:mar  NC:may  NE:mar  WA:sep  WY:apr 
    Mergus merganser americanus




    A female Common Merganser 
    (photo by Doris Potter)

  85. Red-breasted Merganser (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr  DE:may  FL:apr  IA:mar  NJP:nov,dec  WA:sep
    Mergus serrator
  86. Smew (*) ______  AK:may (PI)
    Mergellus albellus
  87. Ruddy Duck (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jan,jul,aug,sep  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  IA:mar  KS:apr  NE:mar  TX:apr,may  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Oxyura j. jamaicensis 

  88. Masked Duck ______
    Nomonyx dominicus
  89. Labrador Duck ______ (extinct)
    Camptorhynchus labridorius

    Exotic waterfowl not included above, including: Ruddy Shelduck, Common Shelduck, Egyptian Goose, Swan Goose, Mandarin Duck, Bar-headed Goose, and Graylag Goose (domesticated).

  90. Red-throated Loon (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun  CA:sep  DE:may  NC:may  NJP:nov,dec  WA:sep  (called Red-throated Diver in the Old World)
     Gavia stellata
  91. Pacific Loon (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun  BC:sep  CA:sep  WA:sep
     Gavia pacifica
  92. Arctic Loon (*) ______  AK:may,jun  (called Black-throated Diver in the Old World)
    Gavia arctica 
  93. Common Loon (*) ______ AK:may,jun  BC:sep  CA:sep  DE:may,jun  NC:may,jun,aug  NF:jul  NJP:may,sep,nov,dec  WA:sep  WY:apr  (an alternate name would be Great Northern Loon; called Great Northern Diver in the Old World.)
    Gavia immer
  94. Yellow-billed Loon (*) ______  AK:may,jun (PI)  (called White-billed Diver in the Old World)
    Gavia adamsii 
  95. Black-footed Albatross  (t3) (*) ______ CAP:sep  WAP:sep
    Phoebastria nigripes
  96. Laysan Albatross (*) ______  WAP:sep
    Phoebastria immutabilis
  97. Short-tailed Albatross ______  (also called Steller's Albatross)
    Phoebastria albatrus
  98. Light-mantled Albatross ______  (has been called Light-mantled Sooty Albatross)
    Phoebetria palpebrata
  99. Shy Albatross  (ph) ______  (r/NA)
    Thalassarche cauta
  100. Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (nt) ______
    Thalassarche chlororhynchos
  101. Black-browed Albatross (nt) (ph) ______
    Thalassarche melanophris 
  102. Wandering Albatross ______
    Diomedea exulans
  103. Northern Fulmar (*) (ph) ______  AK:may,jun (PI)  CAP:sep  DEP:may  NJP:may,dec  WAP:sep
    Fulmarus glacialis rodgersii




    A Northern Fulmar photographed during a FONT pelagic trip off the coast of New Jersey
  104. Black Petrel  (t3) ______  (has also been called Parkinson's Petrel)
    Procellaria parkinsoni
  105. Black-capped Petrel  (t2) (*) (ph) ______ NCP:may,jun,jul,aug
    Pterodroma hasitata
  106. Trindade Petrel  (t3) (*) ______ NCP:may,jun,aug  (r/US)  (has also been called Herald Petrel, but now the species in the Atlantic is the Trindade Patrel, and the species in the Pacific the Herald)
     Pterodroma  arminjoniana 

    Trindade Petrels (or Herald Petrels as they were known then) were seen during FONT North Carolina pelagic trips 1992-99, during 7 years out of the 8. During 2 years they were seen in June; during 6 years in August.   

  107. Fea's Petrel  (nt) (*) ______  NCP:may,jun,aug  (r/US)  (was formerly considered a population of the Soft-plumaged Petrel)
    Pterodroma feae    

    The first "Soft-plumaged type", or Fea's Petrel, during a FONT pelagic trip , was seen offshore from North Carolina in June 1995. That bird was photographed. There were subsequnt sightings during FONT NC pelagic trips in 1996, 1998, & 1999. 




    A Fea's Petrel during a FONT pelagic trip off North Carolina
    (photo by Mike Danzenbaker)

  108. Hawaiian Petrel  (t3) (*) ______  CAP:sep  (r/US)
    Pterodroma sandwichensis

    A single Hawaiian Petrel was seen during the pelagic trip out of Monterey, California that was part of the FONT West Coast USA tour in September 2005.   

  109. Murphy's Petrel  (nt)  ______
    Pterodroma ultima
  110. Great-winged Petrel _____
    Pterodroma macroptera
  111. Mottled Petrel  (nt)  ______
    Pterodroma inexpectata
  112. Cook's Petrel  (t2)  ______
    Pterodroma cookii
  113. Stejneger's Petrel  (t3) ______
    Pterodroma longirostris
  114. Bermuda Petrel  (t2)  ______  (also called the Cahow)
    Pterodroma cahow 
  115. Cory's Shearwater (*) (ph) ______ DEP:jun,aug,sep  NCP:may,jun,jul,aug  NJP:may,jul,aug,sep
    Calonectris diomedea borealis 
  116. Cape Verde Shearwater ______
    Calonectris edwardsii
  117. Streaked Shearwater ______  (r/NA)
    Calonectris leucomelas 
  118. Greater Shearwater (*) (ph) ______ DEP:jun,aug,sep  NCP:may,jun,jul,aug  NJP:may,jul,aug,sep,dec  (also called Great Shearwater)
    Puffinus gravis




    A Greater Shearwater during a FONT pelagic trip off New Jersey
         (photo by Armas Hill)
  119. Manx Shearwater (*) ______ DEP:jun  NCP:aug  NJP:may,dec 
    Puffinus puffinus
  120. Audubon's Shearwater (*) (ph) ______ DEP:jun,aug  FL:apr (DT)  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  NJP:jul,aug,sep
    Puffinus iherminieri
  121. Sooty Shearwater (*) (ph)  ______  AK:may,jun  CA:sep  CAP:sep  DEP:may,jun  NC:aug  NCP:may,jun,aug  NJP:may,jul  WA:sep  WAP:sep
    Puffinus griseus 

    Sooty Shearwaters are uncommon off North Carolina during mid & late summer. The species was seen during a FONT tour from the North Carolina shore in August 1994.

  122. Short-tailed Shearwater (*) (ph) ______  CAP:sep  WAP:sep
    Puffinus tenuirostris
  123. Pink-footed Shearwater (t3) (*) (ph) ______  CAP:sep  WAP:sep
    Puffinus cratopus
  124. Flesh-footed Shearwater (*) ______  CAP:sep  WAP:sep 
    Puffinus carneipes
  125. Buller's Shearwater  (t3) (*) ______  CAP:sep  WAP:sep 
    Puffinus bulleri
  126. Black-vented Shearwater  (t3) (*) ______ CAP:sep
    Puffinus opisthomeias
  127. Macaronesian Shearwater ______  (this species, from the Azores & Canary Islands, was part of the Little Shearwater)   
    Puffinus baroli
  128. Subantarctic Little Shearwater ______  (this species, from the west coast of southern South America, was part of the Little Shearwater)
    Puffins elegans
  129. Wedge-tailed Shearwater ______
    Puffinus pacificus 
  130. Bulwer's Petrel (*) (ph) ______ NCP:aug  (r/US) 
    Bulweria bulwerii  
    A Bulwer's Petrel, during a FONT offshore North Carolina pelagic trip, on August 8, 1998, was the first seen and photographed off eastern North America.   

  131. Wilson's Storm Petrel (*) (ph) ______  CAP:sep  DEP:may,jun,aug  NC:jun  NCP:may,jun,jul,aug  NJP:may,jul,aug,sep  
    Oceanites oceanicus  

    During a FONT North Carolina Tour in June 1996, a couple birds of the sea were seen on a beach. One of them was a Wilson's Storm Petrel, seen closely as it rested, before it flew back out over the ocean. The other was an Arctic Tern, seen on the same beach at the same time.   

  132. Leach's Storm Petrel (*) ______ DEP:jun  NCP:may,jun,jul,aug  NJP:may  WAP:sep
    Oceanodroma leucorhoa
  133. Band-rumped Storm Petrel (*) ______ NCP:may,jun,jul,aug  NJP:sep  (has also been called Madeiran or Harcourt's Storm-Petrel)
    Oceanodroma castro 

    As many as 160 Band-rumped Storm-Petrels were seen during one FONT North Carolina pelagic trip in August 1997. There was another good day for Band-rumped Storm-Petrels in August 1998, when about 120 were seen during a FONT NC pelagic trip.  

  134. Least Storm Petrel (*) ______  CAP:sep 
    Oceandroma microsoma
  135. Ashy Storm Petrel  (nt) (*) ______  CAP:sep  
    Oceandroma homochroa
  136. Black Storm Petrel (*) ______  CAP:sep  
    Oceandroma melania
  137. Fork-tailed Storm Petrel (*) ______ WAP:sep
    Oceanodroma furcata
  138. Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel ______
    Oceanodroma tethys
  139. Hornby's Storm Petrel ______  (has also been called Ringed Storm Petrel)
    Oceanodroma hornbyi
  140. White-faced Storm Petrel (*) (ph) ______ NCP:jul,aug  NJP:aug,sep
    Pelagodroma marina      (the single member of its genus) 

    White-faced Storm Petrels were seen during FONT North Carolina pelagic trips in 1996 & 1999. In '96 in August; in '99 (twice) in July & August. 
    The species has also been seen during FONT pelagic trips offshore from New Jersey, in August & September. 




    A White-faced Storm Petrel photographed during a FONT pelagic trip, offshore from New Jersey.
  141. European Storm Petrel ______
    Hydrobates pelagicus 
  142. Black-bellied Storm Petrel ______
    Fregetta tropica 
  143. Least Grebe (*) (ph) ______  AZ:jul  TX:may
    Tachybaptus dominicus
  144. Pied-billed Grebe (*) ______ AK:jun  AZ:jan,jul,aug  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO;apr,jul  DE:may  IA:mar  NC:aug  NE:mar  TX:apr,may  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Podilymbis p. podiceps
  145. Horned Grebe (*) (ph) ______ AK:may  AZ:aug,sep  BC:sep  CA:sep  WA:sep  (called Slavonian Grebe in Eurasia)
    Podiceps auritus cornutus
  146. Eared Grebe (*) (ph) ______  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  NE:mar  TX:apr,may  WA:sep  WY:apr  (an alternate name is Black-necked Grebe)
    Podiceps nigricollis californicus
  147. Red-necked Grebe (*) (ph) ______  AK:may,jun (PI)  BC:sep  WA:sep
    Podiceps grisegena
  148. Western Grebe (*) (ph) ______ CA:sep  CO: apr,jul  KS:apr  TX:apr,may  WA:sep  WY:apr (this & the Clark's Grebe were formerly conspecific)
    Aechmophorus occidentalis




    Western Grebe
  149. Clark's Grebe (*) ______ CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  TX:apr,may  WA:sep  (this & the Western Grebe were formerly conspecific) 
    Aechmophorus clarkii
  150. American Flamingo  (ph)  ______
    Phoenicopterus ruber
  151. Wood Stork  (ph)  ______ FL:apr
    Mycteria americana

  152. Jabiru  (ph) _____
    Jabiru mycteria
  153. American White Ibis (*) (ph) ______ FL:apr  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  TX:apr
    Eudocimus albus
  154. Glossy Ibis (*) (ph) ______ DE:may  NC:may,jun,jul,aug
    Plegadis falcinellus
  155. White-faced Ibis (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jul,aug,sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  KS:apr  NM:apr  TX:apr,may  WY:apr 
    Plegadis chihi
  156. Roseate Spoonbill (*) (ph) ______ FL:apr  TX:apr,may
    Ajaia ajaja
  157. American Bittern (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jan  CA:sep  DE:may
    Botaurus lentiginosus



    American Bittern
         (photo by Kim Steininger)

  158. Least Bittern (*) (ph) ______ AZ:aug  DE:may  TX:apr
    Ixobrychus exilis
  159. Yellow Bittern ______
    Ixobrychus sinensis
  160. Great Blue Heron (*) ______ AZ:jan.jul,aug,sep  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  FL:apr  KS:apr  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  NE:mar  TX:apr,may  WA:sep  WY:apr 
    Ardea herodias 
  161. "Great White Heron" (*) ______  FL:apr  NC:aug  (a white morph of the Great Blue Heron) 
    Ardea herodias  

    During a FONT North Carolina Tour in August 1994, a "Great White Heron" was present at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge along the NC Outer Banks.

  162. "Wurdemann's Heron" (*) ______ FL:apr  (A hybrid between the "Ward's Great Blue Heron" & the "Great White Heron", as noted, a morph itself of the Great Blue Heron. Found in the Florida Keys, the "Wurdemann's Heron" is like a Great Blue Heron but with a pure white head and without a black plume.)
      
  163. Great Egret (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jul,aug  CA:sep  CO:jul DE:may  FL:apr  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  TX:apr,may  WA:sep
    Ardea     (formerly Egretta) alba egretta
  164. Grey Heron  (ph) ______
    Ardea cinerea
  165. Snowy Egret (*) (ph) ______ AZ:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr  DE:may  FL:apr  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  TX:apr,may  WY:apr
    Egretta thula brewsteri
  166. Little Blue Heron (*) (ph) ______ DE:may  FL:apr  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  TX:apr
    Egretta caerulea
  167. Tricolored Heron (*) (ph) ______ AZ:aug  DE:may  FL:apr  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  TX:apr,may  (a former name was Louisiana Heron)
    Egretta tricolor
  168. Reddish Egret (*) (ph) ______ FL:apr  NC:aug  TX:apr  (2 morphs: white & dark) 
    Egretta rufescens 

    During the FONT North Carolina Tour in August 1994, a Reddish Egret was at a pond by the Bodie island Lighthouse along the NC Outer Banks.

  169. Little Egret (*) (ph) _____ VA:may  (r/NA) 
    Egretta garzetta
  170. Western Reef Heron ______
    Egretta gularis
  171. Chinese Egret  (t3)  ______  (another name has been Swinhoe's Egret)
    Egretta eulophotes
  172. Cattle Egret (*) (ph) ______ AZ:aug  CO:jul  DE:may  FL:apr (DT)  KS:apr  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  TX:apr,may
    Bubulcus ibis
  173. Green Heron (*) ______ AZ:jan,jul,aug  CA:sep  CO:apr  DE:may  FL:apr  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  NM:apr  TX:apr,may  WA:sep
    Butorides virescens anthonyi
  174. Chinese Pond Heron ______
    Ardeola bacchus
  175. Black-crowned Night Heron (*) ______ AZ:jul,aug,sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  KS:apr  NC:Lmay,jun,jul,aug  NM:apr  TX:apr,may  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Nycticorax nycticorax hoactii
  176. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (*) (ph) ______ FL:apr  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  TX:may
    Nyctanassa violacea
  177. White-tailed Tropicbird (*) (ph) ______ NCP:jun,aug
    Phaethon lepturus  

    White-tailed Tropicbirds were seen during 4 of 5 FONT North Carolina pelagic trips in August 1997. During one of those trips, 3 were seen.  

  178. Red-billed Tropicbird (*) (ph) ______ NCP:may
    Phaethon aethereus 

    During a FONT North Carolina pelagic trip in May 1998, an immature Red-billed Tropicbird was close to the boat on the water.
     
  179. Red-tailed Tropicbird (*)  ______  CA:sep  CAP
    Phaethon rubricauda melanorhynchos

    A single Red-tailed Tropicbird was seen during the pelagic trip out of Monterey, California that was part of the FONT West Coast tour in September 1995.   

  180. Magnificent Frigatebird (*) (ph) ______ FL:apr (DT)  NCP:jun
    Fregata magnificens  

    Magnificent Frigatebirds, seen at sea during FONT North Carolina pelagic trips in 1993 & 1995, were unusual over North Carolina waters.

  181. Great Frigatebird ______
    Fregata minor 
  182. Lesser Frigatebird ______
    Fregata ariel  
      
  183. Brown Booby (*) ______ FL:apr (DT)  NC:aug  NCP:aug
    Sula leucogaster  

    During an FONT North Carolina pelagic trip in August 1994, a Brown Booby was seen offshore at the same time and place as a Loggerhead Sea Turtle. Another Brown Booby was seen during a FONT NC tour that month from shore (from Ocracoke Island).

  184. Masked Booby (*) ______ FL:apr (DT)  NCP:jun 
    Sula d. dactylatra
  185. Nazca Booby  (ph) ______
    Sula granti
  186. Red-footed Booby  (ph) ______
    Sula sula
  187. Blue-footed Booby  (ph) ______
    Sula nebouxii
  188. Northern Gannet (*) (ph) ______ DE:may,jun  FL:apr (DT)  NC:may,jun  NF:jul  NCP:may,jun  NJP:may,aug,nov,dec
    Morus     (formerly Sula) bassanus
  189. American White Pelican (*) (ph) ______ CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  NE:mar  TX:apr,may  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
  190. Brown Pelican (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jul,aug  CA:sep  DE:may,jun  FL:apr (DT)  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  TX:apr,may  WA:sep
    Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis      (in eastern US) 
  191. Neotropic Cormorant (*) (ph) ______ TX:apr,may
    Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus
  192. Double-crested Cormorant (*) ______ AK:jun  AZ:aug  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  FL:apr (DT)  IA:mar  KS:apr  NC:may,jun,jui,aug  NF:jul  TX:apr,may  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Phalacocorax a. auritus
  193. Great Cormorant (*)  ______
    Phalacrocorax carbo
  194. Brandt's Cormorant (*) ______  BC:sep  CA:sep  WA:sep
    Phalacrocorax penicillatus
  195. Pelagic Shag (*) ______  AK:may,jun (PI)  BC:sep  CA:sep  WA:sep  (has also been called Pelagic Cormorant)
    Phalacrocorax pelagicus resplendens
  196. Red-faced Shag (*) ______  AK:may,jun (PI)
    Phalacrocorax urile 
  197. Anhinga (*) (ph) ______ FL:apr  TX:apr
    Anhinga anhinga leucogaster 
  198. Black Vulture (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jul,aug  DE:may  FL:apr  NC:may,jun,aug  TX:apr,may 
    Coragyps atratus
  199. Turkey Vulture (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jul,aug,sep  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  IA:mar  KS:apr  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  NE:mar,apr  NM:apr,jul,aug  TX:apr,may  WA:sep  WY:apr 
    Cathartes aura



    A Turkey Vulture chick, 10-days old  (or 10-days young)
         (photo by Alan Brady)
  200. California Condor  (ph)  ______
    Gymnogyps californianus




    The above photograph, taken in California in 1981, 
    is of one of the last California Condors in the wild. 
    (photo by Armas Hill)




    A California Condor & Northern Raven photographed in September 2009 in Arizona
    (photo by Doris Potter) 

  201. Northern Crested Caracara (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jul  TX:may
    Caracara cheriwayi
  202. Collared Forest Falcon ______  (r/US)
    Micrastur semitorquatus
  203. American Kestrel (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun  AZ:jan,jul,aug  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  IA:mar  FL:apr  KS:apr  NC:may,jun,aug,sep  NE:mar,apr  OK:apr  TX:apr,may  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Falco s. sparverius

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    A male American Kestrel
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
  204. Merlin (*) (ph) ______ AK:jun  AZ:aug  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr  DE:may  FL:apr (DT)  NC:may,sep  TX:apr  WA:sep  WY:apr 
    Falco columbarius
    The darkest race of the Merlin, F. c. suckleyi, the "Black Merlin", occurs in coastal Washington State & British Columbia.  

  205. Aplomado Falcon (ri) (r/US) (*) (ph) ______ TX:may 
    Falco femoralis
  206. Peregrine Falcon (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  AZ:aug  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr  FLapr (DT)  NC:may,sep  TX:apr  WA:sep
    Falco peregrinus
  207. Prairie Falcon (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jan,aug  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  KS:apr  WA:sep
    Falco mexicanus 

  208. Gyrfalcon (*) ______  AK:may,jun
    Falco rusticolus
  209. Eurasian Kestrel ______
    Falco tinnunculus
  210. Eurasian Hobby ______
    Falco subbuteo
  211. Red-footed Falcon ______
    Falco verspertinus
  212. Osprey (*) (ph)  ______ AK:jun  AZ:aug  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr  DE:may  FL:apr  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  NF:jul  TX:apr,may  WA:sep
    Pandion haliaetus carolinensis
  213. Hook-billed Kite  ______ (r/US)
    Chondrohierax uncinatus
  214. Swallow-tailed Kite (*) ______ FL:apr
    Elanoides forficatus
  215. White-tailed Kite (*) ______ AZ:aug  CA:sep  NM:aug  TX:may
    Elanus leucurus
  216. Mississippi Kite (*) ______ AZ:jul,aug  NC:may,jun  TX:may
    Ictinia mississippiensis
  217. Snail Kite (*) (ph) ______ FL:apr
    Rostrhamus sociabilis
  218. Bald Eagle (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  FL:apr  IA:mar  NC:may  NE:mar  NF:jul  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Haliaeetus leucocephalus




    Bald Eagles

    Above:  Adults at a nest  (photo by Paul West)
    Below:   Two immature birds in flight  (photo by Kim Steininger)





  219. White-tailed Eagle  (ph) ______  (r/NA)
    Haliaeetus albicilla
  220. Steller's Sea Eagle  (ph) ______  (r/NA)
    Haliaeetus pelagicus
  221. Northern Harrier (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  AZ:jan,jul,sep  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  FL:apr  IA:mar  KS:apr  NC:may,aug  NE:mar  TX:apr,may  WA:sep  WY:apr (considered to be conspecific with the Hen Harrier of Eurasia)
    Circus cyaneus hudsonius
  222. Sharp-shinned Hawk  (ph) ______ AK:jun  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr  DE:may  FL:apr  KS:apr  WA:sep
    Accipiter striatus
  223. Cooper's Hawk (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jan,jul,aug  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  KS:apr  NE:mar,apr  TX:apr  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Accipiter cooperi
  224. Northern Goshawk (*) ______  AK:may,jun  AZ:jul,aug  CO:apr,jul  WA:sep
    Accipiter gentilis 
  225. Crane Hawk  (ph) ______
    Geranospiza caerulescens      (the single member of its genus)
  226. Gray Hawk (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jul,aug  TX:may  (merged with the Gray-lined Hawk of southern Central America and South America)
    Buteo     (has been said to be Asturina) nitida plagiatus
  227. Common Black Hawk (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jul,aug  TX:apr
    Buteogallus a. anthracinus
  228. Harris's Hawk (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jan,jul,aug  TX:apr,may  (also called Bay-winged Hawk)
    Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi
  229. Red-shouldered Hawk (*) (ph) ______ CA:sep  DE:may  FL:apr  NC:aug  TX:may
    Buteo lineatus
  230. Broad-winged Hawk (*) ______ CO:apr (r/CO)  FL:apr  NM:apr
    Buteo p. platypterus
  231. Swainson's Hawk (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jul,aug,sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  KS:apr  NE:apr  NM:apr,jul  OK:apr  TX:apr,may  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Buteo swainsoni      (monotypic, but with light & dark morphs)




    Swainson's Hawk
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
  232. Short-tailed Hawk (*) (ph) ______  AZ:jul  FL:apr
    Buteo brachyurus
  233. White-tailed Hawk (*) ______ TX:apr,may
    Buteo albicaudatus
  234. Zone-tailed Hawk (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jul,aug
    Buteo albonotatus
  235. Red-tailed Hawk (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun  AZ:jan,jul,aug,sep  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  IA:mar  KS:apr  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  NE:mar,apr  NM:apr  OK:apr  TX:apr,may   WA:sep  WY:apr
    Buteo jamaicensis calurus
  236. "Harlan's" Red-tailed Hawk (*) ______  CO:apr  (a subspecies of the Red-tailed Hawk) 
    Buteo jamaicensis harlani
  237. Ferruginous Hawk (nt) (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jan  CO:apr,jul  KS:apr  NE:mar  OK:apr  WA:sep
    Buteo regalis      (monotypic)
  238. Rough-legged Hawk (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun  AZ:jan  CO:apr  NE:mar  WY:apr  (called Rough-legged Buzzard in Eurasia) 
    Buteo lagopus sanctijohannis
  239. Roadside Hawk  (ph) ______  (r/NA)
    Buteo magnirostris
  240. Golden Eagle (*) ______ AK:may,jun  AZ:jul,aug  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  NM:apr  OK:apr  TX:apr  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Aquila chrysaetos canadensis 

  241. Yellow Rail (*) ______ DE:may
    Coturnicops noveboracensis
  242. Black Rail (nt) (*) ______ DE:may  NC:may,jun
    Laterallus jamaicensis
  243. Clapper Rail (*) (ph) ______ CA:sep  DE:may  NC:may,jun,aug  TX:apr  VA:may
    Rallus longirostris
  244. King Rail (*) ______ DE:may  TX:may
    Rallus elegans
  245. Virginia Rail (*) (ph) ______ CA:sep  CO:jul  DE:may  NC:may,jun
    Rallus limicola




    Virginia Rail
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
  246. Spotted Rail ______ 
    Pardirallus maculatus
  247. Sora (*) ______ AZ:jan,aug  CA:sep  CO:jul  TX:apr,may
    Porzana carolina
  248. Paint-billed Crake ______
    Neocrex erythrops
  249. Corncrake ______
    Crex crex

  250. Purple Gallinule (*) (ph) ______ AZ:aug (r/AZ)  TX:may
    Porphyrio martinica
  251. Purple Swamphen (i) ______
    Porphyrio porphyrio
  252. Common Moorhen (*) ______ AZ:jul,aug  CA:sep  DE:may  iA:mar  FL:apr  NC:jun,aug  NM:aug  TX:apr,may  (has been called Common Gallinule)
    Gallinula chloropus cachinnans




    A juvenile Common Moorhen 
    (photo by Doris Potter)
  253. American Coot (*) ______ AZ:jan,jul,aug,sep  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  KS:apr  NC:jun,sep  NE:mar  NM:apr  TX:apr,may  WA:sep  WY:apr
     Fulica a. americana
  254. Eurasian Coot ______
    Fulica atra 
  255. Sandhill Crane (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  AZ:jan  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr  NE:mar
    Grus canadensis 
  256. Whooping Crane (t2) (*) ______ NE:mar
    Grus americana
  257. Common Crane  (ph) ______
    Grus grus
  258. Limpkin  (ph)  _____
    Aramys guarauna
  259. Double-striped Thick-knee ______
    Burhinus bistriatus
  260. Northern Lapwing  (ph) ______
    Vanellus vanellus
  261. Black-bellied Plover (*) (ph) ______ AK:jun  AZ:aug  BC:sep  CA:sep  DE:may  FL:apr (DT)  NC:may,jun,aug  TX:apr,may  WA:sep  (an alternate, and probably preferable name is Grey Plover, as it is called in the Old World; others in the genus also have black bellies) 
    Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae




    Black-bellied Plover
     (photo by Howard Eskin)

  262. American Golden Plover (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun  NC:aug
    Pluvialis dominica  

    Unusual was an American Golden Plover, along with numerous other shorebirds, at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge along the North Carolina Outer Banks, during the FONT tour there in August 1993.
      
  263. Pacific Golden Plover (*) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  WA:sep
    Pluvialis fulva
  264. European Golden Plover  (ph) ______
    Pluvialis apricaria
  265. Snowy Plover (*) (ph) ______ CA:sep  CO:apr  TX:apr  WA:sep  (was conspecific with the Kentish Plover in Eurasia)
    Charadrius alexandrius nivosus
  266. Wilson's Plover (*) (ph) ______ FL:apr  NC:may,jun  TX:apr,may  
    Charadrius wilsonia




    Wilson's Plover
     (photo by Marie Gardner during a FONT tour)
  267. Semipalmated Plover (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  AZ:aug  CA:sep  CO:apr  DE:may  FL:apr  NC:may,jun,aug  TX:apr,may  WA:sep
    Charadrius semipalmatus
  268. Piping Plover (t3) (*) (ph) ______ CO:apr (r/CO)  NC:jun,jul,aug  TX:may
    Charadrius melodus
  269. Killdeer (*) ______ AZ:jan,jul,aug  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  IA:mar  FL:apr  KS:apr  NC:may,jun,aug  NE:mar  NM:apr  OK:apr  TX:apr,may  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Charadrius v. vociferus
  270. Mountain Plover (t3) (USneb) (*) (ph) ______ CO:apr,jul  KS:apr (r/KS)  (an alternate name could be "Mountain Dotterel")
    Charadrius montanus
  271. Eurasian Dotterel  (ph) ______
    Charadrius morinellus
  272. Lesser Sandplover (*) (ph) ______ CA:sep (r/US)  (has been called Mongolian Plover)
    Charadrius mongolus stegmanni
    A single Lesser Sandplover, a bird normally in Asia, was seen in California during the FONT West Coast Tour in September 1992. 




    A photograph of the Lesser Sandplover in California in September 1992.
    At that time, it was called a Mongolian Plover. 
         (photo during the September 1992 FONT West Coast Tour by BJ Rose) 

  273. Greater Sand Plover ______
    Charadrius leschenaultii
  274. Common Ringed Plover (*) ______ AK:jun
    Charadrius hiaticula
  275. Little Ringed Plover ______
    Charadrius dubius
  276. Collared Plover ______
    Charadrius collaris 
  277. American Oystercatcher (*) (ph) ______ DE:may  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  TX:may
    Haematopus palliatus
  278. Black Oystercatcher (*) (ph) ______  AK:may,jun  BC:sep  CA:sep  WA:sep
    Haematopus bachmani
  279. Eurasian Oystercatcher ______
    Haematopus ostralegus
  280. Black-necked Stilt (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jul,aug  CA:sep  CO:apr  DE:may  FL:apr  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  TX:apr,may   (has been considered by some as conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus himantopus)
    Himantopus mexicanus 
  281. Black-winged Stilt  (ph) ______
    Himantopus himantopus
  282. American Avocet (*) (ph) ______ AZ:jul,aug  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  KS:apr  NC:may,aug,sep  TX:apr,may  WY:apr
    Recurvirostra americana
  283. Northern Jacana  (ph) ______
    Jacana spinosa
  284. Greater Yellowlegs (*) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  AZ:aug  BC:sep  CA:sep,jul  CO:apr  DE:may  IA:mar  KS:apr  NC:may,jun,aug  NE:mar  NF:jul  OK:apr  TX:apr,may  WA:sep  WY:apr 
    Tringa melanoleuca
  285. Lesser Yellowlegs (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  AZ:jul,aug  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  KS:apr  NC:may,aug  NCP:aug  TX:apr,may  WA:sep
    Tringa flavipes
  286. Solitary Sandpiper (*) ______ AZ:jul,aug  CO:apr  DE:may  KS:apr  NC:may  TX:may  WA:sep
    Tringa solitaria cinnamomea
  287. Willet (*) (ph) ______ AZ:aug  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  FL:apr  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  TX:apr,may  WA:sep
    Tringa     (formerly Catoptrophorus) semipalmatus 
  288. Common Greenshank (*) ______ AK:may (PI)  (r/NA)
    Tringa nebularia 
  289. Wood Sandpiper (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  (r/NA)
    Tringa glareola
  290. Green Sandpiper (*) ______ AK:may (PI)  (r/NA)
    Tringa ochropus 
  291. Common Redshank  (ph) ______
    Tringa totanus
  292. Spotted Redshank ______
    Tringa erythropus
  293. Wandering Tattler (*) ______  AK:may,jun (PI)  CA:sep  WA:sep
    Heteroscelus (or said to be Tringa) incanus
  294. Grey-tailed Tattler ______
    Heteroscelus     (or said to be Tringa) brevipes
  295. Terek Sandpiper (*) ______ AK:jun  (r/NA)
    Xenus cinereus      (the single member of its genus)
  296. Spotted Sandpiper (*) ______ AK:may,jun  AZ:jul,aug  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  FL:apr (DT)  KS:apr  NC:may,aug  NF:jul  NM:apr  TX:apr,may  WA:sep
    Actitis macularia
  297. Common Sandpiper (*) ______  AK:jun (PI) (r/NA)
    Actitis hypoleucos 

  298. Upland Sandpiper (*) ______ FL:apr  (DT)  NC:aug
    Bartramia longicauda
  299. Whimbrel (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  AZ:aug  BC:sep  CA:sep  FL:apr (DT)  NC:may,aug  WA:sep
    Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
  300. Long-billed Curlew (nt) (*) (ph) ______ AZ:aug  CA:sep  CO:apr  KS:apr  NC:aug (r/NC)  TX:apr,may  WA:sep
    Numenius americanus 

    Unusual was a Long-billed Curlew, along with numerous other shorebirds, at the Pea island National Wildlife Refuge along the North Carolina Outer Banks, during the FONT tour three in August 1993.
     
  301. Bristle-thighed Curlew (t3) (*) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)
    Numenius tahitiensis
  302. Eastern Curlew (nt) (*) ______ AK:may (PI) (r/NA)  (has been called Far Eastern Curlew)
    Numenius madagascariensis
  303. Eurasian Curlew ______
    Numenius arquata
  304. Little Curlew (*) ______  CA:sep  (r/NA)
    Numenius minutus
    A single Little Curlew, a bird normally in Asia, was seen in California during the FONT West Coast Tour in September 1994. 

  305. Eskimo Curlew ______  (assumed now to be extinct)
    Numenius borealis
  306. Slender-billed Curlew ______ (possibly now extinct)
    Numernius tenurostris
  307. Hudsonian Godwit (nt) ______ AK:may,jun
    Limosa haemastica
  308. Marbled Godwit (*) (ph) ______ BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr  TX:apr  NC:aug  WA:sep  WY:apr
    Limosa fedoa
  309. Bar-tailed Godwit (*) (ph) ______  AK:may,jun (PI)  CA:sep  WA:sep
    Limosa lapponica baueri

    Bar-tailed Godwits have been seen in California & Washington State during 5 FONT West Coast Tours in September. 

  310. Black-tailed Godwit (*) ______ AK:may (PI)  (r/NA)
    Limosa limosa
  311. Ruddy Turnstone (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  AZ:aug (r/AZ)  BC:sep  CA:sep  DE:may  FL:apr (DT)  NC:may,jun,jul,aug  NCP:aug  TX:apr,may  WA:sep 
    Arenaria interpres morinella
  312. Black Turnstone (*) ______ AK:may,jun  BC:sep  CA:sep  WA:sep
    Arenaria melanocephala
  313. Surfbird (*) (ph) ______  AK:may,jun  BC:sep  CA:sep  WA:sep
    Aphriza virgata      (the single member of its genus)
  314. Red Knot (*) (ph) ______ AK:jun  CA:sep  DE:may  NC:may,aug  TX:may  WA:sep 
    Calidris canutus rufa
  315. Sanderling (*) ______ AK:may  CA:sep  DE:may  FL:apr (DT)  NC:may,aug,sep  TX:apr,may  WA:sep
    Calidris alba rubida
  316. Semipalmated Sandpiper (*) _____ AK:may,jun  AZ:aug (r/AZ)  CA:sep (r/CA)  CO:apr  DE:may  FL:apr  NC:may,aug,sep  NCP:aug
    Calidris pusilla
  317. Western Sandpiper (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (ac) (PI)  AZ:jul,aug  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr  FL:apr  NC:may,aug  TX:apr  WA:sep
    Calidris mauri
  318. Least Sandpiper (*) (ph) _____ AK:may,jun (PI)  AZ:jan,jul,aug  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr  DE:may  FL:apr  NC:may,aug  TX:apr  WA:sep
    Calidris minutilla
  319. White-rumped Sandpiper (*) (ph) ______ NC:may,aug  WA:sep
    Calidris fuscicollis
    The White-rumped Sandpiper is uncommon in the Northwest US.  
  320. Baird's Sandpiper (*) ______ AK:may,jun  AZ:jul,aug  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  NE:mar  KS:apr  TX:apr,may  WA:sep
    Calidris bairdii
  321. Pectoral Sandpiper (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr  NC:aug  WA:sep
    Calidris melanotos
  322. Dunlin (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  CA:sep  DE:may  NC:may  TX:apr,may  WA:sep
    Calidris alpina
  323. Curlew Sandpiper (*) (ph) ______ NC:aug  (r/NC)
    Calidris ferruginea
    Curlew Sandpipers were seen during FONT North Carolina Tours, along the Outer Banks, in Augusts of 1993, 1994, & 1995. 




    A Curlew Sandpiper with only part of its breeding plumage
         (photo by Howard Eskin)
  324. Stilt Sandpiper (*) _______ AK:jun  AZ:aug  BC:sep  FL:apr  NC:aug  TX:apr,may
    Calidris     (has been Micropama) himantopus

    A Stilt Sandpiper during a FONT tour in British Columbia in September 2000 was unusual there.
  325. Long-toed Stint (*) (ph) ______  AK:may (PI)  CA:sep  (r/NA)
    Calidris subminuta 

    A single Long-toed Stint, a bird normally in Asia. was seen in California during the FONT West Coast Tour in September 1992.

  326. Red-necked Stint (*) (ph) ______  AK:jun (PI)  (r/NA)  (has also been called Rufous-necked Stint)
    Calidris ruficollis 
  327. Temminck's Stint (*) ______ AK:jun  (r/NA)
    Calidris temminckii 
  328. Little Stint ______  (r/NA)
    Calidris minuta
  329. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper  (ph) _____  (r/NA)
    Calidris acuminata
  330. Rock Sandpiper (*) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)
    Calidris ptilocnemis
  331. Purple Sandpiper  (ph) ______
    Calidris maritima
  332. Great Knot ______
    Calidris tenuirostris
  333. Spoon-billed Sandpiper ______  (r/NA)
    Eurynorhynchus pygmeus      (the single ember of its genus)
  334. Broad-billed Sandpiper ______  (r/NA)
    Limicola falcinellus      (the single member of its genus)
  335. Ruff / Reeve (*) (ph) ______ AK:may (PI)  BC:sep  NC:aug (r/NC) 
    Philomachus pugnax      (the single member of its genus)  




    This photo is of a Ruff in eastern North America in April
    (photo by Marie Gardner)

    Unusual was a Ruff, along with other shorebirds, at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge along the North Carolina Outer Banks, during the FONT tour there in August 1994. 
    Another Ruff was seen during the FONT Pacific Coast Tour in British Columbia in 2000. 

  336. Buff-breasted Sandpiper (nt) (ph) ______ NC:sep
    Tryngites subruficollis      (the single member of its genus)
    Buff-breasted Sandpiper
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
  337. Short-billed Dowitcher (*) (ph) ______  AK:may,jun (PI)  BC:sep  CA:sep  DE:may  FL:apr  NC:may,aug  WA:sep
    Limnodromus griseus
  338. Long-billed Dowitcher (*) ______ AK:jun  AZ:jul  BC:sep  CA:sep  CO:apr  NC:aug  TX:apr,may  WA:sep
    Limnodromus scolopaceus  (monotypic)

  339. Wilson's Snipe (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (PI)  AZ:aug  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  KS:apr  NE:mar  WA:sep  WY:apr  (was conspecific with the Common Snipe in Eurasia)
    Gallinago delicata
  340. Common Snipe ______
    Gallinago gallinago
  341. Pin-tailed Snipe ______
    Gallinago stenura
  342. Jack Snipe ______
    Lymnocryptes minimus      (the single member of its genus)
  343. American Woodcock  (ph) ______ DE:may  IA:mar  NJP:dec
    Scolopax minor




    American Woodcock
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
  344. Eurasian Woodcock ______
    Scolopax rusticola
  345. Wilson's Phalarope (*) ______ AZ:jul,aug,sep  CA:sep  CO:apr,jul  DE:may  KS:apr  NC:aug  TX:apr,may
    Phalaropus tricolor
  346. Red-necked Phalarope (*) (ph) ______ AK:may,jun (ac) (PI)  BC:sep  CA:sep  CAP:sep  DE:may  DEP:may,sep  NC:aug  NCP:may,jun,jul,aug  NJP:may,jul,aug,sep  WAP:sep
    Phalaropus lobatus
  347. Red Phalarope (*) (ph) ______  AK:may,jun (PI)  BC:sep  CAP:sep  DEP:may  NJP:may,aug,nov,dec  WAP:sep  (has been called Grey Phalarope in the Old World)  
    Phalaropus fulicaria
  348. Oriental Pratincole ______
    Glareola maldivarum

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