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Delmarva Birds

during Focus On Nature Tours 

in 2015


Compiled by Armas Hill 



Photo at right: a Red Knot, a bird that stages in Delmarva
every spring along the shore of the Delaware Bay
(photo by Howard Eskin)  

                                
Codes:

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

(i):    an introduced species
(ph): species with a photo in the FONT website

DE:   in Delaware
MD:  in Maryland
VA:   in Virginia


Links: 

A Complete List & Photo Gallery of North American Birds, in 6 parts:
Part #1: Grouse to Anhinga    Part #2: Condor to Shorebirds    Part #3: Jaegers to Cuckoos
Part #4: Owls to Flycatchers
    Part #5: Shrikes to Pipits    Part #6: Olive Warbler to Buntings
 


Lists with Other Delmarva Nature (each with some photos):

Mammals (Land & Sea)    Butterflies    Moths    Dragonflies & Damselflies 

Amphibians & Reptiles     Wildflowers & Other Plants

Marine Life (inc. Jellyfish, Mollusks (Shells), & Arthropods: Crustaceans & Echinoderms)    Fish   

Directory of Photos in this Website 



Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours:  
in North America  (inc. the Delmarva Peninsula)
by month in:
  
2015    2016   or:  by geographic locations worldwide  



Bird-List:

  1. Northern Bobwhite  (nt)  ______  DE  spring, summer
    Colinus v. virginianus

  2. Common (or Ring-necked) Pheasant  (i)  ______  DE  spring
    Phasianus colchicus

  3. Wild Turkey  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  spring, summer
    Meleagris gallopavo silvestris

  4. Mute Swan (i) (ph)  ______
    Cygnus olor

  5. Tundra Swan  (ph)  ______  DE  spring  VA  spring, summer (1 bird in July, rare in VA in the summer)
    Cygnus c. columbianus

    The North American subspecies, Cygnus c. columbianus, has been called the "Whistling Swan".

  6. Canada Goose ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring  VA  spring
    Branta c. canadensis 

  7. Brant  ______  VA  spring
    Branta bernicla hrota

  8. Snow Goose  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring
    Chen caerulescens atlanticus 
    (has been Anser caerulescens atlanticus)  ("Greater Snow Goose")

  9. Mallard  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring, summer  VA  spring, summer
    Anas p. platyrhynchos

  10. American Black Duck  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  VA  spring
    Anas rubripes 
    (monotypic)

  11. Gadwall  (ph) (*) ______  DE  spring  VA  spring
    Anas s. strepera

     
  12. American Green-winged Teal  (ph)  ______  DE  spring  VA  spring
    Anas carolinensis

  13. Blue-winged Teal  (ph)  ______ DE  spring
    Anas discors 
    (monotypic)

  14. Northern Pintail  (ph)  ______ DE  spring
    Anas acuta
    (monotypic)

  15. Northern Shoveler  (ph)  ______ DE  spring  VA  spring
    Anas clypeata 
    (monotypic)

  16. American Wigeon  (ph)  ______  DE  spring  VA  spring
    Anas americana 
    (monotypic)

  17. Eurasian Wigeon  (ph)  ______  DE  spring  VA  spring
    Anas penelope 
    (monotypic)

  18. Wood Duck  (ph)  ______  DE  spring  MD  summer
    Aix sponsa 
    (monotypic)

  19. Canvasback  ______  DE  winter
    Aythya valisineria 
    (monotypic)

  20. Redhead  (ph)  ______  DE  winter
    Aythya americana
      (monotypic)

  21. Ring-necked Duck  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring
    Aythya collaris
      (monotypic)

  22. Bufflehead  (ph)  ______  DE  spring  VA  spring
    Bucephala albeola 
    (monotypic)

  23. Harlequin Duck  (ph)  ______  DE  winter
    Histrionicus histrionicus 
    (now said to be monotypic) (the single member of its genus)

  24. Long-tailed Duck  (t3)  (ph)  ______  DE  winter
    Clangula hyemalis 
    (monotypic) (the single member of its genus)

  25. Surf Scoter  (ph)  ______  DE  winter
    Melanitta perspicillata 
    (monotypic)

  26. Black Scoter  (ph)  ______
    Melanitta americana 


    The Black Scoter was conspecific with the
    Common Scoter of Europe, Melanitta nigra

  27. Common Eider  (ph) (*) ______ 
    Somateria mollissima dresseri

  28. Common Merganser  (ph)  ______  DE  spring
    Mergus merganser americanus

  29. Red-breasted Merganser  (ph)  ______  DE  spring
    Mergus serrator 
    (monotypic)

  30. Hooded Merganser  (ph)  ______  DE  spring  VA  spring
    Lophodytes cucullatus 
    (monotypic) (the single member of its genus)

  31. Ruddy Duck  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring
    Oxyura jamaicensis rubida

  32. Common Loon  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring  VA  spring, summer (1 bird in July, rare in VA in the summer) 
    Gavia immer 
    (monotypic)

  33. Red-throated Loon  (ph)  ______  DE  spring  VA  spring
    Gavia stellata 
    (monotypic)

  34. Cory's Shearwater  (ph)  ______
    Calonectris (diomedea) borealis 

  35. Great Shearwater  (ph)  ______   
    Puffinus gravis 
    (monotypic)

    Puffinus gravis has been called the Greater Shearwater.

  36. Sooty Shearwater  (nt) (ph) (*)  ______
    Puffinus griseus 
    (monotypic)

  37. Audubon's Shearwater  (ph)  ______
    Puffinus l. lherminieri

  38. Leach's Storm Petrel  ______
    Oceanodroma l. leucorhoa

  39. Band-rumped Storm Petrel  (*) ______
    Oceanodroma castro 
    (monotypic)

    Oceanodroma castro
    has also been called the Harcourt's, or Madeiran Storm Petrel.

  40. Wilson's Storm Petrel  (ph) (*)  ______
    Oceanites oceanicus

    2 subspecies of the Wilson's Storm Petrel occur in the North Atlantic: O. o. oceanicus and O. o. exasperatus) 
     
  41. White-faced Storm Petrel  (p) (NAr) (ph) (*)  ______  
    Pelagodroma marina 
    (the single member of its genus) 

    2 subspecies of the White-faced Storm Petrel occur in the North Atlantic:
    P. m. hypoleuca,
    breeding in the Madeira & Canary Is., and 
    P. m. eadesi, breeding in the Cape Verde Is.

  42. Pied-billed Grebe  (ph)  ______ 
    Podilymbus p. podiceps

  43. American White Ibis  (ph)  ______  DE  summer  VA  summer
    Eudocimus albus
    (monotypic)

  44. Glossy Ibis  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  summer  VA  summer
    Plegadis falcinellus
    (although many places nearly world-wide, considered monotypic)

  45. Great Blue Heron  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring, summer  VA  spring, summer
    Ardea h. herodias 

  46. Great Egret  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  spring, summer  VA  spring, summer
    Ardea alba egretta 
    (was Casmerodius, or Egretta alba)

  47. Snowy Egret  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  VA  summer
    Egretta
    t. thula  (was Leucophoyx thula)

  48. Little Blue Heron  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  VA  summer
    Egretta 
    caerulea  (was Florida caerulea)  (now monotypic)

  49. Tricolored Heron  (ph)  ______  DE  summer  VA  summer
    Egretta tricolor ruficollis 
    (formerly Hydranassa tricolor ruficollis)

    Egretta tricolor
    was called the Louisiana Heron.

  50. Western Cattle Egret  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  VA  summer
    Bubulcus ibis

    As info, the Eastern Cattle Egret, Bubulcus coromandus, occurs in southern and eastern Asia. 
     
  51. Green Heron  (ph)  ______   DE  spring, summer  MD  spring  VA  summer
    Butorides virescens

    The Green Heron was, for a time, considered conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron, and was then called the Green-backed Heron.

  52. Black-crowned Night Heron  (ph)  ______  DE  summer  VA  summer
    Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli

  53. Yellow-crowned Night Heron  (ph)  ______
    Nyctanassa v. violacea


  54. American Bittern  (ph)  ______  DE  spring
    Botaurus lentiginosus 
    (monotypic)

  55. Least Bittern  (ph)  ______
    Ixobrychus exilis

  56. Brown Pelican  (ph)  ______  MD  summer  VA  summer
    Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis

  57. American White Pelican  (ph)  ______  DE  summer  MD  spring
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 
    (monotypic)

  58. Northern Gannet  (ph)  ______  DE  spring
    Morus bassanus
    (formerly Sula bassanus)  (monotypic)

  59. Double-crested Cormorant  (ph) ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  spring, summer  VA  spring, summer
    Phalacrocorax a. auritus


  60. Great Cormorant  ______  DE  winter
    Phalacrocorax c. carbo

  61. Turkey Vulture  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring, summer  VA  spring, summer
    Cathartes aura septentrionalis

  62. Black Vulture  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  spring  VA  spring
    Coragyps atratus 
    (now said to be monotypic) (the single member of its genus)

  63. Mississippi Kite ______
    Ictinia mississippiensis 
    (monotypic)

  64. Osprey  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  spring  VA  summer
    Pandion haliaetus carolinensis 
    (the single member of its genus)

  65. Bald Eagle  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring, summer
    Haliaeetus leucocephalus

  66. Sharp-shinned Hawk  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring
    Accipiter striatus velox

  67. Cooper's Hawk  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer
    Accipiter cooperii 
    (monotypic)

  68. Red-shouldered Hawk  (ph)  ______
    Buteo l. lineatus

  69. Red-tailed Hawk  (ph) ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring  VA  spring
    Buteo jamaicensis borealis

  70. Northern Harrier  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring  VA  spring
    Circus (cyaneus) hudsonius

    The Northern Harrier has been conspecific with the Hen Harrier of Eurasia, Circus cyaneus.

     
  71. American Kestrel  (ph)  ______  DE  spring
    Falco s. sparverius

  72. Merlin  (ph) ______
    Falco c. columbarius

  73. Peregrine Falcon  (ph)  ______
    Falco peregrinus 

  74. Clapper Rail  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer
    Rallus crepitans
    (was Rallus longirostris)

  75. Virginia Rail  (ph)  ______  DE  spring
    Rallus l. limicola 

  76. Black Rail  (nt)  ______   
    Laterallus j. jamaicensis 

  77. Common Gallinule  (ph)  ______ 
    Gallinula galeata 
    (formerly Gallinula chloropus

  78. American Coot  (ph)  ______  DE  spring
    Fulica a. americana 

  79. American Oystercatcher  (ph)  ______  DE  summer  VA  spring, summer
    Haematopus p. palliatus

  80. Black-necked Stilt  (ph) ______  DE  spring, summer
    Himantopus mexicanus
     

    The Black-necked Stilt has been considered by some to be a part of the nearly-cosmopolitan Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus himantopus.  

  81. American Avocet  (ph)  ______  DE  summer
    Recurvirostra americana 
    (monotypic)

  82. Black-bellied Plover  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  VA  spring, summer
    Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae

    Another name for Pluvialis squatarola is Grey Plover, especially in the Old World.

  83. American Golden Plover  (ph)  ______  
    Pluvialis dominica 
    (monotypic)

  84. Semipalmated Plover  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  VA  summer
    Charadrius semipalmatus 
    (monotypic)

  85. Piping Plover  (t3) (ph)  ______  DE  spring
    Charadrius melodus 
    (monotypic)

  86. Killdeer  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer
    Charadrius v. vociferus

  87. Upland Sandpiper  ______ 
    Bartramia longicauda 
    (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)  

  88. "American" Whimbrel  (ph)  ______  
    Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus

  89. Marbled Godwit  (ph)  ______  VA  summer
    Limosa f. fedoa

  90. Greater Yellowlegs  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  spring, summer  VA  spring, summer
    Tringa melanoleuca 
    (monotypic)

  91. Lesser Yellowlegs  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  summer  VA  summer
    Tringa flavipes 
    (monotypic)

  92. Solitary Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  
    Tringa s. solitaria

  93. Spotted Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  DE  spring  MD  spring, summer  VA  summer
    Actitis macularius 
    (monotypic)

  94. Willet  (ph)  ______ DE  spring, summer  VA  summer
    Tringa s. semipalmatus 
    (formerly Catoptrophorus s. semipalmatus)

  95. Ruddy Turnstone  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  VA  summer
    Arenaria interpres morinella

  96. Red Knot  (ph)  ______  DE  spring
    Calidris canutus rufa 

  97. Sanderling  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  VA  summer
    Calidris alba rubida

  98. Semipalmated Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  summer  VA  summer
    Calidris pusilla 
    (monotypic)

  99. Western Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  DE  summer
    Calidris mauri 
    (monotypic)

  100. Least Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  summer  VA  summer
    Calidris minutilla 
    (monotypic)

  101. White-rumped Sandpiper  (ph)  ______ 
    Calidris fuscicollis 
    (monotypic)

  102. Pectoral Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  DE  spring
    Calidris melanotos 
    (monotypic)

  103. Dunlin  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  VA  spring, summer
    Calidris alpina hudsonia

  104. Curlew Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  
    Calidris ferruginea 
    (monotypic)

  105. Stilt Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  summer  VA  summer
    Calidris himantopus 
    (formerly Micropalama himantopus)

  106. Ruff / Reeve  (*) (ph)  ______ 
    Philomachus pugnax 
    (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

  107. Buff-breasted Sandpiper  (nt) (ph)  ______
    Tryngites subruficollis 
    (the single member of its genus)

  108. Short-billed Dowitcher  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  summer  VA  summer
    Limnodromus griseus hendersoni

  109. Long-billed Dowitcher  (ph)  ______
    Limnodromus scolopaceus 
    (monotypic)

  110. American Woodcock  (ph)  ______  DE  spring
    Scolopax minor 
    (monotypic)

  111. Wilson's Phalarope ______ 
    Phalaropus tricolor
    (formerly Steganopus tricolor (monotypic)

  112. Red-necked Phalarope (ph)  ______ 
    Phalaropus lobatus 
    (monotypic)

  113. Pomarine Jaeger  (p) (ph)  ______   
    Stercorarius pomarinus 
    (monotypic)

    Stercorarius pomarinus
    is also called the Pomarine Skua, especially in the Old World.

  114. Parasitic Jaeger  (ph)  ______ 
    Stercorarius parasiticus 
    (monotypic)

    Stercorarius parasiticus
    is also called the Arctic Skua, especially in the Old World.

  115. Long-tailed Jaeger  (ph)  ______  
    Stercorarius longicaudus pallescens

    Stercorarius longicaudus
    is also called the Long-tailed Skua, especially in the Old World.

  116. South Polar Skua  (ph)  ______
    Stercorarius maccormicki 
    (formerly Catharacta maccormicki (monotypic)

  117. Laughing Gull  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  spring, summer  VA  summer
    Leucophaeus atricilla megalopterus 
    (formerly Larus atricilla megalopterus)

  118. Bonaparte's Gull  (*) (ph)  ______  DE  winter
    Chroicocephalus philadelphia
      (formerly Larus philadelphia)  (monotypic)

  119. Ring-billed Gull  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring  VA  spring
    Larus delawarensis 
    (monotypic)

  120. "American" Herring Gull  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring, summer  VA  spring, summer
    Larus argentatus smithsonianus 


    Larus argentatus smithsonianus
    has been considered conspecific with the
    Herring Gulls of Europe, L. a. argenteus & L. a. argentatus, and with the Vega Gull of eastern Asia, L. vegae.    

  121. Great Black-backed Gull  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  VA  spring, summer
    Larus marinus 
    (monotypic)

  122. Gull-billed Tern  (ph)  ______  DE  summer  VA  summer
    Gelochelidon nilotica aranea 
    (formerly Sterna nilotica aranea)

  123. Caspian Tern  (ph)  ______ DE  spring, summer  MD  spring
    Hydroprogne caspia
      (formerly Sterna caspia)

  124. Royal Tern  (ph)  ______  DE  summer  VA  summer
    Thalasseus m. maxima
      (formerly Sterna m. maxima)

  125. Sandwich Tern  (ph)  ______  VA  summer
    Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavida 
    (formerly Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida)

  126. Common Tern  ______  DE  summer  VA  summer
    Sterna h. hirundo

  127. Forster's Tern  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring, summer  VA  summer
    Sterna forsteri 
    (monotypic)

  128. Least Tern ______ DE  spring, summer  MD  spring  VA  summer
    Sternula a. antillarum
      (formerly Sterna a. antillarum)

  129. Black Tern  (ph)  ______  DE  summer
    Chlidonias niger surinamensis

  130. Black Skimmer  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  VA  summer
    Rynchops n. niger

  131. Feral Pigeon  (i)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring  VA  spring, summer
    Columba livia

  132. Mourning Dove  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring, summer  VA  spring, summer
    Zenaida macroura carolinensis

  133. Eurasian Collared Dove  (i) (*) ______
    Streptopelia d. decaocto

  134. Yellow-billed Cuckoo  (ph)  ______
    Coccyzus americanus 
    (monotypic)

  135. American Barn Owl  (ph)  ______  
    Tyto furcata

    The American Barn Owl has been part of the Barn Owl of Eurasia and Africa, Tyto alba.
    But Tyto furcata is a heavier bird, with a larger and stouter head and body, with much more powerful talons.   

  136. Eastern Screech Owl  (ph)  ______  DE  spring
    Megascops a. asio  (formerly Otus a. asio

  137. Great Horned Owl  (ph)  ______  DE  winter
    Bubo v. virginianus 

  138. Barred Owl  (ph)  ______ 
    Strix varia georgica

  139. Chuck-Will's-Widow ______  DE  spring
    Caprimulgus carolinensis 
    (monotypic)

  140. Eastern Whip-poor-will ______
    Caprimulgus vociferus

  141. Common Nighthawk  (ph)  ______
    Chordeiles m. minor 

  142. Chimney Swift  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  spring, summer
    Chaetura pelagica 
    (monotypic)

  143. Ruby-throated Hummingbird  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer
    Archilochus colubris 
    (monotypic)
       
  144. Belted Kingfisher  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer
    Megaceryle alcyon 
    (formerly Ceryle alcyon)  (monotypic)

  145. "Yellow-shafted" Northern Flicker  ______ DE  spring, summer  MD  spring
    Colaptes auratus luteus

  146. Red-bellied Woodpecker  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer
    Melanerpes carolinus 
    (monotypic)

  147. Red-headed Woodpecker  (ph)  ______ 
    Melanerpes erythrocephalus 
    (monotypic)

  148. Downy Woodpecker  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  summer
    Picoides p. pubescens 

  149. Hairy Woodpecker  (ph)  ______ DE  winter, spring, summer
    Picoides v. audubonii

  150. Pileated Woodpecker  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  spring, summer
    Dryocopus p. pileatus

  151. Eastern Kingbird  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  spring
    Tyrannus tyrannus 
    (monotypic)

  152. Great Crested Flycatcher  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  spring, summer
    Myiarchus crinitus 
    (monotypic)

  153. Acadian Flycatcher ______  MD  summer
    Empidonax virescens 
    (monotypic)

  154. Willow Flycatcher  ______  DE  spring, summer
    Empidonax t. traillii

  155. Alder Flycatcher  ______  DE  summer
    Empidonax alnorum

  156. Least Flycatcher  ______  DE  summer (migrant)
    Empidonax minimus

  157. Olive-sided Flycatcher  ______  DE  summer (migrant)
    Contopus cooperi

  158. Eastern Wood Pewee  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  summer
    Contopus virens 
    (monotypic)

  159. Eastern Phoebe  (ph)  ______  DE  spring
    Sayornis phoebe 
    (monotypic)

  160. Loggerhead Shrike  (ph)  ______  DE  winter
    Lanius ludovicianus migrans

  161. White-eyed Vireo  (ph)  ______ DE  spring
    Vireo g. griseus

  162. Blue-headed Vireo  (ph)  ______
    Vireo s. solitarius

    The Blue-headed Vireo was part of the former Solitary Vireo.

  163. Yellow-throated Vireo  ______  MD  summer
    Vireo flavifrons 
    (monotypic)

  164. Red-eyed Vireo  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  summer (migrant)
    Vireo o. olivaceus

  165. Philadelphia Vireo  ______  MD  summer (migrant)
    Vireo philadelphicus

  166. Warbling Vireo  ______  DE  spring
    Vireo g. gilvus

  167. Blue Jay  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring
    Cyanocitta c. cristata

  168. American Crow  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring, summer  VA  spring, summer
    Corvus b. brachyrhynchos

  169. Fish Crow  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring  VA  spring, summer
    Corvus ossifragus 
    (monotypic)

  170. Cedar Waxwing  (ph)   ______  DE  summer (migrant)
    Bombycilla cedrorum

  171. Carolina Chickadee  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring, summer
    Poecile c. carolinensis 
    (formerly Parus c. carolinensis)

  172. Tufted Titmouse ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring, summer
    Baeolophus bicolor
      (formerly Parus bicolor

  173. White-breasted Nuthatch  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer
    Sitta c. carolinensis

  174. Brown-headed Nuthatch  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer
    Sitta p. pusilla 
    (this subspecies endemic to the southeast US; the other is in the Bahamas)

  175. Purple Martin  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  spring, summer
    Progne s. subis

  176. Barn Swallow  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  spring, summer  VA  summer
    Hirundo rustica erythrogaster

  177. American Cliff Swallow ______  DE  spring  MD  summer
    Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

  178. Tree Swallow  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  spring
    Tachycineta bicolor 
    (monotypic)

  179. Bank Swallow  ______  DE  spring, summer
    Riparia r. riparia

  180. Northern Rough-winged Swallow  (ph)  ______  DE  spring
    Stelgidopterys s. serripennis

  181. Horned Lark  ______  (ph)  DE  winter, spring  MD  spring
    Eremophila a. alpestris

  182. Carolina Wren  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  summer
    Thryothorus l. ludovicianus

  183. House Wren  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer
    Troglodytes a. aedon

  184. Marsh Wren  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer
    Cistothorus palustris waynei

  185. Gray Catbird  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer
    Dumetella carolinensis 
    (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

  186. Northern Mockingbird  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring, summer  VA  summer
    Mimus p. polyglottos
     
  187. Brown Thrasher  (ph)  ______ 
    Toxostoma r. rufum

  188. American Robin ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring, summer  VA  spring, summer
    Turdus m. migratorius

  189. Wood Thrush ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  spring, summer
    Hylocichla mustelina 
    (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

  190. Hermit Thrush  ______  DE  spring
    Catharus guttatus faxoni

  191. Eastern Bluebird  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring, summer
    Sialia s. sialis

  192. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  (ph)  ______  MD  spring
    Polioptila c. caerulea 

  193. European Starling  (i) (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring, summer  VA  summer
    Sturnus v. vulgaris 

  194. House Sparrow  (i)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring, summer
    Passer d. domesticus

  195. House Finch  (i) (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  summer
    Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis

  196. American Goldfinch  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  VA  summer
    Carduelis t. tristis

  197. Black-and-white Warbler ______  MD  summer (migrant)
    Mniotilta varia 
    (monotypic, and the single species of its genus)

  198. Blue-winged Warbler  (ph)  ______ 
    Vermivora pinus 
    (monotypic)

  199. Tennessee Warbler  (ph)  ______  MD  summer (migrant)
    Oreothlypis  peregrina

  200. Northern Parula  (ph)  ______
    Setophaga americana
      (formerly Parula americana)  (monotypic)

  201. Yellow Warbler  (ph)  ______  DE  spring
    Setophaga petechia 
    (formerly Dendroica petechia)  

  202. Yellow-rumped Warbler  (ph)  ______  DE  spring  MD  spring
    Setophaga c. coronata 
    (formerly Dendroica c. coronata)

  203. Magnolia Warbler  (ph)  ______  
    Setophaga magnolia 
    (formerly Dendroica magnolia (monotypic)

  204. Chestnut-sided Warbler  ______  DE  spring  MD  summer (migrant)
    Setophaga pennsylvanica 
    (formerly Dendroica pennsylvanica)  (monotypic)
     
  205. Black-throated Blue Warbler ______ 
    Setophaga caerulescens 
    (formerly Dendroica caerulescens

  206. Black-throated Green Warbler  (ph)  ______  
    Setophaga virens  (formerly Dendroica virens)  (now considered monotypic) 

  207. Bay-breasted Warbler  ______ 
    Setophaga castanea 
    (formerly Dendroica castanea)  (monotypic)

  208. Blackburnian Warbler  (ph)  ______ 
    Setophaga fusca
      (formerly Dendroica fusca)  (monotypic)

  209. Yellow-throated Warbler  (ph)  ______   
    Setophaga dominica 
    (formerly Dendroica dominica  (3 subspecies in the eastern US)

  210. Blackpoll Warbler  (ph)  ______ 
    Setophaga striata
      (formerly Dendroica striata (monotypic)

  211. Pine Warbler  (ph)  ______  DE  spring
    Setophaga p. pinus 
    (formerly Dendroica p. pinus)

  212. Prairie Warbler  (ph)  ______   
    Setophaga discolor 
    (formerly Dendroica discolor) 


  213. Prothonotary Warbler  (ph)  ______  MD  spring
    Protonotaria citrea 
    (monotypic, and the single species of its genus)

  214. Swainson's Warbler ______
    Limnothlypis swainsonii 
    (monotypic, and the single species of its genus)

  215. Worm-eating Warbler ______
    Helmitheros vermivorum 
    (monotypic, and the single species of its genus)

  216. Ovenbird  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  spring, summer
    Seiurus a. aurocapilla

  217. Northern Waterthrush  ______  
    Parkesia noveboracensis
      (formerly Seiurus noveboracensis)  (now said to be monotypic)

  218. Louisiana Waterthrush  ______
    Parkesia motacilla
      (formerly Seiurus motacilla (monotypic)

  219. Kentucky Warbler  ______
    Geothlypis formosus
      (formerly Oporornis formosus (monotypic)

  220. Mourning Warbler  (ph)  ______ 
    Geothlypis philadelphia 
    (formerly Oporornis philadelphia (monotypic)

  221. Common Yellowthroat  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  spring, summer
    Geothlypis t. trichas  

  222. Hooded Warbler  ______
    Setophaga citrina 
    (formerly Wilsonia citrina)  (monotypic)

  223. Canada Warbler  (ph)  ______
    Cardellina canadnsis
      (formerly Wilsonia canadensis (monotypic)

  224. American Redstart  (ph)  ______  MD  spring, summer
    Setophaga ruticilla 
    (monotypic, and the single species of its genus) 

  225. Yellow-breasted Chat  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer
    Icteria v. virens 
    (the single member of its genus)

     
  226. Eastern Meadowlark  (ph)  ______  DE  summer  MD  spring
    Sturnella magna argutula

  227. Red-winged Blackbird  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring, summer  VA  summer
    Agelaius p. phoeniceus
     
  228. Orchard Oriole  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer
    Icterus s. spurius

  229. Baltimore Oriole  (ph)  ______  DE  summer
    Icterus galbula 
    (monotypic)

    The Baltimore Oriole was, for a while, said to be conspecific with the Bullock's Oriole of western North America, and when so it was called the Northern Oriole. 

  230. Boat-tailed Grackle  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  summer  VA  spring, summer
    Quiscalus major torreyi

  231. Common Grackle ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring, summer
    Quiscalus quiscula versicolor

  232. Brown-headed Cowbird  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  spring
    Molothrus a. ater

  233. Bobolink  ______  DE  spring
    Dolichonyx oryzivorus 
    (monotypic)

  234. Summer Tanager  (ph)  ______  DE  summer  MD  summer
    Piranga r. rubra 

  235. Scarlet Tanager  (ph)  ______  MD  summer  VA  summer
    Piranga olivacea

  236. Henslow's Sparrow  (nt) (ph)  ______  
    Ammodramus h. henslowii

  237. Grasshopper Sparrow  (ph)  ______  DE  summer
    Ammodramus savannarum pratensis

  238. Seaside Sparrow ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  summer
    Ammodramus maritimus macgillivrayi

  239. Saltmarsh Sparrow  (t3) (ph)  ______  MD  summer
    Ammodramus caudacutus diversus

    The Saltmarsh Sparrow was conspecific with what is now the Nelson's Sparrow. When so, it was called the Sharp-tailed Sparrow.

  240. Chipping Sparrow  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  summer
    Spizella p. passerina

  241. Field Sparrow  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer
    Spizella p. pusilla

  242. Lark Sparrow  (ph)  ______  DE  summer
    Chondestes grammacus

  243. Song Sparrow  (ph)  ______  DE  winter, spring, summer  MD  summer
    Melospiza melodia atlantica

  244. Savannah Sparrow  ______  DE  spring
    Passerculus sandwichensis savanna  

    Other subspecies of the Savannah Sparrow occur on the Delmarva Peninsula.

  245. Fox Sparrow  ______  DE  spring
    Passerella i. iliaca

  246. White-throated Sparrow  ______  DE  winter, spring
    Zonotrichia albicollis 
    (monotypic)

  247. Dark-eyed Junco  ______  DE  winter, spring  VA  spring
    Junco h. hyemalis

  248. Eastern Towhee  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  VA  summer
    Pipilo erythrophthalmus rileyi

    The Eastern Towhee was the Rufous-sided Towhee.

  249. Dickcissel  (ph)  ______  DE  summer
    Spiza americana


  250. Northern Cardinal  (ph)  ______  DE winter, spring, summer  MD  spring, summer  VA  spring
    Cardinalis c. cardinalis

  251. Rose-breasted Grosbeak  (ph)  ______  DE  spring
    Pheucticus ludovicianus 
    (monotypic)

  252. Blue Grosbeak  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  summer
    Passerina c. caerulea

  253. Indigo Bunting  (ph)  ______  DE  spring, summer  MD  summer
    Passerina cyanea 
    (monotypic)

  254. Painted Bunting  (ph)  ______ 
    Passerina c. ciris



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