McLaughlin Bay - Wildlife & Nature

Birds

This list comprises those species (290) that have been recorded in the McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve, Darlington Provincial Park and the Second Marsh Wildlife Area. Classification and nomenclature follow the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds (7th ed. 1998). This list is preliminary in scope, and a more thorough presentation complete with abundance indicators is in preparation.

* = Species known to breed here (102)
E = Extinct species (1)

Loons	- Red-throated Loon - Common Loon
Grebes	- Pied-billed Grebe* - Horned Grebe - Red-necked Grebe - Eared Grebe - Western Grebe
Gannets, Pelicans & Cormorants	- Double-crested Cormorant
Herons, Storks, Ibises & Vultures	- American Bittern* - Least Bittern* - Great Blue Heron - Great Egret - Snowy Egret - Little Blue Heron - Tricolored Heron - Cattle Egret - Green Heron* - Black-crowned Night-Heron* - Glossy Ibis - Turkey Vulture
Geese, Swans & Ducks	- Greater White-fronted Goose - Snow Goose - Canada Goose* - Brant - Mute Swan* - Trumpeter Swan - Tundra Swan - Wood Duck* - Gadwall* - Eurasian Wigeon - American Wigeon* - American Black Duck* - Mallard* - Blue-winged Teal* - Northern Shoveler* - Northern Pintail* - Green-winged Teal* - Canvasback - Redhead - 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
Hawks, Eagles & Falcons	- 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 - American Kestrel* - Merlin - Gyrfalcon - Peregrine Falcon
Grouse & Turkeys	- Ring-necked Pheasant* - Ruffed Grouse* - Northern Bobwhite
Rails & Cranes	- King Rail - Virginia Rail* - Sora* - Common Moorhen* - American Coot* - Sandhill Crane
Plovers	- Black-bellied Plover - American Golden-Plover - Semipalmated Plover - Piping Plover - Killdeer*
Sandpipers	- 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 - Curlew Sandpiper - Stilt Sandpiper - Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Short-billed Dowitcher - Long-billed Dowitcher - Common Snipe* - American Woodcock* - Wilson's Phalarope - Red-necked Phalarope - Red Phalarope
Jaegers, Gulls, Terns & Skimmers	- Pomarine Jaeger - Parasitic Jaeger - Long-tailed Jaeger - Laughing Gull - Franklin's Gull - Little Gull* - Black-headed Gull - Bonaparte's Gull - Ring-billed Gull* - Herring Gull* - Thayer’s Gull - Iceland Gull - Lesser Black-backed Gull - Glaucous Gull - Great Black-backed Gull - Sabine’s Gull - Ivory Gull - Caspian Tern - Common Tern* - Forster's Tern - Black Tern*
Alcids	- Thick-billed Murre
Pigeons & Doves	- Rock Dove* - Mourning Dove* - Passenger Pigeon (E)*
Cuckoos & Anis	- Black-billed Cuckoo* - Yellow-billed Cuckoo*
Owls	- Eastern Screech-Owl* - Great Horned Owl* - Snowy Owl - Barred Owl - Great Gray Owl - Long-eared Owl - Short-eared Owl - Boreal Owl - Northern Saw-whet Owl
Nightjars	- Common Nighthawk - Whip-poor-will
Swifts & Hummingbirds	- Chimney Swift - Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Kingfishers	- Belted Kingfisher*
Woodpeckers	- Red-headed Woodpecker* - Red-bellied Woodpecker - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Downy Woodpecker* - Hairy Woodpecker* - Northern Flicker* - Pileated Woodpecker
Tyrant Flycatchers	- Olive-sided Flycatcher - Eastern Wood-Pewee* - Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Alder Flycatcher* - Willow Flycatcher* - Least Flycatcher* - Eastern Phoebe* - Great Crested Flycatcher* - Western Kingbird - Eastern Kingbird*
Shrikes	- Loggerhead Shrike - Northern Shrike
Vireos	- White-eyed Vireo - Yellow-throated Vireo - Blue-headed Vireo - Warbling Vireo* - Philadelphia Vireo - Red-eyed Vireo*
Jays, Magpies & Crows	- Blue Jay* - American Crow* - Common Raven
Larks, Martins & Swallows	- Horned Lark* - Purple Martin* - Tree Swallow* - Northern Rough-winged Swallow* - Bank Swallow* - Cliff Swallow* - Barn Swallow*
Titmice, Nuthatches, & Creepers	- Black-capped Chickadee* - Red-breasted Nuthatch - White-breasted Nuthatch* - Brown Creeper
Wrens	- Carolina Wren - House Wren* - Winter Wren - Sedge Wren* - Marsh Wren*
Kinglets, Gnatcatchers, Thrushes & Mimids	- Golden-crowned Kinglet* - Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* - Eastern Bluebird* - Veery* - Gray-cheeked Thrush - Swainson's Thrush - Hermit Thrush - Wood Thrush - American Robin* - Gray Catbird* - Northern Mockingbird* - Brown Thrasher*
Starlings	- European Starling*
Pipits & Waxwings	- American Pipit - Bohemian Waxwing - Cedar Waxwing*
Wood Warblers	- Golden-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 - Cerulean Warbler - Black-and-white Warbler - American Redstart* - Worm-eating Warbler - Ovenbird - Northern Waterthrush - Connecticut Warbler - Mourning Warbler * - Common Yellowthroat* - Hooded Warbler - Wilson's Warbler - Canada Warbler - Yellow-breasted Chat
Tanagers	- Summer Tanager - Scarlet Tanager
Sparrows, Grosbeaks & Buntings	- Eastern Towhee - American Tree Sparrow - Chipping Sparrow* - Clay-colored Sparrow - Field Sparrow - Vesper Sparrow - Savannah Sparrow* - Grasshopper Sparrow - Henslow's Sparrow - Nelson's 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 - Northern Cardinal* - Rose-breasted Grosbeak* - Indigo Bunting* - Pine Grosbeak - Evening Grosbeak
Meadowlarks, Blackbirds & Orioles	- Bobolink* - Red-winged Blackbird* - Eastern Meadowlark* - Rusty Blackbird - Brewer's Blackbird* - Common Grackle* - Brown-headed Cowbird* - Orchard Oriole* - Baltimore Oriole*
Finches	- Purple Finch - House Finch* - Red Crossbill - White-winged Crossbill - Common Redpoll - Pine Siskin - American Goldfinch*
Weaver Finches	- House Sparrow*


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