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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Canada: New Brunswick - A Week on Grand Manan

Cumulative Checklist

With Stu Tingley as leader  (revised by R. Wright for 2012 tour)

  • Column A = number of tours out of six on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the last tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the last tour
A B C
6 Canada Goose 6 150 Branta canadensis
4 Wood Duck 1 1 Aix sponsa
6 American Wigeon 2 40 Anas americana
6 American Black Duck 4 30 Anas rubripes
6 Mallard 2 8 Anas platyrhynchos
4 Blue-winged Teal 1 1 Anas discors
3 Northern Pintail 1 1 Anas acuta
6 Green-winged Teal 3 40 Anas crecca
6 Ring-necked Duck 2 15 Aythya collaris
6 Common Eider 7 750 Somateria mollissima
6 Surf Scoter 2 12 Melanitta perspicillata
5 White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
2 Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
3 Hooded Merganser 1 1 Lophodytes cucullatus
6 Red-breasted Merganser 2 9 Mergus serrator
6 Ring-necked Pheasant 3 6 Phasianus colchicus
3 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
6 Common Loon 6 15 Gavia immer
1 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
1 Horned Grebe 1 1 Podiceps auritus
6 Red-necked Grebe 3 10 Podiceps grisegena
1 Northern Fulmar 1 1 Fulmarus glacialis
6 Great Shearwater 5 2000 Puffinus gravis
6 Sooty Shearwater 2 250 Puffinus griseus
5 Manx Shearwater 2 10 Puffinus puffinus
5 Wilson's Storm-Petrel 1 200 Oceanites oceanicus
2 Leach's Storm-Petrel 1 1 Oceanodroma leucorhoa
6 Northern Gannet 6 25 Morus bassanus
6 Double-crested Cormorant 8 150 Phalacrocorax auritus
6 Great Cormorant 5 45 Phalacrocorax carbo
6 Great Blue Heron 6 10 Ardea herodias
2 Snowy Egret 2 3 Egretta thula
3 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 19 Nycticorax nycticorax
1 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
6 Osprey 3 1 Pandion haliaetus
6 Bald Eagle 6 5 Haliaeetus leucocephalus
6 Northern Harrier 1 1 Circus cyaneus
6 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 3 Accipiter striatus
3 Broad-winged Hawk 1 2 Buteo platypterus
6 American Kestrel 3 6 Falco sparverius
6 Merlin 5 8 Falco columbarius
6 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 Falco peregrinus
6 Black-bellied Plover 3 75 Pluvialis squatarola
4 American Golden-Plover 1 1 Pluvialis dominica
6 Semipalmated Plover 5 50 Charadrius semipalmatus
3 Killdeer 3 4 Charadrius vociferus
5 Spotted Sandpiper 5 3 Actitis macularius
5 Solitary Sandpiper 1 2 Tringa solitaria
6 Greater Yellowlegs 3 5 Tringa melanoleuca
1 Willet Tringa semipalmata
5 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 1 Tringa flavipes
5 Whimbrel 2 5 Numenius phaeopus
1 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
6 Ruddy Turnstone 3 25 Arenaria interpres
4 Red Knot 1 1 Calidris canutus
6 Sanderling 4 130 Calidris alba
6 Semipalmated Sandpiper 5 400 Calidris pusilla
6 Least Sandpiper 4 10 Calidris minutilla
4 White-rumped Sandpiper 1 2 Calidris fuscicollis
1 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
2 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
3 Dunlin Calidris alpina
2 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
6 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 15 Limnodromus griseus
1 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
3 American Woodcock Scolopax minor
1 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
4 Red-necked Phalarope 1 5000 Phalaropus lobatus
5 Red Phalarope 1 200 Phalaropus fulicarius
6 Black-legged Kittiwake 7 250 Rissa tridactyla
2 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
5 Bonaparte's Gull 2 30 Chroicocephalus philadelphia
3 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
6 Herring Gull 8 1000+ Larus argentatus
4 Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 2 Larus fuscus
6 Great Black-backed Gull 8 100 Larus marinus
3 Common Tern 2 5 Sterna hirundo
6 Pomarine Jaeger 3 8 Stercorarius pomarinus
4 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
4 Common Murre 2 30 Uria aalge
1 Thick-billed Murre 1 1 Uria lomvia
6 Razorbill 5 50 Alca torda
6 Black Guillemot 8 150 Cepphus grylle
6 Atlantic Puffin 2 150 Fratercula arctica
6 Rock Pigeon 6 35 Columba livia
1 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
6 Mourning Dove 8 8 Zenaida macroura
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 1 Coccyzus americanus
2 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
1 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
6 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 5 Archilochus colubris
6 Belted Kingfisher 4 2 Megaceryle alcyon
6 Downy Woodpecker 4 2 Picoides pubescens
3 Hairy Woodpecker 3 1 Picoides villosus
6 Northern Flicker 3 3 Colaptes auratus
1 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
3 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 1 Contopus virens
2 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
4 Alder Flycatcher 1 1 Empidonax alnorum
5 Least Flycatcher 2 1 Empidonax minimus
5 Eastern Kingbird 1 1 Tyrannus tyrannus
6 Blue-headed Vireo 2 4 Vireo solitarius
2 Warbling Vireo 1 1 Vireo gilvus
5 Philadelphia Vireo 2 1 Vireo philadelphicus
6 Red-eyed Vireo 7 12 Vireo olivaceus
6 Blue Jay 7 20 Cyanocitta cristata
6 American Crow 8 50 Corvus brachyrhynchos
6 Common Raven 8 10 Corvus corax
2 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
2 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
6 Black-capped Chickadee 8 60 Poecile atricapillus
6 Boreal Chickadee 1 5 Poecile hudsonica
6 Red-breasted Nuthatch 8 20 Sitta canadensis
5 Brown Creeper 1 1 Certhia americana
1 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
5 Winter Wren 2 1 Troglodytes hiemalis
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
6 Golden-crowned Kinglet 6 5 Regulus satrapa
6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 1 Regulus calendula
3 Swainson's Thrush 1 1 Catharus ustulatus
5 Hermit Thrush 1 1 Catharus guttatus
6 American Robin 6 20 Turdus migratorius
6 Gray Catbird 4 5 Dumetella carolinensis
6 European Starling 4 125 Sturnus vulgaris
3 American Pipit Anthus rubescens
6 Cedar Waxwing 8 135 Bombycilla cedrorum
1 Ovenbird 1 1 Seiurus aurocapilla
1 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus
6 Black-and-white Warbler 7 15 Mniotilta varia
2 Tennessee Warbler 2 3 Oreothlypis peregrina
1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 1 Oreothlypis celata
5 Nashville Warbler 5 10 Oreothlypis ruficapilla
6 Common Yellowthroat 7 10 Geothlypis trichas
6 American Redstart 4 3 Setophaga ruticilla
2 Cape May Warbler 2 1 Setophaga tigrina
6 Northern Parula 5 10 Setophaga americana
6 Magnolia Warbler 6 20 Setophaga magnolia
3 Bay-breasted Warbler 1 1 Setophaga castanea
3 Blackburnian Warbler 2 1 Setophaga fusca
5 Yellow Warbler 5 6 Setophaga petechia
3 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
6 Blackpoll Warbler 6 75 Setophaga striata
3 Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
3 Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
6 Yellow-rumped Warbler 7 30 Setophaga coronata
2 Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
6 Black-throated Green Warbler 7 25 Setophaga virens
2 Canada Warbler 1 1 Cardellina canadensis
6 Wilson's Warbler 5 3 Cardellina pusilla
3 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 1 Icteria virens
6 Chipping Sparrow 3 12 Spizella passerina
4 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
6 Savannah Sparrow 5 15 Passerculus sandwichensis
6 Nelson's Sparrow 1 3 Ammodramus nelsoni
6 Song Sparrow 7 10 Melospiza melodia
3 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 1 Melospiza lincolnii
5 Swamp Sparrow 2 1 Melospiza georgiana
6 White-throated Sparrow 7 25 Zonotrichia albicollis
6 Dark-eyed Junco 6 15 Junco hyemalis
4 Northern Cardinal 1 1 Cardinalis cardinalis
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 2 Pheucticus ludovicianus
4 Dickcissel Spiza americana
5 Bobolink 3 16 Dolichonyx oryzivorus
1 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
1 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
6 Common Grackle 4 200 Quiscalus quiscula
1 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
5 Baltimore Oriole 1 4 Icterus galbula
6 Purple Finch 8 45 Carpodacus purpureus
3 Pine Siskin 1 1 Carduelis pinus
6 American Goldfinch 8 90 Carduelis tristis

Mammals

1 Little Brown Bat 2 2 Myotis lucifugus
1 Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus
6 Red Squirrel 6 5 Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
6 Harbor Seal 6 6 Phoca vitulina
3 Gray Seal 5 3 Halichoerus grypus
3 White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
1 Atlantic White-sided Dolphin Lagenorhynchus acutus
6 Harbor Porpoise 8 75 Phocoena phocoena
4 Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae
6 Northern Minke Whale 1 1 Balaenoptera acutorostrata
6 Fin Whale 4 6 Balaenoptera physalus
5 Northern Right Whale 2 30 Eubalaena glacialis

Amphibians and Reptiles

3 Wood Frog 2 1 Rana sylvatica
4 American Toad 1 1 Bufo americanus
2 Smooth Green Snake Opheodrys vernalis

Butterflies

6 Cabbage White 5 10 Pieris rapae
6 Clouded Sulphur 3 5 Colias philodice
6 Orange Sulphur 3 4 Colias eurytheme
5 American Copper 2 1 Lycaena phlaeas
2 Great Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele
4 Mourning Cloak 1 1 Nymphalis antiopa
1 American Lady Vanessa virginiensis
4 Painted Lady 4 10 Vanessa cardui
5 Red Admiral 4 25 Vanessa atalanta
4 Common Wood-Nymph Cercyonis pegala
5 Monarch 4 10 Danaus plexippus
5 Common Branded Skipper 1 2 Hesperia comma

Damselflies and Dragonflies

1 Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Lestes unguiculatus
1 Azure Bluet Enallagma aspersum
1 Lake Darner Aeshna eremita
2 Variable Darner Aeshna interrupta
4 Shadow Darner 2 1 Aeshna umbrosa
6 Common Green Darner 1 1 Anax junius
1 Common Whitetail Libellula lydia
5 Twelve-spotted Skimmer Libellula pulchella
4 Saffron-winged Meadowhawk 1 1 Sympetrum costiferum
4 Cherry-faced Meadowhawk 1 25 Sympetrum internum
4 White-faced Meadowhawk 1 1 Sympetrum obtrusum
1 Band-winged Meadowhawk 1 1 Sympetrum semicinctum

Odonates

3 Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens
1 Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea

Miscellaneous

2 Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus