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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

New York City

A WINGS Big City Weekend

Bird List from the May 2010 tour

With Starr Saphir as leader

  • Column A: Number of tours out of one on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B: 'X' indicates that this species was seen on the previous tour
  • H = Heard only
A B C
1 Brant x Branta bernicula
1 Canada Goose x Branta canadensis
1 Mute Swan x Cygnus olor
Wood Duck Aix sponsa
1 Gadwall x Anas strepera
1 American Black Duck x Anas rubripes
1 Mallard x Anas platyrhynchos
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
1 Green-winged Teal x Anas crecca
1 Lesser Scaup x Aythya affinis
Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
1 Ruddy Duck x Oxyura jamaicensis
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
1 Double-crested Cormorant x Phalacrocorax auritus
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
1 Great Egret x Ardea alba
1 Snowy Egret x Egretta thula
1 Little Blue Heron x Egretta caerulea
1 Cattle Egret x Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron Butorides virescens
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron x Nycticorax nycticorax
1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron x Nyctanassa violacea
1 Glossy Ibis x Plegadis falcinellus
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
1 Osprey x Pandion haliaetus
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
1 Red-tailed Hawk x Buteo jamaicensis
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
Sora Porzana carolina
1 Common Moorhen x Gallinula chloropus
American Coot Fulica americana
1 Black-bellied Plover x Pluvialis squatarola
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
1 American Oystercatcher x Haemotopus palliatus
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
1 Lesser Yellowlegs x Tringa flavipes
1 Solitary Sandpiper x Tringa solitaria
1 Willet x Tringa semipalmata
Spotted Sandpiper Acititus macularia
Red Knot Calidris canutus
1 Semipalmated Sandpiper x Calidris pusilla
1 Least Sandpiper x Calidris minutilla
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
American Woodcock Scolopax minor
1 Laughing Gull x Leucophaeus atricilla
1 Ring-billed Gull x Larus delawarensis
1 Herring Gull x Larus argentatus
1 Great Black-backed Gull x Larus marinus
1 Gull-billed Tern x Sterna nilotica
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
1 Common Tern x Sterna hirundo
1 Forster's Tern x Sterna forsteri
Least Tern Sternula antillarum
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
1 Rock Pigeon x Columba livia
1 Mourning Dove x Zenaida macroura
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus
1 Chimney Swift x Chaetura pelagica
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird x Archilochus colubris
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker x Melanerpes carolinus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
1 Downy Woodpecker x Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
1 Northern Flicker H Colaptes auratus
Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee x Contopus virens
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
1 Great Crested Flycatcher x Myiarchus crinitus
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
1 White-eyed Vireo H Vireo griseus
Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
1 Blue-headed Vireo x Vireo solitarius
1 Warbling Vireo x Vireo gilvus
Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
1 Red-eyed Vireo H Vireo olivaceus
1 Blue Jay x Cyanocitta cristata
1 American Crow x Corvus brachyrhynchos
Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
1 Tree Swallow x Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
1 Barn Swallow x Hirundo rustica
Black-capper Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
Brown Creeper Certhia americana
1 Carolina Wren x Thryothorus ludovicianus
1 House Wren x Troglodytes aedon
Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
1 Veery H Catharus fuscescens
Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
Bicknell's Thrush catharus bicknerlli
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
1 Hermit Thrush x Catharus guttatus
1 Wood Thrush H Hylocichla mustelina
1 American Robin x Turdus migratorius
1 Gray Catbird x Dumetella carolinensis
1 Northern Mockingbird x Mimus polyglottos
1 Brown Thrasher x Toxostoma rufum
1 European Starling x Sturnus vulgaris
1 Cedar Waxwing x Bombycilla cedrorum
Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus
Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina
Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
1 Nashville Warbler H Vermivora ruficapilla
1 Northern Parula x Parula americana
1 Yellow Warbler x Dendroica petechia
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler x Dendroica pensylvanica
1 Magnolia Warbler x Dendroica magnolia
Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler x Dendroica caerulescens
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler x Dendroica coronata
1 Black-throated Green Warbler x Dendroica virens
1 Blackburnian Warbler x Dendroica fusca
Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica
Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor
Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
1 Bay-breasted Warbler x Dendroica castanae
1 Blackpoll Warbler x Dendroica striata
Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea
1 Black-and-white Warbler x Mniotilta varia
1 American Redstart x Setophaga ruticilla
Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivora
1 Ovenbird x Seiurus aurocapilla
1 Northern Waterthrush x Seiurus noveboracensis
1 Louisiana Waterthrush x Seiurus motacilla
Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
1 Common Yellowthroat x Geothlypis trichas
Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina
1 Wilson's Warbler x Wilsonia pusilla
1 Canada Warbler x Wilsonia canadensis
Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
1 Scarlet Tanager x Piranga olivacea
1 Eastern Towhee x Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
1 Song Sparrow x Melospiza melodia
Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
1 White-throated Sparrow x Zonotrichia albicollis
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
1 Northern Cardinal x Cardinalis cardinalis
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak x Pheucticus ludovicianus
1 Indigo Bunting x Passerina cyanea
1 Red-winged Blackbird x Agelaius phoeniceus
Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
1 Common Grackle x Quiscalus quiscula
1 Boat-tailed Grackle x Quiscalus major
1 Brown-headed Cowbird x Molothrus ater
1 Orchard Oriole H Icterus spurius
1 Baltimore Oriole x Icterus galbula
Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
1 American Goldfinch H Carduelis tristis
1 House Sparrow x Passer domesticus