Mike’s Birding Life List

My current life totals, as of December 2010, are:

WORLD: 927
ABA: 448

Many of the species I’ve seen, annotated by date and location, are listed below in rough taxonomic order, but this list is regrettably very far from complete.

GAVIIDAE – Loons

  • Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata (Point Lookout, NY, 3/05)
  • Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica (Bainbridge Island, WA, 3/05)
  • Common Loon Gavia immer (Point Lookout, NY, 3/05)

PODICIPEDIDAE – Grebes

  • Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus (Tikal, Guatemala, 7/03)
  • Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps (Montezuma NWR, NY, 7/03)
  • Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena (Chincoteague NWR, VA, 10/04)
  • Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus (Point Lookout, NY, 3/05)
  • Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis (Bainbridge Island, WA, 3/05)
  • Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis (Woodbridge Lake, CA, 9/28/03)

PROCELLARIIDAE – Shearwaters and Petrels

HYDROBATIDAE – Storm-petrels

PELECANIDAE – Pelicans

  • American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (Sepulveda Basin Refuge, CA, 9/27/03)
  • Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis (Belize City, Belize, 7/03)

SULIDAE – Boobies and Gannets

  • Northern Gannet Morus bassanus (Montauk Point S.P., NY, 12/31/03)

PHALACROCORACIDAE – Cormorants

  • Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo (Pelham Bay Park, NY, 1/27/07)
  • Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Macal River, Belize, 7/03)
  • Brandt’s Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Bainbridge Island, WA, 3/05)
  • Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus (Bainbridge Island, WA, 3/05)

ANHINGIDAE – Anhingas and Darters

  • Anhinga Anhinga anhinga (Aguacate Park, Belize, 7/03)

FREGATIDAE – Frigatebirds

  • Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens (Belize City, Belize, 7/03)

ARDEIDAE – Herons, Egrets and Bitterns

  • Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • Great Egret Ardea alba (Central Park, NY, 6/03)
  • Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor (Branch Mouth Park, Belize, 7/03)
  • Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea (Branch Mouth Park, Belize, 7/03)
  • Snowy Egret Egretta thula (Branch Mouth Park, Belize, 7/03)
  • Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis (Jamaica Bay NWR, NY, 6/03)
  • Green Heron Butorides virescens (Central Park, NY, 6/03)
  • Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax (Spuyten Duyvil, NY, 6/1/02)
  • Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea (Jamaica Bay NWR, NY, 6/03)
  • Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum (Aguacate Park, Belize, 7/03)
  • American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus (Montezuma NWR, NY, 7/03)

CICONIIDAE – Storks

  • Wood Stork Mycteria americana (Branch Mouth Park, Belize, 7/03)

THRESKIORNITHIDAE – Ibis and Spoonbills

  • White Ibis Eudocimus albus (Chincoteague NWR, VA, 10/12/03)
  • Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus (Jamaica Bay NWR, NY, 6/03)
  • Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja (MacArthur Beach SP, FL, 7/27/06)

ANATIDAE – Ducks, Geese and Swans

  • Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor (Loxahatchee NWR, FL, 7/26/06)
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis (Mountain Pine Ridge, Belize, 7/03)
  • Mute Swan Cygnus olor (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator (Montezuma NWR, NY, 1/1/07)
  • Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus (Croton Point Park, NY, 11/03)
  • Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons (Jamaica Bay NWR, NY, 6/03)
  • Snow Goose Chen caerulescens (Bombay Hook NWR, DE, 10/13/03)
  • Brant Branta bernicla (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 11/03)
  • Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii (Arrowhead Marsh, CA, 3/7/06)
  • Canada Goose Branta canadensis (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • Wood Duck Aix sponsa (Montezuma NWR, NY, 7/03)
  • American Wigeon Anas americana (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 11/03)
  • Gadwall Anas strepera (Jamaica Bay NWR, NY, 6/03)
  • Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 1/04)
  • Eurasian Teal Anas crecca (Crestwood Lake, NY, 3/21/05)
  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula (Loxahatchee NWR, FL, 7/26/06)
  • American Black Duck Anas rubripes (Jamaica Bay NWR, NY, 6/03)
  • Northern Pintail Anas acuta (Bombay Hook NWR, DE, 10/13/03)
  • White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis (Paradise Island, Bahamas, 1/27/06)
  • Blue-winged Teal Anas discors (Paradise Island, Bahamas, 1/28/06)
  • Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata (Jamaica Bay NWR, NY, 8/31/03)
  • Canvasback Aythya valisineria (Spuyten Duyvil, NY, 12/03)
  • Redhead Aythya americana (Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 2/23/07)
  • Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris (Pelham Bay Park, NY, 11/03)
  • Greater Scaup Aythya marila (Bainbridge Island, WA, 3/05)
  • Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 6/25/05)
  • Common Eider Somateria mollissima (Montauk Point S.P., NY, 12/31/03)
  • Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus (Bainbridge Island, WA, 3/05)
  • Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis (Irondequoit Bay, NY, 12/04)
  • Black Scoter Melanitta nigra (Montauk Point S.P., NY, 12/31/03)
  • Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata (Montauk Point S.P., NY, 12/31/03)
  • White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca (Montauk Point S.P., NY, 12/31/03)
  • Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula (Croton Point Park, NY, 2/04)
  • Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica (Bainbridge Island, WA, 3/05)
  • Bufflehead Bucephala albeola (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 11/03)
  • Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus (Edith Read Sanctuary, NY, 12/03)
  • Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator (Pelham Bay Park, NY, 11/03)
  • Common Merganser Mergus merganser (Alma Pond, NY, 11/04)
  • Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis (Jamaica Bay NWR, NY, 6/03)

CATHARTIDAE – New World Vultures

  • Black Vulture Coragyps atratus (Belize City, Belize, 7/03)
  • Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa (Che Chem Ha, Belize, 7/03)

PANDIONIDAE – Osprey

  • Osprey Pandion haliaetus (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 6/03)

ACCIPITRIDAE – Hawks, Eagles and Kites

  • Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus (Tikal, Guatemala, 7/03)
  • White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus (Vaca Plateau, Belize, 7/03)
  • Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis (Loxahatchee NWR, FL, 7/26/06)
  • Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea (Mountain Pine Ridge, Belize, 7/03)
  • Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Anchorage, AK, 9/17/02)
  • Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus (Chincoteague NWR, VA, 10/11/03)
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus (Pelham Bay Park, NY, 11/03)
  • Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii (Fieldston, NY, 12/03)
  • Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis (Lenoir Preserve, NY, 9/06)
  • Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus (Mountain Pine Ridge, Belize, 7/03)
  • Gray Hawk Asturina nitida (Macal River, Belize, 7/03)
  • Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris (Mountain Pine Ridge, Belize, 7/03)
  • Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus (Tackapausha Preserve, NY, 1/04)
  • Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus (El Yunque NF, Puerto Rico, 11/14/04)
  • Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus (Spanish Lookout, Belize, 7/03)
  • Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus (Croton Point Park, NY, 2/05)
  • Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus (Barton Creek Cave, Belize, 7/03)

FALCONIDAE – Falcons and Caracaras

  • Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus (Mountain Pine Ridge, Belize, 7/03)
  • American Kestrel Falco sparverius (Sepulveda Basin Refuge, CA, 9/27/03)
  • Merlin Falco columbarius (Croton Point Park, NY, 11/03)
  • Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis (Maya Mountain Lodge. Belize, 7/03)
  • Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus (Audubon Coastal Center, CT, 8/16/03)

CRACIDAE – Guans, Chachalacas, and Allies

  • Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula (Maya Mountain Lodge. Belize, 7/03)
  • Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens (Tikal, Guatemala, 7/03)

MELEAGRIDAE – Turkeys

  • Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata (Tikal, Guatemala, 7/03)

TETRAONIDAE – Grouse

  • Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis (Fairbanks, AK 9/20/02)
  • Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus (Denali N.P., AK, 9/18/02)
  • Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus (Wakeley Mountain, NY, 6/10)

ODONTOPHORIDAE – New World Quail

  • California Quail Callipepla californica (Mines Road, CA, 7/18/06)
  • Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus (Bombay Hook NWR, DE, 10/13/03)

PHASIANIDAE – Pheasants and Partridges

  • Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus (Tibbetts Brook Park, NY, 12/03)

ARAMIDAE – Limpkin

RALLIDAE – Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

  • Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 8/31/03)
  • Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea (Mountain Pine Ridge, Belize, 7/03)
  • Sora Porzana carolina (Montezuma NWR, NY, 8/8/05)
  • Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica (Tikal, Guatemala, 7/03)
  • Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus (Montezuma NWR, NY, 7/03)
  • American Coot Fulica americana (Montezuma NWR, NY, 7/03)

JACANIDAE – Jacanas

  • Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa (Tikal, Guatemala, 7/03)

HAEMATOPODIDAE – Oystercatchers

  • Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani (Cliff House, CA, 7/17/06)
  • American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 8/23/03)

RECURVIROSTRIDAE – Avocets and Stilts

  • Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus (Arrowhead Marsh, CA, 7/17/06)
  • American Avocet Recurvirostra americana (Bombay Hook NWR, DE, 10/13/03)

CHARADRIIDAE – Plovers and Lapwings

  • Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola (Audubon Coastal Center, CT, 8/16/03)
  • Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus (Audubon Coastal Center, CT, 8/16/03)
  • Wilson’s Plover Charadrius wilsonia (Outer Banks, NC, 8/04)
  • Killdeer Charadrius vociferus (Montezuma NWR, NY, 7/03)
  • Piping Plover Charadrius melodus (Jones Beach S.P., NY, 9/6/03)

SCOLOPAClDAE – Sandpipers and Allies

  • Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus (Audubon Coastal Center, CT, 8/16/03)
  • Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 8/31/03)
  • Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa (Bombay Hook NWR, DE, 10/13/03)
  • Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus (Arrowhead Marsh, CA, 7/17/06)
  • Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda (Montgomery County, NY, 6/9/07)
  • Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca (Audubon Coastal Center, CT, 8/16/03)
  • Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 8/23/03)
  • Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 6/03)
  • Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 5/04)
  • Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 6/25/05)
  • Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres (Outer Banks, NC, 8/04)
  • Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala (Bainbridge Island, WA, 3/05)
  • Surfbird Aphriza virgata (Bainbridge Island, WA, 3/05)
  • Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima (Point Lookout, NY, 2/19/07)
  • Sanderling Calidris alba (Jones Beach S.P., NY, 9/6/03)
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 8/31/03)
  • Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla (Audubon Coastal Center, CT, 8/16/03)
  • White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 8/31/03)
  • Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos (Montezuma NWR, NY, 8/04)
  • Dunlin Calidris alpine (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 5/04)
  • Red Knot Calidris canutus (Jones Beach S.P., NY, 5/12)
  • Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 8/31/03)

LARIDAE – Gulls

  • Heermann’s Gull Larus heermanni (Cliff House, CA, 7/17/06)
  • Mew Gull Larus canus (Puget Sound, WA, 3/05)
  • Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis (City Island, NY, 6/03)
  • California Gull Larus californicus (Arrowhead Marsh, CA, 3/7/06)
  • Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus (Audubon Coastal Center, CT, 8/16/03)
  • Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens (Seattle Center, WA, 3/05)
  • Western Gull Larus occidentalis (Newport Beach, CA, 9/28/03)
  • Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides (NY pelagic waters, NY, 2/11/06)
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus (Jones Beach S.P., NY, 9/6/03)
  • American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • Bonaparte’s Gull Larus philadelphia (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 6/03)
  • Laughing Gull Larus atricilla (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 6/03)
  • Little Gull Larus minutus (Jones Beach S.P., NY, 9/6/03)
  • Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla (NY pelagic waters, NY, 2/11/06)

STERNIDAE – Terns

  • Caspian Tern Sterna caspia (Montezuma NWR, NY, 7/03)
  • Elegant Tern Sterna elegans (Cliff House, CA, 7/17/06)
  • Royal Tern Sterna maxima (Outer Banks, NC, 8/04)
  • Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii (ME pelagic waters, ME, 8/10/06)
  • Common Tern Sterna hirundo (Hackensack Meadowlands, NJ, 6/03)
  • Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea (ME pelagic waters, ME, 8/10/06)
  • Forster’s Tern Sterna forsteri (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 8/31/03)
  • Least Tern Sterna antillarum (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 7/2/06)
  • Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica (Jones Beach S.P., NY, 5/12)

RYNCHOPIDAE – Skimmers

  • Black Skimmer Rynchops niger (Chincoteague NWR, VA, 10/04)

ALCIDAE – Auks, Murres, and Puffins

COLUMBIDAE – Pigeons and Doves

  • Rock Pigeon Columba livia (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala (Paradise Island, Bahamas, 1/27/06)
  • Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata (Bainbridge Island, WA, 3/05)
  • Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis (San Antonio, Belize, 7/03)
  • Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris (Maya Mountain Lodge. Belize, 7/03)
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto (Paradise Island, Bahamas, 1/27/06)
  • Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita (Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, 11/14/04)
  • White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica (Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, 11/14/04)
  • Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerine (New Providence, Bahamas, 1/28/06)
  • Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti (Western Highway, Belize, 7/03)
  • Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis (New Providence, Bahamas, 1/28/06)

PSITTACIDAE – Parrots, Macaws and Allies

  • Olive-throated Parakeet Aratinga nana (Mountain Pine Ridge, Belize, 7/03)
  • Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus (Pelham Bay Park, NY, 12/12/05)
  • White-fronted Parrot Amazona albifrons (Western Highway, Belize, 7/03)
  • Cuban Parrot Amazona leucocephala (New Providence, Bahamas, 1/28/06)
  • Red-lored Parrot Amazona autumnalis (Mountain Pine Ridge, Belize, 7/03)

CUCULIDAE – Cuckoos

  • Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus (Sterling Forest SP, NY, 5/29/05)
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 6/25/05)
  • Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana (Macal River, Belize, 7/03)
  • Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani (Paradise Island, Bahamas, 1/27/06)
  • Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris (Barton Creek Cave, Belize, 7/03)
  • Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus (Corn Creek, NV, 9/21/05)

TYTONIDAE – Barn-owls

  • Barn Owl Tyto alba (Rio Frio Cave, Belize, 7/03)

STRIGIDAE – Typical Owls

  • Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio (Riverdale Park, NY, 8/12/03)
  • Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus (Marshlands Conservancy, NY, 12/03)
  • Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus (Central Park, NY, 11/04)
  • Long-eared Owl Asio otus (Croton Point Park, NY, 2/05)
  • Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus (Croton Point Park, NY, 2/05)
  • Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca (Piermont, NY, 1/27/07)

CAPRIMULGIDAE – Nightjars and Allies

  • Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor (River Edge, NJ, 9/14/05)

APODIDAE – Swifts

  • Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica (Bronx apartment window, NY, 5/04)
  • White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis (Livermore, CA, 7/18/06)

TROCHILIDAE – Hummingbirds

  • Western Long-tailed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris (Aguacate Park, Belize, 7/03)
  • Green Mango Anthracothorax viridis (El Yunque NF, Puerto Rico, 11/14/04)
  • Puerto Rican Emerald Chlorostilbon maugaeus (El Yunque NF, Puerto Rico, 11/14/04)
  • Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl (Maya Mountain Lodge. Belize, 7/03)
  • White-bellied Emerald Agyrtria candida (Mountain Pine Ridge, Belize, 7/03)
  • Violet-crowned Hummingbird Agyrtria violiceps (Macal River, Belize, 7/03)
  • Bahama Woodstar Calliphlox evelynae (New Providence, Bahamas, 1/28/06)
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • Anna’s Hummingbird Calypte anna (Topanga Canyon, CA, 9/26/03)
  • Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus (Joshua Tree N.P., CA, 9/29/03)

TROGONIDAE – Trogons

  • Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus (Aguacate Park, Belize, 7/03)
  • Citreoline Trogon Trogon citreolus (Vaca Plateau, Belize, 7/03)
  • Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus (Aguacate Park, Belize, 7/03)
  • Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena (Che Chem Ha, Belize, 7/03)

ALCEDINIDAE – Kingfishers

  • Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon (Potter County, PA, 5/03)
  • Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquatus (Macal River, Belize, 7/03)
  • Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona (Mopan River, Belize, 7/03)
  • Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana (Aguacate Park, Belize, 7/03)
  • American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea (Aguacate Park, Belize, 7/03)

MOMOTIDAE – Motmots

  • Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota (Cahal Pech, Belize, 7/03)

RAMPHASTIDAE – Toucans

  • Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus (San Antonio, Belize, 7/03)
  • Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus (Tikal, Guatemala, 7/03)

PICIFORMES – Picidae

  • Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus (Mountain Pine Ridge, Belize, 7/03)
  • Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Riverside Park, NY, 3/30)
  • Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani (Branch Mouth Park, Belize, 7/03)
  • Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons (San Ignacio, Belize, 7/03)
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus (Bear Mountain S.P., NY, 8/30/03)
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius (AT Lyme, NH, 5/03)
  • Nuttall’s Woodpecker Picoides nuttallii (Mines Road, CA, 7/18/06)
  • Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens (New Paltz, NY, 4/27/03)
  • Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus (Cortland Manor, NY, 7/03)
  • Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus (Pelham Bay Park, NY, 6/03)
  • Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus (Cahal Pech, Belize, 7/03)
  • Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus (Bronx, NY, 3/12/03)
  • Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis (Aguacate Park, Belize, 7/03)

DENDROCOLAPTIDAE – Woodcreepers

  • Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa (Aguacate Park, Belize, 7/03)

COTINGIDAE – Cotingas

  • Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus (Maya Mountain Lodge. Belize, 7/03)

TYRANNIDAE – Tyrant flycatchers

  • Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum (Branch Mouth Park, Belize, 7/03)
  • Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster (Western Highway, Belize, 7/03)
  • Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus (Rio Frio Cave, Belize, 7/03)
  • Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum (Spanish Lookout, Belize, 7/03)
  • Northern Royal-Flycatcher Onychorhynchus mexicanus (Che Chem Ha, Belize, 7/03)
  • Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi (Chuang Yen Monastery, NY, 7/04)
  • Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus (Corn Creek, NV, 9/21/05)
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens (Lenoir Preserve, NY, 7/2/05)
  • Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus (Paradise Island, Bahamas, 1/28/06)
  • Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris (Wakeley Mountain, NY, 6/10/07)
  • Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens (Potter County, PA, 7/25/05)
  • Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum (Rollins Savanna, IL, 7/20/06)
  • Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 6/25/05)
  • Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus (Mianus River Gorge, CT, 5/03)
  • Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri (Mines Road, CA, 7/18/06)
  • Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe (Cranberry Lake, NY, 6/04)
  • Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans Branch Mouth Park, Belize, 7/03)
  • Say’s Phoebe Sayornis saya (Sepulveda Basin Refuge, CA, 9/27/03)
  • Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus (San Ignacio, Belize, 7/03)
  • Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer (Belize River, Belize, 7/03)
  • Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens (Sepulveda Basin Refuge, CA, 9/27/03)
  • Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus (Inwood Hill Park, NY, 5/05)
  • Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus (Sepulveda Basin Refuge, CA, 9/27/03)
  • La Sagra’s Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae (New Providence, Bahamas, 1/28/06)
  • Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus (Cahal Pech, Belize, 7/03)
  • Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua (Western Highway, Belize, 7/03)
  • Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis (Macal River, Belize, 7/03)
  • Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris (Macal River, Belize, 7/03)
  • Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus (Mountain Pine Ridge, Belize, 7/03)
  • Cassin’s Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans (Mines Road, CA, 7/18/06)
  • Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis (Mines Road, CA, 7/18/06)
  • Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus (Potter County, PA, 7/03)
  • Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis (Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, 11/14/04)
  • Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus (Paradise Island, Bahamas, 1/27/06)
  • Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus (Irving, TX, 10/13/06)
  • Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana (San Ignacio, Belize, 7/03)
  • Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata (Macal River, Belize, 7/03)

ALAUDIDAE – Larks

  • Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris (Floyd Bennett Field, NY, 12/09/06)

HIRUNDINIDAE – Swallows

  • Purple Martin Progne subis (Lake Hopatcong, NJ, 7/30/05)
  • Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor (Potter County, PA, 5/03)
  • Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea (Xunantunich, Belize, 7/03)
  • Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis (Tikal, Guatemala, 7/03)
  • Bank Swallow Riparia riparia (Chincoteague NWR, VA, 10/12/03)
  • Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (Potter County, PA, 7/14/06)
  • Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva (Che Chem Ha, Belize, 7/03)
  • Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica (Potter County, PA, 5/03)

MOTACILLIDAE – Wagtails and Pipits

  • American Pipit Anthus rubescens (Croton Point Park, NY, 11/03)

REGULIDAE – Kinglets

  • Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa (Croton Point Park, NY, 11/03)
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 11/03)

PTILOGONATIDAE – Silky-flycatchers

BOMBYCILLIDAE – Waxwings

  • Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum (Potter County, PA, 7/03)

TROGLODYTIDAE – Wrens

  • Spot-breasted Wren Thryothorus maculipectus (Tikal, Guatemala, 7/03)
  • Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus (Tackapausha Preserve, NY, 1/04)
  • Bewick’s Wren Thryomanes bewickii (Huckleberry Preserve, CA, 3/7/06)
  • Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 11/03)
  • House Wren Troglodytes aedon (Lenoir Preserve, NY, 5/04)
  • Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis (Rollins Savanna, IL, 7/20/06)
  • Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris (Montezuma NWR, NY, 8/04)

MIMIDAE – Mockingbirds and Thrashers

  • Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis (Riverdale Park, NY, 5/03)
  • Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii (New Providence, Bahamas, 1/28/06)
  • Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos (Hampton Ponds S.P., MA, 5/03)
  • Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus (Western Highway, Belize, 7/03)
  • Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum (Jamaica Bay NWR, NY, 6/03)

TURDIDAE – Thrushes and Allies

  • Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis (Potter County, PA, 7/03)
  • Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana (Mines Road, CA, 7/18/06)
  • Veery Catharus fuscescens (Central Park, NY, 5/05)
  • Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus (Rifle Camp Park, NJ, 5/20/07)
  • Bicknell’s Thrush Catharus bicknelli (Wakeley Mountain, NY, 6/10/07)
  • Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus (Sterling Forest State Park, NY, 5/15/06)
  • Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus (Central Park, NY, 11/03)
  • Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina (Inwood Hill Park, NY, 5/05)
  • Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus (Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, 11/14/04)
  • Clay-colored Robin Turdus grayi (San Ignacio, Belize, 7/03)
  • American Robin Turdus migratorius (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius (Mount Rainier N.P., WA, 3/05)

SYLVIIDAE – Old World Warblers

POLIOPTILIDAE – Gnatcatchers

  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea (New Paltz, NY, 4/27/03)

AEGITHALIDAE – Long-tailed Tits

  • Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus (Joshua Tree N.P., CA, 9/29/03)

PARIDAE – Chickadees and Tits

SITTIDAE – Nuthatches

  • Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis (Croton Point Park, NY, 11/03)
  • White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis (Jenny Jump N.F., NJ, 6/03)

CERTHIIDAE – Creepers

  • Brown Creeper Certhia americana (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 8/23/03)

REMIZIDAE – Penduline Tits

LANIIDAE – Shrikes

CORVIDAE – Crows, Jays, and Magpies

  • Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis (Mount Rainier N.P., WA, 3/05)
  • Steller’s Jay Cyanocitta stelleri (Mount Rainier N.P., WA, 3/05)
  • Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio (Maya Mountain Lodge. Belize, 7/03)
  • Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica (Joshua Tree N.P., CA, 9/29/03)
  • Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia (Anchorage, AK, 9/17/02)
  • Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttalli (Mines Road, CA, 7/18/06)
  • Clark’s Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana (Mount Rainier N.P., WA, 3/05)
  • American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus (Audubon Coastal Center, CT, 8/16/03)
  • Common Raven Corvus corax (Anchorage, AK, 9/17/02)

STURNIDAE – Starlings

  • European Starling Sturnus vulgaris (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)

VIREONIDAE – Vireos and Allies

  • White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 5/12/06)
  • Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris (New Providence, Bahamas, 1/28/06)
  • Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons (Garrett Mountain, NJ, 5/15/06)
  • Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius (Riverdale Park, NY, 5/6/06)
  • Hutton’s Vireo Vireo huttoni (Volunteer Park, WA, 3/05)
  • Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus (Prospect Park, NY, 5/05)
  • Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus (Riverdale Park, NY, 5/6/06)
  • Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus (Jenny Jump N.F., NJ, 6/03)
  • Yucatan Vireo Vireo magister (Branch Mouth Park, Belize, 7/03)

PARULIDAE – New World Warblers

  • Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus (Constitution Marsh Sanctuary, NY, 8/15/03)
  • Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera (Sterling Forest State Park, NY, 5/15/06)
  • Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla (Central Park, NY, 5/4)
  • Northern Parula Parula americana (Lenoir Preserve, NY, 9/20/03)
  • Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia (Chuang Yen Monastery, NY, 5/03)
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica (Sterling Forest State Park, NY, 5/29/05)
  • Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia (Inwood Hill Park, NY, 5/05)
  • Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina (New Providence, Bahamas, 1/28/06)
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens (Fahnestock S.P., NY, 5/03)
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 11/03)
  • Golden-cheeked Warbler Dendroica chrysoparia (Dinosaur Valley State Park, TX, 3/22/07)
  • Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca (Valley Stream S.P., NY, 5/12)
  • Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens (Inwood Hill Park, NY, 5/28/05)
  • Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica (Inwood Hill Park, NY, 5/28/05)
  • Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus (Lenoir Preserve, NY, 5/05)
  • Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor (Sterling Forest State Park, NY, 5/29/05)
  • Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum (Central Park, NY, 5/05)
  • Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea (Inwood Hill Park, NY, 5/05)
  • Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata (Prospect Park, NY, 5/05)
  • Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea (Sterling Forest S.P., NY, 6/6/07)
  • Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia (Fahnestock S.P., NY, 5/03)
  • American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla (Fahnestock S.P., NY, 5/03)
  • Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 7/2/06)
  • Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla (Cranberry Lake, NY, 6/04)
  • Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis (Great Swamp NWR, NJ, 8/13/03)
  • Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla (Central Park, NY, 4/28/06)
  • Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis (Central Park, NY, 9/12/05)
  • MacGillivray’s Warbler Oporornis tolmiei (Corn Creek, NV, 9/21/05)
  • Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas (Van Cortland Park, NY, 5/03)
  • Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrine (Doodletown Road., NY, 8/30/03)
  • Wilson’s Warbler Wilsonia pusilla (Prospect Park, NY, 5/05)
  • Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis (Inwood Hill Park, NY, 5/05)
  • Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens (Cranberry Lake, NY, 6/04)

COEREBIDAE – Banaquit

TRAUPIDAE – Tanagers and Allies

  • Red-throated Ant-Tanager Habia fuscicauda (Maya Mountain Lodge. Belize, 7/03)
  • Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea (Mianus River Gorge, CT, 5/03)
  • Summer Tanager Piranga rubra (Joshua Tree N.P., CA, 9/29/03)
  • Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus (Branch Mouth Park, Belize, 7/03)
  • Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea (Branch Mouth Park, Belize, 7/03)
  • Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus (Xunantunich, Belize, 7/03)

EMBERIZIDAE – Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and Allies

  • Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina (San Ignacio, Belize, 7/03)
  • White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola (Tikal, Guatemala, 7/03)
  • Cuban Grassquit Tiaris canora (New Providence, Bahamas, 1/28/06)
  • Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivacea (Barton Creek Cave, Belize, 7/03)
  • Black-faced Grassquit Tiaris bicolor (Paradise Island, Bahamas, 1/27/06)
  • Greater Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla violacea (New Providence, Bahamas, 1/28/06)
  • Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Lenoir Preserve, NY, 6/03)
  • Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus (Joshua Tree N.P., CA, 9/29/03)
  • California Towhee Pipilo crissalis (Arrowhead Marsh, CA, 3/7/06)
  • Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps (Dinosaur Valley State Park, TX, 3/22/07)
  • American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea (Croton Point Park, NY, 11/03)
  • Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerine (Potter County, PA, 5/03)
  • Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla (Lenoir Preserve, NY, 4/9/06)
  • Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys (Montezuma NWR, NY, 7/03)
  • Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus (Fire Island N.S., NY, 9/13/03)
  • Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus caudacutus (Audubon Coastal Center, CT, 8/16/03)
  • Henslow’s Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii (Rollins Savanna, IL, 7/20/06)
  • Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum (Mines Road, CA, 7/18/06)
  • Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis (Lenoir Preserve, NY, 10/3/05)
  • Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus (Dinosaur Valley State Park, TX, 3/22/07)
  • Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus (Dinosaur Valley State Park, TX, 3/22/07)
  • Harris’ Sparrow Zonotrichia querela (Glen Rose, TX, 3/22/07)
  • Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca (Jamaica Bay WR, NY, 2/04)
  • Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii (Corn Creek, NV, 9/21/05)
  • Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana (Prospect Park, NY, 5/05)
  • White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys (Sepulveda Basin Refuge, CA, 9/27/03)
  • White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis (Potter County, PA, 10/17/03)
  • Smith’s Longspur Calcarius pictus (Jones Beach S.P., NY, 3/10/07)
  • Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus (Jones Beach S.P., NY, 2/19/07)
  • Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis (Jones Beach S.P., NY, 12/02/06)

CARDINALIDAE – Saltators, Cardinals and Allies

  • Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps (Maya Mountain Lodge. Belize, 7/03)
  • Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysopeplus (Barton Creek Cave, Belize, 7/03)
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus (Fahnestock S.P., NY, 5/03)
  • Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus (Mines Road, CA, 7/18/06)
  • Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea (Jenny Jump N.F., NJ, 6/03)
  • Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena (Corn Creek, NV, 9/21/05)
  • Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea (Sterling Forest State Park, NY, 5/29/05)
  • Painted Bunting Passerina ciris (New Providence, Bahamas, 1/28/06)
  • Dickcissel Spiza americana (Rollins Savanna, IL, 7/20/06)

ICTERIDAE – Troupials and Allies

  • Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Potter County, PA, 7/04)
  • Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)
  • Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna (Western Highway, Belize, 7/03)
  • Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta (Pleasanton, CA, 3/10/06)
  • Melodious Blackbird Dives dives (Maya Mountain Lodge. Belize, 7/03)
  • Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus (Lyme, NH, 5/03)
  • Brewer’s Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus (Greenwood Lake, WA, 3/05)
  • Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major (Outer Banks, NC, 8/04)
  • Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula (Lyme, NH, 5/03)
  • Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus (Maya Mountain Lodge. Belize, 7/03)
  • Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger (Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, 11/14/04)
  • Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater (Potter County, PA, 5/03)
  • Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula (AT Lyme, NH, 5/03)
  • Bullock’s Oriole Icterus bullockii (Mines Road, CA, 7/18/06)
  • Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius (Crestwood Lake, NY, 5/14/04)
  • Scott’s Oriole Icterus parisorum (Union Square Park, NY, 1/26/08)
  • Montezuma Oropendola Gymnostinops montezuma (Tikal, Guatemala, 7/03)

FRINGILLIDAE – Siskins, Crossbills and Allies

  • Cassin’s Finch Carpodacus cassinii (Mines Road, CA, 7/18/06)
  • Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus (Chuang Yen Monastery, NY, 5/03)
  • House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus (Potter County, PA, 5/03)
  • Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea (Potter County, PA, 7/03)
  • Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus (Volunteer Park, WA, 3/05)
  • Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria (Mines Road, CA, 7/18/06)
  • Lawrence’s Goldfinch Carduelis lawrencei (Mines Road, CA, 7/18/06)
  • American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis (Van Cortland Park, NY, 5/03)
  • Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus (Lyme, NH, 5/03)

PASSERIDAE – Old World sparrows

  • House Sparrow Passer domesticus (New York Metro Area, NY, 1/1/01)