eBird Field Checklist
Nanaimo District, British Columbia, CA
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336 species (+99 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Cassowaries and Emu
Emu
Waterfowl
Emperor Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Graylag Goose
Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Cackling/Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Mute x Trumpeter Swan (hybrid)
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter/Tundra Swan
swan sp.
goose sp.
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Eurasian/American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
Northern Pintail
Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Green-winged Teal
Anas sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Common Pochard
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
King Eider
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Velvet/White-winged/Stejneger's Scoter
Black Scoter
Surf/Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead x Common Goldeneye (hybrid)
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common x Barrow's Goldeneye (hybrid)
Common/Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common/Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Northern Bobwhite
California Quail
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
Sooty Grouse
White-tailed Ptarmigan
grouse sp.
Ring-necked Pheasant
Silver Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Chukar
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Western/Clark's Grebe
grebe sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Swifts
Black Swift
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift
swift sp.
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna's x Rufous Hummingbird (hybrid)
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Virginia Rail
Sora
American Coot
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
American/Pacific Golden-Plover (Lesser Golden-Plover)
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Snowy Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Lesser Yellowlegs
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Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Red Knot
Surfbird
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Rock Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Alcids
Rhinoceros Auklet
Tufted Puffin
Cassin's Auklet
Marbled Murrelet
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
Ancient Murrelet
murrelet sp.
alcid sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Red-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Franklin's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous Gull
Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Glaucous x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Herring/Iceland Gull
white-winged gull sp.
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Common/Arctic Tern
Elegant Tern
tern sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Arctic Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
loon sp.
Storm-Petrels
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Northern Fulmar
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Cormorants and Anhingas
Brandt's Cormorant
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Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
American Bittern
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
American Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Golden/Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Snowy Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
owl sp.
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Red-naped x Red-breasted Sapsucker (hybrid)
sapsucker sp.
Lewis's Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
new world flycatcher sp.
Vireos
Hutton's Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
vireo sp.
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Shrikes
Northern Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Canada Jay
Steller's Jay
Blue Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
Common Raven
crow/raven sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Larks
Horned Lark
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Tree/Violet-green Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
Long-tailed Tits and Bushtit
Bushtit
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Treecreepers
Brown Creeper
Wrens
Rock Wren
House Wren
Pacific Wren
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
wren sp.
Dippers
American Dipper
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Crested Myna
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Dusky Thrush
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Northern Wheatear
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Bohemian/Cedar Waxwing
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Red-throated Pipit
American Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Brambling
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
House Finch
Purple Finch
House/Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Acanthis/Spinus sp.
finch sp.
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Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
longspur sp.
Snow Bunting
New World Sparrows
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Spizella sp.
Lark Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned x Golden-crowned Sparrow (hybrid)
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Golden-crowned x White-throated Sparrow (hybrid)
Zonotrichia sp.
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Northern Waterthrush
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Black-throated Gray/Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Townsend's x Hermit Warbler (hybrid)
Wilson's Warbler
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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