eBird Field Checklist
Barnstable County, Massachusetts, US
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457 species (+163 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Graylag Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Brant
Barnacle Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Cackling/Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
swan sp.
goose sp.
Egyptian Goose
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Eurasian/American Wigeon
Mallard
American Wigeon x Mallard (hybrid)
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Tufted Duck x Greater Scaup (hybrid)
Lesser Scaup
Tufted Duck x scaup sp. (hybrid)
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
King Eider
Common Eider
eider sp.
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged 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 Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser (hybrid)
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common/Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Northern Bobwhite
Gambel's Quail
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Chukar
Flamingos
Chilean Flamingo
American Flamingo
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Podiceps sp.
Western Grebe
grebe sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Diamond Dove
Common Ground Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Antrostomus sp.
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sp.
Broad-billed Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
King Rail
Clapper Rail
King/Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Rallus sp.
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
Yellow Rail
rail/crake sp.
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
American/Pacific Golden-Plover (Lesser Golden-Plover)
golden-plover sp.
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Common Ringed Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Northern Lapwing
Siberian Sand-Plover
Wilson's Plover
Mountain Plover
Snowy Plover
plover sp.
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Eskimo Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Hudsonian/Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Common Redshank
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted Redshank
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Little Stint
Red-necked/Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
Dunlin x White-rumped Sandpiper (hybrid)
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
Scolopacidae sp.
large shorebird sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
Great Skua
South Polar Skua
jaeger sp.
skua sp.
jaeger/skua sp.
Alcids
Atlantic Puffin
Black Guillemot
Razorbill
Dovekie
Thick-billed Murre
Common Murre
Thick-billed/Common Murre
large alcid sp.
Ancient Murrelet
alcid sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Common Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Black-headed x Ring-billed Gull (hybrid)
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring x Great Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
Glaucous Gull
Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
California Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Herring/Iceland Gull
white-winged gull sp.
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Forster's Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Common/Arctic Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Royal Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Tropicbirds
White-tailed Tropicbird
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Arctic/Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
loon sp.
Albatrosses
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
small albatross sp.
albatross sp.
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped)
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Northern Fulmar
Fea's Petrel
Black-capped Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Cape Verde Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Cory's/Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
black-and-white shearwater sp.
shearwater sp.
Storks
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Northern Gannet
Brown Booby
sulid sp.
Cormorants and Anhingas
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great/Double-crested Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Little Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Ardea sp.
heron sp.
white egret sp.
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
American Goshawk
Cooper's Hawk/American Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Snowy Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
owl sp.
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Crested Caracara
Eurasian Kestrel
American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
large falcon sp.
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Budgerigar
Monk Parakeet
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Tropical Kingbird
Tropical/Couch's Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
yellow-bellied kingbird sp.
Eastern Kingbird
Gray Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
new world flycatcher sp.
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
solitary vireo sp.
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
vireo sp.
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
American/Fish Crow
crow sp.
Common Raven
crow/raven sp.
corvid sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Great Tit
Larks
Horned Lark
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Purple Martin
Brown-chested Martin
new world martin sp. (Progne sp.)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Cliff/Cave Swallow
swallow sp.
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Treecreepers
Brown Creeper
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens
Rock Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Sedge/Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
wren sp.
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
bluebird sp.
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell's Thrush
Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
Wood Thrush
American Robin
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Northern Wheatear
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Bohemian/Cedar Waxwing
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
House/Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Common/Hoary Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
crossbill sp.
European Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Spinus sp.
Acanthis/Spinus sp.
finch sp.
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Snow Bunting
New World Sparrows
Cassin's Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Spizella sp.
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
American Tree Sparrow
Spizella sp./American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Nelson's/Saltmarsh Sparrow (Sharp-tailed Sparrow)
Ammospiza sp.
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Spotted x Eastern Towhee (hybrid)
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark
Western/Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid)
Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)
Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid)
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis sp.
Connecticut Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blue-winged x Prairie Warbler (hybrid)
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga sp.
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Summer/Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Lazuli/Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Passerina sp.
Dickcissel
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.