eBird Field Checklist
Back Bay NWR--Beach
Virginia Beach, Virginia, US
ebird.org/hotspot/L4524383
169 species (+26 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
goose sp.
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Mallard/American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Surf/Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
duck sp.
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
Chuck-will's-widow
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
King Rail
Sora
American Coot
Shorebirds
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Dunlin
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Alcids
Razorbill
Dovekie
Thick-billed/Common Murre
large alcid sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
tern sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Northern Gannet
Brown Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Double-crested Cormorant
Great/Double-crested Cormorant
Pelicans
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
white egret sp.
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Owls
Snowy Owl
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Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Falcons and Caracaras
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
crow sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Martins and Swallows
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens
House Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
House Finch
American Goldfinch
New World Sparrows
Field Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
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