eBird Field Checklist
Cape Island--Higbee Beach WMA--Dike/Morning Flight Songbird Count
Cape May, New Jersey, US
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316 species (+67 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Snow Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Cackling/Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
Common Eider
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Surf/Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus sp.
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Little Stint
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
Black Guillemot
Razorbill
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Sooty Tern
Sooty/Bridled Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Arctic Tern
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Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Northern Gannet
Brown Booby
sulid sp.
Cormorants and Anhingas
Anhinga
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
American Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
white egret sp.
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
American Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
hawk sp.
Owls
Eastern Screech-Owl
Snowy Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Short-eared Owl
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
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Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Eastern Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
yellow-bellied kingbird sp.
Eastern Kingbird
Western Kingbird x Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (hybrid)
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
new world flycatcher sp.
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
vireo sp.
Shrikes
Northern Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
crow sp.
Common Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Larks
Horned Lark
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
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
Treecreepers
Brown Creeper
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
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.
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
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Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
House/Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
finch sp.
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
New World Sparrows
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Spizella sp.
Lark Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Lincoln's/Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed 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)
Golden-winged/Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis sp.
Connecticut 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
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Black-throated Gray Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Others
passerine sp.
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