eBird Field Checklist
Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Holgate (Long Beach Island)
Ocean, New Jersey, US
ebird.org/hotspot/L278604
276 species (+41 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Tundra Swan
goose sp.
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
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
King Eider
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
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
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Northern Bobwhite
Ring-necked Pheasant
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
King Rail
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
Yellow Rail
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Shorebirds
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
European Golden-Plover
American Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Wilson's Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Bar-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
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
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
Alcids
Razorbill
Dovekie
Thick-billed/Common Murre
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Sooty Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
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Royal Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
frigatebird sp.
Northern Gannet
Cormorants and Anhingas
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great/Double-crested Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
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
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Owls
Snowy Owl
Great Horned Owl
Short-eared Owl
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Falcons and Caracaras
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Eastern Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
American/Fish Crow
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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
swallow sp.
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
New World Sparrows
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Nelson's/Saltmarsh Sparrow (Sharp-tailed Sparrow)
Ammospiza sp.
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Lincoln's/Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
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Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Wood-Warblers
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Others
passerine sp.
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