eBird Field Checklist
**Back Bay NWR
Virginia Beach, Virginia, US
ebird.org/hotspot/L718307
227 species (+34 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year
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Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Mallard/American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Surf/Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
Chuck-will's-widow
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
King Rail
Clapper Rail
King/Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Whimbrel
Short-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
shorebird sp.
Alcids
Razorbill
Dovekie
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
tern sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Northern Gannet
Cormorants and Anhingas
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
American Bittern
Least 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
Swallow-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo sp.
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hawk sp.
Owls
Great Horned Owl
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
new world flycatcher sp.
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-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
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Treecreepers
Brown Creeper
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
wren sp.
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
New World Sparrows
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
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Spizella sp.
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
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
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged/Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga sp.
Wilson's Warbler
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
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