eBird Field Checklist
Maine, US
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478 species (+217 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow x Ross's Goose (hybrid)
Graylag Goose
Swan Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Anser sp.
Brant
Barnacle Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Swan Goose x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Cackling/Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Whooper Swan
swan sp.
goose sp.
Egyptian Goose
Common Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Garganey
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Eurasian/American Wigeon
Mallard
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Mallard/Mexican Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail x Green-winged Teal (hybrid)
Anas sp.
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Redhead x Ring-necked Duck (hybrid)
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
King Eider
Common Eider
King x Common Eider (hybrid)
King/Common Eider
eider sp.
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Velvet/White-winged/Stejneger's Scoter
Black Scoter
Surf/Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
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
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
Willow Ptarmigan
Spruce Grouse
Ruffed/Spruce Grouse
grouse sp.
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ring-necked/Green Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Chukar
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus sp.
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Swifts
Chimney Swift
swift sp.
Hummingbirds
Mexican Violetear
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus sp.
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
King Rail
Clapper Rail
King/Clapper Rail
large rail sp.
Virginia Rail
King/Virginia Rail
Corn Crake
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
Yellow Rail
rail/crake sp.
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
American/Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
European Golden-Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
golden-plover sp.
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Common Ringed Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Northern Lapwing
Wilson's Plover
Snowy Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Bar-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
godwit sp.
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Common/Wilson's Snipe
snipe sp.
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Spotted Sandpiper
Common/Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Surfbird
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
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
Long-tailed/Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
Great Skua
South Polar Skua
jaeger sp.
skua sp.
jaeger/skua sp.
Alcids
Tufted Puffin
Atlantic Puffin
puffin sp.
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
Laughing/Franklin's Gull
Common Gull
Short-billed Gull
Common/Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Black-headed x Ring-billed Gull (hybrid)
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
American Herring x Great Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
Glaucous Gull
American Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
American Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
Herring complex/Lesser Black-backed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
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
Common x Arctic Tern (hybrid)
Forster's/Common Tern
Common/Arctic Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Podiceps sp.
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
grebe sp.
Tropicbirds
Red-billed Tropicbird
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
loon sp.
Albatrosses
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
albatross sp.
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates sp.
storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped)
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Northern Fulmar
Trindade Petrel
Pterodroma sp.
Cory's Shearwater
Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Cory's/Scopoli's/Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Barolo Shearwater
small shearwater sp.
shearwater sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
frigatebird sp.
Northern Gannet
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Masked Booby
sulid sp.
Cormorants and Anhingas
Anhinga
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great/Double-crested Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Glossy x White-faced Ibis (hybrid)
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
ibis sp.
Roseate Spoonbill
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
Tricolored Heron x Snowy Egret (hybrid)
Little Egret
Snowy x Little Egret (hybrid)
Western Reef-Heron
Green Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Western/Eastern Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Ardea sp.
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
new world vulture sp.
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
American Goshawk
Cooper's Hawk/American Goshawk
Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)
Western Marsh Harrier
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Steller's Sea-Eagle
Golden/Bald Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Great Black Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged/Red-shouldered Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-shouldered x Red-tailed Hawk (hybrid)
Rough-legged Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
American Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Snowy Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
owl sp.
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
sapsucker sp.
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
Dryobates sp.
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Crested Caracara
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
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Variegated Flycatcher
Tropical 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
Cassin's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Cassin's/Blue-headed Vireo
solitary vireo sp.
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Philadelphia/Red-eyed Vireo
vireo sp. (Red-eyed Vireo complex)
vireo sp.
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Loggerhead/Northern Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Canada Jay
Blue Jay
jay sp.
American Crow
Fish Crow
American/Fish Crow
crow sp.
Common Raven
raven sp.
crow/raven sp.
corvid sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
chickadee sp.
Tufted Titmouse
parid sp.
Larks
Horned Lark
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green 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
nuthatch sp.
Treecreepers
Brown Creeper
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens
Rock Wren
Northern 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
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
mimid sp.
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
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
Redwing
American Robin
Fieldfare
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
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Common Chaffinch
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
House/Purple Finch
Haemorhous sp.
Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
crossbill sp.
European Goldfinch
Eurasian Siskin
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin x American Goldfinch (hybrid)
Spinus sp.
Acanthis/Spinus sp.
finch sp.
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Smith's Longspur
longspur sp.
Snow Bunting
New World Sparrows
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Brewer's 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
Dark-eyed Junco x White-throated Sparrow (hybrid)
Zonotrichia sp.
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Nelson's x Saltmarsh Sparrow (hybrid)
Nelson's/Saltmarsh Sparrow (Sharp-tailed Sparrow)
Ammospiza sp.
Savannah Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Lincoln's/Swamp Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark
Western/Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Red-winged Blackbird
Shiny Cowbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Shiny/Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty 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)
Golden-winged/Blue-winged Warbler
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
MacGillivray's/Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Kirtland's Warbler
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
Dark-eyed Junco/Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga sp.
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
new world warbler sp.
sparrow/warbler sp. (trilling song)
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Summer/Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)
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.