Bird Checklists of the United States
Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Morton
Shirley, New York
Shirley, New York
SEASON
s - March-May
S - June-August
F - September-November
W - December-February
* - birds known to nest on or near the refuge
LOONS-GREBES SEASON ___ Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata sAW ___ Common Loon Gavia immer sSAW ___ Arctic Loon Gavia arctica --- ___ Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis --- ___ Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus sAW ___ Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena --- ___ Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis sAW ___ Pied-billed Grebe* Podilymbus podiceps sAW ___ Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sAW ___ Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus sSAW ___ Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis --- ___ White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos --- ___ Northern Gannet Morus bassanus sAW ___ Brown Booby Sula leucogaster ---
BITTERNS-HERONS-IBISES SEASON ___ American Bittern* Botaurus lentiginosus sAW ___ Least Bittern* Ixobrychus exilis --- ___ Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias sSAW ___ Great Egret Casmerodius albus sSA ___ Snowy Egret Egretta thula sSA ___ Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea sSA ___ Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor sSA ___ Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis SA ___ Green Heron Butorides striatus sSA* ___ Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax cycticorax sSAW ___ Yellow-crownded Night-Heron Nycticorax violacea sSA ___ Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus --- ___ White Ibis Eudocimus albus --- ___ White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi ---
SWANS-GEESE-DUCKS SEASON ___ Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus --- ___ Mute Swan* Cygnus olor sSAW* ___ Snow Goose Chen caerulscens sAW ___ Brant Branta bernicla sAW ___ Canada Goose* Branta canadensis sSAW* ___ Wood Duck* Aix sponsa sSA* ___ Green-winged Teal Anas crecca sAW ___ American Black Duck* Anas rubripes sSAW* ___ Mallard* Anas platyrhynchos sSAW* ___ Northern Pintail Anas acuta sAW ___ Blue-winged Teal* Anas dicors sA ___ Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata sAW ___ Gadwall* Anas strepera sSAW ___ American Wigeon* Anas americana sAW ___ Canvasback Aytha valisineria sAW ___ Redhead Aytha americana --- ___ Ring-necked Duck Aytha collaris sA ___ Greater Scaup Aytha marila sAW ___ Lesser Scaup Aytha affinis sAW ___ Common Eider Somateria mollissima sAW ___ Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus sAW ___ Oldsquaw Clangula hyemalis sAW ___ Black Scoter Melanitta nigra sAW ___ Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata sAW ___ White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca sAW ___ Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula sAW ___ Bufflehead Bucephala albeola sAW ___ Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus sAW ___ Common Merganser Mergus merganser --- ___ Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator sAW ___ Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis sAW
VULTURES-HAWKS-FALCONS SEASON ___ Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura --- ___ Black Vulture Coragyps atratus --- ___ Osprey* Pandion haliaetus sSA* ___ Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus sAW ___ Northern Harrier* Circus cyaneus sSAW ___ Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus sAW ___ Cooper's Hawk* Accipiter cooperii sAW ___ Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis sAW ___ Red-shouldered Hawk* Buteo lineatus sA ___ Broad-winged Hawk* Buteo platypterus sSA* ___ Red-tailed Hawk* Buteo jamaicensis sSAW* ___ Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus sAW ___ Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos --- ___ American Kestrel* Falco sparverius sSAW* ___ Merlin Falco columbarius sAW ___ Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus sAW ___ Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus --- ___ Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus ---
PHEASANTS-GROUSE-QUAIL-TURKEY SEASON ___ Ring-necked Pheasant* Phasianus colchicus sSAW* ___ Ruffed Grouse* Bonasa umbellus --- ___ Northern Bobwhite* Colinus virginianus sSAW* ___ Wild Turkey* Meleagris gallopavo ---
RAILS-COOTS SEASON ___ Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis --- ___ Clapper Rail* Rallus longirostris sSA ___ King Rail Rallus elegans sA ___ Virginia Rail* Rallus limicola sSA* ___ Sora Porzana carolina sA ___ American Coot* Fulica americana sAW ___ Common Gallinule* Gallinula chloropus --- ___ Purple Gallinule Porphyrula martinica --- ___ Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis --- ___ Corn Crake Crex crex ---
PLOVERS-SANDPIPERS SEASON ___ Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola sSAW ___ American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica sA ___ Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia S ___ Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus sSA ___ Piping Plover* Charadrius melodus sSA* ___ Killdeer* Charadrius vociferus sSA* ___ American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus sSAW ___ Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca sSAW ___ Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes sSA ___ Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria sSA ___ Spotted Sandpiper* Actitis macularia sSA* ___ Willet* Catoptrophorus semipalmatus sSA* ___ Whimbrel Nemenius phaeopus sSA ___ Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres sSA ___ Red Knot Calidris canutus sSA ___ Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica sSA ___ Sanderling Calidris alba sSAW ___ Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla sSA ___ Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri sSA ___ Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla sSA ___ White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis SA ___ Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos sSA ___ Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima W ___ Dunlin Calidris alpina sSAW ___ Stilt Sandpiper Micropalama himantopus sSA ___ Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus sSA ___ Common Snipe Capella gallinago sAW ___ American Woodcock* Philohela minor sSAW* ___ Northern Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus --- ___ Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius --- ___ Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor --- ___ Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda --- ___ Lapwing Vanellus vanellus ---
JAEGERS-TERNS-SKIMMERS SEASON ___ Parasitic Jaegers Stercorarius parasiticus --- ___ Laughing Gull Larus atricilla sSAW ___ Herring Gull Larus argentatus sSAW ___ Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides W ___ Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus W ___ Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus W ___ Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus sSAW ___ Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea --- ___ Caspian Tern Sterna caspia A ___ Royal Tern Sterna maxima sSA ___ Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii sSA ___ Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea sS ___ Common Tern* Sterna hirundo sSA* ___ Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri SA ___ Least Tern* Sterna albifrons sSA* ___ Black Tern Childonias nigra s ___ Black Skimmer Rynchops niger sSA ___ Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica --- ___ Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla ---
DOVES-KINGFISHERS SEASON ___ Rock Dove* Columbia livia sSAW* ___ Mourning Dove* Zenaida macroura sSAW* ___ Monk Parakeet Miopsitta monachus --- ___ Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus --- ___ Black-billed Cuckoo* Coccyzus erythropthalmus sSA* ___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo* Coccyzus americanus sSA* ___ Barn Owl* Tyto alba sSAW ___ Eastern Screeh-Owl* Otus asio sSAW* ___ Great Horned Owl* Bubo virginianus sSAW* ___ Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca sAW ___ Long-eared Owl Asio otus sAW ___ Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus sAW ___ Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus sA ___ Common Nighthawk* Chordeiles minor sA ___ Whip-poor-will* Caprimulgus vociferus sA ___ Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis --- ___ Chimney Swift* Chaetura pelagica sSA* ___ Ruby-throated Hummingbird* Archilochus colubris sSA* ___ Belted Kingfisher* Megaceryle alcyon sSAW*
WOODPECKERS-FLYCATCHERS SEASON ___ Red-headed Woodpecker* Melanerpes erythrocephalus sA ___ Red-bellied Woodpecker* Centurus carolinus sSAW* ___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius sA ___ Downy Woodpecker* Picoides pubescens sSAW* ___ Hairy Woodpecker* Picoides villosus sSAW* ___ Northern Flicker* Colaptes auratus sSAW* ___ Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus --- ___ Olive-sided Flycatcher Nuttallornis borealis sA ___ Eastern Wood-Pewee* Contopus virens sSA* ___ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris A ___ Alder Flycatcher* Empidonax alnorum sA ___ Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus sA ___ Acadian Flycatcher* Empidonax virescens sSA ___ Eastern Phoebe* Sayornis phoebe sSA* ___ Great Crested Flycatcher* Myiarchus crinitus sSA* ___ Eastern Kingbird* Tyrannus tyrannus sSA*
LARKS-SWALLOWS-JAYS-CROWS SEASON ___ Horned Lark* Eremophila alpestris sSAW* ___ Purple Martin* Progne subis sA ___ Tree Swallow* Iridoprocne bicolor sSA* ___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow* Stelgidopteryx ruficollis sSA* ___ Bank Swallow* Riparia riparia sSA* ___ Barn Swallow* Hirundo rustica sSA* ___ Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota --- ___ Blue Jay* Cyanocitta cristata sSAW* ___ American Crow* Corvus brachyrhynchos sSAW* ___ Fish Crow* Corvus ossifragus sSAW*
TITMICE-NUTHATCHES-WRENS SEASON ___ Black-capped Chickadee* Parus atricapillus sSAW* ___ Tufted Titmouse* arus bicolor sSAW* ___ Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis sAW ___ White-breasted Nuthatch* Sitta carolinensis sSAW* ___ Brown Creeper* Certhia familiaris sAW* ___ Carolina Wren* Thyothorus Ludovicianus sSAW* ___ House Wren* Troglodytes aedon sSAW* ___ Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes sAW ___ Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis --- ___ Marsh Wren* Cistothorus palustris sSA*
KINGLETS-THRASHERS SEASON ___ Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa sAW ___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula sAW ___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* Polioptila caerulea sSA* ___ Eastern Bluebird* Sialia sialis sSAW ___ Veery* Cathaurs fuscescens sSA* ___ Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus sA ___ Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus sA ___ Hermit Thrush* Catharus guttatus sSAW* ___ Wood Thrush* Hylocichla mustelina sSA* ___ American Robin* Turdus migratorius sSAW* ___ Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe A ___ Gray Catbird* Dumetella carolinensis sSAW* ___ Northern Mockingbird* Mimus polyglottos sSAW* ___ Brown Thrasher* Toxostoma rufum sSA*
PIPITS-SHRIKES-STARLINGS SEASON ___ American Pipit Anthus spinoletta sA ___ Cedar Waxwing* Bombycilla cedrorum sSAW* ___ Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor sAW ___ Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus --- ___ European Starling* Sturnus vulgaris sSAW*
VIREOS-WOOD WARBLERS SEASON ___ White-eyed Vireo* Vireo griseus sSA* ___ Solitary Vireo Vireo solitarius sA ___ Yellow-throated Vireo* Vireo flavifrons sA ___ Warbling Vireo* Vireo gilvus sSA* ___ Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus sA ___ Red-eyed Vireo* Vireo olivaceus sSA* ___ Blue-winged Warbler* Vermivora pinus sSA* ___ Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera sA ___ Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina sA ___ Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata sA ___ Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla sA ___ Northern Parula Warbler Parula americana sA ___ Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia sSA* ___ Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica sA ___ Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia sA ___ Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina sA ___ Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens sA ___ Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata sAW ___ Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens sA ___ Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca sA ___ Pine Warbler* Dendroica pinus sA ___ Prairie Warbler* Dendroica discolor sSA* ___ Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum sA ___ Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea sA ___ Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata sA ___ Black-and-White Warbler* Mniotilta varia sSA* ___ American Redstart* Setophaga ruticilla sSA* ___ Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea sA ___ Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorus --- ___ Ovenbird* Seiurus aurocapillus sSA* ___ Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis sA ___ Louisiana Waterthrush Seurus motacilla sA ___ Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus --- ___ Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis sA ___ Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia sA ___ Common Yellowthroat* Geothlypis trichas sSA* ___ Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina --- ___ Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea sA ___ Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla sA ___ Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis sA ___ Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens sA
TANAGERS-SPARROWS SEASON ___ Summer Tanager Piranga rubra --- ___ Scarlet Tanager* Piranga olivacea sSA* ___ Northern Cardinal* Cardinalis cardinalis sSAW* ___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak* Pheucticus ludovicianus sSA* ___ Indigo Bunting* Passerina cyanea sSA* ___ Dickcissel Spiza americana --- ___ Rufous-sided Towhee* Pipilo erythrophthalmus sSAW* ___ American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea sAW ___ Chipping Sparrow* Spizella passerina sSA* ___ Field Sparrow* Spizella pusilla sSA* ___ Savannah Sparrow* Passerculus sandwichensis sAW ___ Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum --- ___ Sharp-tailed Sparrow* Ammospiza caudacuta sSAW* ___ Seaside Sparrow* Ammospiza maritima sSAW* ___ Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus sA ___ Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca sAW ___ Song Sparrow* Milospiza melodia sSAW* ___ Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii --- ___ Swamp Sparrow* Melospiza geogiana sSAW* ___ Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus --- ___ White-throated Sparrow Zonatrichia albicollis sAW ___ White-crowned Sparrow Zonatrichia leucophrys sW ___ Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis sAW ___ Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis sAW
BLACKBIRDS-FINCHES SEASON ___ Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus --- ___ Red-winged Blackbird* Agelaius phoeniceus sSAW* ___ Eastern Meadowlark* Sturnella magna sAW ___ Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus sA ___ Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus --- ___ Common Grackle* Quiscalus quiscula sSAW* ___ Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major --- ___ Brown-headed Cowbird* Molothrus ater sSAW* ___ Orchard Oriole* Icterus spurius --- ___ Northern Oriole Icterus galbula sSA* ___ Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus sAW ___ House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus sSAW* ___ Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra sAW ___ White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera sAW ___ Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea sAW ___ Hoary Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni sAW ___ Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator sAW ___ Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus sAW ___ American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis sSAW* ___ Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina sAW ___ House Sparrow Passer domesticus sSAW*
Refuge Manager
P.O. Box 21
Shirley, NY 11967
Phone: (516)286-0485
This resource is based on the following source:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refuge. No date. Avian Distribution at the Long Island
National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Morton. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
12 pages.
This resource should be cited as:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refuge. No date. Avian Distribution at the Long Island
National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Morton. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
12 pages. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.govmort.htm
(Version 22MAY98).
U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/chekbird/r5/mort.htm
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