Burlington County, NJ
BIRD LIST


compiled by Ward Dasey

Report any bold-faced categories or birds not on the list. For historical purposes and to keep the list clean, please include the usual rare bird details with any report, such as a description, location, the date and time, etc.

Of interest is also any large concentrations of a species such as 150 Am. Golden-Plovers, etc. Reports of numbers help increase our understanding of the value of a particular habitat and geographic location. This can be a conservation issue.

Codes:

  • B - breeder
  • EB - endangered breeder
  • PB - possible breeder
  • FB - former breeder
  • RB - rare breeder

  • O - annual or less than
  • R - rare
  • A - accidental.

Underlined Birds - report all occurrences

To report Burlington Co. birds:

Paul Driver
915 Melrose Ave
Elkins Park, PA
19027

To report to New Jersey
Bird Record Committee

NJ Records Committee
Laurie Larson
(NJBRC Secretary)
91 Sycamore Lane
Skillman NJ 08558

Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe - EB
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe - A
Am. White Pelican - A
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant - PB
Anhinga - A
Am. Bittern - EB
Least Bittern - B
Great Blue Heron - TB
Great Egret - PB
Snowy Egret - PB
Little Blue Heron - PB
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron - B
Black-crowned Night-Heron - PB
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis - R
Glossy Ibis - PB
Tundra Swan
Mute Swan - B
Greater White-fronted Goose - R
Snow Goose
Ross' Goose - R
Brant
Canada Goose - B
Wood Duck - B
Green-winged Teal - RB
American Black Duck - B
Mallard - B
N. Pintail
Blue-winged Teal - RB
N. Shoveler
Gadwall - B
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Oldsquaw
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye - A
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Black Vulture - B
Turkey Vulture - B
Swallow-tailed Kite - A 19th century
Mississippi Kite - A
Bald Eagle - E - RB
N. Harrier - E - RB
Sharp-shinned Hawk - RB
Cooper's Hawk - B
Goshawk - RB
Red-shouldered Hawk - E - RB
Broad-winged Hawk - B
Swainson's Hawk - A
Red-tailed Hawk - B
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Am. Kestrel - B
Merlin
Peregrine - EB
Ring-necked Pheasant - B
Ruffed Grouse - B
Wild Turkey - B
N. Bobwhite - B
Yellow Rail - A - 19th century
Black Rail - PB, FB, R
Clapper Rail - B
King Rail - RB
Virginia Rail - B
Sora - RB
Common Moorhen - RB
Am. Coot - PB
Sandhill Crane - O
Black-necked Stilt - A - new 1999 L.Little
Am. Avocet - A
Black-bellied Plover
Am. Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer - B
American Oystercatcher -R
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet - B
Spotted Sandpiper - B
Upland Sandpiper - EB
Whimbrel - R
Hudsonian Godwit - R
Ruddy Turnstone - R
Red Knot - R
Sanderling - O
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper - A
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff - A
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
Am. Woodcock - B
Wilson's Phalarope
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull - R
Little Gull - R
Com. Black-headed Gull - R
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull -A
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Greater Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Common Tern - O
Forster's Tern
Least Tern - R
Black Tern - O
Dovekie - A
Thick-billed Murre - A - 19th century
Black Skimmer - R
Rock Dove - B
Mourning Dove - B
Black-billed Cuckoo - B
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - B
Barn Owl - B
E. Screech-Owl - B
Great Horned Owl - B
Snowy Owl - R
Barred Owl - EB
Long-eared Owl - EB
Short-eared Owl - FB
N. Saw-whet Owl - RB
Common Nighthawk - EB
Chuck-wills-widow - RB
Whip-poor-will - B
Chimney Swift - B
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - B
Rufous Hummingbird - A
Belted Kingfisher - B

Red-headed Woodpecker - EB
Red-bellied Woodpecker - B
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker - B
Hairy Woodpecker - B
N. Flicker - B
Pileated Woodpecker - PB, R
Olive-sided Flycatcher
E. Wood-Pewee - B
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher - B
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher - B
Least Flycatcher - FB, RB
E. Phoebe - B
Great-crested Flycatcher - B
Ash-throated Flycatcher - A
Western Kingbird - R
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - A
Eastern Kingbird - B
Horned Lark - EB
Purple Martin - B
Tree Swallow - B
N. Rough-winged Swallow - B
Bank Swallow - B
Cliff Swallow - FB
Barn Swallow - B
Blue Jay - B
Am. Crow - B
Fish Crow - B
Common Raven - R
Carolina Chickadee - B
Tufted Titmouse - B
Red-breasted Nuthatch - RB
White-breasted Nuthatch - B
Brown Creeper - RB
Carolina Wren - B
House Wren - B
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren - FB
Marsh Wren - B
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - B
E. Bluebird - B
Veery - B
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush - B
Wood Thrush - B
Am. Robin - B
Varied Thrush - A
Gray Catbird - B
N. Mockingbird - B
Brown Thrasher - B
Am. Pipit
Cedar Waxwing - B
Bohemian Waxwing - A
N. Shrike - R
Loggerhead Shrike - R
E. Starling - B
White-eyed Vireo - B
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo - B
Warbling Vireo - B
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo - B
Blue-winged Warbler - B
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
N. Parula - B
Yellow Warbler - B
Chestnut-sided Warbler - PB
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler - B
Townsend's Warbler - A
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler - PB
Pine Warbler - B
Prairie Warbler - B
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black & White Warbler - B
Am. Redstart - B
Prothonotary Warbler - B
Worm-eating Warbler - B
Ovenbird - B
N. Waterthrush - RB
Louisiana Waterthrush - B
Kentucky Warbler - B
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Com. Yellowthroat - B
Hooded Warbler - B
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler - RB
Yellow-breasted Chat - B
Summer Tanager - B
Scarlet Tanager - B
Western Tanager - A
N. Cardinal - B
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - B
Black-headed Grosbeak - A
Blue Grosbeak - B
Indigo Bunting - B
Painted Bunting - A
Dickcissel - RB
Rufous-sided Towhee - B
Bachman's Sparrow - A
Am. Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow - B
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow - B
Vesper Sparrow - E, FB
Lark Sparrow - R
Savannah Sparrow - EB
Grasshopper Sparrow - EB
Henslow's Sparrow - E, FB
LeConte's Sparrow - A
Salt-marsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow - B
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow - O
Seaside Sparrow - B
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow - B
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow - B
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Bobolink - EB
Red-winged Blackbird - B
E. Meadowlark- EB
Yellow-headed Blackbird - O
Rusty Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle - B
Com. Grackle - B
Brown-headed Cowbird - B
Orchard Oriole - B
Baltimore Oriole - B
Pine Grosbeak - A
Purple Finch
House Finch - B
Red Crossbill - FB
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
Am. Goldfinch - B
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow - B

Hypothetical List

Birds that have been reported at least once, and while they may be correct lack documentation, or the documentation is equivocal. In New Jersey gulls may require photographic evidence.

  • Pomarine Jaeger, Mew Gull, California Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Eurasian Collored-Dove, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Hermit Warbler, Swainson's Warbler, Harris' Sparrow, Brewer's Blackbird, Hoary Redpoll.