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Birds of the Delaware Valley

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This symbol indicates that the bird is on the official checklist for that state.
This symbol indicates that the bird is on the "review" list. This term has different meanings in PA, NJ and DE. See checklists for more information.
State Record Committees normally update the official list once a year. Recent raiities will not appear under that state in the chart below until they are officially accepted by the state committee.
 		 
Barred Owl
© A & J Binns
SPECIES: PA NJ DE
updated
10/05

S.A. (Species Account)
P (Photos), A (Audio)
V (Video)
         
Red-throated Loon P...S.A.
Pacific Loon P
Common Loon P...A
Pied-billed Grebe P
Horned Grebe  
Red-necked Grebe P
Eared Grebe P
Western Grebe   P
Black-browed Albatross      
Yellow-nosed Albatross      
Northern Fulmar P
Black-capped Petrel   P
Fea's/Zino's Petrel      
Cory’s Shearwater P
Greater Shearwater   P
Buller’s Shearwater     S.A.
Sooty Shearwater   P
Manx Shearwater   P
Audubon’s Shearwater   P
Wilson’s Storm Petrel   P
White-faced Storm Petrel   P
Leach’s Storm Petrel  
Band-rumped Storm Petrel    
White-tailed Tropicbird      
Red-billed Tropicbird      P
Masked Booby      P
Brown Booby     P
Northern Gannet P.... S.A.
American White Pelican P
Brown Pelican P... S.A.
Double-crested Cormorant P... S.A.
Great Cormorant P... S.A.
Anhinga   P
Magnificent Frigatebird P
American Bittern P....A
Least Bittern P
Great Blue Heron P
Great Egret P
Little Egret     P....S.A.
Snowy Egret P
Little Blue Heron P
Tricolored Heron P
Reddish Egret   P
Cattle Egret P....S.A.
Green Heron P...A
Black-crowned Night-Heron P ...A
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron P
White Ibis P
Glossy Ibis P
White-faced Ibis   P
Wood Stork P
Black Vulture P
Turkey Vulture P
Fulvous Whistling Duck    
Black-bellied Whistling Duck    P
Pink-footed Goose   P... S.A.
Greater White-fronted Goose P
Snow Goose P
Ross’s Goose P
Canada Goose P....A
Cackling Goose  
Brant P
Barnacle Goose       P ... S.A.
Mute Swan P
Tundra Swan P....A
Wood Duck P
Gadwall P
Eurasian Wigeon P
American Wigeon P
American Black Duck P
Mallard P
Blue-winged Teal P
Cinnamon Teal P
Northern Shoveler P
Northern Pintail P
Garganey    
Green-winged Teal  
Canvasback P 
Redhead P
Ring-necked Duck P
Tufted Duck P
Greater Scaup  
Lesser Scaup  
King Eider  
Common Eider   P
Harlequin Duck P... S.A.
Surf Scoter  
White-winged Scoter  
Black Scoter A
Long-tailed Duck P
Bufflehead  
Common Goldeneye  
Barrow’s Goldeneye   P
Hooded Merganser P
Common Merganser P
P
Masked Duck      
Ruddy Duck P
Osprey P
Swallow-tailed Kite P
White-tailed Kite     P
Mississippi Kite  
Bald Eagle P
Northern Harrier P
Sharp-shinned Hawk P
Cooper’s Hawk P
Northern Goshawk  
Red-shouldered Hawk P...A
Broad-winged Hawk P
Swainson’s Hawk   P
Red-tailed Hawk P... A
Rough-legged Hawk P
Golden Eagle P
Eurasian Kestrel     P
American Kestrel P
Merlin P
Gyrfalcon    
Peregrine Falcon P....S.A.
Ring-necked Pheasant P
Ruffed Grouse    P
Wild Turkey P...A
Northern Bobwhite P
Yellow Rail P
Black Rail A
Corn Crake      
Clapper Rail A
King Rail  
Virginia Rail P
Sora P
Purple Gallinule P ...A
Common Moorhen P
American Coot P
Sandhill Crane P....S.A.
Northern Lapwing   P
Black-bellied Plover P
American Golden Plover P
Pacific Golden Plover     P....S.A.
Mongolian Plover      
Snowy Plover      
Wilson’s Plover   P
Semipalmated Plover P
Piping Plover P
Killdeer P ... A
American Oystercatcher P
Black-necked Stilt P...A
American Avocet P...A
Greater Yellowlegs P ... A
Lesser Yellowlegs P
Spotted Redshank      
Solitary Sandpiper P
Willet P... A
Spotted Sandpiper P
Upland Sandpiper A
Whimbrel P
Long-billed Curlew     P ... S.A.
Black-tailed Godwit P
Hudsonian Godwit S.A.
Bar-tailed Godwit     S.A.
Marbled Godwit P
Ruddy Turnstone P
Red Knot P... S.A.
Sanderling P
Semipalmated Sandpiper P
Western Sandpiper P
Red-necked Stint      
Little Stint    
Least Sandpiper P
White-rumped Sandpiper P
Baird’s Sandpiper P
Pectoral Sandpiper P
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper      
Purple Sandpiper P... S.A.
Dunlin P
Curlew Sandpiper   P
Stilt Sandpiper  P
Buff-breasted Sandpiper P
Ruff  
Short-billed Dowitcher P
Long-billed Dowitcher P
Wilson's Snipe P
Eurasian Woodcock      
American Woodcock A
Wilson’s Phalarope P
Red-necked Phalarope P
Red Phalarope  
Great Skua   P
South Polar Skua   P
Pomarine Jaeger P
Parasitic Jaeger P
Long-tailed Jaeger      
Laughing Gull P ...A
Franklin’s Gull P
Little Gull  
Black-headed Gull P
Bonaparte’s Gull P
Black-tailed Gull     P
Mew Gull   P
Ring-billed Gull P
California Gull   P
Herring Gull P
Thayer’s Gull    
Iceland Gull P
Lesser Black-backed Gull P....S.A.
Glaucous Gull P
Great Black-backed Gull P
Sabine’s Gull P
Black-legged Kittiwake P
Ross’ Gull  
Ivory Gull      
Gull-billed Tern  
Caspian Tern  
Royal Tern P
Sandwich Tern   P
Roseate Tern P...S.A.
Common Tern P
Arctic Tern P
Forster’s Tern P ...A
Least Tern P
Bridled Tern   P
Sooty Tern P
Whiskered Tern   P
White-winged Tern    
Black Tern P
Brown Noddy     P
Black Skimmer P
Dovekie  
Common Murre   P
Thick-billed Murre  
Razorbill   P
Black Guillemot     P
Ancient Murrelet      
Atlantic Puffin     P
Rock Pigeon P ...S.A.
Eurasian Collared-Dove P ...S.A.
White-winged Dove P ... A
Mourning Dove P....A
Common Ground-Dove P
Monk Parakeet       P
Black-billed Cuckoo A
Yellow-billed Cuckoo P ... A
Groove-billed Ani     P 
Barn Owl P
Eastern Screech-Owl P....A
Great Horned Owl P...A
Snowy Owl P
Northern Hawk Owl   P
Barred Owl P...A
Great Gray Owl     P
Long-eared Owl P
Short-eared Owl  
Boreal Owl   P
Northern Saw-whet Owl P
Common Nighthawk P....A
Chuck-will’s-widow P....A
Whip-poor-will P....A
Chimney Swift  
Ruby-throated Hummingbird P... S.A.
Black-chinned Hummingbird     P
Broad-tailed Hummingbird      P
Calliope Hummingbird     P
Rufous Hummingbird P
Allen’s Hummingbird   P...S.A.
Belted Kingfisher  
Red-headed Woodpecker P...S.A.
Red-bellied Woodpecker P... A...S.A
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  
Downy Woodpecker P... A
Hairy Woodpecker P... A
Black-backed Woodpecker    P
Northern Flicker P...A
Pileated Woodpecker P...A
Olive-sided Flycatcher  
Eastern Wood-Pewee P...A
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher A
Acadian Flycatcher A
Alder Flycatcher A
Willow Flycatcher A
Least Flycatcher A
Hammond’s Flycatcher      
Dusky Flycatcher     P....S.A.
Gray Flycatcher     A
Pacific-slope Flycatcher      
Eastern Phoebe P...A
Say’s Phoebe P
Vermilion Flycatcher   P
Ash-throated Flycatcher   P .... A
Great Crested Flycatcher P... A
Western Kingbird P
Eastern Kingbird P... A
Gray Kingbird Pending    P ...A
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher P
Fork-tailed Flycatcher   P
Loggerhead Shrike P
Northern Shrike  
White-eyed Vireo P....A
Bell’s Vireo     A
Yellow-throated Vireo A
Blue-headed Vireo P...A
Warbling Vireo A
Philadelphia Vireo  
Red-eyed Vireo P....A
Blue Jay P... A
American Crow P...A
Fish Crow P... A
Common Raven   P... A
Horned Lark A
Purple Martin P... A
Brown-chested Martin      
Tree Swallow P
Violet-green Swallow    
No. Rough-winged Swallow  
Bank Swallow  P
Cliff Swallow P....S.A.
Cave Swallow   P
Barn Swallow P
Carolina Chickadee P...A
Black-capped Chickadee P... A
Boreal Chickadee  
Tufted Titmouse P...A
Red-breasted Nuthatch P.... A
White-breasted Nuthatch P...A
Brown-headed Nuthatch   Pending  A
Brown Creeper P...A
Rock Wren     P
Carolina Wren P...A
Bewick’s Wren A
House Wren P...A
Winter Wren A
Sedge Wren  
Marsh Wren A
Golden-crowned Kinglet P...A
Ruby-crowned Kinglet A
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher A
Northern Wheatear P
Eastern Bluebird P
Mountain Bluebird    
Townsend’s Solitaire    
Veery A
Gray-cheeked Thrush P
Bicknell’s Thrush A
Swainson’s Thrush A
Hermit Thrush P...A
Wood Thrush P...A
Fieldfare      
Redwing Pending     P
American Robin P...A
Varied Thrush P
Gray Catbird P... A
Northern Mockingbird P... A
Sage Thrasher   P 
Brown Thrasher P... A
European Starling P... S.A.
American Pipit  
Bohemian Waxwing   P... S.A.
Cedar Waxwing P... A
Blue-winged Warbler A
Golden-winged Warbler A
Tennessee Warbler  
Orange-crowned Warbler  
Nashville Warbler A
Virginia’s Warbler     A
Northern Parula P...A
Yellow Warbler P...A
Chestnut-sided Warbler P...A
Magnolia Warbler P...A
Cape May Warbler P
Black-throated Blue Warbler P ... A
Yellow-rumped Warbler P ... A
Black-throated Gray Warbler P ...A
Black-throated Green Warbler P ... A
Townsend’s Warbler    
Blackburnian Warbler A
Yellow-throated Warbler P...A
Pine Warbler A
Kirtland's Warbler      
Prairie Warbler P.... A
Palm Warbler P
Bay-breasted Warbler P
Blackpoll Warbler P...A
Cerulean Warbler S.A. A
Black-and-white Warbler P...A
American Redstart P...A
Prothonotary Warbler P...A
Worm-eating Warbler P...A
Swainson’s Warbler P...A
Ovenbird P...A
Northern Waterthrush P...A
Louisiana Waterthrush P...A
Kentucky Warbler P....A
Connecticut Warbler  
Mourning Warbler  
MacGillivray's Warbler     A
Common Yellowthroat P.... A
Hooded Warbler P...A
Wilson’s Warbler A
Canada Warbler P....A
Yellow-breasted Chat P...A
Summer Tanager P.....A
Scarlet Tanager P....A
Western Tanager   P....A
Green-tailed Towhee A
Spotted Towhee   P....A
Eastern Towhee A
Cassin’s Sparrow     A
Bachman’s Sparrow     P... A
American Tree Sparrow P
Chipping Sparrow A
Clay-colored Sparrow  
Field Sparrow A
Vesper Sparrow P...A
Lark Sparrow P...A
Black-throated Sparrow     P...A
Lark Bunting   P...A
Savannah Sparrow P...A
Grasshopper Sparrow P...A
Henslow’s Sparrow P...A
Le Conte’s Sparrow P
Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow S.A
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow P...S.A 
Seaside Sparrow P...A
Fox Sparrow P...A
Song Sparrow P...A
Lincoln’s Sparrow P ... A
Swamp Sparrow P...A
White-throated Sparrow P...A
Harris’s Sparrow  
White-crowned Sparrow P....A
Golden-crowned Sparrow    
Dark-eyed Junco P...A
Lapland Longspur P
Smith’s Longspur      
Chestnut-collared Longspur      
Snow Bunting P
Northern Cardinal P...A... S.A.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak P...A
Black-headed Grosbeak P... A
Blue Grosbeak P...A
Lazuli Bunting     A
Indigo Bunting P...A
Painted Bunting A
Dickcissel P....A....S.A.
Bobolink P....A....S.A.
Red-winged Blackbird P....A....S.A.
Eastern Meadowlark P....A....S.A.
Western Meadowlark   A...S.A.
Yellow-headed Blackbird P....A....S.A.
Rusty Blackbird S.A. 
Brewer’s Blackbird S.A.
Common Grackle P...A...S.A.
Boat-tailed Grackle   P...S.A.
Brown-headed Cowbird P...A...S.A.
Orchard Oriole A...S.A
Bullock’s Oriole   S.A. 
Baltimore Oriole P...A...S.A.
Brambling   S.A.
Pine Grosbeak S.A....P
Purple Finch S.A....A....P
House Finch P...A... S.A.
Red Crossbill P...A...S.A.
White-winged Crossbill P...S.A.
Common Redpoll P...A...S.A.
Hoary Redpoll   S.A. 
Pine Siskin P...A...S.A.
American Goldfinch P...A...S.A.
Evening Grosbeak P...A...S.A.
House Sparrow P... S.A.