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Birds of the Delaware Valley

We are gradually adding photos, songs, and detailed information (species accounts) about each species that occurs in the Delaware Valley. These pages will eventually include all the information you will need to find and identify our birds.

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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.