A complete review of the checklist was completed on April 25, 2006 by Jim Watt, Mark Cranford and Mark Chojnacki. Two species were added ... Wilson's Snipe and Bohemian Waxwing. Several scientific names were revised according to the latest version of the AOU checklist. Abundance and seasonal status data was also updated. South Peel Naturalists' Club Bird Checklist Abundance Seasonal Status C - Common P - Permanent Resident U - Uncommon S - Summer Resident R - Rare W - Winter Resident E - Erratic M - Migrant A - Accidental * - Nests or Know to Have Nested Common Name Scientific Name DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS A Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons RM Snow Goose Chen caerulescens RM Brant Branta bernicla CP* Canada Goose Branta canadensis CP* Mute Swan Cygnus olor UW Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator UM Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus US* Wood Duck Aix sponsa CW Gadwall Anas strepera A Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope UW American Wigeon Anas americana CP* American Black Duck Anas rubripes CP* Mallard Anas platyrynchos UM* Blue-winged Teal Anas discors A Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera UM Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata UM Northern Pintail Anas acuta CM* Green-winged Teal Anas crecca RW Canvasback Aythya valisineria UW Redhead Aythya americana RW Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris A Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula CW Greater Scaup Aythya marila UM Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis RW King Eider Somateria spectabilis RW Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus RW Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata UW White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca RW Black Scoter Melanitta nigra CW Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis CW Bufflehead Bucephala albeola CW Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula RW Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica UM Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus UW Common Merganser Mergus merganser C Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator UM Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis PARTRIDGES, GROUSE & TURKEYS RP* Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus UP* Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus LOONS RM Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata A Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica CM Common Loon Gavia immer GREBES CM Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps CM Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus UM* Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena RM Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis A Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis SHEARWATERS & PETRELS A Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata GANNETS A Northern Gannet Morus bassanus PELICANS E American White Pelican Pelecanus Erythrorhynchos CORMORANTS CS Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus A Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo HERONS & BITTERNS US American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus RM Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis CS* Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias UM Great Egret Ardea alba RM Snowy Egret Egretta thula A Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea RM Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis US* Green Heron Butorides virescens US* Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax VULTURES CS* Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura HAWKS, KITES & EAGLES UM Osprey Pandion haliaetus UM Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus UP* Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus CP Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus UM* Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii RW Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis UM Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus CM Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus CP* Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis UW Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus RM Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos CARACARAS & FALCONS CP* American Kestrel Falco sparverius RM Merlin Falco columbarius RM Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus US* Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS RM Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis RM King Rail Rallus elegans US* Virginia Rail Rallus limicola US* Sora Porzana carolina UM* Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus UP American Coot Fulica americana CRANES RM Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis PLOVERS UM Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola RM American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica CM Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus CS* Killdeer Charadrius vociferus STILTS & AVOCETS A American Avocet Recurvirostra americana SANDPIPERS & PHALAROPES CM Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca CM Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes UM Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria RM Willet Catoptophorus semipalmatus CS* Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia US* Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda UM Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus RM Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica UM Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres RM Red Knot Calidris canutus UM Sanderling Calidris alba UM Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla CM Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla RM White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis RM Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii UM Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos RM Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima CM Dunlin Calidris alpina UM Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus A Ruff Philomachus pugnax RM Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus UM Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata US* American Woodcock Scolopax minor RM Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor RM Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus A Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius SKUAS, GULLS, TERNS & SKIMMERS RM Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus RM Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus RM Franklin’s Gull Larus pipixcan RM Little Gull Larus minutus A Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus CM Bonaparte’s Gull Larus philadelphia A Mew Gull Larus canus CP Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis CP Herring Gull Larus argentatus RW Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides RW Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus UW Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus UP Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus RM Sabine's Gull Xema sabini A Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla CS Caspian Tern Sterna caspia CS* Common Tern Sterna hirundo RM Forster’s Tern Sterna fosteri RM* Black Tern Chlidonias niger AUKS, MURRES & PUFFINS A Razorbill Alca torda PIGEONS & DOVES CP* Rock Pigeon Columba livia CP* Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura CUCKOOS & ANIS RS* Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus RS* Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus TYPICAL OWLS UP* Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio UP* Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus EW Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus A Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula RW Barred Owl Strix varia AW Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa UW* Long-eared Owl Asio otus RW* Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus EW Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus UW Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus GOATSUCKERS CS* Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor UM Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus SWIFTS CS* Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica HUMMINGBIRDS CS* Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris KINGFISHERS UP* Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon WOODPECKERS RM* Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus RP Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus UM Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius CP* Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens CP* Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus EW American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis E Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus CS* Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus UP* Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus TYRANT FLYCATCHERS UM Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi CS* Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens UM Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris US* Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum US* Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii US* Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus S* Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe CS* Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus CS* Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus SHRIKES A* Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus EW Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor VIREOS RM White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus RM Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons US Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius US* Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus US Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus CS* Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus CROWS & JAYS CP* Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata A Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia CP* American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos E Common Raven Corvus corax LARKS UM* Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris SWALLOWS CS* Purple Martin Progne subis CS* Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor CS* Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis CS* Bank Swallow Riparia riparia US* Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota CS* Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica CHICKADEES & TITMICE CP* Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla EW Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonica RW* Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor NUTHATCHES UP* Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis CP* White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis CREEPERS UP* Brown Creeper Certhia americana WRENS UP* Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus A Bewick’s Wren Thryothorus bewickii CS House Wren Troglodytes aedon US Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes RS Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis US* Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris KINGLETS CM Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa CM* Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula GNATCATCHERS UM* Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea THRUSHES US* Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis A Townsend’s Solitaire Myadestes townsendi CM* Veery Catharus fuscescens CM Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus CM Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus CM Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus CM* Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina CP* American Robin Turdus migratorius A Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS CS* Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis CP* Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos CS* Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum STARLINGS CP* European Starling Sturnus vulgaris PIPITS UM American Pipit Anthus rubescens WAXWINGS E Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus UP* Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum WOOD-WARBLERS UM Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus UM Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera CM Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina UM Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata CM Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla UM Northern Parula Parula americana CS* Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia CM Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica CM Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia UM Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina CM Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens CM Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata A Black-throated Gray Warbler Dendroica nigrescens CM Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens CM Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca A Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica UM* Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus RM Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor CM Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum CM Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea UM Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata RM Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea CM Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia CM* American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla RM Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea CM* Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla CM* Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis RM Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla RM Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus RM Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis RM* Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia UM* Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas RM Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina CM Wilson’s Warbler Wilsonia pusilla CM Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis RM* Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens TANAGERS CM* Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea A Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana EMBERIZIDS A Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus US* Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus UW American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea CS* Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina RM* Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida CS* Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla CS* Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus CS* Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis US* Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum A* Henslow’s Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii UM Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca CP* Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia UM Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii US Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana CP White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis A Harris’s Sparrow Zonotrichia querula UM White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys CW Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis UM Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus EW Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis CARDINALS & ALLIES CP* Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis CS* Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus CS* Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea A Dickcissel Spiza americana BLACKBIRDS CS* Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus CS* Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus CS* Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna RM* Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta A Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus UM* Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus CS* Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula CS* Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater RM* Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius CS* Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula FINCHES EW Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator EW Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus CP* House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus EW Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra EW White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera EW Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea EW Hoary Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni EW Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus CP* American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis EW Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus OLD WORLD SPARROWS CP* House Sparrow Passer domesticus