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Species Info

Species Information

currently sorted by: safe date start

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Species Alpha Code* Safe date start** Safe date end Habitat
  Canada Goose  CANG / /  
  Mute Swan  MUSW / /  
  Wood Duck  WODU / /  
  Blue-winged Teal  BWTE / /  
  Northern Shoveler  NSHO / /  
  Gadwall  GADW / /  
  Mallard  MALL / /  
  American Black Duck  ABDU / /  
  Hooded Merganser  HOME / /  
  Northern Bobwhite  NOBO / /  
  Wild Turkey  WITU / /  
  Ruffed Grouse  RUGR / /  
  Ring-necked Pheasant  RNEP / /  
  Pied-billed Grebe  PBGR / /  
  Rock Pigeon  ROPI / /  
  Mourning Dove  MODO / /  
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo  YBCU / /  
  Black-billed Cuckoo  BBCU / /  
  Common Nighthawk  CONI / /  
  Chuck-will's-widow  CWWI / /  
  Chimney Swift  CHSW / /  
  Ruby-throated Hummingbird  RTHU / /  
  King Rail  KIRA / /  
  Clapper Rail  CLRA / /  
  Virginia Rail  VIRA / /  
  Sora  SORA / /  
  Common Gallinule  COGA / /  
  American Coot  AMCO / /  
  Black Rail  BLRA / /  
  Black-necked Stilt  BNST / /  
  American Oystercatcher  AMOY / /  
  Killdeer  KILL / /  
  Piping Plover  PIPL / /  
  Wilson's Plover  WIPL / /  
  Upland Sandpiper  UPSA / /  
  American Woodcock  AMWO / /  
  Spotted Sandpiper  SPSA / /  
  Willet  WILL / /  
  Laughing Gull  LAGU / /  
  Herring Gull  HERG / /  
  Great Black-backed Gull  GBBG / /  
  Least Tern  LETE / /  
  Gull-billed Tern  GBTE / /  
  Common Tern  COTE / /  
  Forster's Tern  FOTE / /  
  Royal Tern  ROYT / /  
  Black Skimmer  BLSK / /  
  Double-crested Cormorant  DCCO / /  
  Brown Pelican  BRPE / /  
  American Bittern  AMBI / /  
  Least Bittern  LEBI / /  
  Great Blue Heron  GBHE / /  
  Great Egret  GREG / /  
  Snowy Egret  SNEG / /  
  Little Blue Heron  LBHE / /  
  Tricolored Heron  TRHE / /  
  Cattle Egret  CAEG / /  
  Green Heron  GRHE / /  
  Black-crowned Night-Heron  BCNH / /  
  Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  YCNH / /  
  Glossy Ibis  GLIB / /  
  Black Vulture  BLVU / /  
  Turkey Vulture  TUVU / /  
  Osprey  OSPR / /  
  Northern Harrier  NOHA / /  
  Sharp-shinned Hawk  SSHA / /  
  Cooper's Hawk  COHA / /  
  Northern Goshawk  NOGO / /  
  Bald Eagle  BAEA / /  
  Red-shouldered Hawk  RSHA / /  
  Broad-winged Hawk  BWHA / /  
  Red-tailed Hawk  RTHA / /  
  Barn Owl  BANO / /  
  Eastern Screech-Owl  EASO / /  
  Great Horned Owl  GHOW / /  
  Barred Owl  BADO / /  
  Northern Saw-whet Owl  NSWO / /  
  Belted Kingfisher  BEKI / /  
  Red-headed Woodpecker  RHWO / /  
  Red-bellied Woodpecker  RBWO / /  
  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  YBSA / /  
  Downy Woodpecker  DOWO / /  
  Hairy Woodpecker  HAWO / /  
  (Yellow-shafted Flicker) Northern Flicker  YSFL / /  
  Pileated Woodpecker  PIWO / /  
  American Kestrel  AMKE / /  
  Peregrine Falcon  PEFA / /  
  Great Crested Flycatcher  GCFL / /  
  Eastern Kingbird  EAKI / /  
  Eastern Wood-Pewee  EAWP / /  
  Acadian Flycatcher  ACFL / /  
  Alder Flycatcher  ALFL / /  
  Willow Flycatcher  WIFL / /  
  Least Flycatcher  LEFL / /  
  Eastern Phoebe  EAPH / /  
  White-eyed Vireo  WEVI / /  
  Yellow-throated Vireo  YTVI / /  
  Blue-headed Vireo  BHVI / /  
  Warbling Vireo  WAVI / /  
  Red-eyed Vireo  REVI / /  
  Loggerhead Shrike  LOSH / /  
  Blue Jay  BLJA / /  
  American Crow  AMCR / /  
  Fish Crow  FICR / /  
  Common Raven  CORA / /  
  Carolina Chickadee  CACH / /  
  Black-capped Chickadee  BCCH / /  
  Tufted Titmouse  TUTI / /  
  Horned Lark  HOLA / /  
  Bank Swallow  BANS / /  
  Tree Swallow  TRES / /  
  Northern Rough-winged Swallow  NRWS / /  
  Purple Martin  PUMA / /  
  Barn Swallow  BARS / /  
  Cliff Swallow  CLSW / /  
  Golden-crowned Kinglet  GCKI / /  
  Cedar Waxwing  CEDW / /  
  Red-breasted Nuthatch  RBNU / /  
  White-breasted Nuthatch  WBNU / /  
  Brown-headed Nuthatch  BHNU / /  
  Brown Creeper  BRCR / /  
  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  BGGN / /  
  Bewick's Wren  BEWR / /  
  Carolina Wren  CARW / /  
  House Wren  HOWR / /  
  unid. Pacific Wren / Winter Wren  UPWW / /  
  Sedge Wren  SEWR / /  
  Marsh Wren  MAWR / /  
  Gray Catbird  GRCA / /  
  Brown Thrasher  BRTH / /  
  Northern Mockingbird  NOMO / /  
  European Starling  EUST / /  
  Eastern Bluebird  EABL / /  
  Veery  VEER / /  
  Hermit Thrush  HETH / /  
  Wood Thrush  WOTH / /  
  American Robin  AMRO / /  
  House Sparrow  HOSP / /  
  House Finch  HOFI / /  
  Purple Finch  PUFI / /  
  Pine Siskin  PISI / /  
  American Goldfinch  AMGO / /  
  Grasshopper Sparrow  GRSP / /  
  Chipping Sparrow  CHSP / /  
  Field Sparrow  FISP / /  
  (Slate-colored Junco) Dark-eyed Junco  SCJU / /  
  Vesper Sparrow  VESP / /  
  Seaside Sparrow  SESP / /  
  Saltmarsh Sparrow  SALS / /  
  Henslow's Sparrow  HESP / /  
  Savannah Sparrow  SAVS / /  
  Song Sparrow  SOSP / /  
  Swamp Sparrow  SWSP / /  
  Eastern Towhee  EATO / /  
  Yellow-breasted Chat  YBCH / /  
  Bobolink  BOBO / /  
  Eastern Meadowlark  EAME / /  
  Orchard Oriole  OROR / /  
  Baltimore Oriole  BAOR / /  
  Red-winged Blackbird  RWBL / /  
  Brown-headed Cowbird  BHCO / /  
  Common Grackle  COGR / /  
  Boat-tailed Grackle  BTGR / /  
  Ovenbird  OVEN / /  
  Worm-eating Warbler  WEWA / /  
  Louisiana Waterthrush  LOWA / /  
  Northern Waterthrush  NOWA / /  
  Golden-winged Warbler  GWWA / /  
  Blue-winged Warbler  BWWA / /  
  Black-and-white Warbler  BAWW / /  
  Prothonotary Warbler  PROW / /  
  Swainson's Warbler  SWWA / /  
  Nashville Warbler  NAWA / /  
  Mourning Warbler  MOWA / /  
  Kentucky Warbler  KEWA / /  
  Common Yellowthroat  COYE / /  
  Hooded Warbler  HOWA / /  
  American Redstart  AMRE / /  
  Cerulean Warbler  CERW / /  
  Northern Parula  NOPA / /  
  Magnolia Warbler  MAWA / /  
  Blackburnian Warbler  BLBW / /  
  Yellow Warbler  YEWA / /  
  Chestnut-sided Warbler  CSWA / /  
  Black-throated Blue Warbler  BTBW / /  
  Pine Warbler  PIWA / /  
  (unid. Myrtle/Audubon's) Yellow-rumped Warbler  UYRW / /  
  Yellow-throated Warbler  YTWA / /  
  Prairie Warbler  PRAW / /  
  Black-throated Green Warbler  BTNW / /  
  Canada Warbler  CAWA / /  
  Summer Tanager  SUTA / /  
  Scarlet Tanager  SCTA / /  
  Northern Cardinal  NOCA / /  
  Rose-breasted Grosbeak  RBGR / /  
  Blue Grosbeak  BLGR / /  
  Indigo Bunting  INBU / /  
  Dickcissel  DICK / /  
  unid. Mexican / Eastern Whip-poor-will  WPWI / /  
 
* Alpha Codes are also known as 'banding codes' (not AOU codes, which are numeric)
** Safe dates represent a window when a singing male is assumed not to be in migration, and therefore on territory. Some atlases do not use safe dates, because they prefer (given present knowledge) not to assume migration or territorial status of all individuals. Safe dates generally apply to the Possible breeding category only when used.
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