TIMMINS

Field Checklist of Birds
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TIMMINS
Field Checklist of Birds
Established 1987 Last update June 2009
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(A) Accidental

LOONS & GREBES

Red-Throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-Billed Grebe
Horned Grebe (A)
Red-necked Grebe

CORMORANTS

American White Pelican (A)
Brown Pelican (A)
Double-crested Cormorant

HERONS

American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Cattle Egret (A)
Black-crowned Night Heron (A)

SWANS, GEESE AND DUCKS

Tundra Swan
Mute Swan (A)
Greater White-fronted Goose (A)
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveller
Gadwall
Eurasian Widgeon (A)
American Widgeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Oldsuaw
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter (A)
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck

HAWKS, EAGLES AND FALCONS

Turkey Vulture (A)
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon (A)

GROUSE

Ringed-necked Pheasant (A)
Spruce Grouse
Willow Ptarmigan
Ruffed Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse

RAILS AND CRANES

Yellow Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
American Coot
Sandhill Crane

SHOREBIRDS

Black-bellied Plover
Lesser Golden-Plover
Semipalated Plover
Killdeer
American Avocet (A)
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Semipalated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (A)
Short-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
American Woodcock
Wilson's Phalarope (A)
Red-necked Phalarope

GULLS AND TURNS

Common Black-headed Gull (A)
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous Gull (A)
Great Black-backed Gull (A)
Commons Tern
Black Tern

PIGEONS AND DOVES

Rock Dove
Mourning Dove

CUCKOOS

Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (A)

OWLS

Eastern Screeh Owl (A)
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk-Owl
Barred Owl
Great Grey Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl

GOATSUCKERS

Common Nighthawk
Whip-poor-will (A)

SWIFTS

Chimney Swift

HUMMINGBIRDS

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

KINGFISHERS

Belted Kingfisher

WOODPECKERS

Red-headed Woodpecker (A)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS

Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (A)
Alder Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe

Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird

LARKS, MARTINS AND SWALLOWS

Horned Lark
Purple martin (A)
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (A)
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow

JAYS, MAGPIES AND CROWS

Grey Jay
Blue Jay
Black-billed Magpie (A)
American Crow
Common Raven

TITMICE, NUTHATCHES AND CREEPERS

Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper

WRENS

House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren

KINGLETS, GNATCATCHERS, THRUSHES AND MIMIDS

Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Grey-cheeked Thrush (A)
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush (A)
Grey Catbird
Northern Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher


PIPITS, WAXWINGS, SHRIKES AND STARLINGS

Water Pipit
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike (A)
European Starling

VIREOS

Solitary Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo

WOOD WARBLERS

Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warble
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Overnbird
Northern Waterthrush
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler

TANAGERS

Scarlet Tanager

GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS AND SPARROWS

Northern Cardinal (A)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Rufous-sided Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-coloured Sparrow
Lark Sparrow (A)
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
House Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow
Darkeyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting

MEADOWLARKS, BLACKBIRDS AND ORIOLES

Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird (A)
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grakle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Northern Oriole (A)

FINCHES

Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
House Finch (A)
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crosbill
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak

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