Plum Island

Biodiversity of Plum Island, with emphasis at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge

Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Belted Kingfisher 1
Megaceryle alcyon
Mourning Dove 2
Zenaida macroura
Glossy Ibis 3
Plegadis falcinellus
Red Knot 4
Calidris canutus
Sanderling 5
Calidris alba
Stilt Sandpiper 6
Calidris himantopus
Baird's Sandpiper 7
Calidris bairdii
Western Sandpiper 8
Calidris mauri
Dunlin 9
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 10
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 4
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 11
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 4
Calidris fuscicollis
Short-billed Dowitcher 12
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 13
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Greater Yellowlegs 14
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 15
Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel 16
Numenius phaeopus
American Woodcock 17
Scolopax minor
Hudsonian Godwit 18
Limosa haemastica
Marbled Godwit 19
Limosa fedoa
Horned Grebe 14
Podiceps auritus
Double-crested Cormorant 20
Phalacrocorax auritus
Ring-billed Gull 21
Larus delawarensis
Black Skimmer 23
Rynchops niger
Black Tern 24
Chlidonias niger
Common Loon 17
Gavia immer
Red-throated Loon 25
Gavia stellata
Peregrine Falcon 26
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 27
Falco sparverius
Merlin 19
Falco columbarius
Turkey Vulture 28
Cathartes aura
Killdeer 29
Charadrius vociferus
Semipalmated Plover 30
Charadrius semipalmatus
American Avocet 31
Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover 4
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden Plover 32
Pluvialis dominica
Snowy Egret 33
Egretta thula
Little Egret 11
Egretta garzetta
Great Blue Heron 34
Ardea herodias
Least Bittern 4
Ixobrychus exilis
Cooper's Hawk 35
Accipiter cooperii
Rough-legged Hawk 36
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 37
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 38
Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk 39
Buteo platypterus
Mute Swan 40
Cygnus olor
American Black Duck 41
Anas rubripes
Mallard 42
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 43
Anas acuta
Common Teal 44
Anas crecca
Common Goldeneye 45
Bucephala clangula
Red-breasted Merganser 46
Mergus serrator
King Eider 11
Somateria spectabilis
Ruddy Duck 47
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 48
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 49
Aix sponsa
Long-tailed Duck 50
Clangula hyemalis
Horned Lark 51
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 52
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 53
Certhia americana
Blue Jay 54
Cyanocitta cristata
Northern Cardinal 55
Cardinalis cardinalis
Song Sparrow 56
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 57
Spizella passerina
Clay-colored Sparrow 17
Spizella pallida
Field Sparrow 58
Spizella pusilla
White-crowned Sparrow 59
Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated Sparrow 60
Zonotrichia albicollis
Orchard Oriole 6
Icterus spurius
Baltimore Oriole 61
Icterus galbula
Eastern Towhee 62
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Common Grackle 63
Quiscalus quiscula
Common Yellowthroat 64
Geothlypis trichas
Red-winged Blackbird 65
Agelaius phoeniceus
Scarlet Tanager 66
Piranga olivacea
Savannah Sparrow 67
Passerculus sandwichensis
Indigo Bunting 68
Passerina cyanea
American Redstart 6
Setophaga ruticilla
Black-and-white Warbler 69
Mniotilta varia
Brown-headed Cowbird 17
Molothrus ater
Lark Sparrow 70
Chondestes grammacus
Bobolink 19
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Purple Martin 71
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 72
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 73
Tachycineta bicolor
Bank Swallow 74
Riparia riparia
American Robin 75
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 56
Catharus guttatus
White-breasted Nuthatch 76
Sitta carolinensis
Northern Mockingbird 19
Mimus polyglottos
Brown Thrasher 77
Toxostoma rufum
Gray Catbird 17
Dumetella carolinensis
Great Crested Flycatcher 17
Myiarchus crinitus
Least Flycatcher 78
Empidonax minimus
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 17
Empidonax flaviventris
Willow Flycatcher 19
Empidonax traillii
Acadian Flycatcher 58
Empidonax virescens

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