Waterbirds of Massachusetts

All the birds that live in Massachusetts ponds, lakes, wetlands,or ,the ocean.

All 110

Brant ¹
Branta bernicla

Canada Goose ²
Branta canadensis

Cackling Goose ³
Branta hutchinsii

Mute Swan ⁴
Cygnus olor

Mallard ⁵
Anas platyrhynchos

American Black Duck × Mallard ⁶
Anas rubripes × platyrhynchos

Domestic Mallard ⁷
Anas platyrhynchos domesticus

American Black Duck ⁸
Anas rubripes

Blue-winged Teal ⁹
Spatula discors

Green-winged Teal ¹⁰
Anas crecca

Northern Shoveler ¹¹
Spatula clypeata

Northern Pintail ¹²
Anas acuta

Gadwall ¹³
Mareca strepera

Great Blue Heron ¹⁴
Ardea herodias

American Wigeon ¹⁵
Mareca americana

Canvasback ¹⁶
Aythya valisineria

Redhead ¹⁷
Aythya americana

American Bittern ¹⁸
Botaurus lentiginosus

Ring-necked Duck ¹⁹
Aythya collaris

Least Bittern ²⁰
Ixobrychus exilis

Greater Scaup ²¹
Aythya marila

Lesser Scaup ²²
Aythya affinis

Common Eider ²³
Somateria mollissima

King Eider ²⁴
Somateria spectabilis

White-winged Scoter ²⁵
Melanitta deglandi

Surf Scoter ²⁶
Melanitta perspicillata

Black Scoter ²⁰
Melanitta americana

Long-tailed Duck ²⁷
Clangula hyemalis

Bufflehead ²⁸
Bucephala albeola

Common Goldeneye ²⁹
Bucephala clangula

Common Merganser ³⁰
Mergus merganser

Red-breasted Merganser ³¹
Mergus serrator

Ruddy Duck ³²
Oxyura jamaicensis

Hooded Merganser ³³
Lophodytes cucullatus

Double-crested Cormorant ³⁴
Phalacrocorax auritus

Pied-billed Grebe ³⁵
Podilymbus podiceps

Common Loon ³⁶
Gavia immer

Red-throated Loon ³⁷
Gavia stellata

Horned Grebe ³⁸
Podiceps auritus

Red-necked Grebe ³⁹
Podiceps grisegena

Dovekie ⁴⁰
Alle alle

Common Murre ⁴¹
Uria aalge

Thick-billed Murre ⁴²
Uria lomvia

Razorbill ⁴³
Alca torda

Black Guillemot ⁴⁴
Cepphus grylle

Northern Gannet ⁴⁵
Morus bassanus

Wilson's Storm-Petrel ⁴⁶
Oceanites oceanicus

Laughing Gull ⁴⁷
Leucophaeus atricilla

Bonaparte's Gull ⁴⁸
Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Little Gull ⁴⁹
Hydrocoloeus minutus

Ring-billed Gull ⁵⁰
Larus delawarensis

Herring Gull ⁵¹
Larus argentatus

Iceland Gull ⁵²
Larus glaucoides

Lesser Black-backed Gull ⁵³
Larus fuscus

Great Black-backed Gull ⁵⁴
Larus marinus

Glaucous Gull ⁵⁵
Larus hyperboreus

Least Tern ²⁰
Sternula antillarum

Roseate Tern ⁵⁶
Sterna dougallii

Black Tern ⁵⁷
Chlidonias niger

Caspian Tern ¹¹
Hydroprogne caspia

Common Tern ⁵⁸
Sterna hirundo

Forster's Tern ⁵⁹
Sterna forsteri

Semipalmated Plover ⁶⁰
Charadrius semipalmatus

American Golden-Plover ⁶¹
Pluvialis dominica

Black-bellied Plover ⁶²
Pluvialis squatarola

Piping Plover ²⁰
Charadrius melodus

Upland Sandpiper ⁶³
Bartramia longicauda

Killdeer ⁶⁴
Charadrius vociferus

Whimbrel ²⁴
Numenius phaeopus

Hudsonian Godwit ⁶⁵
Limosa haemastica

Red Knot ²⁰
Calidris canutus

Stilt Sandpiper ⁶⁶
Calidris himantopus

Purple Sandpiper ⁶⁷
Calidris maritima

Dunlin ⁶⁸
Calidris alpina

Sanderling ⁶⁹
Calidris alba

Least Sandpiper ²⁰
Calidris minutilla

White-rumped Sandpiper ²⁰
Calidris fuscicollis

Pectoral Sandpiper ⁷⁰
Calidris melanotos

Short-billed Dowitcher ⁷¹
Limnodromus griseus

Western Sandpiper ²⁸
Calidris mauri

Semipalmated Sandpiper ⁷²
Calidris pusilla

Long-billed Dowitcher ⁷³
Limnodromus scolopaceus

American Woodcock ⁷⁴
Scolopax minor

Wilson's Snipe ⁷⁵
Gallinago delicata

Spotted Sandpiper ⁷⁶
Actitis macularius

Solitary Sandpiper ⁷⁷
Tringa solitaria

Greater Yellowlegs ⁷⁸
Tringa melanoleuca

Lesser Yellowlegs ⁷⁹
Tringa flavipes

Willet ⁸⁰
Tringa semipalmata

American Bittern ¹⁸
Botaurus lentiginosus

Least Bittern ²⁰
Ixobrychus exilis

Great Egret ⁸¹
Ardea alba

Snowy Egret ⁸²
Egretta thula

Little Blue Heron ⁸³
Egretta caerulea

Tricolored Heron ⁸⁴
Egretta tricolor

Green Heron ⁸⁵
Butorides virescens

Cattle Egret ⁸⁶
Bubulcus ibis

Black-crowned Night-Heron ⁸⁷
Nycticorax nycticorax

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ⁸⁸
Nyctanassa violacea

Glossy Ibis ⁸⁹
Plegadis falcinellus

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