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Birds of Jekyll Island, GA

This bird list of Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA was compiled by Lydia Thompson and Eugene Keferl.

Bald Eagle 1
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Broad-winged Hawk 2
Buteo platypterus
Cooper's Hawk 3
Accipiter cooperii
Mississippi Kite 4
Ictinia mississippiensis
Northern Harrier 5
Circus cyaneus
Osprey 6
Pandion haliaetus
Red-shouldered Hawk 7
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 8
Buteo jamaicensis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 9
Accipiter striatus
Swallow-tailed Kite 10
Elanoides forficatus
Black Scoter 11
Melanitta americana
Blue-winged Teal 12
Anas discors
Brant 13
Branta bernicla
Bufflehead 12
Bucephala albeola
Canada Goose 14
Branta canadensis
Common Eider 15
Somateria mollissima
Common Goldeneye 16
Bucephala clangula
Green-winged Teal 17
Anas crecca
Hooded Merganser 18
Lophodytes cucullatus
King Eider 19
Somateria spectabilis
Lesser Scaup 20
Aythya affinis
Long-tailed Duck 21
Clangula hyemalis
Red-breasted Merganser 22
Mergus serrator
Ring-necked Duck 12
Aythya collaris
Ruddy Duck 23
Oxyura jamaicensis
Snow Goose
Chen caerulescens
Surf Scoter 12
Melanitta perspicillata
White-winged Scoter 12
Melanitta fusca
Wood Duck 24
Aix sponsa
Chimney Swift 25
Chaetura pelagica
Cattle Egret 4
Bubulcus ibis
Great Blue Heron 6
Ardea herodias
Great Egret 6
Ardea alba
Green Heron 18
Butorides virescens
Little Blue Heron 26
Egretta caerulea
Reddish Egret 19
Egretta rufescens
Snowy Egret 27
Egretta thula
Cedar Waxwing 28
Bombycilla cedrorum
Chuck-will's-widow 29
Antrostomus carolinensis
Common Nighthawk 10
Chordeiles minor
Whip-poor-will 30
Caprimulgus vociferus
Blue Grosbeak 31
Passerina caerulea
Dickcissel 10
Spiza americana
Indigo Bunting 32
Passerina cyanea
Northern Cardinal 10
Cardinalis cardinalis
Painted Bunting 32
Passerina ciris
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 33
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Scarlet Tanager 10
Piranga olivacea
Summer Tanager 34
Piranga rubra
Brown Creeper 35
Certhia americana
Carolina Wren 36
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 10
Troglodytes aedon
Marsh Wren 12
Cistothorus palustris
Sedge Wren 10
Cistothorus platensis
Winter Wren 37
Troglodytes troglodytes
Belted Kingfisher 38
Megaceryle alcyon
American Avocet 39
Recurvirostra americana
American Oystercatcher 4
Haematopus palliatus
Black-bellied Plover 11
Pluvialis squatarola
Black-necked Stilt 16
Himantopus mexicanus
Killdeer 40
Charadrius vociferus
Piping Plover 41
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 7
Charadrius semipalmatus
Snowy Plover 6
Charadrius nivosus
Wilson's Plover 11
Charadrius wilsonia
Black Vulture 42
Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture 43
Cathartes aura
Wood Stork 4
Mycteria americana
Black-billed Cuckoo 10
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 44
Coccyzus americanus
Common Ground-Dove 10
Columbina passerina
Eurasian Collared-Dove 45
Streptopelia decaocto
Mourning Dove 46
Zenaida macroura
Rock Dove 47
Columba livia
American Crow 48
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue Jay 49
Cyanocitta cristata
Fish Crow 50
Corvus ossifragus
Chipping Sparrow 51
Spizella passerina
Clay-colored Sparrow 10
Spizella pallida
Dark-eyed Junco 52
Junco hyemalis
Eastern Towhee 18
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Field Sparrow 53
Spizella pusilla
Grasshopper Sparrow 4
Ammodramus savannarum
Henslow's Sparrow 54
Ammodramus henslowii
Lark Sparrow 31
Chondestes grammacus
Le Conte's Sparrow 4
Ammodramus leconteii
Nelson's Sparrow 55
Ammodramus nelsoni
Saltmarsh Sparrow 56
Ammodramus caudacutus
Savannah Sparrow 6
Passerculus sandwichensis
Seaside Sparrow 36
Ammodramus maritimus
Song Sparrow 52
Melospiza melodia
Swamp Sparrow 57
Melospiza georgiana
White-crowned Sparrow 58
Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated Sparrow 59
Zonotrichia albicollis
American Kestrel 31
Falco sparverius
Merlin 60
Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon 61
Falco peregrinus
Magnificent Frigatebird 62
Fregata magnificens
American Goldfinch 63
Spinus tristis
House Finch 64
Haemorhous mexicanus

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