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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.

Pileated Woodpecker 1
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Melanerpes carolinus
Red-headed Woodpecker 3
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Sphyrapicus varius
Horned Grebe 5
Podiceps auritus
Pied-billed Grebe 6
Podilymbus podiceps
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Polioptila caerulea
Greater Shearwater 7
Ardenna gravis
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 8
Oceanites oceanicus
American Coot 9
Fulica americana
Clapper Rail 10
Rallus crepitans
Common Moorhen 11
Gallinula chloropus
Purple Gallinule 12
Porphyrio martinicus
Sora 13
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 14
Rallus limicola
Yellow Rail 15
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Golden-crowned Kinglet 16
Regulus satrapa
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 17
Regulus calendula
American Woodcock 4
Scolopax minor
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 4
Calidris subruficollis
Dunlin 18
Calidris alpina
Least Sandpiper 19
Calidris minutilla
Lesser Yellowlegs 20
Tringa flavipes
Long-billed Curlew 13
Numenius americanus
Long-billed Dowitcher 21
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Marbled Godwit 22
Limosa fedoa
Purple Sandpiper 23
Calidris maritima
Red Knot 5
Calidris canutus
Red Phalarope 23
Phalaropus fulicarius
Red-necked Phalarope 13
Phalaropus lobatus
Ruddy Turnstone 24
Arenaria interpres
Sanderling 25
Calidris alba
Semipalmated Sandpiper 26
Calidris pusilla
Short-billed Dowitcher 12
Limnodromus griseus
Solitary Sandpiper 5
Tringa solitaria
Spotted Sandpiper 27
Actitis macularius
Stilt Sandpiper 17
Calidris himantopus
Upland Sandpiper 4
Bartramia longicauda
Western Sandpiper 28
Calidris mauri
Whimbrel 29
Numenius phaeopus
Willet 4
Tringa semipalmata
Wilson's Phalarope 30
Phalaropus tricolor
Wilson's Snipe 31
Gallinago delicata
Brown-headed Nuthatch 32
Sitta pusilla
Red-breasted Nuthatch 33
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 34
Sitta carolinensis
Barred Owl 35
Strix varia
Eastern Screech-Owl 36
Megascops asio
Great Horned Owl 37
Bubo virginianus
European Starling 38
Sturnus vulgaris
Northern Gannet 39
Morus bassanus
Glossy Ibis 40
Plegadis falcinellus
Roseate Spoonbill 41
Platalea ajaja
White Ibis 42
Eudocimus albus
Acadian Flycatcher 43
Empidonax virescens
Eastern Kingbird 44
Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern Phoebe 45
Sayornis phoebe
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4
Contopus virens
Gray Kingbird 46
Tyrannus dominicensis
Least Flycatcher 4
Empidonax minimus
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 47
Tyrannus forficatus
Vermillion Flycatcher 48
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Western Kingbird 45
Tyrannus verticalis
Willow Flycatcher 4
Empidonax traillii
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 4
Empidonax flaviventris
Blue-headed Vireo 43
Vireo solitarius
Philadelphia Vireo 49
Vireo philadelphicus
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Vireo olivaceus
White-eyed Vireo 50
Vireo griseus
Yellow-throated Vireo 4
Vireo flavifrons
Anhinga 51
Anhinga anhinga
American Black Duck 52
Anas rubripes
American Wigeon 53
Mareca americana
Gadwall 15
Mareca strepera
Mallard 54
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 55
Anas acuta
Canvasback 4
Aythya valisineria
Greater Scaup 56
Aythya marila
Redhead 57
Aythya americana
Common Merganser 58
Mergus merganser
Tricolored Heron 4
Egretta tricolor
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 59
Nyctanassa violacea
Black-crowned Night-Heron 60
Nycticorax nycticorax
American Golden Plover 61
Pluvialis dominica
White-winged Dove 62
Zenaida asiatica
Great Curassow 4
Crax rubra
Plain Chachalaca 63
Ortalis vetula
Vesper Sparrow 15
Pooecetes gramineus
Purple Finch 64
Haemorhous purpureus
Sandhill Crane 23
Antigone canadensis
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Red-winged Blackbird 65
Agelaius phoeniceus
Yellow-headed Blackbird 66
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Black-headed Gull 67
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Little Gull 68
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Sooty Tern 69
Onychoprion fuscatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush 70
Catharus minimus
Helmeted Guineafowl 40
Numida meleagris
Black-throated Gray Warbler 15
Setophaga nigrescens
Black-and-white Warbler 71
Mniotilta varia

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