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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.

American Avocet 1
Recurvirostra americana
American Oystercatcher 2
Haematopus palliatus
Black-bellied Plover 3
Pluvialis squatarola
Black-necked Stilt 4
Himantopus mexicanus
Killdeer 5
Charadrius vociferus
Piping Plover 6
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 7
Charadrius semipalmatus
Snowy Plover 8
Charadrius nivosus
Wilson's Plover 3
Charadrius wilsonia
Black Skimmer 9
Rynchops niger
Black Tern 10
Chlidonias niger
Black-legged Kittiwake 11
Rissa tridactyla
Bonaparte's Gull 3
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Bridled Tern 12
Onychoprion anaethetus
Caspian Tern 3
Hydroprogne caspia
Common Tern 13
Sterna hirundo
Forster's Tern 14
Sterna forsteri
Franklin's Gull 15
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Glaucous Gull 16
Larus hyperboreus
Greater Black-backed Gull 17
Larus marinus
Gull-billed Tern 18
Gelochelidon nilotica
Herring Gull 19
Larus argentatus
Iceland Gull 20
Larus glaucoides
Laughing Gull 21
Leucophaeus atricilla
Least Tern 10
Sternula antillarum
Lesser Black-backed Gull 22
Larus fuscus
Parasitic Jaeger 22
Stercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine Jaeger 23
Stercorarius pomarinus
Ring-billed Gull 24
Larus delawarensis
Royal Tern 25
Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern 26
Thalasseus sandvicensis
South Polar Skua 27
Stercorarius maccormicki
Thayer's Gull 28
Larus thayeri
American Woodcock 21
Scolopax minor
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 21
Calidris subruficollis
Dunlin 29
Calidris alpina
Least Sandpiper 30
Calidris minutilla
Lesser Yellowlegs 31
Tringa flavipes
Long-billed Curlew 8
Numenius americanus
Long-billed Dowitcher 32
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Marbled Godwit 33
Limosa fedoa
Purple Sandpiper 34
Calidris maritima
Red Knot 3
Calidris canutus
Red Phalarope 34
Phalaropus fulicarius
Red-necked Phalarope 8
Phalaropus lobatus
Ruddy Turnstone 26
Arenaria interpres
Sanderling 35
Calidris alba
Semipalmated Sandpiper 36
Calidris pusilla
Short-billed Dowitcher 37
Limnodromus griseus
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Tringa solitaria
Spotted Sandpiper 38
Actitis macularius
Stilt Sandpiper 39
Calidris himantopus
Upland Sandpiper 21
Bartramia longicauda
Western Sandpiper 40
Calidris mauri
Whimbrel 41
Numenius phaeopus
Willet 21
Tringa semipalmata
Wilson's Phalarope 42
Phalaropus tricolor
Wilson's Snipe 43
Gallinago delicata
American Golden Plover 44
Pluvialis dominica
Black-headed Gull 45
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Little Gull 46
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Sooty Tern 47
Onychoprion fuscatus
Baird's Sandpiper 48
Calidris bairdii
Pectoral Sandpiper 34
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Calidris fuscicollis
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Tringa melanoleuca

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