ELC Bird Guide

Explore the colorful species found flitting around the ELC campus.

Mourning Dove 1
Zenaida macroura
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Phalacrocorax auritus
Northern Cardinal 3
Cardinalis cardinalis
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Melanerpes carolinus
Great Egret 5
Ardea alba
Laughing Gull 6
Leucophaeus atricilla
Royal Tern 7
Thalasseus maximus
Gray Catbird 8
Dumetella carolinensis
Pileated Woodpecker 9
Dryocopus pileatus
Belted Kingfisher 10
Megaceryle alcyon
Ring-billed Gull 11
Larus delawarensis
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 12
Nyctanassa violacea
American White Pelican 13
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Eastern Brown Pelican 14
Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
Roseate Spoonbill 15
Platalea ajaja
White Ibis 16
Eudocimus albus
Magnificent Frigatebird 17
Fregata magnificens
Snowy Egret 18
Egretta thula
Osprey 19
Pandion haliaetus
Cooper's Hawk 20
Accipiter cooperii
Yellow-throated Warbler 21
Setophaga dominica
Palm Warbler 22
Setophaga palmarum
Yellow-breasted Chat 23
Icteria virens
Blue Jay 24
Cyanocitta cristata
Yellow-rumped Warbler 25
Setophaga coronata
Black-throated Blue Warbler 26
Setophaga caerulescens
Black-and-white Warbler 27
Mniotilta varia
Forster's Tern 28
Sterna forsteri
Least Tern 23
Sternula antillarum
Little Blue Heron 29
Egretta caerulea
Green Heron 30
Butorides virescens
Great Blue Heron 5
Ardea herodias
Anhinga 31
Anhinga anhinga
Tricolored Heron 8
Egretta tricolor
Common Yellowthroat 30
Geothlypis trichas
Downy Woodpecker 32
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 33
Picoides villosus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8
Polioptila caerulea
Great Crested Flycatcher 8
Myiarchus crinitus
White-eyed Vireo 7
Vireo griseus
Northern Mockingbird 34
Mimus polyglottos
Mourning Dove 1
Zenaida macroura
Common Ground-Dove 8
Columbina passerina
Turkey Vulture 23
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 35
Coragyps atratus
Eastern Phoebe 36
Sayornis phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo 37
Vireo solitarius
Yellow-throated Vireo 34
Vireo flavifrons
Lesser Black-backed Gull 38
Larus fuscus
Red-tailed Hawk 39
Buteo jamaicensis
Red-shouldered Hawk 40
Buteo lineatus
Tree Swallow 41
Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Parula 42
Setophaga americana
Prairie Warbler 43
Setophaga discolor
Common Loon 8
Gavia immer
Magnolia Warbler 44
Setophaga magnolia
Red-breasted Merganser 45
Mergus serrator
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 46
Regulus calendula
Common Grackle 47
Quiscalus quiscula
House Wren 8
Troglodytes aedon
Boat-tailed Grackle 48
Quiscalus major
Wood Stork 49
Mycteria americana
Cape May Warbler 50
Setophaga tigrina
Chimney Swift 49
Chaetura pelagica
Fish Crow 51
Corvus ossifragus
Orange-crowned Warbler 10
Oreothlypis celata
Ovenbird 52
Seiurus aurocapilla

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