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Common birds of the Maine Coast

Birds are all around us, and I have loved them since I was young. Right now, I am trying to find as many species of birds as I can. Birds are, and have always been swooping around us, and showing off their stuff. These wonders need to be known by the whole world, just as they are.

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Sora ¹
Porzana carolina

King Rail ²
Rallus elegans

Virginia Rail ³
Rallus limicola

American Coot ⁴
Fulica americana

Yellow Rail ⁵
Coturnicops noveboracensis

Chukar ⁶
Alectoris chukar

Red Junglefowl ⁷
Gallus gallus

Ruffed Grouse ⁸
Bonasa umbellus

Wild Turkey ⁹
Meleagris gallopavo

Ring-necked Pheasant ¹⁰
Phasianus colchicus

Black-billed Cuckoo ²
Coccyzus erythropthalmus

Yellow-billed Cuckoo ¹¹
Coccyzus americanus

Belted Kingfisher ¹²
Megaceryle alcyon

Rock Dove ¹³
Columba livia

Mourning Dove ¹⁴
Zenaida macroura

White-winged Dove ¹⁵
Zenaida asiatica

Passenger Pigeon ¹⁶
Ectopistes migratorius

White Ibis ¹⁷
Eudocimus albus

Glossy Ibis ¹⁸
Plegadis falcinellus

Northern Gannet ¹⁹
Morus bassanus

Red Knot ²⁰
Calidris canutus

Sanderling ²¹
Calidris alba

Stilt Sandpiper ²²
Calidris himantopus

Baird's Sandpiper ²³
Calidris bairdii

Red-necked Stint ²⁴
Calidris ruficollis

Western Sandpiper ²⁵
Calidris mauri

Purple Sandpiper ²⁶
Calidris maritima

Dunlin ²⁷
Calidris alpina

Semipalmated Sandpiper ²¹
Calidris pusilla

Curlew Sandpiper ²⁶
Calidris ferruginea

Least Sandpiper ²⁸
Calidris minutilla

Pectoral Sandpiper ²⁶
Calidris melanotos

White-rumped Sandpiper ²
Calidris fuscicollis

Short-billed Dowitcher ²⁹
Limnodromus griseus

Solitary Sandpiper ²⁰
Tringa solitaria

Greater Yellowlegs ²⁰
Tringa melanoleuca

Lesser Yellowlegs ³⁰
Tringa flavipes

Whimbrel ²⁶
Numenius phaeopus

Common Snipe ³¹
Gallinago gallinago

American Woodcock ²
Scolopax minor

Ruddy Turnstone ³²
Arenaria interpres

Hudsonian Godwit ³³
Limosa haemastica

Marbled Godwit ³⁴
Limosa fedoa

Red-necked Phalarope ¹
Phalaropus lobatus

Upland Sandpiper ²
Bartramia longicauda

Leach's Storm Petrel ³⁵
Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Manx Shearwater ³⁶
Puffinus puffinus

Wilson's Storm Petrel ³⁷
Oceanites oceanicus

Northern Fulmar ³⁸
Fulmarus glacialis

Horned Grebe ²⁰
Podiceps auritus

Red-necked Grebe ³⁹
Podiceps grisegena

Pied-billed Grebe ⁴⁰
Podilymbus podiceps

Double-crested Cormorant ⁴¹
Phalacrocorax auritus

Great Cormorant ⁴²
Phalacrocorax carbo

Red-billed Tropicbird ⁴³
Phaethon aethereus

Glaucous Gull ⁴⁴
Larus hyperboreus

Mew Gull ⁴⁵
Larus canus

Iceland Gull ⁴⁶
Larus glaucoides

Ring-billed Gull ⁴⁷
Larus delawarensis

Great Black-backed Gull ⁴⁸
Larus marinus

Herring Gull ⁴⁹
Larus argentatus

Lesser Black-backed Gull ⁵⁰
Larus fuscus

Black Guillemot ⁵¹
Cepphus grylle

Roseate Tern ⁴⁶
Sterna dougallii

Arctic Tern ³
Sterna paradisaea

Common Tern ⁷
Sterna hirundo

Parasitic Jaeger ²⁴
Stercorarius parasiticus

Black-legged Kittiwake ⁵²
Rissa tridactyla

Razorbill ⁵³
Alca torda

Atlantic Puffin ⁵⁴
Fratercula arctica

Black Tern ⁵⁵
Chlidonias niger

Thick-billed Murre ⁵⁶
Uria lomvia

Common Murre ¹
Uria aalge

Dovekie ⁵⁷
Alle alle

Great Auk ⁵⁸
Pinguinus impennis

Common Loon ²
Gavia immer

Red-throated Loon ⁵⁹
Gavia stellata

Magnificent Frigatebird ⁶⁰
Fregata magnificens

Peregrine Falcon ⁶¹
Falco peregrinus

Gyrfalcon ⁶²
Falco rusticolus

American Kestrel ⁶³
Falco sparverius

Merlin ³⁴
Falco columbarius

Wood Stork ²⁴
Mycteria americana

Turkey Vulture ⁶⁴
Cathartes aura

Black Vulture ⁶⁵
Coragyps atratus

Killdeer ⁶⁶
Charadrius vociferus

Piping Plover ⁶⁷
Charadrius melodus

Semipalmated Plover ⁶⁸
Charadrius semipalmatus

Black-necked Stilt ⁶⁹
Himantopus mexicanus

American Oystercatcher ²⁴
Haematopus palliatus

Black-bellied Plover ²⁴
Pluvialis squatarola

American Golden Plover ⁷⁰
Pluvialis dominica

Little Blue Heron ⁷¹
Egretta caerulea

Tricolored Heron ²
Egretta tricolor

Snowy Egret ⁷²
Egretta thula

Little Egret ²⁶
Egretta garzetta

Great Blue Heron ¹
Ardea herodias

Black-crowned Night Heron ⁷³
Nycticorax nycticorax

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ⁷⁴
Nyctanassa violacea

Least Bittern ²⁴
Ixobrychus exilis

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Common birds of the Maine Coast

Sora 1 Porzana carolina

King Rail 2 Rallus elegans

Virginia Rail 3 Rallus limicola

American Coot 4 Fulica americana

Yellow Rail 5 Coturnicops noveboracensis

Chukar 6 Alectoris chukar

Red Junglefowl 7 Gallus gallus

Ruffed Grouse 8 Bonasa umbellus

Wild Turkey 9 Meleagris gallopavo

Ring-necked Pheasant 10 Phasianus colchicus

Black-billed Cuckoo 2 Coccyzus erythropthalmus

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 11 Coccyzus americanus

Belted Kingfisher 12 Megaceryle alcyon

Rock Dove 13 Columba livia

Mourning Dove 14 Zenaida macroura

White-winged Dove 15 Zenaida asiatica

Passenger Pigeon 16 Ectopistes migratorius

White Ibis 17 Eudocimus albus

Glossy Ibis 18 Plegadis falcinellus

Northern Gannet 19 Morus bassanus

Red Knot 20 Calidris canutus

Sanderling 21 Calidris alba

Stilt Sandpiper 22 Calidris himantopus

Baird's Sandpiper 23 Calidris bairdii

Red-necked Stint 24 Calidris ruficollis

Western Sandpiper 25 Calidris mauri

Purple Sandpiper 26 Calidris maritima

Dunlin 27 Calidris alpina

Semipalmated Sandpiper 21 Calidris pusilla

Curlew Sandpiper 26 Calidris ferruginea

Least Sandpiper 28 Calidris minutilla

Pectoral Sandpiper 26 Calidris melanotos

White-rumped Sandpiper 2 Calidris fuscicollis

Short-billed Dowitcher 29 Limnodromus griseus

Solitary Sandpiper 20 Tringa solitaria

Greater Yellowlegs 20 Tringa melanoleuca

Lesser Yellowlegs 30 Tringa flavipes

Whimbrel 26 Numenius phaeopus

Common Snipe 31 Gallinago gallinago

American Woodcock 2 Scolopax minor

Ruddy Turnstone 32 Arenaria interpres

Hudsonian Godwit 33 Limosa haemastica

Marbled Godwit 34 Limosa fedoa

Red-necked Phalarope 1 Phalaropus lobatus

Upland Sandpiper 2 Bartramia longicauda

Leach's Storm Petrel 35 Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Manx Shearwater 36 Puffinus puffinus

Wilson's Storm Petrel 37 Oceanites oceanicus

Northern Fulmar 38 Fulmarus glacialis

Horned Grebe 20 Podiceps auritus

Red-necked Grebe 39 Podiceps grisegena

Pied-billed Grebe 40 Podilymbus podiceps

Double-crested Cormorant 41 Phalacrocorax auritus

Great Cormorant 42 Phalacrocorax carbo

Red-billed Tropicbird 43 Phaethon aethereus

Glaucous Gull 44 Larus hyperboreus

Mew Gull 45 Larus canus

Iceland Gull 46 Larus glaucoides

Ring-billed Gull 47 Larus delawarensis

Great Black-backed Gull 48 Larus marinus

Herring Gull 49 Larus argentatus

Lesser Black-backed Gull 50 Larus fuscus

Black Guillemot 51 Cepphus grylle

Roseate Tern 46 Sterna dougallii

Arctic Tern 3 Sterna paradisaea

Common Tern 7 Sterna hirundo

Parasitic Jaeger 24 Stercorarius parasiticus

Black-legged Kittiwake 52 Rissa tridactyla

Razorbill 53 Alca torda

Atlantic Puffin 54 Fratercula arctica

Black Tern 55 Chlidonias niger

Thick-billed Murre 56 Uria lomvia

Common Murre 1 Uria aalge

Dovekie 57 Alle alle

Great Auk 58 Pinguinus impennis

Common Loon 2 Gavia immer

Red-throated Loon 59 Gavia stellata

Magnificent Frigatebird 60 Fregata magnificens

Peregrine Falcon 61 Falco peregrinus