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Biodiversity of Arlington, Virginia

A guide based on public input that seeks to catalog all of the biota observed in Arlington County, Virginia.

Blue Jay 1
Cyanocitta cristata
Sora 2
Porzana carolina
King Rail 3
Rallus elegans
Virginia Rail 4
Rallus limicola
Common Moorhen 5
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 6
Fulica americana
Wild Turkey 7
Meleagris gallopavo
Greater Prairie-Chicken 8
Tympanuchus cupido
Northern Bobwhite 9
Colinus virginianus
Black-billed Cuckoo 3
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 10
Coccyzus americanus
Belted Kingfisher 11
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Dove 12
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 13
Zenaida macroura
Passenger Pigeon 14
Ectopistes migratorius
Sanderling 15
Calidris alba
Stilt Sandpiper 16
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 17
Calidris mauri
Purple Sandpiper 18
Calidris maritima
Dunlin 19
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 15
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 20
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 18
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 3
Calidris fuscicollis
Long-billed Dowitcher 21
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Solitary Sandpiper 22
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 23
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 24
Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel 18
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 25
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 3
Scolopax minor
Ruddy Turnstone 26
Arenaria interpres
Upland Sandpiper 3
Bartramia longicauda
Horned Grebe 23
Podiceps auritus
Pied-billed Grebe 27
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 28
Phalacrocorax auritus
Ring-billed Gull 29
Larus delawarensis
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Larus marinus
Herring Gull 31
Larus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 32
Larus fuscus
Common Tern 33
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 34
Chlidonias niger
Peregrine Falcon 35
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 36
Falco sparverius
Merlin 37
Falco columbarius
Turkey Vulture 38
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 39
Coragyps atratus
Killdeer 40
Charadrius vociferus
Semipalmated Plover 41
Charadrius semipalmatus
Black-bellied Plover 42
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden Plover 43
Pluvialis dominica
Little Blue Heron 44
Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret 45
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 2
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 46
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night Heron 47
Nyctanassa violacea
Least Bittern 42
Ixobrychus exilis
Cattle Egret 42
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 48
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 49
Botaurus lentiginosus
Golden Eagle 50
Aquila chrysaetos
Sharp-shinned Hawk 11
Accipiter striatus
Northern Goshawk 51
Accipiter gentilis
Cooper's Hawk 52
Accipiter cooperii
Rough-legged Hawk 53
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 54
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 55
Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk 56
Buteo platypterus
Bald Eagle 57
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mississippi Kite 36
Ictinia mississippiensis
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 58
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 42
Chaetura pelagica
Tundra Swan 59
Cygnus columbianus
Mute Swan 60
Cygnus olor
American Black Duck 48
Anas rubripes
Mallard 61
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 62
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 25
Anas crecca
Common Goldeneye 63
Bucephala clangula
Bufflehead 64
Bucephala albeola
Red-breasted Merganser 65
Mergus serrator
Common Merganser 66
Mergus merganser
Surf Scoter 67
Melanitta perspicillata
Ring-necked Duck 64
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 68
Aythya affinis
Redhead 69
Aythya americana
Canvasback 3
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 70
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 71
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 17
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 13
Lophodytes cucullatus
Muscovy Duck 72
Cairina moschata
Long-tailed Duck 73
Clangula hyemalis
Horned Lark 74
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 75
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 76
Certhia americana
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Polioptila caerulea
Carolina Wren 77
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 3
Troglodytes aedon

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