Mobile, Alabama

This guide contains some of the species found in Mobile, Alabama.

The region’s unusual—and in many cases unique—biological diversity could become an important storehouse of critical species and genetic material that would be shared with all of eastern North America as the climate ...more ↓

Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
Sora 1
Porzana carolina
King Rail 2
Rallus elegans
Clapper Rail 3
Rallus longirostris
Virginia Rail 4
Rallus limicola
Common Gallinule 5
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 6
Fulica americana
Yellow Rail
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Wild Turkey 7
Meleagris gallopavo
Northern Bobwhite 8
Colinus virginianus
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 9
Coccyzus americanus
Groove-billed Ani 10
Crotophaga sulcirostris
Belted Kingfisher 11
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 12
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Dove 13
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 14
Zenaida macroura
White-winged Dove 15
Zenaida asiatica
Common Ground-Dove 2
Columbina passerina
Passenger Pigeon 16
Ectopistes migratorius
American White Ibis 17
Eudocimus albus
Glossy Ibis 18
Plegadis falcinellus
Red Knot 19
Calidris canutus
Sanderling 20
Calidris alba
Stilt Sandpiper 21
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 22
Calidris mauri
Dunlin 23
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 24
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 25
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 26
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Calidris fuscicollis
Short-billed Dowitcher 27
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 1
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Solitary Sandpiper 27
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 19
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 28
Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel 29
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 30
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 2
Scolopax minor
Ruddy Turnstone 31
Arenaria interpres
Marbled Godwit 32
Limosa fedoa
Upland Sandpiper 2
Bartramia longicauda
Leach's Storm-Petrel 33
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 16
Oceanites oceanicus
Cory's Shearwater 34
Calonectris diomedea
Horned Grebe 19
Podiceps auritus
Pied-billed Grebe 35
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Phalacrocorax auritus
Brown Pelican 25
Pelecanus occidentalis
American White Pelican 36
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Ring-billed Gull 37
Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull 38
Larus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 39
Larus fuscus
Common Tern 40
Sterna hirundo
Forster's Tern 1
Sterna forsteri
Black Skimmer 41
Rynchops niger
Black Tern 42
Chlidonias niger
Common Loon 2
Gavia immer
Magnificent Frigatebird 27
Fregata magnificens
Peregrine Falcon 43
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 4
Falco sparverius
Merlin 44
Falco columbarius
Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
Turkey Vulture 45
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 46
Coragyps atratus
Snowy Plover 20
Charadrius alexandrinus
Killdeer 47
Charadrius vociferus
Wilson's Plover 19
Charadrius wilsonia
Piping Plover 48
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 49
Charadrius semipalmatus
American Oystercatcher 50
Haematopus palliatus
American Avocet 51
Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover 19
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover 52
Pluvialis dominica
Little Blue Heron 53
Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron 2
Egretta tricolor
Snowy Egret 25
Egretta thula
Reddish Egret
Egretta rufescens
Great Blue Heron 1
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 54
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 36
Nyctanassa violacea
Least Bittern 55
Ixobrychus exilis
Cattle Egret 56
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 57
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 19
Botaurus lentiginosus
Anhinga 58
Anhinga anhinga
Sharp-shinned Hawk 59
Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk 60
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Harrier 61
Circus cyaneus
Red-shouldered Hawk 49
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 62
Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk 10
Buteo platypterus
Swallow-tailed Kite 2
Elanoides forficatus
Bald Eagle 63
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mississippi Kite 64
Ictinia mississippiensis
Buff-bellied Hummingbird 64
Amazilia yucatanensis
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 65
Chaetura pelagica
American Black Duck 66
Anas rubripes
Mallard 67
Anas platyrhynchos

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