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Guide to the Birds of West Virginia

These are all the birds that have been observed on INaturalist in West Virginia.

Sora 1
Porzana carolina
King Rail 2
Rallus elegans
Virginia Rail 3
Rallus limicola
Common Moorhen 4
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 5
Fulica americana
Purple Gallinule 6
Porphyrio martinica
Red Junglefowl 7
Gallus gallus
Ruffed Grouse 8
Bonasa umbellus
Wild Turkey 9
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 10
Phasianus colchicus
Indian Peafowl 11
Pavo cristatus
Northern Bobwhite 12
Colinus virginianus
Helmeted Guineafowl 13
Numida meleagris
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 14
Coccyzus americanus
Groove-billed Ani 15
Crotophaga sulcirostris
Belted Kingfisher 16
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Pigeon 17
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 18
Zenaida macroura
Passenger Pigeon 19
Ectopistes migratorius
White Ibis 20
Eudocimus albus
Sanderling 21
Calidris alba
Stilt Sandpiper 22
Calidris himantopus
Baird's Sandpiper 23
Calidris bairdii
Dunlin 24
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 21
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 25
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 26
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 25
Calidris fuscicollis
Long-billed Dowitcher 27
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Solitary Sandpiper 28
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 29
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 30
Tringa flavipes
Common Snipe 31
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 2
Scolopax minor
Upland Sandpiper 2
Bartramia longicauda
Horned Grebe 29
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 32
Podiceps grisegena
Pied-billed Grebe 33
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 34
Phalacrocorax auritus
Ring-billed Gull 35
Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull 36
Larus argentatus
Common Tern 7
Sterna hirundo
Forster's Tern 37
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern 38
Chlidonias niger
Sabine's Gull 2
Xema sabini
Common Loon 2
Gavia immer
Red-throated Loon 39
Gavia stellata
Peregrine Falcon 40
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 41
Falco sparverius
Merlin 42
Falco columbarius
Wood Stork 25
Mycteria americana
Turkey Vulture 43
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 44
Coragyps atratus
Killdeer 45
Charadrius vociferus
Piping Plover 46
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 47
Charadrius semipalmatus
American Avocet 48
Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover 25
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden Plover 49
Pluvialis dominica
Little Blue Heron 50
Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret 51
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 1
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 52
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 53
Nyctanassa violacea
Least Bittern 25
Ixobrychus exilis
Cattle Egret 25
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 54
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 55
Botaurus lentiginosus
Golden Eagle 56
Aquila chrysaetos
Sharp-shinned Hawk 16
Accipiter striatus
Northern Goshawk 57
Accipiter gentilis
Cooper's Hawk 58
Accipiter cooperii
Circus cyaneus 42
Rough-legged Hawk 59
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 60
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 61
Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk 62
Buteo platypterus
Swallow-tailed Kite 2
Elanoides forficatus
Bald Eagle 63
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 64
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 25
Chaetura pelagica
Black Swan 65
Cygnus atratus
Tundra Swan 66
Cygnus columbianus
Mute Swan 67
Cygnus olor
American Black Duck 68
Anas rubripes
Mallard 69
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 70
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 31
Anas crecca
Common Goldeneye 71
Bucephala clangula
Bufflehead 72
Bucephala albeola
Red-breasted Merganser 73
Mergus serrator
Common Merganser 74
Mergus merganser
Greylag Goose 75
Anser anser
Greater White-fronted Goose 76
Anser albifrons
White-winged Scoter 72
Melanitta fusca
Surf Scoter 77
Melanitta perspicillata
Ring-necked Duck 72
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup 78
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 79
Aythya affinis

Edited by William Harmon

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