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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.

Sanderling 1
Calidris alba
Stilt Sandpiper 2
Calidris himantopus
Baird's Sandpiper 3
Calidris bairdii
Dunlin 4
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 5
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 6
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 5
Calidris fuscicollis
Long-billed Dowitcher 7
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Solitary Sandpiper 8
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 9
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Tringa flavipes
Common Snipe 11
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 12
Scolopax minor
Upland Sandpiper 12
Bartramia longicauda
Ring-billed Gull 13
Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull 14
Larus argentatus
Common Tern 15
Sterna hirundo
Forster's Tern 16
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern 17
Chlidonias niger
Sabine's Gull 12
Xema sabini
Killdeer 18
Charadrius vociferus
Piping Plover 19
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 20
Charadrius semipalmatus
American Avocet 21
Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover 5
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden Plover 22
Pluvialis dominica
Spotted Sandpiper 23
Actitis macularius
Willet 12
Tringa semipalmata
Wilson's Snipe 24
Gallinago delicata
Bonaparte's Gull 25
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Laughing Gull 26
Leucophaeus atricilla
Sooty Tern 27
Onychoprion fuscatus
Caspian Tern 28
Hydroprogne caspia
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 12
Calidris subruficollis

Edited by William Harmon

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