Birds
Rank: class
Delaware Biodiversity Project has documented 458 taxa in Class Aves spanning 25 orders, 64 families, and 232 genera
NOTE: We are currently adding many species lists to the project. The following taxonomic checklists are complete or nearly so today: Vascular Plants, Liverworts, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians, Butterflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies, Mosquitoes.
NOTE: We are currently adding many species lists to the project. The following taxonomic checklists are complete or nearly so today: Vascular Plants, Liverworts, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians, Butterflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies, Mosquitoes.
Hawks, Eagles, and Allies
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Typical Hawks and Harriers
1
Sharp-shinned Hawk
2
Cooper's Hawk
3
Northern Harrier
Typical Eagles and Hawk-Eagles
4
Golden Eagle
5
American Goshawk
6
Cooper's Hawk
Buteonine Hawks, Kites, and allies
7
Zone-tailed Hawk
8
Red-tailed Hawk
9
Rough-legged Hawk
10
Red-shouldered Hawk
11
Broad-winged Hawk
12
Swainson's Hawk
13
Bald Eagle
14
Mississippi Kite
15
Honey-buzzards, Pernine Kites, and Allies
16
Swallow-tailed Kite
Osprey
17
Osprey
Waterfowl
Geese, Swans, and Ducks
18
Wood Duck
19
Northern Pintail
20
Green-winged Teal
21
Mallard
22
American Black Duck
23
Great White-fronted Goose
24
Pink-footed Goose
25
Snow Goose
26
Ross's Goose
27
Lesser Scaup
28
Redhead
29
Ring-necked Duck
30
Tufted Duck
31
Greater Scaup
32
Canvasback
33
Brant
34
Canada Goose
35
Cackling Goose
36
Barnacle Goose
37
Common Goldeneye
38
Bufflehead
39
40
Long-tailed Duck
41
Trumpeter Swan
42
Tundra Swan
43
Mute Swan
44
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
45
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
46
Harlequin Duck
47
48
Hooded Merganser
49
American Wigeon
50
Eurasian Wigeon
51
Gadwall
52
Black Scoter
53
White-winged Scoter
54
Surf Scoter
55
Common Merganser
56
Red-breasted Merganser
57
Ruddy Duck
58
Common Eider
59
King Eider
60
Cinnamon Teal
61
Blue-winged Teal
62
Garganey
63
Northern Shoveler
64
Sandhill Crane
Hummingbirds and Swifts
Swifts
65
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Bee Hummingbirds, Emeralds, Mountain-gems, and Allies
Bee Hummingbirds and Allies
66
Black-chinned Hummingbird
67
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
68
Calliope Hummingbird
69
Rufous Hummingbird
70
Allen's Hummingbird
Nightjars and Allies
Nightjars and Nighthawks
71
Chuck-will's-widow
72
Eastern Whip-poor-will
73
Common Nighthawk
New World Vultures
New World Vultures
74
Turkey Vulture
75
Black Vulture
Shorebirds, Gulls, and Allies
Alcids
76
Razorbill
77
Dovekie
78
Black Guillemot
79
Atlantic Puffin
80
Ancient Murrelet
81
Common Murre
82
Thick-billed Murre
Plovers and Lapwings
83
Wilson's Plover
84
Piping Plover
85
Semipalmated Plover
86
Killdeer
87
European Golden-Plover
88
American Golden-Plover
89
Pacific Golden-Plover
90
Black-bellied Plover
91
Northern Lapwing
Oystercatchers
92
American Oystercatcher
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
93
Whickered Tern
94
White-winged Tern
95
Black Tern
Gulls
96
Bonaparte's Gull
97
Black-headed Gull
98
Little Gull
99
California Gull
100
Common Gull
101
Ring-billed Gull
102
Kelp Gull
103
Lesser Black-backed Gull
104
Iceland Gull
105
Glaucous Gull
106
Great Black-backed Gull
107
American Herring Gull
108
Laughing Gull
109
Franklin's Gull
110
Sabine's Gull
111
Bridled Tern
112
Sooty Tern
113
Ross's Gull
114
Black-legged Kittiwake
Skimmers
115
Black Skimmer
True Terns
Marsh Terns
116
Whiskered Tern
117
White-winged Tern
118
Black Tern
119
Gull-billed Tern
120
Caspian Tern
121
Roseate Tern
122
Forster's Tern
123
Common Tern
124
Arctic Tern
125
Least Tern
126
Elegant Tern
127
Royal Tern
128
Sandwich Tern
129
American Avocet
Avocets and Stilts
130
Black-necked Stilt
Sandpipers
131
Spotted Sandpiper
132
Ruddy Turnstone
133
Upland Sandpiper
134
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
135
Sanderling
136
Dunlin
137
Baird's Sandpiper
138
Red Knot
139
Curlew Sandpiper
140
White-rumped Sandpiper
141
Stilt Sandpiper
142
Purple Sandpiper
143
Western Sandpiper
144
Pectoral Sandpiper
145
Little Stint
146
Least Sandpiper
147
Ruff
148
Semipalmated Sandpiper
149
Red-necked Stint
150
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
151
Wilson's Snipe
152
Short-billed Dowitcher
153
Long-billed Dowitcher
154
Marbled Godwit
155
Hudsonian Godwit
156
Bar-tailed Godwit
157
Black-tailed Godwit
158
Hudsonian Whimbrel
159
Eurasian Whimbrel
160
Red Phalarope
161
Red-necked Phalarope
162
Wilson's Phalarope
163
American Woodcock
164
Lesser Yellowlegs
165
Wood Sandpiper
166
Greater Yellowlegs
167
Willet
168
Solitary Sandpiper
Jaegers and Skuas
169
Long-tailed Jaeger
170
South Polar Skua
171
Parasitic Jaeger
172
Pomarine Jaeger
173
Great Skua
Storks
Storks
174
Wood Stork
Pigeons and Doves
Pigeons and Doves
175
Rock Pigeon
176
Common Ground Dove
177
Eurasian Collared-Dove
178
Eurasian Collared-Dove
179
White-winged Dove
180
Mourning Dove
Kingfishers and Allies
Kingfishers
181
Cuckoos
Cuckoos
Typical Cuckoos, Malkohas, and allies
182
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
183
Black-billed Cuckoo
Falcons
Falcons
184
Crested Caracara
Daptrius Caracaras
185
Yellow-headed Caracara
186
Merlin
187
Peregrine Falcon
188
Gyrfalcon
189
American Kestrel
Gallinaceous Birds
Quail
190
Northern Bobwhite
Turkey, Grouse, and Pheasants
191
Ruffed Grouse
192
Wild Turkey
193
Ring-necked Pheasant
Loons
Loons
194
Common Loon
195
Pacific Loon
196
Red-throated Loon
Cranes, Rails, and Allies
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
197
Yellow Rail
198
American Coot
199
Common Gallinule
200
Black Rail
201
Purple Gallinule
202
Sora
203
Clapper Rail
204
King Rail
205
Virginia Rail
Cranes, Rails, and Allies
Cranes
206
207
Belted Kingfisher
Perching Birds
Larks
208
Horned Lark
Waxwings
209
Cedar Waxwing
Snow Buntings and Longspurs
210
Lapland Longspur
211
Snow and McKay's Buntings
212
Snow Bunting
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
213
Northern Cardinal
214
Lazuli Bunting
215
Blue Grosbeak
216
Painted Bunting
217
Indigo Bunting
218
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
219
Black-headed Grosbeak
220
Western Tanager
221
Scarlet Tanager
222
Summer Tanager
223
Dickcissel
224
Dickcissel
Tree Creepers
225
Brown Creeper
Jays, Crows, and Ravens
226
American Crow
227
Common Raven
228
Fish Crow
229
Blue Jay
Finches
230
Redpoll
231
Evening Grosbeak
232
House Finch
233
Purple Finch
Evening and Hooded Grosbeaks
234
Evening Grosbeak
235
Red Crossbill
236
White-winged Crossbill
237
Pine Grosbeak
238
Pine Siskin
239
Lesser Goldfinch
240
American Goldfinch
Swallows and Martins
241
Barn Swallow
242
Barn Swallow
243
Cave Swallow
244
Cliff Swallow
245
Purple Martin
246
Bank Swallow
247
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
248
249
Tree Swallow
Blackbirds, Orioles, and Allies
250
Red-winged Blackbird
251
Bobolink
252
Rusty Blackbird
253
Brewer's Blackbird
254
Baltimore Oriole
255
Orchard Oriole
256
Brown-headed Cowbird
257
Boat-tailed Grackle
258
Common Grackle
259
Eastern Meadowlark
260
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Yellow-breasted Chat
261
Yellow-breasted Chat
Shrikes
262
Northern Shrike
263
Loggerhead Shrike
Thrashers, Catbirds, and Mockingbirds
264
265
Gray Catbird
266
Northern mockingbird
267
Sage Thrasher
268
Brown Thrasher
Pipits and Wagtails
269
American Pipit
Old World Flycatchers
270
Northern Wheatear
Chickadees and Titmice
271
272
Tufted Titmouse
273
Black-capped Chickadee
274
Carolina Chickadee
275
Boreal Chickadee
New World Warblers
276
Canada Warbler
277
Wilson's Warbler
278
Kentucky Warbler
279
Mourning Warbler
280
Common Yellowthroat
281
Worm-eating Warbler
282
Orange-crowned Warbler
283
Tennessee Warbler
284
Nashville Warbler
285
Swainson's Warbler
286
Black-and-white Warbler
287
Connecticut Warbler
288
Louisiana Waterthrush
289
Northern Waterthrush
290
Prothonotary Warbler
291
Ovenbird
292
Northern Yellow Warbler
293
Northern Parula
294
Black-throated Blue Warbler
295
Bay-breasted Warbler
296
Cerulean Warbler
297
Hooded Warbler
298
Yellow-rumped Warbler
299
Prairie Warbler
300
Yellow-throated Warbler
301
Blackburnian Warbler
302
Magnolia Warbler
303
Black-throated Gray Warbler
304
Palm Warbler
305
Chestnut-sided Warbler
306
Pine Wrbler
307
American Redstart
308
Blackpoll Warbler
309
Cape May Warbler
310
Townsend's Warbler
311
Black-throated Green Warbler
312
Golden-winged Warbler
313
Blue-winged Warbler
New World Sparrows
314
Grasshopper Sparrow
315
Saltmarsh Sparrow
316
LeConte's Sparrow
317
Seaside Sparrow
318
Nelson's Sparrow
319
Lark Bunting
320
Henslow's Sparrow
321
Lark Sparrow
322
Dark-eyed Junco
323
Swamp Sparrow
324
Lincoln's Sparrow
325
Song Sparrow
326
Savannah Sparrow
327
Savannah Sparrow
328
Fox Sparrow
329
Green-tailed Towhee
330
Eastern Towhee
331
Spotted Towhee
332
Vesper Sparrow
333
Clay-colored Sparrow
334
Chipping Sparrow
335
Field Sparrow
336
American Tree Sparrow
337
American Tree Sparrow
338
White-crowned Sparrow
339
Harris's Sparrow
340
White-throated Sparrow
Old World Sparrows
341
House Sparrow
Gnatcatchers
342
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Kinglets
343
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
344
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches
345
Red-breasted Nuthatch
346
White-breasted Nuthatch
347
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Starlings
348
349
European Starling
Wrens
350
Marsh Wren
351
Sedge Wren
352
Bewick's Wren
353
Carolina Wren
354
Northern House Wren
355
Winter Wren
Thrushes
356
Bicknell's Thrush
357
Veery
358
Hermit Thrush
359
Gray-cheeked Thrush
360
Swainson's Thrush
361
Wood Thrush
362
Varied Thrush
363
Townsend's Solitaire
364
Eastern Bluebird
365
American Robin
366
Fieldfare
New World Flycatchers
367
Olive-sided Flycatcher
368
Eastern Wood-Pewee
369
Alder Flycathcer
370
Western Flycatcher
371
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
372
Hammond;s Flycatcher
373
Least Flycatcher
374
Dusky Flycatcher
375
Willow Flycatcher
376
Acadian Flycathcer
377
Gray Flycatcher
378
Ash-throated Flycatcher
379
Great Crested Flycatcher
380
Vermilion Flycatcher
381
Eastern Phoebe
382
Say's Phoebe
383
Gray Kingbird
384
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
385
Tropical Kingbird
386
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
387
Eastern Kingbird
388
Western Kingbird
Vireos
389
Bell's Vireo
390
Yellow-throated Vireo
391
Eastern Warbling Vireo
392
White-eyed Vireo
393
Red-eyed Vireo
394
Philadelphia Vireo
395
Blue-headed Vireo
Herons, Pelicans, and Allies
Herons
Typical Herons and Egrets
396
Great Egret
397
Great Blue Heron
398
Western Cattle-Egret
399
Green Heron
400
Little Blue Heron
401
Little Egret
402
Reddish Egret
403
Snowy Egret
404
Tricolored Heron
405
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
406
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Bitterns
407
Least Bittern
408
American Bittern
Pelicans
409
American White Pelican
410
Brown Pelican
Ibis and Spoonbills
411
White Ibis
412
Roseate Spoonbill
413
White-faced Ibis
414
Glossy Ibis
Tropicbirds
Tropicbirds
415
White-tailed Tropicbird
Flamingos
Flamingos
416
American Flamingo
Woodpeckers
Woodpeckers
Typical woodpeckers
Pied woodpeckers and allies
417
Downy Woodpecker
418
Hairy Woodpecker
419
Red-headed Woodpecker
420
Red-bellied Woodpecker
421
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Green Woodpeckers, Flickers, and Allies
422
Northern Flicker
423
Pileated Woodpecker
Grebes
Grebes
424
Western Grebe
425
Horned Grebe
426
Red-necked Grebe
427
Eared Grebe
428
429
Pied-billed Grebe
Tube-nosed Seabirds
Austral Storm-Petrels
430
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
431
Leach's Storm-Petrel
432
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
433
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Shearwaters and Petrels
434
Great Shearwater
435
Sooty Shearwater
436
Cory's Shearwater
437
Scopoli's Shearwater
438
Northern Fulmar
439
Black-capped Petrel
440
Sargasso Shearwater
441
Manx Shearwater
Owls
Typical Owls
442
Northern Saw-whet Owl
443
Short-eared Owl
444
Long-eared Owl
445
Burrowing Owla
446
Snowy Owl
447
Great Horned Owl
448
Eastern Screech-Owl
449
Barred Owl
Barn Owls
450
American Barn Owl
Frigatebirds, Cormorants, and Allies
Anhingas
451
Anhinga
Frigatebirds
452
Magnificent Frigatebird
Cormorants
453
Double-crested Cormorant
454
Neotropic Cormorant
455
Great Cormorant
Gannets and Boobies
456
Northern Gannet
457
Masked Booby
Brown Booby
458
Atlantic Brown Booby