Birds of Bainbridge Island

BIRD LIST KEY

Seasonal Definitions:

SP = Spring = March through May.
S = Summer = June and July.
F = Fall = August through November.
W = Winter = December through February.

Status Definitions:

C = Common = Species observed repeatedly in all proper habitat.
F = Fairly common = Species occurs in only some proper habitat.
U = Uncommon = Species occurs on a regular basis but is not observed frequently in proper habitat.
R = Rare = Species probably occurs regularly, but in very small numbers.
O = Occasional= Species has been recorded no more than a few times, but irregular observations are likely a period of years.
X = Accidental: Species recorded about five or so times.
E = Extirpated = Locally extinct.

* = Breeding species
*? = Possible breeding species.


SPECIES                                    STATUS
WATERFOWL                            SP  S  F  W
Snow Goose                                X       O  O
Greater White-fronted Goose     R        R  R
Brant                                           U        X  O
Cackling Goose                          R   X  R   R
Canada Goose*                          F   F   F  F
Trumpeter Swan                         X        X   X
Tundra Swan                              X        X   X
Wood Duck*                               R   R   R  R
Blue-winged Teal                       O     O   X
Cinnamon Teal                           O     O
Northern Shoveler                      U     X   U   U
Gadwall                                      O         O  O
Eurasian Wigeon                        U         U   U
American Wigeon                      C          C   C
Mallard*                                     C     C   C   C
Northern Pintail                          U           U   U
Green-winged Teal                     F     X    F   F
Canvasback                                             X
Redhead                                                   X   X
Ring-necked Duck                      R    X    R   R
Greater Scaup                            F    X    F   F
Lesser Scaup                             R           R   R
King Eider                                                    X
Harlequin Duck                         U     O    U  U
Surf Scoter                                C     R    C   C
White-winged Scoter                 U     O    U   U
Black Scoter                               U     X    U   U
Long-tailed Duck                       R      X   R    R
Bufflehead                                 C            C    C
Common Goldeneye                 C      X     C    C
Barrow's Goldeneye                  U             U    U
Hooded Merganser*                   U     R     U    U
Common Merganser                   R     O     R    R
Red-breasted Merganser            C             C   C
Ruddy Duck                                X     X     X    X
NEW WORLD QUAIL
Mountain Quail                          X       X
California Quail*?                      O       O      O     O
PHEASANTS AND GROUSE
Ruffed Grouse*?                       E?     E?    E?    E?
Sooty Grouse*?                        E       E       E     E
Ring-necked Pheasant*?          O      O      O     O
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe*                     R       R      R     R
Horned Grebe                             C       X      C     C
Red-necked Grebe                      F        X     F      F
Eared Grebe                               R                R     R
Western Grebe                           U         X     U    U
Clark’s Grebe                            O                  O    O
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Pigeon*                            F          F      F     F
Band-tailed Pigeon*                  F          F      F     F
Eurasian Collared-Dove*?        U                  R    X
Mourning Dove*                        U         U      U     U
NIGHTJARS
Common Nighthawk                             O      O
SWIFTS
Black Swift                                O       O      O
Vaux’s Swift                               R               R
HUMMINGBIRDS
Anna’s Hummingbird*               R      R     R     R
Rufous Hummingbird*               C      C     C
RAILS AND COOTS
Virginia Rail*                                 U     U     U     U
Sora*                                            R     R     R     X
American Coot                             R     R     R     R
CRANES
Sandhill Crane                            X             X
OYSTERCATCHERS
Black Oystercatcher*                  O      X     O     O
PLOVERS
Black-bellied Plover                     X             O     X
American Golden-Plover                             X
Killdeer*                                       C      C    C     C
Semipalmated Plover                   O      X    R
SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES
Whimbrel                                      X     X    X

Long-billed Curlew                              X
Marbled Godwit                            X     X
Ruddy Turnstone                         R    O    R   O
Black Turnstone                           U    R    U    U
Red Knot                                             X    X
Surfbird                                        U    R    U   U
Stilt Sandpiper                                            X
Sanderling                                   U     R     U    U
Dunlin                                          F            F     F
Rock Sandpiper                           O            O    O
Baird’s Sandpiper                               X     X
Least Sandpiper                           F     U     F
Pectoral Sandpiper                       X     X     X
Semipalmated Sandpiper                    R      R
Western Sandpiper                      F     U      F     O
Short-billed Dowitcher                 X       O      O
Long-billed Dowitcher                 X       O      O
Wilson’s Snipe                            R               R    R
Spotted Sandpiper                      F      X      F     R
Solitary Sandpiper                      O      X      O
Wandering Tattler                        X      X      X
Lesser Yellowlegs                               X      X
Willet                                                           X
Greater Yellowlegs                     U      R      U     U
Wilson's Phalarope                             X
Red-necked Phalarope                       X       O
Red Phalarope                                              X    X
JAEGERS
Pomarine Jaeger                        X                 X
Parasitic Jaeger                         X      X        U
Long-tailed Jaeger                                       X
ALCIDS
Common Murre                         U        X      U     U
Pigeon Guillemot*                     F        F      F      F
Marbled Murrelet                       R       R      R     R
Ancient Murrelet                        X                O     O
Cassin’s Auklet                                    X      X     X
Rhinoceros Auklet                      U      U      U     U

Horned Puffin                                     X       X

Tufted Puffin                                               X

GULLS AND TERNS 

Black-legged Kittiwake               X                 X
Sabine’s Gull                             X                 X
Bonaparte’s Gull                        F       U       F     U
Black-headed Gull                                               X
Little Gull                                  X
Franklin’s Gull                                             O    X
Heermann’s Gull                                 X      O    X
Short-billed Gull                      C        R      C     C
Ring-billed Gull                       O        O      O    O
Western Gull                           O                O    O
California Gull                         O        U      F    O
Herring Gull                            X         X      O    R
Iceland Gull                            X                 O    O

Slaty-backed Gull                                      X
Glaucous-winged Gull*          C        C      C     C
Glaucous Gull                         X                        X
Caspian Tern                          U        U      U
Common Tern                         X        X      U

Arctic Tern                                                  X
Elegant Tern                                               X
LOONS
Red-throated Loon                 U       X       U    U
Pacific Loon                           F       X       F     F
Common Loon                       F       X       F     F
Yellow-billed Loon                  X                X     X
ALBATROSSES 
Laysan Albatross                                            X
PETRELS AND SHEARWATERS
Northern Fulmar                                      X
Short-tailed Shearwater         X               X    X

Sooty Shearwater                  X       X      X
Manx Shearwater                   X       X      X
NORTHERN STORM-PETRELS 
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel        X                      X
Leach's Storm-Petrel                      X      X     X
BOOBIES                         
Nazca Booby                                           X 

Cocos Booby                                          X

CORMORANTS 

Brandt’s Cormorant               U     X         U    U
Pelagic Cormorant                 C    U         C   C
Double-crested Cormorant*? C    U         C   C

PELICANS
American White Pelican       X      X        X
Brown Pelican                      X     O        O    X
HERONS
American Bittern                  X

Black-crowned Night Heron            X

Green Heron*?                     R       R     R

Great Egret                          X        X      X   X

Western Cattle-Egret                             X   X

Great Blue Heron*                F       F      F   F


NEW WORLD VULTURES
Turkey Vulture                 R       X         R
OSPREYS
Osprey*                           U       U         U
HAWKS AND EAGLES
White-tailed Kite            X
Golden Eagle                                            X
Northern Harrier            O       X          O   O
Sharp-shinned Hawk*    O       R          O  O
Cooper’s Hawk*             U       U          U    U
American Goshawk                             X    O
Bald Eagle*                    F        F        F    F

Red-shouldered Hawk                          X
Broad-winged Hawk      X
Swainson’s Hawk          X                    X
Red-tailed Hawk*?        F        F          F    F
Rough-legged Hawk                           X    X

Ferruginous Hawk        X
BARN OWLS
American Barn Owl*      R    R          R    R
TYPICAL OWLS
Western Screech-Owl*  E   E           E    E
Great Horned Owl*        R   R           R   R
Snowy Owl                                        X
Northern Pygmy-Owl    O   O          O    O
Barred Owl*                  U   U          U    U
Short-eared Owl                               X    X
Northern Saw-whet Owl* U  U       U    U
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher*            C    C     C     C
WOODPECKERS
Lewis’s Woodpecker                        X
Red-naped Sapsucker         X                   X
Red-breasted Sapsucker*    U     U     U    U
Downy Woodpecker*         F       F      F    F
Hairy Woodpecker*           R       R      R   R
Northern Flicker*              C       C      C   C
Pileated Woodpecker*       U       U      U  U
FALCONS
American Kestrel               O       O      O  O
Merlin*                                U       X     U   U
Peregrine Falcon*               O     O     O   O
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Western Kingbird                O       X     X 
Eastern Kingbird                           X
Olive-sided Flycatcher*       U       U     U
Western Wood-Pewee*       R       R     R
Willow Flycatcher*               F       F      F
Least Flycatcher                 X              X
Hammond’s Flycatcher*?    O       X    O
Gray Flycatcher                                  X
Dusky Flycatcher                 X             X

Western Flycatcher*            F      F     F

Black Phoebe                              X     X
Say’s Phoebe                      X             X 

VIREOS
Cassin’s Vireo*                   O       O     O
Hutton’s Vireo*                   F        F     F     F
Warbling Vireo*                  U       U     U
Red-eyed Vireo                           X      X
SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike             X
Northern Shrike                  O               O     X

CROWS and ALLIES
Steller’s Jay*                       C       C      C    C
California Scrub-Jay            O      O      O    O
Clark’s Nutcracker                                        X
American Crow*                  C       C       C    C
Common Raven*                 R       R       R    R

CHICKADEES
Black-capped Chickadee*     F      F       F      F
Mountain Chickadee                                       X
Chestnut-backed Chickadee* C     C        C    C
LARKS
Horned Lark                         X                X    X
SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow*                     O       O      O
Violet-green Swallow*         C        C      C
Northern Rough-winged Swallow*           U          U           U
Purple Martin*                     R       R      R
Barn Swallow*                     C       C      C
Cliff Swallow*?                    O       O       O

BUSHTITS
Bushtit*                                  F      F        F     F

KINGLETS 

Ruby-crowned Kinglet        C                 C     C
Golden-crowned Kinglet*    C        U      C     C

WAXWINGS

Bohemian Waxwing                                         X
Cedar Waxwing*                  C      C        C      O

NUTHATCHES
Red-breasted Nuthatch*         F      F       F     F

White-breasted Nuthatch                         X
CREEPERS
Brown Creeper*                     U     U       U    U
WRENS
Rock Wren                                              X     X
Bewick’s Wren*                     F       F       F     F
Northern House Wren*         R       R       R  
Pacific Wren*                        F       F       F     F
Marsh Wren*                        U        U      U     U

THRASHERS AND ALLIES
Sage Thrasher                      X       X
Northern Mockingbird                     X

STARLINGS
European Starling*              C       C       C      C

DIPPERS
American Dipper                                     X      X

THRUSHES
Western Bluebird                  X
Mountain Bluebird                X                        X
Townsend’s Solitaire            R                 X     X
Swainson’s Thrush*             F         F      F
Hermit Thrush                      R                 R     O
American Robin*                 C        C      C      C
Varied Thrush*                    F        O      F      F


OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow*                   F       F         F      F
PIPITS
Red-throated Pipit                X
American Pipit                     U                  U      X
OLD WORLD FINCHES AND ALLIES
Evening Grosbeak*              U       U        U      U
Pine Grosbeak                     X                          X
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch                               X
House Finch*                       C        C        C     C
Purple Finch*                        U       U         U    U
Cassin's Finch                       X
Redpoll                                                      X     X
Red Crossbill*                      F        F         F     F
White-winged Crossbill                             X
Pine Siskin*                          C       R        C     C
Lesser Goldfinch                  X                         X
American Goldfinch*            C       C        C     U
LONGSPURS, ETC
Lapland Longspur                                     X
Snow Bunting                                            X
NEW WORLD SPARROWS AND ALLIES
Lark Sparrow                       X                   X
Chipping Sparrow*              O        O        X
Clay-colored Sparrow          X                   X
Fox Sparrow                        F                    F      F

American Tree Sparrow       X
Dark-eyed Junco*                C        R        C       C
White-crowned Sparrow*     F         F         F      R
Golden-crowned Sparrow    F         X        F       F
Harris’s Sparrow                  X                    X      X
White-throated Sparrow      O                    O     O
Vesper Sparrow                   X
Savannah Sparrow*            F          F        F    X
Song Sparrow*                   C          C       C     C
Lincoln’s Sparrow               R                    R     R
Swamp Sparrow                  X                    X     X
Green-tailed Towhee           X
Spotted Towhee*                 C        C        C     C
BLACKBIRDS and ALLIES
Yellow-headed Blackbird     X                 X
Bobolink                                                  X
Western Meadowlark          O       X        O       O
Bullock’s Oriole*                 R        R
Red-winged Blackbird*       F        F        F       U
Brown-headed Cowbird*     F        F        F
Brewer’s Blackbird*            R        R       R        R 
WOOD WARBLERS
Golden-winged Warbler                            X
Orange-crowned Warbler*   C       C        C      X
Nashville Warbler                O      
MacGillivray’s Warbler*      O      O       O
Common Yellowthroat*       U       U       U       X
American Redstart                                X
Yellow Warbler*                   U       U      U
Blackpoll Warbler                                   X
Palm Warbler                       X                X
Yellow-rumped Warbler*      C       X      C      R
Black-throated Gray Warbler*              F           F         F
Townsend’s Warbler*           U        O        U    R
Wilson’s Warbler*                C        C        C    X
GROSBEAKS and ALLIES
Western Tanager*                U        U        U
Black-headed Grosbeak*     U        U        U
Lazuli Bunting*                     O        X        X


TOTAL: 295 species.






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