Review List Revised November 2024 The following Review List contains species that are considered rare or accidental in Pennsylvania. The Records Committee requests details including full descriptions, photographs, video, or sound recordings for review and possible inclusion on the state’s Official List. The Pennsylvania Ornithological Records Committee will review reports of: Review List A: Rarities Review…

Recent Additions to the State List This page contains a list of species most recently added to the state’s Official List. A species is added to the Official List if PORC accepts a record of the species including an identifiable photo, video, audio, or specimen (Class I record). New species accepted by sight-only records (Class II…

Recently Completed Records Here we will periodically post the most recent records that the committee has completed reviewing. More information about the Committee’s procedures is available in this summary or in our bylaws. Posted 2026 February 1 Accepted Class I-P: Accepted Class III: Not accepted: Posted 2025 January 29 Accepted Class I-P: Accepted Class III: Not accepted: Posted…

The Official List of the Birds of Pennsylvania CLASSIFICATION OF RECORDS The Pennsylvania Ornithological Records Committee is tasked with keeping the Official List of the Birds of Pennsylvania and associated abundance codes revised every five years for publication in Pennsylvania Birds. This current version of the list was reviewed and compiled during 2023-2024 by Julia Plummer,…