Bird List for Bucks County
This is a preliminary list of the birds recorded in this county.
The list shows all species on the Official State List with a Yes next to each species recorded in this county or a B for those species which breed in the county (Ie., species who coded Probable or Confirmed during the latest Breeding Bird Atlas).
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Bucks County List
Red-tailed Hawk (Western dark form)
-
Nelson's 'Atlantic' Sparrow
Yes
Frigatebird sp.
-
Chilean Flamingo
-
Ring-billed x Franklin's Gull
-
Red-tailed 'Harlan's' Hawk
-
Great White Heron
-
Chen sp.
-
Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser
-
King/Clapper Rail
-
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
-
Black-throated Green X Cape May Warbler
-
Green-winged 'Common' Teal
Yes
Iceland "Thayer's" Gull
Yes
Herring 'Vega' Gull
Yes
Lawrence's Warbler
Yes
Sandhill 'Lesser' Crane
-
Blue-winged Teal X Northern Shoveler
Yes
Oceanodroma sp.
-
Lesser Black-backed X Herring Gull
Yes
Dark-eyed 'Cassiar' Junco
-
Iceland/Thayer's Gull
-
Sharp-tailed Sparrow
-
Fox Sparrow (Slate-colored)
-
Phalarope sp.
-
Jaeger sp.
Yes
Dark-eyed 'Oregon' Junco
-
Eastern x Western Kingbird
-
Snow Goose x Ross's Goose
-
Pelecanus sp.
-
Plegadis sp.
Yes
Dark-eyed 'Pink-sided' Junco
-
Gadwall x Mallard
-
Sutton's Warbler
-
Bicknell's/Gray-cheeked Thrush
-
Pomarine/Parasitic Jaeger
-
Black-headed x Ring-billed Gull
-
Glaucous Gull X Herring Gull (Nelson's Gull)
Yes
Redhead x Ring-necked Duck
-
White-crowned 'Gambel's' Sparrow
Yes
Black Brant
Yes
Selasphorus sp.
Yes
Myiarchus sp.
-
Great Black-backed Gull x Herring Gull
-
Yellow-rumped 'Audubon's' Warbler
Yes
Storm-Petrel sp.
Yes
Brewster's Warbler
Yes
Waterthrush sp.
-
Savannah "Ipswich" Sparrow
Yes
Green-winged Teal x Common Teal
Yes
Eider sp.
-
Broad-winged Hawk (dark morph)
-
White Pelican sp.
-
Eurasian X American Wigeon
-
Palm Warbler 'Yellow Race'
-
Empidonax sp.
-
Canada (Richardson's) Goose
Yes
Yellowlegs sp.
-
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
-
Snow Goose
Yes
Ross's Goose
Yes
Greater White-fronted Goose
Yes
Pink-footed Goose
Yes
Brant
Yes
Barnacle Goose
Yes
Cackling Goose
Yes
Canada Goose
B
Mute Swan
Yes
Trumpeter Swan
Yes
Tundra Swan
Yes
Whooper Swan
Yes
Common Shelduck
Yes
Wood Duck
B
Blue-winged Teal
Yes
Cinnamon Teal
-
Northern Shoveler
Yes
Gadwall
Yes
Eurasian Wigeon
Yes
American Wigeon
Yes
Mallard
B
American Black Duck
B
Northern Pintail
Yes
Green-winged Teal
Yes
Canvasback
Yes
Redhead
Yes
Ring-necked Duck
Yes
Tufted Duck
Yes
Greater Scaup
Yes
Lesser Scaup
Yes
King Eider
Yes
Common Eider
-
Harlequin Duck
Yes
Surf Scoter
Yes
White-winged Scoter
Yes
Black Scoter
Yes
Long-tailed Duck
Yes
Bufflehead
Yes
Common Goldeneye
Yes
Barrow's Goldeneye
Yes
Smew
-
Hooded Merganser
Yes
Common Merganser
B
Red-breasted Merganser
Yes
Masked Duck
-
Ruddy Duck
Yes
Northern Bobwhite
Yes
Ring-necked Pheasant
B
Ruffed Grouse
B
Wild Turkey
B
Pied-billed Grebe
Yes
Horned Grebe
Yes
Red-necked Grebe
Yes
Eared Grebe
Yes
Western Grebe
-
Rock Pigeon
B
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Yes
Common Ground Dove
Yes
White-winged Dove
Yes
Mourning Dove
B
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yes
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yes
Common Nighthawk
Yes
Chuck-will's-widow
Yes
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Yes
Chimney Swift
B
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
B
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Yes
Bahama Woodstar
-
Anna's Hummingbird
-
Rufous Hummingbird
Yes
Allen's Hummingbird
Yes
Calliope Hummingbird
-
Yellow Rail
Yes
Black Rail
Yes
Clapper Rail
Yes
King Rail
Yes
Virginia Rail
Yes
Sora
Yes
Spotted Rail
-
Purple Gallinule
Yes
Common Gallinule
Yes
American Coot
Yes
Sandhill Crane
Yes
Black-necked Stilt
Yes
American Avocet
Yes
American Oystercatcher
Yes
Black-bellied Plover
Yes
American Golden-Plover
Yes
Killdeer
B
Semipalmated Plover
Yes
Piping Plover
Yes
Wilson's Plover
-
Snowy Plover
-
Upland Sandpiper
Yes
Whimbrel
Yes
Long-billed Curlew
-
Hudsonian Godwit
Yes
Marbled Godwit
Yes
Ruddy Turnstone
Yes
Red Knot
Yes
Ruff
Yes
Stilt Sandpiper
Yes
Curlew Sandpiper
Yes
Sanderling
Yes
Dunlin
Yes
Purple Sandpiper
Yes
Baird's Sandpiper
Yes
Least Sandpiper
Yes
White-rumped Sandpiper
Yes
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Yes
Pectoral Sandpiper
Yes
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Yes
Western Sandpiper
Yes
Short-billed Dowitcher
Yes
Long-billed Dowitcher
Yes
American Woodcock
Yes
Wilson's Snipe
Yes
Spotted Sandpiper
B
Solitary Sandpiper
Yes
Lesser Yellowlegs
Yes
Willet
Yes
Greater Yellowlegs
Yes
Wilson's Phalarope
Yes
Red-necked Phalarope
Yes
Red Phalarope
Yes
Pomarine Jaeger
Yes
Parasitic Jaeger
Yes
Long-tailed Jaeger
Yes
Dovekie
Yes
Thick-billed Murre
Yes
Black Guillemot
-
Long-billed Murrelet
Yes
Ancient Murrelet
-
Black-legged Kittiwake
-
Sabine's Gull
-
Bonaparte's Gull
Yes
Black-headed Gull
Yes
Little Gull
Yes
Ross's Gull
-
Laughing Gull
Yes
Franklin's Gull
Yes
Black-tailed Gull
Yes
Mew Gull
Yes
Ring-billed Gull
Yes
California Gull
Yes
Herring Gull
Yes
Yellow-legged Gull
Yes
Iceland Gull
Yes
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Yes
Slaty-backed Gull
Yes
Glaucous Gull
Yes
Great Black-backed Gull
Yes
Kelp Gull
-
Sooty Tern
Yes
Least Tern
Yes
Gull-billed Tern
Yes
Caspian Tern
Yes
Black Tern
Yes
White-winged Tern
Yes
Roseate Tern
-
Common Tern
Yes
Arctic Tern
Yes
Forster's Tern
Yes
Royal Tern
Yes
Sandwich Tern
-
Black Skimmer
Yes
White-tailed Tropicbird
-
Red-throated Loon
Yes
Pacific Loon
Yes
Common Loon
Yes
Yellow-billed Loon
-
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
-
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Yes
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Yes
Trindade Petrel
-
Black-capped Petrel
-
Cory's Shearwater
-
Great Shearwater
-
Wood Stork
Yes
Magnificent Frigatebird
-
Brown Booby
Yes
Northern Gannet
Yes
Neotropic Cormorant
-
Double-crested Cormorant
Yes
Great Cormorant
Yes
Anhinga
Yes
American White Pelican
Yes
Brown Pelican
Yes
American Bittern
Yes
Least Bittern
Yes
Great Blue Heron
B
Great Egret
Yes
Snowy Egret
Yes
Little Blue Heron
Yes
Tricolored Heron
Yes
Cattle Egret
Yes
Green Heron
B
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yes
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Yes
White Ibis
Yes
Glossy Ibis
Yes
White-faced Ibis
-
Roseate Spoonbill
Yes
Black Vulture
B
Turkey Vulture
B
Osprey
Yes
White-tailed Kite
Yes
Swallow-tailed Kite
Yes
Golden Eagle
Yes
Northern Harrier
Yes
Sharp-shinned Hawk
B
Cooper's Hawk
B
Northern Goshawk
Yes
Bald Eagle
B
Mississippi Kite
Yes
Red-shouldered Hawk
Yes
Broad-winged Hawk
B
Swainson's Hawk
Yes
Red-tailed Hawk
B
Rough-legged Hawk
Yes
Barn Owl
Yes
Eastern Screech-Owl
B
Great Horned Owl
B
Snowy Owl
Yes
Northern Hawk Owl
-
Barred Owl
B
Great Gray Owl
Yes
Long-eared Owl
Yes
Short-eared Owl
Yes
Boreal Owl
-
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Yes
Belted Kingfisher
B
Lewis's Woodpecker
-
Red-headed Woodpecker
B
Red-bellied Woodpecker
B
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yes
Black-backed Woodpecker
Yes
Downy Woodpecker
B
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
-
Hairy Woodpecker
B
Northern Flicker
B
Pileated Woodpecker
B
Crested Caracara
-
Eurasian Kestrel
-
American Kestrel
B
Merlin
Yes
Gyrfalcon
-
Peregrine Falcon
B
Prairie Falcon
-
Monk Parakeet
-
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Yes
Great Crested Flycatcher
B
Tropical Kingbird
-
Western Kingbird
Yes
Eastern Kingbird
B
Gray Kingbird
-
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Yes
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Yes
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yes
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yes
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yes
Acadian Flycatcher
B
Alder Flycatcher
Yes
Willow Flycatcher
B
Least Flycatcher
Yes
Hammond's Flycatcher
-
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
-
Eastern Phoebe
Yes
Say's Phoebe
Yes
Vermilion Flycatcher
-
Loggerhead Shrike
Yes
Northern Shrike
Yes
White-eyed Vireo
Yes
Yellow-throated Vireo
B
Blue-headed Vireo
Yes
Philadelphia Vireo
Yes
Warbling Vireo
B
Red-eyed Vireo
Yes
Blue Jay
B
American Crow
B
Fish Crow
B
Common Raven
B
Horned Lark
Yes
Bank Swallow
Yes
Tree Swallow
Yes
Violet-green Swallow
-
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Yes
Purple Martin
B
Barn Swallow
Yes
Cliff Swallow
Yes
Cave Swallow
Yes
Carolina Chickadee
B
Black-capped Chickadee
B
Boreal Chickadee
Yes
Tufted Titmouse
B
Red-breasted Nuthatch
B
White-breasted Nuthatch
B
Brown-headed Nuthatch
-
Brown Creeper
B
Rock Wren
-
House Wren
Yes
Winter Wren
Yes
Sedge Wren
Yes
Marsh Wren
Yes
Carolina Wren
B
Bewick's Wren
Yes
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Yes
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Yes
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Yes
European Robin
Yes
Northern Wheatear
Yes
Eastern Bluebird
B
Mountain Bluebird
Yes
Townsend's Solitaire
Yes
Veery
B
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Yes
Bicknell's Thrush
Yes
Swainson's Thrush
Yes
Hermit Thrush
Yes
Wood Thrush
B
Redwing
Yes
American Robin
B
Varied Thrush
Yes
Gray Catbird
B
Brown Thrasher
Yes
Northern Mockingbird
B
European Starling
B
Bohemian Waxwing
Yes
Cedar Waxwing
B
House Sparrow
B
American Pipit
Yes
Brambling
-
Evening Grosbeak
Yes
Pine Grosbeak
Yes
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
-
House Finch
B
Purple Finch
Yes
Common Redpoll
Yes
Hoary Redpoll
Yes
Red Crossbill
Yes
White-winged Crossbill
Yes
European Goldfinch
-
Pine Siskin
Yes
Lesser Goldfinch
-
American Goldfinch
B
Lapland Longspur
Yes
Snow Bunting
Yes
Bachman's Sparrow
-
Grasshopper Sparrow
Yes
Lark Sparrow
Yes
Lark Bunting
Yes
Chipping Sparrow
Yes
Clay-colored Sparrow
Yes
Field Sparrow
B
Fox Sparrow
Yes
American Tree Sparrow
Yes
Dark-eyed Junco
Yes
White-crowned Sparrow
Yes
Golden-crowned Sparrow
-
Harris's Sparrow
Yes
White-throated Sparrow
Yes
Vesper Sparrow
Yes
LeConte's Sparrow
Yes
Seaside Sparrow
-
Nelson's Sparrow
Yes
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Yes
Henslow's Sparrow
Yes
Savannah Sparrow
B
Song Sparrow
B
Lincoln's Sparrow
Yes
Swamp Sparrow
B
Green-tailed Towhee
Yes
Spotted Towhee
-
Eastern Towhee
B
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yes
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Yes
Bobolink
Yes
Eastern Meadowlark
B
Western Meadowlark
Yes
Orchard Oriole
B
Bullock's Oriole
Yes
Baltimore Oriole
Yes
Black-backed Oriole
-
Scott's Oriole
-
Red-winged Blackbird
B
Shiny Cowbird
-
Brown-headed Cowbird
B
Rusty Blackbird
Yes
Brewer's Blackbird
Yes
Common Grackle
B
Ovenbird
Yes
Worm-eating Warbler
B
Louisiana Waterthrush
Yes
Northern Waterthrush
Yes
Golden-winged Warbler
Yes
Blue-winged Warbler
B
Black-and-white Warbler
Yes
Prothonotary Warbler
Yes
Swainson's Warbler
-
Tennessee Warbler
Yes
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yes
Nashville Warbler
Yes
Connecticut Warbler
Yes
MacGillivray's Warbler
-
Mourning Warbler
Yes
Kentucky Warbler
B
Common Yellowthroat
Yes
Hooded Warbler
B
American Redstart
Yes
Kirtland's Warbler
-
Cape May Warbler
Yes
Cerulean Warbler
Yes
Northern Parula
Yes
Magnolia Warbler
Yes
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yes
Blackburnian Warbler
Yes
Yellow Warbler
Yes
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Yes
Blackpoll Warbler
Yes
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yes
Palm Warbler
Yes
Pine Warbler
Yes
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yes
Yellow-throated Warbler
Yes
Prairie Warbler
Yes
Black-throated Gray Warbler
-
Townsend's Warbler
-
Black-throated Green Warbler
Yes
Canada Warbler
Yes
Wilson's Warbler
Yes
Summer Tanager
Yes
Scarlet Tanager
Yes
Western Tanager
Yes
Northern Cardinal
B
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
B
Black-headed Grosbeak
Yes
Blue Grosbeak
Yes
Lazuli Bunting
-
Indigo Bunting
Yes
Varied Bunting
-
Painted Bunting
Yes
Dickcissel
Yes