Delaware County List

Bird List for Delaware 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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Delaware County List

Delaware Bird List

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	Yes
Snow Goose x Ross's Goose	-
Snow Goose X Canada Goose	-
Snow Goose	Yes
Ross's Goose	Yes
Greater White-fronted Goose	Yes
Tundra Bean-Goose	Yes
Pink-footed Goose	-
Black Brant	-
Brant	Yes
Barnacle Goose	Yes
Cackling Goose	Yes
Canada Goose	B
Canada (Richardson's) Goose	Yes
Mute Swan	Yes
Trumpeter Swan	-
Tundra "Bewick's" Swan	-
Tundra Swan	Yes
Whooper Swan	-
Gadwall x Mallard	-
Wood Duck	B
Blue-winged Teal X Northern Shoveler	-
Blue-winged Teal	Yes
Cinnamon Teal	-
Northern Shoveler	Yes
Gadwall	Yes
Eurasian Wigeon	Yes
Eurasian X American Wigeon	-
American Wigeon	Yes
Mallard	B
American Black Duck	Yes
Northern Pintail	Yes
Green-winged 'Common' Teal	Yes
Green-winged Teal x Common Teal	-
Green-winged Teal	Yes
Canvasback	Yes
Redhead x Ring-necked Duck	-
Redhead	Yes
Ring-necked Duck	Yes
Tufted Duck	-
Greater Scaup	Yes
Lesser Scaup	Yes
King Eider	-
Common Eider	-
Harlequin Duck	Yes
Surf Scoter	Yes
White-winged Scoter	Yes
Black Scoter	Yes
Long-tailed Duck	Yes
Bufflehead	Yes
Common Goldeneye	Yes
Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser	-
Barrow's X Common Goldeneye	-
Barrow's Goldeneye	-
Smew	-
Hooded Merganser	Yes
Common Merganser	B
Red-breasted Merganser	Yes
Masked Duck	-
Ruddy Duck	Yes
Northern Bobwhite	Yes
Wild Turkey	B
Ruffed Grouse	-
Ring-necked Pheasant	B
Pied-billed Grebe	Yes
Horned Grebe	Yes
Red-necked Grebe	Yes
Eared Grebe	Yes
Western Grebe	-
Rock Pigeon	B
Eurasian Collared-Dove	-
Common Ground Dove	-
White-winged Dove	-
Mourning Dove	B
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	B
Black-billed Cuckoo	B
Common Nighthawk	Yes
Chuck-will's-widow	-
Eastern Whip-poor-will	Yes
Chimney Swift	B
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Yes
Black-chinned Hummingbird	-
Bahama Woodstar	-
Anna's Hummingbird	-
Calliope Hummingbird	-
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird	-
Rufous Hummingbird	Yes
Allen's Hummingbird	Yes
Spotted Rail	-
King/Clapper Rail	-
King Rail	Yes
Clapper Rail	-
Virginia Rail	Yes
Sora	Yes
Common Gallinule	Yes
American Coot	Yes
Purple Gallinule	-
Yellow Rail	Yes
Black Rail	Yes
Sandhill Crane	Yes
Sandhill 'Lesser' Crane	-
Black-necked Stilt	Yes
American Avocet	Yes
American Oystercatcher	Yes
Black-bellied Plover	Yes
American/Pacific Golden-Plover	-
American Golden-Plover	Yes
Killdeer	B
Semipalmated Plover	Yes
Piping Plover	Yes
Wilson's Plover	Yes
Snowy Plover	-
Upland Sandpiper	Yes
Black-headed x Ring-billed Gull	-
Whimbrel	Yes
Long-billed Curlew	-
Hudsonian Godwit	Yes
Marbled Godwit	Yes
Ruddy Turnstone	Yes
Red Knot	Yes
Ruff	Yes
Lesser Black-backed X Herring Gull	-
Stilt Sandpiper	Yes
Curlew Sandpiper	Yes
Sanderling	Yes
Dunlin	Yes
Purple Sandpiper	-
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	B
Wilson's Snipe	Yes
Spotted Sandpiper	Yes
Solitary Sandpiper	Yes
Lesser Yellowlegs	Yes
Willet	Yes
Greater Yellowlegs	Yes
Wilson's Phalarope	Yes
Red-necked Phalarope	Yes
Red Phalarope	Yes
South Polar Skua	Yes
Pomarine Jaeger	Yes
Pomarine/Parasitic Jaeger	-
Parasitic Jaeger	Yes
Long-tailed Jaeger	-
Dovekie	Yes
Thick-billed Murre	-
Black Guillemot	-
Long-billed Murrelet	-
Ancient Murrelet	-
Black-legged Kittiwake	Yes
Sabine's Gull	Yes
Bonaparte's Gull	Yes
Black-headed Gull	Yes
Little Gull	Yes
Ross's Gull	-
Laughing Gull	Yes
Franklin's Gull	-
Black-tailed Gull	-
Common Gull	Yes
Ring-billed Gull	Yes
Ring-billed x Franklin's Gull	-
California Gull	Yes
Herring 'Vega' Gull	-
Herring Gull	Yes
Yellow-legged Gull	-
Iceland "Thayer's" Gull	-
Iceland/Thayer's Gull	-
Iceland Gull	Yes
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Yes
Slaty-backed Gull	-
Glaucous-winged Gull	-
Glaucous Gull X Herring Gull (Nelson's Gull)	-
Glaucous Gull	Yes
Great Black-backed Gull x Herring Gull	-
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	-
Roseate Tern	-
Common Tern	Yes
Arctic Tern	Yes
Forster's Tern	Yes
Royal Tern	Yes
Sandwich Tern	Yes
Black Skimmer	Yes
White-tailed Tropicbird	-
Red-throated Loon	Yes
Pacific Loon	-
Common Loon	Yes
Yellow-billed Loon	-
Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Yes
Leach's Storm-Petrel	Yes
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel	-
Trindade Petrel	-
Black-capped Petrel	-
Cory's Shearwater	-
Great Shearwater	-
Wood Stork	-
Magnificent Frigatebird	-
Brown Booby	Yes
Northern Gannet	Yes
Anhinga	Yes
Great Cormorant	Yes
Double-crested Cormorant	Yes
Neotropic Cormorant	-
American White Pelican	Yes
Brown Pelican	-
American Bittern	Yes
Least Bittern	Yes
Great Blue 'White' Heron	-
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	-
Black Vulture	B
Turkey Vulture	B
Osprey	Yes
White-tailed Kite	-
Swallow-tailed Kite	Yes
Golden Eagle	Yes
Northern Harrier	Yes
Sharp-shinned Hawk	Yes
Cooper's Hawk	B
Northern Goshawk	Yes
Bald Eagle	B
Mississippi Kite	Yes
Snail Kite	-
Red-shouldered Hawk	B
Broad-winged Hawk (dark morph)	Yes
Broad-winged Hawk	B
Swainson's Hawk	Yes
Red-tailed Hawk	B
Red-tailed 'Harlan's' Hawk	-
Red-tailed Hawk (Western dark form)	-
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	-
Long-eared Owl	Yes
Short-eared Owl	Yes
Boreal Owl	-
Northern Saw-whet Owl	Yes
Belted Kingfisher	B
Lewis's Woodpecker	-
Red-headed Woodpecker	Yes
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	Yes
Prairie Falcon	-
Monk Parakeet	-
Ash-throated Flycatcher	-
Great Crested Flycatcher	B
Tyrranus sp.	-
Tropical Kingbird	-
Western Kingbird	Yes
Eastern Kingbird	B
Gray Kingbird	-
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Yes
Fork-tailed Flycatcher	-
Olive-sided Flycatcher	Yes
Eastern x Western Kingbird	-
Eastern Wood-Pewee	B
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Yes
Acadian Flycatcher	B
Alder Flycatcher	Yes
Willow Flycatcher	B
Least Flycatcher	Yes
Hammond's Flycatcher	-
Pacific-slope Flycatcher	-
Eastern Phoebe	B
Say's Phoebe	Yes
Vermilion Flycatcher	-
White-eyed Vireo	Yes
Yellow-throated Vireo	B
Blue-headed Vireo	Yes
Philadelphia Vireo	Yes
Warbling Vireo	B
Red-eyed Vireo	B
Loggerhead Shrike	Yes
Northern Shrike	Yes
Blue Jay	B
American Crow	B
Fish Crow	Yes
Common Raven	Yes
Carolina Chickadee	B
Black-capped Chickadee	Yes
Boreal Chickadee	Yes
Tufted Titmouse	B
Horned Lark	Yes
Bank Swallow	Yes
Tree Swallow	Yes
Violet-green Swallow	Yes
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Yes
Purple Martin	B
Barn Swallow	Yes
Cliff Swallow	B
Cave Swallow	Yes
Golden-crowned Kinglet	Yes
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Yes
Bohemian Waxwing	-
Cedar Waxwing	B
Bicknell's/Gray-cheeked Thrush	-
Red-breasted Nuthatch	Yes
White-breasted Nuthatch	B
Brown-headed Nuthatch	-
Brown Creeper	Yes
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Yes
Rock Wren	-
House Wren	Yes
Winter Wren	Yes
Sedge Wren	Yes
Marsh Wren	Yes
Carolina Wren	B
Bewick's Wren	-
Gray Catbird	B
Brown Thrasher	B
Northern Mockingbird	B
European Starling	B
Eastern Bluebird	B
Mountain Bluebird	-
Townsend's Solitaire	-
Veery	B
Gray-cheeked Thrush	Yes
Bicknell's Thrush	-
Swainson's Thrush	Yes
Hermit Thrush	Yes
Wood Thrush	B
Redwing	-
American Robin	B
Varied Thrush	Yes
European Robin	-
Northern Wheatear	-
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
Common 'Greater' Redpoll	-
Hoary Redpoll	-
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	-
Chipping Sparrow	Yes
Clay-colored Sparrow	Yes
Field Sparrow	B
Brewer's Sparrow	-
Fox Sparrow (Slate-colored)	-
Fox Sparrow	Yes
American Tree Sparrow	Yes
Dark-eyed 'Cassiar' Junco	-
Dark-eyed Junco	Yes
Dark-eyed 'Oregon' Junco	Yes
Dark-eyed 'Pink-sided' Junco	Yes
Dark-eyed 'White-winged'Junco	-
White-crowned 'Gambel's' Sparrow	-
White-crowned Sparrow	Yes
Golden-crowned Sparrow	Yes
Harris's Sparrow	-
White-throated Sparrow X Dark-eyed Junco hybrid	-
White-throated Sparrow	Yes
Vesper Sparrow	Yes
LeConte's Sparrow	Yes
Seaside Sparrow	Yes
Nelson's Sparrow	Yes
Sharp-tailed Sparrow	-
Nelson's 'Atlantic' Sparrow	-
Saltmarsh Sparrow	-
Henslow's Sparrow	-
Savannah Sparrow	Yes
Savannah "Ipswich" Sparrow	-
Song Sparrow	B
Lincoln's Sparrow	Yes
Swamp Sparrow	B
Green-tailed Towhee	-
Spotted Towhee	-
Eastern Towhee	B
Yellow-breasted Chat	Yes
Yellow-headed Blackbird	Yes
Bobolink	Yes
Eastern Meadowlark	B
Western Meadowlark	-
Orchard Oriole	B
Bullock's Oriole	-
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	Yes
Louisiana Waterthrush	B
Northern Waterthrush	Yes
Waterthrush sp.	-
Lawrence's Warbler	Yes
Golden-winged Warbler	Yes
Brewster's Warbler	Yes
Blue-winged Warbler	B
Black-and-white Warbler	Yes
Prothonotary Warbler	Yes
Swainson's Warbler	Yes
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	B
Northern Parula	Yes
Magnolia Warbler	Yes
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler	-
Bay-breasted Warbler	Yes
Blackburnian Warbler	Yes
Yellow Warbler	Yes
Chestnut-sided Warbler	Yes
Chestnut-sided X Black-throated Blue Warbler	-
Blackpoll Warbler	Yes
Black-throated Blue Warbler	Yes
Palm Warbler	Yes
Palm Warbler 'Yellow Race'	-
Pine Warbler	Yes
Yellow-rumped Warbler	Yes
Yellow-rumped 'Audubon's' Warbler	-
Yellow-throated Warbler	Yes
Prairie Warbler	B
Black-throated Gray Warbler	Yes
Townsend's Warbler	Yes
Black-throated Green X Cape May Warbler	-
Black-throated Green Warbler	Yes
Canada Warbler	Yes
Wilson's Warbler	Yes
Summer Tanager	Yes
Scarlet Tanager	B
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
Frigatebird sp.	-
Sphyrapicus sp.	-
Chen sp.	-
Oceanodroma sp.	-
Jaeger sp.	-
Phalarope sp.	-
Dowitcher sp.	-
Sutton's Warbler	-
Pelecanus sp.	-
Plegadis sp.	Yes
Selasphorus sp.	-
Myiarchus sp.	-
Storm-Petrel sp.	-
Eider sp.	-
White Pelican sp.	-
Empidonax sp.	-
Streptopelia sp.	-
Yellowlegs sp.	-