Lehigh County List

Bird List for Lehigh 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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Lehigh County List

Lehigh Bird List

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	-
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	-
Greater Scaup	Yes
Lesser Scaup	Yes
King Eider	-
Common Eider	-
Harlequin Duck	-
Surf Scoter	Yes
White-winged Scoter	Yes
Black Scoter	Yes
Long-tailed Duck	Yes
Bufflehead	Yes
Common Goldeneye	Yes
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	B
Ring-necked Pheasant	B
Pied-billed Grebe	Yes
Horned Grebe	Yes
Red-necked Grebe	Yes
Eared Grebe	-
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	B
Chuck-will's-widow	-
Eastern Whip-poor-will	Yes
Chimney Swift	B
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	B
Black-chinned Hummingbird	-
Bahama Woodstar	-
Anna's Hummingbird	-
Calliope Hummingbird	-
Rufous Hummingbird	Yes
Allen's Hummingbird	-
Spotted Rail	-
Clapper Rail	-
King Rail	Yes
Virginia Rail	Yes
Sora	Yes
Common Gallinule	Yes
American Coot	Yes
Purple Gallinule	Yes
Yellow Rail	-
Black Rail	-
Sandhill Crane	Yes
Black-necked Stilt	Yes
American Avocet	Yes
American Oystercatcher	-
Black-bellied Plover	Yes
American Golden-Plover	Yes
Killdeer	B
Semipalmated Plover	Yes
Piping Plover	-
Wilson's Plover	-
Snowy Plover	-
Upland Sandpiper	Yes
Whimbrel	Yes
Long-billed Curlew	-
Hudsonian Godwit	Yes
Marbled Godwit	-
Ruddy Turnstone	-
Red Knot	-
Ruff	Yes
Stilt Sandpiper	Yes
Curlew Sandpiper	-
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	-
American Woodcock	B
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	-
Pomarine Jaeger	-
Parasitic Jaeger	-
Long-tailed Jaeger	-
Dovekie	Yes
Thick-billed Murre	-
Black Guillemot	-
Long-billed Murrelet	-
Ancient Murrelet	-
Black-legged Kittiwake	-
Sabine's Gull	-
Bonaparte's Gull	Yes
Black-headed Gull	-
Little Gull	-
Ross's Gull	-
Laughing Gull	Yes
Franklin's Gull	-
Black-tailed Gull	-
Mew Gull	-
Ring-billed Gull	Yes
California Gull	-
Herring Gull	Yes
Yellow-legged Gull	-
Iceland Gull	Yes
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Yes
Slaty-backed Gull	-
Glaucous Gull	-
Great Black-backed Gull	Yes
Kelp Gull	-
Sooty Tern	-
Least Tern	-
Gull-billed Tern	-
Caspian Tern	-
Black Tern	Yes
White-winged Tern	-
Roseate Tern	-
Common Tern	Yes
Arctic Tern	Yes
Forster's Tern	Yes
Royal Tern	-
Sandwich Tern	-
Black Skimmer	-
White-tailed Tropicbird	-
Red-throated Loon	Yes
Pacific Loon	-
Common Loon	Yes
Yellow-billed Loon	-
Wilson's Storm-Petrel	-
Leach's Storm-Petrel	-
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel	-
Trindade Petrel	-
Black-capped Petrel	-
Cory's Shearwater	-
Great Shearwater	-
Wood Stork	-
Magnificent Frigatebird	-
Brown Booby	-
Northern Gannet	-
Anhinga	Yes
Great Cormorant	Yes
Double-crested Cormorant	Yes
Neotropic Cormorant	-
American White Pelican	-
Brown Pelican	-
American Bittern	Yes
Least Bittern	Yes
Great Blue Heron	B
Great Egret	Yes
Snowy Egret	Yes
Little Blue Heron	Yes
Tricolored Heron	-
Cattle Egret	Yes
Green Heron	Yes
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	B
Cooper's Hawk	B
Northern Goshawk	Yes
Bald Eagle	Yes
Mississippi Kite	Yes
Snail Kite	-
Red-shouldered Hawk	Yes
Broad-winged Hawk	Yes
Swainson's Hawk	Yes
Red-tailed Hawk	B
Rough-legged Hawk	Yes
Barn Owl	B
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	Yes
Peregrine Falcon	B
Prairie Falcon	-
Monk Parakeet	Yes
Ash-throated Flycatcher	Yes
Great Crested Flycatcher	B
Tropical Kingbird	-
Western Kingbird	-
Eastern Kingbird	B
Gray Kingbird	-
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Yes
Fork-tailed Flycatcher	-
Olive-sided Flycatcher	Yes
Eastern Wood-Pewee	B
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Yes
Acadian Flycatcher	B
Alder Flycatcher	Yes
Willow Flycatcher	B
Least Flycatcher	Yes
Hammond's Flycatcher	Yes
Pacific-slope Flycatcher	-
Eastern Phoebe	B
Say's Phoebe	Yes
Vermilion Flycatcher	-
Loggerhead Shrike	Yes
Northern Shrike	Yes
White-eyed Vireo	B
Yellow-throated Vireo	B
Blue-headed Vireo	Yes
Philadelphia Vireo	Yes
Warbling Vireo	B
Red-eyed Vireo	B
Blue Jay	B
American Crow	B
Fish Crow	B
Common Raven	B
Horned Lark	B
Bank Swallow	B
Tree Swallow	B
Violet-green Swallow	-
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Yes
Purple Martin	B
Barn Swallow	B
Cliff Swallow	B
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	B
Winter Wren	Yes
Sedge Wren	Yes
Marsh Wren	Yes
Carolina Wren	B
Bewick's Wren	-
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	B
Golden-crowned Kinglet	Yes
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Yes
European Robin	-
Northern Wheatear	-
Eastern Bluebird	B
Mountain Bluebird	-
Townsend's Solitaire	Yes
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
Gray Catbird	B
Brown Thrasher	Yes
Northern Mockingbird	B
European Starling	B
Bohemian Waxwing	-
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	B
Common Redpoll	Yes
Hoary Redpoll	Yes
Red Crossbill	Yes
White-winged Crossbill	Yes
European Goldfinch	-
Pine Siskin	B
Lesser Goldfinch	-
American Goldfinch	B
Lapland Longspur	Yes
Snow Bunting	Yes
Bachman's Sparrow	-
Grasshopper Sparrow	B
Lark Sparrow	-
Lark Bunting	-
Chipping Sparrow	B
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	Yes
Harris's Sparrow	-
White-throated Sparrow	Yes
Vesper Sparrow	B
LeConte's Sparrow	-
Seaside Sparrow	Yes
Nelson's Sparrow	-
Saltmarsh Sparrow	-
Henslow's Sparrow	Yes
Savannah Sparrow	B
Song Sparrow	B
Lincoln's Sparrow	Yes
Swamp Sparrow	B
Green-tailed Towhee	-
Spotted Towhee	-
Eastern Towhee	B
Yellow-breasted Chat	B
Yellow-headed Blackbird	Yes
Bobolink	B
Eastern Meadowlark	B
Western Meadowlark	-
Orchard Oriole	B
Bullock's Oriole	Yes
Baltimore Oriole	B
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	B
Worm-eating Warbler	B
Louisiana Waterthrush	B
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	B
Hooded Warbler	B
American Redstart	B
Kirtland's Warbler	Yes
Cape May Warbler	Yes
Cerulean Warbler	B
Northern Parula	B
Magnolia Warbler	Yes
Bay-breasted Warbler	Yes
Blackburnian Warbler	Yes
Yellow Warbler	B
Chestnut-sided Warbler	B
Blackpoll Warbler	Yes
Black-throated Blue Warbler	Yes
Palm Warbler	Yes
Pine Warbler	B
Yellow-rumped Warbler	Yes
Yellow-throated Warbler	Yes
Prairie Warbler	B
Black-throated Gray Warbler	Yes
Townsend's Warbler	Yes
Black-throated Green Warbler	Yes
Canada Warbler	Yes
Wilson's Warbler	Yes
Summer Tanager	Yes
Scarlet Tanager	B
Western Tanager	-
Northern Cardinal	B
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Yes
Black-headed Grosbeak	-
Blue Grosbeak	B
Lazuli Bunting	-
Indigo Bunting	B
Varied Bunting	-
Painted Bunting	Yes
Dickcissel	Yes
Snow Goose x Ross's Goose	Yes
Phalarope sp.	-
Lesser Black-backed X Herring Gull	-
Dark-eyed 'Pink-sided' Junco	-
Eastern x Western Kingbird	-
Barrow's X Common Goldeneye	-
Fox Sparrow (Slate-colored)	-
Sutton's Warbler	-
Jaeger sp.	-
Plegadis sp.	-
Glaucous Gull X Herring Gull (Nelson's Gull)	-
Gadwall x Mallard	-
Chestnut-sided X Black-throated Blue Warbler	-
White-crowned 'Gambel's' Sparrow	-
Pelecanus sp.	-
Pomarine/Parasitic Jaeger	-
Black-headed x Ring-billed Gull	-
Great Black-backed Gull x Herring Gull	-
Redhead x Ring-necked Duck	-
Snow Goose X Canada Goose	-
White-throated Sparrow X Dark-eyed Junco hybrid	-
Bicknell's/Gray-cheeked Thrush	-
Selasphorus sp.	Yes
Green-winged Teal x Common Teal	-
Myiarchus sp.	-
Yellow-rumped 'Audubon's' Warbler	-
Black Brant	-
Waterthrush sp.	-
Palm Warbler 'Yellow Race'	-
Savannah "Ipswich" Sparrow	-
Eider sp.	-
Storm-Petrel sp.	-
Brewster's Warbler	-
White Pelican sp.	-
Red-tailed Hawk (Western dark form)	Yes
Eurasian X American Wigeon	-
Empidonax sp.	-
Broad-winged Hawk (dark morph)	-
Yellowlegs sp.	-
Ring-billed x Franklin's Gull	-
Nelson's 'Atlantic' Sparrow	-
Frigatebird sp.	-
Canada (Richardson's) Goose	-
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird	-
Red-tailed 'Harlan's' Hawk	-
Great White Heron	-
Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser	-
King/Clapper Rail	-
Sandhill 'Lesser' Crane	-
Black-throated Green X Cape May Warbler	-
Green-winged 'Common' Teal	-
Iceland "Thayer's" Gull	-
Chen sp.	-
Dark-eyed 'Cassiar' Junco	-
Herring 'Vega' Gull	-
Sharp-tailed Sparrow	-
Blue-winged Teal X Northern Shoveler	-
Oceanodroma sp.	-
Lawrence's Warbler	-
Dark-eyed 'Oregon' Junco	-
Iceland/Thayer's Gull	-