Bird List for Philadelphia 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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Philadelphia County 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
Yes
Black Brant
-
Brant
Yes
Barnacle Goose
Yes
Cackling Goose
Yes
Canada Goose
B
Canada (Richardson's) Goose
-
Mute Swan
B
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
Yes
Northern Shoveler
Yes
Gadwall
Yes
Eurasian Wigeon
Yes
Eurasian X American Wigeon
-
American Wigeon
Yes
Mallard
B
American Black Duck
B
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
-
Surf Scoter
Yes
White-winged Scoter
Yes
Black Scoter
Yes
Long-tailed Duck
Yes
Bufflehead
Yes
Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser
-
Common Goldeneye
Yes
Barrow's X Common Goldeneye
-
Barrow's Goldeneye
-
Smew
-
Hooded Merganser
Yes
Common Merganser
Yes
Red-breasted Merganser
Yes
Masked Duck
-
Ruddy Duck
Yes
Northern Bobwhite
Yes
Wild Turkey
B
Ruffed Grouse
-
Ring-necked Pheasant
B
Pied-billed Grebe
B
Horned Grebe
Yes
Red-necked Grebe
Yes
Eared Grebe
Yes
Western Grebe
-
Rock Pigeon
B
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Yes
Common Ground Dove
-
White-winged Dove
-
Mourning Dove
B
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
B
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yes
Common Nighthawk
B
Chuck-will's-widow
Yes
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Yes
Chimney Swift
B
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
B
Black-chinned Hummingbird
-
Bahama Woodstar
-
Anna's Hummingbird
-
Calliope Hummingbird
-
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
-
Rufous Hummingbird
-
Allen's Hummingbird
Yes
Spotted Rail
-
King/Clapper Rail
-
King Rail
Yes
Clapper Rail
Yes
Virginia Rail
Yes
Sora
Yes
Common Gallinule
Yes
American Coot
Yes
Purple Gallinule
Yes
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
-
Snowy Plover
-
Upland Sandpiper
Yes
Black-headed x Ring-billed Gull
Yes
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
Yes
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
-
Pomarine Jaeger
Yes
Pomarine/Parasitic Jaeger
-
Parasitic Jaeger
Yes
Long-tailed Jaeger
-
Dovekie
Yes
Thick-billed Murre
Yes
Black Guillemot
-
Long-billed Murrelet
-
Ancient Murrelet
-
Black-legged Kittiwake
-
Sabine's Gull
Yes
Bonaparte's Gull
Yes
Black-headed Gull
Yes
Little Gull
Yes
Ross's Gull
-
Laughing Gull
Yes
Franklin's Gull
Yes
Black-tailed Gull
-
Common Gull
Yes
Ring-billed Gull
Yes
Ring-billed x Franklin's Gull
-
California Gull
-
Herring 'Vega' Gull
-
Herring Gull
Yes
Yellow-legged Gull
-
Iceland "Thayer's" Gull
Yes
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
Yes
Roseate Tern
Yes
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
-
Common Loon
Yes
Yellow-billed Loon
-
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
-
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
Yes
American Bittern
Yes
Least Bittern
B
Great Blue 'White' Heron
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
-
Black Vulture
B
Turkey Vulture
B
Osprey
B
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
Yes
Broad-winged Hawk (dark morph)
-
Broad-winged Hawk
Yes
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
Yes
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
-
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
Yes
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Yes
Great Crested Flycatcher
B
Tyrranus sp.
-
Tropical Kingbird
Yes
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
Yes
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
-
Eastern Phoebe
B
Say's Phoebe
-
Vermilion Flycatcher
Yes
White-eyed Vireo
B
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
B
Common Raven
Yes
Carolina Chickadee
B
Black-capped Chickadee
Yes
Boreal Chickadee
-
Tufted Titmouse
B
Horned Lark
Yes
Bank Swallow
Yes
Tree Swallow
B
Violet-green Swallow
-
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
B
Purple Martin
Yes
Barn Swallow
B
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
B
Rock Wren
-
House Wren
B
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
Yes
Swainson's Thrush
Yes
Hermit Thrush
Yes
Wood Thrush
B
Redwing
-
American Robin
B
Varied Thrush
-
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
B
Common Redpoll
Yes
Common 'Greater' Redpoll
-
Hoary Redpoll
Yes
Red Crossbill
Yes
White-winged Crossbill
Yes
European Goldfinch
Yes
Pine Siskin
B
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
B
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
-
Dark-eyed 'Pink-sided' Junco
-
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
-
Seaside Sparrow
Yes
Nelson's Sparrow
Yes
Sharp-tailed Sparrow
-
Nelson's 'Atlantic' Sparrow
-
Saltmarsh Sparrow
-
Henslow's Sparrow
Yes
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
B
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Yes
Bobolink
Yes
Eastern Meadowlark
Yes
Western Meadowlark
-
Orchard Oriole
B
Bullock's Oriole
-
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
Yes
Worm-eating Warbler
Yes
Louisiana Waterthrush
B
Northern Waterthrush
Yes
Waterthrush sp.
-
Lawrence's Warbler
-
Golden-winged Warbler
Yes
Brewster's Warbler
Yes
Blue-winged Warbler
Yes
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
Yes
Common Yellowthroat
B
Hooded Warbler
Yes
American Redstart
B
Kirtland's Warbler
Yes
Cape May Warbler
Yes
Cerulean Warbler
Yes
Northern Parula
B
Magnolia Warbler
Yes
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler
-
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yes
Blackburnian Warbler
Yes
Yellow Warbler
B
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
B
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yes
Yellow-rumped 'Audubon's' Warbler
-
Yellow-throated Warbler
Yes
Prairie Warbler
Yes
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
B
Lazuli Bunting
-
Indigo Bunting
B
Varied Bunting
-
Painted Bunting
Yes
Dickcissel
Yes
Chen sp.
-
Frigatebird sp.
-
Sphyrapicus sp.
-
Oceanodroma sp.
-
Jaeger sp.
-
Phalarope sp.
-
Dowitcher sp.
-
Sutton's Warbler
-
Pelecanus sp.
-
Plegadis sp.
-
Selasphorus sp.
-
Storm-Petrel sp.
-
Myiarchus sp.
-
Eider sp.
-
White Pelican sp.
-
Empidonax sp.
Yes
Streptopelia sp.
-
Yellowlegs sp.
-