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Maryland's Wildlife Species - Birds of Maryland

This list is based on the Official List of Maryland Birds, 7 September 1998 version, compiled by the MD/DC Records Committee of the Maryland Ornithological Society. Species ordering and names conform to the Check-List of North American Birds, 7th edition, by the American Ornithologist's Union. This list includes vagrants, accidentals, and species considered extirpated or extinct.

Common Name followed by the scientific name:

• Red-throated loon Gavia stellata




• Common loon Gavia immer




• Pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps




• Horned grebe Podiceps auritus




• Red-necked grebe Podiceps grisegena




• Eared grebe Podiceps nigricollis




• Western grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis




• Yellow-nosed albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos




• Northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis




• Black-capped petrel Pterodroma hasitata




• Cory's shearwater Calonectris diomedea




• Greater shearwater Puffinus gravis




• Sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus




• Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus




• Audubon's shearwater Puffinus lherminieri




• Wilson's storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus




• White-faced storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina




• Leach's storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa




• Northern gannet Morus bassanus




• American white pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos




• Brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis




• Double-crested cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus




• Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo




• Anhinga Anhinga anhinga




• Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens




• American bittern Botaurus lentiginosus




• Least bittern Ixobrychus exilis




• Great blue heron Ardea herodias




• Great egret Ardea alba




• Snowy egret Egretta thula




• Little blue heron Egretta caerulea




• Tricolored heron Egretta tricolor




• Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis




• Green heron Butorides virescens




• Black-crowned night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax




• Yellow-crowned night-heron Nyctanassa violacea




• White ibis Eudocimus albus




• Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus




• Roseate spoonbill Ajaia ajaja




• Wood stork Mycteria americana




• Black vulture Coragyps atratus




• Turkey vulture Cathartes aura




• Black-bellied whistling-duck Dendrocygna autumnalis




• Fulvous whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor




• Greater white-fronted goose Anser albifrons




• Snow goose Chen caerulescens




• Ross's goose Chen rossii




• Canada goose Branta canadensis




• Brant Branta bernicla




• Mute swan Cygnus olor




• Tundra swan Cygnus columbianus




• Trumpeter swan Cygnus buccinator




• Wood duck Aix sponsa




• Gadwall Anas strepera




• Eurasian wigeon Anas penelope




• American wigeon Anas americana




• American black duck Anas rubripes




• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos




• Blue-winged teal Anas discors




• Cinnamon teal Anas cyanoptera




• Northern shoveler Anas clypeata




• Northern pintail Anas acuta




• Green-winged teal Anas crecca




• Canvasback Aythya valisineria




• Redhead Aythya americana




• Ring-necked duck Aythya collaris




• Tufted duck Aythya fuligula




• Greater scaup Aythya marila




• Lesser scaup Aythya affinis




• King eider Somateria spectabilis




• Common eider Somateria mollissima




• Harlequin duck Histrionicus histrionicus




• Surf scoter Melanitta perspicillata




• White-winged scoter Melanitta fusca




• Black scoter Melanitta nigra




• Oldsquaw Clangula hyemalis




• Bufflehead Bucephala albeola




• Common goldeneye Bucephala clangula




• Barrow's goldeneye Bucephala islandica




• Ooded merganser Lophodytes cucullatus




• Common merganser Mergus merganser




• Red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator




• Masked duck Nomonyx dominicus




• Ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis




• Osprey Pandion haliaetus




• Swallow-tailed kite Elanoides forficatus




• Mississippi kite Ictinia mississippiensis




• Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus




• Northern harrier Circus cyaneus




• Sharp-shinned hawk Accipiter striatus




• Cooper's hawk Accipiter cooperii




• Northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis




• Red-shouldered hawk Buteo lineatus




• Broad-winged hawk Buteo platypterus




• Swainson's hawk Buteo swainsoni




• Red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis




• Rough-legged hawk Buteo lagopus




• Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos




• American kestrel Falco sparverius




• Merlin Falco columbarius




• Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus




• Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus




• Ring-necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus




• Ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus




• Greater prairie-chicken Tympanuchus cupido




• Wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo




• Northern bobwhite Colinus virginianus




• Yellow rail Coturnicops noveboracensis




• Black rail Laterallus jamaicensis




• Corn crake Crex crex




• Clapper rail Rallus longirostris




• King rail Rallus elegans




• Virginia rail Rallus limicola




• Sora Porzana carolina




• Purple gallinule Porphyrula martinica




• Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus




• American coot Fulica americana




• Limpkin Aramus guarauna




• Sandhill crane Grus canadensis




• Black-bellied plover Pluvialis squatarola




• American golden-plover Pluvialis dominica




• Wilson's plover Charadrius wilsonia




• Semipalmated plover Charadrius semipalmatus




• Piping plover Charadrius melodus




• Killdeer Charadrius vociferus




• American oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus




• Black-necked stilt Himantopus mexicanus




• American avocet Recurvirostra americana




• Greater yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca




• Lesser yellowlegs Tringa flavipes




• Solitary sandpiper Tringa solitaria




• Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus




• Spotted sandpiper Actitis macularia




• Upland sandpiper Bartramia longicauda




• Eskimo curlew Numenius borealis




• Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus




• Long-billed curlew Numenius americanus




• Hudsonian godwit Limosa haemastica




• Marbled godwit Limosa fedoa




• Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres




• Red knot Calidris canutus




• Sanderling Calidris alba




• Semipalmated sandpiper Calidris pusilla




• Western sandpiper Calidris mauri




• Red-necked stint Calidris ruficollis




• Little stint Calidris minuta




• Least sandpiper Calidris minutilla




• White-rumped sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis




• Baird's sandpiper Calidris bairdii




• Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos




• Purple sandpiper Calidris maritima




• Dunlin Calidris alpina




• Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea




• Stilt sandpiper Calidris himantopus




• Buff-breasted sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis




• Ruff Philomachus pugnax




• Short-billed dowitcher Limnodromus griseus




• Long-billed dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus




• Common snipe Gallinago gallinago




• American woodcock Scolopax minor




• Wilson's phalarope Phalaropus tricolor




• Red-necked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus




• Red phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria




• Great skua Catharacta skua




• South polar skua Catharacta maccormicki




• Pomarine jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus




• Parasitic jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus




• Long-tailed jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus




• Laughing gull Larus atricilla




• Franklin's gull Larus pipixcan




• Little gull Larus minutus




• Black-headed gull Larus ridibundus




• Bonaparte's gull Larus philadelphia




• Mew gull Larus canus




• Ring-billed gull Larus delawarensis




• California gull Larus californicus




• Herring gull Larus argentatus




• Yellow-legged gull Larus cachinnans




• Iceland gull Larus glaucoides




• Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus




• Glaucous gull Larus hyperboreus




• Great black-backed gull Larus marinus




• Sabine's gull Xema sabini




• Black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla




• Ross's gull Rhodostethia rosea




• Gull-billed tern Sterna nilotica




• Caspian tern Sterna caspia




• Royal tern Sterna maxima




• Sandwich tern Sterna sandvicensis




• Roseate tern Sterna dougallii




• Common tern Sterna hirundo




• Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea




• Forster's tern Sterna forsteri




• Least tern Sterna antillarum




• Bridled tern Sterna anaethetus




• Sooty tern Sterna fuscata




• Black tern Chlidonias niger




• Black skimmer Rynchops niger




• Dovekie Alle alle




• Common murre Uria aalge




• Thick-billed murre Uria lomvia




• Razorbill Alca torda




• Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica




• Rock dove Columba livia




• White-winged dove Zenaida asiatica




• Mourning dove Zenaida macroura




• Passenger pigeon Ectopistes migratorius




• Common ground-dove Columbina passerina




• Carolina parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis




• Black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus




• Yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus




• Groove-billed ani Crotophaga sulcirostris




• Barn owl Tyto alba




• Eastern screech-owl Otus asio




• Great horned owl Bubo virginianus




• nowy owl Nyctea scandiaca




• Burrowing owl Athene cunicularia




• Barred owl Strix varia




• Long-eared owl Asio otus




• Short-eared owl Asio flammeus




• Northern saw-whet owl Aegolius acadicus




• Common nighthawk Chordeiles minor




• Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis




• Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus




• Chimney swift Chaetura pelagica




• Ruby-throated hummingbird Archilochus colubris




• Rufous hummingbird Selasphorus rufus




• Belted kingfisher Ceryle alcyon




• Red-headed woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus




• Red-bellied woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus




• Yellow-bellied sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius




• Downy woodpecker Picoides pubescens




• Hairy woodpecker Picoides villosus




• Red-cockaded woodpecker Picoides borealis




• Northern flicker Colaptes auratus




• Pileated woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus




• Olive-sided flycatcher Contopus cooperi




• Eastern wood-pewee Contopus virens




• Yellow-bellied flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris




• Acadian flycatcher Empidonax virescens




• Alder flycatcher Empidonax alnorum




• Willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii




• Least flycatcher Empidonax minimus




• Hammond's flycatcher Empidonax hammondii




• Eastern phoebe Sayornis phoebe




• Vermilion flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus




• Ash-throated flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens




• Great crested flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus




• Western kingbird Tyrannus verticalis




• Eastern kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus




• Gray kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis




• Scissor-tailed flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus




• Fork-tailed flycatcher Tyrannus savana




• Northern shrike Lanius excubitor




• Loggerhead shrike Lanius ludovicianus




• White-eyed vireo Vireo griseus




• Yellow-throated vireo Vireo flavifrons




• Blue-headed vireo Vireo solitarius




• Warbling vireo Vireo gilvus




• Philadelphia vireo Vireo philadelphicus




• Red-eyed vireo Vireo olivaceus




• Blue jay Cyanocitta cristata




• American crow Corvus brachyrhynchos




• Fish crow Corvus ossifragus




• Common raven Corvus corax




• Horned lark Eremophila alpestris




• Purple martin Progne subis




• Tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor




• Northern rough-winged swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis




• Bank swallow Riparia riparia




• Cliff swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota




• Barn swallow Hirundo rustica




• Carolina chickadee Poecile carolinensis




• Black-capped chickadee Poecile atricapillus




• Boreal chickadee Poecile hudsonicus




• Tufted titmouse Baeolophus bicolor




• Red-breasted nuthatch Sitta canadensis




• White-breasted nuthatch Sitta carolinensis




• Brown-headed nuthatch Sitta pusilla




• Brown creeper Certhia americana




• Rock wren Salpinctes obsoletus




• Carolina wren Thryothorus ludovicianus




• Bewick's wren Thryomanes bewickii




• House wren Troglodytes aedon




• Winter wren Troglodytes troglodytes




• Sedge wren Cistothorus platensis




• Marsh wren Cistothorus palustris




• Golden-crowned kinglet Regulus satrapa




• Ruby-crowned kinglet Regulus calendula




• Blue-gray gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea




• Eastern bluebird Sialia sialis




• Mountain bluebird Sialia currucoides




• Townsend's solitaire Myadestes townsendi




• Veery Catharus fuscescens




• Gray-cheeked thrush Catharus minimus




• Bicknell's thrush Catharus bicknelli




• Swainson's thrush Catharus ustulatus




• Hermit thrush Catharus guttatus




• Wood thrush Hylocichla mustelina




• American robin Turdus migratorius




• Varied thrush Ixoreus naevius




• Gray catbird Dumetella carolinensis




• Northern mockingbird Mimus polyglottos




• Sage thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus




• Brown thrasher Toxostoma rufum




• European starling Sturnus vulgaris




• American pipit Anthus rubescens




• Bohemian waxwing Bombycilla garrulus




• Cedar waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum




• Blue-winged warbler Vermivora pinus




• Golden-winged warbler Vermivora chrysoptera




• Tennessee warbler Vermivora peregrina




• Orange-crowned warbler Vermivora celata




• Nashville warbler Vermivora ruficapilla




• Northern parula Parula americana




• Yellow warbler Dendroica petechia




• Chestnut-sided warbler Dendroica pensylvanica




• Magnolia warbler Dendroica magnolia




• Cape May warbler Dendroica tigrina




• Black-throated blue warbler Dendroica caerulescens




• Yellow-rumped warbler Dendroica coronata




• Black-throated gray warbler Dendroica nigrescens




• Black-throated green warbler Dendroica virens




• Blackburnian warbler Dendroica fusca




• Yellow-throated warbler Dendroica dominica




• Pine warbler Dendroica pinus




• Prairie warbler Dendroica discolor




• Palm warbler Dendroica palmarum




• Bay-breasted warbler Dendroica castanea




• Blackpoll warbler Dendroica striata




• Cerulean warbler Dendroica cerulea




• Black-and-white warbler Mniotilta varia




• American redstart Setophaga ruticilla




• Prothonotary warbler Protonotaria citrea




• Worm-eating warbler Helmitheros vermivorus




• Swainson's warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii




• Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus




• Northern waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis




• Louisiana waterthrush Seiurus motacilla




• Kentucky warbler Oporornis formosus




• Connecticut warbler Oporornis agilis




• Mourning warbler Oporornis philadelphia




• Common yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas




• Hooded warbler Wilsonia citrina




• Wilson's warbler Wilsonia pusilla




• Canada warbler Wilsonia canadensis




• Yellow-breasted chat Icteria virens




• Summer tanager Piranga rubra




• Scarlet tanager Piranga olivacea




• Western tanager Piranga ludoviciana




• Spotted towhee Pipilo maculatus




• Eastern towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus




• Bachman's sparrow Aimophila aestivalis




• American tree sparrow Spizella arborea




• Chipping sparrow Spizella passerina




• Clay-colored sparrow Spizella pallida




• Field sparrow Spizella pusilla




• Vesper sparrow Pooecetes gramineus




• Lark sparrow Chondestes grammacus




• Lark bunting Calamospiza melanocorys




• Savannah sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis




• Grasshopper sparrow Ammodramus savannarum




• Baird's sparrow Ammodramus bairdii




• Henslow's sparrow Ammodramus henslowii




• Le Conte's sparrow Ammodramus leconteii




• Nelson's sharp-tailed sparrow Ammodramus nelsoni




• Saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow Ammodramus caudacutus




• Seaside sparrow Ammodramus maritimus




• Fox sparrow Passerella iliaca




• Song sparrow Melospiza melodia




• Lincoln's sparrow Melospiza lincolnii




• Swamp sparrow Melospiza georgiana




• White-throated sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis




• Harris' sparrow Zonotrichia querula




• White-crowned sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys




• Dark-eyed junco Junco hyemalis




• Lapland longspur Calcarius lapponicus




• Smith's longspur Calcarius pictus




• Chestnut-collared longspur Calcarius ornatus




• Snow bunting Plectrophenax nivalis




• Northern cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis




• Rose-breasted grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus




• Black-headed grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus




• Blue grosbeak Guiraca caerulea




• Lazuli bunting Passerina amoena




• Indigo bunting Passerina cyanea




• Painted bunting Passerina ciris




• Dickcissel Spiza americana




• Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus




• Red-winged blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus




• Eastern meadowlark turnella magna




• Yellow-headed blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus




• Rusty blackbird Euphagus carolinus




• Brewer's blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus




• Common grackle Quiscalus quiscula




• Boat-tailed grackle Quiscalus major




• Brown-headed cowbird Molothrus ater




• Orchard oriole Icterus spurius




• Baltimore oriole Icterus galbula




• Bullock's oriole Icterus bullockii




• Pine grosbeak Pinicola enucleator




• Purple finch Carpodacus purpureus




• House finch Carpodacus mexicanus




• Red crossbill Loxia curvirostra




• White-winged crossbill Loxia leucoptera




• Common redpoll Carduelis flammea




• Hoary redpoll Carduelis hornemanni




• Pine siskin Carduelis pinus




• American goldfinch Carduelis tristis




• Evening grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus




• House sparrow Passer domesticus

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