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| The Bird Listing - Abbreviations | |
| Sp - spring | a - abundant |
| S - summer | c- common |
| F - fall | u - uncommon |
| W - winter | o - occasional |
| r - rare | |
| * Birds known to nest on or near the refuge Italics = threatened/endangered species |
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| SP | S | F | W | |
| Loons - Grebes | ||||
| Red-throated Loon | u | - | u | u |
| Common Loon | c | r | c | c |
| Pied-billed Grebe | c | u | c | c |
| Horned Grebe | c | - | c | c |
| Red-necked Grebe | r | - | r | r |
| Eared Grebe | - | - | r | - |
| Shearwaters - Storm Petrels | ||||
| Cory's Shearwater | r | r | u | - |
| Greater Shearwater | r | r | u | - |
| Sooty Shearwater | r | r | u | - |
| Wilson's Storm Petrel | r | r | u | - |
| Gannets - Pelicans - Cormorants | ||||
| Northern Gannet | r | - | - | - |
| American White Pelican | o | o | o | o |
| Brown Pelican | u | c | u | - |
| Great Cormorant | r | - | r | r |
| Double-crested Cormorant | a | c | a | c |
| Bitterns - Herons - Ibises | ||||
| American Bittern | o | o | o | o |
| *Least Bittern | u | c | u | - |
| Great Blue Heron | c | u | c | c |
| Great Egret | c | a | c | u |
| Snowy Egret | c | a | a | o |
| Little Blue Heron | c | c | c | o |
| Tricolored Heron | u | c | c | r |
| Cattle Egret | u | u | c | - |
| *Grean. Heron | u | u | u | - |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | u | c | u | u |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | o | u | o | - |
| White Ibis | r | r | r | - |
| Glossy Ibis | c | a | c | r |
| Swans - Geese - Ducks | ||||
| Tundra Swan | c | - | c | c |
| *Mute Swan | c | c | c | c |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | - | - | - | r |
| Greater Snow Goose | c | r | a | a |
| Brant | c | r | c | c |
| *Canada Goose | c | c | c | c |
| *Wood Duck | u | u | u | r |
| Green-winged Teal | c | r | c | c |
| *American Black Duck | c | c | c | c |
| *Mallard | c | c | c | c |
| Northern Pintail | c | r | c | c |
| *Blue-winged Teal | c | u | c | r |
| Northern Shoveler | c | o | c | c |
| *Gadwall | c | c | c | c |
| Eurasian Wideon | - | - | r | r |
| American Wigeon | c | r | c | c |
| Canvasback | r | - | r | r |
| Redhead | r | - | r | r |
| Ring-necked Duck | r | - | u | u |
| Greater Scaup | u | - | u | u |
| Lesser Scaup | u | - | u | u |
| Common Eider | - | - | r | r |
| Oldsquaw | u | - | u | u |
| Black Scoter | u | - | u | u |
| Surf Scoter | u | - | u | u |
| White-winged Scoter | u | - | u | u |
| Common Goldeneye | u | - | u | u |
| Bufflehead | c | r | c | c |
| Hooded Merganser | u | - | u | u |
| Common Merganser | - | - | u | u |
| Red-breasted Merganser | c | r | c | c |
| Ruddy Duck | u | o | u | u |
| Vultures - Hawks - Falcons | ||||
| Turkey Vulture | u | u | u | u |
| Black Vulture | o | u | u | o |
| *Osprey | c | c | c | - |
| *Bald Eagle | u | o | u | u |
| *Northern Harrier | u | o | u | u |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | u | - | c | u |
| Cooper's Hawk | u | - | u | u |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | o | - | o | o |
| *Red-tailed Hawk | u | o | u | u |
| Rough-legged Hawk | - | - | - | r |
| American Kestrel | o | r | u | o |
| Merlin | o | - | u | o |
| *Peregrine Falcon | u | u | u | u |
| Grouse - Quail - Turkey | ||||
| *Northern Bobwhite | a | a | a | a |
| .Rails - Cranes | ||||
| Yellow Rail | - | - | r | - |
| Black Rail | r | r | r | - |
| *Clapper Rail | c | c | c | u |
| King Rail | u | u | u | u |
| *Virginia Rail | u | u | u | u |
| Sora | o | - | o | - |
| Purple Gallinule | - | r | r | - |
| Common Moorhen | r | o | o | - |
| American Coot | u | r | u | u |
| Plovers - Sandpipers | ||||
| Black-bellied Plover | c | c | c | u |
| American Golden Plover | r | o | u | - |
| *Wilson's Plover | u | u | - | - |
| Semipalmated Plover | a | a | c | - |
| *Piping Plover | u | u | u | - |
| *Killdeer | u | c | u | o |
| *American Oystercatcher | c | c | c | c |
| Black-necked Stilt | r | r | r | - |
| American Avocet | o | o | u | r |
| Greater Yellowlegs | u | c | c | u |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | u | c | c | o |
| Solitary Sandpiper | o | o | o | - |
| *Willet | c | c | u | r |
| Spotted Sandpiper | u | u | u | r |
| Upland Sandpiper | - | r | r | - |
| Whimbrel | c | c | u | r |
| Hudsonian Godwit | - | u | o | - |
| Marbled Godwit | r | u | o | - |
| Ruddy Turnstone | a | c | c | u |
| Red Knot | c | c | u | r |
| Sanderling | a | a | c | c |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | a | a | c | - |
| Western Sandpiper | r | c | c | o |
| Least Sandpiper | a | c | c | o |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | c | u | u | - |
| Baird's Sandpiper | r | r | o | - |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | r | c | c | r |
| Dunlin | a | o | a | a |
| Curlew Sandpiper | r | r | r | - |
| Stilt Sandpiper | o | c | c | - |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | - | o | u | - |
| Ruff | r | r | r | - |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | a | a | c | c |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | u | r | u | o |
| Common Snipe | u | r | u | u |
| *American Woodcock | u | u | u | o |
| Wilson's Phalarope | r | r | r | - |
| Red-necked Phalarope | o | r | r | - |
| Jaegers - Gulls - Terns - Auks | ||||
| *Laughing Gull | a | a | a | r |
| Common Black-headed Gull | r | - | r | - |
| Bonaparte's Gull | u | - | o | u |
| Ring-billed Gull | a | c | a | a |
| Herring Gull | c | c | a | a |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | - | - | o | - |
| Greater Black-backed Gull | c | c | c | c |
| Gull-billed Tern | u | u | o | - |
| Caspian Tern | o | u | c | - |
| Royal Tern | c | c | c | r |
| Sandwich Tern | r | o | o | - |
| Roseate Tern | - | r | - | - |
| *Common Tern | c | c | c | o |
| Arctic Tern | r | - | - | - |
| *Foster's Tern | c | c | c | r |
| *Least Tern | c | c | - | - |
| Black Tern | r | o | o | - |
| *Black Skimmer | u | c | c | r |
| Doves - Cuckoos - Owls - Swifts - Hummingbirds | ||||
| Rock Dove | u | u | u | u |
| *Mourning Dove | c | c | c | c |
| *Black-billed Cuckoo | o | r | o | - |
| *Yellow-billed Cuckoo | c | c | c | r |
| .*Barn Owl | o | o | o | o |
| *Eastern Screech Owl | c | c | c | c |
| *Great Horned Owl | c | c | c | c |
| Snowy Owl | - | - | - | r |
| Long-eared Owl | - | - | o | c |
| Short-eared Owl | - | - | o | o |
| Common Nighthawk | u | c | u | - |
| *Chuck-will's-widow | c | c | - | - |
| *Chimney Swift | c | c | c | - |
| *Ruby-throated Hummingbird | u | u | u | - |
| Belted Kingfisher | u | o | c | u |
| Woodpeckers - Flycatchers | ||||
| *Red-headed Woodpecker | o | o | o | - |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | o | o | u | u |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | o | - | o | - |
| *Downy Woodpecker | u | u | u | u |
| Hairy Woodpecker | o | - | o | o |
| *Northern Flicker | c | c | a | c |
| *Pileated Woodpecker | r | r | r | r |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | r | - | - | - |
| *Eastern Wood-Pewee | c | c | c | - |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | o | - | - | - |
| *Acadian Flycatcher | u | u | - | - |
| Willow Flycatcher | u | r | - | - |
| Least Flycatcher | r | - | r | - |
| *Eastern Phoebe | u | r | c | o |
| *Great Crested Flycatcher | c | c | c | - |
| Western Kingbir | - | - | r | - |
| *Eastern Kingbird | a | a | c | - |
| Larks - Swallows - Jays - Crows | ||||
| *Horned Lark | c | u | c | c |
| Pulple Martin | c | c | - | - |
| *Tree Swallow | a | c | a | o |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | r | r | - | - |
| Bank Swallow | u | o | r | - |
| *Barn Swallow | a | a | a | - |
| *Blue Jay | o | o | o | o |
| *American Crow | c | c | c | c |
| *Fish Crow | c | c | u | u |
| Titmice - Nuthatches - Wrens | ||||
| *Carolina Chickadee | c | c | c | c |
| Tufted Titmouse | - | - | r | - |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | o | r | o | o |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | - | - | r | r |
| *Brown-headed Nuthatch | u | u | u | u |
| Brown Creeper | - | r | u | u |
| *Carolina Wren | c | c | c | c |
| *House Wren | c | c | c | r |
| Winter Wren | u | - | c | u |
| Sedge Wren | o | - | u | u |
| Marsh Wren | u | u | u | - |
| Kinglets - Thrushes - Thrashers | ||||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | c | r | c | c |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | c | r | c | c |
| *Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | u | u | u | - |
| *Eastern Bluebird | r | r | r | r |
| Veery | r | - | u | - |
| Bicknell's Thrush | o | - | c | - |
| Swainson's Thrush | - | - | c | - |
| Hermit Thrush | u | - | c | c |
| Wood Thrush | u | - | u | - |
| *American Robin | c | c | a | u |
| *Gray Catbird | c | c | c | u |
| *Northern Mockingbird | u | u | u | o |
| *Brown Thrasher | c | c | c | u |
| Waxwings - Shrikes - Starling | ||||
| American Pipit | o | - | o | o |
| Cedar Waxwing | u | u | c | u |
| *European Starling | c | c | a | a |
| Vireos - Wood Warblers | ||||
| *White-eyed Vireo | c | c | c | - |
| Solitary Vireo | r | - | r | - |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | r | - | - | - |
| Warbling Vireo | r | - | - | - |
| Philadelphia Vireo | r | - | - | - |
| *Red-eyed Vireo | c | c | c | - |
| Blue-winged Warbler | r | - | r | - |
| Golden-winged Warbler | r | - | r | - |
| Tennessee Warbler | - | - | r | - |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | - | - | r | r |
| Nashville Warbler | - | - | r | - |
| *Northern Parula | o | r | o | - |
| *Yellow Warbler | c | c | r | - |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | r | - | r | - |
| Magnolia Warbler | u | - | c | - |
| Cape May Warbler | - | - | c | - |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | o | - | c | - |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | a | r | a | a |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | r | r | r | - |
| Blackburnian Warbler | r | r | r | - |
| *Pine Warbler | a | a | a | o |
| *Prairie Warbler | c | c | - | - |
| Palm Warbler | o | - | a | o |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | r | - | r | - |
| Blackpoll Warbler | u | - | u | - |
| Cerulean Warbler | r | - | r | - |
| Black-and-white Warbler | u | u | c | - |
| American Redstart | u | - | a | - |
| Prothonotary Warbler | r | r | - | - |
| Worm-eating Warbler | r | - | r | - |
| Swainson's Warbler | r | - | r | - |
| *Ovenbird | u | c | c | - |
| Northern Waterthrush | u | c | c | - |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | r | - | r | - |
| Kentucky Warbler | r | r | - | - |
| Connecticut Warbler | r | - | r | - |
| *Common Yellowthroat | a | a | a | u |
| Wilson's Warbler | - | - | o | - |
| Hooded Warbler | r | - | - | - |
| Canada Warbler | r | r | r | - |
| *Yellow-breasted Chat | u | u | o | r |
| Tanagers - Sparrows | ||||
| *Summer Tanager | o | o | r | - |
| Scarlet Tanager | o | r | u | - |
| *Northern Cardinal | c | c | c | c |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | u | - | u | - |
| *Blue Grosbeak | u | o | o | - |
| *Indigo Bunting | u | u | u | - |
| Dickcissel | - | r | r | - |
| *Eastern Towhee | c | c | c | c |
| American Tree Sparrow | - | - | - | o |
| *Chipping Sparrow | c | o | c | - |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | - | - | r | - |
| *Field Sparrow | c | c | c | o |
| Vesper Sparrow | - | - | o | u |
| Lark Sparrow | - | r | r | - |
| Savannah Sparrow | c | u | c | c |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | - | r | r | - |
| Henslow's Sparrow | r | - | r | - |
| *Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow | o | c | u | u |
| Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow | - | - | - | r |
| *Seaside Sparrow | c | c | c | o |
| Fox Sparrow | u | - | u | u |
| *Song Sparrow | c | c | c | c |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | r | - | r | - |
| Swamp Sparrow | c | r | c | c |
| White-throated Sparrow | c | - | c | c |
| White-crowned Sparrow | r | o | o | o |
| Dark-eyed Junco | u | - | c | u |
| Lapland Longspur | - | - | - | o |
| Snow Bunting | o | - | u | u |
| Blackbirds - Finches | ||||
| Bobolink | o | - | u | u |
| *Red-winged Blackbird | a | a | a | a |
| *Eastern Meadowlark | c | c | c | c |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | r | - | r | - |
| Rusty Blackbird | - | - | o | o |
| *Boat-tailed Grackle | c | c | c | c |
| *Common Grackle | c | c | c | c |
| *Brown-headed Cowbird | c | c | c | u |
| *Orchard Oriole | o | o | o | - |
| Baltimore Oriole | o | o | c | - |
| Purple Finch | r | - | o | - |
| *House Finch | r | - | r | - |
| Red Crossbill | r | - | - | r |
| Common Redpoll | r | - | - | r |
| Pine Siskin | o | - | o | o |
| American Goldfinch | c | c | c | c |
| Evening Grosbeak | r | - | - | r |
Accidental SpeciesThese additional 30 species have been
White-faced Ibis |
Table data from:
Birds - Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
(Brochure, December 1997, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)