Cumulative list of species seen by all UNC-Charlotte Ornithology classes since 1995

Biology 4000 Ornithology
95 97 98 99 00 02
Gaviiformes
Loons/Gaviiidae Gaviidae
Common Loon Gavia immer x b b b
Podicipediformes
Grebes/Podicipedidae Podicipedidae
Pied-billed Grebe Podylimbus podiceps x x,b x,b x,b x,b
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus b b
Pelecaniformes
Boobies and Gannets/ Sulidae
Sulidae
Northern Gannet Sula bassanus x b b b
Pelicans/Pelecanidae Pelecanidae
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis x b b b b
Cormorants/ Phalacrocoracidae
Phalocrocoracidae
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus x b b b b
Anhingas/Anhingidae Anhingidae
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga b b*
Ciconiiformes
Bitterns and Herons/ Ardeidae
Ardeidae
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodius x x,b x,b x,b x,b x
Great Egret Casmerodius albus x b b b b
Snowy Egret Egretta thula x b b b b
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea x b b b
Tricolored (Louisiana) Heron Egretta tricolor x b b b b
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens x
Green-backed Heron Butoroides virescens b b b b
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis x z b b b
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax x b
Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax violaceus x
Ibises and Spoonbills/ Threskiornithidae
Threskiornithidae
White Ibis Eudocimus aalbus x b
Glossy Ibis b
Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja x
Storks/Ciconiidae Ciconiidae
Wood Stork Mycteria americana x
Anseriformes
Ducks and Geese/Anatidae Anatidae
Canada Goose Branta canadensis x x,b x x,b x,b x
Mallard Anas playrhynchos x,b x,b x,b x,b x
White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi b
Canvasback Aythya valisineria x x
Ring-necked Duck Aythya colaris x x
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis x x,b x
Greater Scaup Aythya marila
Scaup (sp?) Aythya sp. x
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola x,b x,b x x
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis x x x
Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus x x
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator b b b b
American Widgeon Mareca americana b
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata x
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors x z,b b b b
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca x,b x
Northern Pintail Anas acuta x
Wood Duck Aix sponsa z x b* x
Falconiformes
New World Vultures/ Cathartidae
Cathartidade
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus x x x b
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura x x,b x,b x,b x,b* x
Hawks, Eagles & Accipitridae
Ospreys/Accipitridae
Osprey Pandion haliaetus x x,b b b b
Bald Eagle Haliaetus leucocephalus x b b b b
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus b b
Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus b b
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperi x,b x x x
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus x x x,b x,b x x
Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus x x x
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis x x,b x,b x,b x,b* x
Caracaras and Falcons/ Falconidae
Falconidae
American Kestrel Falco sparverius x x x x
Merlin Falco columbarius x b b
Peregrine Falco peregrinus x b b
Galliformes
Quail, Grouse, Turkeys/ Phasianidae
Phasianidae
Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus x
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo x b
Gruiformes
Rails and Coots/Rallidae Rallidae
Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris x b b b b
Sora Porzana carolina x b b
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus x b b b b
American Coot Fulica americana x b b b x,b x
Charadriiformes
Plovers/Charadriidae Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola x b b b b
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia x b b b
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus x b b b b
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus x b b
Killdeer Chardrius vociferans x x,b b x,b x,b x
Oystercatchers/ Haematopodidae
Haematopodidae
American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus b b b
Stilts and Avocets/ Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostridae
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus b b b
Sandpipers/Scolopacidae Scolopacidae
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca x b b b b
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes b b b b
Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus x b b b b
Spotted Sandpiper Actitus macularia b b x
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus x b b b b
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres x b b b
Sanderling Calidris alba x b b b b
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla x b
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri x
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla b b
Dunlin Calidris alpina x b b b b
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus x b b b b
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago x x
Gulls, Terns, & Laridae
Skimmers/Laridae
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla x b b b b
Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia b
Ring-billed Gull Larus delewarensis x x,b x,b x,b x,b x
Herring Gull Larus argenatus x b b b
Great Black-backed Gull b
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia x b b b
Royal Tern Sterna maxima x b b b
Sandwich Tern Sterna sanvicensis x b b
Common Tern Sterna hirundo b b
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri x b b b
Least Tern Sterna albifrons b b b b
Black Skimmer Rhyncops niger x b b
Columbiformes
Pigeons and Doves/ Columbidae
Columbidae
Rock Dove Columba livia x x x,b* x,b* b*
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura x x,b x,b x,b x,b x
Strigiformes
Typical owls/Strigidae Strigidae
Barred Owl Strix varia x b b
Great-horned Owl Bubo virginianus x b
Caprimulgiformes
Nightjars/Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus b
Chuck-will's Widow Caprimulgus carolinensis b b b
Apodiformes
Swifts/Apodidae Apodidae
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica x b b x,b x,b
Hummingbirds/Trochilidae Trochilidae
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris b x,b x,b x
Cuculiformes
Cuckoos/Cuculidae Cuculidae
Yellow-billed Cuckoo b?
Coraciiformes
Kingfishers/Alcedinidae Alcedinidae
Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon x x x b x x
Piciformes
Woodpeckers/Picidae Picidae
Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus x b b b b
Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus x x,b x,b x,b x,b x
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius x x x x x x
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens x x.b x,b x x x
Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus x
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus x b x,b x
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus b b b b
Passeriformes
Suboscines
Tyrant Flycatchers/ Tyrannidae
Tyrannidae
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus b b b*
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe x x x x x x
Eastern Wood Peewee Contopus sordidulus x,b
Great-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus x b b b b
Oscines
Swallows/Hirundinidae Hirundinidae
Purple Martin Progne subis b
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor x b b b b
Northern Rough-winged Swallow b
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia b
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica b b b b
Crows, Magpies & Corvidae
Jays/Corvidae
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata x x,b x,b x,b x,b x
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos x x x x,b* x x
Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus x b b x,b x,b
Chickadees and Paridae
Titmice/Paridae
Carolina Chickadee Parus carolinensis x x,b x,b x,b x,b x
Tufted Titmouse Parus bicolor x x,b x,b x,b x,b x
Nuthatches/Sittidae Sittidae
Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla x b x x x,b x
Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis x
White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis x,b x x,b
Creepers/Certhidae
Brown Creeper x
Wrens/Troglodytidae Troglodytidae
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus x x,b x,b x,b x,b x
Long-billed Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris b b b
Old world warblers/ Sylviidae
Sylviidae
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula x x x x,b x,b x
Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa x
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea x x,b x,b x,b x,b
Thrushes/Turdidae
 (Muscidapidae)
Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis x x x,b* x x,b* x
Veery Catharus fuscescens x
Hermit Thrush x
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina x x
American Robin Turdus migratorius x x x,b x,b x,b x
Mockingbirds & thrashers/ Mimidae
Mimidae
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottus x x,b x,b x,b x,b x
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis x b b x,b
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum x x,b x,b x,b x,b
Pipits/Motacillidae Motacillidae
White Wagtail Motacilla alba b**
Waxwings/Bombycillidae Bombycillidae
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum x x,b x,b x
Shrikes/Laniidae Laniidae
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus x b b b b*
Starlings/Sturnidae Sturnidae
European Starling Sturnus vulgarus x x,b x,b x,b x,b x
Vireos/Vireonidae Vireonidae
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus x b b x,b
Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius x b
Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons b
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus b x,b x x,b
Weaver Relatives:
 9-primary oscines
New World Warblers/ Parulidae
Parulidae
Northern Parula Warbler Parula americana b b b x,b
Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla x
Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata x,b x,b x,b x,b x
Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens b
Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica x
Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina x x
Magnolia Warbler x
Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens x b x x
Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica x x b b b
Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus x b x,b x,b x,b x
Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor b b b b
Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum x b b
Black and White Warbler Mniotilta varia b b x b
Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea b b b
Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorus b x
Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina b b
Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii b
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas x x,b x b
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra b b b
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea b x
Cardinals, grosbeaks, Cardinalidae
buntings/Cardinalidae
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis x x,b x,b x,b x,b x
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea b x,b
Painted Bunting Passerina ciris b
Towhees, sparrows, juncos
Emberizidae Emberizidae
Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythopthalamus x x,b x,b x,b x,b x
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina x x x
Field Sparrow Spizella pusila x x
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis x b b b  
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia b x,b x,b x
Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana b b b
White-throated sparrow Zonatrichia albicollis x x,b x,b x,b x
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis x x x x x x
Blackbirds/Icteridae Icteridae
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus x b b x,b b
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna x x,b* x,b* x,b* x
Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major x b b b b
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscala x x,b x,b x,b x,b x
Brown-headed Cowbird Moluthrus ater b x,b x,b x,b
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius x b b b
Northern Finches/Fringillidae Fringillidae
Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus x
House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus x x x b x
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis x x x x
Old World Sparrows/Passeridae Passeridae
House Sparrow Passer domesticus x x b* x
b=Huntington Beach State Park, SC, and environs 110 113 131 131 133 48
b*=en route to/from Huntington
b**=seen by member of class (Don Seriff)
on advanced scouting party (4/20/98)
1995 = 110
1997 = 77, 113
1998 = 72, 131
1999 = 67, 131
1st number is that of birds seen in a given year's list and all previous.

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