Birds of Massachusetts

This is the list of all birds known to have occurred in Massachusetts. It was extracted from the list maintained by the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee. Extinct species and subspecies (Heath Hen) were removed, and three species of possible non-wild origin (Steller's Eider, Black-billed Magpie, Eurasian Siskin) were included. The probably extinct Eskimo Curlew has been kept on the list.

Fulvous Whistling-Duck	Peregrine Falcon	Common Ground-Dove	European Starling
Greater White-fronted Goose	Yellow Rail	Monk Parakeet	American Pipit
Snow Goose	Black Rail	Common Cuckoo	Sprague's Pipit
Ross's Goose	Clapper Rail	Black-billed Cuckoo	Bohemian Waxwing
Brant	King Rail	Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Cedar Waxwing
Barnacle Goose	Virginia Rail	Barn Owl	Phainopepla
Cackling Goose	Sora	Eastern Screech-Owl	Blue-winged Warbler
Canada Goose	Purple Gallinule	Great Horned Owl	Golden-winged Warbler
Mute Swan	Common Moorhen	Snowy Owl	Tennessee Warbler
Tundra Swan	American Coot	Northern Hawk Owl	Orange-crowned Warbler
Wood Duck	Sandhill Crane	Burrowing Owl	Nashville Warbler
Gadwall	Northern Lapwing	Barred Owl	Lucy's Warbler
Eurasian Wigeon	Black-bellied Plover	Great Gray Owl	Northern Parula
American Wigeon	American Golden-Plover	Long-eared Owl	Yellow Warbler
American Black Duck	Pacific Golden-Plover	Short-eared Owl	Chestnut-sided Warbler
Mallard	Snowy Plover	Boreal Owl	Magnolia Warbler
Blue-winged Teal	Wilson's Plover	Northern Saw-whet Owl	Cape May Warbler
Cinnamon Teal	Common Ringed Plover	Common Nighthawk	Black-throated Blue Warbler
Northern Shoveler	Semipalmated Plover	Chuck-will's-widow	Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Pintail	Piping Plover	Whip-poor-will	Black-throated Gray Warbler
Garganey	Killdeer	Chimney Swift	Black-throated Green Warbler
Green-winged Teal	Mountain Plover	Large swift (Apus/Cypseloides)	Townsend's Warbler
Canvasback	American Oystercatcher	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Hermit Warbler
Redhead	Black-necked Stilt	Black-chinned Hummingbird	Blackburnian Warbler
Ring-necked Duck	American Avocet	Calliope Hummingbord	Yellow-throated Warbler
Tufted Duck	Greater Yellowlegs	Rufous Hummingbird	Pine Warbler
Greater Scaup	Lesser Yellowlegs	Allen's Hummingbird	Prairie Warbler
Lesser Scaup	Spotted Redshank	Belted Kingfisher	Palm Warbler
Steller's Eider	Solitary Sandpiper	Lewis's Woodpecker	Bay-breasted Warbler
King Eider	Willet	Red-headed Woodpecker	Blackpoll Warbler
Common Eider	Wandering Tattler	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Cerulean Warbler
Harlequin Duck	Spotted Sandpiper	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Black-and-white Warbler
Surf Scoter	Terek Sandpiper	Downy Woodpecker	American Redstart
White-winged Scoter	Upland Sandpiper	Hairy Woodpecker	Prothonotary Warbler
Black Scoter	Eskimo Curlew	American Three-toed Woodpecker	Worm-eating Warbler
Long-tailed Duck	Whimbrel	Black-backed Woodpecker	Swainson's Warbler
Bufflehead	Eurasian Curlew	Northern Flicker	Ovenbird
Common Goldeneye	Long-billed Curlew	Pileated Woodpecker	Northern Waterthrush
Barrow's Goldeneye	Black-tailed Godwit	Olive-sided Flycatcher	Louisiana Waterthrush
Hooded Merganser	Hudsonian Godwit	Western Wood-Pewee	Kentucky Warbler
Common Merganser	Bar-tailed Godwit	Eastern Wood-Pewee	Connecticut Warbler
Red-breasted Merganser	Marbled Godwit	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Mourning Warbler
Masked Duck	Ruddy Turnstone	Acadian Flycatcher	MacGillivray's Warbler
Ruddy Duck	Red Knot	Alder Flycatcher	Common Yellowthroat
Ring-necked Pheasant	Sanderling	Willow Flycatcher	Hooded Warbler
Ruffed Grouse	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Least Flycatcher	Wilson's Warbler
Wild Turkey	Western Sandpiper	Hammond's Flycatcher	Canada Warbler
Northern Bobwhite	Red-necked Stint	Gray Flycatcher	Painted Redstart
Red-throated Loon	Little Stint	Eastern Phoebe	Yellow-breasted Chat
Pacific Loon	Least Sandpiper	Say's Phoebe	Summer Tanager
Common Loon	White-rumped Sandpiper	Vermilion Flycatcher	Scarlet Tanager
Pied-billed Grebe	Baird's Sandpiper	Ash-throated Flycatcher	Western Tanager
Horned Grebe	Pectoral Sandpiper	Great Crested Flycatcher	Green-tailed Towhee
Red-necked Grebe	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Sulphur-bellied/Streaked Flycatcher	Spotted Towhee
Eared Grebe	Purple Sandpiper	Tropical Kingbird	Eastern Towhee
Western Grebe	Dunlin	Couch's Kingbird	American Tree Sparrow
Yellow-nosed Albatross	Curlew Sandpiper	Cassin's Kingbird	Chipping Sparrow
Black-browed Albatross	Stilt Sandpiper	Western Kingbird	Clay-colored Sparrow
Northern Fulmar	Broad-billed Sandpiper	Eastern Kingbird	Brewer's Sparrow
Black-capped Petrel	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Gray Kingbird	Field Sparrow
Cory's Shearwater	Ruff	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Vesper Sparrow
Greater Shearwater	Short-billed Dowitcher	Fork-tailed Flycatcher	Lark Sparrow
Sooty Shearwater	Long-billed Dowitcher	Loggerhead Shrike	Lark Bunting
Manx Shearwater	Wilson's Snipe	Northern Shrike	Savannah Sparrow
Audubon's Shearwater	American Woodcock	White-eyed Vireo	Grasshopper Sparrow
Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Wilson's Phalarope	Yellow-throated Vireo	Henslow's Sparrow
White-faced Storm-Petrel	Red-necked Phalarope	Blue-headed Vireo	Le Conte's Sparrow
Leach's Storm-Petrel	Red Phalarope	Warbling Vireo	Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel	Great Skua	Philadelphia Vireo	Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
White-tailed Tropicbird	South Polar Skua	Red-eyed Vireo	Seaside Sparrow
Red-billed Tropicbird	Pomarine Jaeger	Gray Jay	Fox Sparrow
Brown Booby	Parasitic Jaeger	Blue Jay	Song Sparrow
Northern Gannet	Long-tailed Jaeger	Black-billed Magpie	Lincoln's Sparrow
American White Pelican	Laughing Gull	Eurasian Jackdaw	Swamp Sparrow
Brown Pelican	Franklin's Gull	American Crow	White-throated Sparrow
Double-crested Cormorant	Little Gull	Fish Crow	Harris's Sparrow
Great Cormorant	Black-headed Gull	Common Raven	White-crowned Sparrow
Anhinga	Bonaparte's Gull	Horned Lark	Golden-crowned Sparrow
Magnificent Frigatebird	Mew Gull	Purple Martin	Dark-eyed Junco
American Bittern	Ring-billed Gull	Brown-chested Martin	McCown's Longspur
Least Bittern	California Gull	Tree Swallow	Lapland Longspur
Great Blue Heron	Yellow-legged Gull	Violet-green Swallow	Smith's Longspur
Great Egret	Herring Gull	Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Chestnut-collared Longspur
Little Egret	Thayer's Gull	Bank Swallow	Snow Bunting
Western Reef-Heron	Iceland Gull	Cliff Swallow	Northern Cardinal
Snowy Egret	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Cave Swallow	Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Little Blue Heron	Glaucous Gull	Barn Swallow	Black-headed Grosbeak
Tricolored Heron	Great Black-backed Gull	Black-capped Chickadee	Blue Grosbeak
Reddish Egret	Sabine's Gull	Boreal Chickadee	Lazuli Bunting
Cattle Egret	Black-legged Kittiwake	Tufted Titmouse	Indigo Bunting
Green Heron	Ross's Gull	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Painted Bunting
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Ivory Gull	White-breasted Nuthatch	Dickcissel
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	Gull-billed Tern	Brown Creeper	Bobolink
White Ibis	Caspian Tern	Rock Wren	Red-winged Blackbird
Glossy Ibis	Royal Tern	Carolina Wren	Eastern Meadowlark
White-faced Ibis	Elegant Tern	Bewick's Wren	Western Meadowlark
Wood Stork	Sandwich Tern	House Wren	Yellow-headed Blackbird
Black Vulture	Roseate Tern	Winter Wren	Rusty Blackbird
Turkey Vulture	Common Tern	Sedge Wren	Brewer's Blackbird
Osprey	Arctic Tern	Marsh Wren	Common Grackle
Swallow-tailed Kite	Forster's Tern	Golden-crowned Kinglet	Boat/Great-tailed Grackle
White-tailed Kite	Least Tern	Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Shiny Cowbird
Mississippi Kite	Bridled Tern	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Brown-headed Cowbird
Bald Eagle	Sooty Tern	Northern Wheatear	Orchard Oriole
White-tailed Eagle	White-winged Tern	Eastern Bluebird	Bullock's Oriole
Northern Harrier	Black Tern	Mountain Bluebird	Baltimore Oriole
Sharp-shinned Hawk	Brown Noddy	Townsend's Solitaire	Common Chaffinch
Cooper's Hawk	Black Skimmer	Veery	Brambling
Northern Goshawk	Dovekie	Gray-cheeked Thrush	Pine Grosbeak
Red-shouldered Hawk	Common Murre	Bicknell's Thrush	Purple Finch
Broad-winged Hawk	Thick-billed Murre	Swainson's Thrush	House Finch
Swainson's Hawk	Razorbill	Hermit Thrush	Red Crossbill
Red-tailed Hawk	Black Guillemot	Wood Thrush	White-winged Crossbill
Rough-legged Hawk	Long-billed Murrelet	Fieldfare	Common Redpoll
Golden Eagle	Ancient Murrelet	American Robin	Hoary Redpoll
Eurasian Kestrel	Atlantic Puffin	Varied Thrush	Eurasian Siskin
American Kestrel	Rock Pigeon	Gray Catbird	Pine Siskin
Red-footed Falcon	Band-tailed Pigeon	Northern Mockingbird	American Goldfinch
Merlin	White-winged Dove	Sage Thrasher	Evening Grosbeak
Gyrfalcon	Mourning Dove	Brown Thrasher	House Sparrow

16 January 2006