A Working List of NJ Breeding Birds

New Jersey, New Jersey, US

Jun 1, 2020 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Protocol: Historical

Checklist Comments: Working list of New Jersey breeding bird species.

218 species (+10 other taxa)

Canada Goose 1

Mute Swan 1

Wood Duck 1

Blue-winged Teal 1

Northern Shoveler 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Gadwall 1

Northern Shoveler x Gadwall (hybrid) 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

American Wigeon 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Mallard 1

American Black Duck 1

Green-winged Teal 1

Hooded Merganser 1

Common Merganser 1

Red-breasted Merganser 1

Ruddy Duck 1

Northern Bobwhite 1

Ring-necked Pheasant 1

Ruffed Grouse 1

Wild Turkey 1

Pied-billed Grebe 1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1

White-winged Dove 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Mourning Dove 1

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1

Black-billed Cuckoo 1

Common Nighthawk 1

Chuck-will's-widow 1

Eastern Whip-poor-will 1

Chimney Swift 1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1

King Rail 1

Clapper Rail 1

Virginia Rail 1

Sora 1

Common Gallinule 1

American Coot 1

Yellow Rail 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Black Rail 1

Sandhill Crane 1

Common Crane 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Sandhill x Common Crane (hybrid) 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Black-necked Stilt 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

American Avocet 1

American Oystercatcher 1

Wilson's Plover 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Piping Plover 1

Killdeer 1

Upland Sandpiper 1

American Woodcock 1

Wilson's Snipe 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Spotted Sandpiper 1

Willet 1

Laughing Gull 1

Herring Gull 1

Great Black-backed Gull 1

Least Tern 1

Gull-billed Tern 1

Common Tern 1

Forster's Tern 1

Royal Tern 1

Sandwich Tern 1

Black Skimmer 1

Double-crested Cormorant 1

Brown Pelican 1

American Bittern 1

Least Bittern 1

Great Blue Heron 1

Great Egret 1

Snowy Egret 1

Little Blue Heron 1

Tricolored Heron 1

Cattle Egret 1

Green Heron 1

White Ibis 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Glossy Ibis 1

White-faced Ibis 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Black Vulture 1

Turkey Vulture 1

Osprey 1

Mississippi Kite 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Northern Harrier 1

Sharp-shinned Hawk 1

Cooper's Hawk 1

Northern Goshawk 1

Bald Eagle 1

Red-shouldered Hawk 1

Broad-winged Hawk 1

Red-tailed Hawk 1

Barn Owl 1

Eastern Screech-Owl 1

Great Horned Owl 1

Barred Owl 1

Long-eared Owl 1

Short-eared Owl 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Northern Saw-whet Owl 1

Belted Kingfisher 1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1

Red-headed Woodpecker 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker 1

Downy Woodpecker 1

Hairy Woodpecker 1

Pileated Woodpecker 1

Northern Flicker 1

American Kestrel 1

Merlin 1 Second hand report of breeding.

Peregrine Falcon 1

Monk Parakeet 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Eastern Wood-Pewee 1

Acadian Flycatcher 1

Alder Flycatcher 1

Willow Flycatcher 1

Least Flycatcher 1

Eastern Phoebe 1

Great Crested Flycatcher 1

Eastern Kingbird 1

White-eyed Vireo 1

Yellow-throated Vireo 1

Blue-headed Vireo 1

Warbling Vireo 1

Red-eyed Vireo 1

Loggerhead Shrike 1 Extirpated?

Blue Jay 1

American Crow 1

Fish Crow 1

Common Raven 1

Carolina Chickadee 1

Black-capped Chickadee 1

Carolina x Black-capped Chickadee (hybrid) 1

Tufted Titmouse 1

Horned Lark 1

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1

Purple Martin 1

Tree Swallow 1

Bank Swallow 1

Barn Swallow 1

Barn Swallow (American) 1

Cliff Swallow 1

Golden-crowned Kinglet 1

Red-breasted Nuthatch 1

White-breasted Nuthatch 1

Brown Creeper 1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1

House Wren 1

Winter Wren 1

Sedge Wren 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Marsh Wren 1

Carolina Wren 1

European Starling 1

Gray Catbird 1

Brown Thrasher 1

Northern Mockingbird 1

Eastern Bluebird 1

Veery 1

Hermit Thrush 1

Wood Thrush 1

American Robin 1

Cedar Waxwing 1

House Sparrow 1

House Finch 1

Purple Finch 1

Red Crossbill 1 Exceedingly rare breeder. Flight years.

White-winged Crossbill 1 Exceedingly rare breeder. Flight years.

Pine Siskin 1 Exceedingly rare breeder. Flight years.

American Goldfinch 1

Grasshopper Sparrow 1

Chipping Sparrow 1

Field Sparrow 1

Dark-eyed Junco 1

White-throated Sparrow 1

Dark-eyed Junco x White-throated Sparrow (hybrid) 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Vesper Sparrow 1

Seaside Sparrow 1

Saltmarsh Sparrow 1

Savannah Sparrow 1

Henslow's Sparrow 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Song Sparrow 1

Swamp Sparrow 1

Eastern Towhee 1

Yellow-breasted Chat 1

Bobolink 1

Eastern Meadowlark 1

Orchard Oriole 1

Baltimore Oriole 1

Red-winged Blackbird 1

Brown-headed Cowbird 1

Common Grackle 1

Boat-tailed Grackle 1

Ovenbird 1

Worm-eating Warbler 1

Louisiana Waterthrush 1

Northern Waterthrush 1

Golden-winged Warbler 1

Blue-winged Warbler 1

Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid) 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid) 1 Exceedingly rare breeder.

Black-and-white Warbler 1

Prothonotary Warbler 1

Swainson's Warbler 1 Exceedingly rare breeder. Locations should be kept confidential to keep people from taping them.

Nashville Warbler 1

Mourning Warbler 1

Kentucky Warbler 1

Common Yellowthroat 1

Hooded Warbler 1

American Redstart 1

Cerulean Warbler 1

Northern Parula 1

Cerulean Warbler 1

Magnolia Warbler 1

Blackburnian Warbler 1

Yellow Warbler 1and 

Chestnut-sided Warbler 1

Black-throated Blue Warbler 1

Pine Warbler 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Exceedingly rare breeder. Highlands.

Yellow-throated Warbler 1

Prairie Warbler 1

Black-throated Green Warbler 1

Canada Warbler 1

Summer Tanager 1

Scarlet Tanager 1

Northern Cardinal 1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1

Blue Grosbeak 1

Indigo Bunting 1

Painted Bunting 1 Apparently bred ocean county, no proof at hand.

Dickcissel 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S70430052

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