. . . other viewing opportunities at the Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area . . . more information on the Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area
. . . list of available bird checklists
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. . . other viewing opportunities at the Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area . . . more information on the Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area
. . . list of available bird checklists |
 May 2002 - The taxonomic order, common names and four-letter codes included in this web version of the Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area Bird Checklist published in 1994 have been updated using the 7th edition of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) Check-List of North American Birds (AOU 1998) and its supplement (AOU 2000). |
| The following is a list of the bird species that have been observed in the Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area. The status of each species is indicated by an abundance level in each of four seasons. The standard four letter code is shown for each species.
Explanation of Symbols Seasonal Occurrence
Relative Abundance
Other Symbols
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| Code | * | Species | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter |
| RTLO | Red-throated Loon | ca | ||||
| COLO | Common Loon | u | u | u | ||
| PBGR | * | Pied-billed Grebe | f | f | u | u |
| HOGR | Horned Grebe | r | r | r | ||
| RNGR | Red-necked Grebe | r | r | r | ||
| EAGR | Eared Grebe | r | ||||
| WEGR | Western Grebe | u | u | u | ||
| AWPE | American White Pelican | ca | ca | |||
| DCCO | Double-crested Cormorant | u | r | u | u | |
| AMBI | * | American Bittern | f | f | u | u |
| GBHE | * | Great Blue Heron | c | c | c | c |
| GREG | Great Egret | ca | ca | |||
| CAEG | Cattle Egret | ca | ||||
| GRHE | * | Green Heron | u | u | u | ca |
| BCNH | Black-crowned Night-Heron | ca | ||||
| TUVU | Turkey Vulture | r | r | r | ||
| GWFG | Greater White-fronted Goose | ca | ca | ca | ||
| SNGO | Snow Goose | ca | ||||
| CAGO | * | Canada Goose | c | c | c | c |
| TRUS | Trumpeter Swan | c | u | c | ||
| TUSW | Tundra Swan | u | u | |||
| WODU | * | Wood Duck | c | c | c | u |
| GADW | Gadwall | f | u | f | f | |
| EUWI | Eurasian Wigeon | r | r | |||
| AMWI | American Wigeon | r | r | r | ||
| MALL | * | Mallard | c | c | c | c |
| BTWE | * | Blue-winged Teal | f | u | ||
| CITE | * | Cinnamon Teal | f | u | ||
| NOSL | Northern Shoveler | f | f | u | ||
| NOPI | Northern Pintail | f | f | f | ||
| GWTE | Green-winged Teal | f | u | f | u | |
| CANV | Canvasback | c | f | c | ||
| REDH | Redhead | r | ||||
| RNDU | Ring-necked Duck | c | r | f | c | |
| GRSC | Greater Scaup | c | u | c | ||
| LESC | Lesser Scaup | u | r | r | u | |
| WWSC | White-winged Scoter | r | ||||
| BLSC | Black Scoter | ca | ||||
| LTDU | Long-tailed Duck | ca | ||||
| BUFF | Bufflehead | f | f | f | ||
| COGO | Common Goldeneye | u | u | f | ||
| BAGO | Barrow's Goldeneye | r | r | r | ||
| HOME | * | Hooded Merganser | f | u | u | f |
| COME | * | Common Merganser | u | r | u | u |
| RBME | Red-breasted Merganser | r | ca | u | ||
| RUDU | Ruddy Duck | u | u | |||
| OSPR | * | Osprey | f | f | f | |
| WTKI | White-tailed Kite | ac | ||||
| BAEA | * | Bald Eagle | f | f | f | c |
| NOHA | * | Northern Harrier | c | f | c | c |
| SSHA | Sharp-shinned Hawk | u | u | u | u | |
| COHA | * | Cooper's Hawk | u | u | u | u |
| NOGO | Northern Goshawk | r | r | r | ||
| RTHA | * | Red-tailed Hawk | c | c | c | c |
| RLHA | Rough-legged Hawk | u | u | |||
| GOEA | * | Golden Eagle | r | r | r | r |
| AMKE | * | American Kestrel | f | r | f | r |
| MERL | Merlin | r | r | r | ||
| PEFA | Peregrine Falcon | r | r | r | ||
| GYRF | Gyrfalcon | r | ||||
| RNPH | * | Ring-necked Pheasant | u | u | u | u |
| RUGR | * | Ruffed Grouse | u | u | u | u |
| BLGR | * | Blue Grouse | f | f | r | r |
| VIRA | * | Virginia Rail | f | f | u | r |
| SORA | * | Sora | f | f | r | |
| AMCO | * | American Coot | c | u | c | c |
| SACR | * | Sandhill Crane | u | u | u | |
| BBPL | Black-bellied Plover | r | r | |||
| AGPL | American Golden-Plover | r | ||||
| KILL | * | Killdeer | c | c | c | u |
| GRYE | Greater Yellowlegs | f | f | r | ||
| LEYE | Lesser Yellowlegs | u | u | |||
| SOSA | Solitary Sandpiper | r | r | |||
| WATA | Wandering Tattler | ca | ||||
| SPSA | * | Spotted Sandpiper | u | c | u | |
| LBCU | Long-billed Curlew | ca | ||||
| WESA | Western Sandpiper | r | r | r | ||
| LESA | Least Sandpiper | r | r | |||
| PESA | Pectoral Sandpiper | r | r | |||
| DUNL | Dunlin | f | f | f | ||
| STSA | Stilt Sandpiper | ca | ac | ca | ||
| LBDO | Long-billed Dowitcher | r | r | |||
| COSN | * | Common Snipe | c | c | f | u |
| RNPL | Red-necked Phalarope | r | ||||
| FRGU | Franklin's Gull | r | ||||
| BOGU | Bonaparte's Gull | ac | ||||
| MEGU | Mew Gull | c | u | c | c | |
| RBGU | Ring-billed Gull | f | u | u | u | |
| CAGU | California Gull | r | r | r | r | |
| HEGU | Herring Gull | r | ||||
| THGU | Thayer's Gull | f | u | f | f | |
| GWGU | Glaucous-winged Gull | c | c | c | ||
| GLGU | Glaucous Gull | r | ||||
| BLKI | Black-legged Kittiwake | ac | ||||
| SAGU | Sabine's Gull | ca | ||||
| CATE | Caspian Tern | r | ||||
| BLTE | * | Black Tern | r | r | ||
| MAMU | Marbled Murrelet | r | r | |||
| RODO | * | Rock Dove | c | c | c | c |
| BTPI | * | Band-tailed Pigeon | f | f | f | u |
| MODO | * | Mourning Dove | u | u | u | r |
| BNOW | * | Barn Owl | r | r | r | r |
| WSOW | Western Screech-Owl | u | u | r | u | |
| GHOW | * | Great Horned Owl | u | u | u | u |
| SNOW | Snowy Owl | r | r | |||
| NHOW | Northern Hawk Owl | ca | ca | ca | ||
| NPOW | Northern Pygmy-Owl | r | r | r | ||
| BDOW | Barred Owl | u | u | u | u | |
| GGOW | Great Gray Owl | ac | ||||
| LEOW | Long-eared Owl | r | r | r | r | |
| SEOW | * | Short-eared Owl | u | r | u | u |
| NSWO | * | Northern Saw-whet Owl | u | r | r | r |
| CONI | * | Common Nighthawk | u | |||
| BLSW | Black Swift | u | f | r | ||
| VASW | Vaux's Swift | f | f | r | ||
| ANHU | Anna's Hummingbird | r | ||||
| COHU | Costa's Hummingbird | ac | ||||
| RUHU | Rufous Hummingbird | c | c | f | ||
| BEKI | * | Belted Kingfisher | u | f | u | u |
| LEWO | Lewis's Woodpecker | r | ca | r | ||
| RBSA | * | Red-breasted Sapsucker | u | u | u | u |
| DOWO | * | Downy Woodpecker | f | f | f | f |
| HAWO | * | Hairy Woodpecker | f | f | f | f |
| NOFL | * | Northern Flicker | c | c | c | c |
| PIWO | * | Pileated Woodpecker | f | f | u | u |
| OSFL | Olive-sided Flycatcher | f | f | u | ||
| WWPE | Western Wood-Pewee | f | f | u | ||
| WIFL | * | Willow Flycatcher | r | c | r | |
| LEFL | Least Flycatcher | ca | ca | |||
| HAFL | Hammond's Flycatcher | f | u | u | ||
| PSFL | * | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | f | f | u | |
| SAPH | Say's Phoebe | r | ||||
| WEKI | Western Kingbird | r | r | |||
| EAKI | * | Eastern Kingbird | r | c | u | |
| NOSH | Northern Shrike | u | u | |||
| CAVI | * | Cassin's Vireo | f | f | f | |
| HUVI | Hutton's Vireo | r | r | r | r | |
| WAVI | * | Warbling Vireo | f | f | f | |
| REVI | * | Red-eyed Vireo | r | f | f | |
| STJA | * | Steller's Jay | c | c | c | c |
| CLNU | Clark's Nutcracker | ca | ||||
| BBMA | Black-billed Magpie | ca | ||||
| NOCR | * | Northwestern Crow | c | c | c | c |
| CORA | * | Common Raven | c | c | c | c |
| HOLA | Horned Lark | r | r | |||
| PUMA | Purple Martin | ca | ||||
| TRSW | * | Tree Swallow | c | c | u | |
| VGSW | * | Violet-green Swallow | c | c | f | |
| NRWS | * | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | c | c | f | |
| BKSW | Bank Swallow | r | u | |||
| BASW | * | Barn Swallow | c | c | f | |
| CLSW | * | Cliff Swallow | c | c | f | |
| BCCH | * | Black-capped Chickadee | c | c | c | c |
| MOCH | Mountain Chickadee | r | ||||
| CBCH | Chestnut-backed Chickadee | c | c | c | c | |
| BUSH | * | Bushtit | c | c | f | f |
| RBNU | * | Red-breasted Nuthatch | u | f | u | u |
| BRCR | * | Brown Creeper | u | u | u | u |
| BEWR | * | Bewick's Wren | c | f | f | f |
| HOWR | House Wren | r | r | |||
| WIWR | * | Winter Wren | c | c | c | c |
| MAWR | * | Marsh Wren | c | c | f | u |
| AMDI | * | American Dipper | u | r | u | u |
| GCKI | * | Golden-crowned Kinglet | c | c | c | c |
| RCKI | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | f | f | f | ||
| WEBL | Western Bluebird | ca | ||||
| MOBL | Mountain Bluebird | r | r | |||
| TOSO | Townsend's Solitaire | u | r | |||
| SWTH | * | Swainson's Thrush | f | c | u | |
| HETH | Hermit Thrush | u | u | f | ||
| AMRO | * | American Robin | c | c | c | c |
| VATH | * | Varied Thrush | f | u | f | |
| GRCA | * | Gray Catbird | r | r | r | |
| NOMO | Northern Mockingbird | ca | ||||
| EUST | * | European Starling | c | c | c | c |
| AMPI | American Pipit | c | c | r | ||
| BOWA | Bohemian Waxwing | r | r | |||
| CEWA | * | Cedar Waxwing | f | c | c | r |
| TEWA | Tennessee Warbler | ca | ||||
| OCWA | * | Orange-crowned Warbler | c | f | c | |
| NAWA | Nashville Warbler | r | ca | r | ||
| YEWA | * | Yellow Warbler | c | c | f | |
| YRWA | * | Yellow-rumped Warbler | c | u | c | r |
| BTGW | * | Black-throated Gray Warbler | f | u | f | |
| TOWA | * | Townsend's Warbler | f | u | f | |
| AMRE | * | American Redstart | ca | |||
| MACW | * | MacGillivray's Warbler | f | u | u | |
| COYE | * | Common Yellowthroat | c | c | f | |
| WIWA | * | Wilson's Warbler | c | f | c | |
| CAWA | Canada Warbler | ca | ||||
| YBCH | Yellow-breasted Chat | ca | ||||
| WETA | * | Western Tanager | f | u | u | |
| SPTO | * | Spotted Towhee | c | c | c | c |
| ATSP | American Tree Sparrow | r | ||||
| CHSP | Chipping Sparrow | r | r | |||
| VESP | Vesper Sparrow | ca | ca | |||
| BTSP | Black-throated Sparrow | ac | ||||
| SASP | Sage Sparrow | ac | ||||
| SAVS | * | Savannah Sparrow | c | c | c | r |
| FOSP | Fox Sparrow | c | u | c | ||
| SOSP | * | Song Sparrow | c | c | c | c |
| LISP | Lincoln's Sparrow | f | f | r | ||
| SWSP | Swamp Sparrow | r | r | |||
| WTSP | White-throated Sparrow | r | r | |||
| HASP | Harris's Sparrow | r | r | r | ||
| WCSP | White-crowned Sparrow | c | c | c | f | |
| GCSP | Golden-crowned Sparrow | f | f | u | ||
| DEJU | * | Dark-eyed Junco | c | f | c | c |
| LALO | Lapland Longspur | ca | ||||
| SMLO | Smith's Longspur | ac | ||||
| SNBU | Snow Bunting | r | r | |||
| BHGR | * | Black-headed Grosbeak | u | f | u | |
| LZBU | Lazuli Bunting | r | r | |||
| RWBL | * | Red-winged Blackbird | c | c | c | c |
| WEME | * | Western Meadowlark | f | r | u | r |
| YHBL | Yellow-headed Blackbird | r | r | |||
| RUBL | Rusty Blackbird | ca | ca | |||
| BRBL | * | Brewer's Blackbird | c | c | f | f |
| BHCO | * | Brown-headed Cowbird | f | f | u | r |
| BUOR | Bullock's Oriole | u | u | r | ||
| GCRF | Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch | r | r | |||
| PIGR | Pine Grosbeak | r | ||||
| PUFI | * | Purple Finch | f | f | f | f |
| HOFI | * | House Finch | c | c | c | c |
| RECR | Red Crossbill | r | r | r | r | |
| CORE | Common Redpoll | r | ||||
| PISI | * | Pine Siskin | f | u | u | f |
| AMGO | * | American Goldfinch | f | c | f | u |
| EVGR | Evening Grosbeak | u | r | r | f | |
| HOSP | * | House Sparrow | c | c | c | c |