List of New Jersey birds
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The List of New Jersey birds lists every wild bird species ever seen in New Jersey, as recorded by the New Jersey Bird Records Committee. The following markings have been used:
[edit] Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
- Ross's Goose Chen rossii
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Brent Goose Branta bernicla
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Gadwall Anas strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
- American Wigeon Anas americana
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
- Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Garganey Anas querquedula
- Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Labrador Duck Camptorhynchus labradorius
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
- Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica'
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
[edit] Pheasant, Grouse, and Turkey
Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae
- Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
[edit] New World quail
Order:Galliformes Family: Odontophoridae
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
[edit] Loons
Order: Gaviiformes Family: Gaviidae
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
[edit] Grebes
Order: Podicipediformes Family: Podicipedidae
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
[edit] Albatrosses
Order: Procellariiformes Family: Diomedeidae
- Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
[edit] Fulmars, Petrels, Shearwaters
Order: Procellariiformes Family: Procellariidae
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
- Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis
- Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri
- Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
[edit] Storm-Petrels
Order: Procellariiformes Family: Hydrobatidae
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina
- Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
- Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma castro
[edit] Tropicbirds
Order: Procellariiformes Family: Phaethontidae
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
[edit] Boobies and Gannets
Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Sulidae
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
[edit] Pelicans
Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Pelecanidae
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
[edit] Cormorants
Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Phalacrocoracidae
- Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
[edit] Anhingae
Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Anhingidae
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
[edit] Frigatebirds
Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Fregatidae
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
[edit] Bitterns, Herons, and Night Herons
Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Ardeidae
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
[edit] Ibises and Spoonbills
Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Threskiornithidae
- White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
[edit] Storks
Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Threskiornithidae
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
[edit] Vultures
Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Cathartidae
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
[edit] Osprey
Order: Falconiformes Family: Pandionidae
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
[edit] Kites, Eagles, Harriers, and Hawks
Order: Falconiformes Family: Accipitridae
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
- Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
[edit] Kestrels and Falcons
Order: Falconiformes Family: Falconidae
- Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
[edit] Rails, Sora, Gallinules, Moorhens, and Coots
Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus
- Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis
- Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
- Ruff Philomachus pugnax
- Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
- Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan
- Little Gull Larus minutus
- Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
- Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Dovekie Alle alle
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius
- Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
- Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
- Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis
- Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Green Violet-ear Colibri thalassinus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
- Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
- Red-cockaded Woodpecker Picoides borealis
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
- Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis/occidentails
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Common Raven Corvus corax
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
- Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonica
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina
- Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
- Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla
- Virginia's Warbler Vermivora virginiae
- Northern Parula Parula americana
- Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
- Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
- Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens
- Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
- Black-throated Gray Warbler Dendroica nigrescens
- Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
- Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi
- Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
- Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica
- Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
- Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor
- Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
- Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea
- Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
- Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla
- Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia
- MacGillivray's Warbler Oporornis tolmiei
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina
- Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla
- Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Cassin's Sparrow Aimophila cassinii
- Bachman's Sparrow Aimophila aestivalis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Henslow's Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii
- Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus nelsoni
- Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus caudacutus
- Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus
- Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
- House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea
- Hoary Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni
- Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus
- American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
- Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
