- BIRDS OF THE ISLANDS AND WATERS OF JAMES BAY AND SOUTHERN HUDSON BAY

Extracted from 'Checklist of the Birds of Nunavut' by Jim Richards, Rob Tymstra, and Tony White**

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SPECIES

STATUS

 See below for legend

Red-throated Loon* Gavia stellata

MB

Pacific Loon* Gavia pacifica

MB

Common Loon* Gavia immer

MB

Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps

A

Horned Grebe* Podiceps auritus

Mb

Northern Fulmar* Fulmarus glacialis

V

Northern Gannet Morus bassanus

A

American White Pelican Pelicanus erythrorhynchos

V

Double-crested Cormorant* Phalacrocorax auritus

MB

American Bittern* Botaurus lentiginosus

Mb

Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias

A

Greater White-fronted Goose* Anser albifrons

A

Snow Goose* Chen caerulescens

MB

Ross’s Goose* Chen rossii

MB

Canada Goose* Branta canadensis

MB

Brant* Branta bernicla

M

Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator

(H)

Tundra Swan* Cygnus columbianus

MB

Mute Swan Cygnus olor

A

Wood Duck Aix sponsa

A

Gadwall Anas strepera

A

American Wigeon* Anas americana

Mb

American Black Duck* Anas rubripes

MB

Mallard* Anas platyrhynchos

MB

Blue-winged Teal Anas discors

Vb

Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata

Mb

Northern Pintail* Anas acuta

MB

Green-winged Teal* Anas crecca

MB

Redhead Aythya americana

A

Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris

Mb

Greater Scaup* Aythya marila

Mb

Lesser Scaup* Aythya affinis

MB

King Eider* Somateria spectabilis

PB

Common Eider* Somateria mollissima

PB

Harlequin Duck* Histrionicus histrionicus

V

Surf Scoter* Melanitta perspicillata

MB

White-winged Scoter* Melanitta fusca

M

Black Scoter* Melanitta nigra

M

Long-tailed Duck* Clangula hyemalis

PB

Bufflehead Bucephala albeola

Mb

Common Goldeneye* Bucephala clangula

Mb

Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica

H

Hooded Merganser* Lophodytes cucullatus

MB

Common Merganser* Mergus merganser

Pb

Red-breasted Merganser* Mergus serrator

Mb

Osprey* Pandion haliaetus

MB

Bald Eagle Haliaetus leucocephalus

M

Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus

Mb

Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus

Mb

Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis

Mb

Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis

Vb

Rough-legged Hawk* Buteo lagopus

MB

American Kestrel* Falco sparverius

Vb

Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus

H

Merlin* Falco columbarius

MB

Gyrfalcon* Falco rusticolus

MB

Peregrine Falcon* Falco peregrinus

Mb

Spruce Grouse* Falcipennis canadensis

PB

Willow Ptarmigan* Lagopus lagopus

PB

Rock Ptarmigan* Lagopus mutus

PB

Sharp-tailed Grouse* Tympanuchus phasianellus

PB

Yellow Rail Coturnicops neveboracensis

Mb

Sandhill Crane* Grus canadensis

MB

Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

H

Black-bellied Plover* Pluvialis squatarola

M

American Golden-Plover* Pluvialis dominica

M

Semipalmated Plover* Charadrius semipalmatus

MB

Killdeer* Charadrius vociferus

MB

American Avocet Recurvirostra americana

A

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

Mb

Lesser Yellowlegs* Tringa flavipes

MB

Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria

Vb

Spotted Sandpiper* Actitis macularia

Vb

Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis

(M)

Whimbrel* Numenius phaeopus

Mb

Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus

A

Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica

Mb

Marbled Godwit* Limosa fedoa

MB

Ruddy Turnstone* Arenaria interpres

Mb

Red Knot* Calidris canutus

M

Sanderling* Calidris alba

M

Semipalmated Sandpiper* Calidris pusilla

MB

Least Sandpiper* Calidris minutilla

MB

White-rumped Sandpiper* Calidris fuscicollis

M

Baird’s Sandpiper* Calidris bairdii

M

Pectoral Sandpiper* Calidris melanotos

M

Purple Sandpiper* Calidris maritima

MB

Dunlin* Calidris alpina

MB

Stilt Sandpiper* Calidris himantopus

M

Buff-breasted Sandpiper* Tryngites subruficollis

M

Short-billed Dowitcher* Limnodromus griseus

MB

Common Snipe* Gallinago gallinago

MB

Red-necked Phalarope* Phalaropus lobatus

MB

Red Phalarope* Phalaropus fulicaria

V

Pomarine Jaeger* Stercorarius pomarinus

V

Parasitic Jaeger* Stercorarius parasiticus

MB

Long-tailed Jaeger* Stercorarius longicaudus

V

Little Gull Larus minutus

Mb

Bonaparte’s Gull* Larus philadelphia

Mb

Ring-billed Gull* Larus delawarensis

MB

Herring Gull* Larus argentatus

PB

Iceland Gull* Larus glaucoides

M

Glaucous Gull* Larus hyperboreus

PB

Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus

Mb

Sabine’s Gull* Xema sabini

M

Ivory Gull* Pagophila eburnea

A

Caspian Tern* Sterna caspia

MB

Common Tern* Sterna hirundo

MB

Arctic Tern* Sterna paradisaea

MB

Black Tern Chlidonias niger

A

Thick-billed Murre* Uria lomvia

V

Black Guillemot* Cepphus grylle

PB

Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura

A

Passenger Pigeon (E) Ectopistes migratorius

(H)

Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus

Vb

Snowy Owl* Nyctea scandiaca

PB

Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula

Mb

Long-eared Owl Asio otus

A

Short-eared Owl* Asio flammeus

Mb

Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor

Vb

Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon

A

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius

Vb

Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens

V

Hairy Woodpecker* Picoides villosus

VB

Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus

Vb

Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus

Vb

Northern Flicker* Colaptes auratus

MB

Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi

A

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris

A

Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum

Mb

Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus

Mb

Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana

A

Northern Shrike* Lanius excubitor

Mb

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

A

Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

Mb

Gray Jay* Perisoreus canadensis

PB

American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos

Mb

Common Raven* Corvus corax

PB

Horned Lark* Eremophila alpestris

MB

Purple Martin Progne subis

A

Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor

Vb

Bank Swallow Riparia riparia

A

Cliff Swallow* Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

A

Barn Swallow* Hirundo rustica

VB

Boreal Chickadee* Poecile hudsonica

PB

Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis

Vb

Brown Creeper Certhia americana

A

Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

Mb

Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa

Mb

Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula

Mb

Northern Wheatear* Oenanthe oenanthe

Mb

Gray-cheeked Thrush* Catharus minimus

Mb

Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus

Mb

Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus

Mb

American Robin* Turdus migratorius

MB

Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis

Ab

Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos

A

Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum

A

European Starling* Sturnus vulgaris

V

American Pipit* Anthus rubescens

MB

Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus

V

Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum

Vb

Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina

Mb

Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata

Mb

Yellow Warbler* Dendroica petechia

MB

Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia

Ab

Cape May Warbler* Dendroica tigrina

MB

Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens

A

Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca

H

Yellow-rumped Warbler* Dendroica coronata

Mb

Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens

A

Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum

Mb

Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea

A

Blackpoll Warbler* Dendroica striata

Mb

Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia

A

Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis

Mb

Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas

Mb

Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina

A

Wilson’s Warbler* Wilsonia pusilla

MB

American Tree Sparrow* Spizella arborea

MB

Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina

A

Savannah Sparrow* Passerculus sandwichensis

MB

Le Conte’s Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii

Mb

Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus nelsoni

Mb

Fox Sparrow* Passerella iliaca

MB

Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia

Mb

Lincoln’s Sparrow* Melospiza lincolnii

MB

Swamp Sparrow* Melospiza georgiana

MB

White-throated Sparrow* Zonotrichia albicollis

MB

Harris’s Sparrow* Zonotrichia querula

A

White-crowned Sparrow* Zonotrichia leucophrys

MB

Dark-eyed Junco* Junco hyemalis

MB

Lapland Longspur* Calcarius lapponicus

MB

Smith’s Longspur* Calcarius pictus

Ab

Snow Bunting* Plectrophenax nivalis

PB

Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus

A

Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus

Mb

Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta

A

Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

A

Rusty Blackbird* Euphagus carolinus

VB

Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula

A

Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater

Mb

Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator

Vb

Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus

Vb

White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera

Vb

Common Redpoll* Carduelis flammea

MB

Hoary Redpoll* Carduelis hornemanni

V

Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus

Vb

American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis

A

House Sparrow Passer domesticus

A