río embudo birds

Transients:
A list of birds that are present only during Spring and/or Fall migration.

Number of species to date: 48

Note that there is variation dependent upon elevation.

Transient: Present only during Spring and Fall migrations. Does not breed here.

Abundance classes:
Common: Certain to be seen in suitable habitat and proper season.
Uncommon: Present (and seen regularly), but not certain to be seen even in suitable habitat and proper season.
Occasional: Present, but seen only a few times in a season.
Rare: Unusual, seen only every 2 to 5 years.
+ : Seeing these birds (mostly vagrants) is highly unusual.

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Clicking on the Latin Name will take you to the USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter. (Remote site opens in new window)

English Name:Genus species:Occurrence:Abundance...
Swans, Geese and Ducks
GadwallAnas streperaTransientO…
Blue-winged TealAnas discorsTransient+…
Northern ShovelerAnas clypeataTransient+…
Lesser ScaupAythya affinisTransient+…
Upland Game Birds
Grebes
Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollisTransient+…
Medium to Large Waterbirds: Pelicans and their Allies
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritusTransientR…
Long-legged Wading Birds
Great EgretArdea albaTransient+…
Snowy EgretEgretta thulaTransient+…
Green HeronButorides virescensTransient+…
White-faced IbisPlegadis chihiTransientR…
Diurnal Raptors: Vultures, Eagles, Hawks and Falcons
OspreyPandion haliaetusTransientO…
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoniTransientR…
Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatusTransient+…
Prairie FalconFalco mexicanusTransient+…
Gruiformes: Coots, Cranes and Rails
Sandhill CraneGrus canadensisTransientR…
Whooping CraneGrus americanaTransient+…
Smaller Wading Birds
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanusTransient+…
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaTransient+…
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaTransient+…
WilletCatoptrophorus semipalmatusTransient+…
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaTransient+…
Gulls, Terns and Skimmers
Franklin’s GullLarus pipixcanTransient+…
Black TernChlidonias nigerTransient+…
Pigeons and Doves
Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciataTransientO…
Cuckoos and their Allies
Nocturnal Raptors: Owls
Nightjars, Nighthawks and Swifts
Hummingbirds
Calliope HummingbirdStellula calliopeTransientR…
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufusTransientC…
Kingfishers
Woodpeckers
Tyrant Flycatchers
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperiTransientO…
Shrikes and Vireos
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceusTransient+…
Jays, Crows and their Allies
Swallows
Purple MartinProgne subisTransient+…
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorTransient+…
Bank SwallowRiparia ripariaTransient+…
Chickadees and their Allies
Nuthatches and Creepers
Wrens
Dippers
Kinglets and Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaTransientU…
Thrushes and their Allies
Swainson’s ThrushCatharus ustulatusTransientR…
Mimids "Mimic Thrushes"
Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanusTransientR…
Starlings and Mynas
Wagtails and Pipits
American PipitAnthus rubescensTransientR…
Waxwings
Wood-Warblers
Townsend’s WarblerDendroica townsendiTransientR…
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta variaTransientR…
Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensisTransientR…
Wilson’s WarblerWilsonia pusillaTransientC…
Tanagers
Western TanagerPiranga ludovicianaTransient: Lowlands
Summer Resident: Highlands
C
C
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Towhees
Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurusTransient: Lowlands
Summer Visitor: Highlands
O
U
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Sparrows and their Allies
Brewer’s SparrowSpizella breweriTransientR…
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusTransientR…
Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorysTransientR…
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisTransient+…
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaTransient+…
Lincoln’s SparrowMelospiza lincolniiTransientR…
Grosbeaks
Buntings
Icterids: Blackbirds, Orioles and their Allies
Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalusTransientO…
Finches and Old World Sparrows