Bird List for the Northern Neck of
Virginia
Provided and maintained by the
National Audubon
Society Northern Neck of Virginia Chapter
a = abundant--very numerous
c = common--will be seen in the right habitat
u = uncommon--present but may not be seen
o = occasional--seen a few times each season
r = rare--seen at intervals of two or more years
x = only one or two records exist
* = known breeder within the past 12 years
+ = suspected breeder
Species Name | Spring | Summer | Autumn | Winter |
Loons - Grebes |
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Red-Throated Loon | r |
r |
r |
|
Common Loon | c |
c |
c |
|
Pied-Billed Grebe* | c |
r |
c |
c |
Horned Grebe | u |
u |
u |
|
Red-Necked Grebe | r |
r |
r |
|
Petrels - Cormorants |
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Wilson's Storm Petrel | r |
o |
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Northern Gannet | u |
u |
u |
|
White Pelican | r |
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Brown Pelican | u |
u |
u |
|
Great Cormorant | r |
r |
r |
|
Double-Crested Cormorant | c |
c |
a |
c |
Bitterns - Herons - Ibises |
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Least Bittern+ | u |
u |
u |
|
American Bittern | r |
|
r |
|
Black-Crowned Night Heron | u |
c |
u |
u |
Yellow-Crowned Night Heron | r |
r |
r |
|
Green Heron* | u |
c |
c |
|
Tricolored Heron | o |
o |
o |
|
Little Blue Heron | r |
u |
u |
|
Cattle Egret+ | u |
c |
c |
|
Snowy Egret* | c |
c |
c |
r |
Great Egret* | c |
c |
c |
r |
Great Blue Heron* | c |
c |
c |
c |
Glossy Ibis | r |
r |
u |
|
Swans - Geese - Ducks |
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Tundra Swan | c |
u |
a |
|
Mute Swan | x |
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Snow Goose | o |
o |
o |
|
Canada Goose* | a |
c |
a |
a |
Wood Duck* | u |
u |
u |
|
Mallard* | c |
c |
c |
c |
American Black Duck* | u |
u |
u |
u |
Gadwall | u |
u |
u |
|
Green-Winged Teal | u |
u |
o |
|
Blue-Winged Teal | o |
o |
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American Wigeon | u |
u |
u |
|
Camvasback | o |
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Northern Pintail | o |
o |
o |
|
Northern Shoveler | o |
o |
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Redhead | r |
r |
r |
|
Ring-Necked Duck | o |
o |
o |
|
Greater Scaup | u |
u |
u |
|
Lesser Scaup | c |
c |
c |
|
Black Scoter | r |
r |
r |
|
Surf Scoter | c |
c |
c |
|
White-Winged Scoter | u |
u |
u |
|
Long Tailed Duck | o |
o |
o |
|
Common Goldeneye | c |
c |
c |
|
Bufflehead | c |
c |
c |
|
Common Merganser | u |
u |
u |
|
Hooded Merganser | c |
c |
c |
|
Red-Breasted Merganser | c |
c |
c |
|
Ruddy Duck | c |
c |
c |
|
Vultures - Hawks - Falcons |
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Turkey Vulture* | a |
a |
a |
a |
Black Vulture+ | c |
c |
c |
c |
Osprey* | c |
c |
c |
|
Northern Harrier | u |
u |
c |
|
Bald Eagle* | c |
c |
c |
c |
Sharp-Shinned Hawk | c |
u |
c |
c |
Cooper's Hawk | u |
u |
u |
u |
Broad-Winged Hawk | c |
u |
c |
|
Red-Shouldered Hawk | c |
c |
c |
c |
Red-Tailed Hawk* | c |
c |
c |
c |
American Kestrel* | c |
r |
c |
c |
Merlin | r |
r |
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Peregrine Falcon | r |
r |
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Gallinaceous Birds |
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Wild Turkey | u |
u |
u |
u |
Northern Bobwhite | c |
c |
c |
c |
King Rail* | r |
r |
r |
r |
Clapper Rail* | c |
c |
c |
u |
Virginia Rail | u |
u |
u |
|
Sora | r |
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American Coot | u |
o |
r |
|
Plovers - Sandpipers |
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Black-Bellied Plover | u |
u |
r |
|
Semipalmated Plover | r |
r |
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Killdeer* | c |
c |
c |
c |
American Oystercatcher* | u |
r |
u |
|
Willet | o |
o |
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Greater Yellowlegs | u |
u |
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Lesser Yellowlegs | u |
u |
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Solitary Sandpiper | u |
u |
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Spotted Sandpiper | u |
r |
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Ruddy Turnstone | r |
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Sanderling | u |
r |
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Dunlin | c |
c |
r |
|
Western Sandpiper | r |
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Least Sandpiper | r |
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Upland Sandpiper | u |
u |
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Common Snipe | u |
u |
u |
|
American Woodcock* | u |
u |
u |
r |
Northern Neck of Virginia Species List, continued