This checklist includes all bird species found in Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Black-bellied Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | |
Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | |
Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Vulnerable |
Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | |
Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | Near-threatened |
Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | |
Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | |
Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | |
Redhead | Aythya americana | |
Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | |
Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | Rare/Accidental |
American Wigeon | Mareca americana | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | |
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Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | |
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Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis | Rare/Accidental |
Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Vulnerable |
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Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Introduced species |
Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | |
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Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
Chuck-will's-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis | Near-threatened |
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Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | Vulnerable |
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | |
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | |
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Clapper Rail | Rallus longirostris | |
King Rail | Rallus elegans | |
Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | |
Sora | Porzana carolina | |
Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
American Coot | Fulica americana | |
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Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | |
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Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | |
Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer | |
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Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | |
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American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | |
Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
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Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | Near-threatened |
Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | |
Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | |
Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
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Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | |
White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | |
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Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus | |
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Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | |
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American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | |
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American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | |
Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
Wilson's Plover | Charadrius wilsonia | |
Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Near-threatened |
Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | Near-threatened |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | |
Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | Vulnerable |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Near-threatened |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Near-threatened |
Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | |
Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Near-threatened |
White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Vulnerable |
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Near-threatened |
Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Vulnerable |
Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
Willet | Tringa semipalmata | |
Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Vulnerable |
Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Near-threatened |
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Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
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Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | |
Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | |
Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | |
Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | Rare/Accidental |
Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | |
Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
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Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
Cooper's Hawk | Accipiter cooperii | |
Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | |
Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis | |
Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus | |
Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
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Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Eastern Screech Owl | Megascops asio | |
Barred Owl | Strix varia | |
Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | |
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Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus | |
Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | |
Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | Melanerpes carolinus | |
Downy Woodpecker | Picoides pubescens | |
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Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | |
Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | |
Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | |
Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens | |
Eastern Wood Pewee | Contopus virens | |
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White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | |
Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | |
Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius | |
Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
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Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | Near-threatened |
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Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus | |
American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | |
Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | |
American Goldfinch | Spinus tristis | |
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Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | |
Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | |
Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | |
White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | |
Seaside Sparrow | Ammospiza maritima | |
Nelson's Sparrow | Ammospiza nelsoni | |
Saltmarsh Sparrow | Ammospiza caudacuta | Endangered |
Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | |
Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | |
Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | |
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Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | |
Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorum | |
Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | |
Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | |
Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | |
American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | |
Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | |
Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | |
Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | |
Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | Near-threatened |
Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens | |
Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | |
Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus | |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | |
Yellow-throated Warbler | Setophaga dominica | |
Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | |
Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens | |
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Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | |
Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | |
Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | Near-threatened |
Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | |
Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | |
Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | |
Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | Rare/Accidental |
Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | |
Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | Near-threatened |
Boat-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus major | |
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | |
Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | |
Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | |
Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | |
Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | |
Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | |
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Tufted Titmouse | Baeolophus bicolor | |
Carolina Chickadee | Poecile carolinensis | |
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Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva | Rare/Accidental |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | |
Purple Martin | Progne subis | |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula | |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | |
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Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | |
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Brown-headed Nuthatch | Sitta pusilla | |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | |
White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis | |
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House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | |
Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus | |
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | |
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Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | |
Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | |
Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | |
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Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
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Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | |
Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | |
Veery | Catharus fuscescens | |
Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | |
Bicknell's Thrush | Catharus bicknelli | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | |
American Robin | Turdus migratorius |
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