NEW MD CHECKLIST: NONPASSERINES
rick (rblom@blazie.com)
Sat, 18 Jul 1998 16:50:42 -0400
As part of another project, I have compiled the complete list of
Maryland birds in the new (7th) edition AOU Check-List order, with Latin
names. The check-list was published this week. This is the sequence that
will be used in all new bird books, lists, and publications. The AOU does
not make taxonomic changes when publishing a new check-list, but this
incorporates for the first time the changes in sequence (note for example,
the placement of vultures with storks). There are also some changes in
English and Latin names. This post includes the nonpasserines. The
passerines (which also have some significant reordering) will be in the
next post, to follow immediately. I have included all the birds accepted as
occurring in Maryland, plus a few that may be, ought to be, or whatever. If
you see something you don't like, delete it.
Rick
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
Pacific Loon G. pacifica
Common Loon G. immer
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe P. grisegena
Eared Grebe P. nigricollis
Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis
Sooty Shearwater P. griseus
Manx Shearwater P. puffinus
Audubon's Shearwater P. lherminieri
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagadroma marina
Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodromo leucorhoa
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel O. castro
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Brown Pelican P. occidentalis
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
Great Cormorant P. carbo
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Great Egret A. alba
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Little Blue Heron E. caerulea
Tricolored Heron E. tricolor
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron Butorides striatus
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
White Ibis Eudocimus albus
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja
Wood Stork Mycteria americana
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
Fulvous Whistling-Duck D. bicolor
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
Ross's Goose C. rossii
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Brant B. bernicula
Barnacle Goose B. leucopsis
Mute Swan C. olor
Trumpeter Swan C. buccinator
Tundra Swan C. columbianus
Wood Duck Aix sponsa
Gadwall Anas strepera
Eurasian Wigeon A. penelope
American Wigeon A. americana
American Black Duck A. rubripes
Mallard A. platyrhynchos
Blue-winged Teal A. discors
Cinnamon Teal A. cyanoptera
Northern Shoveler A. clypeata
Northern Pintail A. acuta
Gargany A. querquedula
Green-winged Teal A. crecca
Canvasback Aythya valisineria
Redhead A. americana
Ring-necked Duck A. collaris
Tufted Duck A. fuligula
Greater Scaup A. marila
Lesser Scaup A. affinis
King Eider Somateria spectabilis
Common Eider S. mollissima
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
White-winged Scoter M. fusca
Black Scoter M. nigra
Oldsquaw Clangula hyemalis
Bufflehead Bucephela albeola
Common Goldeneye B. clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye B. islandica
Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
Common Merganser Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser M. serrator
Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk A. cooperi
Northern Goshawk A. gentilis
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk B. platypterus
Swainson's Hawk B. swainsoni
Red-tailed Hawk B. jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk B. lagopus
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Merlin F. columbarius
Gyrfalcon F. rusticolus
Peregrine Falcon F. peregrinus
Ringed-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopava
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
King Rail R. elegans
Virginia Rail R. limicola
Sora Porzana carolina
Purple Gallinule Porphyrula martinica
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
American Coot Fulica americana
Limpkin Aramus guarauna
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover P. dominica
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia
Semipalmated Plover C. semipalmatus
Piping Plover C. melodus
Killdeer C. vociferus
American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs T. flavipes
Solitary Sandpiper T. solitaria
Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longacauda
Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis
Whimbrel N. phaeopus
Long-billed Curlew N. americanus
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
Marbled Godwit L. fedoa
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Sanderling C. alba
Semipalmated Sandpiper C. semipalmatus
Western Sandpiper C. mauri
Red-necked Stint C. ruficollis
Little Stint C. minuta
Least Sandpiper C. minutilla
White-rumped Sandpiper C. fuscicollis
Baird's Sandpiper C. bairdii
Pectoral Sandpiper C. melanotos
Purple Sandpiper C. maritima
Dunlin C. alpina
Curlew Sandpiper C. ferruginea
Stilt Sandpiper C. himantopus
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subrufficollis
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher L. scolopaceus
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock Scolopax minor
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
Red-necked Phalarope P. lobatus
Red Phalarope P. fulicaria
Great Skua Catharacta skua
South Polar Skua C. maccormicki
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic Jaeger S. parasiticus
Long-tailed Jaeger S. longicauda
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
Franklin's Gull L. pipixcan
Little Gull L. minutus
Black-headed Gull L. ridibundus
Bonaparte's Gull L. philadelphia
Black-tailed Gull L. crassirostris
Mew Gull L. canus
Ring-billed Gull L. delawarensis
California Gull L. californicus
Herring Gull L. argentatus
Yellow-legged Gull L. cachinnnans
Thayer's Gull L. thayeri
Iceland Gull L. glaucoides
Lesser Black-backed Gull L. fuscus
Glaucous Gull L. hyperboreus
Great Black-backed Gull L. marinus
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilocta
Caspian Tern S. caspia
Royal Tern S. maxima
Sandwich Tern S. sandvicensis
Roseate Tern S. dougallii
Common Tern S. hirundo
Arctic Tern S. paradisaea
Forster's Tern S. forsteri
Least Tern S. antillarum
Bridled Tern S. anaethetus
Sooty Tern S. fuscata
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
Dovekie Alle alle
Common Murre Uria aalge
Thick-billed Murre U. lomvia
Razorbill Alca torda
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
Rock Dove Columba livia
Ringed Turtle-Dove Streptopelia risoria
Eurasian Collared-Dove S. decaocto
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove Z. macroura
Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo C. americanus
Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca
Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
Barred Owl Strix varia
Long-eared Owl Asio otus
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis
Whip-poor-will C. vociferus
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Red-bellied Woodpecker M. carolinus
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker P. villosus
Red-cockaded Woodpecker P. borealis
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocpous pileatus
"Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being
offensive." Josephine Tey
Rick Blom
rblom@blazie.com
Bel Air, Maryland