FIELD CHECKLIST (1998) OF THE BIRDS OF CODROY VALLEY    

This checklist of the birds observed in Codroy Valley is based on confirmed reports from residents, tourists, birders and professional ornithologists. The area included is focused on the Codroy Valley and includes the region from Cape Anguille to Port-aux-Basques. Also, because many important Newfoundland bird records have been made on the Port-aux-Basques ferry and because many visitors to the Codroy Valley travel on the ferry, birds observed on the Newfoundland half of crossings are also included on the checklist. A total of 243 species are included on this list. A checklist is a dynamic source of information that is expected to change as new knowledge is acquired. Clearly, owing to incomplete information, many of the species recorded on this checklist have occurred in seasons other than those listed, and many species that have occurred in the Codroy Valley area are not recorded on this checklist, If you observe birds in the Codroy Valley area, your sightings are important. It is best to document unusual sightings with photographs and detailed descriptions, preferably provided by multiple observers. This checklist was prepared for the Codroy Valley Area Development Association by Bill Montevecchi.

OCCURRENCE [based on an experienced observer birding regularly and widely]: 

C = COMMON likely to be found daily in appropriate season/habitat.

U = UNCOMMON likely to be found monthly in appropriate season/habitat; may be locally uncommon.

U * = VERY UNCOMMON likely to be found annually in appropriate season/habitat; may be locally uncommon.

X = RARE not likely to be found annually; though apparently occurs regularly in very small numbers.

X* = VERY RARE recorded three times or less.

STATUS:  

B = BREEDER known to breed ["b" if nesting abundance is significantly lower than indicated by occurrence designation].

R = RESIDENT non-migratory, or maintains a significant year-round population.

V = VAGRANT occurrence outside usual range. 

I = INTRODUCED introduced to Newfoundland.

SEASONAL DATES

SP =SPRING 21 Mar - 20 June    F = FALL 11 Sept - 20 Dec  

S = SUMMER 21 June - 20 Sept    W = WINTER 21 Dec - 20 Mar

Seasons during which a species has been recorded - a lower case entry indicates that a species is less common during that season than indicated by the overall occurrence designation:

LOONS

GEESE

Red-throated Loon

UBSPSFW

Snow Goose

UVF

Common Loon

CBR

Canada Goose

CSFw

GREBES

DUCKS

Pied-billed Grebe

U*SF

Wood Duck

U*SPSF

Horned Grebe

XSPFW

Green-winged Teal

CBSPSFw

Red-necked Grebe

UFW

American Black Duck

CBSPSFw

FULMARS & SHEARWATERS

Mallard

CBSPSFw

Northern Fulmar

CSPSFW

Northern Pintail

CBSPSFw

Cory's Shearwater

XS

Blue-winged Teal

UBSPSF

Greater Shearwater

CSPSF

Northern Shoveler

U*BSPSF

Sooty Shearwater

CSPSF

Gadwall

XVSPS

Manx Shearwater

USPS

Eurasian Wigeon

U*SPSFw

STORM-PETRELS

American Wigeon

CBSPSFw

Wilson 's Storm-Petrel

USPS

Ring-necked Duck

UBSPSF

Leach's Storm-Petrel

CSPSF

Greater Scaup

CBSPSFw

GANNETS

Lesser Scaup

XVF

Northern Gannet

CSPSF

Common Eider

CbR

CORMORANTS

King Eider

USPFW

Great Cormorant

UBSPSFw

Common Goldeneye

USPSFW

Double-crested

USPSF

Oldsquaw

CFW

Cormorant

UBSPSF

Black Scoter

USPFW

HERONS

White-winged Scoter

USPSFW

American Bittern

XVSF

Surf Scoter

USPFW

Least Bittern

USPSF

Bufflehead

U*SPFW

Great Blue Heron

XVSPS

Hooded Merganser

XVF

Great Egret

XVSF

Common Merganser

USPSFW

Little Blue Heron

Red-breasted Merganser

CBR

FALCONS

Ruddy Duck

U*VSPSF

American Kestrel

UBSPSFw

OSPREYS, EAGLES, & HAWKS

Merlin

UBSPSFw

Osprey

CBSPSF

Peregrine Falcon

U*SPSF

Bald Eagle

UBR

Gyrfalcon

U*SPFW

Northern Harrier

CBSPSF

GROUSE & PTARMIGAN

Sharp-shinned Hawk

UbSPSFW

Spruce Grouse

X*IBR

Northern Goshawk

U*bSPSFW

Willow Ptarmigan

CBR

Rough-legged Hawk

USPSFW

Rock Ptarmigan

UBR

SANDPIPERS

Ruffed Grouse

CBRI

Greater Yellowlegs

CBSPSF

RAILS

Lesser Yellowlegs

USF

Virginia Rail

XBSPSF

Willet

XSPSF

Sora

U*BSPSF

Solitary Sandpiper

XSPS

American Coot

U*VSPSF

Spotted Sandpiper

CBSPS

CRANES

Eskimo Curlew

Extinct?

Sandhill Crane

X*F

Whimbrel

USF

PLOVERS

Hudsonian Godwit

U*SF

Black-bellied Plover

CSF

Ruddy Turnstone

CSF

Lesser Golden Plover

CSF

Red Knot

USF

Semipalmated Plover

CSF

Sanderling

CSF

Piping Plover

U*BSPSF

Semipalmated Sandpiper

USF

Killdeer

U*S

Least Sandpiper

CBSPSF

AUKS

White-rumped Sandpiper

CSF

Dovekie

CFW

Pectoral Sandpiper

USF

Common Murre

UFW

Purple Sandpiper

USPFW

Thick-billed Murre

CFW

Dunlin

USF

Razorbill

USPSFW

Curlew Sandpiper

X*SP

Black Guillemot

CBR

Short-billed Dowitcher

USF

Atlantic Puffin

USPSFW

Common Snipe

CBSPSF

DOVES

American Woodcock

XBSPSF

Rock Dove

UBR

Red-necked Phalarope

US

Mourning Dove

USPSFW

Red Phalarope

US

GOATSUCKERS

SKUAS, GULLS & TERNS

Common Nighthawk

XSF

Pomarine Jaeger

USF

SWIFTS

Parasitic Jaeger

USF

Chimney Swift

U*SPS

Great Skua

USF

HUMMINGBIRDS

Laughing Gull

XVSPSF

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

UbSPSF

Franklin 's Gull

XVSPSF

KINGFISHERS

Common Black-headed Gull

USFW

Belted Kingfisher

CBSPSFw

Bonaparte's Gull

XSF

WOODPECKERS

Ringed-billed Gull

CBSPSF

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

U*SPSF

Herring Gull

CBR

Downy Woodpecker

CBR

Thayer's Gull

XVWSP

Hairy Woodpecker

CBR

Iceland Gull

CSPSFW

Three-toed Woodpecker

U*BR

Glaucous Gull

CSFW

Black-backed Woodpecker

UBR

Great Black-backed Gull

CBR

Northern Flicker

CBR

Black-legged Kittiwake

CSPSFW

CUCKOOS

Sabine's Gull

X*F

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

XVF

Caspian Tern

USPSF

Block-billed Cuckoo

XVSF

Common Tern

CBSPSf

OWLS

Arctic Tern

CSPSf

Great Horned Owl

U*BR

Black Tern

XVSP

Snowy Owl

U*W

FLYCATCHERS

Northern Hawk Owl

XBR

Olive-sided Flycatcher

UBSPS

Short-eared Owl

U*BSPSF

Eastern Wood-pewee

XbSPS

Boreal Owl

U*BR

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

CBSPSf

Northern Saw-whet Owl

XSF

Alder Flycatcher

UBSPS

LARKS

Least Flycatcher

U*BSPSf

Horned Lark

CBSPSFw

Eastern Phoebe

XVSPS

SWALLOWS

Great Crested Flycatcher

XVS

Purple Martin

XVSPS

Western Kingbird

XVSF

Tree Swallow

CBSPSf

Eastern Kingbird

UBSPSF

Rough-winged Swallow

XVSP

MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS

Bank Swallow

UBSPSf

Gray Catbird

USPSF

Cliff Swallow

XSPSF

PIPITS

Barn Swallow

UBSPSF

American Pipit

CBSPSF

JAYS AND CROWS

WAXWINGS

Gray Jay

CBR

Bohemian Waxwing

U*FW

Blue Jay

CBR

Cedar Waxwing

UBSPS

American Crow

CBR

SHRIKES

Common Raven

CBR

Northern Shrike

U*F

CHICKADEES

STARLINGS

Black-capped Chickadee

CBR

European Starling

CBR

Boreal Chickadee

CBR

NUTHATCHES

CREEPER

Red-breasted Nuthatch

UBR

Brown Creeper

U*BR

VIREOS

OLD WORLD WARBLERS &THRUSHES

Solitary Vireo

UBSPSF

Golden-crowned Kinglet

CBR

Warbling Vireo

XVF

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

CBSPSF

Philadelphia Vireo

UBSPSF

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

XVSF

Red-eyed Vireo

UBSPSF

Northern Wheatear

XVSPSF

White-eyed Vireo

X*VF

Veery

UBSPS

WREN

Gray-cheeked Thrush

CBSPS

Winter Wren

UBSPSFw

Swainson's Thrush

CBSPS

WOOD WARBLERS

Hermit Thrush

CBSPS

Tennessee Warbler

CBSPSF

American Robin

CBSPSFw

Orange-crowned Warbler

XSF

TANAGERS

Nashville Warbler

XbSPSF

Scarlet Tanager

X*F

Northern Parula

XBSPS

SPARROWS

Yellow Warbler

CBSPSf

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

UBSPSF

Chestnut-sided Warbler

XVF

Indigo Bunting

XVSPFS

Magnolia Warbler

CBSPSF

Dicksissel

XF

Cape May Warbler

XSPSF

American Tree Sparrow

UBSPSFw

Yellow -rumped Warbler

CBSPSF

Chipping Sparrow

CBSPSF

Black-throated Green

CBSPSF

Lark Sparrow

XVS

Warbler

U*BS

Savannah Sparrow

CBSPSF

Blackburnian Warbler

XVF

Grasshopper Sparrow

XVF

Pine Warbler

U*BSPSF

Fox Sparrow

CBSPSFw

Bay-breasted Warbler

UBSPSF

Song Sparrow

CBSPSFw

Blackpoll Warbler

CBSPSF

Lincoln 's Sparrow

CBSPSF

Black-and-white Warbler

CBSPSF

Swamp Sparrow

CBSPSFw

American Redstart

CBSPSf

White-throated Sparrow

CBSPSFw

Ovenbird

UBSPSf

White-crowned Sparrow

USF

Northern Waterthrush

CBSPSf

Dark-eyed Junco

CBR

Mourning Warbler

CBSPSf

Lapland Longspur

U*FW

Common Yellowthroat

CBSPSf

Snow Bunting

CFW

Wilson's Warbler

CBSPSf

BLACKBIRDS

Canada Warbler

XBSPS

Bobolink

CBSPSF

Yellow-breasted Chat

XVF

Red-winged Blackbird

UBSPSF

FINCHES

Rusty Black Bird

CBSPSFw

Pine Grosbeak

CBR

Common Grackle

CBSPSF

Purple Finch

CBR

Brown-headed Cowbird

UbSPSF

Red Crossbill

U*BR

Baltimore Oriole

UVF

White-winged Crossbill

UBR

EURASIAN SPARROWS

Common Redpoll

UBR

House Sparrow

CBR

Pine Siskin

UBR

American Goldfinch

CBSPSFW

Evening Grosbeak

USPSFW

Two recent sightings include Tundra Swans (2005) and Harlequin Ducks (2004)

Bird Checklist for the Codroy Valley