Mark Dennis: Cape Sable Island Life List Clements, All records Record(s) 1 to 313 of 313 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 2 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 3 Brant Branta bernicla 4 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 5 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 6 Wood Duck Aix sponsa 7 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 8 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 10 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 11 American Wigeon Mareca americana 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 13 American Black Duck Anas rubripes 14 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 15 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca 16 Canvasback Aythya valisineria 24/02/2018 Barrington Causeway. 17 Redhead Aythya americana 18 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27/01/2016 Bakers Flats, Cape Sable Island Second island record. 20 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 21 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 22 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 23 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 24 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 25 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 26 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi 27 Black Scoter Melanitta americana 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 29 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 30 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 32 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 33 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 35 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 36 Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus 37 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 38 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 39 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 40 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 41 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 42 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica 43 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 44 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus 45 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus 46 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor 47 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 48 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 49 Virginia Rail Rallus limicola 50 Sora Porzana carolina 51 Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata 52 American Coot Fulica americana 53 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica 54 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis 55 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus 56 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana 57 American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus 58 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola 59 European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria 21/04/2024 West Head, Cape Sable Island 60 American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica 61 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 62 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 63 Piping Plover Charadrius melodus 64 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda 65 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 66 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica 67 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa 68 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus 69 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 70 American Woodcock Scolopax minor 71 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata 72 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 73 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 74 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 75 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 76 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 77 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 78 Willet Tringa semipalmata 79 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 80 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 81 Red Knot Calidris canutus 82 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 07/05/2016 The Hawk, Cape Sable Island, NS 83 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus 84 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 85 Sanderling Calidris alba 86 Dunlin Calidris alpina 87 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 88 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 89 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 90 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 91 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 92 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 93 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 94 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus 95 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus 96 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus 97 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki 98 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 99 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 100 Razorbill Alca torda 101 Dovekie Alle alle 102 Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia 103 Common Murre Uria aalge 104 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 01/12/2017 Daniel's Head, CSI, NS 105 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 106 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 107 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 108 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 25/09/2015 Cape Island, Nova Scotia 109 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla 110 Common Gull Larus canus 111 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 112 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 113 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 114 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 115 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 116 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus 21/01/2019 Swimm Point, Cape Sable Island NS 2nd for Nova Scotia 117 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Also thayeri 118 Black Skimmer Rynchops niger 119 Least Tern Sternula antillarum 120 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 121 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 122 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri 123 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 124 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 125 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 126 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 127 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus 128 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata 129 Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica 130 Common Loon Gavia immer 131 Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 132 Leach's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 133 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 134 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 135 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 136 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 137 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 138 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 139 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 140 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum 141 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 142 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus 143 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis 144 Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea 145 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 146 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 147 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor 148 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 149 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 22/11/2019 Cape Sable Island, NS. 150 Green Heron Butorides virescens 151 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 152 Great Egret Ardea alba 153 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 154 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 155 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 156 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 157 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 158 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius 159 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 160 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 161 American Goshawk Accipiter atricapillus 162 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus 163 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus 164 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 165 Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus 166 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus 167 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 168 Barred Owl Strix varia 169 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 170 Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus 171 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 172 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 173 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 174 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 175 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 176 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 177 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 178 Merlin Falco columbarius 179 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus 180 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 181 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi 182 Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens 183 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris 184 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum 185 Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii 186 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus 187 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 188 Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya 189 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis 190 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 191 White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus 192 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons 193 Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius 194 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus 195 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 196 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 197 Northern Shrike Lanius borealis 198 Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis 199 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 200 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 201 Common Raven Corvus corax 202 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 203 Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus 204 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 205 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia 206 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor 207 Purple Martin Progne subis 208 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis 209 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 210 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota 211 Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva 212 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula 213 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa 214 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 215 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 216 Brown Creeper Certhia americana 217 Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 218 House Wren Troglodytes aedon 219 Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis 220 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 221 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 222 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 223 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 224 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 225 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 226 Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides 227 Veery Catharus fuscescens 228 Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus 229 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus 230 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus 231 American Robin Turdus migratorius 232 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 233 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 234 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 235 American Pipit Anthus rubescens 236 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 237 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator 238 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 239 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 240 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 241 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 242 White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera 243 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 244 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 245 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 246 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 247 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 248 Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida 249 Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla 250 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus 251 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 252 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca 253 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 254 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 255 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 256 Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus 257 Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni 258 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 259 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 260 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 261 Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana 262 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus 263 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus 264 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens 265 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus 266 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus 267 Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta 268 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 269 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius 270 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 271 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 272 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 273 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus 274 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus 275 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 276 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla 277 Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum 278 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis 279 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera 280 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 281 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea 282 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina 283 Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata 284 Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla 285 MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei 286 Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia 287 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 288 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina 289 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla 290 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina 291 Northern Parula Setophaga americana 292 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia 293 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea 294 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca 295 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia 296 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica 297 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata 298 Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens 299 Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum 300 Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus 301 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata 302 Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica 303 Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor 304 Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens 305 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis 306 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla 307 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 308 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea 309 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 310 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 311 Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea 312 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 313 Dickcissel Spiza americana