Mark Dennis: Canada Year List 2020 Clements, All records Record(s) 1 to 272 of 272 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 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 28/10/2020 Shaw's Pond Shubanacadie, NS 5 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 6 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 7 Wood Duck Aix sponsa 8 Garganey Spatula querquedula 21/03/2020 Sambro Marsh. 9 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 21/03/2020 Sambro Marsh. 10 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12 American Wigeon Mareca americana 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14 American Black Duck Anas rubripes 15 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 16 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca 17 Canvasback Aythya valisineria 18 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 03/01/2020 Sullivan's Pond, Dartmouth NS Annual in small numbers in NS 20 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 21 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 22 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 23 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 24 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 25 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi 26 Black Scoter Melanitta americana 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 28 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 29 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 30 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 31 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 32 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 34 Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus 35 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 36 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 37 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 38 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 39 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 40 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto 41 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica 42 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 43 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus 44 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor 45 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 46 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 47 Sora Porzana carolina 48 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis 49 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana 50 American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus 51 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola 52 American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica 53 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 54 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 55 Piping Plover Charadrius melodus 56 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 24/10/2020 Canso, NS 57 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 58 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica 59 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus 60 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 61 American Woodcock Scolopax minor 62 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata 63 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 64 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 65 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 66 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 67 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 68 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 69 Willet Tringa semipalmata 70 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 71 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 72 Red Knot Calidris canutus 73 Ruff Calidris pugnax 02/10/2020 Port Joli, Liverpool County, NS 74 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 75 Sanderling Calidris alba 76 Dunlin Calidris alpina 77 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 78 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 79 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 80 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 81 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 82 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus 83 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus 84 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus 85 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 23/11/2020 Baccaro Oddly I can add Great Skua to Nova Scotia, which is in Canada, but I can't add to Canada without a date. 86 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki 87 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 88 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 89 Razorbill Alca torda 90 Dovekie Alle alle 91 Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia 92 Common Murre Uria aalge 93 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 94 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 95 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 23/01/2020 Meteghan, NS Not rare in eastern Canada. 96 Common Gull Larus canus 31/12/2020 Pubnico 97 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 98 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 99 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 100 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 101 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 102 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 103 Least Tern Sternula antillarum 104 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 105 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 106 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 107 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata 108 Common Loon Gavia immer 109 Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 110 Leach's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 111 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 112 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 113 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 114 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 115 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 116 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 117 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 118 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum 119 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus 120 Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea 121 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 122 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 123 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 124 Green Heron Butorides virescens 125 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 126 Great Egret Ardea alba 127 Gray Heron Ardea cinerea 06/07/2020 Miners Marsh Kentville Nova Scotia First for NS 128 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 129 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 130 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 131 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 132 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius 133 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 134 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 135 American Goshawk Accipiter atricapillus 136 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus 137 Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus 138 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus 139 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 140 Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus 141 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus 142 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 143 Barred Owl Strix varia 144 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 145 Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus 146 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 147 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 148 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 149 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 150 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 151 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 152 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 153 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 154 Merlin Falco columbarius 155 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 156 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi 157 Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens 158 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris 159 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens 160 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum 161 Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii 162 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus 163 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 164 Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens 165 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris 24/10/2020 166 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 167 White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus 168 Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius 169 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus 170 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 171 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 172 Northern Shrike Lanius borealis 173 Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis 174 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 175 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 176 Common Raven Corvus corax 177 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 178 Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus 179 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 180 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia 181 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor 182 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 183 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota 184 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula 185 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa 186 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 187 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 188 Brown Creeper Certhia americana 189 Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 190 Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus 191 House Wren Troglodytes aedon 192 Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis 193 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 194 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 195 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 196 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 197 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 198 Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi 199 Veery Catharus fuscescens 200 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus 201 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus 202 American Robin Turdus migratorius 203 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 204 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 205 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 206 American Pipit Anthus rubescens 207 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 208 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator 209 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 210 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 211 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 212 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 213 White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera 214 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 215 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 216 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 217 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 218 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 219 Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida 220 Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla 221 Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys 222 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 223 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca 224 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 225 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 226 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 227 Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus 228 Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni 229 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 230 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 231 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 232 Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana 233 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus 234 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens 235 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus 236 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 237 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 238 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 239 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus 240 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 241 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla 242 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis 243 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 244 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea 245 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina 246 Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata 247 Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla 248 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 249 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla 250 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina 251 Northern Parula Setophaga americana 252 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia 253 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea 254 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca 255 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia 256 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica 257 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata 258 Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens 259 Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum 260 Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus 261 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata 262 Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor 263 Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens 264 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis 265 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla 266 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea 267 Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana 268 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 269 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 270 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 271 Painted Bunting Passerina ciris 272 Dickcissel Spiza americana