Phil Jeffrey: ABA Continental Traditional Year List 2024 ABA, All records Record(s) 1 to 350 of 350 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis 09/01/2024 2 Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 04/04/2024 TX 3 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 02/01/2024 4 Ross's Goose Anser rossii 02/01/2024 NJ 5 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 11/02/2024 NJ 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Yes 04/02/2024 NJ 7 Brant Branta bernicla 27/01/2024 8 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Yes 10/02/2024 DE 9 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii 04/02/2024 NJ 10 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2024 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2024 12 Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator 04/02/2024 NJ 13 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 27/01/2024 14 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata 10/01/2024 15 Wood Duck Aix sponsa 10/01/2024 16 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 09/01/2024 17 Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera 11/01/2024 18 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 09/01/2024 19 Gadwall Mareca strepera 10/01/2024 20 American Wigeon Mareca americana 10/01/2024 21 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 10/01/2024 22 American Black Duck Anas rubripes 02/01/2024 23 Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula 12/01/2024 24 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 09/01/2024 25 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca 10/01/2024 26 Canvasback Aythya valisineria 10/01/2024 27 Redhead Aythya americana 12/01/2024 28 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 09/01/2024 29 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 27/01/2024 30 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 13/01/2024 31 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 27/01/2024 32 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 27/01/2024 33 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 27/01/2024 34 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 27/01/2024 35 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi 27/01/2024 36 Black Scoter Melanitta americana 27/01/2024 37 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27/01/2024 38 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 09/01/2024 39 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 27/01/2024 40 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 09/01/2024 41 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 03/01/2024 42 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 12/01/2024 43 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 03/01/2024 44 Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula 13/01/2024 45 Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus 09/01/2024 46 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 10/01/2024 47 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 04/02/2024 NJ 48 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 13/01/2024 49 Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis 10/02/2024 NJ 50 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 02/01/2024 51 Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris 11/04/2024 TX 52 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto 13/01/2024 53 Inca Dove Columbina inca 09/01/2024 54 Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina 11/04/2024 TX 55 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi 09/01/2024 56 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica 09/01/2024 57 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 03/01/2024 58 Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus 10/01/2024 Starr Co, TX 59 Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis 11/01/2024 60 Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis 04/04/2024 TX 61 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 05/04/2024 TX 62 Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus Yes 10/04/2024 South Padre Island, TX 63 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 05/04/2024 TX 64 Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus 03/03/2024 Brooklyn 65 Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis 13/01/2024 66 Sora Porzana carolina 05/04/2024 TX 67 Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata 12/01/2024 68 American Coot Fulica americana 09/01/2024 69 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus 03/04/2024 TX 70 Limpkin Aramus guarauna 09/01/2024 TX! 71 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis 08/01/2024 72 Whooping Crane Grus americana 08/01/2024 73 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus 09/01/2024 74 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana 12/01/2024 75 American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus 12/01/2024 76 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola 12/01/2024 77 American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica 04/04/2024 TX 78 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 13/01/2024 79 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 03/04/2024 TX 80 Piping Plover Charadrius melodus 12/01/2024 81 Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia 03/04/2024 TX 82 Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus 05/04/2024 TX 83 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda 03/04/2024 TX 84 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 05/04/2024 TX 85 Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus 08/01/2024 86 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa 12/01/2024 87 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 08/01/2024 88 Red Knot Calidris canutus 12/04/2024 TX 89 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus 09/04/2024 TX 90 Sanderling Calidris alba 12/01/2024 91 Dunlin Calidris alpina 08/01/2024 92 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 27/01/2024 93 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 03/04/2024 TX 94 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 10/01/2024 95 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 03/04/2024 TX 96 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 03/04/2024 TX 97 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 03/04/2024 TX 98 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus 12/01/2024 99 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 09/01/2024 100 American Woodcock Scolopax minor 18/02/2024 101 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata 11/01/2024 102 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 10/01/2024 103 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 10/04/2024 104 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 03/04/2024 TX 105 Willet Tringa semipalmata 09/01/2024 106 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 08/01/2024 107 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 10/04/2024 TX 108 Razorbill Alca torda 27/01/2024 109 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 27/01/2024 110 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 27/01/2024 111 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Yes 02/01/2024 NJ 112 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla 08/01/2024 113 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan 10/04/2024 TX 114 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 03/01/2024 115 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 03/01/2024 116 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 25/02/2024 NJ 117 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 03/02/2024 PA 118 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 28/01/2024 Pole Farm 119 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 27/01/2024 120 Least Tern Sternula antillarum 03/04/2024 TX 121 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 04/04/2024 TX 122 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 11/01/2024 123 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 05/04/2024 TX 124 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 05/04/2024 TX 125 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri 11/01/2024 126 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus 12/01/2024 127 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 03/04/2024 TX 128 Black Skimmer Rynchops niger 12/01/2024 129 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata 27/01/2024 130 Common Loon Gavia immer 12/01/2024 131 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 27/01/2024 132 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga 10/01/2024 133 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 27/01/2024 134 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum 03/01/2024 135 Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum 09/01/2024 136 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 10/01/2024 137 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis 09/01/2024 138 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus 05/04/2024 TX 139 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis 06/04/2024 TX 140 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 02/01/2024 141 Great Egret Ardea alba 08/01/2024 142 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 09/01/2024 143 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 10/01/2024 144 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor 09/01/2024 145 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens 12/01/2024 146 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 11/01/2024 147 Green Heron Butorides virescens 04/04/2024 TX 148 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 11/01/2024 149 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea 11/01/2024 150 White Ibis Eudocimus albus 09/01/2024 151 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi 04/04/2024 TX 152 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja 08/01/2024 153 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 08/01/2024 154 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 08/01/2024 155 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 09/01/2024 156 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus 12/01/2024 157 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius 09/01/2024 158 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 25/02/2024 NJ 159 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus 30/01/2024 NJ 160 Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris Yes 11/01/2024 TX 161 Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus 10/01/2024 162 White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus 12/01/2024 163 Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus 10/01/2024 164 Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus 13/01/2024 165 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus 03/04/2024 TX 166 Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni 03/04/2024 TX 167 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 03/01/2024 168 Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus 18/02/2024 169 Barn Owl Tyto alba 10/01/2024 170 Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio 10/01/2024 171 Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi 10/04/2024 TX 172 Mottled Owl Strix virgata Yes 10/01/2024 TX 173 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 02/01/2024 174 Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata 10/01/2024 175 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 08/01/2024 176 Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana 10/01/2024 177 Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus 03/02/2024 PA 178 Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons 09/01/2024 179 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 02/01/2024 180 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 19/01/2024 181 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 02/01/2024 182 Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris 09/01/2024 183 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 184 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 03/01/2024 185 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 30/01/2024 NJ 186 Crested Caracara Caracara plancus 08/01/2024 187 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 08/01/2024 188 Merlin Falco columbarius 03/04/2024 TX 189 Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis Yes 12/01/2024 Cameron Co, TX 190 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 09/01/2024 191 Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus 09/01/2024 192 Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis 09/04/2024 TX 193 Gray-collared Becard Pachyramphus major Yes 09/01/2024 TX 194 Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae Yes 09/01/2024 TX 195 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe 09/01/2024 196 Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer 10/01/2024 197 Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus 13/04/2024 TX 198 Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus 10/04/2024 TX 199 Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus 09/01/2024 200 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus 10/04/2024 TX 201 Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii 10/04/2024 TX 202 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis 09/04/2024 TX 203 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 05/04/2024 TX 204 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus 05/04/2024 TX 205 Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens 11/05/2024 206 Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii 10/01/2024 207 Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis 10/04/2024 TX 208 Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 11/01/2024 209 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 09/01/2024 210 Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus 10/01/2024 211 White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus 09/01/2024 212 Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii 11/04/2024 TX 213 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons 27/04/2024 CPK 214 Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius 09/01/2024 215 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 04/05/2024 216 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 02/05/2024 NJ 217 Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus 09/01/2024 218 Northern Shrike Lanius borealis 27/01/2024 219 Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas 09/01/2024 220 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 02/01/2024 221 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 27/01/2024 222 Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus 11/02/2024 CT 223 Common Raven Corvus corax 04/02/2024 NJ 224 Verdin Auriparus flaviceps 10/01/2024 225 Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis 02/01/2024 226 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 02/01/2024 227 Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus 09/01/2024 228 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 04/02/2024 NJ 229 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor 09/01/2024 230 Purple Martin Progne subis 03/04/2024 TX 231 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 03/04/2024 TX 232 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota 03/04/2024 TX 233 Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva 11/04/2024 TX 234 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula 09/01/2024 235 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa 24/01/2024 Princeton 236 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 04/01/2024 237 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 30/01/2024 NJ 238 Brown Creeper Certhia americana 30/01/2024 NJ 239 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 09/01/2024 240 Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii 08/04/2024 TX 241 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 11/01/2024 242 House Wren Troglodytes aedon 09/01/2024 243 Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis 16/03/2024 244 Sedge Wren Cistothorus stellaris 05/04/2024 245 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 04/04/2024 TX 246 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 03/03/2024 Manhattan 247 Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre 11/04/2024 TX 248 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 04/04/2024 249 Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre 09/01/2024 250 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 05/01/2024 251 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 02/01/2024 252 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 03/02/2024 PA 253 Veery Catharus fuscescens 06/05/2024 NYC 254 Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli 19/05/2024 CPK 255 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus 06/04/2024 TX 256 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus 20/04/2024 257 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 28/04/2024 CPK 258 Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi Yes 09/01/2024 TX This bird is no longer rare in southern TX 259 American Robin Turdus migratorius 02/01/2024 260 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 27/01/2024 NJ 261 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2024 262 American Pipit Anthus rubescens 10/01/2024 263 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 02/01/2024 264 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 16/03/2024 265 Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria 13/01/2024 266 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 17/03/2024 267 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 04/02/2024 NJ 268 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 04/02/2024 NJ 269 Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii 11/04/2024 TX 270 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum 11/04/2024 TX 271 Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus 09/01/2024 272 Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata 11/04/2024 TX 273 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus 10/01/2024 274 Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys 10/01/2024 275 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 26/03/2024 276 Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida 30/03/2024 NJ 277 Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla 23/02/2024 NJ 278 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca 23/02/2024 NJ 279 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 23/02/2024 NJ 280 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 02/01/2024 281 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 23/02/2024 NJ 282 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 02/01/2024 283 Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus 10/01/2024 284 Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima 05/04/2024 285 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 09/01/2024 286 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 02/01/2024 287 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 14/01/2024 288 Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana 14/01/2024 289 Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus 13/01/2024 290 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus 29/01/2024 291 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens 11/04/2024 292 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus 09/04/2024 293 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 03/01/2024 294 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius 09/04/2024 295 Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus 09/04/2024 TX 296 Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii 10/04/2024 297 Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis 09/01/2024 298 Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda 10/01/2024 299 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 09/04/2024 TX 300 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 10/01/2024 301 Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus 13/01/2024 302 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 13/01/2024 303 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus 17/03/2024 304 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus 13/01/2024 305 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 03/01/2024 306 Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major 03/04/2024 307 Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 08/01/2024 308 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla 28/04/2024 CPK 309 Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum 03/04/2024 TX 310 Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla 05/04/2024 311 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis 11/04/2024 TX 312 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera 04/04/2024 313 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 10/01/2024 314 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea 12/04/2024 315 Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii 06/04/2024 316 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina 04/04/2024 TX 317 Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata 09/01/2024 318 Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla 11/01/2024 319 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 11/01/2024 320 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina 03/04/2024 TX 321 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla 02/05/2024 NJ 322 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina 13/05/2024 323 Northern Parula Setophaga americana 11/01/2024 324 Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi Yes 11/01/2024 TX 325 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia 11/04/2024 TX 326 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea 07/05/2024 NJ 327 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca 28/04/2024 CPK 328 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia 28/04/2024 CPK 329 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica 04/05/2024 330 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata 13/05/2024 331 Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens 02/05/2024 NJ 332 Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum 28/04/2024 CPK 333 Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus 16/03/2024 334 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata 03/01/2024 335 Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica 11/04/2024 TX 336 Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor 29/04/2024 NJ 337 Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens 10/01/2024 338 Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi 10/04/2024 339 Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens 05/04/2024 TX 340 Fan-tailed Warbler Basileuterus lachrymosus Yes 11/01/2024 TX 341 Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus Yes 09/01/2024 TX 342 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis 13/05/2024 343 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla 13/01/2024 344 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 09/01/2024 345 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea 30/04/2024 NJ 346 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 02/01/2024 347 Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus 10/01/2024 348 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 29/04/2024 NJ 349 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 10/04/2024 TX 350 Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti Yes 10/01/2024 TX