Chris Seaton: Lower 48 USA Life List ABA, All records Record(s) 1 to 245 of 245 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 2 Ross's Goose Anser rossii 3 Brant Branta bernicla 28/05/2008 Liberty Island, NY 4 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 6 Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator 03/11/1994 Lake Union, WA 7 Wood Duck Aix sponsa 8 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 9 Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera 10 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12 American Wigeon Mareca americana 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 26/08/1992 Au Sable Institute, MI 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 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 20 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 21 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 22 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi 23 Black Scoter Melanitta americana 24 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 25 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 26 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 27 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 28 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 29 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 30 California Quail Callipepla californica 31 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo 32 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 33 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 34 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 35 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 36 Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis 37 Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii 38 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 39 Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata 40 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis 41 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 42 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 24/05/2008 New Haven, CT 43 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 44 Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna 45 Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin 46 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Yes Now treated as a split 'Common Gallinule' by Clements et al and noted on h/c lists 27/11/11 47 American Coot Fulica americana 48 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus 49 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana 50 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola 51 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 52 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 53 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus This was my first sighting of N. p. hudsonicus - considered by IOC/BOU as a separate species N hudsonicus but not Clements/ABA/AOU 54 Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus 55 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa 56 Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala 57 Red Knot Calidris canutus 58 Surfbird Calidris virgata 59 Sanderling Calidris alba 60 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 61 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 11/10/1998 Bolsa Chica, CA A tick missed off USA list and picked up when uploading to eBird 17/10/2021 62 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 63 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus 64 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 65 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Split from Common Snipe and noted 01/01/2012 66 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 28/05/2008 Central Park, NY 67 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 68 Willet Tringa semipalmata 69 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 70 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 71 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus 72 Common Murre Uria aalge 73 Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba 74 Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus 75 Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata 76 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 77 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla 78 Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni 79 Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus 04/11/1994 Everett Sewage Ponds, WA Name changed from ‘Mew Gull’ based on 2021 splits. eBird seems to want Larus brachyrhynchus listed as a sub-species whereas ABA seems to embrace the split and call it ‘Short-billed Gull’. Following IOC/ABA changes name changed and armchair tick added 23/10/2021. 80 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 81 Western Gull Larus occidentalis 82 California Gull Larus californicus 83 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 84 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides thayeri 85 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens 86 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 87 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 88 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 28/05/2008 New York Harbour, NY 89 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri 90 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans 91 Black Skimmer Rynchops niger 92 Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica 93 Common Loon Gavia immer 94 Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus 95 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 96 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum 97 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis 98 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 99 Great Egret Ardea alba 100 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 101 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 26/09/2002 Ender's Island, CT Noted at the time as Tricolored Heron. As this is evidently a rare bird in Connecticut, I am presuming I had misidentified a Little Blue. 102 Green Heron Butorides virescens 103 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 104 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi 105 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 106 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 107 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus 108 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius 109 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 110 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 111 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus 112 Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus 113 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus 114 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 115 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 116 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 117 Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus 118 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 119 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 120 Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber 121 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 122 Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii 123 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 124 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 125 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 126 Merlin Falco columbarius 127 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 128 Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans 129 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 130 Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus 131 Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens 132 Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 133 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 134 Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya 135 Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni 136 Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius 137 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 25/05/2008 Naugatuck, CT 138 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 139 Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus 140 Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri 141 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 142 California Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica 143 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia 144 Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttalli 145 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 146 Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus 147 Common Raven Corvus corax 148 Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis 149 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 150 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli 151 Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens 152 Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus 153 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 154 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 155 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia 25/05/2008 Naugatuck, CT 156 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor 157 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis 26/05/2008 East Rock Park, CT 158 Purple Martin Progne subis 24/05/2008 New Haven, CT Quinnipiac Meadows NP - lifer 159 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 160 Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus 161 Wrentit Chamaea fasciata 162 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula 163 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa 164 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 165 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 166 Brown Creeper Certhia americana 167 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 168 California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica 169 Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii 170 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 171 House Wren Troglodytes aedon 172 Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis 173 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 174 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 175 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 176 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 177 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 178 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 179 Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana 180 Veery Catharus fuscescens 25/05/2008 Naugatuck (CT) 181 Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus 28/05/2008 New York City (NY) 182 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus 183 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus 184 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 25/05/2008 Naugatuck (CT) 185 American Robin Turdus migratorius 186 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius 187 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 188 American Pipit Anthus rubescens 189 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 190 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 191 Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria 192 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 193 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 194 Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida 25/05/2008 Naugatuck, CT 195 Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla 196 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca 197 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 198 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 199 Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla 200 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 201 Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus 202 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 203 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 204 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 205 California Towhee Melozone crissalis 206 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus 207 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus 208 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 01/12/2005 Tahlequah, OK Armchair tick from cross-referencing eBird and my notes 16/10/2021 209 Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta 210 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 211 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 212 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 213 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus 214 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus 215 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 216 Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 217 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla 218 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera 25/05/2008 Naugatuck, CT 219 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 220 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina 221 Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata 222 Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla 223 Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia 28/05/2008 Central Park, NY 224 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 225 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina 25/05/2008 Naugatuck, CT 226 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla 227 Northern Parula Setophaga americana 228 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia 229 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia 230 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica 25/05/2008 Naugatuck, CT 231 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata 28/05/2008 Central Park, NY 232 Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens 233 Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum 234 Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus 25/05/2008 Naugatuck, CT Naugatuck State Forest 235 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata 236 Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor 25/05/2008 Naugatuck, CT 237 Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens 238 Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi 239 Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens 240 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis 28/05/2008 Central Park, NY 241 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea 242 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 243 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 244 Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus 245 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea