This checklist is for Bombay Hook NWR, DE, dated 1994, available at the refuge. It is not copyrighted or from a copyrighted source. Roy Carlson San Carlos, CA CHECKLIST Bombay Hook NWR Checklist - 265 species GREBES Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Eared Grebe CORMORANTS Double-crested Cormorant PELICANS American White Pelican DUCKS, SWANS, GEESE Fulvous Whistling-Duck Ruddy Duck Mute Swan Tundra Swan Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Ross's Goose Canada Goose Wood Duck Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon Gadwall Green-winged Teal Mallard American Black Duck Northern Pintail Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Oldsquaw Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Common Merganser HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS Tricolored Heron Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret Great Blue Heron Great Egret Cattle Egret Green Heron Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Least Bittern American Bittern IBIS AND SPOONBILLS Glossy Ibis NEW WORLD VULTURES Black Vulture Turkey Vulture OSPREY Osprey HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Golden Eagle FALCONS AND CARACARAS American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon PHEASANTS, GROUSE, QUAIL AND TURKEYS Ring-necked Pheasant Wild Turkey WOOD-PARTRIDGES Northern Bobwhite RAILS AND COOTS Black Rail Clapper Rail King Rail Virginia Rail Sora Common Moorhen American Coot SANDPIPERS American Woodcock Common Snipe Hudsonian Godwit Marbled Godwit Whimbrel Upland Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Willet Ruddy Turnstone Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Red Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Curlew Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Ruff Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope OYSTERCATCHERS American Oystercatcher AVOCETS AND STILTS Black-necked Stilt American Avocet PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS American Golden-Plover Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer GULLS AND TERNS Ring-billed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Herring Gull Bonaparte's Gull Laughing Gull Black Tern Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Royal Tern Common Tern Forster's Tern Least Tern SKIMMERS Black Skimmer LOONS Red-throated Loon Common Loon PIGEONS AND DOVES Rock Dove Mourning Dove NEW WORLD CUCKOOS Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo BARN-OWLS Barn Owl OWLS Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl NIGHTJARS Common Nighthawk Whip-poor-will SWIFTS Chimney Swift HUMMINGBIRDS Ruby-throated Hummingbird KINGFISHERS Belted Kingfisher WOODPECKERS Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker TYRANT FLYCATCHERS Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird CROWS AND JAYS Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow VIREOS AND ALLIES White-eyed Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Red-eyed Vireo SHRIKES Loggerhead Shrike WAXWINGS AND SILKY-FLYCATCHERS Cedar Waxwing THRUSHES Eastern Bluebird Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher STARLINGS European Starling NUTHATCHES Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch CREEPERS Brown Creeper WRENS Sedge Wren Marsh Wren Carolina Wren Winter Wren House Wren GNATCATCHERS Blue-gray Gnatcatcher SWALLOWS Tree Swallow Purple Martin Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow KINGLETS Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Kinglet CHICKADEES, TITS Carolina Chickadee Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse LARKS Horned Lark OLD WORLD SPARROWS House Sparrow WAGTAILS AND PIPITS American Pipit SISKINS, CROSSBILLS AND ALLIES Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Common Redpoll Purple Finch House Finch Evening Grosbeak NEW WORLD WARBLERS Blue-winged Warbler Golden-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Cerulean Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, TANAGERS, ALLIES Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Savannah Sparrow Seaside Sparrow Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Eastern Towhee Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Northern Cardinal Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, ORIOLES Baltimore Oriole Orchard Oriole Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Boat-tailed Grackle Common Grackle Rusty Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Bobolink