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BIRDS: Non-Passerines

ANSERIFORMES
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) - Durham, NC
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
Ross’s Goose (Chen rossii) - Cary, NC
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) - Lake Mattamuskeet, NC
Gadwall (Anas strepera) - San Diego River, CA
American Wigeon (Anas americana) - Bodie Island Lighthouse, NC
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) - Greenfield Lake, NC
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) - Falls Lake, NC
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) - Bodie Island Lighthouse, NC
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) - Bodie Island Lighthouse, NC
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) - Crabtree Watershed, NC
Redhead (Aythya americana) - Oleander Gardens, NC
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) - Yates Mill Park, NC
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) - Lake Crabtree, NC
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) - Lake Crabtree, NC
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) - Falls Lake, NC
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) - Lake Crabtree, NC
Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) - Wrightsville Beach, NC
Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) - Masonboro Inlet, NC
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) - Jordan Lake, NC
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) - Bond Park, NC
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) - Oregon Inlet, NC

GALLIFORMES
California Quail (Callipepla californica) - Cabrillo National Monument, CA
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) - Blue Ridge Parkway, NC

GAVIIFORMES
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) - Oregon Inlet, NC
Common Loon (Gavia immer) - Oregon Inlet Fishing Center, NC

PODICIPEDIFORMES
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) - Lake Mattamuskeet, NC
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) - Oregon Inlet, NC
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) - Oregon Inlet Fishing Center, NC

CICONIIFORMES
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) - Huntington Beach SP, SC

SULIFORMES
Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) - San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) - Oregon Inlet, NC
Neotropic Cormorant (Phalocrocorax brasilianus) - San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
Great Cormorant (Phalocrocorax carbo) - Seville, Spain
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) - Huntington Beach SP, SC

PELECANIFORMES
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) - Pea Island NWR, NC
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) - Ocracoke, NC
American Bittern (Botaurus lentginosus)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) - Huntington Beach SP, SC
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) - Oak Island, NC
Green Heron (Butorides virescens) - Huntington Beach SP, SC
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) - Lake Mattamuskeet, NC
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) - San Diego River, CA
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) - Ocracoke, NC
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) - Huntington Beach SP, SC
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) - Twin Lakes, NC

ACCIPITRIFORMES
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) - Huntington Beach SP, SC
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) - Chesterfield Co, SC
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) - Fish Hatchery, NC
Booted Eagle (Aquila pennata) - Seville, Spain
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) - Mason Farm, NC
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) - Famosa Slough, CA
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) - Dairyland Rd, NC
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) - Mason Farm, NC

GRUIFORMES
Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostrus) - Oregon Inlet Fishing Center, NC
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) - Seville, Spain
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) - Huntington Beach SP, SC

CHARADRIIFORMES
Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) - Person County, NC
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) - Fort Fisher SRA, NC
Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) - Fort Fisher SRA, NC
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) - Oregon Inlet, NC
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) - Oregon Inlet, NC
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) - Sandy Creek Park, NC
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) - Fort Fisher SRA, NC
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) - Famosa Slough, CA
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) - Falls Lake, NC
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) - Durham, NC
Willet (Tringa semipalmata) - Fort Fisher SRA, NC
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) - Falls Lake, NC
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) - Fort Fisher SRA, NC
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) - Ocracoke, NC
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) - Pea Island NWR, NC
Sanderling (Calidris alba) - Fort Fisher SRA, NC
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) - Falls Lake, NC
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) - Oregon Inlet, NC
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) - Falls Lake, NC
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) - Falls Lake, NC
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) - Falls Lake, NC
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) - Fort Fisher SRA, NC
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) - Falls Lake, NC
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) - Hatteras, NC
Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata) - Lake Mattamuskeet, NC
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) - Mason Farm, NC
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) - Falls Lake, NC
Bonaparte’s Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) - Lake Mattamuskeet, NC
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) - Shackleford Banks, NC
Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) - Jordan Lake, NC
Heermann’s Gull (Larus heermanni) - Fiesta Island, CA
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) - Southport, NC
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) - Fiesta Island, CA
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) - Falls Lake, NC
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) - Hatteras, NC
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) - Shackleford Banks, NC
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) - Ocracoke, NC
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) - Huntington Beach SP, SC
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) - Oregon Inlet, NC
Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri) - Shackleford Banks, NC
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) - Ocracoke, NC
Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) - Shackleford Banks, NC
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) - Ocracoke, NC
Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) - Falls Lake, NC
Dovekie (Alle alle) - Oregon Inlet, NC
Razorbill (Alca torda)

COLUMBIFORMES
Red-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas flavirostras) - Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua
Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) - Seville, Spain
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) - San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
Ruddy Ground-Dove (Columbina talpacoti) - Granada, Nicaragua

CUCULIFORMES
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) - Mason Farm, NC
Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris) - Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua

STRIGIFORMES
Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) - Chatham County, NC
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) - Shelley Lake, NC
Barred Owl (Strix varia) - Bond Park, NC
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) - Roan Mountain, NC

APODIFORMES
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) - Orange County, NY
Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) - Wilmington, NC
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) - Famosa Slough, CA
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) - Chapel Hill, NC
Allen’s Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) - Catawba County, NC

CORACIIFORMES
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) - Lake Mattamuskeet, NC

PICIFORMES
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
Hoffmann’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii) - Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua
Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) - Weymouth Woods, NC
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) - Mason Farm, NC
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) - Mason Farm, NC

FALCONIFORMES
Northern Caracara (Caracara cheriway) - Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua
Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) - Parque Maria Luisa, Spain
Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) - Fiesta Island, CA
Merlin (Falco columbarius) - Durham, NC

PSITTACIFORMES
Crimson-fronted Parakeet (Aratinga finschi) - San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis) - Granada, Nicaragua
Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) - Seville, Spain