Salem County, NJ
BIRD LIST

compiled by Ward Dasey

Report any bold-faced categories or birds not on the list. For historical purposes and to keep the list clean, please include the usual rare bird details with any report, such as a description, location, the date and time, etc.

Of interest is also any large concentrations of a species such as 150 Am. Golden-Plovers, etc. Reports of numbers help increase our understanding of the value of a particular habitat and geographic location. This can be a conservation issue.

Codes:

  • B - breeder
  • EB - endangered breeder
  • PB - possible breeder
  • FB - former breeder
  • RB - rare breeder

  • O - annual or less than
  • R - rare
  • A - accidental

Underlined Birds - report all occurrences

To report Burlington Co. birds:

Paul Driver
915 Melrose Ave
Elkins Park, PA
19027

To report to New Jersey
Bird Record Committee

NJ Records Committee
Laurie Larson
(NJBRC Secretary)
91 Sycamore Lane
Skillman NJ 08558

Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe - EB
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe - A
Red-necked Grebe
Wilson's Storm-Petrel - R
N. Gannet - O
Am. White Pelican - A
Brown Pelican - A
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant - PB
Am. Bittern - EB
Least Bittern - B
Great Blue Heron - TB
Great Egret - PB
Snowy Egret - PB
Little Blue Heron - PB
Tricolored Heron - PB
Cattle Egret - PB
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron - PB
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - PB
White Ibis - R
Glossy Ibis - PB
Tundra Swan
Mute Swan - B
Greater White-fronted Goose - R
Snow Goose
Ross' Goose
Brant
Canada Goose - B
Wood Duck - B
Green-winged Teal - PB
American Black Duck - B
Mallard - B
Blue-winged Teal - B
N. Pintail
N. Shoveler
Gadwall - B
E. Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck - R - One record
Oldsquaw
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck - RB
Black Vulture - B
Turkey Vulture - B
Mississippi Kite - O
Bald Eagle - E - RB
N. Harrier - E - RB
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk - B
Northern Goshawk
Red-Shouldered Hawk - E - RB
Broad-winged Hawk - B
Swainson's Hawk - A
Red-tailed Hawk - B
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle - O
Am. Kestrel - B
Merlin
Peregrine - E
Ring-necked Pheasant - B
Ruffed Grouse - B
Wild Turkey - B
N. Bobwhite - B
Yellow Rail - R
Black Rail - FB
Clapper Rail - B
King Rail - B
Virginia Rail - B
Sora - FB
Corn Crake - A
Common Moorhen - B
Am. Coot - RB
Sandhill Crane - RB
Black-bellied Plover
Am. Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover -A
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover - A
Killdeer - B
Am. Oystercatcher - A
Black-necked Stilt - R
Am. Avocet - R
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet - B
Spotted Sandpiper - B
Upland Sandpiper - FB
Whimbrel - R
Hudsonian Godwit - R
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper - O
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
Am. Woodcock - B
Wilson's Phalarope
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Little Gull
Com. Black-headed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Greater Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern - R
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
Rock Dove - B
Mourning Dove - B
Black-billed Cuckoo - B
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - B
Barn Owl - B
E. Screech-Owl - B
Great Horned Owl - B
Barred Owl - EB
Long-eared Owl - PB
Short-eared Owl - FP
N. Saw-whet Owl
Common Nighthawk

Chuck-wills-widow - RB
Whip-poor-will - B
Chimney Swift - B
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - B
Belted Kingfisher - B
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker - B
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker - B
Hairy Woodpecker - B
N. Flicker - B
Pileated Woodpecker - PB, R
Olive-sided Flycatcher
E. Wood-Pewee - B
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher - B
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher - B
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe - B
Great-crested Flycatcher - B
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird - B
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - A
Horned Lark - EB
Purple Martin - B
Tree Swallow - B
N. Rough-winged Swallow - B
Bank Swallow - B
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow - B
Blue Jay - B
Am. Crow - B
Fish Crow - B
Carolina Chickadee - B
Tufted Titmouse - B
Red-breasted Nuthatch - PB
White-breasted Nuthatch - B
Brown Creeper - PB
Carolina Wren - B
House Wren - B
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren - FB
Marsh Wren - B
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - B
Eastern Bluebird - B
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush - B
American Robin - B
Gray Catbird - B
N. Mockingbird - B
Brown Thrasher - B
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing - B
Northern Shrike - R
Loggerhead Shrike - R
European Starling - B
White-eyed Vireo - B
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo - B
Warbling Vireo - B
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo - B
Blue-winged Warbler - B
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula - RB
Yellow Warbler - B
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler - PB
Pine Warbler - B
Prairie Warbler - B
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black & White Warbler - B
American Redstart - FB
Prothonotary Warbler - B
Worm-eating Warbler - B
Ovenbird - B
N. Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush - B
Kentucky Warbler - B
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Com. Yellowthroat - B
Hooded Warbler - B
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat - B
Summer Tanager - B
Scarlet Tanager - B
N. Cardinal - B
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak - B
Indigo Bunting - B
Dickcissel - RB
Rufous-sided Towhee - B
Spotted Towhee - A
Am. Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow - B
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow - B
Vesper Sparrow - E, FB
Lark Sparrow - R
Savannah Sparrow - EB
Grasshopper Sparrow - EB
Henslow's Sparrow - E, FB
Seaside Sparrow - B
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow - B
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow - B
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Bobolink - EB
Red-winged Blackbird - B
E. Meadowlark- EB
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird - R
Boat-tailed Grackle - B
Common Grackle - B
Brown-headed Cowbird - B
Orchard Oriole - B
Baltimore Oriole - B
Purple Finch
House Finch - B
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch - B
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow - B

Hypothetical List

Birds that have been reported at least once, and while they may be correct lack documentation, or the documentation is equivocal. In New Jersey gulls may require photographic evidence.

  • White-faced Ibis, Cinnamon Teal, Purple Gallinulle