Massachusetts Avian Records Committee Official State List (AOU 45th Supplement) - April 2006 Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Snow Goose Chen caerulescens Ross's Goose Chen rossii Brant Branta bernicla Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Cackling Goose Branta hutchsinsii Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mute Swan Cygnus olorI Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Wood Duck Aix sponsa Gadwall Anas strepera Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope American Wigeon Anas americana American Black Duck Anas rubripes Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Northern Pintail Anas acuta Garganey Anas querquedula Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Canvasback Aythya valisineria Redhead Aythya americana Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Greater Scaup Aythya marila Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis King Eider Somateria spectabilis Common Eider Somateria mollissima Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Labrador Duck Camptorhynchus labradoriusE Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca Black Scoter Melanitta nigra Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Common Merganser Mergus merganser Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicusI Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus Greater Prairie-Chicken (Heath Hen) Tympanuchus cupido cupidoe Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica Common Loon Gavia immer Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma castro White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Northern Gannet Morus bassanus American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Anhinga Anhinga anhinga Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Great Egret Ardea alba Little Egret Egretta garzetta Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis Snowy Egret Egretta thula Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Green Heron Butorides virescens Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea White Ibis Eudocimus albus Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi Wood Stork Mycteria americana Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Osprey Pandion haliaetus Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus American Kestrel Falco sparverius Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Merlin Falco columbarius Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris King Rail Rallus elegans Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Sora Porzana carolina Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus American Coot Fulica americana Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Piping Plover Charadrius melodus Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus American Avocet Recurvirostra americana Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Red Knot Calidris canutus Sanderling Calidris alba Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Little Stint Calidris minuta Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Dunlin Calidris alpina Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Ruff Philomachus pugnax Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata American Woodcock Scolopax minor Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Great Skua Stercorarius skua South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus Laughing Gull Larus atricilla Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan Little Gull Larus minutus Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris Mew Gull Larus canus Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis California Gull Larus californicus Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans Herring Gull Larus argentatus Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Sabine's Gull Xema sabini Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica Caspian Tern Sterna caspia Royal Tern Sterna maxima Elegant Tern Sterna elegans Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Common Tern Sterna hirundo Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Least Tern Sterna antillarum Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Black Tern Chlidonias niger Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Black Skimmer Rynchops niger Dovekie Alle alle Common Murre Uria aalge Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia Razorbill Alca torda Great Auk Pinguinus impennisE Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica Rock Pigeon Columba liviaI Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratoriusE Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachusI Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Barn Owl Tyto alba Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Barred Owl Strix varia Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa Long-eared Owl Asio otus Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Large swift species Apus/Cypseloides species Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Sulphur-bellied/Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes species Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus Common Raven Corvus corax Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Purple Martin Progne subis Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis Bank Swallow Riparia riparia Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonica Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis Brown Creeper Certhia americana Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii House Wren Troglodytes aedon Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi Veery Catharus fuscescens Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Fieldfare Turdus pilaris American Robin Turdus migratorius Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum European Starling Sturnus vulgarisI American Pipit Anthus rubescens Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla Lucy's Warbler Vermivora luciae Northern Parula Parula americana Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata Black-throated Gray Warbler Dendroica nigrescens Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi Hermit Warbler Dendroica occidentalis Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorus Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia MacGillivray's Warbler Oporornis tolmiei Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis Painted Redstart Myioborus pictus Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Henslow's Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus nelsoni Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus caudacutus Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis McCown's Longspur Calcarius mccownii Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Painted Bunting Passerina ciris Dickcissel Spiza americana Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula Boat-tailed/Great-tailed Grackle Large Quiscalus species Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea Hoary Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus House Sparrow Passer domesticusI E Extinct e Extirpated I Introduced SL The MARC believes that wild individuals of these species may have occurred in the state. However, a captive origin cannot be discounted. Steller's Eider SL Eurasian Siskin SL Black-billed Magpie SL