Waterbirds of Ohio

Ross’s Goose

Chen rossii

Common Loon

Gavia immer

Pied-Billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritus

Red-Necked Grebe

Podiceps grisegena

Eared Grebe

Podiceps nigricollis

American White Pelican

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

American Bittern

Botaurus lentiginosus

Least Bittern

Lxobrychus exilis

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Black-Crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

Nyctanassa violacea

Northern Harrier

Circus cyaneus

Yellow Rail

Coturnicops noveboracensis

Black Rail

Laterallus jamaicensis

King Rail

Rallus elegans

Virginia Rail

Rallus limicola

Sora

Porzana carolina

Common Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

American Coot

Fulica americana

Sandhill Crane

Grus canadensis

Black-Bellied Plover

Pluvialis squatarola

American Golden-Plover

Pluvialis dominica

Semipalmated Plover

Charadrius semipalmatus

Piping Plover

Charadrius melodus

Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca

Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes

Solitary Sandpiper

Tringa solitaria

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularia

Willet

Catoptrophorus semipalmatus

Upland Sandpiper

Bartramia longicauda

Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemastica

Marbled Godwit

Limosa fedoa

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Red Knot

Calidris canutus

Sanderling

Calidris alba

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Calidris pusilla

Western Sandpiper

Calidris mauri

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla

White-Rumped Sandpiper

Calidris fuscicollis

Baird’s Sandpiper

Calidris bairdii

Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris melanotos

Purple Sandpiper

Calidris maritima

Dunlin Sandpiper

Calidris alpina

Stilt Sandpiper

Calidris himantopus

Buff-Breasted Sandpiper

Tryngites subruficollis

Short-Billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus griseus

Long-Billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus scolopaceus

Wilson’s Sniper

Gallinago delicata

American Woodcock

Scolopax minor

Wilson’s Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

Red-Necked Phalarope

Phalaropus lobatus

Red Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicaria

Pomarine Jaeger

Stercorarius pomarinus

Laughing Gull

Larus atricilla

Franklin’s Gull

Larus pipixcan

Little Gull

Larus minutus

Bonaparte’s Gull

Larus philadelphia

Ring-Billed Gull

Larus delawarensis

Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Lesser Black-Backed Gull

Larus fuscus

Iceland Gull

Larus glaucoides

Glaucous Gull

Larus hyperboreus

Great Black-Backed Gull

Larus marinus

Sabine’s Gull

Xema sabini

Black-Backed Kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla

Caspain Tern

Sterna caspia

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

Forster’s Tern

Sterna forsteri

Black Tern

Chlidonias niger

Belted Kingfisher

Ceryle alcyon

Alder Flycatcher

Empidonax alnorum

Willow Flycatcher

Empidonax traillii

Purple Martin

Progne subis

Tree Swallow

Tachycineta bicolor

Northern Rough-Winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Bank Swallow

Riparia riparia

Cliff Swallow

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Sedge Wren

Cistothorus platensis

Marsh Wren

Cistothorus palustris

American Pipit

Anthus rubescens

Yellow Warbler

Dendroica petechia

Prothonotary Warbler

Protonotaria citrea

Northern Waterthrush

Seiurus noveboracensis

Common Yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichas

Le Conte’s Sparrow

Ammodramus leconteii

Nelson’s Sharp-Tailed Sparrow

Ammodramus nelsoni

Lincoln’s Sparrow

Melospiza lincolnii

Swamp Sparrow

Melospiza georgiana

Red-Winged Black Bird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Rusty Blackbird

Euphagus carolinus

Yellow-Headed Blackbird

Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus