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Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge
Errol, New Hampshire
Preliminary list of birds of the Lake Umbagog NWR
* - species known or presumed to breed on the refuge
LOONS
___ Common Loon*
___ Red-throated Loon (migration only)
GREBES
___ Red-necked Grebe (migration only)
___ Horned Grebe (migration only)
___ Pied-billed Grebe
CORMORANTS
___ Great Cormorant (migration only)
___ Double-crested Cormorant
HERONS AND BITTERNS
___ Great Blue Heron*
___ Green Heron
___ Great Egret (accidental)
___ Black-crowned Night-Heron (accidental)
___ American Bittern*
WATERFOWL
___ Snow Goose (migration only)
___ Canada Goose*
___ Mallard*
___ American Black Duck*
___ Northern Pintail
___ Green-winged Teal
___ Blue-winged Teal*
___ American Wigeon (migration only)
___ Wood Duck*
___ Redhead (accidental)
___ Ring-necked Duck*
___ Canvasback (migration only)
___ Greater Scaup (migration only)
___ Lesser Scaup (migration only)
___ Common Goldeneye*
___ Barrow's Goldeneye (migration only)
___ Bufflehead (migration only)
___ Oldsquaw (migration only)
___ White-winged Scoter (migration only)
___ Surf Scoter (migration only)
___ Black Scoter (migration only)
___ Ruddy Duck (migration only)
___ Hooded Merganser*
___ Common Merganser*
___ Red-breasted Merganser (migration only)
NEW WORLD VULTURES
___ Turkey Vulture
EAGLES AND HAWKS
___ Bald Eagle*
___ Golden Eagle
___ Northern Goshawk
___ Sharp-shinned Hawk
___ Cooper's Hawk
___ Red-tailed Hawk
___ Red-shouldered Hawk
___ Broad-winged Hawk*
___ Rough-legged Hawk (migration only)
___ Northern Harrier*
OSPREY
___ Osprey*
FALCONS
___ Gyrfalcon (migration only)
___ Peregrine Falcon
___ Merlin*
___ American Kestrel*
GROUSE, PHEASANTS, AND TURKEYS
___ Spruce Grouse*
___ Ruffed Grouse*
___ Ring-necked Pheasant (seasonally stocked)
___ Wild Turkey
RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS
___ Virginia Rail*
___ Sora*
___ American Coot (migration only)
PLOVERS
___ Semipalmated Plover (migration only)
___ Killdeer
___ American Golden-Plover (migration only)
SNIPE AND SANDPIPERS
___ American Woodcock*
___ Common Snipe*
___ Spotted Sandpiper*
___ Solitary Sandpiper (migration only)
___ Greater Yellowlegs (migration only)
___ Lesser Yellowlegs (migration only)
___ Red Knot (accidental)
___ Pectoral Sandpiper (migration only)
___ White-rumped Sandpiper (migration only)
___ Baird's Sandpiper (accidental)
___ Least Sandpiper (migration only)
___ Dunlin (migration only)
___ Short-billed Dowitcher (migration only)
___ Semipalmated Sandpiper (migration only)
___ Sanderling (migration only)
PHALAROPES
___ Wilson's Phalarope (accidental)
___ Northern Phalarope (migration only)
___ Red Phalarope (migration only)
GULLS AND TERNS
___ Great Black-backed Gull
___ Herring Gull
___ Ring-billed Gull
___ Bonaparte's Gull (migration only)
___ Common Tern (migration only)
___ Arctic Tern (migration only)
___ Black Tern (migration only)
DOVES
___ Rock Dove
___ Mourning Dove*
CUCKOOS
___ Black-billed Cuckoo*
OWLS
___ Great Horned Owl
___ Snowy Owl (winter only)
___ Hawk Owl (winter only)
___ Barred Owl*
___ Great Gray Owl (accidental)
___ Long-eared Owl
___ Short-eared Owl (migration only)
___ Boreal Owl (migration only)
___ Northern Saw-whet Owl
GOATSUCKERS
___ Whip-poor-will
___ Common Nighthawk (migration only)
SWIFTS
___ Chimney Swift*
HUMMINGBIRDS
___ Ruby-throated Hummingbird*
KINGFISHERS
___ Belted Kingfisher*
WOODPECKERS
___ Northern Flicker*
___ Pileated Woodpecker*
___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker*
___ Hairy Woodpecker*
___ Downy Woodpecker*
___ Black-backed Woodpecker*
___ Three-toed Woodpecker
FLYCATCHERS
___ Eastern Kingbird*
___ Great Crested Flycatcher*
___ Eastern Phoebe*
___ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher*
___ Alder Flycatcher*
___ Least Flycatcher*
___ Eastern Wood-Pewee*
___ Olive-sided Flycatcher*
LARKS
___ Horned Lark (migration only)
SWALLOWS
___ Tree Swallow*
___ Bank Swallow*
___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow
___ Barn Swallow*
___ Cliff Swallow
CROWS AND JAYS
___ Gray Jay*
___ Blue Jay*
___ Common Raven*
___ American Crow*
CHICKADEES
___ Black-capped Chickadee*
___ Boreal Chickadee*
NUTHATCHES
___ White-breasted Nuthatch
___ Red-breasted Nuthatch*
CREEPERS
___ Brown Creeper*
WREN
___ House Wren
___ Winter Wren*
___ Marsh Wren
___ Sedge Wren
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
___ Northern Mockingbird
___ Gray Catbird*
___ Brown Thrasher
THRUSHES
___ American Robin*
___ Wood Thrush
___ Hermit Thrush*
___ Swainson's Thrush*
___ Gray-cheeked Thrush (migration only)
___ Veery
___ Eastern Bluebird*
KINGLETS
___ Golden-crowned Kinglet*
___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet*
PIPITS
___ American Pipit (migration only)
WAXWINGS
___ Bohemian Waxwing (winter only)
___ Cedar Waxwing*
SHRIKES
___ Northern Shrike (winter only)
STARLINGS
___ European Starling
VIREOS
___ Solitary Vireo*
___ Red-eyed Vireo*
___ Philadelphia Vireo
___ Warbling Vireo
WARBLERS
___ Black-and-white Warbler
___ Tennessee Warbler
___ Orange-crowned Warbler (migration only)
___ Nashville Warbler*
___ Northern Parula*
___ Yellow Warbler
___ Magnolia Warbler*
___ Cape May Warbler*
___ Black-throated Blue Warbler*
___ Yellow-rumped Warbler*
___ Black-throated Green Warbler*
___ Blackburnian Warbler*
___ Chestnut-sided Warbler
___ Bay-breasted Warbler*
___ Blackpoll Warbler (migration only)
___ Palm Warbler*
___ Ovenbird*
___ Northern Waterthrush*
___ Mourning Warbler
___ Common Yellowthroat*
___ Wilson's Warbler*
___ Canada Warbler*
___ American Redstart*
WEAVER FINCHES
___ House Sparrow
BLACKBIRDS AND ORIOLES
___ Bobolink*
___ Eastern Meadowlark
___ Red-winged Blackbird*
___ Baltimore Oriole
___ Rusty Blackbird
___ Common Grackle
___ Brown-headed Cowbird
TANAGERS
___ Scarlet Tanager
FINCHES, SPARROWS, AND BUNTINGS
___ Northern Cardinal
___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak*
___ Evening Grosbeak*
___ Purple Finch*
___ Pine Grosbeak
___ Hoary Redpoll (migration only)
___ Common Redpoll (migration only)
___ Pine Siskin*
___ American Goldfinch*
___ Red Crosshill
___ White-winged Crossbill*
___ Savannah Sparrow
___ Dark-eyed Junco*
___ American Tree Sparrow (winter only)
___ Chipping Sparrow*
___ White-crowned Sparrow (migration only)
___ White-throated Sparrow*
___ Fox Sparrow (migration only)
___ Lincoln's Sparrow
___ Swamp Sparrow*
___ Song Sparrow*
___ Lapland Longspur (migration only)
___ Snow Bunting (winter only)
For more information contact:
Refuge Manager
Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge
Box 279
Errol, New Hampshire 03579
Telephone: 603/482-3415
This resource is based on the following source:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. No date. Birds of the Lake Umbagog National
Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 3 pages.
This resource should be cited as:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. No date. Birds of the Lake Umbagog National
Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 3 pages.
Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.govumbagog.htm
(Version 22MAY98).
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