Birds of District of Columbia
Official List from 1842 as of 9 October 2019
Maryland / District of Columbia Records Committee of the
Maryland Ornithological Society
Part 1: Species – Species from the DC Records Committee 1984 baseline or added by an MD/DCRC accepted record.
Common Name
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Ross’s Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Northern Bobwhite
Ruffed Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Passenger Pigeon
Common Ground Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chuck-will’s-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
Clapper Rail
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Purple Gallinule
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird’s Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
W estern Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Wilson’s Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Thick-billed Murre
Sabine’s Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Black-headed Gull
Little Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster’s Tern
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Leach’s Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Wood Stork
frigatebird species
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Anhinga
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Bald Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
W estern Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Bell’s Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina W ren
Bewick’s W ren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Pipit
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Bachman’s Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte’s Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Henslow’s Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Part 3: Subspecies/Forms – Accepted field-identifiable subspecies or forms unusual in the District of Columbia.
Iceland Gull (Thayer’s)
Part 4: Questionable Origin – Accepted species that may or may not be wild or naturally occurring.
Barnacle Goose