The list is based on the list of bird species for the District of Columbia maintained by the Maryland Ornithological Society, with some particularly unlikely species removed.
Related: Sightings Wrap-up for 2005, 2006 DC Bird List
Species seen: 254
Last Updated: 12-29-06
| Species | Date Seen | Location | ||
| Ducks, Geese, & Swans | ||||
| Greater White-fronted Goose | ||||
| Snow Goose | 1-28-06 | Jamaica Bay NWR | ||
| Canada Goose | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Brant | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Mute Swan | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Tundra Swan | 1-28-06 | Jamaica Bay NWR | ||
| Wood Duck | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Gadwall | 1-28-06 | Jamaica Bay NWR | ||
| American Wigeon | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| American Black Duck | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Mallard | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Blue-winged Teal | 3-19-06 | Hughes Hollow | ||
| Cinnamon Teal | 6-4-06 | Seattle, WA | ||
| Northern Shoveler | 1-28-06 | Jamaica Bay NWR | ||
| Northern Pintail | 1-28-06 | Jamaica Bay NWR | ||
| Green-winged Teal | 3-6-06 | Fort McHenry, MD | ||
| Canvasback | 1-8-06 | Georgetown Reservoir | ||
| Redhead | 1-28-06 | Jamaica Bay NWR | ||
| Ring-necked Duck | 2-25-06 | Assunpink WMA | ||
| Greater Scaup | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Lesser Scaup | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Common Eider | 12-28-06 | Barnegat Light, NJ | ||
| Harlequin Duck | 2-18-06 | Indian River Inlet, DE | ||
| Surf Scoter | 2-18-06 | Ocean City, MD | ||
| White-winged Scoter* | 2-18-06* | Ocean City, MD* | ||
| Black Scoter | 2-18-06 | Indian River Inlet, DE | ||
| Long-tailed Duck | 2-18-06 | Ocean City, MD | ||
| Bufflehead | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Common Goldeneye | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Hooded Merganser | 1-8-06 | Chain Bridge | ||
| Common Merganser | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Red-breasted Merganser | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Ruddy Duck | 1-8-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
| Gamebirds | ||||
| Ring-necked Pheasant | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Wild Turkey | 4-15-06 | Middlesex County, NJ | ||
| Northern Bobwhite | ||||
| Loons & Grebes | ||||
| Red-throated Loon | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Common Loon | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Pied-billed Grebe | 1-8-05 | Anacostia Park | ||
| Horned Grebe | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Red-necked Grebe | ||||
| Eared Grebe | ||||
| Seabirds & Pelicans | ||||
| Northern Gannet | 2-18-06 | Ocean City, MD | ||
| Brown Pelican | 10-14-06 | Point Lookout, MD | ||
| Cormorants | ||||
| Double-crested Cormorant | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Great Cormorant | 1-30-06 | Middlesex County, NJ | ||
| Bitterns, Herons, & Egrets | ||||
| American Bittern | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Least Bittern | ||||
| Great Blue Heron | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Great Egret | 4-9-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Snowy Egret | 4-9-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Little Blue Heron | 8-12-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Tricolored Heron | 8-12-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Cattle Egret | ||||
| Green Heron | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | 5-13-06 | Fletcher's Boathouse | ||
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 5-13-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Ibis & Vultures | ||||
| White Ibis | ||||
| Glossy Ibis | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Black Vulture | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Turkey Vulture | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Kites & Hawks | ||||
| Osprey | 3-16-06 | East Potomac Park | ||
| Bald Eagle | 1-15-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Northern Harrier | 2-5-06 | Dulles Airport | ||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1-7-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Cooper's Hawk | 1-19-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Northern Goshawk | ||||
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Broad-winged Hawk* | 4-2-06* | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens* | ||
| Red-tailed Hawk | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Rough-legged Hawk | ||||
| Falcons | ||||
| American Kestrel | 1-19-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Merlin | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Peregrine Falcon | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Park | ||
| Rails, Moorhens, & Coot | ||||
| Yellow Rail | ||||
| Black Rail | ||||
| Clapper Rail* | 5-20-06* | Bombay Hook NWR* | ||
| King Rail | 4-30-06 | Julie Metz Wetlands, VA | ||
| Virginia Rail | 10-14-06 | Point Lookout, MD | ||
| Sora | ||||
| Purple Gallinule | ||||
| Common Moorhen | ||||
| American Coot | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Plovers | ||||
| Black-bellied Plover | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| American Golden-Plover | ||||
| Semipalmated Plover | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Killdeer | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Oystercatchers, Stilts, Avocets | ||||
| American Oystercatcher | 12-28-06 | Barnegat Light, NJ | ||
| Black-necked Stilt | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| American Avocet | 8-12-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Sandpipers | ||||
| Greater Yellowlegs | 4-2-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 4-2-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Solitary Sandpiper | 4-30-06 | Cockpit Point Road, VA | ||
| Willet | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Spotted Sandpiper | 4-24-06 | Constitution Gardens | ||
| Upland Sandpiper | ||||
| Ruddy Turnstone | 2-18-06 | Ocean City, MD | ||
| Red Knot | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Sanderling | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Western Sandpiper | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Least Sandpiper | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| White-rumped Sandpiper | ||||
| Baird's Sandpiper | ||||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Purple Sandpiper | 2-18-06 | Indian River Inlet, DE | ||
| Dunlin | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Stilt Sandpiper | ||||
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | ||||
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Long-billed Dowitcher | 8-12-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Wilson's Snipe | 3-19-06 | Hughes Hollow | ||
| American Woodcock | 5-13-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Gulls & Terns | ||||
| Laughing Gull | 5-13-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
| Franklin's Gull | ||||
| Little Gull | ||||
| Black-headed Gull | ||||
| Bonaparte's Gull | ||||
| Ring-billed Gull | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| California Gull* | 6-1-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Herring Gull | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Iceland Gull | ||||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1-8-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
| Western Gull* | 6-1-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Glaucous-winged Gull* | 6-1-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Glaucous Gull | ||||
| Great Black-backed Gull | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Caspian Tern | 4-9-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
| Royal Tern | ||||
| Common Tern | ||||
| Forster's Tern | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Least Tern | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Black Tern | ||||
| Black Skimmer | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Alcids | ||||
| Razorbill* | 2-18-06* | Indian River Inlet, DE* | ||
| Pigeon Guillemot* | 6-3-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Rhinoceros Auklet* | 6-3-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Doves & Pigeons | ||||
| Rock Pigeon | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Mourning Dove | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Cuckoos | ||||
| Black-billed Cuckoo | ||||
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 5-1-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Owls | ||||
| Barn Owl | ||||
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 3-12-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Great Horned Owl | 7-5-06 | Maryland | ||
| Snowy Owl* | 2-5-06* | Dulles Airport* | ||
| Barred Owl | 5-7-06 | Pennyfield Lock | ||
| Long-eared Owl | ||||
| Short-eared Owl | ||||
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | ||||
| Nightjars & Swifts | ||||
| Common Nighthawk | 5-13-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Chuck-will's-widow | ||||
| Whip-poor-will | ||||
| Chimney Swift | 4-9-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Vaux's Swift | 6-4-06 | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Hummingbirds & Kingfisher | ||||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 4-25-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Anna's Hummingbird* | 6-2-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Rufous Hummingbird | ||||
| Belted Kingfisher | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Woodpeckers | ||||
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 2-12-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Downy Woodpecker | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Hairy Woodpecker | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Northern Flicker | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Pileated Woodpecker | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Flycatchers | ||||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | ||||
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 5-6-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | ||||
| Acadian Flycatcher | 5-6-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Alder Flycatcher | ||||
| Willow Flycatcher | ||||
| Least Flycatcher | 7-1-06 | Scherman-Hoffman Refuge, NJ | ||
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher* | 6-5-06* | Cascades, WA* | ||
| Eastern Phoebe | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Western Kingbird* | 6-4-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Eastern Kingbird | 4-26-06 | Kenilworth Park | ||
| Shrikes | ||||
| Northern Shrike* | 11-25-06* | Great Swamp NWR* | ||
| Vireos | ||||
| White-eyed Vireo | 4-26-06 | Kenilworth Park | ||
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 4-30-06 | Julie Metz Wetlands, VA | ||
| Blue-headed Vireo | 5-13-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Warbling Vireo | 4-26-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Philadelphia Vireo | ||||
| Red-eyed Vireo | 4-25-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Jays & Crows | ||||
| Steller's Jay* | 6-2-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Blue Jay | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| American Crow | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Northwestern Crow* | 6-1-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Fish Crow | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Common Raven | 6-5-06 | Cascades, WA | ||
| Lark & Swallows | ||||
| Horned Lark | ||||
| Purple Martin | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Tree Swallow | 3-18-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Violet-green Swallow* | 6-3-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 4-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Bank Swallow | 4-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Cliff Swallow | 6-4-06 | Seattle, WA | ||
| Barn Swallow | 4-9-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Chickadees, Titmouse, Nuthatches & Creeper | ||||
| Carolina Chickadee | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Black-capped Chickadee | 1-21-06 | C&O Canal, Mile 135, MD | ||
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee* | 6-2-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Tufted Titmouse | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Bushtit* | 6-2-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1-7-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | 11-18-06 | Blackwater NWR | ||
| Brown Creeper | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Wrens | ||||
| Carolina Wren | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| House Wren | 5-1-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Winter Wren | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Sedge Wren | 5-5-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Marsh Wren | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Kinglets & Gnatcatcher | ||||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1-8-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 4-15-06 | Great Swamp NWR | ||
| Thrushes | ||||
| Eastern Bluebird | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Veery | 4-25-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | 5-27-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Swainson's Thrush | 5-4-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Hermit Thrush | 1-7-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Wood Thrush | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| American Robin | 1-7-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Mimids | ||||
| Gray Catbird | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Northern Mockingbird | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Brown Thrasher | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Starling, Pipit, & Waxwing | ||||
| European Starling | 1-1-06 | NJ | ||
| American Pipit | 6-4-06 | Seattle, WA | ||
| Cedar Waxwing | 1-7-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Wood Warblers | ||||
| Blue-winged Warbler | 4-25-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Golden-winged Warbler | ||||
| Tennessee Warbler | ||||
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 6-3-06 | Seattle, WA | ||
| Nashville Warbler | 5-4-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Northern Parula | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Yellow Warbler | 4-29-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 5-4-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Magnolia Warbler | 5-4-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Cape May Warbler* | 5-3-06* | Constitution Gardens* | ||
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | 4-29-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Black-throated Gray Warbler* | 6-5-06* | Cascades, WA* | ||
| Black-throated Green Warbler | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Townsend's Warbler* | 6-5-06* | Cascades, WA* | ||
| Blackburnian Warbler | 4-29-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Yellow-throated Warbler* | 4-30-06* | Cockpit Point Road, VA* | ||
| Pine Warbler | 3-5-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Prairie Warbler | 4-30-06 | Cockpit Point Road, VA | ||
| Palm Warbler | 4-9-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Bay-breasted Warbler | ||||
| Blackpoll Warbler | 5-4-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Cerulean Warbler* | 5-7-06* | Pennyfield Lock* | ||
| Black-and-white Warbler | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| American Redstart | 4-30-06 | Julie Metz Wetlands, VA | ||
| Prothonotary Warbler | 5-7-06 | Pennyfield Lock | ||
| Worm-eating Warbler | 4-30-06 | Cockpit Point Road, VA | ||
| Ovenbird | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Northern Waterthrush | 5-1-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Louisiana Waterthrush | 3-26-06 | Central Park, NY | ||
| Kentucky Warbler | ||||
| Connecticut Warbler | ||||
| Mourning Warbler* | 5-27-06* | National Arboretum* | ||
| Common Yellowthroat | 1-8-06 | C&O Canal | ||
| Hooded Warbler | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Wilson's Warbler | ||||
| Canada Warbler | 5-5-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 4-30-06 | Cockpit Point Road, VA | ||
| Tanagers | ||||
| Summer Tanager | 4-30-06 | Cockpit Point Road, VA | ||
| Scarlet Tanager | 4-30-06 | Cockpit Point Road, VA | ||
| Sparrows | ||||
| Spotted Towhee* | 6-2-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Eastern Towhee | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| American Tree Sparrow | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Chipping Sparrow | 1-7-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Clay-colored Sparrow | ||||
| Field Sparrow | 1-8-06 | Chain Bridge | ||
| Vesper Sparrow | 4-26-06 | Kenilworth Park | ||
| Lark Sparrow | ||||
| Savannah Sparrow | 1-8-06 | Chain Bridge | ||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | ||||
| Seaside Sparrow | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Fox Sparrow | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
| Song Sparrow | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Lincoln's Sparrow | 5-5-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Swamp Sparrow | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| White-throated Sparrow | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| White-crowned Sparrow | 5-20-06 | Bombay Hook NWR | ||
| Dark-eyed Junco | 1-1-06 | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Lapland Longspur | ||||
| Snow Bunting | 12-28-06 | Barnegat Light, NJ | ||
| Cardinal, Grosbeaks, & Bunting | ||||
| Northern Cardinal | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 4-29-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Black-headed Grosbeak* | 6-3-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Blue Grosbeak | 4-26-06 | Kenilworth Park | ||
| Indigo Bunting | 4-25-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
| Dickcissel | ||||
| Bobolink* | 5-13-06* | Kenilworth Park* | ||
| Blackbirds & Orioles | ||||
| Red-winged Blackbird | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
| Eastern Meadowlark | 4-26-06 | Kenilworth Park | ||
| Rusty Blackbird | 3-19-06 | Hughes Hollow | ||
| Brewer's Blackbird* | 6-2-06* | Seattle, WA* | ||
| Common Grackle | 1-19-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Boat-tailed Grackle | 2-18-06 | Indian River Inlet, DE | ||
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 3-5-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Orchard Oriole | 4-29-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| Baltimore Oriole | 4-30-06 | Cockpit Point Road, VA | ||
| Finches | ||||
| Purple Finch | 1-7-06 | National Arboretum | ||
| House Finch | 1-4-06 | NJ | ||
| Red Crossbill | ||||
| White-winged Crossbill | ||||
| Common Redpoll | ||||
| Pine Siskin | ||||
| American Goldfinch | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
| Evening Grosbeak | ||||
| Weaver Finch | ||||
| House Sparrow | 1-1-06 | NJ | ||