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 |