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 Bird List
Species seen: 168
Last updated: 12-21-06
Species | Date Seen | Location | ||
Ducks, Geese, & Swans | ||||
Greater White-fronted Goose | ||||
Snow Goose | ||||
Canada Goose | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
Brant | ||||
Mute Swan | ||||
Tundra Swan | 3-12-06 | National Arboretum | ||
Wood Duck | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
Gadwall | 7-9-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
American Wigeon | 3-5-06 | Constitution Gardens | ||
American Black Duck | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
Mallard | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
Blue-winged Teal | 4-26-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
Northern Shoveler* | 4-26-06* | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens* | ||
Northern Pintail | ||||
Green-winged Teal | 4-2-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
Canvasback* | 1-8-06* | Georgetown Reservoir* | ||
Redhead | ||||
Ring-necked Duck | ||||
Greater Scaup* | 1-4-06* | Hains Point* | ||
Lesser Scaup | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
Surf Scoter | ||||
White-winged Scoter | ||||
Black Scoter | ||||
Long-tailed Duck | ||||
Bufflehead | 1-14-06 | Constitution Gardens | ||
Common Goldeneye | ||||
Hooded Merganser | 1-8-06 | Chain Bridge | ||
Common Merganser | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
Red-breasted Merganser | 1-20-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
Ruddy Duck | 1-8-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
Gamebirds | ||||
Wild Turkey | ||||
Northern Bobwhite | ||||
Loons & Grebes | ||||
Red-throated Loon | ||||
Common Loon | 4-9-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
Pied-billed Grebe | 1-8-05 | Anacostia Park | ||
Horned Grebe | 3-22-06 | East Potomac Park | ||
Red-necked Grebe | ||||
Eared Grebe | ||||
Cormorants | ||||
Double-crested Cormorant | 3-5-06 | Hains Point | ||
Great Cormorant | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
Black Vulture | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
Turkey Vulture | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
Kites & Hawks | ||||
Osprey | 3-16-06 | East Potomac Park | ||
Bald Eagle | 1-15-06 | National Arboretum | ||
Northern Harrier | ||||
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 | Rock Creek Park | ||
Merlin | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
Peregrine Falcon | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Park | ||
Rails, Moorhens, & Coot | ||||
Yellow Rail | ||||
Black Rail | ||||
Clapper Rail | ||||
King Rail | ||||
Virginia Rail | ||||
Sora | ||||
Purple Gallinule | ||||
Common Moorhen | ||||
American Coot | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
Plovers | ||||
Black-bellied Plover | ||||
American Golden-Plover | ||||
Semipalmated Plover | ||||
Killdeer | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
Sandpipers | ||||
Greater Yellowlegs | 4-2-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
Lesser Yellowlegs | 4-2-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
Solitary Sandpiper | 5-5-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
Willet | ||||
Spotted Sandpiper | 4-24-06 | Constitution Gardens | ||
Upland Sandpiper | ||||
Ruddy Turnstone | ||||
Sanderling | ||||
Semipalmated Sandpiper | ||||
Western Sandpiper | ||||
Least Sandpiper | ||||
White-rumped Sandpiper | ||||
Baird's Sandpiper | ||||
Pectoral Sandpiper | ||||
Dunlin | ||||
Stilt Sandpiper | ||||
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | ||||
Short-billed Dowitcher | ||||
Long-billed Dowitcher | ||||
Wilson's Snipe | 4-2-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
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 | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
California Gull | ||||
Herring Gull | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
Iceland Gull | ||||
Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1-8-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
Glaucous Gull | ||||
Great Black-backed Gull | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
Caspian Tern | 4-9-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
Royal Tern | ||||
Common Tern | ||||
Forster's Tern | ||||
Least Tern | ||||
Black Tern | ||||
Black Skimmer | ||||
Doves & Pigeons | ||||
Rock Pigeon | 1-3-06 | Union Station | ||
Mourning Dove | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
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* | 12-16-06* | National Arboretum* | ||
Barred Owl | 5-13-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
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 | ||
Hummingbirds & Kingfisher | ||||
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 4-25-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
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 | ||||
Eastern Phoebe | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
Great Crested Flycatcher | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
Western Kingbird | ||||
Eastern Kingbird | 4-26-06 | Kenilworth Park | ||
Vireos | ||||
White-eyed Vireo | 4-26-06 | Kenilworth Park | ||
Yellow-throated Vireo | 5-5-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
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 | ||||
Blue Jay | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
American Crow | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
Fish Crow | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
Common Raven | ||||
Lark & Swallows | ||||
Horned Lark | ||||
Purple Martin | ||||
Tree Swallow | 3-18-06 | National Arboretum | ||
Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 4-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
Bank Swallow | 4-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
Cliff Swallow | ||||
Barn Swallow | 4-9-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
Chickadees, Titmouse, Nuthatches & Creeper | ||||
Carolina Chickadee | 1-5-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
Black-capped Chickadee | ||||
Tufted Titmouse | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1-7-06 | National Arboretum | ||
White-breasted Nuthatch | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
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 | ||||
Kinglets & Gnatcatcher | ||||
Golden-crowned Kinglet | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1-8-06 | Anacostia Park | ||
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
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 | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
Brown Thrasher | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
Starling, Pipit, & Waxwing | ||||
European Starling | 1-3-06 | Union Station | ||
American Pipit | ||||
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 | ||||
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 Green Warbler | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
Blackburnian Warbler | 4-29-06 | National Arboretum | ||
Yellow-throated Warbler | ||||
Pine Warbler | 3-5-06 | National Arboretum | ||
Prairie Warbler | 5-3-06 | Constitution Gardens | ||
Palm Warbler | 4-9-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
Bay-breasted Warbler | ||||
Blackpoll Warbler | 5-4-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
Cerulean Warbler* | 5-13-06* | Rock Creek Park* | ||
Black-and-white Warbler | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
American Redstart | 5-13-06 | Rock Creek Park | ||
Prothonotary Warbler | 5-13-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
Worm-eating Warbler | 5-6-06 | National Arboretum | ||
Ovenbird | 4-23-06 | National Arboretum | ||
Northern Waterthrush* | 5-1-06* | Roosevelt Island* | ||
Louisiana Waterthrush* | 4-9-06* | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens* | ||
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 | ||||
Tanagers | ||||
Summer Tanager | ||||
Scarlet Tanager | 5-1-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
Sparrows | ||||
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 | ||||
Fox Sparrow | 1-6-06 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | ||
Song Sparrow | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
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 | ||||
Dark-eyed Junco | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
Lapland Longspur | ||||
Snow Bunting | ||||
Cardinal, Grosbeaks, & Bunting | ||||
Northern Cardinal | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 4-29-06 | National Arboretum | ||
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 | ||||
Common Grackle | 1-19-06 | National Zoo | ||
Brown-headed Cowbird | 3-5-06 | National Arboretum | ||
Orchard Oriole | 4-29-06 | National Arboretum | ||
Baltimore Oriole | 5-1-06 | Roosevelt Island | ||
Finches | ||||
Purple Finch | 1-7-06 | National Arboretum | ||
House Finch | 1-4-06 | Hains Point | ||
Red Crossbill | ||||
White-winged Crossbill | ||||
Common Redpoll | ||||
Pine Siskin | ||||
American Goldfinch | 1-4-06 | National Zoo | ||
Evening Grosbeak | ||||
Weaver Finch | ||||
House Sparrow | 1-3-06 | Union Station |