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 | ||