Whidbey Audubon Society - Bird Check List
Birds of Whidbey Island [Printable Version (PDF)]
This is a field check list for Whidbey Island bird species. Enjoy the varied habitats on our beautiful island!
Season
Spr March-May
Sum June-August
Aut September-November
Wtr December-February
Abundance
C Common: Usually seen in proper habitat.
U Uncommon: 1) Seen regularly in small numbers, or 2) Present, not certain to be seen.
O Occasional: 1) Irregular occurrence, or 2) Seen only a few times a season.
R Rare: 1) Rarely seen, or 2) Seen at intervals of 2-5 years.
A Accidental: Seen less than 5 times.
Nesting
N Known to nest on the island.
P Possible: adults found in proper habitat during breeding season.
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Species | | Spr | Sum | Aut | Wtr | Nest | |
___Red-throated Loon | | C | O | C | C | | |
___Pacific Loon |  (1) | C | U | C | C | | |
___Common Loon |  (1) | C | U | C | C | | |
___Yellow-billed Loon | | O | R | O | O | | |
___Pied-billed Grebe |  (1) | U | U | U | U | N | |
___Horned Grebe |  (1) | C | R | C | C | | |
___Red-necked Grebe |  (1) | C | O | C | C | | |
___Eared Grebe |  (1) | U | R | U | U | | |
___Western Grebe |  (1) | C | O | C | C | | |
___Clark's Grebe | | O | | O | O | | |
___Double-crested Cormorant |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Brandt's Cormorant |  (1) | C | O | C | C | | |
___Pelagic Cormorant |  (1) | C | C | C | C | | |
___American Bittern |  (1) | U | U | U | P | | |
___Great Blue Heron |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Green Heron |  (1) | | C | | | N | |
___Great Egret |  (1) | | A | R | | | |
___Tundra Swan |  (1) | O | | O | O | | |
___Trumpeter Swan |  (1) | O | | O | O | | |
___Gr. White-fronted Goose |  (1) | O | A | O | R | | |
___Snow Goose |  (1) | R | | R | R | | |
___Brant |  (1) | C | R | U | U | | |
___Canada Goose |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Wood Duck |  (1) | U | U | U | | N | |
___Green-winged Teal |  (1) | C | U | C | C | N | |
___Mallard |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Northern Pintail |  (1) | C | U | C | C | P | |
___Blue-winged Teal |  (1) | U | O | O | | N | |
___Cinnamon Teal |  (1) | U | U | O | | N | |
___Northern Shoveler |  (1) | C | O | U | C | N | |
___Gadwall |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Eurasian Wigeon |  (1) | U | | U | U | | |
___American Wigeon |  (1) | C | O | C | C | N | |
___Canvasback | | U | | U | U | | |
___Redhead |  (1) | | | R | R | | |
___Ring-necked Duck |  (1) | U | | U | U | | |
___Greater Scaup |  (1) | C | | C | C | | |
___Lesser Scaup |  (1) | C | O | C | C | N | |
___Harlequin Duck |  (1) | C | C | C | C | | |
___Long-tailed Duck | | O | O | O | C | | |
___Black Scoter | | O | R | O | C | | |
___Surf Scoter |  (1) | C | C | C | C | | |
___White-winged Scoter |  (1) | C | U | C | C | | |
___Common Goldeneye |  (1) | C | | C | C | | |
___Barrow's Goldeneye |  (1) | C | | C | C | | |
___Bufflehead |  (1) | C | R | C | C | | |
___Hooded Merganser |  (1) | U | O | U | U | N | |
___Common Merganser | | O | | O | O | | |
___Red-breasted Merganser |  (1) | C | R | C | C | | |
___Ruddy Duck |  (1) | C | U | C | C | N | |
___Turkey Vulture |  (1) | O | U | R | | | |
___Osprey |  (1) | U | U | U | R | N | |
___Bald Eagle |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Northern Harrier |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Cooper's Hawk |  (1) | U | U | U | U | N | |
___Sharp-shinned Hawk |  (1) | U | R | U | U | N | |
___Northern Goshawk | | | | | R | | |
___Red-tailed Hawk |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Rough-legged Hawk |  (1) | O | | U | U | | |
___Golden Eagle | | O | O | O | O | | |
___American Kestrel |  (1) | O | O | O | O | P | |
___Merlin |  (1) | U | R | U | U | | |
___Peregrine Falcon |  (1) | U | U | U | U | | |
___Ring-necked Pheasant |  (1) | U | U | U | U | P | |
___California Quail |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Virginia Rail |  (1) | U | U | U | O | N | |
___Sora | | O | O | | | N | |
___American Coot |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Black-bellied Plover |  (1) | O | O | U | U | | |
___Pacific Golden-Plover | | | | O | | | |
___American Golden-Plover | | | | O | | | |
___Semi-palmated Plover |  (1) | O | O | U | | | |
___Killdeer |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Black Oystercatcher |  (1) | U | O | U | C | | |
___Willet |  (1) | | A | R | | | |
___Greater Yellowlegs |  (1) | C | U | C | U | | |
___Lesser Yellowlegs |  (1) | U | U | U | | | |
___Solitary Sandpiper | | R | | R | R | | |
___Spotted Sandpiper |  (1) | U | O | U | R | | |
___Whimbrel |  (1) | O | R | U | | | |
___Long-billed Curlew |  (1) | R | O | R | | | |
___Marbled Godwit |  (1) | | | R | | | |
___Ruddy Turnstone |  (1) | O | O | O | | | |
___Black Turnstone |  (1) | C | O | C | C | | |
___Surfbird | | U | O | U | U | | |
___Red Knot | | | | R | | | |
___Sanderling |  (1) | U | R | U | C | | |
___Semipalmated Sandpiper | | R | U | U | | | |
___Western Sandpiper |  (1) | C | C | C | U | | |
___Least Sandpiper |  (1) | C | C | C | | | |
___Baird's Sandpiper | | O | | R | O | | |
___Pectoral Sandpiper |  (1) | R | R | O | | | |
___Rock Sandpiper | | O | | O | O | | |
___Dunlin |  (1) | C | R | C | C | | |
___Stilt Sandpiper | | | | O | | | |
___Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | | | A | R | | | |
___Ruff | | | | R | | | |
___Short-billed Dowitcher |  (1) | O | C | C | | | |
___Long-billed Dowitcher |  (1) | O | C | C | R | | |
___Common Snipe |  (1) | U | U | U | | N | |
___Wilson's Phalarope |  (1) | | | O | | | |
___Red-necked Phalarope |  (1) | | U | O | | | |
___Parasitic Jaeger | | A | | O | | | |
___Bonaparte's Gull |  (1) | C | U | C | C | | |
___Heermann's Gull |  (1) | | C | C | R | | |
___Franklin's Gull | | | R | O | | | |
___Mew Gull |  (1) | C | O | C | C | | |
___Ring-billed Gull |  (1) | C | U | C | C | | |
___California Gull |  (1) | O | C | C | R | | |
___Herring Gull | | U | A | O | U | | |
___Thayer's Gull | | O | | O | O | |
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Species | | Spr | Sum | Aut | Wtr | Nest | |
___Glaucous-winged Gull |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Western Gull |  (1) | O | R | O | O | | |
___Glaucous Gull | | R | | R | R | | |
___Caspian Tern |  (1) | C | C | C | | N | |
___Common Tern | | O | R | C | | | |
___Elegant Tern | | | | R | | | |
___Common Murre |  (1) | U | U | U | U | | |
___Pigeon Guillemot |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Marbled Murrelet |  (1) | U | U | U | U | | |
___Ancient Murrelet | | | | O | | | |
___Rhinoceros Auklet |  (1) | C | C | C | C | | |
___Tufted Puffin | | | R | | | | |
___Rock Dove |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Band-tailed Pigeon |  (1) | U | U | U | O | N | |
___Mourning Dove |  (1) | C | C | C | U | N | |
___Barn Owl | | U | U | U | O | N | |
___Western Screech-Owl | | R | R | R | R | N | |
___Great Horned Owl |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Snowy Owl |  (1) | | | R | R | | |
___Northern Pygmy-Owl | | O | O | O | O | | |
___Barred Owl |  (3) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Short-eared Owl |  (1) | U | R | U | U | N | |
___Northern Saw-whet Owl | | O | O | O | O | N | |
___Common Nighthawk | | U | U | | | P | |
___Black Swift | | R | | A | | | |
___Vaux's Swift | | R | | R | | | |
___Anna's Hummingbird |  (1) | R | R | R | R | | |
___Rufous Hummingbird |  (1) | C | C | O | R | N | |
___Belted Kingfisher |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Red-breasted Sapsucker |  (1) | O | R | O | O | N | |
___Downy Woodpecker |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Hairy Woodpecker |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Northern Flicker |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Pileated Woodpecker |  (1) | U | U | U | U | N | |
___Olive-sided Flycatcher |  (1) | U | U | U | | N | |
___Western Wood-Pewee |  (1) | R | U | U | | P | |
___Willow Flycatcher |  (1) | U | U | U | | P | |
___Hammond's Flycatcher | | O | O | O | | | |
___Pacific-slope Flycatcher |  (1) | C | C | C | | N | |
___Western Kingbird |  (1) | O | | | | | |
___Northern Shrike |  (1) | O | | O | O | | |
___Hutton's Vireo | | U | U | U | U | N | |
___Cassin's Vireo | | O | O | | | N | |
___Red-eyed Vireo | | R | | R | | | |
___Warbling Vireo |  (1) | U | U | U | | N | |
___Steller's Jay |  (1) | U | U | U | U | N | |
___American Crow |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Common Raven |  (1) | U | U | U | U | N | |
___Horned Lark |  (1) | R | | O | | | |
___Tree Swallow |  (1) | C | C | U | | N | |
___Purple Martin |  (1) | R | R | R | | | |
___Violet-green Swallow |  (1) | C | C | C | | N | |
___Rough-winged Swallow |  (1) | C | C | C | | N | |
___Bank Swallow |  (1) | | | O | | | |
___Cliff Swallow |  (1) | C | C | C | | N | |
___Barn Swallow |  (1) | C | C | C | | N | |
___Black-capped Chickadee |  (1) | U | U | U | U | N | |
___Chestnut-backed Chickadee |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Bushtit |  (1) | U | U | U | U | N | |
___Brown Creeper |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Red-breasted Nuthatch |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Bewick's Wren |  (1) | U | U | U | U | N | |
___House Wren |  (1) | U | U | U | A | N | |
___Winter Wren |  (1) | C | U | C | C | N | |
___Marsh Wren |  (1) | C | C | C | U | N | |
___Golden-crowned Kinglet |  (1) | C | U | C | C | N | |
___Ruby-crowned Kinglet |  (1) | C | | C | C | | |
___Mountain Bluebird |  (1) | R | | A | | | |
___Townsend's Solitaire |  (1) | R | | R | R | | |
___Swainson's Thrush |  (1) | C | C | U | | N | |
___Hermit Thrush |  (1) | U | | U | R | | |
___Varied Thrush |  (1) | C | R | C | C | P | |
___American Robin |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___European Starling |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___American Pipit |  (1) | O | | U | R | | |
___Bohemian Waxwing | | | | R | | | |
___Cedar Waxwing |  (2) | C | C | C | R | N | |
___Orange-crowned Warbler |  (1) | C | C | U | O | N | |
___Yellow Warbler |  (1) | C | C | U | | N | |
___Yellow-rumped Warbler |  (1) | C | O | C | O | N | |
___Blk.-throated Gray Warbler |  (1) | U | U | O | | N | |
___Townsend's Warbler |  (1) | C | U | U | R | N | |
___MacGillivray's Warbler | | R | | R | | | |
___Common Yellowthroat |  (1) | C | C | C | | N | |
___Wilson's Warbler |  (1) | C | C | U | | N | |
___Western Tanager |  (1) | U | U | U | | N | |
___Spotted Towhee |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Chipping Sparrow |  (1) | R | | R | | | |
___Savannah Sparrow |  (1) | C | C | C | O | N | |
___Fox Sparrow |  (1) | C | | C | C | | |
___Song Sparrow |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Lincoln's Sparrow |  (1) | U | | U | O | | |
___White-throated Sparrow | | | | R | R | | |
___Golden-crowned Sparrow |  (1) | C | | C | C | | |
___White-crowned Sparrow |  (1) | C | C | C | U | N | |
___Dark-eyed Junco |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Lapland Longspur | | A | | O | | | |
___Snow Bunting |  (1) | | | O | | | |
___Black-headed Grosbeak | (1) | U | U | U | | N | |
___Western Meadowlark |  (1) | U | O | U | U | P | |
___Yellow-headed Blackbird |  (1) | O | O | O | | N | |
___Red-winged Blackbird |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Brewer's Blackbird |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Brown-headed Cowbird |  (1) | C | C | C | O | N | |
___Purple Finch |  (1) | U | O | O | U | P | |
___House Finch |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Red Crossbill |  (1) | U | O | U | U | N | |
___Pine Siskin |  (1) | C | U | C | C | N | |
___American Goldfinch |  (1) | C | C | C | O | N | |
___Evening Grosbeak |  (1) | U | R | O | R | P | |
___House Sparrow |  (1) | C | C | C | C | N | |
___Bullock's Oriole |  (1) | | C | | | |
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Photography Credits
(1) Photos by Craig Johnson
(2) Photos by Tom Ash
(3) Photos by Randy Foster
- This list is published by
- Whidbey Audubon Society
- PO Box 1012
- Oak Harbor, WA 98277
- www.whidbeyaudubon.org
(Published April 2002)
To report sightings not included on this
list, please call: 360 678-3161, 360 678-2264,
or 360 221-7402.
E-mail: audubon@whidbey.com or
sellis@coup.wednet.edu
Whidbey Audubon Society
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