Rhode Island Checklist

Distribution

  • Ab – Abundant – Numerous year round
  • Co – Common – Occur regularly during at least part of the year
  • Un – Uncommon – Limited numbers, distribution or season
  • Ra – Rare – Only a few occur each year
  • Ca – Casual – Does not occur every year
  • Va – Vagrant – Accidental, few modern state records
  • Ir – Irruptive – Numerous some years and absent other years
  • Ex – Extirpated – Current status in RI unknown
1 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens Un
2 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Ca
3 Brant Branta bernicla Co
4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Ra
5 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Ab
6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Ab
7 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Ra
8 Wood Duck Aix sponsa Co
9 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Un
10 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata Ra
11 Gadwall Mareca strepera Co
12 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope Ra
13 American Wigeon Mareca americana Co
14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Ab
15 American Black Duck Anas rubripes Ab
16 Northern Pintail Anas acuta Un
17 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Co
18 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Un
19 Redhead Aythya americana Un
20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Co
21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Ca
22 Greater Scaup Aythya marila Co
23 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Un
24 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Ca
25 Common Eider Somateria mollissima Co
26 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Un
27 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Co
28 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Co
29 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Co
30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Un
31 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Co
32 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Co
33 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Ra
34 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Co
35 Common Merganser Mergus merganser Co
36 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Co
37 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Co
38 Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Ex
39 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Co
40 Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus Ra
41 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Co
42 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Co
43 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Co
44 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Un
45 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Ca
46 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Ab
47 Rock Pigeon Columba livia Ab
48 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Un
49 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Un
50 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Un
51 Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus Co
52 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Co
53 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris Co
54 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Ra
55 King Rail Rallus elegans Ca
56 Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans Ra
57 Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Co
58 Sora Porzana carolina Un
59 Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata Ra
60 American Coot Fulica americana Co
61 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana Ca
62 American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus Un
63 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Co
64 American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica Un
65 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Co
66 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Co
67 Piping Plover Charadrius melodus Co
68 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Ra
69 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Un
70 Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis Ex
71 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Ca
72 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Ra
73 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Co
74 Red Knot Calidris canutus Un
75 Ruff Calidris pugnax Ca
76 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Ra
77 Sanderling Calidris alba Co
78 Dunlin Calidris alpina Co
79 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Co
80 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Ra
81 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Co
82 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Co
83 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis Ra
84 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Un
85 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Co
86 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Un
87 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Co
88 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Ra
89 American Woodcock Scolopax minor Co
90 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Co
91 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Co
92 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Un
93 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Co
94 Willet Tringa semipalmata Co
95 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Co
96 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Ra
97 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Ra
98 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Ca
99 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Ca
100 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus Ra
101 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus Ra
102 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus Ca
103 Dovekie Alle alle Un
104 Common Murre Uria aalge Ra
105 Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia Ca
106 Razorbill Alca torda Un
107 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Ra
108 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Co
109 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Un
110 Black Tern Chlidonias niger Ra
111 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Un
112 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Co
113 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Un
114 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Ra
115 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Ca
116 Black Skimmer Rynchops niger Ra
117 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Un
118 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Co
119 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Ra
120 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Ca
121 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Co
122 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Ab
123 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Ab
124 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Ra
125 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Ra
126 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Ra
127 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Ab
128 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata Co
129 Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica Ca
130 Common Loon Gavia immer Co
131 Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Co
132 Leach's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous Ca
133 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Un
134 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis Co
135 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Ra
136 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea Co
137 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis Co
138 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus Un
139 Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri Ra
140 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus Co
141 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Co
142 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Co
143 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Co
144 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Ca
145 Least Bittern Botaurus exilis Ca
146 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Un
147 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Ra
148 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Ca
149 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Co
150 Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea Un
151 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Co
152 Green Heron Butorides virescens Co
153 Great Egret Ardea alba Co
154 Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis Ra
155 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Co
156 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Un
157 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Co
158 Osprey Pandion haliaetus Co
159 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Ca
160 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Co
161 Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii Co
162 American Goshawk Astur atricapillus Un
163 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Co
164 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Un
165 Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus Co
166 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Co
167 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Co
168 Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus Ra
169 American Barn Owl Tyto furcata Ra
170 Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio Co
171 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Co
172 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Ra
173 Barred Owl Strix varia Co
174 Long-eared Owl Asio otus Ra
175 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Ra
176 Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus Ra
177 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Co
178 Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus Ra
179 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Co
180 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Un
181 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens Ab
182 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus Co
183 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Ab
184 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Un
185 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Co
186 Merlin Falco columbarius Co
187 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Co
188 Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus Ex
189 Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Co
190 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis Ca
191 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Co
192 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi Ca
193 Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens Co
194 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Ra
195 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Un
196 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Ra
197 Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Co
198 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus Un
199 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Co
200 White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus Co
201 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Un
202 Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius Co
203 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Ra
204 Eastern Warbling-Vireo Vireo gilvus Un
205 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Co
206 Northern Shrike Lanius borealis Ca
207 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Ab
208 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Ab
209 Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus Ab
210 Common Raven Corvus corax Un
211 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus Ab
212 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor Ab
213 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Co
214 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia Co
215 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Co
216 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis Co
217 Purple Martin Progne subis Co
218 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Co
219 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Ra
220 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Co
221 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa Co
222 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Co
223 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Un
224 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis Co
225 Brown Creeper Certhia americana Co
226 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea Co
227 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus Co
228 Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon Co
229 Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis Un
230 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris Co
231 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Co
232 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Co
233 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Co
234 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Ab
235 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis Co
236 Veery Catharus fuscescens Co
237 Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Ca
238 Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli Ca
239 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Ra
240 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Co
241 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Co
242 American Robin Turdus migratorius Ab
243 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Ab
244 American Pipit Anthus rubescens Un
245 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus Ca
246 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus Ab
247 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus Co
248 Redpoll Acanthis flammea Ir
249 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Ir
250 White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Ir
251 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus Ir
252 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis Ab
253 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus Ra
254 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Co
255 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Ra
256 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Ca
257 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Co
258 Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida Ra
259 Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla Co
260 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Co
261 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea Co
262 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Co
263 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Un
264 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Co
265 Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus Un
266 Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima Co
267 Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni Co
268 Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta Co
269 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Co
270 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Ab
271 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Un
272 Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana Co
273 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Co
274 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens Un
275 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Ca
276 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Co
277 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna Co
278 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius Un
279 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Co
280 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Co
281 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Ab
282 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus Un
283 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula Co
284 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Co
285 Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum Un
286 Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla Un
287 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Co
288 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Ca
289 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Co
290 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Co
291 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea Ca
292 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Ra
293 Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata Ra
294 Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla Co
295 Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis Ra
296 Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia Ra
297 Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa Ca
298 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Co
299 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Co
300 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Co
301 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Un
302 Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea Ca
303 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Co
304 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Co
305 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Un
306 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Un
307 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Co
308 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Co
309 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Co
310 Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens Co
311 Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum Co
312 Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus Co
313 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Co
314 Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica Ca
315 Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor Co
316 Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens Co
317 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Un
318 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Un
319 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Ra
320 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Co
321 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Ab
322 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Un
323 Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea Ca
324 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Co
325 Dickcissel Spiza americana Ra
326 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis Va
327 Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Va
328 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Va
329 Graylag Goose Anser anser Va
330 Tundra Bean-Goose Anser serrirostris Va
331 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Va
332 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Va
333 Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator Va
334 Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula Va
335 Smew Mergellus albellus Va
336 American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Va
337 Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Va
338 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica Va
339 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto Va
340 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Va
341 Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis Va
342 Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope Va
343 Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Va
344 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus Va
345 Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis Va
346 Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis Va
347 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Va
348 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Va
349 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Va
350 Siberian Sand-Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Va
351 Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia Va
352 Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Va
353 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Va
354 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Va
355 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Va
356 Little Stint Calidris minuta Va
357 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Va
358 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Va
359 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Va
360 Great Skua Stercorarius skua Va
361 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Va
362 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica Va
363 Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Va
364 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Va
365 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Va
366 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Va
367 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Va
368 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Va
369 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini Va
370 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Va
371 Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris Va
372 Common Gull Larus canus Va
373 White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Va
374 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Va
375 Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Va
376 White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina Va
377 Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Hydrobates castro Va
378 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Va
379 Wood Stork Mycteria americana Va
380 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Va
381 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Va
382 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga Va
383 White Ibis Eudocimus albus Va
384 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi Va
385 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Va
386 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens Va
387 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Va
388 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Va
389 Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis Va
390 Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni Va
391 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus Va
392 Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Va
393 Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Va
394 Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa Va
395 Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus Va
396 Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis Va
397 American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis Va
398 Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus Va
399 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Va
400 Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens Va
401 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus Va
402 Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis Va
403 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus Va
404 Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana Va
405 Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii Va
406 Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis Va
407 Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya Va
408 Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus Va
409 Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii Va
410 Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus Va
411 Eurasian Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Va
412 Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus Va
413 Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva Va
414 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Va
415 Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens Va
416 Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii Va
417 Sedge Wren Cistothorus stellaris Va
418 Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides Va
419 Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi Va
420 Redwing Turdus iliacus Va
421 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Va
422 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Va
423 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Va
424 Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus Va
425 Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys Va
426 Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula Va
427 LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii Va
428 Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii Va
429 Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus Va
430 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus Va
431 Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta Va
432 Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii Va
433 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus Va
434 Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major Va
435 Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii Va
436 Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae Va
437 MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei Va
438 Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens Va
439 Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi Va
440 Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana Va
441 Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus Va
442 Painted Bunting Passerina ciris Va