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Birders’ Checklist
This checklist is adapted from the Victoria Natural History Society from The Naturalist's Guide to the Victoria Region, edited, with contributions, by Jim Weston and David Stirling. The list shows 246 species which have been observed regularly in the Southern Vancouver Island area. The area covered is south of 49 degrees north latitude at Ladysmith and east of a line from Ladysmith to Otter Point, including the Gulf Islands and all straits to the US border.
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Key to Symbols
c = common to wide-spread; occurs in moderate to large numbers
fc = fairly common; widespread, usually occurs in small numbers
u = uncommon; usually occurs in small numbers, species is often local or irregular
ra = rare; occurs most years, but usually only a few records per year
R = resident; present all year
S = summer
W = winter
T = transient
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| Red-throated Loon |
raS, fcW |
Western Gull |
raS, uW |
| Arctic Loon |
raS, cW |
Glaucous-winged Gull |
cR |
| Common Loon |
uS, cW |
Glaucous Gull |
raW |
| Yellow-billed Loon |
raW |
Black-legged Kittiwake |
ra |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
fcR |
Sabine’s Gull |
raT |
| Horned Grebe |
raS, cW |
Caspian Tern
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raS |
| Red-necked Grebe |
raS, cW |
Common Tern |
cT |
| Eared Grebe |
uW |
Arctic Tern |
raT |
| Western Grebe |
uS, cW |
Common Murre |
fcS, cW |
| Northrn Fulmar |
raW |
Pigeon Guillemot
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cR |
| Pink-footed Shearwater |
raT |
Marbled Murrelet |
cR |
| Sooty Shearwater |
uT |
Ancient Murrelet |
uW |
| Short-tailed Shearwater |
raT |
Cassin’s Auklet |
raW |
| Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel |
raT |
Rhinoceros Auklet
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cS, uW |
| Leach’s Storm-Petrel |
raT |
Tufted Puffin |
raR |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
cR |
Common Barn-Owl |
raR |
| Brandt’s Cormorant |
uS, cW |
Western Screech-Owl |
fcR |
| Pelagic Cormorant |
cR |
Great Horned Owl
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uR |
| American Bittern |
raW |
Northern Pygmy Owl |
raR |
| Great Blue Heron |
cR |
Barred Owl |
raR |
| Cattle Egret |
raT |
Long-eared Owl |
raW
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| Green-backed Heron |
uS, raW |
Short-eared Owl
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raW |
| Tundra Swan |
raW |
Northern Saw-whet Owl |
raR |
| Trumpeter Swan |
uW |
Common Nighthawk |
fcS |
| Mute Swan |
uR |
Black Swift |
raS |
| Greater White-fronted Goose |
uW |
Vaux’s Swift
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fcS |
| Snow Goose |
raW |
Anna’s Hummingbird |
uR |
| Brant Goose |
fcT, raS, raW |
Rufous Hummingbird |
cS
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| Canada Goose |
uS, fcW |
Belted Kingfisher |
fcR |
| Wood Duck |
uR |
Lewis’ Woodpecker
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rT |
| Green-winged Teal |
raS, cw |
Red-breasted Sapsucker |
raR |
| American Black Duck |
raW |
Downy Woodpecker |
cR |
| Mallard |
cR |
Hairy Woodpecker |
fcR |
| Northern Pintail |
raS, cW |
Northern Flicker
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cR |
| Blue-winged Teal |
uS |
Pileated Woodpecker |
fcR |
| Cinnamon Teal |
uS |
Olive-sided Flycatcher |
fcS |
| Northern Shoveler |
raS, fcW |
Western Wood-Pewee |
uS |
| Gadwall |
uW |
Willow Flycatcher
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fcS |
| Eurasian Wigeon |
uW |
Hammond’s Flycatcher |
fcS |
| American Wigeon |
raS, cW |
Western Flycatcher |
cS |
| Canvasback |
uW |
Western Kingbird |
raS |
| Redhead |
raW |
Eastern Kingbird
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raS |
| Ring-necked Duck |
cW |
Eurasian Skylark |
uR |
| Greater Scaup |
raS, fcW |
Horned Lark |
raW |
| Lesser Scaup |
fcW |
Purple Martin |
raS |
| Harlequin Duck |
cR |
Tree Swallow
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fcS |
| Oldsquaw |
raS, fcW |
Violet-green Swallow |
cS |
| Black Scoter |
uW
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
uS |
| Surf Scoter |
uS, cW |
Bank Swallow |
raT |
| White-winged Scoter |
uS, cW |
Cliff Swallow
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fcS |
| Common Goldeneye |
raS, cW |
Barn Swallow |
cS |
| Barrow’s Goldeneye |
fcW |
Gray Jay |
uR |
| Bufflehead |
raS, cW |
Steller’s Jay |
fcR |
| Hooded Merganser |
fcS, cW |
Northwestern Crow
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cR |
| Common Merganser |
fcS, cW |
Common Raven |
cR |
| Red-breasted Merganser |
cW |
Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
cR |
| Ruddy Duck |
raS, fcW |
Bushtit |
cR |
| Turkey Vulture |
fcS, raW |
Red-breasted Nuthatch
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fcR |
| Osprey |
uS |
Brown Creeper |
cR |
| Bald Eagle |
cR |
Bewick’s Wren |
cR |
| Northern Harrier |
uW |
House Wren |
fcS |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
uS, fcW |
Winter Wren
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cR |
| Cooper’s Hawk |
fcR |
Marsh Wren |
uR |
| Northern Goshawk |
raR |
American Dipper |
raR |
| Swainson’s Hawk |
raT |
Golden-crowned Kinglet |
cR |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
cR |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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fcW |
| Rough-legged Hawk |
raW |
Western Bluebird |
uS |
| Golden Eagle |
uR |
Mountain Bluebird |
raT |
| American Kestrel |
uR |
Townsend’s Solitaire |
uT, raR |
| Merlin |
uR |
Swainson’s Thrush
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cS |
| Peregrine Falcon |
raS, uW
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Hermit Thrush |
raR, ut
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| Gyrfalcon |
raW |
American Robin |
cR |
| Ring-necked Pheasant |
fcR |
Varied Thrush |
fcR |
| Blue Grouse |
fcR |
Water Pipit
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cT, raW |
| Ruffed Grouse |
fcR |
Cedar Waxwing |
cS, uW |
| California Quail |
cR |
Northern Shrike |
uW
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| Mountain Quail |
raR |
European Starling |
cR |
| Virginia Rail |
uR |
Solitary Vireo
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fcS |
| Sora |
raS |
Hutton’s Vireo |
uR |
| American Coot |
uS, cW
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Warbling Vireo |
fcS |
| Sandhill Crane |
raT |
Red-eyed Vireo |
uS |
| Black-bellied Plover |
raS, cW |
Orange-crowned Warbler
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cS, raW |
| Lesser Golden Plover |
raT |
Nashville Warbler |
raT |
| Semipalmated Plover |
fcT |
Yellow Warbler |
cS |
| Killdeer |
cR |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
uS, cT, raW
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| American Black Oystercatcher |
fcR
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Black-throated Gray Warbler
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uS |
| Greater Yellowlegs |
fcW |
Townsend’s Warbler |
cS, raW |
| Lesser Yellowlegs |
uT |
MacGillivray’s Warbler |
cS |
| Solitary Sandpiper |
raT |
Common Yellowthroat |
cS |
| Wandering Tattler |
uT |
Wilson’s Warbler
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cS |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
uS, raW |
Western Tanager |
uS |
| Whimbrel |
uT, raS, raW |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
uS |
| Marbled Godwit |
raT |
Black-headed Grosbeak |
uS |
| Ruddy Turnstone |
uT, raW |
Rufous-sided Towhee
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cR |
| Black Turnstone |
uS, cW |
Chipping Sparrow |
fcS |
| Surfbird |
fcW |
Vesper Sparrow |
raS |
| Red Knot |
raT
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Savannah Sparrow |
cT, fcS, raW |
| Sanderling |
uW |
Fox Sparrow
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raS, cW |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
raT |
Song Sparrow |
cR |
| Western Sandpiper |
cT, raW |
Lincoln’s Sparrow |
fcT, raW |
| Least Sandpiper |
cT, raW |
White-throated Sparrow |
raW |
| Baird’s Sandpiper |
raT |
Golden-crowned Sparrow
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cW |
| Pectoral Sandpiper |
uT |
White-crowned Sparrow |
cS, uW |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper |
raT |
Harris’ Sparrow |
raW |
| Rock Sandpiper |
uW |
Dark-eyed Junco |
cR |
| Dunlin |
cW |
Lapland Longspur
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raT |
| Stilt Sandpiper |
raT |
Snow Bunting |
raW |
| Short-billed Dowitcher |
fcT |
Red-winged Blackbird |
cR |
| Long-billed Dowitcher |
raW, fcT |
Western Meadowlark |
raS, uW |
| Common Snipe |
uS, fcW |
Yellow-headed Blackbird
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ra |
| Wilson’s Phalarope |
raT |
Brewer’s Blackbird |
cR |
| Red-necked Phalarope |
fcT |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
cS, raW |
| Red Phalarope |
uT, raW |
Northern Oriole |
raS |
| Parasitic Jaeger |
uT |
Purple Finch
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cR |
| Franklin’s Gull |
raT |
House Finch |
cR |
| Little Gull |
raT |
Red Crossbill |
uR |
| Bonaparte’s Gull |
cT, raW |
Pine Siskin |
cR |
| Heermann’s Gull |
fcT |
American Goldfinch
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cS, uW |
| Mew Gull |
uS, cW
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Evening Grosbeak |
uR |
| Ring-billed Gull |
raT |
House Sparrow |
cR
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| California Gull |
cT, raR |
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| Herring Gull |
uW |
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| Thayer’s Gull |
fcW |
Total: 246 species |
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