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Shell Key Preserve Bird List
Common Name Scientific Name Spp No.a Alpha Codea FNAI State Rankb Federal Rankc State Rankd

Common Loon

Gavia immer 007.0 COLO      

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritus 003.0 HOGR      

Sooty Shearwater

Puffinus griseus 095.0 SOSH      

Northern Gannet

Morus bassanus 117.0 NOGA      

American White Pelican

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 125.0 AWPE      

Brown Pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis 126.0 BRPE S3 N LS

Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus 120.0 DCCO      

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga 118.0 ANHI      

Magnificent Frigatebird

Fregata magnificens 128.0 MAFR S1 N N

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias 194.0 GBHE      

Great Egret

Ardea alba 196.0 GREG S4 N N

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula 197.0 SNEG S3 N LS

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea 200.0 LBHE S4 N LS

Tricolored Heron

Egretta tricolor 199.0 TRHE S4 N LS

Reddish Egret

Egretta rufescens 198.0 REEG S2 N LS

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis 200.1 CAEG      

Green Heron

Butorides virescens 201.0 GRHE      

Back-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax 202.0 BCNH S3 N N

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax violaceus 203.0 YCNH S3 N N

White Ibis

Eudocimus albus 184.0 WHIB S4 N LS

Roseate Spoonbill

Ajaia ajaja 183.0 ROSP S2S3 N LS

Wood Stork

Mycteria americana 188.0 WOST S2 LE LE

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura 325.0 TUVU      

Gadwall

Anas strepera 135.0 GADW      

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos 132.0 MALL      

Mottled Duck

Anas fulvigula 134.0 MODU      

Blue-winged Teal

Anas discors 140.0 BWTE      

Northern Shoveler

Anas clypeata 142.0 NSHO      

Redhead

Aythya americana 146.0 REDH      

Red-breasted Merganser

Mergus serrator 130.0 REME      

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus 364.0 OSPR S3S4 N LS

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus 352.0 BAEA S3 LT LT

Northern Harrier

Circus cyaneus 331.0 NOHA      

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus 332.0 SSHA      

Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii 333.0 COHA S3 N N

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius 360.0 MAKE      

Merlin

Falco columbarius 357.0 MERL SU N N

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus 356.0 PEFA S2 LE LE

Clapper Rail

Rallus longirostris 211.0 CLRA      

American Coot

Fulica americana 221.0 AMCO      

Black-bellied Plover

Pluvialis squatarola 270.0 BBPL      

American Golden-Plover

Pluvialis dominicus 272.0 AMGP      

Snowy Plover

Charadrius alexandrinus 278.0 SNPL S2 N LT

Wilson's Plover

Charadrius wilsonia 280.0 WIPL      

Semipalmated Plover

Charadrius semipalmatus 274.0 SEPL      

Piping Plover

Charadrius melodus 277.0 PIPL S2 LT LT

Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus 273.0 KILL      

American Oystercatcher

Haematopus palliatus 286.0 AMOY S3 N LS

Black-necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus 226.0 BNST      

American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana 225.0 AMAV S1S2 N N

Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca 254.0 GRYE      

Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes 255.0 LEYE      

Willet

Catoptrophorus semipalmatus 258.0 WILL      

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularia 263.0 SPSA      

Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus 265.0 WHIM      

Long-billed Curlew

Numenius americanus 264.0 LBCU      

Marbled Godwit

Limosa fedoa 249.0 MAGO      

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres 283.0 RUTU      

Red Knot

Calidris canutus 234.0 REKN      

Sanderling

Calidris alba 248.0 SAND      

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Calidris pusilla 246.0 SESA      

Western Sandpiper

Calidris mauri 247.0 WESA      

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla 242.0 LESA      

Dunlin

Calidris alpina 243.0 DUNL      

Short-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus griesus 231.0 SBDO      

Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago 230.0 COSN      

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor 224.0 WIPH      

Laughing Gull

Larus atricilla 058.0 LAGU      

Bonaparte's Gull

Larus philadelphia 060.0 BOGU      

Ring-billed Gull

Larus delawarensis 054.0 RBGU      

Herring Gull

Larus argentatus 051.0 HERG      

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus fuscus 050.0 LBBG      

Great Black-backed Gull

Larus marinus 047.0 GBBG      

Gull-billed Tern

Sterna nilotica 063.0 GBTE      

Caspian Tern

Sterna caspia 064.0 CATE S2 N N

Royal Tern

Sterna maxima 065.0 ROYT S3 N N

Sandwich Tern

Sterna sandvicensis 067.0 SATE S2 N N

Common Tern

Stirna hirundo 070.0 COTE      

Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri 069.0 FOTE      

Least Tern

Sterna antillarum 074.0 LETE S3 N LT

Black Tern

Chlidonias niger 077.0 BLTE      

Black Skimmer

Rynchops niger 080.0 BLSK S3 N LS

Rock Dove

Columba livia 313.1 RODO      

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Streptopelia decaocto 315.9 ECDO      

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura 316.0 MODO      

Common Ground-Dove

Columbina passerina 320.0 COGD      

Monk Parakeet

Myiopsitta monachus 382.4 MOPA      

Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus 367.0 SEOW      

Chuck-will's-widow

Caprimulgus carolinesis 416.0 CWWI      

Belted Kingfisher

Ceryle alcyon 390.0 BEKI      

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Contopus virens 461.0 EAWP      

Eastern Phoebe

Sayornis phoebe 456.0 EAPH      

Gray Kingbird

Tyrannus dominicensis 445.0 GRAK      

Loggerhead Shrike

Lanius ludovicianus 622.0 LOSH      

White-eyed Vireo

Vireo griseus 631.0 WEVI