Species List:
Waterbird Species Included in the North American Waterbird Conservation Plan
Species Arranged by S/M # = Sibley & Monroe’s numbering system. (Monroe Jr., Burt L. and Charles G. Sibley. 1993. A World Checklist of Birds. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT). AOU # = American Ornithologists’ Union numbering system. (AOU. 1998. Check-list of North American Birds. 7th edition. American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D.C. — = AOU numbering system has been discontinued, number not assigned.*=Accidental or casual in Plan area.
| Family | S/M # | AOU # | Scientific Name | English Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurypygidae | 2745 | — | Eurypyga helias | Sunbittern |
| Gruidae | 2777 | 206 | Grus canadensis | Sandhill Crane |
| 2781 | 206.1 | Grus grus* | Common Crane | |
| 2783 | 204 | Grus americana | Whooping Crane | |
| Aramidae | 2786 | 207 | Aramus guarauna | Limpkin |
| Heliornithidae | 2789 | — | Heliornis fulica | Sungrebe |
| Rallidae | 2811 | — | Micropygia schomburgkii* | Ocellated Crake |
| 2825 | — | Laterallus ruber | Ruddy Crake | |
| 2826 | — | Laterallus albigularis | White-throated Crake | |
| 2827 | — | Laterallus exilis | Gray-breasted Crake | |
| 2828 | 216 | Laterallus jamicensis | Black Rail | |
| 2841 | — | Gallirallus philippensis | Buff-banded Rail | |
| 2843 | — | Gallirallus owstoni | Guam Rail | |
| 2850 | 211 | Rallis longirosteris | Clapper Rail | |
| 2851 | 208 | Rallus elegans | King Rail | |
| 2853 | 212 | Rallus limicola | Virginia Rail | |
| 2864 | — | Crex crex* | Corn Crake | |
| 2869 | — | Aramides axillaris | Rufous-necked Wood-Rail | |
| 2870 | — | Aramides cajanea | Gray-necked Wood-Rail | |
| 2875 | — | Amaurolimnas concolor | Uniform Crake | |
| 2891 | 214 | Porzana carolina | Sora | |
| 2889 | — | Porzana porzana* | Spotted Crake | |
| 2897 | — | Porzana tabuensis | Spotless Crake | |
| 2900 | — | Porzana flaviventer | Yellow-breasted Crake | |
| 2901 | — | Porzana cinerea* | White-browed Crake | |
| 2903 | — | Cyanolimnas cerverai | Zapata Rail | |
| 2904 | — | Neocrex colombianus | Colombian Crake | |
| 2905 | 217.1 | Neocrex erythrops | Paint-billed Crake | |
| 2906 | 212.2 | Pardirallus maculatus | Spotted Rail | |
| 2913 | — | Porphyrio porphyrio | Purple Swamphen | |
| 2917 | 218 | Porphyrio martinica | Purple Gallinule | |
| 2918 | 4081 | Porphyrula flavirostris* | Azure Gallinule | |
| 2922 | 219 | Gallinula chloropus | Common Moorhen | |
| 2929 | 220 | Fulica atra* | Eurasian Coot (Common) | |
| 2930 | 220.1 | Fulica alia | Hawaiian Coot | |
| 2931 | 221 | Fulica americana | American Coot | |
| 2932 | 221.1 | Fulica caribaea | Caribbean Coot | |
| Laridae | 3179 | 35 | Stercorarius skua | Great Skua |
| 3183 | 35.2 | Stercorarius maccormicki | South Polar Skua | |
| 3184 | 36 | Stercorarius pomarinus | Pomarine Jaeger | |
| 3185 | 37 | Stercorarius parasiticus | Parasitic Jaeger | |
| 3186 | 38 | Stercorarius longicaudus | Long-tailed Jaeger | |
| 3187 | 80 | Rynchops niger | Black Skimmer | |
| 3192 | 54.2 | Larus belcheri* | Band-tailed Gull | |
| 3194 | 54.1 | Larus crassirostris* | Black-tailed Gull | |
| 3195 | — | Larus modestus* | Gray Gull | |
| 3195.1 | — | Larus cachinnans* | Yellow-legged Gull | |
| 3196 | 57 | Larus heermanni | Heermann’s Gull | |
| 3199 | 55 | Larus canus | Mew Gull | |
| 3201 | 54 | Larus delawarensis | Ring-billed Gull | |
| 3202 | 53 | Larus californicus | California Gull | |
| 3203 | 47 | Larus marinus | Great Black-backed Gull | |
| 3205 | 44 | Larus glaucescens | Glaucous-winged Gull | |
| 3206 | 49 | Larus occidentalis | Western Gull | |
| 3207 | 49.1 | Larus livens | Yellow-footed Gull | |
| 3208 | 42 | Larus hyperboreus | Glaucous Gull | |
| 3209 | 43 | Larus glaucoides | Iceland Gull | |
| 3209.1 | 43.1 | Larus thayeri | Thayer’s Gull | |
| 3210 | 51 | Larus argentatus | Herring Gull | |
| 3212 | 48 | Larus schistisagus | Slaty-backed Gull | |
| 3214 | 50 | Larus fuscus | Lesser Black-backed Gull | |
| 3223 | 55.1 | Larus ridibundus | Black-headed Gull | |
| 3225 | 60 | Larus philadelphia | Bonaparte’s Gull | |
| 3231 | 58 | Larus atricilla | Laughing Gull | |
| 3232 | 59 | Larus pipixcan | Franklin’s Gull | |
| 3233 | 60.1 | Larus minutus | Little Gull | |
| 3234 | 39 | Pagophila eburnea | Ivory Gull | |
| 3235 | 61 | Rhodostethia rosea | Ross’s Gull | |
| 3236 | 62 | Xema sabini | Sabine’s Gull | |
| 3238 | 40 | Rissa tridactyla | Black-legged Kittiwake | |
| 3239 | 41 | Rissa brevirostris | Red-legged Kittiwake | |
| 3240 | 63 | Sterna nilotica | Gull-billed Tern | |
| 3241 | 64 | Sterna caspia | Caspian Tern | |
| 3243 | 65 | Sterna maxima | Royal Tern | |
| 3244 | 66 | Sterna elegans | Elegant Tern | |
| 3246 | 65.2 | Sterna bergii | Great Crested Tern | |
| 3248 | 67 | Sterna sandvicensis | Sandwich Tern | |
| 3249 | 72 | Sterna dougallii | Roseate Tern | |
| 3253 | 70 | Sterna hirundo | Common Tern | |
| 3254 | 71 | Sterna paradisaea | Arctic Tern | |
| 3257 | 69 | Sterna forsteri | Forster’s Tern | |
| 3259 | 74.1 | Sterna albifrons | Little Tern | |
| 3261 | 74 | Sterna antillarum | Least Tern | |
| 3262 | — | Sterna superciliaris* | Yellow-billed Tern | |
| 3268 | 73 | Sterna aleutica | Aleutian Tern | |
| 3269 | 76.1 | Sterna lunata | Gray-backed Tern | |
| 3270 | 76 | Sterna anaethetus | Bridled Tern | |
| 3271 | 75 | Sterna fuscata | Sooty Tern | |
| 3273 | — | Chlidonias hybridus* | Whiskered Tern | |
| 3274 | 78 | Chlidonias leucopterus* | White-winged Tern | |
| 3275 | 77 | Chlidonias niger | Black Tern | |
| 3276 | Phaetusa simplex* | Large-billed Tern | ||
| 3277 | 79 | Anous stolidus | Brown Noddy | |
| 3278 | 79.1 | Anous minutus | Black Noddy | |
| 3280 | 79.2 | Procelsterna cerulea | Blue-gray Noddy | |
| 3281 | 79.3 | Gygis alba | White Tern | |
| 3283 | — | Larosterna inca* | Inca Tern | |
| Alcidae | 3283.1 | — | Brachyramphus perdix* | Long-billed Murrelet |
| 3284 | 34 | Alle alle | Dovekie | |
| 3285 | 30 | Uria aalge | Common Murre | |
| 3286 | 31 | Uria lomvia | Thick-billed Murre | |
| 3287 | 32 | Alca torda | Razorbill | |
| 3289 | 27 | Cepphus grylle | Black Guillemot | |
| 3290 | 29 | Cepphus columba | Pigeon Guillemot | |
| 3292 | 23 | Brachyramphus marmoratus | Marbled Murrelet | |
| 3293 | 24 | Brachyramphus brevirostris | Kittlitz’s Murrelet | |
| 3294 | 25 | Synthliboramphus hypoleucus | Xantus’s Murrelet | |
| 3295 | 26 | Synthliboramphus craveri | Craveri’s Murrelet | |
| 3296 | 21 | Synthliboramphus antiquus | Ancient Murrelet | |
| 3298 | 16 | Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Cassin’s Auklet | |
| 3299 | 17 | Aethia psittacula | Parakeet Auklet | |
| 3300 | 18 | Aethia cristatella | Crested Auklet | |
| 3301 | 19 | Aethia pygmaea | Whiskered Auklet | |
| 3302 | 20 | Aethia pusilla | Least Auklet | |
| 3303 | 15 | Cerorhinca monocerata | Rhinocerous Auklet | |
| 3304 | 13 | Fratercula arctica | Atlantic Puffin | |
| 3305 | 14 | Fratercula corniculata | Horned Puffin | |
| 3306 | 12 | Fratercula cirrhata | Tufted Puffin | |
| Accipitridae | 3331 | 330 | Rostrhamus sociabilis | Snail Kite |
| Podicipedidae | 3615 | 5 | Tachybaptus dominicus | Least Grebe |
| 3616 | 6 | Podilymbus podiceps | Pied-billed Grebe | |
| 3621 | 2 | Podiceps grisegena | Red-necked Grebe | |
| 3623 | 3 | Podiceps Auritus | Horned Grebe | |
| 3624 | 4 | Podiceps nigricollis | Eared Grebe | |
| 3629 | 1 | Aechmophorus occidentalis | Western Grebe | |
| 3630 | 1.1 | Aechmophorus clarkii | Clark’s Grebe | |
| Phaethonitidae | 3631 | 113 | Phaethon aethereus | Red-billed Tropicbird |
| 3632 | 113.1 | Phaethon rubricauda | Red-tailed Tropicbird | |
| 3633 | 112 | Phaethon lepturus | White-tailed Tropicbird | |
| Sulidae | 3635 | 117 | Morus bassanus | Northern Gannet |
| 3638 | 114.1 | Sula nebouxii | Blue-footed Booby | |
| 3639 | — | Sula variegata* | Peruvian Booby | |
| 3640 | 114 | Sula dactylatra | Masked Booby | |
| 3640.1 | — | Sula granti | Nazca Booby | |
| 3641 | 116 | Sula sula | Red-footed Booby | |
| 3642 | 115 | Sula leucogaster | Brown Booby | |
| Anhingidae | 3643 | 118 | Anhinga anhinga | Anhinga |
| Phalacrocoracidae | 3653 | 122 | Phalacrocorax penicillatus | Brandt’s Cormorant |
| 3657 | 121 | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | Neotropic Cormorant | |
| 3658 | 120 | Phalacrocorax auritus | Double-crested Cormorant | |
| 3662 | 119 | Phalacrocorax carbo | Great Cormorant | |
| 3678 | 124 | Phalacrocorax urile | Red-faced Cormorant | |
| 3679 | 123 | Phalacrocorax pelagicus | Pelagic Cormorant | |
| Ardeidae | 3685 | 198 | Egretta rufescens | Reddish Egret |
| 3688 | 199 | Egretta tricolor | Tricolored Heron | |
| 3690 | 200 | Egretta caerulea | Little Blue Heron | |
| 3691 | 196.1 | Egretta garzetta* | Little Egret | |
| 3692 | 197.1 | Egretta gularis | Western Reef-Heron | |
| 3694 | 197 | Egretta thula | Snowy Egret | |
| 3695 | 196.2 | Egretta eulophotes* | Chinese Egret | |
| 3697 | — | Pilherodius pileatus | Capped Heron | |
| 3698 | 195 | Ardea cinerea* | Gray Heron | |
| 3699 | 194 | Ardea herodias | Great Blue Heron | |
| 3700 | — | Ardea cocoi | Cocoi Heron | |
| 3709 | 196 | Ardea alba | Great Egret | |
| 3711 | 200.1 | Bubulcus ibis | Cattle Egret | |
| 3718 | 1014.1 | Butorides striatus | Striated Heron | |
| 3719 | 201 | Butorides virescens | Green Heron | |
| 3721 | — | Agamia agami | Agami Heron | |
| 3722 | 203 | Nyctanassa violacea | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | |
| 3723 | 202 | Nycticorax nycticorax | Black-crowned Night-Heron | |
| 3729 | — | Cochlearius cochlearius | Boat-billed Heron | |
| 3730 | — | Tigrisoma mexicanum | Bare-throated Tiger-Heron | |
| 3731 | — | Tigrisoma fasciatum | Fasciated Tiger-Heron | |
| 3732 | — | Tigrisoma lineatum | Rufescent Tiger-Heron | |
| 3738 | — | Ixobrychus sinensis | Yellow Bittern* | |
| 3740 | 191 | Ixobrychus exilis | Least Bittern | |
| 3745 | 190 | Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern | |
| 3746 | — | Botaurus pinnatus | Pinnated Bittern | |
| Phoenicopteridae | 3750 | 182 | Phoenicopterus ruber | Greater Flamingo |
| Threskiornithidae | 3755 | 184 | Eudocimus albus | White Ibis |
| 3756 | 185 | Eudocimus ruber | Scarlet Ibis | |
| 3758 | 186 | Plegadis falcinellus | Glossy Ibis | |
| 3759 | 187 | Plegadis chihi | White-faced Ibis | |
| 3763 | — | Theristicus caudatus* | Buff-necked Ibis | |
| 3766 | — | Mesembrinibis cayennesis | Green Ibis | |
| 3787 | 183 | Platalea ajaja | Roseate Spoonbill | |
| Pelecanidae | 3794 | 125 | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | American White Pelican |
| 3795 | 126 | Pelecanus occidentalis | Brown Pelican | |
| Ciconiidae | 3804 | 188 | Mycteria americana | Wood Stork |
| 3819 | 189 | Jabiru mycteria | Jabiru | |
| Fregatidae | 3823 | 128 | Fregata magnificens | Magnificent Frigatebird |
| 3825 | 128.1 | Fregata minor | Great Frigatebird | |
| 3826 | 128.2 | Fregata ariel | Lesser Frigatebird | |
| 3826 | 128.2 | Fregata ariel | Lesser Frigatebird | |
| Gaviidae | 3845 | 11 | Gavia stellata | Red-throated Loon |
| 3846 | 10 | Gavia arctica | Arctic Loon | |
| 3847 | 10 | Gavia pacifica | Pacific Loon | |
| 3848 | 7 | Gavia immer | Common Loon | |
| 3849 | 8 | Gavia adamsii | Yellow-billed Loon | |
| Procellariidae | 3852 | 86 | Fulmarus glacialis | Northern Fulmar |
| 3860 | — | Pterodroma rostrata | Tahiti Petrel | |
| 3861 | — | Pterodroma macgillivrayi* | Fiji Petrel | |
| 3863 | 100.2 | Pterodroma nigripennis* | Black-winged Petrel | |
| 3864 | — | Pterodroma cervicalis | White-necked Petrel | |
| 3865 | 99 | Pterodrama inexpectata | Mottled Petrel | |
| 3866 | 99.1 | Pterodroma hypoleuca | Bonin Petrel | |
| 3867 | — | Pterodroma leucoptera | White-winged Petrel | |
| 3868 | 98.3 | Pterodroma cookii | Cook’s Petrel | |
| 3872 | — | Pterodroma longirostris* | Stejneger’s Petrel | |
| 3873 | 98.8 | Pterodroma alba | Phoenix Petrel | |
| 3874 | 98.6 | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Herald Petrel | |
| 3875 | 98.5 | Pterodroma sandwichensis | Hawaiian Petrel | |
| 3877 | 98.4 | Pterodrama neglecta | Kermadec Petrel | |
| 3878 | 98.7 | Pterodroma externa | Juan Fernandez Petrel | |
| 3880 | 100.1 | Pterodroma ultima* | Murphy’s Petrel | |
| 3889 | 98.1 | Pterodroma cahow | Bermuda Petrel | |
| 3890 | 98 | Pterodroma hasitata | Black-capped Petrel | |
| 3898 | 101 | Bulweria bulwerii | Bulwer’s Petrel | |
| 3899 | 101.1 | Bulweria fallax* | Jouanin’s Petrel | |
| 3901 | — | Procellaria parkinsoni* | Parkinson’s Petrel | |
| 3904 | 88 | Calonectris diomedea | Cory’s Shearwater | |
| 3905 | 88.1 | Calonectris leucomelas* | Streaked Shearwater | |
| 3906 | 96.1 | Puffinus pacificus | Wedge-tailed Shearwater | |
| 3907 | 96.2 | Puffinus bulleri | Buller’s Shearwater | |
| 3908 | 95.1 | Puffinus carneipes | Flesh-footed Shearwater | |
| 3909 | 91 | Puffinus creatopus | Pink-footed Shearwater | |
| 3910 | 89 | Puffinus gravis | Greater Shearwater | |
| 3911 | 95 | Puffinus griseus | Sooty Shearwater | |
| 3912 | 96 | Puffinus tenuirostris | Short-tailed Shearwater | |
| 3913 | 96.3 | Puffinus nativitatis | Christmas Shearwater | |
| 3914 | 90 | Puffinus puffinus | Manx Shearwater | |
| 3916 | 93.2 | Puffinus auricularis newelli | Newell’s Shearwater | |
| 3916 | 93.1 | Puffinus auricularis townsendi | Townsend’s Shearwater | |
| 3917 | 93 | Puffinus opisthomelas | Black-vented Shearwater | |
| 3920 | 92 | Puffinus lherminieri | Audubon’s Shearwater | |
| 3921 | 92.1 | Puffinus assimilis* | Little Shearwater | |
| Diomedeidae | 3929 | 81.1 | Diomedea exulans* | Wandering Albatross |
| 3933 | 82 | Phoebastria albatrus | Short-tailed Albatross | |
| 3934 | 81 | Phoebastria nigripes | Black-footed Albatross | |
| 3935 | 82.1 | Phoebastria immutabilis | Laysan Albatross | |
| 3936 | 82.2 | Thalassarche melanophris* | Black-browed Albatross | |
| 3937 | 82.3 | Thalassarche cauta* | Shy Albatross | |
| 3939 | 83 | Thalassarche chlororhynchos* | Yellow-nosed Albatross | |
| 3942 | — | Phoebetria palpebrata* | Light-mantled Albatross | |
| Hydrobatidae | 3943 | 109 | Oceanites oceanicus | Wilson’s Storm-Petrel |
| 3946 | 111 | Pelagodroma marina* | White-faced Storm-Petrel | |
| 3949 | — | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | Polynesian Storm-petrel | |
| 3950 | 104 | Hydrobates pelagicus* | European Storm-Petrel | |
| 3951 | 103 | Oceanodroma microsoma | Least Storm-Petrel | |
| 3952 | 106.3 | Oceanodroma tethys | Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel | |
| 3953 | 106.2 | Oceanodroma castro | Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | |
| 3954 | 106 | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Leach’s Storm-Petrel | |
| 3957 | 107.1 | Oceanodroma tristrami | Tristram’s Storm-Petrel | |
| 3958 | — | Oceanodroma markhami* | Markham’s Storm-Petrel | |
| 3960 | 107 | Oceanodroma melania | Black Storm-Petrel | |
| 3961 | 108 | Oceanodroma homochroa | Ashy Storm-Petrel | |
| 3963 | 105 | Oceanodroma furcata | Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel |
Last Updated on June 20, 2006 by Jennifer Wheeler.