2003 Taverner Cup

Species Checklist

The checklist below is provided to give you an indication of the potential species you may be able to find during the event. All of the species that are on the official Taverner Cup Checklist, are listed on this list as well.

The Official Taverner Checklist, which comes with the Information Package that you need to obtain from Jeff Harrison, is needed to participate in the event.

CUMULATIVE SPECIES LIST 1997-2002 is in a table below, following the Official Species Checklist. Click here to be sent directly there, or scroll down this page.

WATERBIRDS
__LOON, Red-throated
__Common
__GREBE, Pied-billed
__Horned
__Red-necked Grebe
__Double-crested Cormorant

HERONS
__American Bittern
__Least Bittern
__Great Blue Heron
__Great Egret
__Green Heron
__Black-crowned Night-Heron
__IBIS, Glossy
__SWAN, Tundra
__Mute
__GOOSE, Snow
__Brant
__Canada
__DUCK, Wood
__Green-winged Teal
__American Black
__Mallard
__Northern Pintail
__Blue-winged Teal
__Northern Shoveler
__Gadwall
__Eurasian Wigeon
__American Wigeon
__Canvasback
__Redhead
__Ring-necked
__Greater Scaup
__Lesser Scaup
__Oldsquaw
__SCOTER, Black
__Surf
__White-winged
__GOLDENEYE, Common
__Bufflehead
__MERGANSER, Hooded
__Common
__Red-breasted Merganser
__DUCK, Ruddy

HAWKS, EAGLES &
VULTURES

__VULTURE, Turkey
__OSPREY
__EAGLE, Bald
__HARRIER, Northern
__HAWK, Sharp-shinned
__Cooper's
__Northern Goshawk
__Red-shouldered
__Broad-winged
__Red-tailed
__Rough-legged

FALCONS
__American Kestrel
__Merlin
__Peregrine Falcon

GAMEBIRDS &
SHOREBIRDS

__Gray Partridge
__PHEASANT, Ring-necked
__GROUSE, Spruce
__Ruffed
__TURKEY, Wild
__BOBWHITE, Northern
__RAIL, Yellow
__Virginia

__Sora
__MOORHEN, Common
__COOT, American
__CRANE, Sandhill
__PLOVER, Black-bellied
__American Golden
__Snowy
__Semipalmated
__Piping
__Killdeer

SANDPIPERS
__Greater Yellowlegs
__Lesser Yellowlegs
__Solitary
__Spotted
__Upland
__Whimbrel
__Hudsonian Godwit
__Ruddy Turnstone
__Red Knot
__Sanderling
__Semipalmated
__Least
__White-rumped
__Pectoral
__Purple
__Dunlin
__Stilt
__Ruff
__Short-billed Dowitcher
__SNIPE, Common
__WOODCOCK, American
__PHALAROPE, Wilson's
__Red-necked

GULLS & TERNS
__GULL, Little
__Bonaparte's
__Ring-billed
__Herring
__Iceland
__Lesser Black-backed
__Glaucous
__Great Black-backed
__TERN, Caspian
__Common
__Arctic
__Forster's
__Black

DOVES-WOODPECKERS
__DOVE, Rock
__Mourning
__CUCKOO, Black-billed
__Yellow-billed
__OWL, Eastern Screech
__Great Horned
__Barred
__Long-eared
__Short-eared
__Northern Saw-whet
__NIGHTHAWK, Common
__WHIP-POOR-WILL
__SWIFT, Chimney
__HUMMINGBIRD, Ruby-throated
__KINGFISHER, Belted
__WOODPECKER, Red-headed
__Red-bellied
__Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
__Downy
__Hairy
__Black-backed
__Northern Flicker
__Pileated

PERCHING BIRDS
__FLYCATCHER, Olive-sided
__Eastern Wood-Pewee
__Yellow-bellied
__Alder
__Willow
__Least
__Eastern Phoebe
__Great Crested
__Eastern Kingbird
__LARK, Horned

SWALLOWS
__Purple Martin
__Tree __Northern Rough-winged
__Bank
__Cliff
__Barn
__JAY, Gray
__Blue
__CROW, American
__Common Raven
__CHICKADEE, Black-capped
__Boreal
__NUTHATCH, Red-breasted
__White-breasted
__CREEPER, Brown
__WREN, Carolina
__House
__Winter
__Sedge
__Marsh
__KINGLET, Golden-crowned
__Ruby-crowned
__GNATCATCHER, Blue-gray
__BLUEBIRD, Eastern

THRUSHES
__Veery
__Gray-cheeked
__Swainson's
__Hermit
__Wood
__ROBIN, American
__CATBIRD, Gray
__MOCKINGBIRD, Northern
__THRASHER, Brown
__PIPIT, American
__WAXWING, Cedar
__SHRIKE, Loggerhead
__STARLING, European
__VIREO, White-eyed
__Solitary
__Yellow-throated
__Warbling
__Red-eyed
__Philadelphia
__WARBLER, Blue-winged
__Golden-winged
__Tennessee
__Orange-crowned
__Nashville
__Northern
__Yellow
__Chestnut-sided
__Magnolia
__Cape May
__Black-throated Blue
__Yellow-rumped
__Black-throated Green
__Blackburnian
__Pine
__Prairie
__Palm
__Bay-breasted
__Blackpoll
__Cerulean
__Black-and-white
__American Redstart
__Ovenbird
__Northern Waterthrush
__Louisiana Waterthrush
__Connecticut
__Mourning
__Common Yellowthroat
__Hooded
__Wilson's
__Canada
__Yellow-breasted Chat
__TANAGER, Scarlet
__CARDINAL, Northern
__GROSBEAK, Rose-breasted
__BUNTING, Indigo
__TOWHEE, Eastern (Rufous-sided)
__SPARROW, Chipping
__Clay-colored
__Field
__Vesper
__Savannah
__Grasshopper
__Henslow's
__Le Conte's
__Song
__Lincoln's
__Swamp
__White-throated
__White-crowned
__JUNCO, Dark-eyed
__Bobolink
__BLACKBIRD, Red-winged
__MEADOWLARK, Eastern
__Western
__BLACKBIRD, Rusty
__GRACKLE, Common
__COWBIRD, Brown-headed
__ORIOLE, Orchard
__Northern
__FINCH, Purple
__House
__CROSSBILL, Red
__White-winged
__SISKIN, Pine
__GOLDFINCH, American
__GROSBEAK, Evening
__SPARROW, House
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Again, this checklist is provided
so that you may study the species
that you are likely to find.

The Official Checklist has to be
obtained from Jeff Harrison, as
part of the Information Package.

Good luck, and good birding!


CUMULATIVE SPECIES LIST 1997-2002

To date at total of 249 species have been recorded within the Taverner Cup area. Last year 229 species were recorded. As knowledge of our area improves, and participating teams more intensively bird Prince Edward County, the Kingston waterfront, and the Montreal area, it is expected that the annual number of species tallied by all participating teams will rise into the 230s.

Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Mute Swan
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Oldsquaw
Black Scoter
Surf  Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck 
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
Spruce Grouse
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Yellow Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
American Woodcock
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Sabine's Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Common Nighthawk
Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great-crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Gray Jay
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Loggerhead Shrike
European Starling
Solitary Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black and White Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Rufous-sided Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-coloured Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Northern Oriole
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow

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