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Appendix B. List of the bird species names included in this study.
Table B1. The common and scientific names for the Ontario breeding bird species included in this study. Species are grouped by land cover type where they are usually found, according to the Atlas of the Breeding Bird of Ontario (ABBO; Cadman et al. 2007).
English Name |
Scientific Name |
Land Cover |
Acadian Flycatcher |
Empidonax virescens |
Forest |
American Redstart |
Setophaga ruticilla |
Forest |
American Woodcock |
Scolopax minor |
Forest |
Bald Eagle |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
Forest |
Baltimore Oriole |
Icterus galbula |
Forest |
Black-and-white Warbler |
Mniotilta varia |
Forest |
Bay-breasted Warbler |
Dendroica castanea |
Forest |
Black-backed Woodpecker |
Picoides arcticus |
Forest |
Barred Owl |
Strix varia |
Forest |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Polioptila caerulea |
Forest |
Blackburnian Warbler |
Dendroica fusca |
Forest |
Boreal Chickadee |
Poecile hudsonica |
Forest |
Brown Creeper |
Certhia americana |
Forest |
Black-throated Blue Warbler |
Dendroica caerulescens |
Forest |
Black-throated Green Warbler |
Dendroica virens |
Forest |
Broad-winged Hawk |
Buteo platypterus |
Forest |
Canada Warbler |
Wilsonia canadensis |
Forest |
Cerulean Warbler |
Dendroica cerulea |
Forest |
Chipping Sparrow |
Spizella passerina |
Forest |
Cape May Warbler |
Dendroica tigrina |
Forest |
Cooper's Hawk |
Accipiter cooperii |
Forest |
Common Merganser |
Mergus merganser |
Forest |
Common Raven |
Corvus corax |
Forest |
Common Tern |
Sterna hirundo |
Forest |
Downy Woodpecker |
Picoides pubescens |
Forest |
Eastern Screech-Owl |
Megascops asio |
Forest |
Eastern Wood-Pewee |
Contopus virens |
Forest |
Evening Grosbeak |
Hesperiphona vespertina |
Forest |
Great Blue Heron |
Ardea herodias |
Forest |
Great Crested Flycatcher |
Myiarchus crinitus |
Forest |
Golden-crowned Kinglet |
Regulus satrapa |
Forest |
Great Horned Owl |
Bubo virginianus |
Forest |
Gray Jay |
Perisoreus canadensis |
Forest |
Green Heron |
Butorides virescens |
Forest |
Green-winged Teal |
Anas crecca |
Forest |
Hairy Woodpecker |
Picoides villosus |
Forest |
Hermit Thrush |
Catharus guttatus |
Forest |
Hooded Merganser |
Lophodytes cucullatus |
Forest |
Hooded Warbler |
Wilsonia citrina |
Forest |
Least Flycatcher |
Empidonax minimus |
Forest |
Long-eared Owl |
Asio otus |
Forest |
Louisiana Waterthrush |
Seiurus motacilla |
Forest |
Magnolia Warbler |
Dendroica magnolia |
Forest |
Merlin |
Falco columbarius |
Forest |
Mourning Warbler |
Oporornis philadelphia |
Forest |
Nashville Warbler |
Vermivora ruficapilla |
Forest |
Northern Flicker |
Colaptes auratus |
Forest |
Northern Goshawk |
Accipiter gentilis |
Forest |
Northern Parula |
Parula americana |
Forest |
Northern Waterthrush |
Seiurus noveboracensis |
Forest |
Northern Saw-whet Owl |
Aegolius acadicus |
Forest |
Orchard Oriole |
Icterus spurius |
Forest |
Olive-sided Flycatcher |
Contopus cooperi |
Forest |
Ovenbird |
Seiurus aurocapilla |
Forest |
Pied-billed Grebe |
Podilymbus podiceps |
Forest |
Philadelphia Vireo |
Vireo philadelphicus |
Forest |
Pine Siskin |
Carduelis pinus |
Forest |
Pine Warbler |
Dendroica pinus |
Forest |
Pileated Woodpecker |
Dryocopus pileatus |
Forest |
Purple Finch |
Carpodacus purpureus |
Forest |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Pheucticus ludovicianus |
Forest |
Red-breasted Nuthatch |
Sitta canadensis |
Forest |
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Melanerpes carolinus |
Forest |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Regulus calendula |
Forest |
Red Crossbill |
Loxia curvirostra |
Forest |
Red-eyed Vireo |
Vireo olivaceus |
Forest |
Red-headed Woodpecker |
Melanerpes erythrocephalus |
Forest |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
Buteo lineatus |
Forest |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Archilochus colubris |
Forest |
Ruffed Grouse |
Bonasa umbellus |
Forest |
Scarlet Tanager |
Piranga olivacea |
Forest |
Spruce Grouse |
Falcipennis canadensis |
Forest |
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Accipiter striatus |
Forest |
Swainson's Thrush |
Catharus ustulatus |
Forest |
Tennessee Warbler |
Vermivora peregrina |
Forest |
Tufted Titmouse |
Baeolophus bicolor |
Forest |
Veery |
Catharus fuscescens |
Forest |
Warbling Vireo |
Vireo gilvus |
Forest |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
Sitta carolinensis |
Forest |
Wild Turkey |
Meleagris gallopavo |
Forest |
Winter Wren |
Troglodytes troglodytes |
Forest |
Wood Duck |
Aix sponsa |
Forest |
Wood Thrush |
Catharus mustelinus |
Forest |
Whip-poor-will |
Caprimulgus vociferus |
Forest |
White-winged Crossbill |
Loxia leucoptera |
Forest |
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
Empidonax flaviventris |
Forest |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Sphyrapicus varius |
Forest |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Dendroica coronata |
Forest |
Yellow-throated Vireo |
Vireo flavifrons |
Forest |
American Black Duck |
Anas rubripes |
Open Habitat |
Alder Flycatcher |
Empidonax alnorum |
Open Habitat |
American Bittern |
Botaurus lentiginosus |
Open Habitat |
American Coot |
Fulica americana |
Open Habitat |
American Crow |
Corvus brachyrhynchos |
Open Habitat |
American Goldfinch |
Carduelis tristis |
Open Habitat |
American Kestrel |
Falco sparverius |
Open Habitat |
American Robin |
Turdus migratorius |
Open Habitat |
American Wigeon |
Anas americana |
Open Habitat |
Bank Swallow |
Riparia riparia |
Open Habitat |
Barn Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
Open Habitat |
Black-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
Open Habitat |
Black-capped Chickadee |
Poecile atricapillus |
Open Habitat |
Black-crowned Night-Heron |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
Open Habitat |
Belted Kingfisher |
Megaceryle alcyon |
Open Habitat |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
Molothrus ater |
Open Habitat |
Blue Jay |
Cyanocitta cristata |
Open Habitat |
Black Tern |
Chlidonias niger |
Open Habitat |
Bobolink |
Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
Open Habitat |
Brewer's Blackbird |
Euphagus cyanocephalus |
Open Habitat |
Brown Thrasher |
Toxostoma rufum |
Open Habitat |
Brewster's Warbler |
Hybrid |
Open Habitat |
Bufflehead |
Bucephala albeola |
Open Habitat |
Blue-winged Teal |
Anas discors |
Open Habitat |
Blue-winged Warbler |
Vermivora pinus |
Open Habitat |
Canada Goose |
Branta canadensis |
Open Habitat |
Carolina Wren |
Thryothorus ludovicianus |
Open Habitat |
Caspian Tern |
Sterna caspia |
Open Habitat |
Clay-colored Sparrow |
Spizella pallida |
Open Habitat |
Cedar Waxwing |
Bombycilla cedrorum |
Open Habitat |
Chimney Swift |
Chaetura pelagica |
Open Habitat |
Cliff Swallow |
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
Open Habitat |
Common Goldeneye |
Bucephala clangula |
Open Habitat |
Common Grackle |
Quiscalus quiscula |
Open Habitat |
Common Loon |
Gavia immer |
Open Habitat |
Common Moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus |
Open Habitat |
Common Nighthawk |
Chordeiles minor |
Open Habitat |
Wilson's Snipe |
Gallinago delicata |
Open Habitat |
Common Yellowthroat |
Geothlypis trichas |
Open Habitat |
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Dendroica pensylvanica |
Open Habitat |
Double-crested Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax auritus |
Open Habitat |
Dark-eyed Junco |
Junco hyemalis |
Open Habitat |
Eastern Bluebird |
Sialia sialis |
Open Habitat |
Eastern Kingbird |
Tyrannus tyrannus |
Open Habitat |
Eastern Meadowlark |
Sturnella magna |
Open Habitat |
Eastern Phoebe |
Sayornis phoebe |
Open Habitat |
European Starling |
Sturnus vulgaris |
Open Habitat |
Field Sparrow |
Spizella pusilla |
Open Habitat |
Gadwall |
Anas strepera |
Open Habitat |
Gray Catbird |
Dumetella carolinensis |
Open Habitat |
Great Egret |
Ardea alba |
Open Habitat |
Gray Partridge |
Perdix perdix |
Open Habitat |
Grasshopper Sparrow |
Ammodramus savannarum |
Open Habitat |
Golden-winged Warbler |
Vermivora chrysoptera |
Open Habitat |
Herring Gull |
Larus argentatus |
Open Habitat |
House Finch |
Carpodacus mexicanus |
Open Habitat |
Horned Lark |
Eremophila alpestris |
Open Habitat |
House Sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
Open Habitat |
House Wren |
Troglodytes aedon |
Open Habitat |
Indigo Bunting |
Passerina cyanea |
Open Habitat |
Killdeer |
Charadrius vociferus |
Open Habitat |
Le Conte's Sparrow |
Ammodramus leconteii |
Open Habitat |
Least Bittern |
Ixobrychus exilis |
Open Habitat |
Lesser Scaup |
Aythya affinis |
Open Habitat |
Lincoln's Sparrow |
Melospiza lincolnii |
Open Habitat |
Loggerhead Shrike |
Lanius ludovicianus |
Open Habitat |
Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
Open Habitat |
Marsh Wren |
Cistothorus palustris |
Open Habitat |
Mourning Dove |
Zenaida macroura |
Open Habitat |
Mute Swan |
Cygnus olor |
Open Habitat |
Northern Bobwhite |
Colinus virginianus |
Open Habitat |
Northern Cardinal |
Cardinalis cardinalis |
Open Habitat |
Northern Harrier |
Circus cyaneus |
Open Habitat |
Northern Mockingbird |
Mimus polyglottos |
Open Habitat |
Northern Pintail |
Anas acuta |
Open Habitat |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
Open Habitat |
Northern Shoveler |
Anas clypeata |
Open Habitat |
Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
Open Habitat |
Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
Open Habitat |
Prairie Warbler |
Dendroica discolor |
Open Habitat |
Purple Martin |
Progne subis |
Open Habitat |
Ring-billed Gull |
Larus delawarensis |
Open Habitat |
Red-breasted Merganser |
Mergus serrator |
Open Habitat |
Ring-necked Pheasant |
Phasianus colchicus |
Open Habitat |
Ring-necked Duck |
Aythya collaris |
Open Habitat |
Rock Pigeon |
Columba livia |
Open Habitat |
Red-tailed Hawk |
Buteo jamaicensis |
Open Habitat |
Rusty Blackbird |
Euphagus carolinus |
Open Habitat |
Ruddy Duck |
Oxyura jamaicensis |
Open Habitat |
Red-winged Blackbird |
Agelaius phoeniceus |
Open Habitat |
Sandhill Crane |
Grus canadensis |
Open Habitat |
Savannah Sparrow |
Passerculus sandwichensis |
Open Habitat |
Short-eared Owl |
Asio flammeus |
Open Habitat |
Sedge Wren |
Cistothorus platensis |
Open Habitat |
Sora |
Porzana carolina |
Open Habitat |
Solitary Sandpiper |
Tringa solitaria |
Open Habitat |
Song Sparrow |
Melospiza melodia |
Open Habitat |
Spotted Sandpiper |
Tringa macularia |
Open Habitat |
Swamp Sparrow |
Melospiza georgiana |
Open Habitat |
Tree Swallow |
Tachycineta bicolor |
Open Habitat |
Trumpeter Swan |
Cygnus buccinator |
Open Habitat |
Turkey Vulture |
Cathartes aura |
Open Habitat |
Upland Sandpiper |
Bartramia longicauda |
Open Habitat |
Vesper Sparrow |
Pooecetes gramineus |
Open Habitat |
Virginia Rail |
Rallus limicola |
Open Habitat |
Western Meadowlark |
Sturnella neglecta |
Open Habitat |
Willow Flycatcher |
Empidonax traillii |
Open Habitat |
Wilson's Phalarope |
Steganopus tricolor |
Open Habitat |
Wilson's Warbler |
Wilsonia pusilla |
Open Habitat |
White-throated Sparrow |
Zonotrichia albicollis |
Open Habitat |
Yellow-breasted Chat |
Icteria virens |
Open Habitat |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus americanus |
Open Habitat |
Yellow Warbler |
Dendroica petechia |
Open Habitat |
Literature Cited
Cadman, M. D., D. A. Sutherland, G. G. Beck, D. Lepage, and A. R. Couturier. 2007. Atlas of the breeding birds of Ontario, 2001–2005. Bird Studies Canada, Environment Canada, Ontario Field Ornithologists, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, and Ontario Nature, Toronto, ON.