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CETACEA
- Suborder Mysticeti. The baleen whales
- Family Balaenidae. Right Whales
- Family Balaenopteridae. Rorquals
- Suborder Odontoceti. The toothed whales
- Family Delphinidae. Dolphins
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Delphinus delphis
(common dolphin)
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Globicephala melaena
(long finned pilot whale)
- Grampus griseus (Risso's dolphin)
- Lagenorhynchus acutus (Atlantic white-sided
dolphin)
- Lagenorhynchus albirostris (white beaked dolphin)
- Orcinus orca (killer whale)
- Stenella attenuata (pantropical spotted dolphin)
- Stenella coeruleoalba (striped dolphin)
- Tursiops truncatus (bottlenose dolphin)
- Family Kogiidae. Pygmy sperm whales
- Kogia breviceps (pygmy sperm whale)
- Family Monodontidae. Beluga and narwhal
- Delphinapterus leucas (beluga whale)
- Family Phocoenidae. Porpoises
- Phocoena phocoena (harbor porpoise)
- Family Physeteridae. Sperm whale
- Family Ziphiidae. Beaked whales
- Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier's beaked whale)
- Family Phocidae (true seals)
- Family Cheloniidae
- Family Dermochelyidae
[for a complete and annotated list,
click here]
- Family Accipitridae
- Pandion haliaetus (Osprey)
- Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle)
- Circus cyaneus (Northern Harrier)
- Accipiter striatus (Sharp-shinned hawk)
- Accipiter cooperi (Cooper's Hawk)
- Falco sparverius(American Kestrel)
- Falco columbarius (Merlin)
- Falco peregrinus (Peregrine Falcon)
- FamilyAlcidae
- Uria lomvia (Thick-billed Murre)
- Alca torda(Razorbill )
- Family Anatidae
- Branta canadensis (Canada Goose)
- Branta bernicla (Brant Goose)
- Cygnus olor (Mute Swan )
- Cygnus columbianus (Tundra Swan)
- Anas rubripes) (American Black Duck)
- Anas platyrynchos (Mallard)
- Aythya marila(Greater Scaup )
- Aythya affinis (Lesser Scaup)
- Somateria spectabilis (King Eider )
- Somateria mollissima (Common Eider)
- Histrionicus histrionicus (Harlequin Duck)
- Clangula hyemalis (Oldsquaw)
- Bucephala albeola (Bufflehead)
- Bucephala clangula (Common Goldeneye)
- Mergus serrator (Red-breasted Merganser)
- Melanitta deglandi (White-winged Scoter)
- Melanitta nigra (Common Scoter)
- Melanitta perspicillata (Surf Scoter)
- Family Ardeidae (Bitterns, Herons, & Allies)
- Botaurus lentiginosus (American Bittern)
- Ixobrychus exilis( Least Bittern)
- Nycticorax nycticorax (Black-crowned Night-Heron)
- Egretta tricolor (Tricolored Heron)
- Egretta caerulea (Little Blue Heron)
- Egretta thula (Snowy Egret) +
- Ardea herodias (Great Blue Heron)
- Family Charadriidae
- Pluvialis squatarola (Black-bellied Plover )
- Pluvialis dominica (American Golden-Plover)
- Charadrius semipalmatus(Semipalmated Plover )
- Charadrius melodius (Piping Plover)
- Family Diomedeidae
- Diomedea chlororhyncos (Yellow-nosed Albatross)
- Family Gaviidae
- Gavia immer (Common Loon)
- Gavia stellata(Red-throated Loon)
- Family Haematopodidae
- Haematopus palliatus (American Oystercatcher)
- Family Laridae
- Larus argentatus (Herring Gull)
- Larus atricilla (Laughing Gull)
- Larus delawarensis (Ring-billed Gull)
- Larus hyperboreus (Glaucus Gull)
- Larus marinus (Greater Black-backed Gull)
- Larus philadelphia (Bonaparte's Gull)
- Larus tridactyla (Black-legged Kittiwake)
- Rhynchops niger (Black Skimmer)
- Sterna caspia (Caspian Tern)
- Sterna forsteri (Forster's Tern)
- Sterna antillarum (Little Tern)
- Sterna dougallii (Roseate Tern)
- Sterna maxima (Royal Tern)
- Sterna hirundo (Common Tern)
- Sterna paradisaea (Arctic Tern)
- Stercorarius parasiticus (Parasitic Jaeger)
- Stercorarius pomarinus (Pomarine Jaeger)
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- Family Hydrobatidae (Storm-Petrels)
- Family Pelecanidae (Pelicans)
- Pelecanus occidentalis(Brown Pelican)
- Family Phalacrocoracidae
- Phalacrocorax auritus (Double-crested Cormorant)
- Phalacrocorax carbo (Great Cormorant)
- Family Podicipedidae
- Podiceps auritus (Horned Grebe)
- Podiceps grisegena (Red-necked grebe )
- Family Procellariidae
- Family Rallidae
- Rallus longirostris (Clapper Rail)
- Fulica americana (American Coot)
- Family Scolopacidae
- Tringa melanoleucaGreater Yellowlegs
- Tringa flavipes Lesser Yellowlegs
- Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (Willet)
- Actitus macularia (Spotted Sandpiper)
- Numenius phaeopus (Whimbrel)
- Limosa haemastica (Hudsonian Godwit)
- Arenaria interpres (Ruddy Turnstone)
- Calidris alba (Sanderling)
- Calidris canutus (Red Knot )
- Calidris pusilla (Semipalmated Sandpiper)
- Calidris mauri (Western Sandpiper)
- Calidris minutilla (Least Sandpiper)
- Calidris fuscicollis (White-rumped Sandpiper)
- Calidris bairdii (Baird's Sandpiper)
- Calidris melanotos(Pectoral Sandpiper )
- Calidris maritima (Purple Sandpiper)
- Calidris alpina (Dunlin)
- Limnodromus griseus (Short-billed Dowitcher)
- Limnodromus scolopaceus (Long-billed Dowitcher )
- Phalaropus tricolor (Wilson's Phalarope)
- Phalaropus lobatus (Red-necked Phalarope)
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- Family Sulidae
- Family Threskiornithida
- Plegadis falcinellus (Glossy Ibis
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