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Review List

The following species, field-identifiable superspecies/subspecies, and color morphs have already been documented and accepted in the Commonwealth of Virginia and are reviewable wherever they occur in Virginia or its waters:
  Common Name Mountains and Valleys Piedmont Coastal Plain
1 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck X X X  
2 West Indian Whistling-Duck X X X  
3 Fulvous Whistling-Duck X X X  
4 Greater White-fronted Goose X X    
5 Barnacle Goose X X X  
6 Ross's Goose X X X (w. of the Bay)  
* Ross's Goose (blue morph only) X X X  
7 Cackling Goose X X X (w. of the Bay)  
8 Brant X X X (w. of the Bay)  
* Brant (taxa other than  hrota) X X X  
9 Eurasian Wigeon X X X (w. of the Bay)  
10 Cinnamon Teal X X X  
11 White-cheeked Pintail X X X  
12 Eurasian Green-winged Teal X X X  
13 Tufted Duck X X X  
14 King Eider X X X (w. of the Bay)  
15 Common Eider X X X (w. of the Bay)  
16 Harlequin Duck X X X (w. of the Bay)  
17 Surf Scoter X X    
18 White-winged Scoter X X    
19 Black Scoter X X X (w. of the Bay)  
20 Barrow's Goldeneye X X X  
21 Ruffed Grouse     X  
22 Red-throated Loon X X    
23 Pacific Loon X X X  
24 Eared Grebe X (not S. Holston Res.) X X (w. of the Bay)  
25 Western Grebe X X X  
26 Clark's Grebe X X X  
27 Yellow-nosed Albatross X X X  
28 Black-browed Albatross X X X  
29 Northern Fulmar X X X (not pelagic)  
30 Herald Petrel X X X  
31 Fea's Petrel X X X  
32 Black-capped Petrel X X X  
33 Cory's Shearwater X X X (not pelagic)  
34 Greater Shearwater X X X (not pelagic)  
35 Sooty Shearwater X X X (w. of the Bay)  
36 Short-tailed Shearwater X X X  
37 Manx Shearwater X X X (not pelagic)  
38 Audubon's Shearwater X X X (not pelagic)  
39 Wilson's Storm-Petrel X X X (w. of the Bay)  
40 White-faced Storm-Petrel X X X  
41 Leach's Storm-Petrel X X X (not pelagic)  
42 Band-rumped Storm-Petrel X X X  
43 White-tailed Tropicbird X X X  
44 Brown Booby X X X  
45 Northern Gannet X X X (w. of the Bay)  
46 American White Pelican X X X (w. of the Bay)  
47 Neotropic Cormorant X X X  
48 Brown Pelican X X X (w. of the Bay)  
49 Great Cormorant X X X (w. of the Bay)  
50 Anhinga X X X (n. of James + w. of Bay)  
51 Magnificent Frigatebird X X X  
52 Little Egret X X X  
53 Snowy Egret X X    
54 Tricolored Heron X X    
55 Reddish Egret X X X  
56 White Ibis X X    
57 Glossy Ibis X X (s. of I-64)    
58 White-faced Ibis X X X  
59 Wood Stork X X X  
60 Greater Flamingo X X X  
61 unidentified flamingo X X X  
62 Swallow-tailed Kite X X X (n. of James + w. of Bay)  
63 White-tailed Kite X X X  
64 Mississippi Kite X      
65 Western Marsh Harrier X X X  
66 Broad-winged Hawk (dark morph only) X X X  
67 Swainson's Hawk X X X (not Northampton Co.)  
68 Red-tailed Hawk (western taxa) X X X  
69 Ferruginous Hawk X X X  
70 Gyrfalcon X X X  
71 Yellow Rail X X X  
72 Black Rail X X X (w. of the Bay)  
73 Clapper Rail X X X (w. of the Bay)  
74 Paint-billed Crake X X X  
75 Purple Gallinule X X X  
76 Limpkin X X X  
77 Sandhill Crane X X X (not Northampton Co.)  
78 American Golden-Plover X X (s. of I-64)    
79 Snowy Plover X X X  
80 Wilson's Plover X X X (w. of the Bay)  
81 Piping Plover X X X (w. of the Bay)  
82 Mountain Plover X X X  
83 American Oystercatcher X X X (w. of the Bay)  
84 Black-necked Stilt X X X (w. of the Bay)  
85 American Avocet X X X (w. of the Bay)  
86 Willet X X    
87 Eskimo Curlew X X X  
88 Whimbrel X X X (w. of the Bay)  
89 Whimbrel (taxa other than  hudsonicus) X X X  
90 Long-billed Curlew X X X  
91 Hudsonian Godwit X X X (w. of the Bay)  
92 Bar-tailed Godwit X X X  
93 Marbled Godwit X X X (w. of the Bay)  
94 Ruddy Turnstone   X    
95 Red Knot X X X (w. of the Bay)  
96 Sanderling   X    
97 Red-necked Stint X X X  
98 White-rumped Sandpiper   X    
99 Baird's Sandpiper   X    
100 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper X X X  
101 Purple Sandpiper X X X (w. of the Bay)  
102 Curlew Sandpiper X X X (w. of the Bay)  
103 Stilt Sandpiper   X    
104 Buff-breasted Sandpiper X X X (w. of the Bay)  
105 Ruff X X X  
106 Long-billed Dowitcher X X    
107 Eurasian Woodcock X X X  
108 Wilson's Phalarope X X X (w. of the Bay)  
109 Red-necked Phalarope X X X (w. of the Bay)  
110 Red Phalarope X X X (w. of the Bay)  
111 Great Skua X X X (not pelagic)  
112 South Polar Skua X X X  
113 Pomarine Jaeger X X X (w. of the Bay)  
114 Parasitic Jaeger X X X (w. of the Bay)  
115 Long-tailed Jaeger X X X (not pelagic)  
116 Laughing Gull X X (s. of I-64)    
117 Franklin's Gull X X X (w. of the Bay)  
118 Little Gull X X X (w. of the Bay)  
119 Black-headed Gull X X X (w. of the Bay)  
120 Black-tailed Gull X X X  
121 Mew Gull X X X  
122 California Gull X X X  
123 Yellow-legged Gull X X X  
124 Thayer's Gull X X X  
125 Iceland Gull X X (not Prince Wm. Co.)    
126 Lesser Black-backed Gull X X (s. of I-64)    
127 Glaucous Gull X X (not Prince Wm. Co.)    
128 Great Black-backed Gull X X (s. of I-64)    
129 Sabine's Gull X X X  
130 Black-legged Kittiwake X X X (w. of the Bay)  
131 Gull-billed Tern X X X (w. of the Bay)  
132 Royal Tern X X    
133 Elegant Tern X X X  
134 Sandwich Tern X X X (w. of the Bay)  
135 Roseate Tern X X X  
136 Arctic Tern X X X  
137 Least Tern X X    
138 Bridled Tern X X X (not pelagic)  
139 Sooty Tern X X X  
140 White-winged Tern X X X  
141 Black Skimmer X X X (w. of the Bay)  
142 Dovekie X X X (not pelagic)  
143 Common Murre X X X  
144 Thick-billed Murre X X X  
145 unidentified murre X X X  
146 Razorbill X X X (w. of the Bay)  
147 Black Guillemot X X X  
149 Atlantic Puffin X X X (not pelagic)  
150 Eurasian Collared-Dove X X X (not Northampton Co.)  
151 White-winged Dove X X X  
152 Common Ground-Dove X X X  
153 Groove-billed Ani X X X  
154 Snowy Owl X X X  
155 Burrowing Owl X X X  
156 Black-chinned Hummingbird X X X  
157 Allen's Hummingbird X X X  
158 Lewis' Woodpecker X X X  
159 Red-cockaded Woodpecker X X X  
160 Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher X X X  
161 Western Wood-Pewee X X X  
162 Say's Phoebe X X X  
163 Vermilion Flycatcher X X X  
164 Ash-throated Flycatcher X X X  
165 Western Kingbird X X    
166 Gray Kingbird X X X  
167 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher X X X  
168 Fork-tailed Flycatcher X X X  
169 Loggerhead Shrike     X  
170 Northern Shrike X X X  
171 Bell's Vireo X X X  
172 Black-whiskered Vireo X X X  
173 Black-billed Magpie X X X  
174 Common Raven     X  
175 Cave Swallow X X X  
176 Black-capped Chickadee   X (s. of I-64) X  
177 Boreal Chickadee X X X  
178 Rock Wren X X X  
179 Bewick's Wren X X X  
180 Northern Wheatear X X X  
181 Mountain Bluebird X X X  
182 Bicknell's Thrush X X X (w. of the Bay)  
183 Varied Thrush X X X  
184 Sage Thrasher X X X  
185 Sprague's Pipit X X X  
186 Bohemian Waxwing X X X  
187 Bachman's Warbler X X X  
188 Audubon's Warbler X X X  
189 Black-throated Gray Warbler X X X  
190 Townsend's Warbler X X X  
191 Kirtland's Warbler X X X  
192 MacGillivray's Warbler X X X  
193 Western Tanager X X X  
194 Green-tailed Towhee X X X  
195 Spotted Towhee X X X  
196 Bachman's Sparrow X X X  
197 Clay-colored Sparrow X X X (w. of the Bay)  
198 Lark Sparrow X X X (w. of the Bay)  
199 Black-throated Sparrow X X X  
200 Lark Bunting X X X  
201 Ipswich Sparrow X X X (w. of the Bay)  
202 Henslow's Sparrow X X X  
203 Le Conte's Sparrow X X X (w. of the Bay)  
204 Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow X X X (w. of the Bay)  
205 Seaside Sparrow X X X (w. of the Bay)  
206 Harris's Sparrow X X X  
207 Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow (gambelii) X X X  
208 Oregon Junco X X X  
209 Pink-sided Junco X X X  
210 Chestnut-collared Longspur X X X  
211 Black-headed Grosbeak X X X  
212 Lazuli Bunting X X X  
213 Painted Bunting X X X (n. of James + w. of Bay)  
214 Yellow-headed Blackbird X X X (w. of the Bay)  
215 Boat-tailed Grackle X X X (w. of the Bay)  
216 Shiny Cowbird X X X  
217 Bullock's Oriole X X X  
218 Pine Grosbeak X X X  
219 White-winged Crossbill X X X  
220 Hoary Redpoll X X X