Checklist of the Birds of Grand Isle County, Vermont
Created June 2016.
Updated March, 2020
Updated March, 2020
Charles L. Hulse
South Hero, VT
206 of the most
commonly observed birds in Grand Isle County based on eBird data.
Within each
subgroup, species are listed according to their frequency of observation. Thus, more common species occur at the top,
less common species occur at the bottom.
For example: you are more likely to
see a Canada Goose than a Brant.
If you have
questions, concerns or would like additional information please contact:
Mute Swan
Marsh Duck
Mallard
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Gadwall
Blue-winged Teal
American Widgeon
Northern Shoveler
Diving Duck
Bufflehead
Ring-necked Duck
Redhead
Harlequin Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Canvasback
Tufted Duck
Scaup & Scoter
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Merganser
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Turkey and Grouse
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
Grebe
Horned Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Dove & Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Rock Pigeon
Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Nightjar
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Swift
Chimney Swift
Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rail & Gallinule
Virginia Rail
Common Gallinule
Sora
Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Black-bellied Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Greater Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Dunlin
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sanderling
American Woodcock
White-rumped Sandpiper
Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Little Gull
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Tern
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Black Tern
Loon
Common Loon
Red-throated Loon
Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Heron & Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
American Bittern
New World Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Osprey
Harrier
Northern Harrier
Accipiter
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Eagle
Bald Eagle
Buteo
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Owl
Barred Owl
Snowy Owl
Eastern Screech Owl
Great Horned Owl
Long-eared Owl
Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Falcon
American Kestel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
New World Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Wood Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Shrike
Northern Shrike
Jay & Crow
American Crow
Blue Jay
Common Raven
Chickadee & Titmouse
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Lark
Horned Lark
Swallow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Bank Swallow
Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Creeper
Brown Creeper
Gnatcatcher
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Starling
European Starling
Mimic Thrush
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrush
American Robin
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Wood Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Bohemian Waxwing
Old World Sparrow
House Sparrow
Pipit
American Pipit
Finch
American Goldfinch
House Finch
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
Snow Bunting & Longspur
Snow Bunting
Lapland Longspur
Junco
Dark-eyed Junco
Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Field Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Towhee
Eastern Towhee
Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bobolink
Rusty Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
New World Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Restart
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Ovenbird
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Black-throated Green Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Cape May Warbler
Pine Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Cardinal
Northern Cardinal
Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Marsh Duck
Mallard
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Gadwall
Blue-winged Teal
American Widgeon
Northern Shoveler
Diving Duck
Bufflehead
Ring-necked Duck
Redhead
Harlequin Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Canvasback
Tufted Duck
Scaup & Scoter
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Merganser
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Turkey and Grouse
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
Grebe
Horned Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Dove & Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Rock Pigeon
Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Nightjar
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Swift
Chimney Swift
Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rail & Gallinule
Virginia Rail
Common Gallinule
Sora
Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Black-bellied Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Greater Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Dunlin
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sanderling
American Woodcock
White-rumped Sandpiper
Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Little Gull
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Tern
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Black Tern
Loon
Common Loon
Red-throated Loon
Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Heron & Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
American Bittern
New World Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Osprey
Harrier
Northern Harrier
Accipiter
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Eagle
Bald Eagle
Buteo
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Owl
Barred Owl
Snowy Owl
Eastern Screech Owl
Great Horned Owl
Long-eared Owl
Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Falcon
American Kestel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
New World Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Wood Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Shrike
Northern Shrike
Jay & Crow
American Crow
Blue Jay
Common Raven
Chickadee & Titmouse
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Lark
Horned Lark
Swallow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Bank Swallow
Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Creeper
Brown Creeper
Gnatcatcher
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Starling
European Starling
Mimic Thrush
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrush
American Robin
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Wood Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Bohemian Waxwing
Old World Sparrow
House Sparrow
Pipit
American Pipit
Finch
American Goldfinch
House Finch
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
Snow Bunting & Longspur
Snow Bunting
Lapland Longspur
Junco
Dark-eyed Junco
Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Field Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Towhee
Eastern Towhee
Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bobolink
Rusty Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
New World Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Restart
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Ovenbird
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Black-throated Green Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Cape May Warbler
Pine Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Cardinal
Northern Cardinal
Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
