ABA Checklist
The ABA Checklist includes native North American breeding species, regular visitors, casuals and accidentals from other regions that are believed to have strayed here without direct human aid, and well-established introduced species that are now part of our avifauna. Species Total: 957
Version 7.0 – November 2008
Added: Graylag Goose (Anser anser)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Pink-footed Goose.
Comments: one bird was found alive on a stationary ship in the Atlantic Ocean off the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador from spring, 2005.
Added: White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Bulwer's Petrel.
Comments: a moribund individual was discovered near Rollover Pass, Texas, in April 1986 where it was originally misidentified.
Added: Townsend's Shearwater (Puffinus auricularis)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Manx Shearwater.
Comments: an individual from near Del Mar, California, was caught and taken to be rehabilitated in August 2007, where measurements and photographs were used for positive identification.
Added: Tristram's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma tristrami)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Black Storm-Petrel.
Comments: an individual caught during night mist-netting from Southeast Farallon Island, California, in April, 2006. Proper identification resulted after careful measurements were taken, in addition to comparisons with museum specimens of congeners.
Added: Brown Hawk-Owl (Ninox scutulata)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Northern Saw-whet Owl.
Comments: two birds, the first from St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, from late August - early September 2007 was well-photographed and easy to identify.
Added: Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Gray Kingbird.
Comments: two birds, the first from Fort Zachary Taylor State Park, Key West, Florida, in March 2007 was added to the Checklist shortly after the species had been removed from the List due to uncertain identification difficulties.
Added: Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Lanceolated Warbler.
Comments: an individual from Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, in September 2007. Photographs ruled out look-alike congeners.
Added: Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Redwing.
Comments: an individual found at a private residence at Saint-Fulgence, Quebec, Canada, in November 2006 was photographed and identified.
Added: Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
Code: 2.
Placement: after European Starling.
Comments: now considered an established exotic in parts of Florida.
Added: Yellow-browed Bunting (Emberiza chrysophrys)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Little Bunting.
Comments: an individual was photographed at Gambell, St. Lawrenece Island, Alaska, on 15 September 2007. It was easily separated from other Old World Buntings using a series of convincing photographs.
Version 6.8 – November 2007
Added: Light-mantled Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Black-browed Albatross.
Comments: one adult in the Pacific Ocean at Cordell Bank, 40 miles off Point Reyes, Marin County, California, on 17 July 1994.
Added: Parkinson's Petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Bulwer's Petrel.
Comments: one individual in the Pacific Ocean near Cordell Bank, 17.6 nautical miles northwest of the Point Reyes headlands, Marin County, California, on 1 October 2005.
Added: Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Great Blue Heron.
Comments: one individual found moribund at Lear's Cove, Newfoundland & Labrador, on 11 October 1996 was sent to Salmonier Nature Park, where it died.
Added: Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Great Egret.
Comments: one recently dead adult male in nuptial plumage salvaged by Stephan Lorenz and colleagues at Buldir Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, on 30 May 2006.
Added: Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus)
Code: 5.
Placement: provisionally placed after Sabine's Gull.
Comments: one adult in alternate plumage discovered by Alan Baldridge at Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California, on 6-7 June 1985, then rediscovered by Ed Harper and others 15 miles north, at Jetty Road State Park, Moss Landing on 8 June 1985.
Added: European Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Code: 5.
Placement: placed after Oriental Turtle-Dove.
Comments: three records of singles: one photographed at Lower Matecumbe Key, Monroe County, Florida, 9-11 April 1990, a record that was relegated to the CLC's short-lived "Origin Uncertain" list; one photographed inhand at St. Pierre, St. Pierre Island, France, sometime between 15-20 May 2001; and one thought to be of the nominate race that was run over by a vehicle at Tuckernuck Island, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, on 19 July 2001.
Added: Pallas's Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)
Code: 5.
Placement: provisionally placed after Yellow-browed Warbler.
Comments: one of the nominate race at the "Circular Boneyard" at Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, on 25-26 September 2006 was discovered and photographed by Paul Lehman and Gary Rosenberg.
Added: Tundra Bean-Goose (Anser serrirostris)
Comments: split from Bean Goose (Anser fabalis) by the AOU in its 48th supplement to the check-list. See The Auk 124(3):1109-1115, 2007. Anser fabalis now becomes Taiga Bean-Goose.
Version 6.7 – February 2007
Added: Ringed Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma hornbyi)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel.
Comments: one individual, 2 August 2005, about 12 nautical miles off the westernmost point of San Miguel Island,
Santa Barbara County, California.
Added: Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Eurasian Hobby.
Comments: one second-calendar-year (first-summer) male, 7 or 8-24 August 2004, at Katama Airfield, Martha's Vineyard,
Dukes County, Massachusetts.
Added: Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus)
Code: 2.
Placement: after Dusky Grouse.
Comments: split from Blue Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) by the AOU in its 47th supplement to the check-list. See The Auk 123(3):926-936, 2006. Dendragapus obscurus now becomes Dusky Grouse.
Removed: Yellow-chevroned Parakeet ((Brotogeris chiriri)
Comments: this species was added to the Checklist in 2002 based on the occurrence of naturalized populations in California and Florida, following the "splitting" of the Canary-winged Parakeet (B. versicolurus) into Whitewinged Parakeet (B. versicolurus) and Yellow-chevroned Parakeet. However, the Yellow-chevroned Parakeet has never been accepted by the CBRC or FOSRC.
Version 6.6.1 – December 2005
Removed: Black-backed Wagtail (Motacilla lugens)
Comments: Lumped with White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) by the AOU in its 46th supplement to the check-list. See The Auk 122(3):1026-1031, 2005.
Version 6.6 – November 2005
Added: Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus mexicanus)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush.
Comments: single adult, 27 May-29 October 2004, Pharr, Hidalgo County, Texas.
Added: Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Great Kiskadee.
Comments: single bird, 7-14 January 2005, Bentsen – Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hildago County, Texas.
Version 6.5 – May 2005
Added: Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Tree Swallow.
Comments: November 2002, Viera Wetlands, Brevard County, Florida.
Added: Cape Verde Shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii)
Code: 5.
Placement: after Cory's Shearwater.
Comments: single individual, 15 August 2004, approximately 49 kilometers southeast of Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
Added: Black-bellied Storm-Petrel (Fregetta tropica)
Code: 5.
Placement: after White-faced Storm-Petrel.
Comments: single bird, 31 May 2004, approximately 77 kilometers southeast of Oregon Inlet, North Carolina.