DELAWARE STATE LIST OF BIRD SPECIES and DELAWARE REVIEW LIST

The Delaware State List of Bird Species consists of the following 390 species of birds that have been accepted for Delaware by the Delaware Records Committee (DERC) as of September 1, 2003. We request documentation for the 74 boldfaced species marked with an asterisk (*)- this is the Delaware Review List. Please note the subspecies and the reports that are presently being reviewed by the Committee in the Addendum. All of these and any other species not currently on the list require documentation. Reports should be sent to the DERC Secretary, Frank Rohrbacher, DBRC Secretary, 5 Neva Court, Wilmington, DE 19810 (e-mail: Frank Rohrbacher - only for information and sight records, no photographs) or to the DOS, Records Committee, PO Box 4247, Greenville, DE 19807.

Jump to a Bird Group: Choose a Group Species under review Subspecies under review Loons Grebes Shearwaters Storm-Petrels Gannetts and Boobies Pelicans Cormorants Frigatebirds Herons and Egrets Ibises Storks New World Vultures Ducks, Geese, & Swans Hawks, Kites, & Eagles Falcons Pheasants & Turkeys New World Quail Rails, Gallinules, & Coots Cranes Lapwings & Plovers Oystercatchers Stilts & Avocets Sandpipers, Phalaropes, & Allies Skuas, Gulls, Terns, & Skimmers Auks, Murres, & Puffins Pigeons & Doves Cuckoos Barn Owls Typical Owls Goatsuckers Swifts Hummingbirds Woodpeckers Tyrant Flycatchers Shrikes Vireos Crows & Jays Larks Swallows Chickadees Nuthatches Creepers Wrens Kinglets Gnatcatchers Thrushes Mockingbirds & Thrashers Starlings Pipits Waxwings Wood-Warblers Tanagers Emberizid Sparrows Cardinals & Allies Blackbirds, Orioles, & Allies Cardueline Finches Old World Sparrows

Names and taxonomic sequence follow the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds.

Addendum

Subspecies: The Committee has begun reviews of extralimital subspecies that can be positively identified in the field. All reports of the following subspecies that have been noted in Delaware previously should be submitted to the Committee Secretary:

*Great White Heron	Ardea herodias occidentalis
*Black Brant	Branta hrota nigricans
*Common Teal	Anas crecca crecca
*Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus spp.
*Audubon's Warbler	Dendroica coronata auduboni
*Oregon Junco	Junco hyemalis oreganus

Additionally, records of well-marked subspecies that have not been previously reported from Delaware, such as Red-shafted Flicker, races of Dark-eyed Junco other than Oregon and Slate-colored, and European forms of North American species including Tundra Swan, Brant, Black Scoter, and White-winged Scoter, should be submitted for review.

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The following species are under review by the Committee (documentation is requested for all of these species):