Baltimore Birds: Accidentals

A List for Baltimore City and Baltimore County, Maryland

Of the 339 species of birds that have been reported within Baltimore City or Baltimore County (as of May 1996), the 73 species regarded as "accidental" or "historical" are included in this list. There is also a list of the 266 regularly occurring species. This list has been prepared by the Baltimore Bird Club. Please send corrections or comments to .

Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Northern Gannet
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Anhinga
White Ibis
Wood Stork
Brant
Eurasian Wigeon
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Swallow-tailed Kite
Northern Goshawk
Ruffed Grouse
Yellow Rail
Clapper Rail
Purple Gallinule
Sandhill Crane
Piping Plover
American Oystercatcher
Black-necked Stilt
Long-billed Curlew
Little Stint
Purple Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Ruff
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Franklin's Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ross's Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Sandwich Tern
Sooty Tern
Black Skimmer
Dovekie
Thick-billed Murre
Passenger Pigeon [extinct]
Snowy Owl
Long-eared Owl
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Common Raven
Boreal Chickadee
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
Sedge Wren
Varied Thrush
Swainson's Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Dickcissel
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
Pine Grosbeak
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll

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