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Charadriiformes |
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Laughing Gull
Larus atricilla |
Common, permanent resident |
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Franklin's Gull
Larus pipixcan |
Accidental, winter transient, 17 Dec
05, DC, Tybee Island |
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Black-headed Gull
Larus ridibundus |
Accidental, 13 Aug 05, WC, Tybee
Island |
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Bonaparte's Gull
Larus philadelphia |
Uncommon, common at sea, winter
resident, 5 Dec - 28 Apr |
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Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis |
Common, winter resident, 1 Oct - 6
May |
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Herring Gull
Larus argentatus |
Common, winter resident, 24 Sep - 25
May |
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Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoides |
Accidental, winter transient, 14 Feb
35, ACGB (2003) |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus |
Uncommon, transient, 15 July - 6 May,
Tybee Island |
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Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreus |
Accidental, 19 Jan 98, SC, Wassaw
Island (1) |
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Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus |
Uncommon, winter resident, Tybee
Island |
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Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla |
Rare, winter visitor, off shore, 12
Feb 05, SB, N31º 45.37, W080º 38.06 |
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Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscata |
Fairly common, offshore, 24 Jun 03,
RW, N31º 45.45, W080º 11.23 |
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Bridled Tern
Onychoprion
anaethetus |
Fairly common, summer at sea, 24 Aug
02, RW, N 31º 50.05, W080º 39.29 |
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Least Tern
Sternula antillarum |
Fairly common, summer resident, 16
April - 12 Aug, Skidaway Island |
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Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica |
Uncommon and local, permanent resident, 1
Sep 06, DC, Skidaway |
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Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia |
Uncommon, permanent resident, barrier
island beaches |
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Black Tern
Chlidonias niger |
Uncommon, late summer transient,
barrier island beaches |
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Common Tern
Sterna hirundo |
Fairly common, transient, 10 Apr - 4
May also 25 Jul - 15 Sep, Tybee Island |
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Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri |
Common, resident, except summer, 17
Aug - 1 May, Skidaway Island |
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Royal Tern
Thalasseus maxima |
Common, permanent resident, scarce in
winter |
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Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus
sandvicensis |
Uncommon, summer resident, Tybee
Island |
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Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger |
Common, permanent resident |
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Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus |
Rare, transient, 2 Sep 01, EK, at
sea, no coordinates |
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Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius
parasiticus |
Uncommon, transient, except summer |
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Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius
longicaudus |
Accidental, transient, 28 Aug 00, BH,
Wassaw Island |
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Razorbill
Alca torda |
Rare winter visitor near shore shore,
RW, N31º 46.40 W080º 36.29, 52 |
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Columbiformes |
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Rock Pigeon
Columba livia |
Common, permanent
resident |
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Eurasian Collared-Dove
Streptopelia decaoto |
Common, permanent
resident, Tybee Island |
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White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica |
Rare, transient, 14 Jan
01, DC, Tybee Island |
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Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura |
Common, permanent
resident |
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Common Ground-Dove
Columbina passerina |
Uncommon, fall, 26 Oct
03, RW, Skidaway Island |
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Cuculiformes |
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus |
Fairly common,
transient, 10 Mar - 9 Jun and 7 Sep - 28 Oct, Skidaway Island |
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Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
Rare, spring transient,
15 Apr 04, LL, Candler Hospital |
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Strigiformes |
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Barn Owl
Tyto alba |
Rare, permanent
resident, DC, 1 Dec 00, Broughton Street old building |
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Eastern Screech-owl
Megascops asio
Red phase most likely |
Fairly common, permanent
resident |
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Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianis |
Fairly common, permanent
resident |
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Barred Owl
Strix varia |
Fairly common, permanent
resident |
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Long-eared Owl
Asio otus |
Accidental, 5 Nov 04,
SW, Tybee Island |
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Northern Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius acadicus |
Status unknown. 1 Jan 11
as cited in Georgia Birds, 1958, Burleigh. |
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Caprimulgiformes |
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Common Nighthawk
Chordieles minor |
Common, fall transient,
downtown Savannah |
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Chuck-will's-widow
Caprilmulgus
carolensis |
Common, summer resident,
16 Mar - 10 Sep, Skidaway Island |
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Whip-poor-will
Caprilmulgus
vociferous |
Rare, spring transient,
1 Apr 63, JC, Isle of Hope, 8 Nov 86, DF |
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Apodiformes |
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Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica |
Common, summer resident
31 Mar - 21 Oct, Skidaway Island |
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Ruby-throated
Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris |
Common, permanent
resident, uncommon winter |
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Black-chinned Hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri |
Rare and local, winter
visitor, 21 Feb 05, SC, residential feeder |
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Calliope Hummingbird
Stellula calliope |
Accidental, winter
visitor, 17 Dec 06, SC, residential feeder |
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Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus |
Uncommon to rare, winter
resident, 7 Dec - 2 Apr also 27 Sep 03, BR, Skidaway |
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Coraciiformes |
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Belted Kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon |
Fairly common, permanent
resident, scarce early summer |
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