SOORWAL LAKE
INDIALOCALE
| # Species: | 265 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 265 |
| # Endemics: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics: | 11 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Lesser Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna javanica |
| 2 | /Bar-headed Goose/ | Anser indicus |
| 3 | /Graylag Goose/ | Anser anser |
| 4 | Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos |
| 5 | /Ruddy Shelduck/ | Tadorna ferruginea |
| 6 | /Common Shelduck/ | Tadorna tadorna |
| 7 | Cotton Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus |
| 8 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula |
| 9 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata |
| 10 | /Gadwall/ | Mareca strepera |
| 11 | /Eurasian Wigeon/ | Mareca penelope |
| 12 | Indian Spot-billed Duck | Anas poecilorhyncha |
| 13 | /Mallard/ | Anas platyrhynchos |
| 14 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta |
| 15 | /Green-winged Teal/ | Anas crecca |
| 16 | /Red-crested Pochard/ | Netta rufina |
| 17 | /Common Pochard/ | Aythya ferina |
| 18 | /Ferruginous Duck/ | Aythya nyroca |
| 19 | /Tufted Duck/ | Aythya fuligula |
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| 20 | Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus |
| 21 | Gray Francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus |
| 22 | /Common Quail/ | Coturnix coturnix |
| 23 | Rain Quail | Coturnix coromandelica |
| 24 | Jungle Bush-Quail | Perdicula asiatica |
| 25 | Rock Bush-Quail | Perdicula argoondah |
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| 26 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 27 | Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis |
| 28 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| 29 | Red Collared-Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica |
| 30 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis |
| 31 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| 32 | Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon | Treron phoenicopterus |
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| 33 | Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus |
| 34 | Painted Sandgrouse | Pterocles indicus |
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| 35 | Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis |
| 36 | Sirkeer Malkoha | Taccocua leschenaultii |
| 37 | Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus |
| 38 | Common Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx varius |
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| 39 | Indian Nightjar | Caprimulgus asiaticus |
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| 40 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
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| 41 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 42 | Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra |
| 43 | Gray-headed Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus |
| 44 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus |
| 45 | Brown Crake | Zapornia akool |
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| 46 | /Demoiselle Crane/ | Anthropoides virgo |
| 47 | Sarus Crane | Antigone antigone |
| 48 | /Common Crane/ | Grus grus |
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| 49 | Great Thick-knee | Esacus recurvirostris |
| 50 | Indian Thick-knee | Burhinus indicus |
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| 51 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| 52 | /Pied Avocet/ | Recurvirostra avosetta |
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| 53 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 54 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula |
| 55 | Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius |
| 56 | River Lapwing | Vanellus duvaucelii |
| 57 | Yellow-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus malabaricus |
| 58 | Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus |
| 59 | /White-tailed Lapwing/ | Vanellus leucurus |
| 60 | /Tibetan Sand-Plover/ | Anarhynchus atrifrons |
| 61 | Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus |
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| 62 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis |
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| 63 | Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus |
| 64 | Bronze-winged Jacana | Metopidius indicus |
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| 65 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata |
| 66 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa |
| 67 | /Jack Snipe/ | Lymnocryptes minimus |
| 68 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago |
| 69 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 70 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus |
| 71 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 72 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
| 73 | /Common Redshank/ | Tringa totanus |
| 74 | /Spotted Redshank/ | Tringa erythropus |
| 75 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia |
| 76 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax |
| 77 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea |
| 78 | /Temminck's Stint/ | Calidris temminckii |
| 79 | /Dunlin/ | Calidris alpina |
| 80 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta |
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| 81 | Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator |
| 82 | Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus |
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| 83 | Indian Courser | Cursorius coromandelicus |
| 84 | Small Pratincole | Glareola lactea |
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| 85 | /Black-headed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 86 | /Brown-headed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus |
| 87 | /Pallas's Gull/ | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus |
| 88 | /Lesser Black-backed Gull/ | Larus fuscus |
| 89 | Indian Skimmer | Rynchops albicollis |
| 90 | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons |
| 91 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| 92 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| 93 | River Tern | Sterna aurantia |
| 94 | Black-bellied Tern | Sterna acuticauda |
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| 95 | /Greater Flamingo/ | Phoenicopterus roseus |
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| 96 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| 97 | /Great Crested Grebe/ | Podiceps cristatus |
| 98 | /Eared Grebe/ | Podiceps nigricollis |
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| 99 | Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans |
| 100 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra |
| 101 | Asian Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus |
| 102 | Painted Stork | Mycteria leucocephala |
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| 103 | Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster |
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| 104 | Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger |
| 105 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| 106 | Indian Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis |
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| 107 | /Glossy Ibis/ | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 108 | Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus |
| 109 | Red-naped Ibis | Pseudibis papillosa |
| 110 | Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia |
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| 111 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 112 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 113 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 114 | Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii |
| 115 | Eastern Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus coromandus |
| 116 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 117 | Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia |
| 118 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 119 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
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| 120 | /Great White Pelican/ | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
| 121 | /Dalmatian Pelican/ | Pelecanus crispus |
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| 122 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 123 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 124 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus |
| 125 | Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus |
| 126 | Red-headed Vulture | Sarcogyps calvus |
| 127 | White-rumped Vulture | Gyps bengalensis |
| 128 | Indian Vulture | Gyps indicus |
| 129 | Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus |
| 130 | Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata |
| 131 | Shikra | Tachyspiza badius |
| 132 | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus |
| 133 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus |
| 134 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus |
| 135 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 136 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus |
| 137 | White-eyed Buzzard | Butastur teesa |
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| 138 | Indian Scops-Owl | Otus bakkamoena |
| 139 | Spotted Owlet | Athene brama |
| 140 | Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus |
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| 141 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
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| 142 | Indian Gray Hornbill | Ocyceros birostris |
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| 143 | Asian Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis |
| 144 | Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus |
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| 145 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis |
| 146 | Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis |
| 147 | White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis |
| 148 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
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| 149 | Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis |
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| 150 | Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus |
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| 151 | /Eurasian Wryneck/ | Jynx torquilla |
| 152 | Black-rumped Flameback | Dinopium benghalense |
| 153 | White-naped Woodpecker | Chrysocolaptes festivus |
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| 154 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
| 155 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera |
| 156 | /Merlin/ | Falco columbarius |
| 157 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 158 | Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria |
| 159 | Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri |
| 160 | Plum-headed Parakeet | Psittacula cyanocephala |
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| 161 | Small Minivet | Pericrocotus cinnamomeus |
| 162 | Indian Cuckooshrike | Coracina macei |
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| 163 | Indian Golden Oriole | Oriolus kundoo |
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| 164 | Common Woodshrike | Tephrodornis pondicerianus |
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| 165 | Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia |
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| 166 | White-browed Fantail | Rhipidura aureola |
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| 167 | Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus |
| 168 | /Ashy Drongo/ | Dicrurus leucophaeus |
| 169 | White-bellied Drongo | Dicrurus caerulescens |
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| 170 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus |
| 171 | Bay-backed Shrike | Lanius vittatus |
| 172 | Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach |
| 173 | Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor |
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| 174 | Rufous Treepie | Dendrocitta vagabunda |
| 175 | House Crow | Corvus splendens |
| 176 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos |
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| 177 | Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis |
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| 178 | Asian Tit | Parus cinereus |
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| 179 | Rufous-tailed Lark | Ammomanes phoenicura |
| 180 | Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix griseus |
| 181 | Indian Bushlark | Plocealauda erythroptera |
| 182 | Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula |
| 183 | Crested Lark | Galerida cristata |
| 184 | /Greater Short-toed Lark/ | Calandrella brachydactyla |
| 185 | /Bimaculated Lark/ | Melanocorypha bimaculata |
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| 186 | Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius |
| 187 | Rufous-fronted Prinia | Prinia buchanani |
| 188 | Gray-breasted Prinia | Prinia hodgsonii |
| 189 | Jungle Prinia | Prinia sylvatica |
| 190 | Ashy Prinia | Prinia socialis |
| 191 | Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata |
| 192 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
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| 193 | /Moustached Warbler/ | Acrocephalus melanopogon |
| 194 | /Paddyfield Warbler/ | Acrocephalus agricola |
| 195 | /Blyth's Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus dumetorum |
| 196 | /Clamorous Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus stentoreus |
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| 197 | Striated Grassbird | Megalurus palustris |
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| 198 | Gray-throated Martin | Riparia chinensis |
| 199 | /Pale Martin/ | Riparia diluta |
| 200 | Dusky Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne concolor |
| 201 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 202 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| 203 | Eastern Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica |
| 204 | Streak-throated Swallow | Petrochelidon fluvicola |
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| 205 | Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer |
| 206 | White-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus leucotis |
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| 207 | /Hume's Warbler/ | Phylloscopus humei |
| 208 | /Common Chiffchaff/ | Phylloscopus collybita |
| 209 | /Greenish Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochiloides |
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| 210 | /Lesser Whitethroat/ | Curruca curruca |
| 211 | /Eastern Orphean Warbler/ | Curruca crassirostris |
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| 212 | Yellow-eyed Babbler | Chrysomma sinense |
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| 213 | Indian White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus |
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| 214 | Large Gray Babbler | Argya malcolmi |
| 215 | Jungle Babbler | Argya striata |
| 216 | Common Babbler | Argya caudata |
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| 217 | /European Starling/ | Sturnus vulgaris |
| 218 | /Rosy Starling/ | Pastor roseus |
| 219 | Indian Pied Starling | Gracupica contra |
| 220 | Brahminy Starling | Sturnia pagodarum |
| 221 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis |
| 222 | Bank Myna | Acridotheres ginginianus |
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| 223 | /Black-throated Thrush/ | Turdus atrogularis |
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| 224 | Indian Robin | Copsychus fulicatus |
| 225 | Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis |
| 226 | Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassinus |
| 227 | /Bluethroat/ | Luscinia svecica |
| 228 | /Taiga Flycatcher/ | Ficedula albicilla |
| 229 | /Red-breasted Flycatcher/ | Ficedula parva |
| 230 | /Black Redstart/ | Phoenicurus ochruros |
| 231 | /Blue Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola solitarius |
| 232 | /Siberian Stonechat/ | Saxicola maurus |
| 233 | Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata |
| 234 | /Isabelline Wheatear/ | Oenanthe isabellina |
| 235 | /Desert Wheatear/ | Oenanthe deserti |
| 236 | Brown Rock Chat | Oenanthe fusca |
| 237 | /Variable Wheatear/ | Oenanthe picata |
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| 238 | Purple Sunbird | Cinnyris asiaticus |
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| 239 | Streaked Weaver | Ploceus manyar |
| 240 | Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus |
| 241 | Black-breasted Weaver | Ploceus benghalensis |
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| 242 | Indian Silverbill | Euodice malabarica |
| 243 | Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava |
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| 244 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 245 | /Spanish Sparrow/ | Passer hispaniolensis |
| 246 | Yellow-throated Sparrow | Gymnornis xanthocollis |
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| 247 | Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea |
| 248 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava |
| 249 | /Citrine Wagtail/ | Motacilla citreola |
| 250 | White-browed Wagtail | Motacilla maderaspatensis |
| 251 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba |
| 252 | /Richard's Pipit/ | Anthus richardi |
| 253 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus |
| 254 | Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis |
| 255 | /Blyth's Pipit/ | Anthus godlewskii |
| 256 | /Tawny Pipit/ | Anthus campestris |
| 257 | /Tree Pipit/ | Anthus trivialis |
| 258 | /Water Pipit/ | Anthus spinoletta |
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| 259 | Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus |
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| 260 | /Gray-necked Bunting/ | Emberiza buchanani |
| 261 | /White-capped Bunting/ | Emberiza stewarti |
| 262 | Striolated Bunting | Emberiza striolata |
| 263 | Crested Bunting | Emberiza lathami |
| 264 | /Black-headed Bunting/ | Emberiza melanocephala |
| 265 | Red-headed Bunting | Emberiza bruniceps |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 95 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 0 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 14 |
| V | Vulnerable | 3 |
| EN | Endangered | 3 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 3 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.