| Common Name | Latin Name | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | ||
| Common Loon | Gavia immer | ||
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | ||
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | ||
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | pelagic | |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | pelagic | |
| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | pelagic | |
| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | pelagic | |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | Cape May | |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus | ||
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Barnegat, Florence | |
| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | Cape May | |
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | Cape May | |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | ||
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | ||
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | ||
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | ||
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | ||
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Brigantine | |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | ||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | ||
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | ||
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | ||
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | ||
| Snow Goose | Chen caerulescens | ||
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | ||
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | Califon | |
| Brant | Branta bernicla | ||
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | ||
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Brigantine, Whitesbog | |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | ||
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | ||
| Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope | Cape May, Silver Lake, Sylvan Lake | |
| American Wigeon | Anas americana | ||
| American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | ||
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | ||
| Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors | ||
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | ||
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | ||
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | ||
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | ||
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | ||
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Navesink River | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | ||
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | Barnegat Inlet | |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | ||
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | Barnegat Inlet | |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | Barnegat Inlet | |
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta fusca | Sandy Hook | |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | Barnegat Inlet | |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | ||
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | ||
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | ||
| Barrow's Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica | Sandy Hook | |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | ||
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | ||
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | ||
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | ||
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | ||
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | ||
| Northern Harrier | Circus cyaneus | ||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | ||
| Cooper's Hawk | Accipiter cooperii | ||
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus | Medford etc | |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | ||
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | ||
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | Manahawkin, Jake's Landing | |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | ||
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | ||
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | ||
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Liberty State Park | |
| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | Great Swamp, Princeton | |
| Clapper Rail | Rallus longirostris | Jake's Landing, Brigantine | |
| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | Cape May SCCM | |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | Brigantine NWR | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Cape May SCCM | |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | ||
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | ||
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Sod Farm, Brigantine | |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Sod Farm | |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | ||
| Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | Cape May | |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | ||
| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | ||
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | ||
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | ||
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | ||
| Willet | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus | ||
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia | ||
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | ||
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | Brigantine NWR | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | ||
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | ||
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | ||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | ||
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | ||
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | ||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | ||
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | ||
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | ||
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | ||
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis | Brigantine | |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | Walker Ave/Wayne | |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | ||
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | ||
| American Woodcock | Scolopax minor | Cape May SCCM | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Brigantine | |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Pelagic, Mercer Co | |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Pelagic | |
| Laughing Gull | Larus atricilla | ||
| Bonaparte's Gull | Larus philadelphia | ||
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | ||
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | ||
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | Florence | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Florence | |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | Florence | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | ||
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Merrill Creek Reservoir | |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Pelagic | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica | Brigantine NWR | |
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | ||
| Royal Tern | Sterna maxima | ||
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Cape May | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | ||
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | ||
| Least Tern | Sterna antillarum | ||
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Brigantine | |
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | ||
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | Barnegat Inlet | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | ||
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | ||
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | nr Layton | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Cape May | |
| Snowy Owl | Nyctea scandiaca | Brigantine NWR | |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | Pole Farm | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Pole Farm, Manahawkin, Jake's Landing | |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | ||
| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | ||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | ||
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | ||
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Melanerpes carolinus | ||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | ||
| Downy Woodpecker | Dryobates pubescens | ||
| Hairy Woodpecker | Dryobates villosus | Barnegat Inlet, Princeton | |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | ||
| Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus | Princeton | |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | ||
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens | ||
| Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens | Bull's Island, High Pt | |
| Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum | nr Layton | |
| Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii | nr Layton, Walkill | |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | Stokes St Forest | |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | ||
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | ||
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | ||
| Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | Assunpink WMA, 5/2/16 | |
| Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | Big Brook Park, 3/05 | |
| Northern Shrike | Lanius excubitor | Great Swamp NWR | |
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | Cape May | |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | Bull's Island | |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius | ||
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | ||
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | ||
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | ||
| Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus | Florence, Brigantine | |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | Pole Farm, High Point? | |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | ||
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | Cape May etc | |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | ||
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | ||
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | ||
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Bull's Island | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | ||
| Carolina Chickadee | Poecile carolinensis | ||
| Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapilla | ||
| Tufted Titmouse | Baeolophus bicolor | ||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | ||
| Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus | ||
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | ||
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | ||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula | ||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | ||
| Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | ||
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens | ||
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | ||
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | ||
| Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | ||
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | ||
| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | ||
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | ||
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | ||
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | ||
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | ||
| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | Island Beach State Park | |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | ||
| Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora cyanoptera | ||
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | nr. Layton | |
| Nashville Warbler | Oreothlypis ruficapilla | ||
| Northern Parula | Parula americana | ||
| Yellow Warbler | Dendroica petechia | ||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Dendroica pensylvanica | ||
| Magnolia Warbler | Dendroica magnolia | ||
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Dendroica caerulescens | ||
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Dendroica coronata | ||
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Dendroica virens | ||
| Blackburnian Warbler | Dendroica fusca | High Point State Park | |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Dendroica dominica | Belleplain, Bull's Island, Jake's Landing | |
| Pine Warbler | Dendroica pinus | Belleplain | |
| Prairie Warbler | Dendroica discolor | ||
| Palm Warbler | Dendroica palmarum | ||
| Blackpoll Warbler | Dendroica striata | ||
| Cerulean Warbler | Dendroica cerulea | Bull's Island, Stokes St. Forest | |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | ||
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | ||
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | Belleplain State Park | |
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorus | Belleplain State Park | |
| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapillus | ||
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | ||
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | ||
| Hooded Warbler | Wilsonia citrina | Belleplain State Park | |
| Canada Warbler | Wilsonia canadensis | ||
| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | Cape May Higbee Beach | |
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | Belleplain State Park | |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | ||
| Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | ||
| American Tree Sparrow | Spizelloides arborea | ||
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | ||
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | Hoffman Park | |
| Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla | ||
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | ||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | Hoffman Park, Alpha | |
| Henslow's Sparrow | Centronyx henslowii | Willowood Arboretum | |
| Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow | Ammospiza caudacuta | Jake's Landing | |
| Seaside Sparrow | Ammospiza maritima | Jake's Landing, Brigantine | |
| Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca | ||
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | ||
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | Griggstown, Layton | |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | ||
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | ||
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | Griggstown, Layton | |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | ||
| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | Alpha | |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | Barnegat | |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | ||
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | Cape May etc | |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | Cape May etc | |
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Hoffman Park, Griggstown, Pole Farm | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | ||
| Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | Brigantine etc | |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | ||
| Boat-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus major | Brigantine, Barnegat | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | ||
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | Delaware Water Gap, Cape May, Griggstown | |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | ||
| Purple Finch | Carpodacus purpureus | ||
| House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus | ||
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | Wharton State Forest | |
| American Goldfinch | Carduelis tristis | ||
| Evening Grosbeak | Coccothraustes vespertinus | Assunpink WMA | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |