Photo Gallery

The following photos represent a sampling of records accepted by the MBRC. If your photo is present and you would like it removed, please contact Scott Terry (scott__terry AT hotmail.com). If you have documentation for a review species that you would like to share, please send it to the Secretary (see Committee Members for email addresses).

Please note that not all species listed here are currently on the review list, as some species recently have reached a threshold of abundance that warrants removal from the review list. Also note the Photo Gallery is no where near a complete list of records, for that use the Database.

ANSERIFORMES
ANATIDAE
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Ross’s Goose (not currently reviewed)
Pink-footed Goose
Brant
Garganey
Cinnamon Teal
Eurasian Wigeon (not currently reviewed)
Eurasian Green-winged Teal
Tufted Duck
King Eider
Common Eider
Barrow’s Goldeneye (not currently reviewed)

PHOENICOPTERIFORMES
PHOENICOPTERIDAE
American Flamingo

PODICIPEDIFORMES
PODICIPEDIDAE
Western Grebe
Aechmophorus grebe

COLUMBIFORMES
COLUMBIDAE
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove (not currently reviewed)
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
White-winged Dove (not currently reviewed)

CUCULIFORMES
CUCULIDAE
Groove-billed Ani
Smooth-billed/Groove-billed Ani

CAPRIMULGIFORMES
CAPRIMULGIDAE
Chuck-will’s-widow

APODIFORMES
APODIDAE
White-throated Swift

TROCHILIDAE
Mexican Violetear
Anna’s Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird (not currently reviewed)
Broad-billed Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird
Berylline Hummingbird

GRUIFORMES
RALLIDAE
King Rail
Purple Gallinule
Black Rail

ARAMIDAE
Limpkin

GRUIDAE
“Lesser” Sandhill Crane

CHARADRIIFORMES
RECURVIROSTRIDAE
Black-necked Stilt (not currently reviewed)

CHARADRIIDAE
Southern Lapwing
Wilson’s Plover
Snowy Plover

SCOLOPACIDAE
“Eurasian” Whimbrel
Eskimo Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper (spring migration only)
Western Sandpiper
Gray-tailed/Wandering Tattler
Spotted Redshank
Common Redshank
Red Phalarope (not currently reviewed)

STERCORARIIDAE
Pomarine Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger

ALCIDAE
Dovekie
Thick-billed Murre
Ancient Murrelet

LARIDAE
Ivory Gull
Black-headed Gull
Ross’s Gull
Heermann’s Gull
Short-billed Gull
“Mew Gull”
California Gull
“Vega” Herring Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
White-winged Tern
Arctic Tern
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer

GAVIIFORMES
GAVIIDAE
Pacific Loon (not currently reviewed)
Yellow-billed Loon

PROCELLARIIFORMES
PROCELLARIIDAE
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater

CICONIIFORMES
CICONIIDAE
Wood Stork

SULIFORMES
FREGATIDAE
Lesser Frigatebird
Magnificent Frigatebird
Fregata species

SULIDAE
Northern Gannet

ANHINGIDAE
Anhinga

PHALACROCORACIDAE
Neotropic Cormorant

PELECANIFORMES
PELECANIDAE
Brown Pelican

ARDEIDAE
“Great White” Great Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

THRESKIORNITHIDAE
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis (not currently reviewed)
Plegadis ibis (not currently reviewed)
Roseate Spoonbill

CATHARTIFORMES
CATHARTIDAE
Black Vulture (not currently reviewed)

ACCIPITRIFORMES
ACCIPITRIDAE
Swallow-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Short-tailed Hawk
Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk
Krider’s Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk

STRIGIFORMES
TYTONIDAE
Barn Owl

STRIGIDAE
Burrowing Owl

PICIFORMES
PICIDAE
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
“Red-shafted” Northern Flicker

FALCONIFORMES
FALCONIDAE
Crested Caracara
Richardson’s Merlin
Prairie Falcon

PASSERIFORMES
TYRANNIDAE
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Variegated Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Couch’s Kingbird
Tropical/Couch’s Kingbird
Cassin’s Kingbird
Gray Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (not currently reviewed)
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Say’s Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher

VIREONIDAE
Bell’s Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo

LANIIDAE
Loggerhead Shrike (not currently reviewed)

CORVIDAE
Clark’s Nutcracker
Black-billed Magpie
Fish Crow (reviewed only outside Berrien County)

PARIDAE
Carolina Chickadee

HIRUNDINIDAE
Violet-green Swallow
Cave Swallow

TROGLODYTIDAE
Rock Wren

MIMIDAE
Sage Thrasher

TURDIDAE
Mountain Bluebird

MUSCICAPIDAE
Northern Wheatear

PASSERIDAE
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (not currently reviewed)

MOTACILLIDAE
White Wagtail
Sprague’s Pipit

FRINGILLIDAE
Brambling
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Cassin’s Finch
“Greater” Common Redpoll

CALCARIIDAE
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Smith’s Longspur
Thick-billed Longspur

PASSERELLIDAE
Cassin’s Sparrow
Bachman’s Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Brewer’s Sparrow
Gray-headed Dark-eyed Junco
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Sagebrush Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow (not currently reviewed)
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee

ICTERIDAE
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
Shiny Cowbird

PARULIDAE
Swainson’s Warbler
Lucy’s Warbler
Virginia’s Warbler
Yellow Palm Warbler
Audubon’s Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Painted Redstart

CARDINALIDAE
Hepatic Tanager
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak (not currently reviewed)
Lazuli Bunting
Painted Bunting (not currently reviewed)

Updated 19 April 2023 by Scott Terry.