Birds of Maine: The Official State Checklist
Last checked November 3, 2026 against official sources.
Maine Bird Records Committee: The Maine Bird Records Committee considers the following 475 species to be recorded with convincing evidence within the state of Maine.
This page lists 475 birds: all from Maine Bird Records Committee's Official List of Maine Birds. 7 are nonnative.
All 475 birds on the list
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- American Barn Owl Tyto alba
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Bell’s Vireo Vireo bellii
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Bicknell’s Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
- Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Brant Branta bernicla
- Brewer’s Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Cassin’s Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Chuck-will’s-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Common Raven Corvus corax
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Cooper’s Hawk Astur cooperii
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Dovekie Alle alle
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Warbling - Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
- Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis
- Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaoctoNonnative
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- European Starling Sturnus vulgarisNonnative
- Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Franklin’s Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
- Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Great Auk Pinguinus impennis
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
- Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Harris’s Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Henslow’s Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanusNonnative
- House Sparrow Passer domesticusNonnative
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Leach’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- LeConte’s Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Mute Swan Cygnus olorNonnative
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Rock Pigeon Columba liviaNonnative
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Say’s Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Sedge Wren Cistothorus stellaris
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Smith’s Longspur Calcarius pictus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Spruce Grouse Canachites canadensis
- Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri
- Steller's Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Swainson’s Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Townsend’s Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Townsend’s Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Trindade Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinatorNonnative
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Virginia’s Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Wilson’s Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Wilson’s Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos
- Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
Birds people confuse
Turkey vulture or Black vulture?
Turkey vulture Not stated
Black vulture Not stated
Black vulture: grayish-black head, shorter tail, a white patch near the wing tips (seen from below), and wings held nearly horizontal when soaring, with frequent flapping (Missouri). Tennessee and NPS Everglades say the same: black head, white patch at the wing tips, wings held flat. Turkey vulture: red head (adults), two-toned wings held in a V, rarely flaps. Note: juvenile turkey vultures also have dark heads.
Turkey vulture or Eagle?
Turkey vulture Not stated
Eagle Not stated
An eagle holds its wings flat and they are uniformly black; a turkey vulture's are held in a slight V and are two-toned.
Bald eagle or Golden eagle?
Bald eagle Not stated
Golden eagle Not stated
Young bald eagles lack the white head and tail and are often mistaken for golden eagles. Bald eagles have unfeathered lower legs and hold their wings flat when soaring; TWRA says golden eagles have feathered legs, limited white under the wing, and lift the outer wing in a slight V.
Red-tailed hawk or Red-shouldered hawk?
Red-tailed hawk Not stated
Red-shouldered hawk Not stated
A red-tail's rust-colored, broad, short tail distinguishes it from the smaller red-shouldered hawk (North Carolina). Tennessee: the red-shouldered hawk has a black and white banded tail and appears more uniformly colored.
Northern cardinal or Summer tanager?
Northern cardinal Not stated
Summer tanager Not stated
MDC: the adult male summer tanager is entirely rosy red, slightly darker on wings and tail, and is a summer resident; the adult male northern cardinal has a crest and a black area around its large red bill and is present year-round. TWRA says the summer tanager is the only other all-red songbird in Tennessee.
Photos show typical adults; individuals vary. Never get close to compare.
When birds are active in Maine
Records of birds in Maine peak in April to August. They show when people record birds, not how many there are (about month bars).
If you see one
Official advice from Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife:
- Bears: bring in bird feeders and remove food attractants while bears are active (April 1 to November 1). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
About this list
The species list comes from Official List of Maine Birds (Maine Bird Records Committee) (Maine Bird Records Committee, decisions through September 13, 2025).
Venom does not apply to birds.
"Nonnative" and "Invasive" follow the wording of the source list. See invasive species in Maine.
Sources
- Listed Species (Maine Endangered and Threatened Species). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. undated page; checked November 3, 2026.
- Official List of Maine Birds. Maine Bird Records Committee. see page; checked November 3, 2026.
Quoted passages (1)
“The Maine Bird Records Committee considers the following 475 species to be recorded with convincing evidence within the state of Maine.”
- Bear (mammal species page). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. undated page; checked November 3, 2026.
Quoted passages (1)
“To prevent conflicts with black bears each year when bears are active (April 1-November 1):”
- GBIF.org occurrence records, human observations licensed CC0 1.0 or CC BY 4.0 only, accessed November 3, 2026. The datasets behind these counts are listed on our Sources page.