Northeast Bird Species Guide
Use this guide to learn more about each of the 43 target bird species featured in the Northeast Priority Breeding Bird Mapping Tool; species are categorized by habitat. Each species profile covers basic identification, range maps, habitat needs, conservation status, funding opportunities, and management guides.
Forest
Includes northern/boreal and mixed temperate forests—coniferous and deciduous. Eastern deciduous forest includes broadleaf and cone-bearing trees.
Bicknell’s Thrush
Black-billed Cuckoo
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Mourning Warbler
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Prothonotary Warbler
Red-headed Woodpecker
Rusty Blackbird
Wood Thrush
Young Forest and Scrub/Shrub
Includes scrub/shrub, edge, open woods, and early-successional habitats.
Blue-winged Warbler
Brown Thrasher
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Golden-winged Warbler
Loggerhead Shrike
Prairie Warbler
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coast and Shoreline
Includes areas where land meets water; coasts are specific types of shorelines, referring to areas where land meets sea.
American Oystercatcher
Least Tern
Piping Plover
Roseate Tern
Grassland
Includes open grasslands such as prairies, meadows, and hayfields.
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow’s Sparrow
Horned Lark
Wetland and Marsh
Includes both fresh and saltwater marshes, bogs, swamps, and peatlands.
American Bittern
Black Rail
King Rail
Little Blue Heron
