Burnaby Lake Regional Park
   Bird Checklist

212 species

compiled by George Clulow, Al Grass, Jude Grass, Danny Tyson

printed 03/97

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May 2002 - The taxonomic order, common names and four-letter codes included in this web version of the Burnaby Lake Regional Park Bird Checklist published in early 1997 have been updated using the 7th edition of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) Check-List of North American Birds (AOU 1998) and its supplement (AOU 2000).

The following is a list of the bird species that have been recorded at Burnaby Lake Regional Park. The status of each species is indicated by an abundance level in each of four seasons. The standard four letter code is shown for each species. Extirpated Species Explanation of Symbols Seasonal Occurrence Sp = Spring (March - May) S = Summer (June - late August) F = Fall (late August - November) W = Winter (December - February) Relative Abundance c = common [25 to 100 per day] f = fairly common [5 to 25 per day] u = uncommon [1 to 5 per day, with at least 10 records per year] r = rare, but regular [1 to 10 records per year] ca = casual [2 to 10 documented records in checklist area] ac = accidental [only 1 documented record in checklist area during the specified season] i = erratic/irregular [numbers fluctuate yearly from abundant to absent] Other Symbols * = species has been documented breeding in the checklist area [I] = introduced species [present more than 10 years]

Code	*	Species	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
RTLO		Red-throated Loon				ca
COLO		Common Loon				u
PBGR	*	Pied-billed Grebe	f	f	f	f
HOGR		Horned Grebe				r
RNGR		Red-necked Grebe	r		r
EAGR		Eared Grebe				ca
WEGR		Western Grebe	r		r
DCCO		Double-crested Cormorant	r		ca	f
AMBI		American Bittern		ca
GBHE	*	Great Blue Heron	c	c	c	c
GREG		Great Egret			ac
GRHE	*	Green Heron		r	r
BCNH		Black-crowned Night-Heron		ca
TUVU		Turkey Vulture		r		ac
GWFG		Greater White-fronted Goose	r		r	r
ROGO		Ross's Goose	ac
CAGO	*	Canada Goose	c	c	c	c
TRUS		Trumpeter Swan				ca
TUSW		Tundra Swan				ca
WODU	*	Wood Duck	f	f	f	f
GADW	*	Gadwall	f	f	f	f
EUWI		Eurasian Wigeon				r
AMWI		American Wigeon				f
AMDU		American Black Duck [I]				ca
MALL	*	Mallard	c	c	c	c
BTWE	*	Blue-winged Teal		f		ac
CITE	*	Cinnamon Teal		f		ca
NOSL	*	Northern Shoveler	f	f	f	f
NOPI		Northern Pintail	f		f	r
GWTE	*	Green-winged Teal	u	r	u	c
CANV		Canvasback	f		f	r
REDH		Redhead	r		r	ca
RNDU		Ring-necked Duck	r		r	ca
GRSC		Greater Scaup				r
LESC		Lesser Scaup		r		ca
HADU		Harlequin Duck				ca
SUSC		Surf Scoter				ca
WWSC		White-winged Scoter				ca
LTDU		Long-tailed Duck				ca
BUFF		Bufflehead	u			c
COGO		Common Goldeneye	r	r	r	f
BAGO		Barrow's Goldeneye				ca
HOME	*	Hooded Merganser		r		f
COME		Common Merganser				c
RBME		Red-breasted Merganser				r
RUDU		Ruddy Duck	ca	ca	ca	r
OSPR	*	Osprey		u
BAEA	*	Bald Eagle	u	u	u	u
NOHA	*	Northern Harrier	u	u	u	u
SSHA	*	Sharp-shinned Hawk		r		u
COHA	*	Cooper's Hawk	u	u	u	u
NOGO		Northern Goshawk				r
RTHA	*	Red-tailed Hawk	u	u	u	u
RLHA		Rough-legged Hawk				ca
GOEA		Golden Eagle				ca
AMKE		American Kestrel		ca		ca
MERL		Merlin				r
PEFA		Peregrine Falcon	r		r
GYRF		Gyrfalcon				ac
RNPH	*	Ring-necked Pheasant [I]	r	r	r	r
VIRA	*	Virginia Rail	r	r	r	r
SORA	*	Sora	ca	r	ca	ca
AMCO	*	American Coot	c	c	c	c
SACR		Sandhill Crane			ac
BBPL		Black-bellied Plover	r		r
SEPL		Semipalmated Plover			ac
KILL	*	Killdeer	u	u	u	u
GRYE		Greater Yellowlegs	u		u	r
LEYE		Lesser Yellowlegs	u		u
SOSA		Solitary Sandpiper	ca		ca
SPSA	*	Spotted Sandpiper		c		ca
SAND		Sanderling				ac
SESA		Semipalmated Sandpiper	ca		ca
WESA		Western Sandpiper	f		f	ca
LESA		Least Sandpiper	f		f	ca
PESA		Pectoral Sandpiper	f		f
SHSA		Sharp-tailed Sandpiper			ca
DUNL		Dunlin				c
BBSA		Buff-breasted Sandpiper		ac
SBDO		Short-billed Dowitcher	f		f
LBDO		Long-billed Dowitcher	f		f	r
COSN		Common Snipe	f		f	r
WIPH		Wilson's Phalarope	ca		ca
RNPL		Red-necked Phalarope			ca
FRGU		Franklin's Gull			ca
BOGU		Bonaparte's Gull	f		f
MEGU		Mew Gull				c
RBGU		Ring-billed Gull	ca		ca	f
CAGU		California Gull	f		f	r
HEGU		Herring Gull				r
THGU		Thayer's Gull				r
WEGU		Western Gull				ca
GWGU		Glaucous-winged Gull	c	c	c	c
GLGU		Glaucous Gull				ca
BLTE		Black Tern		ca
RODO	*	Rock Dove [I]	c	c	c	c
BTPI	*	Band-tailed Pigeon	r	r	r	r
MODO	*	Mourning Dove		r
WSOW	*	Western Screech-Owl	r	r	r	r
GHOW	*	Great Horned Owl	r	r	r	r
SNOW		Snowy Owl				ca
BDOW		Barred Owl	ca	ca	ca	ca
GGOW		Great Gray Owl				ac
LEOW		Long-eared Owl				ca
SEOW		Short-eared Owl	r		r
NSWO		Northern Saw-whet Owl	ca	ca	ca	r
CONI	*	Common Nighthawk		u
BLSW		Black Swift		u
VASW		Vaux's Swift		u
ANHU		Anna's Hummingbird		ca
CAHU		Calliope Hummingbird	ca
RUHU	*	Rufous Hummingbird		f
BEKI		Belted Kingfisher		f
LEWO		Lewis's Woodpecker		ca
RBSA	*	Red-breasted Sapsucker	ca		ca	ca
DOWO	*	Downy Woodpecker	f	f	f	f
HAWO	*	Hairy Woodpecker	u	u	u	u
NOFL	*	Northern Flicker	f	u	f	f
PIWO	*	Pileated Woodpecker	u	u	u	u
OSFL		Olive-sided Flycatcher		r
WWPE	*	Western Wood-Pewee		u
WIFL	*	Willow Flycatcher		f
HAFL		Hammond's Flycatcher		u
PSFL	*	Pacific-slope Flycatcher		u
SAPH		Say's Phoebe		ca
WEKI		Western Kingbird		ca
EAKI		Eastern Kingbird		ca
NOSH		Northern Shrike				ca
CAVI		Cassin's Vireo		f
HUVI	*	Hutton's Vireo	r	r	r	r
WAVI	*	Warbling Vireo		f
REVI	*	Red-eyed Vireo		f
STJA	*	Steller's Jay	u	u	f	f
NOCR	*	Northwestern Crow	c	c	c	c
CORA		Common Raven	r	r	r	r
HOLA		Horned Lark	r		r
PUMA		Purple Martin	ca	ca	ca
TRSW	*	Tree Swallow	c	c	u
VGSW	*	Violet-green Swallow	f	f	u
NRWS	*	Northern Rough-winged Swallow	f	f	u
BKSW		Bank Swallow		ca
BASW	*	Barn Swallow	c	c	c
CLSW	*	Cliff Swallow	u	f	u
BCCH	*	Black-capped Chickadee	f	f	f	f
CBCH	*	Chestnut-backed Chickadee	f	f	f	f
BUSH	*	Bushtit	c	c	c	c
RBNU	*	Red-breasted Nuthatch	u	u	u	u
BRCR		Brown Creeper	u	u	u	u
BEWR	*	Bewick's Wren	f	f	f	f
HOWR		House Wren		ca
WIWR	*	Winter Wren	f	f	f	f
MAWR	*	Marsh Wren	f	f	f	f
AMDI		American Dipper	ca	ca	ca	ca
GCKI	*	Golden-crowned Kinglet	u	u	u	f
RCKI		Ruby-crowned Kinglet	f		f	f
WEBL		Western Bluebird		ca
MOBL		Mountain Bluebird		ca
TOSO		Townsend's Solitaire	r		r
SWTH	*	Swainson's Thrush		c
HETH		Hermit Thrush	f		f	ca
AMRO	*	American Robin	c	c	c	c
VATH	*	Varied Thrush	f	u	f	f
GRCA		Gray Catbird		ac
NOMO		Northern Mockingbird			ac
EUST	*	European Starling [I]	c	c	c	c
YEWG		Yellow Wagtail			ac
RTPI		Red-throated Pipit			ac
AMPI		American Pipit			u
BOWA		Bohemian Waxwing				ca
CEWA	*	Cedar Waxwing	f	c
OCWA	*	Orange-crowned Warbler	u	u	u	ca
NAWA		Nashville Warbler	r
YEWA	*	Yellow Warbler	u	f	u
CSWA		Chestnut-sided Warbler		ac
YRWA	*	Yellow-rumped Warbler	f		f	r
BTGW	*	Black-throated Gray Warbler	u	u	u
TOWA		Townsend's Warbler	u	u	u
BAWW		Black-and-white Warbler			ac
NOWA		Northern Waterthrush			ca
MACW	*	MacGillivray's Warbler		ca
COYE	*	Common Yellowthroat	f	c
WIWA	*	Wilson's Warbler	u	f	u
WETA	*	Western Tanager		u
SPTO	*	Spotted Towhee	c	c	c	c
ATSP		American Tree Sparrow				ac
CHSP		Chipping Sparrow	ca		ca
SAVS	*	Savannah Sparrow	u	u	u
FOSP		Fox Sparrow	u			f
SOSP	*	Song Sparrow	c	c	c	c
LISP		Lincoln's Sparrow	f		f
SWSP		Swamp Sparrow				ca
HASP		Harris's Sparrow				ca
WCSP	*	White-crowned Sparrow	f	f	f	f
GCSP		Golden-crowned Sparrow	f		f	r
DEJU		Dark-eyed Junco	f	ca	f	c
BHGR	*	Black-headed Grosbeak	u	f	r
RWBL	*	Red-winged Blackbird	c	c	c	c
WEME		Western Meadowlark	ca		ca
YHBL	*	Yellow-headed Blackbird		r
BRBL	*	Brewer's Blackbird	c	c	c	c
BHCO	*	Brown-headed Cowbird	u	c	u	r
BUOR		Bullock's Oriole		ca
GCRF		Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch				ac
PIGR		Pine Grosbeak				ca
PUFI	*	Purple Finch	f	f	f	f
HOFI	*	House Finch	c	c	c	c
RECR		Red Crossbill	i	i	i	i
CORE		Common Redpoll				r
PISI	*	Pine Siskin	f	f	f	f
AMGO	*	American Goldfinch	u	f	u	r
EVGR		Evening Grosbeak	i	i	i	i
HOSP	*	House Sparrow [I]	c	c	c	c

Extirpated Species Three bird species once found at Burnaby Lake are now extirpated from the checklist area. Ruffed Grouse (RUGR), Barn Owl (BNOW) and Crested Myna (CRMY) may be found in suitable habitat still present in nearby areas.