100 Birds: Week One

SNowy EGret & GReat EGret

Snowy Egret (left) and Great Egret (right)

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Family: Ardeidae
Order: Pelecaniformes
Habitat: Marshes

Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Family: Ardeidae
Order: Pelecaniformes
Habitat: Marshes

Black-Crowned Night-Heron

Scientific name: Nycticorax nycticorax
Family: Ardeidae
Order: Pelecaniformes
Habitat: Marshes

Black-Bellied PLover

Scientific name: Pluvialis squatarola
Family: Charadriidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Shorelines

SEmipalmated PLover

Scientific name: Charadrius semipalmatus
Family: Charadriidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Shorelines

GReater YEllowlegs

Scientific name: Tringa melanoleuca
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Marshes

LEsser YEllowlegs

Scientific name: Tringa flavipes
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Marshes

SANDerling

Scientific names: Calidris alba
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Shorelines

SEmipalmated SAndpiper

Scientific name: Calidris pusilla
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Shorelines

LEast SAndpiper

Scientific name: Calidris minutilla
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Marshes

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