The areas shown on the map to the right
in green have been identified as bird breeding sites by New York
State's Department of Environmental Conservation.
Shown below is a bird species list for
Block 6052C, which includes the Guggenheim property. Species List for Block 6052C
From the 1980-1985 Atlas
Total number of species: 89
| COMMON
NAME |
SCIENTIFIC
NAME |
BEHAVIOR CODE |
YEAR |
NY LEGAL
STATUS |
| Great Egret |
Ardea alba |
X1 |
80 |
Protected |
| Snowy Egret |
Egretta thula |
X1 |
80 |
Protected |
| Green Heron |
Butorides virescens |
T2 |
80 |
Protected |
| Black-crowned
Night-Heron |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
P2 |
84 |
Protected |
| Canada Goose |
Branta canadensis |
NE |
82 |
Game Species |
| Mute Swan |
Cygnus olor |
FY |
84 |
Protected |
| Wood Duck |
Aix sponsa |
P2 |
84 |
Game Species |
| American Black Duck |
Anas rubripes |
FL |
80 |
Game Species |
| Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
NY |
84 |
Game Species |
| Blue-winged Teal |
Anas discors |
X1 |
82 |
Game Species |
| Northern Harrier |
Circus cyaneus |
X1 |
83 |
Threatened |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
Buteo jamaicensis |
X1 |
82 |
Protected |
| American Kestrel |
Falco sparverius |
FY |
83 |
Protected |
| Ring-necked Pheasant |
Phasianus colchicus |
NY |
84 |
Game Species |
| Northern Bobwhite |
Colinus virginianus |
S2 |
83 |
Game Species |
| Clapper Rail |
Rallus longirostris |
T2 |
80 |
Protected |
| Piping Plover |
Charadrius melodus |
X1 |
80 |
Endangered |
| American Woodcock |
Scolopax minor |
D2 |
80 |
Game Species |
| Common Tern |
Sterna hirundo |
X1 |
83 |
Threatened |
| Least Tern |
Sterna antillarum |
X1 |
80 |
Threatened |
| Rock Dove |
Columba livia |
NE |
82 |
Unprotected |
| Mourning Dove |
Zenaida macroura |
NE |
82 |
Protected |
| Black-hooded Parakeet |
Nandayus nenday |
P2 |
83 |
Unprotected |
| Black-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus
erythropthalmus |
NY |
82 |
Protected |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus americanus |
S2 |
80 |
Protected |
| Barn Owl |
Tyto alba |
X1 |
83 |
Protected |
| Eastern Screech-Owl |
Otus asio |
T2 |
83 |
Protected |
| Great Horned Owl |
Bubo virginianus |
NY |
82 |
Protected |
| Chimney Swift |
Chaetura pelagica |
ON |
82 |
Protected |
| Belted Kingfisher |
Ceryle alcyon |
ON |
84 |
Protected |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Melanerpes carolinus |
T2 |
82 |
Protected |
| Downy Woodpecker |
Picoides pubescens |
T2 |
80 |
Protected |
| Hairy Woodpecker |
Picoides villosus |
NY |
80 |
Protected |
| Northern Flicker |
Colaptes auratus |
ON |
82 |
Protected |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee |
Contopus virens |
T2 |
82 |
Protected |
| Willow Flycatcher |
Empidonax traillii |
T2 |
80 |
Protected |
| Eastern Phoebe |
Sayornis phoebe |
T2 |
84 |
Protected |
| Great Crested
Flycatcher |
Myiarchus crinitus |
T2 |
83 |
Protected |
| Eastern Kingbird |
Tyrannus tyrannus |
FL |
83 |
Protected |
| Red-eyed Vireo |
Vireo olivaceus |
FL |
80 |
Protected |
| Blue Jay |
Cyanocitta cristata |
FL |
80 |
Protected |
| American Crow |
Corvus brachyrhynchos |
FL |
82 |
Game Species |
| Fish Crow |
Corvus ossifragus |
FL |
81 |
Protected |
| Tree Swallow |
Tachycineta bicolor |
B2 |
81 |
Protected |
| Northern Rough-winged
Swallow |
Stelgidopteryx
serripennis |
X1 |
80 |
Protected |
| Bank Swallow |
Riparia riparia |
FY |
81 |
Protected |
| Barn Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
NE |
83 |
Protected |
| Black-capped Chickadee |
Poecile atricapillus |
FL |
80 |
Protected |
| Tufted Titmouse |
Baeolophus bicolor |
FL |
80 |
Protected |
| White-breasted Nuthatch |
Sitta carolinensis |
FL |
80 |
Protected |
| Carolina Wren |
Thryothorus
ludovicianus |
S2 |
81 |
Protected |
| House Wren |
Troglodytes aedon |
FL |
82 |
Protected |
| Marsh Wren |
Cistothorus palustris |
X1 |
80 |
Protected |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Polioptila caerulea |
P2 |
82 |
Protected |
| Veery |
Catharus fuscescens |
X1 |
84 |
Protected |
| Wood Thrush |
Hylocichla mustelina |
FY |
81 |
Protected |
| American Robin |
Turdus migratorius |
NY |
82 |
Protected |
| Gray Catbird |
Dumetella carolinensis |
NY |
82 |
Protected |
| Northern Mockingbird |
Mimus polyglottos |
NE |
82 |
Protected |
| Brown Thrasher |
Toxostoma rufum |
NY |
82 |
Protected |
| European Starling |
Sturnus vulgaris |
NY |
81 |
Unprotected |
| Cedar Waxwing |
Bombycilla cedrorum |
FL |
83 |
Protected |
| Blue-winged Warbler |
Vermivora pinus |
S2 |
82 |
Protected |
| Yellow Warbler |
Dendroica petechia |
FL |
80 |
Protected |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Dendroica pensylvanica |
T2 |
80 |
Protected |
| Black-and-white Warbler |
Mniotilta varia |
P2 |
84 |
Protected |
| American Redstart |
Setophaga ruticilla |
P2 |
84 |
Protected |
| Prothonotary Warbler |
Protonotaria citrea |
X1 |
80 |
Protected |
| Ovenbird |
Seiurus aurocapillus |
S2 |
84 |
Protected |
| Kentucky Warbler |
Oporornis formosus |
T2 |
80 |
Protected |
| Common Yellowthroat |
Geothlypis trichas |
FL |
80 |
Protected |
| Scarlet Tanager |
Piranga olivacea |
D2 |
83 |
Protected |
| Eastern Towhee |
Pipilo erythrophthalmus |
FL |
82 |
Protected |
| Chipping Sparrow |
Spizella passerina |
FL |
80 |
Protected |
| Field Sparrow |
Spizella pusilla |
FY |
84 |
Protected |
| Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed
Sparrow |
Ammodramus caudacutus |
T2 |
80 |
Protected |
| Song Sparrow |
Melospiza melodia |
NE |
81 |
Protected |
| Swamp Sparrow |
Melospiza georgiana |
X1 |
82 |
Protected |
| Northern Cardinal |
Cardinalis cardinalis |
FL |
80 |
Protected |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Pheucticus ludovicianus |
T2 |
80 |
Protected |
| Indigo Bunting |
Passerina cyanea |
T2 |
80 |
Protected |
| Bobolink |
Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
X1 |
80 |
Protected |
| Red-winged Blackbird |
Agelaius phoeniceus |
NY |
82 |
Protected |
| Common Grackle |
Quiscalus quiscula |
NY |
80 |
Protected |
| Brown-headed Cowbird |
Molothrus ater |
FL |
81 |
Protected |
| Baltimore Oriole |
Icterus galbula |
NE |
80 |
Protected |
| House Finch |
Carpodacus mexicanus |
NE |
82 |
Protected |
| American Goldfinch |
Carduelis tristis |
D2 |
80 |
Protected |
| House Sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
NY |
82 |
Unprotected | |