| Scientific Name | Common Name(s) | Seasonal Use |
Distribution | Relative Abundance |
BOI |
| GAVIIFORMES (Loons): | |||||
| Gavia immer | common loon | M/W |
coastal/pelagic/bays | C |
65 |
| Gavia stellata | red-throated loon | M/W |
coastal/pelagic/bays | 102 | |
| PODICIPEDIFORMES (Grebes): | |||||
| Podiceps auritus | horned grebe | M/W |
coastal/bays | U |
57 |
| Podiceps grisegena | red-necked grebe | M/W |
coastal/bays | U |
37 |
| PROCELLARIIFORMES (Tube-nosed Swimmers): | |||||
| Calonectris diomedea | Cory's shearwater | S/M |
pelagic | U |
53 |
| Fulmarus glacialis | northern fulmar | M/W |
pelagic | U |
57 |
| Oceanites oceanicus | Wilson's storm-petrel | S/M |
pelagic | C |
35 |
| Oceanodroma leucorhoa | Leach's storm-petrel | S/M |
pelagic | U |
36 |
| Puffinus gravis | greater shearwater | S/M |
pelagic | C |
45 |
| Puffinus griseus | sooty shearwater | S/M |
pelagic | U |
121 |
| Puffinus puffinus | Manx shearwater | S/M |
pelagic | R |
116 |
| PELECANIFORMES (Totipalmate Swimmers): | |||||
| Sula bassanus | northern gannet | M/W |
pelagic/coastal | C |
82 |
| ANSERIFORMES (Waterfowl): | |||||
| Mergini (Eiders, Scoters, Mergansers and Allies): | |||||
| Clangula hyemalis | oldsquaw | M/W |
coastal/bays | U |
75 |
| Histrionicus histrionicus | harlequin duck | W |
coastal | R |
18 |
| Melanitta nigra | black scoter | M/W |
coastal | C |
46 |
| Melanitta fusca | white-winged scoter | M/W |
coastal/bays | U |
64 |
| Melanitta perspicillata | surf scoter | M/W |
coastal | U |
68 |
| Mergus serrator | red-breasted merganser | M/W |
coastal/bays | C |
50 |
| Somateria mollissima | common eider | M/W |
coastal/bays | U |
55 |
| Somateria spectabilis | king eider | W |
coastal | R |
23 |
| CHARADRIIFORMES (Shorebirds, Gulls and Alcids): | |||||
| Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies): | |||||
| Phalaropus fulicaria | red phalarope | M |
pelagic | U |
25 |
| Phalaropus lobatus | red-necked phalarope | M |
pelagic | U |
31 |
| Laridae (Skuas, Gulls, Terns and Skimmers): | |||||
| Catharacta skua | great skua | M/W |
pelagic | C |
23 |
| Larus argentatus | herring gull | B/M/W |
bays/coastal/pelagic | C |
106 |
| Larus marinus | great black-backed gull | B/M/W |
bays/coastal/pelagic | C |
131 |
| Rissa tridactyla | black-legged kittiwake | M/W |
pelagic | C |
54 |
| Stercorarius parasiticus | parasitic jaeger | M |
pelagic | R |
31 |
| Stercorarius pomarinus | pomarine jaeger | M |
pelagic | R |
40 |
| Alcidae (Auks): | |||||
| Alca torda | razorbill | W |
pelagic | U |
48 |
| Alle alle | dovekie | W |
pelagic/coastal | U |
59 |
| Uria lomvia | thick-billed murre | W |
pelagic | U |
23 |
| Notes | |||||
| Seasonal Use: Indicates the seasonal use in the New York Bight; B = Breeding, S = Summering, M = Migrating, W = Wintering | |||||
| Distribution: primary distribution of species in the New York Bight; multiple distributions are in declining order of use; | |||||
| bays = enclosed or semi-enclosed coastal bays, coastal = the nearshore waters of the New York Bight within sight of land, | |||||
| pelagic = offshore waters of the New York Bight out of sight of land. | |||||
| Relative Abundance: C = common, U = Uncommon, R = Rare | |||||
| BOI: Bird Oil Index indicates vulnerability of the species to an oil spill in the Mid Atlantic (Cape Cod to Virginia) | |||||
| based on a variety of factors including behavior, population size, and distribution; higher numbers indicate greater vulnerability | |||||
| (Hoopes et al. 1994) |
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