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The American goldfinch is the state bird of New Jersey. This list of birds of New Jersey includes species credibly documented in the U.S. state of New Jersey and accepted by the New Jersey Bird Records Committee (NJBRC). As of March 2024 the list contained 490 species and a species pair.
Lisa Ann Fanning recently photographed a roseate spoonbill near the Henry Hudson Trail. The birds are common in coastal Texas, southern Louisiana and Florida, but rare in New Jersey.
Alabama, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee have designated an additional "state game bird" for the purpose of hunting. The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven states, followed by the western meadowlark as the state bird of six states. The District of Columbia designated a district bird in 1938. [4]
Crested caracara, Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge Crested caracara (C. plancus) in flight Caracaras are birds of prey in the family Falconidae.They are traditionally placed in subfamily Polyborinae with the forest falcons, [1] but are sometimes considered to constitute their own subfamily, Caracarinae, [2] or classified as members of the true falcon subfamily, Falconinae. [3]
According to the bird advisers, there is only one main species of hummingbird in New Jersey, the ruby-throated hummingbird. However, seven species are recognized in state bird records. Ruby ...
However, New Jersey residents are likely to see rare birds again in the future, especially after coastal storms push southern birds northward and prey distribution expands due to warming weather ...
The brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) is a bird of the pelican family, Pelecanidae, one of three species found in the Americas and one of two that feed by diving into water. It is found on the Atlantic Coast from New Jersey to the mouth of the Amazon River, and along the Pacific Coast from British Columbia to Peru, including the Galapagos ...
New Jersey kept the bird on its state list because of disturbances to nests and habitat threats. The use of the insecticide DDT, as well as habitat destruction, played a significant role in the ...