Appendix III. Bird species that regularly utilize New England tidal flats. 



Residency status 

 (Peterson 1980) 



Diet 

 (Terres 1980) 



Shorebirds 



American Oystercatcher 

 Haematopus palliatus 



Black-bellied Plover 

 Pluvial is squatarola 



Lesser Golden Plover 

 Pluvial is doniinica 



Breeds locally north to 

 Massachusetts 



Migrant; a few present 

 in summer and winter 



Migrant; rare 



Primarily bivalves, 

 some crustaceans and 

 echinoderms 



Crustaceans, polychaetes, 

 molluscs 



Molluscs, crustaceans 



Ruddy Turnstone 

 Arenaria interpres 



Semipalmated Plover 

 Charadrius semipalmatus 



Piping Plover 

 Charadrius melodus 



Kill deer 



Charadrius vociferus 



Short-billed Dowitcher 

 Limnodromus griseus 



Long-billed Dowitcher 

 Limnodromus scolopaceus 



Willet 



Catoptrophorus semipalmatus 



Greater Yellowlegs 

 Tringa melanoleuca 



Lesser Yellowlegs 

 Tringa flavipes 



Stilt Sandpiper 

 Micropalma himantopus 



Migrant; prefers 

 rocky coasts 



Migrant 



Breeds locally along 

 New England coast in 

 very small numbers 



Breeds throughout New 

 England; generally inland; 

 on flats in fall 



Migrant 



Fall migrant 



Breeds locally north to 

 southern Maine and Nova 

 Scotia; more common as 

 migrant 



Migrant; occasionally 

 winters north to 

 Massachusetts 



Migrant; uncommon in 

 spring 



Migrant; rare in spring 



Crustaceans, polychaetes 



Polychaetes, crustaceans, 

 molluscs 



Polychaetes, crustaceans, 

 molluscs 



Crustaceans, insects 



Molluscs, crustaceans, 

 polychaetes 



Molluscs, crustaceans, 

 polychaetes 



Polychaetes, crustaceans, 

 molluscs, some small fish 



Fish, molluscs, 

 polychaetes, crustaceans 



Fish, molluscs, 

 polychaetes, crustaceans 



Molluscs, crustaceans 



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