Scientific Name: Anas platyrhynchos
BBL Code: MALL
Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes
Habitat: Found in almost any wetland habitat. Can also be found around roadside ditches, pastures, rice fields, and city parks.
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Least Sandpiper
Scientific Name: Calidris minutilla
BBL Code: LESA
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Breed in boreal forests and tundras, nest in coastal areas such as wetlands, bogs, ponds, and marshes.
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Scientific Name: Calidris pusilla
BBL Code: SESA
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Near water. Oceans, lakes, ponds, and mudflats.
Sanderling
Scientific Name: Calidris alba
BBL Code: SAND
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Beaches, rocky coastlines, mudflats, rivers, and lakeshores.
Lesser Yellowlegs
Scientific Name: Tringa flavipes
BBL Code: LEYE
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Salt and Freshwater Wetlands
Greater Yellowlegs
Scientific Name: Tringa melanoleuca
BBL Code: GRYE
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Fresh and brackish wetlands
Semipalmated Plover
Scientific Name: Charadrius semipalmatus
BBL Code: SEPL
Family: Charadriidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Open ground around beaches
Black-bellied Plover
Scientific Name: Pluvialis squatarola
BBL Code: BBPL
Family: Charadriiformes
Order: Charadriidae
Habitat: Nests in wet and dry landscapes, coastlines, and muddy lakes and rivers.
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Scientific Name: Nycticorax nycticorax
BBL Code: BCNH
Family: Ardeidae
Order: Pelecaniformes
Habitat: Salt-water wetlands
Snowy Egret
Scientific Name: Egretta thula
BBL Code: SNEG
Family: Ardeidae
Order: Pelecaniformes
Habitat: Salt marshes and swampy areas.
