natural areas inventory - Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority

Table 2. Species which are occasional or extremely rare in Niagara.123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536A B C DCommon Name Scientific Name Abundance/occurrence 1966-2006 NotesFulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Hypothetical One record 1962Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Extremely rare visitorRoss's Goose Chen rossii Occasional visitorEurasian Wigeon Anas penelope Extremely rare visitorCinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera Hypothetical One record 1953Eurasian Teal Anas carolinensis Extremly rare visitorTufted Duck Aythya fuligula Extremely rare visitorCommon Eider Somateria mollissima Extremely rare visitorBarrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Occasional visitorSmew Mergellus albellus One record 1960Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica Extremely rare visitorYellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii Extremely rare visitorEared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Occasional visitorWestern Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Extremley rare visitorBlack-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Extremly rare visitorWilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Extremly rare visitorNorthern Gannet Morus bassanus Occasional visitorAmerican White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Extremley rare visitorBrown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Extremely rare visitorGreat Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Extremely rare visitorSnowy Egret Egretta thula Occasional visitorLittle Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Extremely rare visitorTricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Extremely rare visitorCattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Occasional visitorYellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea Extremely rare visitorGlossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Extremely rare visitorBlack Vulture Coragyps atratus Exremely rare visitorSwallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Extremely rare visitorMississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis Extremely rare visitorSwainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni Extremely rare visitorFerruginous Hawk Buteo regalis Extremely rare visitorGyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Extremely rare visitorPrairie Falcon Falco mexicanus Extremely rare visitorYellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis Extremely rare visitorKing Rail Rallus elegans Extremely rare visitorNatural Herigate Areas Inventory, 2010 1 - 4 Section 11.0