natural areas inventory - Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority

Table 2. Species which are occasional or extremely rare in Niagara.1373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869A B C DCommon Name Scientific Name Abundance/occurrence 1966-2006 NotesPurple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Extremly rare visitor One record 1937Piping Plover Charadrius melodus Extremely rare visitorAmerican Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus Exremely rare visitorBlack-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Extremely rare visitorAmerican Avocet Recurvirostra americana Exremely rare visitorWandering Tattler Heterosceles incanus Extremely rare visitorSpotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Extremely rare visitorWillet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Occasional visitorExtinct, no NiagararecordsEskimo CurlewNumenius borealisSlender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris One record 1925Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Occasional visitorMarbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Extremely rare visitorWestern Sandpiper Calidris mauri Occasional visitorCurlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Extremely rare visitorRuff Philomachus pugnax Occasional visitorWilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Occasional visitorRed-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Extremely rare visitorRed Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Extremely rare visitorLaughing Gull Larus atricilla Occasional visitorMew Gull Larus canus Extremely rare visitorCalifornia Gull Larus californicus Occasional visitorSlaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Extremely rare visitorRoss's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Extremely rare visitorIvory Gull Pagophila eburnea Extremely rare visitorSooty Tern Sterna fuscata Extremly rare visitorLeast Tern Sterna antillarum One record 1958Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Extremely rare visitorGreat Skua Stercorarius skua HypotheticalLong-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus Extremely rare visitorDovekie Alle alle Extremely rare visitorThick-billed Murre Uria lomviaRazorbill Alca torda Extremely rare visitorAncient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Exremely rare visitorTwo records 1950and 1951Natural Herigate Areas Inventory, 2010 2 - 4 Section 11.0