Review List

Compiled through November 2023

by the Washington Bird Records Committee


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Written reports of any observations of these species, or of species not on the Checklist of Washington Birds, should be submitted together with supporting evidence by email (wbrc@wos.org), or by using the Report Form.

The Review List consists of birds with 20 or fewer records during the previous 10-year period.

Also included at the end are subspecies and morphs that are identifiable and sufficiently rare in Washington to meet the same standards, and for which we are seeking documentation.

  • Fulvous Whistling-Duck (1905)
  • Emperor Goose
  • Taiga Bean-Goose
  • Whooper Swan
  • Baikal Teal
  • Garganey
  • Falcated Duck
  • Steller’s Eider
  • King Eider
  • Common Eider
  • Smew
  • White-winged Dove
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  • Black-billed Cuckoo
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  • Costa’s Hummingbird
  • Allen’s Hummingbird (1894)
  • Broad-tailed Hummingbird
  • Broad-billed Hummingbird
  • Purple Gallinule
  • Yellow Rail
  • Common Crane
  • Eurasian Dotterel
  • Common Ringed Plover (s)
  • Piping Plover
  • Lesser Sand-Plover
  • Wilson’s Plover
  • Mountain Plover
  • Upland Sandpiper
  • Bristle-thighed Curlew
  • Curlew Sandpiper
  • Temminck’s Stint
  • Red-necked Stint
  • Little Stint
  • White-rumped Sandpiper
  • Jack Snipe (s)
  • Gray-tailed Tattler
  • Spotted Redshank (s)
  • Wood Sandpiper
  • Thick-billed Murre
  • Long-billed Murrelet
  • Kittlitz’s Murrelet
  • Guadalupe Murrelet
  • Least Auklet
  • Crested Auklet
  • Swallow-tailed Gull
  • Red-legged Kittiwake
  • Ivory Gull
  • Black-headed Gull
  • Little Gull
  • Ross’s Gull
  • Laughing Gull
  • Black-tailed Gull
  • Slaty-backed Gull
  • Great Black-backed Gull
  • Least Tern
  • Red-billed Tropicbird (1941)
  • Arctic Loon
  • White-capped Albatross
  • Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
  • Ashy Storm-Petrel
  • Northern Giant-Petrel
  • Providence Petrel
  • Hawaiian Petrel
  • Cook’s Petrel
  • Wedge-tailed Shearwater
  • Great Shearwater
  • Magnificent Frigatebird
  • Nazca Booby
  • Blue-footed Booby
  • Red-footed Booby
  • Snowy Egret
  • Little Blue Heron
  • Cattle Egret
  • Yellow-cr Night-Heron
  • White Ibis
  • Glossy Ibis
  • California Condor (s) (1897)
  • White-tailed Kite
  • Zone-tailed Hawk
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  • Crested Caracara
  • Eurasian Kestrel
  • Eurasian Hobby
  • Dusky-capped Flycatcher
  • Variegated Flycatcher
  • Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
  • Fork-tailed Flycatcher
  • Greater Pewee (s)
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee
  • Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
  • Alder Flycatcher
  • Eastern Phoebe
  • Vermilion Flycatcher
  • White-eyed Vireo (s)
  • Bell’s Vireo
  • Yellow-throated Vireo
  • Blue-headed Vireo
  • Philadelphia Vireo
  • Pinyon Jay (1967)
  • Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
  • Eurasian Skylark (I)
  • Phainopepla
  • Winter Wren
  • Brown Thrasher
  • Eastern Bluebird
  • Dusky Thrush (s)
  • Redwing
  • Red-flanked Bluetail
  • Northern Wheatear
  • Siberian Accentor
  • Eastern Yellow Wagtail
  • Gray Wagtail
  • White Wagtail
  • Red-throated Pipit (s)
  • Brambling
  • Hoary Redpoll
  • Lawrence’s Goldfinch
  • Chestnut-collared Longspur
  • Smith’s Longspur
  • Thick-billed Longspur (s)
  • McKay’s Bunting
  • Little Bunting
  • Rustic Bunting
  • Lark Bunting
  • Field Sparrow
  • LeConte’s Sparrow
  • Nelson’s Sparrow (s)
  • Eastern Meadowlark
  • Orchard Oriole
  • Hooded Oriole
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • Scott’s Oriole
  • Common Grackle
  • Great-tailed Grackle
  • Ovenbird
  • Golden-winged Warbler
  • Blue-winged Warbler
  • Prothonotary Warbler
  • Lucy’s Warbler
  • Mourning Warbler (s)
  • Kentucky Warbler (s)
  • Hooded Warbler
  • Cape May Warbler
  • Northern Parula
  • Magnolia Warbler
  • Bay-breasted Warbler
  • Blackburnian Warbler
  • Blackpoll Warbler
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler
  • Yellow-throated Warbler
  • Prairie Warbler
  • Black-thr Green Warbler
  • Canada Warbler
  • Painted Redstart
  • Summer Tanager
  • Scarlet Tanager
  • Blue Grosbeak
  • Indigo Bunting
  • Painted Bunting
  • Dickcissel

Subspecies and forms

The following subspecies and forms have been reported, reviewed and accepted at least once in Washington and are still on the review list for the WBRC:

“Bewick’s” Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus bewickii)
“Vega” Herring Gull (Larus argentatus vegae)
“Siberian” American Pipit (Anthus rubescens japonicus)
“Eastern” Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus purpureus)
“White-winged” Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis aikeni)
“Gray-headed” Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis caniceps group)
“Eastern” Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia melodia/atlantica)
“Eastern” Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla ruficapilla)

The following subspecies and forms are potential birds the WBRC believes might be found in Washington that merit review. It is intended to be suggestive and not exhaustive, and the WBRC remains open to reviewing these and other subspecies and forms that meet the criteria of being ‘sufficiently rare’ and ‘identifiable.’

“Eurasian” Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus variegatus) (reported in WA, not yet reviewed by the WBRC)
nominate Rock Sandpiper (Calidris p. ptilocnemis) (reported in WA, not yet reviewed by the WBRC)
“Hendersoni” Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus hendersoni) (reported in WA, not yet reviewed by the WBRC)
“Krider’s” Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis kriderii)
“Eurasian” Barn Swallow (Hirundo r. rustica group)
“Timberline” Brewer’s Sparrow (Spizella breweri taverneri)
“Pink-sided” Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis mearnsi)

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