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Ontario is divided into Lowlands, Central and South regions.
The following is a list of species which have occurred in the South zone and which the OBRC requests documentation for whenever observed here. In addition to the species here, the OBRC also requests documentation for any species which has not previously occurred in this zone. If you have observed any of these species please submit an OBRC report as soon as possible.
South Review List, Taxonomic Order
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Ross’s Goose (pre 2007)
Greater White-fronted Goose (pre 1998)
Tundra Bean-Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Barnacle Goose
Trumpeter Swan (pre 1998)
Garganey
Cinnamon Teal
Eurasian Wigeon (pre 1994)
Mottled Duck
Tufted Duck
Common Eider
Smew
Willow Ptarmigan
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Western Grebe (pre 2021)
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
White-winged Dove (pre 2019)
Band-tailed Pigeon
White-crowned Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove (pre 2019)
Groove-billed Ani
Lesser Nighthawk
Chuck-will’s-widow (post 1989)
Black Swift
White-collared Swift
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Limpkin
Whooping Crane
Purple Gallinule
Black Rail
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet (pre 2000)
American Oystercatcher
Eurasian Dotterel
Common Ringed Plover
Piping Plover (1984-2013)
Siberian Sand-Plover
Wilson’s Plover
Snowy Plover
Eskimo Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Slender-billed Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Ruff (2014-2020)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Little Stint
Western Sandpiper (2017-2020)
Wandering Tattler
Spotted Redshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Pomarine Jaeger (pre 1994)
Long-tailed Jaeger (pre 2007)
Dovekie
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Long-billed Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
Atlantic Puffin
Sooty Tern
Least Tern
White-winged Tern
Arctic Tern (1991-2014)
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Black Skimmer
Ivory Gull
Black-headed Gull (post 2015)
Ross’s Gull
Laughing Gull (pre 1987 and 1990-1993)
Black-tailed Gull
Heermann’s Gull
Common Gull
Short-billed Gull
California Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull (pre 1981)
Slaty-backed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Kelp Gull
Pacific Loon (pre 2015)
Yellow-billed Loon
Yellow-nosed Albatross
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Leach’s Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Northern Fulmar
Black-capped Petrel
Short-tailed Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Sargasso Shearwater
Wood Stork
Magnificent Frigatebird
Brown Booby
Northern Gannet
Anhinga
Great Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant (pre 2023)
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis (pre 2017)
White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
American White Pelican (pre 1994)
Brown Pelican
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret (1991-1997)
Little Egret
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black Vulture (pre 2012)
White-tailed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kite (pre 2021)
Swainson’s Hawk (pre 2018)
Ferruginous Hawk
American Barn Owl (post 1990)
Burrowing Owl
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Crested Caracara
Gyrfalcon (pre 1994)
Prairie Falcon
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Variegated Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin’s Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Western Kingbird (pre 1998 and 2017-2020)
Gray Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Gray Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Say’s Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Black-capped Vireo
Bell’s Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Clark’s Nutcracker
Black-billed Magpie
Eurasian Jackdaw
Fish Crow (pre 2016)
Carolina Chickadee
Violet-green Swallow
Cave Swallow (pre 2010 and 2016-2020)
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phainopepla
Rock Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Sage Thrasher
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire (pre 2017)
Bicknell’s Thrush
Eurasian Blackbird
Fieldfare
Varied Thrush (pre 1994)
Siberian Rubythroat
Northern Wheatear
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
White Wagtail
Brambling
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
House Finch (pre 1978)
Cassin’s Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Smith’s Longspur
Cassin’s Sparrow
Bachman’s Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Sparrow (pre 2012)
Lark Bunting
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris’s Sparrow (pre 1998)
Henslow’s Sparrow (1993-2020)
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
Scott’s Oriole
Great-tailed Grackle
Swainson’s Warbler
Virginia’s Warbler
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Kirtland’s Warbler (pre 2017)
Yellow-throated Warbler (pre 1994)
Grace’s Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Painted Redstart
Hepatic Tanager
Western Tanager
Pyrrhuloxia
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak (pre 2021)
Lazuli Bunting
Varied Bunting
Painted Bunting