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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 Central 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.
To submit a report click on Report Submission Forms
Central Review List, Taxonomic Order
Ross’s Goose (pre 1984)
Garganey
Cinnamon Teal
Eurasian Wigeon
Tufted Duck
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Willow Ptarmigan
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Gray Partridge
Western Grebe
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
White-winged Dove (pre 2019)
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove (pre 2019)
Groove-billed Ani
Mexican Violetear
Rufous Hummingbird
Common Gallinule
Purple Gallinule
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Piping Plover (post 2001)
Snowy Plover
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher (pre 1991)
Willet (pre 2020)
Red Phalarope
Pomarine Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Atlantic Puffin
Least Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster’s Tern
Black Skimmer
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Sabine’s Gull
Little Gull
Laughing Gull
Short-billed Gull
California Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull (pre 2017)
Slaty-backed Gull
Pacific Loon
Northern Fulmar
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Brown Pelican
Least Bittern
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
Green Heron
Great Egret
Western Cattle-Egret
Black Vulture
Swallow-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Swainson’s Hawk
American Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Burrowing Owl
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker (pre 2007)
Crested Caracara
Prairie Falcon
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Western Kingbird (pre 1998)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Say’s Phoebe
White-eyed Vireo
Bell’s Vireo
Loggerhead Shrike
Clark’s Nutcracker
Violet-green Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Rock Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Carolina Wren (pre 2021)
Sage Thrasher
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire (pre 2001)
Varied Thrush (pre 1998)
Northern Wheatear
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Sprague’s Pipit
Brambling
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
House Finch (pre 1995)
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Smith’s Longspur
Thick-billed Longspur
Cassin’s Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Sparrow (pre 2012)
Lark Bunting
Field Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Baird’s Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee (pre 2012)
Yellow-breasted Chat
Orchard Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
Scott’s Oriole
Great-tailed Grackle
Blue-winged Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Virginia’s Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Kirtland’s Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal (pre 1998)
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel (pre 2021)