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List of birds of Newfoundland and Labrador
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This is a list of bird species confirmed in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Bird Records Committee of Nature Newfoundland & Labrador (Nature NL) lists 427 species as occurring in Newfoundland as of 2021.[1] Twenty additional species were added from Bird Checklists of the World (Avibase).[2] Of the 427 species, 114 are rare, 71 are very rare, and 27 are "rare/accidental" as defined below. Two were introduced to North America. One species is possibly extinct and two extinct species believed to have formerly been found in Labrador are not on the Nature NL checklist.
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This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 62nd Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS).[3] Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that Canadian English spellings are used and the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
The following codes are used to describe some categories of occurrence.
- (R) Rare - "not likely to be found annually, though apparently occurs regularly in very small numbers" per Nature NL
- (VR) Very rare - "recorded three times or less" per Nature NL
- (A) Rare/accidental per Avibase[2]