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Ducks, Geese and Swans • Grouse and Quail • Loons and Grebes • Pelicans and Cormorants
Bitterns, Herons and Ibises • Hawks, Eagles and Falcons • Rails, Coots and Cranes
Plovers and Sandpipers • Gulls and Terns • Murrelets • Pigeons and Doves • Cuckoos • Owls
Nighthawks, Poorwills and Swifts • Hummingbirds • Kingfishers • Woodpeckers and Sapsuckers
Flycatchers and Kingbirds • Shrikes and Vireos • Jays, Crows and Ravens • Larks
Swallows • Chickadees, Nuthatches and Creepers • Wrens and Dippers • Kinglets and Gnatcatchers
Bluebirds, Thrushes and Mockingbirds • Starlings • Pipits • Waxwings • Warblers and Tanagers
Sparrows, Longspurs and Buntings • Grosbeaks • Blackbirds and Orioles • Finches
Old World Sparrows
| Ducks, Geese and Swans | |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons |
| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis |
| Brant | Branta bernicla |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor |
| Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors |
| Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta |
| Baikal Teal | Sibirionetta formosa |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria |
| Redhead | Aythya americana |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata |
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta deglandi |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis |
| Grouse and Quail | BACK TO TOP |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus |
| Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus |
| Spruce Grouse | Canachites canadensis |
| Rock Ptarmigan | Lagopus muta |
| White-tailed Ptarmigan | Lagopus leucura |
| Dusky Grouse | Dendragapus obscurus |
| Sooty Grouse | Dendragapus fuliginosus |
| Mountain Quail | Oreortyx pictus |
| California Quail | Callipepla californica |
| Loons and Grebes | |
| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata |
| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer |
| Yellow-billed Loon | Gavia adamsii |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
| Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis |
| Clark's Grebe | Aechmophorus clarkii |
| Pelicans and Cormorants | BACK TO TOP |
| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritum |
| Bitterns, Herons and Ibises | |
| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| Cattle Egret | Ardea ibis |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi |
| Hawks, Eagles and Falcons | BACK TO TOP |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus |
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus |
| Cooper's Hawk | Astur cooperii |
| American Goshawk | Astur atricapillus |
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni |
| Ferruginous Hawk | Buteo regalis |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius |
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| Prairie Falcon | Falco mexicanus |
| Rails, Coots and Cranes | |
| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola |
| Sora | Porzana carolina |
| American Coot | Fulica americana |
| Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis |
| Plovers and Sandpipers | BACK TO TOP |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica |
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes |
| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| Black Turnstone | Arenaria melanocephala |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus |
| Surfbird | Calidris virgata |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| Gulls and Terns | BACK TO TOP |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla |
| Ivory Gull | Pagophila eburnea |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia |
| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan |
| Heermann's Gull | Larus heermanni |
| Short-billed Gull | Larus brachyrhynchus |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis |
| Western Gull | Larus occidentalis |
| California Gull | Larus californicus |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus |
| Iceland Gull (Thayer's) | Larus glaucoides thayeri |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
| Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus |
| Glaucous-winged Gull | Larus glaucescens |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea |
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus |
| Murrelets | BACK TO TOP |
| Marbled Murrelet | Brachyramphus marmoratus |
| Ancient Murrelet | Synthliboramphus antiquus |
| Pigeons and Doves | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura |
| Cuckoos | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus |
| Owls | BACK TO TOP |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
| Flammulated Owl | Psiloscops flammeolus |
| Western Screech-Owl | Megascops kennicottii |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus |
| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus |
| Northern Hawk Owl | Surnia ulula |
| Northern Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium gnoma |
| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia |
| Spotted Owl | Strix occidentalis |
| Barred Owl | Strix varia |
| Great Gray Owl | Strix nebulosa |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus |
| Boreal Owl | Aegolius funereus |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus |
| Nighthawks, Poorwills and Swifts | BACK TO TOP |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor |
| Common Poorwill | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii |
| White-throated Swift | Aeronautes saxatalis |
| Black Swift | Cypseloides niger |
| Vaux's Swift | Chaetura vauxi |
| Hummingbirds | |
| Black-chinned Hummingbird | Archilochus alexandri |
| Anna's Hummingbird | Calypte anna |
| Costa's Hummingbird | Calypte costae |
| Calliope Hummingbird | Selasphorus calliope |
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus |
| Kingfishers | |
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon |
| Woodpeckes and Sapsuckers | BACK TO TOP |
| Lewis's Woodpecker | Melanerpes lewis |
| Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus |
| Williamson's Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus thyroideus |
| Red-naped Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus nuchalis |
| Red-breasted Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus ruber |
| Downy Woodpecker | Dryobates pubescens |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Dryobates villosus |
| American Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides dorsalis |
| Black-backed Woodpecker | Picoides arcticus |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus |
| Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus |
| Flycatchers and Kingbirds | BACK TO TOP |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi |
| Western Wood-Pewee | Contopus sordidulus |
| Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum |
| Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus |
| Hammond's Flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii |
| Dusky Flycatcher | Empidonax oberholseri |
| Western Flycatcher | Empidonax difficilis |
| Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe |
| Say's Phoebe | Sayornis saya |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus |
| Shrikes and Vireos | BACK TO TOP |
| Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus |
| Northern Shrike | Lanius borealis |
| Cassin's Vireo | Vireo cassinii |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius |
| Hutton's Vireo | Vireo huttoni |
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus |
| Jays, Crows and Ravens | BACK TO TOP |
| Canada Jay | Perisoreus canadensis |
| Steller's Jay | Cyanocitta stelleri |
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata |
| California Scrub-Jay | Aphelocoma californica |
| Clark's Nutcracker | Nucifraga columbiana |
| Black-billed Magpie | Pica hudsonia |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax |
| Larks | |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris |
| Swallows | BACK TO TOP |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor |
| Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Chickadees, Nuthatches and Creepers | |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus |
| Mountain Chickadee | Poecile gambeli |
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee | Poecile rufescens |
| Boreal Chickadee | Poecile hudsonicus |
| Bushtit | Psaltriparus minimus |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis |
| Pygmy Nuthatch | Sitta pygmaea |
| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana |
| Wrens and Dippers | BACK TO TOP |
| Rock Wren | Salpinctes obsoletus |
| Bewick's Wren | Thryomanes bewickii |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon |
| Pacific Wren | Troglodytes pacificus |
| Sedge Wren | Cistothorus stellaris |
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris |
| American Dipper | Cinclus mexicanus |
| Kinglets and Gnatcatchers | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Corthylio calendula |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea |
| Bluebirds, Thrushes and Mockingbirds | BACK TO TOP |
| Western Bluebird | Sialia mexicana |
| Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides |
| Townsend's Solitaire | Myadestes townsendi |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius |
| Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius |
| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos |
| Sage Thrasher | Oreoscoptes montanus |
| Starlings | |
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis |
| Pipits | |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens |
| Waxwings | |
| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum |
| Warblers and Tanagers | BACK TO TOP |
| Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Leiothlypis celata |
| Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla |
| Yellow Warbler | Dendroica petechia |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica |
| Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler | Setophaga nigrescens |
| Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi |
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis |
| Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis |
| Mourning Warbler | Geothlypis philadelphia |
| MacGillivray's Warbler | Geothlypis tolmiei |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas |
| Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea |
| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana |
| Sparrows, Longspurs and Buntings | BACK TO TOP |
| Nelson's Sparrow | Ammospiza nelsoni |
| American Tree Sparrow | Spizelloides arborea |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida |
| Brewer's Sparrow | Spizella breweri |
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus |
| Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus |
| Black-throated Sparrow | Amphispiza bilineata |
| Lark Bunting | Calamospiza melanocorys |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum |
| Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis |
| Harris's Sparrow | Zonotrichia querula |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis |
| Chestnut-collared Longspur | Calcarius ornatus |
| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus |
| Thick-billed Longspur | Rhynchophanes mccownii |
| Green-tailed Towhee | Pipilo chlorurus |
| Spotted Towhee | Pipilo maculatus |
| Rustic Bunting | Emberiza rustica |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis |
| Grosbeaks | |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
| Lazuli Bunting | Passerina amoena |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea |
| Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris |
| Blackbirds and Orioles | BACK TO TOP |
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana |
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus |
| Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus |
| Brewer's Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater |
| Hooded Oriole | Icterus cucullatus |
| Bullock's Oriole | Icterus bullockii |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula |
| Finches | BACK TO TOP |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla |
| Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch | Leucosticte tephrocotis |
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator |
| Purple Finch | Haemorhous purpureus |
| Cassin's Finch | Haemorhous cassinii |
| House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra |
| White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera |
| Redpoll | Acanthis flammea |
| Pine Siskin | Spinus pinus |
| Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria |
| American Goldfinch | Spinus tristis |
| Evening Grosbeak | Hesperiphona vespertina |
| Old World Sparrows | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |