ZO 501 Ornithology - Spring 2009
List of birds you are required to know:
By the end of the semester you must know the order and family and be able to identify by sight all of the species on this list from Anseriformes to Passeriformes. Each week about 10 new species will be added to the current species list. You are responsible for knowing species once they are added to the list. Birds on the current species list are listed below and marked with a
on the full species list . You will need to know about 150 species by the end of the semester. In addition, you will be expected to learn the vocalization for the 32 species labeled with a
symbol (click the symbol to hear the bird's song or call).
Current Species:
4/20: Purple Sandpiper, American Avocet, Black-browed Albatross, Black-capped Petrel, Whip-poor-will, Purple Martin, Tree Swallow, Carolina Parakeet, Summer Tanager, Indigo Bunting
4/13: Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Black-crowned Night-heron, Magnificent Frigatebird, Red-billed Tropicbird, White Ibis, Laughing Gull, Limpkin, Atlantic Puffin, Wood Stork
4/6: Dunlin, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Royal Tern, Least Tern, Black Skimmer, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Screech Owl, Great Horned Owl, Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3/30: American Bittern, Sandhill Crane, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Mourning Dove, Belted Kingfisher, Red-eyed Vireo, Northern Flicker, Common Grackle, Chimney Swift
3/23: Double-crested Cormorant, Anhinga, Whimbrel, Cedar Waxwing, Black-throated Blue Warbler, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, American Pipit, Baltimore Oriole
3/16: Pied-billed Grebe, Black-bellied Plover, Piping Plover, Eastern Bluebird, American Robin, Gray Catbird, European Starling, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Brown Creeper
3/9: Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Northern Bobwhite, American Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Pileated Woodpecker, White-eyed Vireo, Horned Lark
2/23: American Widgeon, Barn Owl, Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Northern Gannet, American White Pelican, Clapper Rail, Virginia Rail, Black-billed Cuckoo, Eastern Towhee, Red-winged Blackbird
2/16: Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Common Merganser, Cattle Egret, Green Heron, Northern Harrier, Broad-winged Hawk, Blue Jay, American Crow, Fish Crow
2/9: Wood Duck, Green-winged Teal, American Black Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Greater Shearwater, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Eastern Meadowlark, Brown-headed Cowbird, House Finch
2/2: Hooded Merganser, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Cooper's Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Pine Warbler
1/26: Surf Scoter, Brown Pelican, Redhead, Common Loon, Red-throated Loon, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Carolina Chickadee, Brown-headed Nuthatch, White-throated Sparrow
1/19: Tundra Swan, Snow Goose, Black Scoter, White-winged Scoter, American Oystercatcher, Willet, Red Knot, Black-throated Green Warbler, Acadian Flycatcher, Wood Thrush, Winter Wren.
1/12: Mallard, Ruddy Duck, Great Blue Heron, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Killdeer, Ring-billed Gull, Downy Woodpecker, Loggerhead Shrike, Northern Mockingbird, Song Sparrow
1/7: Canada Goose, Northern Shoveler, Bufflehead, Barred Owl, Eastern Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Cardinal, American Godlfinch
Order Anseriformes: Waterfowl and Screamers |
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| Family Anatidae: Waterfowl | |||
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | ||
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Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | ||
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | ||
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Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | |
| Ross' Goose | Anser rossii | ||
| Brant | Branta bernicla | ||
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Canada
Goose
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Branta canadensis | |
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Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | |
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Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
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American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | |
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Mallard
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Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | ||
| Garganey | Anas querquedula | ||
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Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors | |
| Cinnamon Teal | Anas cyanoptera | ||
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Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | ||
| Eurasian Widgeon | Anas penelope | ||
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American Widgeon | Anas americana | |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | ||
| Redhead | Aythya americana | ||
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | ||
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Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
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Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | ||
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | ||
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | ||
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | ||
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Black Scoter | Melanitta nigra | |
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Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | |
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White-winged Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | ||
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Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | |
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Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | |
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Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | ||
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Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | |
| Masked Duck | Oxyura dominica | ||
Order Galliformes: Pheasants, Guineafowl,Cracids, etc. |
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Family Phasianidae: Pheasants, Grouse, Quail and Turkeys |
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| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | ||
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Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus | |
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Wild Turkey
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Meleagris gallopavo | |
Family Odontophoridae: New World Quail |
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Northern Bobwhite
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Colinus virginianus | |
Order: Gaviiformes |
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| Family Gaviidae: Loons | |||
| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | ||
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Common Loon | Gavia immer | |
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Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |
Order: Podicipediformes |
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| Family Podicipedidae: Grebes | |||
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Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | ||
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | ||
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | ||
| Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis | ||
Order Procellariiformes: Albatrosses, Shearwaters, Storm-Petrels, etc. |
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| Family Diomedeidae: Albatrosses | |||
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Black-browed Albatross | Diomedea melanophris | |
| Family Procellariidae: Shearwaters and Petrels | |||
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | ||
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Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata | |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | ||
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | ||
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Greater Shearwater | Puffinus gravis | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Puffinus griseus | ||
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | ||
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | ||
| Family Hydrobatidae: Storm-Petrels | |||
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Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | ||
| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | ||
| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma castro | ||
Order Pelicaniformes: Pelicans, Cormorants, Gannets, etc. |
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| Family Phaethontidae: Tropicbirds | |||
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | ||
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Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | |
| Family Sulidae: Gannets and Boobies | |||
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | ||
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | ||
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Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | |
| Family Pelicanidae: Pelicans | |||
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American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | |
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Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
| Family Phalacrocoracidae: Cormorants | |||
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | ||
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Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus | |
| Family Anhingidae: Anhingas | |||
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Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | |
| Family Fregatidae: Frigatebirds | |||
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Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | |
Order Ciconiiformes: Herons, Egrets,Storks, etc |
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| Family Ardeidae: Herons, Egrets and Bitterns | |||
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American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | |
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | ||
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Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
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Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
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Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
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Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | |
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Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | |
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | ||
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | ||
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Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
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Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | ||
| Family Threskiornithidae: Ibis and Spoonbills | |||
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White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | ||
| Roseate Spoonbill | Ajaia ajaja | ||
| Family Ciconiidae: Storks | |||
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Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | |
| Family Cathartidae: New World Vultures | |||
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Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
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Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
Order Falconiformes: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, etc. |
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| Family Accipitridae: Hawks, Eagles and Kites | |||
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | ||
| White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus | ||
| Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis | ||
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Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | |
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Northern Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
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Cooper's Hawk | Accipiter cooperii | |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | ||
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Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus | |
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Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | |
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | ||
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Red-tailed Hawk
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Buteo jamaicensis | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | ||
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | ||
| Family Falconidae: Falcons and Caracaras | |||
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American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | ||
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Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | ||
Order Gruiformes: Rails, Cranes, Bustards, etc. |
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| Family Rallidae: Rails, Gallinules, and Coots | |||
| Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis | ||
| Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | ||
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Clapper Rail | Rallus longirostris | |
| King Rail | Rallus elegans | ||
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Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | ||
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinicus | ||
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | ||
| American Coot | Fulica americana | ||
| Family Aramidae: Limpkin | |||
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Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | |
| Family Gruidae: Cranes | |||
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Sandhill Crane | Grus canadensis | |
Order Charadriiformes Gulls, Terns, Alcids, Sandpipers, etc. |
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| Family Charadriidae: Plovers and Lapwings | |||
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | ||
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Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominicus | ||
| Wilson's Plover | Charadrius wilsonia | ||
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | ||
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Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | |
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Killdeer
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Charadrius vociferus | |
| Family Haematopodidae: Oystercatchers | |||
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American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | |
| Family Recurvirostridae: Avocets and Stilts | |||
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | ||
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American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | |
| Family Scolopacidae: Sandpipers, Phalaropes, & Allies | |||
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | ||
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | ||
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | ||
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | ||
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Willet | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia | ||
| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | ||
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | ||
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | ||
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | ||
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | ||
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | ||
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | ||
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Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
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Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
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Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | ||
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | ||
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | ||
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | ||
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | ||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | ||
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Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | |
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Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | ||
| Stilt Sandpiper | Micropalama himantopus | ||
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis | ||
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | ||
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | ||
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | ||
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | ||
| American Woodcock | Scolopax minor | ||
| Wilson's Phalarope | Steganopus tricolor | ||
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | ||
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicaria | ||
| Family Laridae: Gulls and Terns | |||
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | ||
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | ||
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | ||
| Great Skua | Catharacta skua | ||
| South Polar Skua | Catharacta maccormicki | ||
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Laughing Gull | Larus atricilla | |
| Franklin's Gull | Larus pipixcan | ||
| Little Gull | Larus minutus | ||
| Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus | ||
| Bonaparte's Gull | Larus philadelphia | ||
| Mew Gull | Larus canus | ||
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Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
| California Gull | Larus californicus | ||
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Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| Thayer's Gull | Larus thayeri | ||
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | ||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | ||
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | ||
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Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | ||
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | ||
| Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica | ||
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | ||
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Royal Tern | Sterna maxima | |
| Sandwich Tern | Sterna sandvicensis | ||
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | ||
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | ||
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | ||
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | ||
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Least Tern | Sterna antillarum | |
| Bridled Tern | Sterna anaethetus | ||
| Sooty Tern | Sterna fuscata | ||
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | ||
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | ||
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Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | |
| Family Alcidae: Alcids | |||
| Dovekie | Alle alle | ||
| Thick-billed Murre | Uria lomvia | ||
| Razorbill | Alca torda | ||
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | ||
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Atlantic
Puffin
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Fratercula arctica | |
Order Columbiformes: Pigeons, Doves, Solitaires, and Dodo |
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| Family Columbidae: Pigeons and Doves | |||
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | ||
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Columba fasciata | ||
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | ||
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Mourning
Dove
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Zenaida macroura | |
| Passenger Pigeon | Ectopistes migratorius | ||
| Common Ground-Dove | Columbina passerina | ||
Order Psittaciformes: Parrots, Cockatoos, Lories, etc. |
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| Family Psittacidae: Parrots and Macaws | |||
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Carolina Parakeet | Conuropsis carolinensis | |
| Family Cuculidae: Old World Cuckoos | |||
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Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | ||
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | ||
Order Strigiformes: Owls |
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| Family Tytonidae: Barn-Owls | |||
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Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
| Family Strigidae: Owls | |||
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Eastern
Screech-Owl
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Otus asio | |
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Great
Horned Owl
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Bubo virginianus | |
| Snowy Owl | Nyctea scandiaca | ||
| Burrowing Owl | Speotyto cunicularia | ||
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Barred Owl
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Strix varia | |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | ||
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | ||
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus | ||
Order Caprimulgiformes: Nightjars, Pootoos, Frogmouths, etc. |
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| Family Caprimulgidae: Nightjars | |||
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | ||
| Chuck-will's-widow | Caprimulgus carolinensis | ||
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Whip-poor-will
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Caprimulgus vociferus | |
Order Apodiformes: Swifts and Hummingbirds |
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| Family Apodidae: Swifts | |||
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Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | |
| Family Trochilidae: Hummingbirds | |||
| Green Violet-ear | Colibri thalassinus | ||
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | |
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | ||
Order Coraciiformes: Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters, Rollers, etc. |
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| Family Alcedinidae: Kingfishers | |||
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Belted
Kingfisher
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Ceryle alcyon | |
Order Piciformes: Woodpeckers, Toucans, Honeyguides, etc. |
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| Family Picidae: Woodpeckers | |||
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Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker
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Melanerpes carolinus | |
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | |
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Downy Woodpecker | Picoides pubescens | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Picoides villosus | ||
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Red-cockaded Woodpecker | Picoides borealis | |
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Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | |
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Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus | |
| Ivory-billed Woodpecker | Campephilus principalis | ||
Order Passeriformes: Perching Birds |
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| Family Tyrannidae: Tyrant Flycatchers | |||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus borealis | ||
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens | ||
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris | ||
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Acadian Flycatcher
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Empidonax virescens | |
| Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum | ||
| Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii | ||
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | ||
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | ||
| Say's Phoebe | Sayornis saya | ||
| Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | ||
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens | ||
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Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | ||
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis | ||
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | ||
| Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | ||
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | ||
| Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | ||
| Family Laniidae: Shrikes | |||
| Northern Shrike | Lanius excubitor | ||
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Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | |
| Family Vireonidae: Vireos and Allies | |||
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White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | |
| Bell's Vireo | Vireo bellii | ||
| Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius | ||
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | ||
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | ||
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | ||
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Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | ||
| Family Corvidae: Crows and Jays | |||
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Blue Jay
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Cyanocitta cristata | |
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American Crow
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Corvus brachyrhynchos | |
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Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus | |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | ||
| Family Alaudidae: Larks | |||
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Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
| Family Hirundinidae: Swallows | |||
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Purple Martin | Progne subis | |
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Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | ||
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | ||
| Cliff Swallow | Hirundo pyrrhonota | ||
| Cave Swallow | Hirundo fulva | ||
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | ||
| Family Paridae: Tits and Allies | |||
| Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapilla | ||
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Carolina Chickadee
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Poecile carolinensis | |
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Eastern Tufted Titmouse
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Baeolophus bicolor | |
| Family Sittidae: Nuthatches | |||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | ||
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White-breasted Nuthatch
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Sitta carolinensis | |
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Brown-headed Nuthatch | Sitta pusilla | |
| Family Certhiidae: Creepers | |||
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Brown Creeper | Certhia americana | |
| Family Troglodytidae: Wrens | |||
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Carolina Wren
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Thryothorus ludovicianus | |
| Bewick's Wren | Thryomanes bewickii | ||
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | ||
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Winter Wren
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Troglodytes troglodytes | |
| Sedge Wren | Cistothorus platensis | ||
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | ||
| Family Regulidae: Kinglets | |||
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Golden-crowned Kinglet
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Regulus satrapa | |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula | |
| Family Sylviidae: Gnatcatchers & Old World Warblers | |||
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | |
| Family Turdidae: Thrushes | |||
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | ||
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Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | |
| Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | ||
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens | ||
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | ||
| Bicknell's Thrush | Catharus bicknelli | ||
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | ||
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | ||
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Wood Thrush
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Catharus mustelinus | |
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American Robin
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Turdus migratorius | |
| Family Mimidae: Mockingbirds and Thrashers | |||
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Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | |
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Northern Mockingbird
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Mimus polyglottos | |
| Sage Thrasher | Oreoscoptes montanus | ||
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | ||
| Family Sturnidae: Starlings | |||
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European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| Family Motacillidae Wagtails and Pipits | |||
| Black-backed Wagtail | Motacilla lugens | ||
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American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
| Sprague's Pipit | Anthus spragueii | ||
| Family Bombycillidae: Waxwings and Silky-flycatchers | |||
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Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | |
| Family Parulidae: New World Warblers | |||
| Bachman's Warbler | Vermivora bachmanii | ||
| Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora pinus | ||
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | ||
| Tennessee Warbler | Vermivora peregrina | ||
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Vermivora celata | ||
| Nashville Warbler | Vermivora ruficapilla | ||
| Northern Parula | Parula americana | ||
| Yellow Warbler | Dendroica petechia | ||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Dendroica pensylvanica | ||
| Magnolia Warbler | Dendroica magnolia | ||
| Cape May Warbler | Dendroica tigrina | ||
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Black-throated Blue Warbler | Dendroica caerulescens | |
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Yellow-rumped Warbler | Dendroica coronata | |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler | Dendroica nigrescens | ||
| Townsend's Warbler | Dendroica townsendi | ||
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Black-throated Green Warbler
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Dendroica virens | |
| Blackburnian Warbler | Dendroica fusca | ||
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Dendroica dominica | ||
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Pine Warbler | Dendroica pinus | |
| Kirtland's Warbler | Dendroica kirtlandii | ||
| Prairie Warbler | Dendroica discolor | ||
| Palm Warbler | Dendroica palmarum | ||
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Dendroica castanea | ||
| Blackpoll Warbler | Dendroica striata | ||
| Cerulean Warbler | Dendroica cerulea | ||
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | ||
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American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | ||
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorus | ||
| Swainson's Warbler | Limnothlypis swainsonii | ||
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Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapillus | |
| Northern Waterthrush | Seiurus noveboracensis | ||
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Seiurus motacilla | ||
| Kentucky Warbler | Oporornis formosus | ||
| Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis | ||
| Mourning Warbler | Oporornis philadelphia | ||
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Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
| Hooded Warbler | Wilsonia citrina | ||
| Wilson's Warbler | Wilsonia pusilla | ||
| Canada Warbler | Wilsonia canadensis | ||
| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | ||
| Family Thraupidae: Tanagers | |||
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Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | ||
| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | ||
| Family Embirizidae: Buntings, Sparrows and Allies | |||
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Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | |
| Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | ||
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana | ||
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Eastern Towhee
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Pipilo erythrophthalmus | |
| Spotted Towhee | Pipilo maculatus | ||
| Bachman's Sparrow | Aimophila aestivalis | ||
| American Tree Sparrow | Spizella arborea | ||
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | ||
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | ||
| Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla | ||
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus | ||
| Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | ||
| Lark Bunting | Calamospiza melanocorys | ||
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | ||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | ||
| Henslow's Sparrow | Ammodramus henslowii | ||
| Le Conte's Sparrow | Ammodramus leconteii | ||
| Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow | Ammodramus caudacutus | ||
| Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow | Ammodramus nelsoni | ||
| Seaside Sparrow | Ammodramus maritimus | ||
| Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca | ||
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Song Sparrow
|
Melospiza melodia | |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | ||
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | ||
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White-throated Sparrow
|
Zonotrichia albicollis | |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | ||
| Harris' Sparrow | Zonotrichia querula | ||
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Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | |
| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | ||
| Smith's Longspur | Calcarius pictus | ||
| Chestnut-collared Longspur | Calcarius ornatus | ||
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | ||
| Family Cardinalidae: Cardinals and Grosbeaks | |||
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Northern Cardinal |
Cardinalis cardinalis | |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | ||
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | ||
| Blue Grosbeak | Guiraca caerulea | ||
| Family Icteridae: Blackbirds and Orioles | |||
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | ||
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Red-winged Blackbird
|
Agelaius phoeniceus | |
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Eastern Meadowlark
|
Sturnella magna | |
| Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | ||
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | ||
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | ||
| Brewer's Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | ||
| Boat-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus major | ||
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Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | ||
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Brown-headed Cowbird
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Molothrus ater | |
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | ||
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Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | |
| Bullock's Oriole | Icterus bullockii | ||
| Family Fringillidae: Siskins, Crossbills and Allies | |||
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | ||
| Purple Finch | Carpodacus purpureus | ||
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House Finch
|
Carpodacus mexicanus | |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | ||
| White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | ||
| Common Redpoll | Carduelis flammea | ||
| Pine Siskin | Carduelis pinus | ||
| Lesser Goldfinch | Carduelis psaltria | ||
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American Goldfinch | Carduelis tristis | |
| Evening Grosbeak | Coccothraustes vespertinus | ||
| Family Passeridae: Old World Sparrows | |||
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |