BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA

LOONS

• Common Loon (Gavia immer)
• Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
• Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)

GREBES

• Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
• Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
• Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
• Pied-billed Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
• Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus)
• Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)

PELICANS, CORMORANTS & ANHINGA

• Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
• Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)
• Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
• Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
• Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
• American White-Pelican (Pelecanus erythrohynchos)
• Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

WADING BIRDS

• Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
• Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
• Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
• Great Egret (Ardea alba)
• White-faced Ibis (Plegadi chihi)
• Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
• Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
• Cattle Egret (Babulcus ibis)
• Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
• White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
• Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
• Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaja ajaja)
• Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)

SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS

• Gadwall (Anas strepera)
• American Wigeon (Anas americana)
• Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
• Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
• American Black Duck (Anus rubripes)
• Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
• Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
• Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera)
• Redhead (Aythya americana)
• Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
• Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
• Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
• Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
• Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
• Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
• Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
• Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
• Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
• Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
• Fulvous Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
• Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
• Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
• Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
• Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
• Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
• Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
• Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica
• Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
• White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
• Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
• White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
• Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
• Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
• Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
• Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
• Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
• Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
• Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
• Ross's Goose (Chen rossii)
• Brant (Branta bernicla)
• Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)

LIMPKIN, RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS

• Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
• Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
• American Coot (Fulica americana)
• Sora (Porzana carolina)
• Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
• Purple Gallinule (Porphyrula martinica)

EAGLES, KITES, FALCONS OWLS & HAWKS

• Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
• Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
• White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
• American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
• Merlin (Falco columbarius)
• Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
• Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)
• Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris)
• Gray Hawk (Buteo nitidus)
• Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
• Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)
• Crested Caracara (Polyborus plancus)
• Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
• Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
• Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
• Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
• Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
• Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
• Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
• Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
• Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)
• Western Screech-Owl (Megascops kennicottii)
• Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
• Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
• Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa)
• Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
• Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
• Northern Hawk-Owl (Surnia ulula )
• Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
• Barred Owl (Strix varia)
• Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma)
• Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)

WOOD-WARBLERS & VIREOS

• American Redstart (Stephaga ruticilla)
• Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia)
• Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens)
• Black-throated Gray Warbler (Dendroica nigrescens)
• Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens)
• Pine Warbler (Dendroica pinus)
• Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina)
• Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis)
• Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
• Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
• Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
• Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia)
• Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)
• MacGillivray's Warbler (Oporornis tolmiei)
• Townsend's Warbler (Dendroica townsendi)
• Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
• Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
• Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica)
• Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor)
• Black-and-White Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
• Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
• Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora perigrina)
• Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
• Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea)
• Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus)
• Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)
• Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca)
• Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)
• Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea)
• Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis)
• Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum)
• Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina)
• Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus)
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
• Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
• Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
• White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
• Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni)
• Cassin's Vireo (Vireo cassinii)
• Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)

SPARROWS, FINCHES, GROSBEAKS & LARKS

• Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
• Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
• American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea)
• White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
• White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
• Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
• Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
• Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
• House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
• Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
• Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
• Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
• Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
• Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)
• Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)
• Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus)
• Le Conte's Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii)
• Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
• Baird's Sparrow (Ammodramus bairdii)
• Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri)
• Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)
• House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
• American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
• Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Leucosticle tephrocotis)
• Black Rosy-Finch (Leucosticle atrata)
• Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Leucosticle australis)
• Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
• Cassin's Finch (Carpodacus cassinii)
• Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
• Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus)
• Dark Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
• Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
• Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys)
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
• Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
• Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)
• Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
• Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
• Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
• Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
• Green-tailed Towee (Pipilo chlorurus)
• Canyon Towee (Pipilo fuscus)
• Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
• Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus)
• McCown's Longspur (Calcarius mccownii)
• Horned Lark (Eremophilia alpestris)

WOODPECKERS

• Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
• Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
• Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
• White-headed Woodpecker (Picoides albolarvatus)
• Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)
• Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
• Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
• Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus)
• American Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis )
• Lewis's Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)
• Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
• Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)
• Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis)
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
• Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus)

THRUSHES

• American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
• Clay-colored Robin (Turdus grayi)
• Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
• Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
• Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
• Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)
• Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
• Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
• Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
• Veery (Catharus fuscescens)

ALCIDS

• Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)
• Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
• Common Murre (Uria aalge)
• Rhinoceros Auklet(Cerorhinca monocerata)
• Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix)
• Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus)
• Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
• Razorbill (Alca torda)

SHOREBIRDS

• Black Bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
• American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
• Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
• Snowy Plover (Chararius alexandrinus)
• Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
• Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
• Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
• Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
• Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
• Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
• Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)
• Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
• Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
• Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
• Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
• Sanderling (Calidris alba)
• Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
• Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
• Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
• Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
• Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)
• American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
• Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
• Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa Melanoleuca)
• Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)
• Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
• Willet (Catoptophorus semipalmatus)
• Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
• Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
• Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
• Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
• Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)
• American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
• Surfbird (Aphriza virgata)
• Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
• Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
• Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
• Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)

GULLS & TERNS

• Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
• Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia)
• Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
• Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan)
• Mew Gull (Larus canus)
• California Gull (Larus californicus)
• Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
• Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni)
• Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
• Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
• Little Gull (Larus minutus)
• Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
• Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
• Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)
• Common Tern (Sterna hirunda)
• Arctic Tern (Strena paradisaea)
• Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
• Black Tern (Chilidonias niger)
• Royal Tern (Sterna maxima)
• Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
• Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

PIGEONS & DOVES

• Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
• Rock Dove (Columba livia)
• Inca Dove (Columbina inca)
• White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
• Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)

SWIFTS & HUMMINGBIRDS

• Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
• Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
• Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
• Buff-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanensis)
• Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope)
• Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
• Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus)
• Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii)
• Magnificent Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens)
• White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)
• Vaux's Swift (Chaeyura vauxi)

FLYCATCHERS

• Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
• Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
• Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
• Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
• Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
• Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
• Vermillion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
• Pacific-Slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
• Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii)
• Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri)
• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
• Great-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
• Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
• Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
• Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
• Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)

MIMIDS

• Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
• Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
• Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)
• Long-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre)
• Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
• Crissal Thrasher (Toxostoma crissale)

CORVIDS

• Common Raven (Corvus corax)
• Chihuahuan Raven (Corvus cryptoleucus)
• American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
• Northwestern Crow (Corvus caurinus)
• Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)
• Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
• Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
• Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus)
• Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
• Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)
• Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)

ICTERIDS & MEADOWLARKS

• Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
• Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
• Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii)
• Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis)
• Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)
• Audubon's Oriole (Icterus graduacauda)
• Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
• Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
• Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
• Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
• Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
• Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
• Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
• Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)
• Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
• Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
• Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)

WAXWINGS & STARLINGS

• Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
• European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

SWALLOWS

• Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
• Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
• Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
• Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
• Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
• Purple Martin (Progne subis)

CHICKADEES

• Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
• Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
• Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli)
• Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus)
• Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
• Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
• Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps)

NUTHATCHES

• Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
• White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
• Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)
• Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla)

KINGLETS

• Ruby-Crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
• Golden-Crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)

UPLAND GAME BIRDS

• Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
• Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus)
• Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus)
• Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
• Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis)
• Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
• Chukar (Alectoria chukar)
• White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucurus)
• Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
• Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
• California Quail (Callipepla californica)
• Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii)
• Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
• Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
• Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula)

DIPPER

• American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)

CREEPER

• Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)

KINGFISHERS

• Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)
• Ringed Kingfisher (Ceryle torquata)
• Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)

TANAGERS, CARDINALS & BUNTINGS

• Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
• Pyrrholoxia (Cardinalis sinuatus)
• Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
• Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
• Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
• Flame-colored Tanager (Piranga bidentata)
• Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)
• Indigo Bunting (Passerina amoena)

WRENS

• Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
• Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
• Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
• Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus)
• House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
• Pacific Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes pacificus)
• Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis)
• Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
• Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)

PIPITS

• American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
• Sprague's Pipit (Anthus spragueii)

GOATSUCKERS

• Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
• Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii)

SHRIKES

• Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
• Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

CUCKOOS & ALLIES

• Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
• Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)

FRIGATEBIRD, TROPICBIRDS, GANNETS & BOOBIES

• Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)
• Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii)
• Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster leucogaster)
• Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus mesonauta)
• Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
• Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)

JAEGERS

• Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
• Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)

ALBATROSSES, PETRELS & SHEARWATERS

• Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
• Pink-footed Shearwater (Puffinus creatopus)
• Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris)
• Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
• Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)

 

 

 

 

Total North American Bird Species = 431