SPECIES LIST

SPECIES LIST


Waterfowl                  

American Black Duck

American Wigeon

Barrow's Goldeneye

Black Scoter

Brant

Bufflehead

Cackling Goose

Canada Goose

Canvasback

Common Goldeneye

Common Merganser

Eurasian Wigeon

Gadwall

Greater Scaup

Greater White-fronted Goose

Green-winged Teal

Harlequin Duck

Hooded Merganser

Lesser Scaup

Long-tailed Duck

Mallard

Mute Swan

Northern Pintail

Northern Shoveler

Red-breasted Merganser

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

Ruddy Duck

Ruddy Turnstone

Sanderling

Snow Goose

Surf Scoter

Trumpeter Swan

Tufted Duck

Tundra Swan

White-winged Scoter

Wood Duck


                

Grouse, Quail                  

Ring-necked Pheasant

             

Grebes                  

 Eared Grebe

Horned Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Western Grebe


Pigeons, Doves                  

 Eurasian Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

Rock Pigeon 

          

Nightjars

                  

Swifts                  

                  

Hummingbirds

Anna's Hummingbird


Rails, Gallinules

American Coot 

Sora

Virginia Rail

  

Cranes

Sandhill Crane


Shorebirds                  

Black Oystercatcher

Black Turnstone

Black-bellied Plover

Dunlin

Greater Yellowlegs

Long-billed Dowitcher

Killdeer

Marbled Godwit

Pacific Golden-Plover

Red Knot

Rock Sandpiper

Ruddy Turnstone

Spotted Sandpiper

Surfbird

Western Sandpiper

Willet

Wilson's Snipe


Skuas, Jaegers                  

                  

Alcids                  

 Ancient Murrelet

Common Murre

Marbled Murrelet 

 Pigeon Guillemot

Rhinoceros Auklet

      

Gulls, Terns                  

California Gull

Glaucous Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Herring Gull

Iceland Gull

Mew Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Western Gull


Loons                  

Common Loon

Pacific Loon

Red-throated Loon

Yellow-billed Loon    

Albatrosses                  

                  

Storm petrels                  

                  

Petrels, Shearwaters                  

                  

Cormorants                  

 Brandt's Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant 

Pelagic Cormorant  

       

Pelicans                  

                  

Herons, Ibis

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Great Blue Heron                  

                  

Hawks, Vultures                  

Bald Eagle

Cooper's Hawk

Golden Eagle

Northern Goshawk

Northern Harrier

Red-tailed Hawk

 Rough-legged Hawk

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Turkey Vulture

               

Owls                  

Barred Owl

Barn Owl

Great Horned Owl

Long-eared Owl

Northern Pygmy-Owl

Northern Hawk Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl

Short-eared Owl 

            

Kingfishers

 Belted Kingfisher

          

Woodpeckers                  

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern  Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

Red-breasted Sapsucker


Falcons & allies                  

American Kestrel

Gyrfalcon

Merlin

Peregrine Falcon

Prairie Falcon


Tyrant Flycatchers, Peewees, Kingbirds                  

Black Phoebe


Vireos                  

Hutton's Vireo

            

Shrikes                  

Northern Shrike

          

Jays, Crows, magpies                  

American Crow

Blue Jay

California Scrub-Jay

Common Raven

Northwest Crow

Seller's Jay

            

Tits, Chickadees                  

Black-capped Chickadee 

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

               

Larks                  

Eurasian Skylark

Horned Lark

              

Swallows, martins                  

Barn Swallow

              

Long tailed Tits

Bushtit

         

Kinglets                  

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

             

Nuthatches                  

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper


Wrens                  

Bewick's Wren

Marsh Wren

 Pacific Wren

          

Dippers

American Dipper 

            

Starlings

European Starling  

          

Catbirds, Mockingbirds                  

 Northern Mockingbird   

     

Thrushes                   

American Robin

Hermit Thrush

Mountain Bluebird

Varied Thrush

     

Waxwings                  

Cedar Waxwing


Old world sparrows                  

House Sparrow


Wagtails, Pipits

      American Pipit

            

Finches                  

    American Goldfinch

    Evening Grosbeak

    House Finch  

    Pine Grosbeak 

    Purple Finch

    Pine Siskin

    Red Crossbill

    White-winged Crossbill

    

Longspurs, Snow Buntings                  

Lapland Longspur

Snow Bunting

            

New world sparrows                  

    American Tree Sparrow

    Dark-eyed Junco

    Fox Sparrow

    Golden-crowned Sparrow

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    Savannah Sparrow

    Song Sparrow  

     Spotted Towhee

    Swamp Sparrow

    White-throated Sparrow

    White-crowned Sparrow

    

    

                

Blackbirds                  

     Brewers Blackbird

    Red-winged Blackbird

    Rusty Blackbird

    Western Meadowlark

    

            

Wood Warblers                  

      Palm Warbler

    Yellow-rumped Warbler 

           

Cardinals, Grosbeaks                  

 

 

 

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