Families
Birds of North America

101 Species and 35 Families Represented

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List of 35 Families Represented - Click on links
1 Family: Accipitridae Hawks and Eagles (24)	2 Family: Alcedinidae Kingfishers (3)	3 Family: Anatidae Ducks and Geese (46)
4 (Apr BD) Family: Ardeidae Herons, Egrets, Bitterns (12)
5 Family: Bombycillidae Waxwings (2)	6 Family: Cardinalidae Cardinals (11)	7 Family: Cathartidae American Vultures (3)
8 Family: Certhiidae Creepers (1)	9 Family: Charadriidae Plovers (10)	10 Family: Columbidae Pigeons and Doves (13)
11 Family: Corvidae Crows, Magpies, Jays (17)	12 Family: Emberizidae New World Sparrows (48)	13 Family: Falconidae Falcons (6)
14 Family: Fringillidae Finches (16)	15 Family: Gruidae Cranes (2)	16 Family: Hirundinidae Swallows (8)
17 Family: Icteridae Blackbirds and Orioles (22)	18 Family: Laridae Gulls and Terns (43)	19 Family: Mimidae Mockingbirds and Thrashers (10)
20 Family: Paridae Chickadees and Titmice (11)	21 Family: Parulidae, Wood Warblers (51)	22 Family: Passeridae Old World Sparrows (2)
23 (Apr BD) Family: Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants (6)	24 Family: Phasianidae Pheasants and Grouse (15)	25 Family: Picidae Woodpeckers (23)
26 (Apr BD) Family: Podicipedidae Grebes (7)	27 Family: Rallidae, Rails Gallinules, Coots (9)	28 Family: Scolopacidae Sandpipers (40)
29 Family: Sittidae Nuthatches (4)	30 Family: Strigidae Owls (18)	31 Family: Sturnidae Starlings (1)
32 Family: Turdidae Thrushes (15)	33 Family: Threskiornithidae Ibises and Spoonbills (4)	34 Family: Trochilidae Hummingbirds (16)
35 Family: Tyrannidae Tyrant Flycatchers (36)

Family 1 Family: Accipitridae Hawks and Eagles - 5 of 24 Species
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii	Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis	Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	Gray Hawk Asturina nitida (Buteo nitidus)	White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus
Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus	Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus	Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus	Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus	Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis	Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni	Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus	Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus	Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus	Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis	Osprey Pandion haliaetus	Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus

Family 2 Family: Alcedinidae Kingfishers - 1 of 3 Species
Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon	Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana	Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata

Family 3 Family: Anatidae Ducks and Geese - 19 of 46 Species
Wood Duck Aix sponsa	Northern Pintail Anas acuta	American Wigeon Anas americana
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata	Green-winged Teal Anas crecca	Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors	Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula	Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	American Black Duck Anas rubripes
Gadwall Anas strepera	Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis	Greater Scaup Aythya marila
Brant Branta bernicla	Redhead Aythya americana	Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	Canvasback Aythya valisineria
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola	Canada Goose Branta canadensis	Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica	Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator	Emperor Goose Chen canagica
Ross's Goose Chen rossii	Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis	Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus	Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus	White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata	Black Scoter Melanitta nigra	Common Merganser Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus	Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri	Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri	Common Eider Somateria mollissima
King Eider Somateria spectabilis

Family 4 Family: Ardeidae, Herons Egrets, Bitterns - 6 of 12 Species
Great Egret Ardea alba	Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias	American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Green Heron Butorides virescens	Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens	Snowy Egret Egretta thula	Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea	Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

Family 5 Family: Bombycillidae Waxwings - 1 of 2 Species
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum	Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus

Family 6 Family: Cardinalidae Cardinals 2 of 11 Species
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis	Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus	Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea	Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena	Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea	Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor	Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus	Dickcissel Spiza americana

Family 7 Family: Cathartidae American Vultures - 1 of 3 Species
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura	Black Vulture Coragyps atratus	California Condor Gymnogyps californianus

Family 8
Family: Certhiidae
Creepers - 1 of 1 Species

Brown Creeper
Certhia americana

Family 9 Family: Charadriidae Plovers - 2 of 10 Species
Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	Mongolian Plover Charadrius mongolus	Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus	Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia	American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola	Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus	Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva

Family 10 Family: Columbidae Pigeons and Doves 1 of 13 Species
Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata	Red-billed Pigeon Columba flavirostris	White-crowned Pigeon Columba leucocephala
Rock Dove Columba livia	Inca Dove Columbina inca	Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti	White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi	Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica	Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Ringed Turtle-Dove Streptopelia risoria

Family 11 Family: Corvidae Crows, Magpies, Jays - 2 of 17 Species
Island Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma insularis	Florida Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens	Mexican Jay Aphelocoma ultramarina
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos	Northwestern Crow Corvus caurinus	Common Raven Corvus corax
Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus	Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus	Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata	Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio	Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia	Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus	Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis	Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttalli

Family 12 Family: Emberizidae New World Sparrows - 4 of 48 Species
Bachman's Sparrow Aimophila aestivalis	Botteri's Sparrow Aimophila botterii	Rufous-winged Sparrow Aimophila carpalis
Cassin's Sparrow Aimophila cassinii	Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus nelsoni	Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii	Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus caudacutus	Henslow's Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii
Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii	Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus	Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
Sage Sparrow Amphispiza belli	Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata	Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys	Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus	McCown's Longspur Calcarius mccownii
Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus	Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus	Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis	Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus	Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii	Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia	Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca	Abert's Towhee Pipilo aberti	Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
California Towhee Pipilo crissalis	Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus	Canyon Towhee Pipilo fuscus
Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus	McKay's Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus	Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus	American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea	Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri	Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida	Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla	White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola	White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla	White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys	Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula

Family 13 Family: Falconidae Falcons - 2 of 6 Species
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway	Merlin Falco columbarius	American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus	Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus

Family 14 Family: Fringillidae Finches - 2 of 16 Species
Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea	Hoary Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni	Lawrence's Goldfinch Carduelis lawrencei
Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus	Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria	American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
Cassin's Finch Carpodacus cassinii	House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus	Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus	Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator	Black Rosy-Finch Leucosticte atrata
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch Leucosticte australis	Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis	Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera

Family 15 Family: Gruidae Cranes - 1 of 2 Species
Whooping Crane Grus americana	Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis

Family 16 Family: Hirundinidae Swallows - 3 of 8 Species
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva	Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple Martin Progne subis	Bank Swallow Riparia riparia	Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor	Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina

Family 17 Family: Icteridae Blackbirds and Orioles - 5 of 22 Species
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus	Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor	Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus	Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus	Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus	Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula	Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis	Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum	Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis	Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius	Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater	Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major	Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna	Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula	Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta

Family 18 Family: Laridae Gulls and Terns - 5 of 43 Species
Black Noddy Anous minutus	Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens	California Gull Larus californicus	Mew Gull Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni	Little Gull Larus minutus	Western Gull Larus occidentalis
Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia	Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea	Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea	Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	Black Skimmer Rynchops niger	Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris
South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki	Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus	Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
Great Skua Stercorarius skua	Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica	Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus
Least Tern Sterna antillarum	Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus	Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	Elegant Tern Sterna elegans	Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata	Common Tern Sterna hirundo	Royal Tern Sterna maxima
Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica	Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini

Family 19 Family: Mimidae Mockingbirds and Thrashers - 2 of 10 Species
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis	Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos	Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
Bendire's Thrasher Toxostoma bendirei	Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale	Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre	California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum	Le Conte's Thrasher Toxostoma lecontei
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum

Family 20 Family: Paridae Chickadees and Titmice - 2 of 11 Species
Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor	Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus	Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi
Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi	Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla	Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli	Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonica	Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
Mexican Chickadee Poecile sclateri	Gray-headed Chickadee Poecile cincta

Family 21 Family: Parulidae Wood Warblers - 2 of 51 Species
Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons	Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens	Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea
Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea	Golden-cheeked Warbler Dendroica chrysoparia	Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor	Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica	Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
Grace's Warbler Dendroica graciae	Kirtland's Warbler Dendroica kirtlandii	Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
Black-throated Gray Warbler Dendroica nigrescens	Hermit Warbler Dendroica occidentalis	Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica	Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia	Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata	Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina	Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi
Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens	Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas	Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivora
Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens	Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii	Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
Painted Redstart Myioborus pictus	Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis	Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia	MacGillivray's Warbler Oporornis tolmiei	Northern Parula Parula americana
Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi	Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea	Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus
Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla	Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis	American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata	Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera	Colima Warbler Vermivora crissalis
Lucy's Warbler Vermivora luciae	Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina	Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus
Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla	Virginia's Warbler Vermivora virginiae	Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis
Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina	Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla	Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus

Family 22 Family: Passeridae Old World Sparrows - 1 of 2 Species
House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus

Family 23 Family: Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants - 1 of 6 Species
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus	Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus	Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus	Brandt's Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus	Red-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax urile

Family 24 Family: Phasianidae Pheasants and Grouse - 3 of 15 Species
Chukar Alectoris chukar	Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus	Greater Sage-Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus
Blue Grouse Dendragapus obscurus	Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis	Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucurus	Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus	Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Gray Partridge Perdix perdix	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido
Gunnison Sage-Grouse Centrocercus minimus	Lesser Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus	Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus

Family 25 Family: Picidae Woodpeckers - 6 of 23 Species
Ivory-billed Woodpecker Campephilus principalis	Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus	Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus	Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons	Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus	Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus	Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis	White-headed Woodpecker Picoides albolarvatus	Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
Arizona Woodpecker Picoides arizonae	Red-cockaded Woodpecker Picoides borealis	Nuttall's Woodpecker Picoides nuttallii
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens	Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris	Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus	Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis	Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius

Family 26 Family: Podicipedidae Grebes - 1 of 7 Species
Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus	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

Family 27 Family: Rallidae Rails, Gallinules, Coots - 2 of 9 Species
Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis	American Coot Fulica americana	Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis	Purple Gallinule Porphyrula martinica	Sora Porzana carolina
King Rail Rallus elegans	Virginia Rail Rallus limicola	Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris

Family 28 Family: Scolopacidae Sandpipers - 5 of 40 Species
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia	Surfbird Aphriza virgata	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala	Sanderling Calidris alba	Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
Red Knot Calidris canutus	Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii	Dunlin Calidris alpina
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis	Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus	Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima	Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri	Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis	Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla	Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus	Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria	Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus	Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago	American Woodcock Scolopax minor
Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus	Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus	Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa	Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica	Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus	Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis	Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria	Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor	Ruff Philomachus pugnax
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca	Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes

Family 29 Family: Sittidae Nuthatches - 1 of 4 Species
Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis	White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis	Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea

Family 30 Family: Strigidae Owls - 3 of 18 Species
Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus	Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl Asio otus	Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia	Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum	Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca	Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi	Western Screech-Owl Otus kennicottii	Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio
Flammulated Owl Otus flammeolus	Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis	Whiskered Screech-Owl Otus trichopsis
Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa	Barred Owl Strix varia	Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula

Family 31
Family: Sturnidae
Starling- 1 of1 Species

European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris

Family 32 Family: Turdidae Thrushes - 3 of 15 Species
Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli	Veery Catharus fuscescens	Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus	Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus	Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius	Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe	Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides	Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis	Clay-colored Robin Turdus grayi	American Robin Turdus migratorius

Family 33 Family: Threskiornithidae Ibises and Spoonbills - 1 of 4 Species
Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja	White Ibis Eudocimus albus	White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus

Family 34 Family: Trochilidae Hummingbirds - 1 of 16 Species
Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope	Violet-crowned Hummingbird Amazilia violiceps	Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri	Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris	Lucifer Hummingbird Calothorax lucifer
Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna	Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae	Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens	White-eared Hummingbird Hylocharis leucotis	Blue-throated Hummingbird Lampornis clemenciae
Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus	Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus	Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin

Family 35 Family: Tyrannidae Tyrant Flycatchers - 3 of 36 Species
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe	Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi	Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus	Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens	Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
Pacific-slope Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris	Buff-breasted Flycatcher Empidonax fulvifrons
Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii	Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus	Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
Cordilleran Flycatcher Empidonax occidentalis	Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii	Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens	Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii	Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus	Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer	Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris	Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae	Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus	Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans	Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya	Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans	Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris	Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus	Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis	Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus

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