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Checklist of Washington Birds
Compiled through April 2008 by the Washington Bird Records Committee
The Washington Bird Records Committee considers the natural occurrence of the following birds, within the last 50 years, to be adequately documented by specimens, photographs, sound recordings, and written reports. Introduced species are indicated by (I).
The state list now stands at 493 species. In addition to the 481 species listed below, eight species are represented in Washington by single-person sight records which the Committee believes are valid: Great Knot, Jack Snipe, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, White-eyed Vireo, Dusky Thrush, Phainopepla, Prairie Warbler, and Kentucky Warbler.
Four more species, though recorded historically in Washington, have not been documented in the state for over 50 years (date of most recent record in parentheses): Fulvous Whistling-Duck (1905), Red-billed Tropicbird (1941), California Condor (1897), and Allen's Hummingbird (1894).
Glaucous-winged Gull and Western Gull freely interbreed where their ranges overlap in the state, and hybrids breed widely along the entire coast. The status of Northwestern and American Crow in the state are greatly complicated by difficulties of identification and questions regarding their taxonomy. Townsend's Warbler and Hermit Warbler intergrade freely where their breeding ranges overlap in Washington. Cordilleran Flycatcher may occur in extreme southeastern Washington, but evidence of hybridization with Pacific-slope Flycatcher and the lack of genetic studies for Washington populations have so far prevented the Committee from accepting this species for the state list.
Species in italics constitute the Review List (20 or fewer Washington records during the previous 10-year period). Written reports of any observations of these species, or of species not on the list, should be submitted together with supporting evidence by email, by using the Report Form, or by writing to:
WBRC 12345 Lake City Way NE, #215 Seattle, WA 98125
Names and taxonomic arrangement follow the American Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th ed., 1998) and supplements (2000-2007).
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ANATIDAE |
Bar-tailed Godwit |
PARIDAE |
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Taiga Bean Goose |
Marbled Godwit |
Black-capped Chickadee |
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Greater White-fronted Goose |
Ruddy Turnstone |
Mountain Chickadee |
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Emperor Goose |
Black Turnstone |
Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
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Snow Goose |
Surfbird |
Boreal Chickadee |
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Ross’s Goose |
Red Knot |
AEGITHALIDAE |
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Brant |
Sanderling |
Bushtit |
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Cackling Goose |
Semipalmated Sandpiper |
SITTIDAE |
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Canada Goose |
Western Sandpiper |
Red-breasted Nuthatch |
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Trumpeter Swan |
Red-necked Stint |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
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Tundra Swan |
Little Stint |
Pygmy Nuthatch |
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Whooper Swan |
Temminck's Stint |
CERTHIIDAE |
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Wood Duck |
Least Sandpiper |
Brown Creeper |
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Gadwall |
White-rumped Sandpiper |
TROGLODYTIDAE |
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Falcated Duck |
Baird’s Sandpiper |
Rock Wren |
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Eurasian Wigeon |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
Canyon Wren |
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American Wigeon |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper |
Bewick’s Wren |
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American Black Duck |
Rock Sandpiper |
House Wren |
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Mallard |
Dunlin |
Winter Wren |
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Blue-winged Teal |
Curlew Sandpiper |
Marsh Wren |
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Cinnamon Teal |
Stilt Sandpiper |
CINCLIDAE |
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Northern Shoveler |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper |
American Dipper |
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Northern Pintail |
Ruff |
REGULIDAE |
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Garganey |
Short-billed Dowitcher |
Golden-crowned Kinglet |
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Baikal Teal |
Long-billed Dowitcher |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
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Green-winged Teal |
Wilson's Snipe |
SYLVIIDAE |
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Canvasback |
Wilson’s Phalarope |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
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Redhead |
Red-necked Phalarope |
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Ring-necked Duck |
Red Phalarope |
Northern Wheatear |
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Tufted Duck |
LARIDAE |
Western Bluebird |
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Greater Scaup |
Laughing Gull |
Mountain Bluebird |
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Lesser Scaup |
Franklin’s Gull |
Townsend’s Solitaire |
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Steller’s Eider |
Little Gull |
Veery |
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King Eider |
Black-headed Gull |
Gray-cheeked Thrush |
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Common Eider |
Bonaparte’s Gull |
Swainson’s Thrush |
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Harlequin Duck |
Heermann’s Gull |
Hermit Thrush |
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Surf Scoter |
Black-tailed Gull |
Redwing |
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White-winged Scoter |
Mew Gull |
American Robin |
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Black Scoter |
Ring-billed Gull |
Varied Thrush |
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Long-tailed Duck |
California Gull |
MIMIDAE |
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Bufflehead |
Herring Gull |
Gray Catbird |
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Common Goldeneye |
Thayer’s Gull |
Northern Mockingbird |
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Barrow’s Goldeneye |
Iceland Gull |
Sage Thrasher |
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Smew |
Lesser Black-backed Gull |
Brown Thrasher |
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Hooded Merganser |
Slaty-backed Gull |
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Common Merganser |
Western Gull |
European Starling (I) |
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Red-breasted Merganser |
Glaucous-winged Gull |
PRUNELLIDAE |
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Ruddy Duck |
Glaucous Gull |
Siberian Accentor |
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PHASIANIDAE |
Great Black-backed Gull |
MOTACILLIDAE |
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Chukar (I) |
Sabine’s Gull |
Eastern Yellow Wagtail |
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Gray Partridge (I) |
Black-legged Kittiwake |
White Wagtail |
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Ring-necked Pheasant (I) |
Red-legged Kittiwake |
Red-throated Pipit |
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Ruffed Grouse |
Ross’s Gull |
American Pipit |
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Greater Sage-Grouse |
Ivory Gull |
BOMBYCILLIDAE |
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Spruce Grouse |
Least Tern |
Bohemian Waxwing |
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White-tailed Ptarmigan |
Caspian Tern |
Cedar Waxwing |
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Dusky Grouse |
Black Tern |
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Sooty Grouse |
Common Tern |
Blue-winged Warbler |
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Sharp-tailed Grouse |
Arctic Tern |
Golden-winged Warbler |
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Wild Turkey (I) |
Forster’s Tern |
Tennessee Warbler |
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ODONTOPHORIDAE |
Elegant Tern |
Orange-crowned Warbler |
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Mountain Quail |
STERCORARIIDAE |
Nashville Warbler |
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California Quail (I) |
South Polar Skua |
Northern Parula |
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Northern Bobwhite (I) |
Pomarine Jaeger |
Yellow Warbler |
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GAVIIDAE |
Parasitic Jaeger |
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
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Red-throated Loon |
Long-tailed Jaeger |
Magnolia Warbler |
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Arctic Loon |
ALCIDAE |
Cape May Warbler |
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Pacific Loon |
Common Murre |
Black-throated Blue Warbler |
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Common Loon |
Thick-billed Murre |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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Yellow-billed Loon |
Pigeon Guillemot |
Black-throated Gray Warbler |
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PODICIPEDIDAE |
Long-billed Murrelet |
Black-throated Green Warbler |
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Pied-billed Grebe |
Marbled Murrelet |
Townsend’s Warbler |
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Horned Grebe |
Kittlitz’s Murrelet |
Hermit Warbler |
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Red-necked Grebe |
Xantus’s Murrelet |
Blackburnian Warbler |
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Eared Grebe |
Ancient Murrelet |
Yellow-throated Warbler |
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Western Grebe |
Cassin’s Auklet |
Palm Warbler |
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Clark’s Grebe |
Parakeet Auklet |
Bay-breasted Warbler |
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DIOMEDEIDAE |
Whiskered Auklet |
Blackpoll Warbler |
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Shy Albatross |
Rhinoceros Auklet |
Black-and-white Warbler |
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Laysan Albatross |
Horned Puffin |
American Redstart |
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Black-footed Albatross |
Tufted Puffin |
Prothonotary Warbler |
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Short-tailed Albatross |
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Ovenbird |
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PROCELLARIIDAE |
Rock Pigeon (I) |
Northern Waterthrush |
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Northern Fulmar |
Band-tailed Pigeon |
Mourning Warbler |
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Murphy’s Petrel |
Eurasian Collared-Dove (I) |
MacGillivray’s Warbler |
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Mottled Petrel |
White-winged Dove |
Common Yellowthroat |
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Cook’s Petrel |
Mourning Dove |
Hooded Warbler |
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Pink-footed Shearwater |
CUCULIDAE |
Wilson’s Warbler |
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Flesh-footed Shearwater |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
Yellow-breasted Chat |
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Greater Shearwater |
Black-billed Cuckoo |
THRAUPIDAE |
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Wedge-tailed Shearwater |
TYTONIDAE |
Summer Tanager |
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Buller’s Shearwater |
Barn Owl |
Western Tanager |
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Sooty Shearwater |
STRIGIDAE |
EMBERIZIDAE |
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Short-tailed Shearwater |
Flammulated Owl |
Green-tailed Towhee |
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Manx Shearwater |
Western Screech-Owl |
Spotted Towhee |
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HYDROBATIDAE |
Great Horned Owl |
American Tree Sparrow |
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Wilson’s Storm-Petrel |
Snowy Owl |
Chipping Sparrow |
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Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel |
Northern Hawk Owl |
Clay-colored Sparrow |
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Leach’s Storm-Petrel |
Northern Pygmy-Owl |
Brewer’s Sparrow |
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Ashy Storm-Petrel |
Burrowing Owl |
Vesper Sparrow |
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SULIDAE |
Spotted Owl |
Lark Sparrow |
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Blue-footed Booby |
Barred Owl |
Black-throated Sparrow |
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Brown Booby |
Great Gray Owl |
Sage Sparrow |
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PELECANIDAE |
Long-eared Owl |
Lark Bunting |
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American White Pelican |
Short-eared Owl |
Savannah Sparrow |
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Brown Pelican |
Boreal Owl |
Grasshopper Sparrow |
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Northern Saw-whet Owl |
Le Conte’s Sparrow |
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Brandt’s Cormorant |
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Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow |
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Double-crested Cormorant |
Common Nighthawk |
Fox Sparrow |
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Red-faced Cormorant |
Common Poorwill |
Song Sparrow |
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Pelagic Cormorant |
APODIDAE |
Lincoln’s Sparrow |
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FREGATIDAE |
Black Swift |
Swamp Sparrow |
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Magnificent Frigatebird |
Vaux’s Swift |
White-throated Sparrow |
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ARDEIDAE |
White-throated Swift |
Harris’s Sparrow |
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American Bittern |
TROCHILIDAE |
White-crowned Sparrow |
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Great Blue Heron |
Black-chinned Hummingbird |
Golden-crowned Sparrow |
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Great Egret |
Anna’s Hummingbird |
Dark-eyed Junco |
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Snowy Egret |
Costa’s Hummingbird |
Lapland Longspur |
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Little Blue Heron |
Calliope Hummingbird |
Smith's Longspur |
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Cattle Egret |
Broad-tailed Hummingbird |
Chestnut-collared Longspur |
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Green Heron |
Rufous Hummingbird |
Rustic Bunting |
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Black-crowned Night-Heron |
ALCEDINIDAE |
Snow Bunting |
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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
Belted Kingfisher |
McKay’s Bunting |
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THRESKIORNITHIDAE |
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CARDINALIDAE |
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White Ibis |
Lewis’s Woodpecker |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
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Glossy Ibis |
Acorn Woodpecker |
Black-headed Grosbeak |
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White-faced Ibis |
Williamson’s Sapsucker |
Lazuli Bunting |
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CATHARTIDAE |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Indigo Bunting |
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Turkey Vulture |
Red-naped Sapsucker |
Painted Bunting |
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ACCIPITRIDAE |
Red-breasted Sapsucker |
Dickcissel |
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Osprey |
Downy Woodpecker |
ICTERIDAE |
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White-tailed Kite |
Hairy Woodpecker |
Bobolink |
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Bald Eagle |
White-headed Woodpecker |
Red-winged Blackbird |
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Northern Harrier |
Amer. Three-toed Woodpecker |
Tricolored Blackbird |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Black-backed Woodpecker |
Western Meadowlark |
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Cooper’s Hawk |
Northern Flicker |
Yellow-headed Blackbird |
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Northern Goshawk |
Pileated Woodpecker |
Rusty Blackbird |
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Red-shouldered Hawk |
TYRANNIDAE |
Brewer’s Blackbird |
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Broad-winged Hawk |
Olive-sided Flycatcher |
Common Grackle |
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Swainson’s Hawk |
Western Wood-Pewee |
Great-tailed Grackle |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
Alder Flycatcher |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
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Ferruginous Hawk |
Willow Flycatcher |
Orchard Oriole |
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Rough-legged Hawk |
Least Flycatcher |
Hooded Oriole |
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Golden Eagle |
Hammond’s Flycatcher |
Bullock’s Oriole |
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FALCONIDAE |
Gray Flycatcher |
Baltimore Oriole |
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Crested Caracara |
Dusky Flycatcher |
Scott’s Oriole |
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Eurasian Kestrel |
Pacific-slope Flycatcher |
FRINGILLIDAE |
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American Kestrel |
Black Phoebe |
Brambling |
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Merlin |
Eastern Phoebe |
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch |
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Eurasian Hobby |
Say’s Phoebe |
Pine Grosbeak |
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Gyrfalcon |
Vermilion Flycatcher |
Purple Finch |
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Peregrine Falcon |
Ash-throated Flycatcher |
Cassin’s Finch |
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Prairie Falcon |
Tropical Kingbird |
House Finch |
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RALLIDAE |
Western Kingbird |
Red Crossbill |
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Yellow Rail |
Eastern Kingbird |
White-winged Crossbill |
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Virginia Rail |
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher |
Common Redpoll |
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Sora |
Fork-tailed Flycatcher |
Hoary Redpoll |
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American Coot |
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Pine Siskin |
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GRUIDAE |
Loggerhead Shrike |
Lesser Goldfinch |
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Sandhill Crane |
Northern Shrike |
American Goldfinch |
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CHARADRIIDAE |
VIREONIDAE |
Evening Grosbeak |
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Black-bellied Plover |
Yellow-throated Vireo |
PASSERIDAE |
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American Golden-Plover |
Cassin’s Vireo |
House Sparrow (I) |
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Pacific Golden-Plover |
Blue-headed Vireo |
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Snowy Plover |
Hutton’s Vireo |
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Common Ringed Plover |
Warbling Vireo |
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Semipalmated Plover |
Philadelphia Vireo |
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Piping Plover |
Red-eyed Vireo |
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Killdeer |
CORVIDAE |
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Mountain Plover |
Gray Jay |
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Eurasian Dotterel |
Steller’s Jay |
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HAEMATOPODIDAE |
Blue Jay |
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Black Oystercatcher |
Western Scrub-Jay |
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RECURVIROSTRIDAE |
Pinyon Jay |
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Black-necked Stilt |
Clark’s Nutcracker |
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American Avocet |
Black-billed Magpie |
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SCOLOPACIDAE |
American Crow |
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Spotted Sandpiper |
Northwestern Crow |
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Solitary Sandpiper |
Common Raven |
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Gray-tailed Tattler |
ALAUDIDAE |
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Wandering Tattler |
Sky Lark (I) |
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Greater Yellowlegs |
Horned Lark |
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Willet |
HIRUNDINIDAE |
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Lesser Yellowlegs |
Purple Martin |
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Upland Sandpiper |
Tree Swallow |
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Little Curlew |
Violet-green Swallow |
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Whimbrel |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
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Bristle-thighed Curlew |
Bank Swallow |
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Long-billed Curlew |
Cliff Swallow |
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Hudsonian Godwit |
Barn Swallow |
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