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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.

Review 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).

Checklist

ANATIDAE	Bar-tailed Godwit	PARIDAE
Taiga Bean Goose	Marbled Godwit	Black-capped Chickadee
Greater White-fronted Goose	Ruddy Turnstone	Mountain Chickadee
Emperor Goose	Black Turnstone	Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Snow Goose	Surfbird	Boreal Chickadee
Ross’s Goose	Red Knot	AEGITHALIDAE
Brant	Sanderling	Bushtit
Cackling Goose	Semipalmated Sandpiper	SITTIDAE
Canada Goose	Western Sandpiper	Red-breasted Nuthatch
Trumpeter Swan	Red-necked Stint	White-breasted Nuthatch
Tundra Swan	Little Stint	Pygmy Nuthatch
Whooper Swan	Temminck's Stint	CERTHIIDAE
Wood Duck	Least Sandpiper	Brown Creeper
Gadwall	White-rumped Sandpiper	TROGLODYTIDAE
Falcated Duck	Baird’s Sandpiper	Rock Wren
Eurasian Wigeon	Pectoral Sandpiper	Canyon Wren
American Wigeon	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Bewick’s Wren
American Black Duck	Rock Sandpiper	House Wren
Mallard	Dunlin	Winter Wren
Blue-winged Teal	Curlew Sandpiper	Marsh Wren
Cinnamon Teal	Stilt Sandpiper	CINCLIDAE
Northern Shoveler	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	American Dipper
Northern Pintail	Ruff	REGULIDAE
Garganey	Short-billed Dowitcher	Golden-crowned Kinglet
Baikal Teal	Long-billed Dowitcher	Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Green-winged Teal	Wilson's Snipe	SYLVIIDAE
Canvasback	Wilson’s Phalarope	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Redhead	Red-necked Phalarope	TURDIDAE
Ring-necked Duck	Red Phalarope	Northern Wheatear
Tufted Duck	LARIDAE	Western Bluebird
Greater Scaup	Laughing Gull	Mountain Bluebird
Lesser Scaup	Franklin’s Gull	Townsend’s Solitaire
Steller’s Eider	Little Gull	Veery
King Eider	Black-headed Gull	Gray-cheeked Thrush
Common Eider	Bonaparte’s Gull	Swainson’s Thrush
Harlequin Duck	Heermann’s Gull	Hermit Thrush
Surf Scoter	Black-tailed Gull	Redwing
White-winged Scoter	Mew Gull	American Robin
Black Scoter	Ring-billed Gull	Varied Thrush
Long-tailed Duck	California Gull	MIMIDAE
Bufflehead	Herring Gull	Gray Catbird
Common Goldeneye	Thayer’s Gull	Northern Mockingbird
Barrow’s Goldeneye	Iceland Gull	Sage Thrasher
Smew	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Brown Thrasher
Hooded Merganser	Slaty-backed Gull	STURNIDAE
Common Merganser	Western Gull	European Starling (I)
Red-breasted Merganser	Glaucous-winged Gull	PRUNELLIDAE
Ruddy Duck	Glaucous Gull	Siberian Accentor
PHASIANIDAE	Great Black-backed Gull	MOTACILLIDAE
Chukar (I)	Sabine’s Gull	Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Gray Partridge (I)	Black-legged Kittiwake	White Wagtail
Ring-necked Pheasant (I)	Red-legged Kittiwake	Red-throated Pipit
Ruffed Grouse	Ross’s Gull	American Pipit
Greater Sage-Grouse	Ivory Gull	BOMBYCILLIDAE
Spruce Grouse	Least Tern	Bohemian Waxwing
White-tailed Ptarmigan	Caspian Tern	Cedar Waxwing
Dusky Grouse	Black Tern	PARULIDAE
Sooty Grouse	Common Tern	Blue-winged Warbler
Sharp-tailed Grouse	Arctic Tern	Golden-winged Warbler
Wild Turkey (I)	Forster’s Tern	Tennessee Warbler
ODONTOPHORIDAE	Elegant Tern	Orange-crowned Warbler
Mountain Quail	STERCORARIIDAE	Nashville Warbler
California Quail (I)	South Polar Skua	Northern Parula
Northern Bobwhite (I)	Pomarine Jaeger	Yellow Warbler
GAVIIDAE	Parasitic Jaeger	Chestnut-sided Warbler
Red-throated Loon	Long-tailed Jaeger	Magnolia Warbler
Arctic Loon	ALCIDAE	Cape May Warbler
Pacific Loon	Common Murre	Black-throated Blue Warbler
Common Loon	Thick-billed Murre	Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-billed Loon	Pigeon Guillemot	Black-throated Gray Warbler
PODICIPEDIDAE	Long-billed Murrelet	Black-throated Green Warbler
Pied-billed Grebe	Marbled Murrelet	Townsend’s Warbler
Horned Grebe	Kittlitz’s Murrelet	Hermit Warbler
Red-necked Grebe	Xantus’s Murrelet	Blackburnian Warbler
Eared Grebe	Ancient Murrelet	Yellow-throated Warbler
Western Grebe	Cassin’s Auklet	Palm Warbler
Clark’s Grebe	Parakeet Auklet	Bay-breasted Warbler
DIOMEDEIDAE	Whiskered Auklet	Blackpoll Warbler
Shy Albatross	Rhinoceros Auklet	Black-and-white Warbler
Laysan Albatross	Horned Puffin	American Redstart
Black-footed Albatross	Tufted Puffin	Prothonotary Warbler
Short-tailed Albatross	COLUMBIDAE	Ovenbird
PROCELLARIIDAE	Rock Pigeon (I)	Northern Waterthrush
Northern Fulmar	Band-tailed Pigeon	Mourning Warbler
Murphy’s Petrel	Eurasian Collared-Dove (I)	MacGillivray’s Warbler
Mottled Petrel	White-winged Dove	Common Yellowthroat
Cook’s Petrel	Mourning Dove	Hooded Warbler
Pink-footed Shearwater	CUCULIDAE	Wilson’s Warbler
Flesh-footed Shearwater	Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Yellow-breasted Chat
Greater Shearwater	Black-billed Cuckoo	THRAUPIDAE
Wedge-tailed Shearwater	TYTONIDAE	Summer Tanager
Buller’s Shearwater	Barn Owl	Western Tanager
Sooty Shearwater	STRIGIDAE	EMBERIZIDAE
Short-tailed Shearwater	Flammulated Owl	Green-tailed Towhee
Manx Shearwater	Western Screech-Owl	Spotted Towhee
HYDROBATIDAE	Great Horned Owl	American Tree Sparrow
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel	Snowy Owl	Chipping Sparrow
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel	Northern Hawk Owl	Clay-colored Sparrow
Leach’s Storm-Petrel	Northern Pygmy-Owl	Brewer’s Sparrow
Ashy Storm-Petrel	Burrowing Owl	Vesper Sparrow
SULIDAE	Spotted Owl	Lark Sparrow
Blue-footed Booby	Barred Owl	Black-throated Sparrow
Brown Booby	Great Gray Owl	Sage Sparrow
PELECANIDAE	Long-eared Owl	Lark Bunting
American White Pelican	Short-eared Owl	Savannah Sparrow
Brown Pelican	Boreal Owl	Grasshopper Sparrow
PHALACROCORACIDAE	Northern Saw-whet Owl	Le Conte’s Sparrow
Brandt’s Cormorant	CAPRIMULGIDAE	Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Double-crested Cormorant	Common Nighthawk	Fox Sparrow
Red-faced Cormorant	Common Poorwill	Song Sparrow
Pelagic Cormorant	APODIDAE	Lincoln’s Sparrow
FREGATIDAE	Black Swift	Swamp Sparrow
Magnificent Frigatebird	Vaux’s Swift	White-throated Sparrow
ARDEIDAE	White-throated Swift	Harris’s Sparrow
American Bittern	TROCHILIDAE	White-crowned Sparrow
Great Blue Heron	Black-chinned Hummingbird	Golden-crowned Sparrow
Great Egret	Anna’s Hummingbird	Dark-eyed Junco
Snowy Egret	Costa’s Hummingbird	Lapland Longspur
Little Blue Heron	Calliope Hummingbird	Smith's Longspur
Cattle Egret	Broad-tailed Hummingbird	Chestnut-collared Longspur
Green Heron	Rufous Hummingbird	Rustic Bunting
Black-crowned Night-Heron	ALCEDINIDAE	Snow Bunting
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	Belted Kingfisher	McKay’s Bunting
THRESKIORNITHIDAE	PICIDAE	CARDINALIDAE
White Ibis	Lewis’s Woodpecker	Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Glossy Ibis	Acorn Woodpecker	Black-headed Grosbeak
White-faced Ibis	Williamson’s Sapsucker	Lazuli Bunting
CATHARTIDAE	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Indigo Bunting
Turkey Vulture	Red-naped Sapsucker	Painted Bunting
ACCIPITRIDAE	Red-breasted Sapsucker	Dickcissel
Osprey	Downy Woodpecker	ICTERIDAE
White-tailed Kite	Hairy Woodpecker	Bobolink
Bald Eagle	White-headed Woodpecker	Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Harrier	Amer. Three-toed Woodpecker	Tricolored Blackbird
Sharp-shinned Hawk	Black-backed Woodpecker	Western Meadowlark
Cooper’s Hawk	Northern Flicker	Yellow-headed Blackbird
Northern Goshawk	Pileated Woodpecker	Rusty Blackbird
Red-shouldered Hawk	TYRANNIDAE	Brewer’s Blackbird
Broad-winged Hawk	Olive-sided Flycatcher	Common Grackle
Swainson’s Hawk	Western Wood-Pewee	Great-tailed Grackle
Red-tailed Hawk	Alder Flycatcher	Brown-headed Cowbird
Ferruginous Hawk	Willow Flycatcher	Orchard Oriole
Rough-legged Hawk	Least Flycatcher	Hooded Oriole
Golden Eagle	Hammond’s Flycatcher	Bullock’s Oriole
FALCONIDAE	Gray Flycatcher	Baltimore Oriole
Crested Caracara	Dusky Flycatcher	Scott’s Oriole
Eurasian Kestrel	Pacific-slope Flycatcher	FRINGILLIDAE
American Kestrel	Black Phoebe	Brambling
Merlin	Eastern Phoebe	Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Eurasian Hobby	Say’s Phoebe	Pine Grosbeak
Gyrfalcon	Vermilion Flycatcher	Purple Finch
Peregrine Falcon	Ash-throated Flycatcher	Cassin’s Finch
Prairie Falcon	Tropical Kingbird	House Finch
RALLIDAE	Western Kingbird	Red Crossbill
Yellow Rail	Eastern Kingbird	White-winged Crossbill
Virginia Rail	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Common Redpoll
Sora	Fork-tailed Flycatcher	Hoary Redpoll
American Coot	LANIIDAE	Pine Siskin
GRUIDAE	Loggerhead Shrike	Lesser Goldfinch
Sandhill Crane	Northern Shrike	American Goldfinch
CHARADRIIDAE	VIREONIDAE	Evening Grosbeak
Black-bellied Plover	Yellow-throated Vireo	PASSERIDAE
American Golden-Plover	Cassin’s Vireo	House Sparrow (I)
Pacific Golden-Plover	Blue-headed Vireo
Snowy Plover	Hutton’s Vireo
Common Ringed Plover	Warbling Vireo
Semipalmated Plover	Philadelphia Vireo
Piping Plover	Red-eyed Vireo
Killdeer	CORVIDAE
Mountain Plover	Gray Jay
Eurasian Dotterel	Steller’s Jay
HAEMATOPODIDAE	Blue Jay
Black Oystercatcher	Western Scrub-Jay
RECURVIROSTRIDAE	Pinyon Jay
Black-necked Stilt	Clark’s Nutcracker
American Avocet	Black-billed Magpie
SCOLOPACIDAE	American Crow
Spotted Sandpiper	Northwestern Crow
Solitary Sandpiper	Common Raven
Gray-tailed Tattler	ALAUDIDAE
Wandering Tattler	Sky Lark (I)
Greater Yellowlegs	Horned Lark
Willet	HIRUNDINIDAE
Lesser Yellowlegs	Purple Martin
Upland Sandpiper	Tree Swallow
Little Curlew	Violet-green Swallow
Whimbrel	Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bristle-thighed Curlew	Bank Swallow
Long-billed Curlew	Cliff Swallow
Hudsonian Godwit	Barn Swallow

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