Checklist of Washington Birds

Compiled through October 2011
by the Washington Bird Records Committee


The Washington Bird Records Committee considers the natural occurrence of the following birds to be adequately documented by specimens, photographs, sound recordings, and written reports. The state list now stands at 502 species. Nine of these are represented by single-person sight records which the Committee believes are valid and are indicated by (s). The Committee intends to transition from "single-person sight records" to a new standard of "sight only" records, but a thorough review of the archives has not yet been concluded. Introduced species are indicated by (I). Four species have not been documented in the state during the past 60 years. These species have the year of the most recent record in parentheses.

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 hybridize 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 (2000-2010).
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Fulvous Whistling Duck (1905) Broad-winged Hawk Tufted Puffin Gray-cheeked Thrush
Taiga Bean Goose Swainson’s Hawk Rock Pigeon (I) Swainson's Thrush
Greater White-fronted Goose Red-tailed Hawk Band-tailed Pigeon Hermit Thrush
Emperor Goose Ferruginous Hawk Eurasian Collared-Dove (I) Dusky Thrush (s)
Snow Goose Rough-legged Hawk White-winged Dove Redwing
Ross’s Goose Golden Eagle Mourning Dove American Robin
Brant Crested Caracara Yellow-billed Cuckoo Varied Thrush
Cackling Goose Eurasian Kestrel Black-billed Cuckoo Gray Catbird
Canada Goose American Kestrel Barn Owl Northern Mockingbird
Trumpeter Swan Merlin Flammulated Owl Sage Thrasher
Tundra Swan Eurasian Hobby Western Screech-Owl Brown Thrasher
Whooper Swan Gyrfalcon Great Horned Owl European Starling (I)
Wood Duck Peregrine Falcon Snowy Owl Siberian Accentor
Gadwall Prairie Falcon Northern Hawk Owl Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Falcated Duck Yellow Rail Northern Pygmy-Owl White Wagtail
Eurasian Wigeon Virginia Rail Burrowing Owl Red-throated Pipit
American Wigeon Sora Spotted Owl American Pipit
Mallard American Coot Barred Owl Bohemian Waxwing
Blue-winged Teal Sandhill Crane Great Gray Owl Cedar Waxwing
Cinnamon Teal Black-bellied Plover Long-eared Owl Phainopepla (s)
Northern Shoveler American Golden-Plover Short-eared Owl Lapland Longspur
Northern Pintail Pacific Golden-Plover Boreal Owl Chestnut-collared Longspur
Garganey Lesser Sand-Plover Northern Saw-whet Owl Smith's Longspur
Baikal Teal Snowy Plover Common Nighthawk Snow Bunting
Green-winged Teal Common Ringed Plover Common Poorwill McKay's Bunting
Canvasback Semipalmated Plover Black Swift Ovenbird
Redhead Piping Plover Vaux's Swift Northern Waterthrush
Ring-necked Duck Killdeer White-throated Swift Golden-winged Warbler
Tufted Duck Mountain Plover Ruby-throated Hummingbird (s) Blue-winged Warbler
Greater Scaup Eurasian Dotterel Black-chinned Hummingbird Black-and-white Warbler
Lesser Scaup Black Oystercatcher Anna's Hummingbird Prothonotary Warbler
Steller’s Eider Black-necked Stilt Costa's Hummingbird Tennessee Warbler
King Eider American Avocet Calliope Hummingbird Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Eider Spotted Sandpiper Broad-tailed Hummingbird Nashville Warbler
Harlequin Duck Solitary Sandpiper Rufous Hummingbird MacGillivray's Warbler
Surf Scoter Gray-tailed Tattler Allen's Hummingbird (1894) Mourning Warbler
White-winged Scoter Wandering Tattler Belted Kingfisher Kentucky Warbler (s)
Black Scoter Greater Yellowlegs Lewis's Woodpecker Common Yellowthroat
Long-tailed Duck Willet Acorn Woodpecker Hooded Warbler
Bufflehead Lesser Yellowlegs Williamson's Sapsucker American Redstart
Common Goldeneye Wood Sandpiper Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Cape May Warbler
Barrow’s Goldeneye Upland Sandpiper Red-naped Sapsucker Northern Parula
Smew Little Curlew Red-breasted Sapsucker Magnolia Warbler
Hooded Merganser Whimbrel Downy Woodpecker Bay-breasted Warbler
Common Merganser Bristle-thighed Curlew Hairy Woodpecker Blackburnian Warbler
Red-breasted Merganser Long-billed Curlew White-headed Woodpecker Yellow Warbler
Ruddy Duck Hudsonian Godwit Amer. Three-toed Woodpecker Chestnut-sided Warbler
Mountain Quail Bar-tailed Godwit Black-backed Woodpecker Blackpoll Warbler
California Quail (I) Marbled Godwit Northern Flicker Black-throated Blue Warbler
Northern Bobwhite (I) Ruddy Turnstone Pileated Woodpecker Palm Warbler
Chukar (I) Black Turnstone Olive-sided Flycatcher Yellow-rumped Warbler
Gray Partridge (I) Surfbird Greater Pewee (s) Yellow-throated Warbler
Ring-necked Pheasant (I) Great Knot(s) Western Wood-Pewee Prairie Warbler (s)
Ruffed Grouse Red Knot Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Black-throated Gray Warbler
Greater Sage-Grouse Sanderling Alder Flycatcher Townsend's Warbler
Spruce Grouse Semipalmated Sandpiper Willow Flycatcher Hermit Warbler
White-tailed Ptarmigan Western Sandpiper Least Flycatcher Black-throated Green Warbler
Dusky Grouse Red-necked Stint Hammond's Flycatcher Canada Warbler
Sooty Grouse Little Stint Gray Flycatcher Wilson’s Warbler
Sharp-tailed Grouse Temminck's Stint Dusky Flycatcher Yellow-breasted Chat
Wild Turkey (I) Least Sandpiper Pacific-slope Flycatcher Green-tailed Towhee
Red-throated Loon White-rumped Sandpiper Black Phoebe Spotted Towhee
Arctic Loon Baird's Sandpiper Eastern Phoebe American Tree Sparrow
Pacific Loon Pectoral Sandpiper Say's Phoebe Chipping Sparrow
Common Loon Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Vermilion Flycatcher Clay-colored Sparrow
Yellow-billed Loon Rock Sandpiper Ash-throated Flycatcher Brewer’s Sparrow
Pied-billed Grebe Dunlin Variegated Flycatcher Vesper Sparrow
Horned Grebe Curlew Sandpiper Tropical Kingbird Lark Sparrow
Red-necked Grebe Stilt Sandpiper Western Kingbird Black-throated Sparrow
Eared Grebe Buff-breasted Sandpiper Eastern Kingbird Sage Sparrow
Western Grebe Ruff Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Lark Bunting
Clark’s Grebe Short-billed Dowitcher Fork-tailed Flycatcher Savannah Sparrow
Shy Albatross Long-billed Dowitcher Loggerhead Shrike Grasshopper Sparrow
Laysan Albatross Jack Snipe (s) Northern Shrike Le Conte’s Sparrow
Black-footed Albatross Wilson's Snipe White-eyed Vireo (s) Nelson’s Sparrow
Short-tailed Albatross Wilson's Phalarope Bell's Vireo Fox Sparrow
Northern Fulmar Red-necked Phalarope Yellow-throated Vireo Song Sparrow
Murphy’s Petrel Red Phalarope Cassin's Vireo Lincoln’s Sparrow
Solander's Petrel Black-legged Kittiwake Blue-headed Vireo Swamp Sparrow
Mottled Petrel Red-legged Kittiwake Hutton's Vireo White-throated Sparrow
Hawaiian Petrel Ivory Gull Warbling Vireo Harris’s Sparrow
Cook’s Petrel Sabine's Gull Philadelphia Vireo White-crowned Sparrow
Pink-footed Shearwater Bonaparte's Gull Red-eyed Vireo Golden-crowned Sparrow
Flesh-footed Shearwater Black-headed Gull Gray Jay Dark-eyed Junco
Great Shearwater Little Gull Pinyon Jay Rustic Bunting
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ross's Gull Steller's Jay Summer Tanager
Buller’s Shearwater Laughing Gull Blue Jay Western Tanager
Sooty Shearwater Franklin’s Gull Western Scrub-Jay Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Short-tailed Shearwater Black-tailed Gull Clark's Nutcracker Black-headed Grosbeak
Manx Shearwater Heermann's Gull Black-billed Magpie Lazuli Bunting
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Mew Gull American Crow Indigo Bunting
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Ring-billed Gull Northwestern Crow Painted Bunting
Leach’s Storm-Petrel Western Gull Common Raven Dickcissel
Ashy Storm-Petrel California Gull Sky Lark (I) Bobolink
Red-billed Tropicbird (1941) Herring Gull Horned Lark Red-winged Blackbird
Magnificent Frigatebird Thayer's Gull Purple Martin Tricolored Blackbird
Blue-footed Booby Iceland Gull Tree Swallow Western Meadowlark
Brown Booby Lesser Black-backed Gull Violet-green Swallow Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brandt’s Cormorant Slaty-backed Gull No. Rough-winged Swallow Rusty Blackbird
Double-crested Cormorant Glaucous-winged Gull Bank Swallow Brewer’s Blackbird
Red-faced Cormorant Glaucous Gull Cliff Swallow Common Grackle
Pelagic Cormorant Great Black-backed Gull Barn Swallow Great-tailed Grackle
American White Pelican Least Tern Black-capped Chickadee Brown-headed Cowbird
Brown Pelican Caspian Tern Mountain Chickadee Orchard Oriole
American Bittern Black Tern Chestnut-backed Chickadee Hooded Oriole
Great Blue Heron Common Tern Boreal Chickadee Bullock’s Oriole
Great Egret Arctic Tern Bushtit Baltimore Oriole
Snowy Egret Forster's Tern Red-breasted Nuthatch Scott’s Oriole
Little Blue Heron Elegant Tern White-breasted Nuthatch Brambling
Cattle Egret South Polar Skua Pygmy Nuthatch Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Green Heron Pomarine Jaeger Brown Creeper Pine Grosbeak
Black-crowned Night-Heron Parasitic Jaeger Rock Wren Purple Finch
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Long-tailed Jaeger Canyon Wren Cassin’s Finch
White Ibis Common Murre Bewick's Wren House Finch
Glossy Ibis Thick-billed Murre House Wren Red Crossbill
White-faced Ibis Pigeon Guillemot Pacific Wren White-winged Crossbill
Turkey Vulture Long-billed Murrelet Marsh Wren Common Redpoll
California Condor (1897) Marbled Murrelet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Hoary Redpoll
Osprey Kittlitz's Murrelet American Dipper Pine Siskin
White-tailed Kite Xantus's Murrelet Golden-crowned Kinglet Lesser Goldfinch
Bald Eagle Ancient Murrelet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Lawrence's Goldfinch
Northern Harrier Cassin's Auklet Northern Wheatear American Goldfinch
Sharp-shinned Hawk Parakeet Auklet Western Bluebird Evening Grosbeak
Cooper’s Hawk Whiskered Auklet Mountain Bluebird House Sparrow (I)
Northern Goshawk Rhinoceros Auklet Townsend's Solitaire  
Red-shouldered Hawk Horned Puffin Veery