Species List

Common name	Genus	Species
Common Loon	Gavia	immer	ID Guide
Pied-billed Grebe	Podilymbus	podiceps	ID Guide
Horned Grebe	Podiceps	auritus	ID Guide
Eared Grebe	Podiceps	nigricollis	ID Guide
Double-crested Cormorant	Phalacrocorax	auritus	ID Guide
American Bittern	Botaurus	lentiginosus	ID Guide
Least Bittern	Ixobrychus	exilis	ID Guide
Great Blue Heron	Ardea	herodias	ID Guide
Great Egret	Ardea	alba	ID Guide
Little Blue Heron	Egretta	caerulea	ID Guide
Cattle Egret	Ardeola	ibis	ID Guide
Green Heron	Butorides	virescens	ID Guide
Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax	nycticorax	ID Guide
Yellow-crowned Night Heron	Nyctanassa	violacea	ID Guide
Turkey Vulture	Cathartes	aura	ID Guide
White-fronted Goose	Anser	albifrons	ID Guide
Snow Goose	Chen	caerulescens	ID Guide
Canada Goose	Branta	canadensis	ID Guide
Mute Swan	Cygnus	olor	ID Guide
Tundra Swan	Cygnus	columbianus	ID Guide
Wood Duck	Aix	sponsa	ID Guide
Gadwall	Anas	strepera	ID Guide
American Wigeon	Anas	americana	ID Guide
Black Duck	Anas	rubripes	ID Guide
Mallard	Anas	platyrhynchos	ID Guide
Blue-winged Teal	Anas	discors	ID Guide
Northern Shoveler	Anas	clypeata	ID Guide
Northern Pintail	Anas	acuta	ID Guide
Green-winged Teal	Anas	crecca	ID Guide
Canvasback	Aythya	valisineria	ID Guide
Redhead	Aythya	americana	ID Guide
Ring-necked Duck	Aythya	collaris	ID Guide
Greater Scaup	Aythya	marila	ID Guide
Lesser Scaup	Aythya	affinis	ID Guide
Surf Scoter	Melanitta	perspicillata	ID Guide
White-winged Scoter	Melanitta	fusca	ID Guide
Black Scoter	Melanitta	nigra	ID Guide
Oldsquaw	Clangula	hyemalis	ID Guide
Bufflehead	Bucephala	albeola	ID Guide
Common Goldeneye	Bucephala	clangula	ID Guide
Hooded Merganser	Lophodytes	cucullatus	ID Guide
Common Merganser	Mergus	merganser	ID Guide
Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus	serrator	ID Guide
Ruddy Duck	Oxyura	jamaicensis	ID Guide
Osprey	Pandion	haliaetus	ID Guide
Bald Eagle	Haliaeetus	leucocephalus	ID Guide
Northern Harrier	Circus	cyaneus	ID Guide
Sharp-shinned Hawk	Accipiter	striatus	ID Guide
Cooper's Hawk	Accipiter	cooperii	ID Guide
Northern Goshawk	Accipiter	gentilis	ID Guide
Red-shouldered Hawk	Buteo	lineatus	ID Guide
Broad-winged Hawk	Buteo	platypterus	ID Guide
Swainson's Hawk	Buteo	swainsoni	ID Guide
Red-tailed Hawk	Buteo	jamaicensis	ID Guide
Rough-legged Hawk	Buteo	lagopus	ID Guide
Golden Eagle	Aquila	chrysaetos	ID Guide
American Kestrel	Falco	sparverius	ID Guide
Merlin	Falco	columbarius	ID Guide
Peregrine Falcon	Falco	peregrinus	ID Guide
Gray Partridge	Perdix	perdix	ID Guide
Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus	colchicus	ID Guide
Wild Turkey	Meleagris	gallopavo	ID Guide
Bobwhite	Colinus	virginianus	ID Guide
King Rail	Rallus	elegans	ID Guide
Virginia Rail	Rallus	limicola	ID Guide
Sora	Porzana	carolina	ID Guide
Common Moorhen	Gallinula	chloropus	ID Guide
American Coot	Fulica	americana	ID Guide
Sandhill Crane	Grus	canadensis	ID Guide
Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis	squatarola	ID Guide
American Golden Plover	Pluvialis	dominicus	ID Guide
Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius	semipalmatus	ID Guide
Killdeer	Charadrius	vociferus	ID Guide
Greater Yellowlegs	Tringa	melanoleuca	ID Guide
Solitary Sandpiper	Tringa	solitaria	ID Guide
Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa	flavipes	ID Guide
Willet	Catoptrophorus	semipalmatus	ID Guide
Spotted Sandpiper	Actitis	macularia	ID Guide
Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia	longicauda	ID Guide
Whimbrel	Numenius	phaeopus	ID Guide
Hudsonian Godwit	Limosa	haemastica	ID Guide
Marbled Godwit	Limosa	fedoa	ID Guide
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria	interpres	ID Guide
Red Knot	Calidris	canutus	ID Guide
Sanderling	Calidris	alba	ID Guide
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Calidris	pusilla	ID Guide
Western Sandpiper	Calidris	mauri	ID Guide
Least Sandpiper	Calidris	minutilla	ID Guide
White-rumped Sandpiper	Calidris	fuscicollis	ID Guide
Baird's Sandpiper	Calidris	bairdii	ID Guide
Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris	melanotos	ID Guide
Dunlin	Calidris	alpina	ID Guide
Stilt Sandpiper	Micropalama	himantopus	ID Guide
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Tryngites	subruficollis	ID Guide
Short-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus	griseus	ID Guide
Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus	scolopaceus	ID Guide
Common Snipe	Gallinago	gallinago	ID Guide
American Woodcock	Scolopax	minor	ID Guide
Wilson's Phalarope	Phalaropus	tricolor	ID Guide
Northern Phalarope	Phalaropus	lobatus	ID Guide
Laughing Gull	Larus	atricilla	ID Guide
Franklin's Gull	Larus	pipixcan	ID Guide
Little Gull	Larus	minutus	ID Guide
Bonaparte's Gull	Larus	philadelphia	ID Guide
Ring-billed Gull	Larus	delawarensis	ID Guide
Herring Gull	Larus	argentatus	ID Guide
Thayer's Gull	Larus	thayeri	ID Guide
Iceland Gull	Larus	glaucoides	ID Guide
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus	fuscus	ID Guide
Glaucous Gull	Larus	hyperboreus	ID Guide
Great Black-backed Gull	Larus	marinus	ID Guide
Black-legged Kittiwake	Rissa	tridactyla	ID Guide
Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne	caspia	ID Guide
Common Tern	Sterna	hirundo	ID Guide
Forster's Tern	Sterna	forsteri	ID Guide
Black Tern	Chlidonias	niger	ID Guide
Rock Dove	Columba	livia	ID Guide
Mourning Dove	Zenaida	macroura	ID Guide
Monk Parakeet	Myiopsittaca	monachus
Black-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus	erythropthalmus	ID Guide
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus	americanus	ID Guide
Eastern Screech-Owl	Otus	asio	ID Guide
Great Horned Owl	Bubo	virginianus	ID Guide
Snowy Owl	Nyctia	scandiacea	ID Guide
Barred Owl	Strix	varia	ID Guide
Long-eared Owl	Asio	otus	ID Guide
Short-eared Owl	Asio	flammeus	ID Guide
Saw-whet Owl	Aegolius	acadicus	ID Guide
Common Nighthawk	Chordeiles	minor	ID Guide
Whip-poor-will	Caprimulgus	vociferus	ID Guide
Chimney Swift	Chaetura	pelagica	ID Guide
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Archilochus	colubris	ID Guide
Belted Kingfisher	Ceryle	alcyon	ID Guide
Red-headed Woodpecker	Melanerpes	erythrocephalus	ID Guide
Red-bellied Woodpecker	Melanerpes	carolinus	ID Guide
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Sphyrapicus	varius	ID Guide
Downy Woodpecker	Picoides	pubescens	ID Guide
Hairy Woodpecker	Picoides	villosus	ID Guide
Pileated Woodpecker	Dryocopus	pileatus	ID Guide
Northern Flicker	Colaptes	auratus	ID Guide
Olive-sided Flycatcher	Contopus	borealis	ID Guide
Eastern Wood Pewee	Contopus	virens	ID Guide
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Empidonax	flaviventris	ID Guide
Acadian Flycatcher	Empidonax	virescens	ID Guide
Alder Flycatcher	Empidonax	alnorum	ID Guide
Willow Flycatcher	Empidonax	traillii	ID Guide
Least Flycatcher	Empidonax	minimus	ID Guide
Eastern Phoebe	Sayornis	phoebe	ID Guide
Great Crested Flycatcher	Myiarchus	crinitus	ID Guide
Eastern Kingbird	Tyrannus	tyrannus	ID Guide
Loggerhead Shrike	Lanius	ludovicianus	ID Guide
Northern Shrike	Lanius	excubitor	ID Guide
White-eyed Vireo	Vireo	griseus	ID Guide
Bell's Vireo	Vireo	bellii	ID Guide
Yellow-throated Vireo	Vireo	flavifrons	ID Guide
Solitary Vireo	Vireo	solitarius
Warbling Vireo	Vireo	gilvus	ID Guide
Philadelphia Vireo	Vireo	philadelphicus	ID Guide
Red-eyed Vireo	Vireo	olivaceus	ID Guide
Blue Jay	Cyanocitta	cristata	ID Guide
American Crow	Corvus	brachyrhynchos	ID Guide
Horned Lark	Eremophila	alpestris	ID Guide
Purple Martin	Progne	subis	ID Guide
Tree Swallow	Tachycineta	bicolor	ID Guide
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Stelgidopteryx	serripennis	ID Guide
Bank Swallow	Riparia	riparia	ID Guide
Cliff Swallow	Petrochelidon	pyrrhonota	ID Guide
Barn Swallow	Hirundo	rustica	ID Guide
Black-capped Chickadee	Poecile	atricapillus	ID Guide
Tufted Titmouse	Baeolophus	bicolor	ID Guide
Red-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta	canadensis	ID Guide
White-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta	carolinensis	ID Guide
Brown Creeper	Certhia	americana	ID Guide
Carolina Wren	Thryothorus	ludovicianus	ID Guide
Northern House-Wren	Troglodytes	aedon	ID Guide
Winter Wren	Troglodytes	troglodytes	ID Guide
Sedge Wren	Cistothorus	platensis	ID Guide
Marsh Wren	Cistothorus	palustris	ID Guide
Golden-crowned Kinglet	Regulus	satrapa	ID Guide
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Regulus	calendula	ID Guide
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Polioptila	caerulea	ID Guide
Eastern Bluebird	Sialia	sialis	ID Guide
Veery	Catharus	fuscescens	ID Guide
Gray-cheeked Thrush	Catharus	minimus	ID Guide
Swainson's Thrush	Catharus	ustulatus	ID Guide
Hermit Thrush	Catharus	guttatus	ID Guide
Wood Thrush	Hylocichla	mustelina	ID Guide
American Robin	Turdus	migratorius	ID Guide
Gray Catbird	Dumetella	carolinensis	ID Guide
Northern Mockingbird	Mimus	polyglottos	ID Guide
Brown Thrasher	Toxostoma	rufum	ID Guide
European Starling	Sturnus	vulgaris	ID Guide
American Pipit	Anthus	rubescens	ID Guide
Cedar Waxwing	Bombycilla	cedrorum	ID Guide
Blue-winged Warbler	Vermivora	pinus	ID Guide
Golden-winged Warbler	Vermivora	chrysoptera	ID Guide
Tennessee Warbler	Vermivora	peregrina	ID Guide
Orange-crowned Warbler	Vermivora	celata	ID Guide
Nashville Warbler	Vermivora	ruficapilla	ID Guide
Northern Parula	Parula	americana	ID Guide
Yellow Warbler	Dendroica	petechia	ID Guide
Chestnut-sided Warbler	Dendroica	pensylvanica	ID Guide
Magnolia Warbler	Dendroica	magnolia	ID Guide
Cape May Warbler	Dendroica	tigrina	ID Guide
Black-throated Blue Warbler	Dendroica	caerulescens	ID Guide
Yellow-rumped Warbler	Dendroica	coronata	ID Guide
Black-throated Green Warbler	Dendroica	virens	ID Guide
Blackburnian Warbler	Dendroica	fusca	ID Guide
Yellow-throated Warbler	Dendroica	dominica	ID Guide
Pine Warbler	Dendroica	pinus	ID Guide
Palm Warbler	Dendroica	palmarum	ID Guide
Bay-breasted Warbler	Dendroica	castanea	ID Guide
Blackpoll Warbler	Dendroica	striata	ID Guide
Cerulean Warbler	Dendroica	cerulea	ID Guide
Black-and-white Warbler	Mniotilta	varia	ID Guide
American Redstart	Setophaga	ruticilla	ID Guide
Prothonotary Warbler	Protonotaria	citrea	ID Guide
Worm-eating Warbler	Helmitheros	vermivorus	ID Guide
Ovenbird	Seiurus	aurocapillus	ID Guide
Northern Waterthrush	Seiurus	noveboracensis	ID Guide
Louisiana Waterthrush	Seiurus	motacilla	ID Guide
Kentucky Warbler	Oporornis	formosus	ID Guide
Connecticut Warbler	Oporornis	agilis	ID Guide
Mourning Warbler	Oporornis	philapelphia	ID Guide
Common Yellowthroat	Geothlypis	trichas	ID Guide
Hooded Warbler	Wilsonia	citrina	ID Guide
Wilson's Warbler	Wilsonia	pusilla	ID Guide
Canada Warbler	Wilsonia	canadensis	ID Guide
Yellow-breasted Chat	Icteria	virens	ID Guide
Summer Tanager	Piranga	rubra	ID Guide
Scarlet Tanager	Piranga	olivacea	ID Guide
Eastern Towhee	Pipilo	erythrophthalmus	ID Guide
American Tree Sparrow	Spizella	arborea	ID Guide
Chipping Sparrow	Spizella	passerina	ID Guide
Clay-colored Sparrow	Spizella	pallida	ID Guide
Field Sparrow	Spizella	pusilla	ID Guide
Vesper Sparrow	Pooecetes	gramineus	ID Guide
Lark Sparrow	Chondestes	grammacus	ID Guide
Savannah Sparrow	Passerculus	sandwichensis	ID Guide
Grasshopper Sparrow	Ammodramus	savannarum	ID Guide
Henslow's Sparrow	Ammodramus	henslowii	ID Guide
LeConte's Sparrow	Ammodramus	leconteii	ID Guide
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow	Ammodramus	nelsoni	ID Guide
Fox Sparrow	Passerella	iliaca	ID Guide
Song Sparrow	Melospiza	melodia	ID Guide
Lincoln's Sparrow	Melospiza	lincolnii	ID Guide
Swamp Sparrow	Melospiza	georgiana	ID Guide
White-throated Sparrow	Zonotrichia	albicollis	ID Guide
Harris' Sparrow	Zonotrichia	querula	ID Guide
White-crowned Sparrow	Zonotrichia	leucophrys	ID Guide
Dark-eyed Junco	Junco	hyemalis	ID Guide
Lapland Longspur	Calcarius	lapponicus	ID Guide
Snow Bunting	Plectrophenax	nivalis	ID Guide
Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis	cardinali	ID Guide
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Pheucticus	ludovicianus	ID Guide
Blue Grosbeak	Passerina	caerulea	ID Guide
Indigo Bunting	Passerina	cyanea	ID Guide
Dickcissel	Spiza	americana	ID Guide
Bobolink	Dolichonyx	oryzivorus	ID Guide
Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius	phoeniceus	ID Guide
Eastern Meadowlark	Sturnella	magna	ID Guide
Western Meadowlark	Sturnella	neglecta	ID Guide
Yellow-headed Blackbird	Xanthocephalus	xanthocephalus	ID Guide
Rusty Blackbird	Euphagus	carolinus	ID Guide
Brewer's Blackbird	Euphagus	cyanocephalus	ID Guide
Common Grackle	Quiscalus	quiscala	ID Guide
Brown-headed Cowbird	Molothrus	ater	ID Guide
Orchard Oriole	Icterus	spurius	ID Guide
Baltimore Oriole	Icterus	galbula	ID Guide
Purple Finch	Carpodacus	purpureus	ID Guide
House Finch	Carpodacus	mexicanus	ID Guide
Red Crossbill	Loxia	curvirostra	ID Guide
White-winged Crossbill	Loxia	leucoptera	ID Guide
Common Redpoll	Carduelis	flammea	ID Guide
Pine Siskin	Carduelis	pinus	ID Guide
American Goldfinch	Carduelis	tristis	ID Guide
Evening Grosbeak	Coccothraustes	vespertinus	ID Guide
House Sparrow	Passer	domesticus	ID Guide

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