SPECIES LIST BY FAMILY

 

LOONS
          Common Loon
         
Pacific Loon
         
Red-throated Loon

GREBES
         
Clark's Grebe
          Eared Grebe
         
Horned Grebe
         
Least Grebe
          Pied-billed Grebe
          Red-necked Grebe
         
Western Grebe

ALBATROSSES, PETRELS
& SHEARWATERS

          Northern Fulmar
          Audubon's Shearwater
          Cory's Shearwater
          Greater Shearwater
          Sooty Shearwater

STORM-PETRELS
          Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
          Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
          Wilson's Storm-Petrel

PELICANIFORMES

     ANHINGAS
         
American Anhinga

     BOOBIES
          Blue-footed Booby
          Brown Booby
          Masked Booby
          Red-footed Booby

     CORMORANTS
          Brandt's Cormorant
          Double-crested Cormorant
          Great Cormorant
          Neotropic Cormorant
          Pelagic Cormorant
          Red-faced Cormorant

     FRIGATEBIRDS
          Magnificent Frigatebird

     GANNETS
          Northern Gannet

     PELICANS
          American White Pelican
          Brown Pelican

     TROPICBIRDS
          Red-billed Tropicbird

WADING BIRDS

     BITTERNS
          American Bittern
          Least Bittern

     EGRETS
          Cattle Egret
          Great Egret
          Reddish Egret
          Snowy Egret

     FLAMINGOS
          Greater Flamingo

     HERONS
          Black-crowned Night-Heron
          Great Blue Heron
          Green Heron
          Little Blue Heron
          Tricolored Heron
          Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

     IBISES
          Glossy Ibis
          White Ibis
         
White-faced Ibis

     SPOONBILLS
          Roseate Spoonbill

     STORKS
          Wood Stork

DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS

     DUCKS
          American Black Duck
          American Wigeon
          Barrow's Goldeneye
          Black Scoter
          Black-bellied Whistling Duck
          Blue-winged Teal
          Bufflehead
         
Canvasback
          Cinnamon Teal
          Common Eider
          Common Goldeneye
          Common Merganser
          Eurasian Wigeon
          Fulvous Whistling Duck
          Gadwall
          Greater Scaup
          Green-winged Teal
          Harlequin Duck
          Hooded Merganser
          King Eider
          Lesser Scaup
          Long-tailed Duck
          Mallard
          Mandarin Duck
          Masked Duck
          Mexican (Mallard) Duck
          Mottled Duck
          Muscovy
          Northern Pintail
          Northern Shoveler
          
Red-breasted Merganser
          Redhead
          Ring-necked Duck
          Ruddy Duck
          Surf Scoter
         
Tufted Duck
          White-cheeked Pintail
          White-winged Scoter
          Wood Duck

     GEESE
          Barnacle Goose
          Brant
          Canada Goose
          Greater White-fronted Goose
          Lesser Canada Goose
          Ross's Goose
          Snow Goose

     SWANS
          Black Swan
          Mute Swan
          Trumpeter Swan
          Tundra Swan

DIURNAL RAPTORS

     EAGLES
          Bald Eagle
          Golden Eagle

     FALCONS
          American Kestrel
          Crested Caracara
          Merlin
          Peregrine Falcon
          Prairie Falcon

     HARRIERS
          Northern Harrier

     HAWKS (ACCIPITERS)
          Cooper's Hawk
          Sharp-shinned Hawk

     HAWKS (BUTEOS)
          Broad-winged Hawk
          Common Blackhawk
          Ferruginous Hawk
          Gray Hawk
          Harris's Hawk
          Red-shouldered Hawk
          Red-tailed Hawk
          Rough-legged Hawk
          Short-tailed Hawk
          Swainson's Hawk

          Zone-tailed Hawk

     KITES
          Mississippi Kite
          Snail Kite
          Swallow-tailed Kite
          White-tailed Kite

     OSPREY
          Osprey

     VULTURES
          Black Vulture
          Turkey Vulture 

UPLAND GAME BIRDS

     EXOTIC GAME BIRDS
          Common Peafowl

     CHACHALACAS, GROUSE
     & PARTRIDGES
          Dusky Grouse
          Gray Partidge
          Greater Sage-Grouse
          Plain Chachalaca
          Sharp-tailed Grouse
          Sooty Grouse

     PHEASANTS & PRAIRIE CHICKENS
          Ring-necked Pheasant

     PTARMIGAN, QUAIL & TURKEYS
          California Quail
          Gambel's Quail
          Mountain Quail

          Northern Bobwhite
          Scaled Quail
          White-tailed Ptarmigan
          Wild Turkey

GRUIFORMES

     COOTS & GALLINULES
          American Coot
          Common Moorhen
          Purple Gallinule
          Purple Swamphen

     CRANES
          Sandhill Crane 

     LIMPKIN
          Limpkin

     RAILS
          Clapper Rail
        
  Sora

SHORE BIRDS

     AVOCETS & STILTS
          American Avocet 
        
  Black-necked Stilt         

     CURLEWS
         
Long-billed Curlew
          Whimbrel

    DOWITCHERS & GODWITS
          Bar-tailed Godwit
          Hudsonian Godwit
          Long-billed Dowitcher
          Marbled Godwit

          Short-billed Dowitcher

     JACANAS & LAPWINGS
          Northern Jacana

     OYSTERCATCHERS
          American Oystercatcher
          Black Oystercatcher

     PHALAROPES
          Red-necked Phalarope
          Wilson's Phalarope

     PLOVERS
          American Golden Plover
          Black-bellied Plover
          Killdeer
          Piping Plover
          Semipalmated Plover
          Snowy Plover
          Wilson's Plover

     RUFF & SANDPIPERS
          Baird's Sandpiper
          Buff-breasted Sandpiper
          Dunlin
          Least Sandpiper
          Pectoral Sandpiper
          Purple Sandpiper
          Red Knot
          Rock Sandpiper
          Ruff

          Sanderling
          Semipalmated Sandpiper
         
Solitary Sandpiper
          
Spotted Sandpiper
          Stilt Sandpiper
          Upland Sandpiper
          Western Sandpiper
          White-rumped Sandpiper

     TURNSTONES
          Black Turnstone
          Ruddy Turnstone

     WANDERING TATTLER & SURFBIRD
          Surfbird
          Wandering Tattler         

     WILLET & YELLOWLEGS
          Greater Yellowlegs
          Lesser Yellowlegs
          Willet         

     WOODCOCKS & SNIPES
          American Woodcock
          Wilson's Snipe

JAEGERS & SKUAS
          Pomarine Jaeger

GULLS, TERNS & SKIMMERS

     GULLS
          Black-headed Gull
          Black-legged Kittiwake
          Bonaparte's Gull
          California Gull
          Franklin's Gull
          Glaucous Gull
          Glaucous-winged Gull
          Great Black-backed Gull
          Heermann's Gull
          Herring Gull
          Laughing Gull
          Lesser Black-backed Gull
          Mew Gull
          Red-legged Kittiwake
          Ring-billed Gull

          Slaty-backed Gull
          Swallow-tailed Gull
          Western Gull

     SKIMMERS
          Black Skimmer

     TERNS
          Arctic Tern
          Black Noddy
          Black Tern
          Brown Noddy
          Caspian Tern
          Common Tern
          Elegant Tern
          Forster's Tern
          Gull-billed Tern
         
Least Tern
          Roseate Tern
         
Royal Tern
          Sandwich Tern
          Sooty Tern

ALCIDS

     AUKLETS, DOVEKIE, GUILLEMOTS
          Black Guillemot
          Crested Auklet
          Least Auklet
          Parakeet Auklet
          Pigeon Guillemot
          Rhinoceros Auklet

     MURRELETS, MURRES, PUFFINS
          Ancient Murrelet
         
Common Murre
          Horned Puffin
          Marbled Murrelet
          Thick-billed Murre
          Tufted Puffin

PIGEONS & DOVES
          Band-tailed Pigeon
          Common Ground Dove
          Eurasian Collared-Dove
          Inca Dove
          Mourning Dove
          Red-billed Pigeon
          Rock Pigeon
          White-crowned Pigeon
          White-tipped Dove
          White-winged Dove

PARROTS & ALLIES
          Black-hooded (Nenday) Parakeet
          Blue-crowned Parakeet
          Chestnut-fronted Macaw
          Green Parakeet
          Mitred Parakeet
          Monk Parakeet
          Red-crowned Parrot

          Yellow-chevroned Parakeet

CUCKOOS & ALLIES
      
Black-billed Cuckoo
      
Greater Roadrunner
      
   Groove-billed Ani
          Mangrove Cuckoo
          Smooth-billed Ani
          Yellow-billed Cuckoo

OWLS
          Barn Owl
          Barred Owl
          Burrowing Owl
          Eastern Screech-Owl
          Elf Owl
          Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
          Flammulated Owl
          Great Horned Owl
          Northern Hawk Owl
          Northern Pygmy-Owl

          Northern Saw-whet Owl
          Short-eared Owl
          Snowy Owl

GOATSUCKERS & SWIFTS

     NIGHTJARS
          Chuck-wills-widow
          Common Nighthawk
          Common Pauraque

     NIGHTHAWKS

     SWIFTS
          Black Swift
          Chimney Swift
          Vaux's Swift
          White-throated Swift

HUMMINGBIRDS
          Allen's Hummingbird
          Anna's Hummingbird
          Black-chinned Hummingbird
          Blue-throated Hummingbird
         
Broad-billed Hummingbird
          Broad-tailed Hummingbird
          Buff-bellied Hummingbird
          Calliope Hummingbird
          Cinnamon Hummingbird

          Costa's Hummingbird
         
Green Violet-ear
          Lucifer Hummingbird
          Magnificent Hummingbird
         
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
          Rufous Hummingbird
         
Violet-crowned Hummingbird
          White-eared Hummingbird

TROGONS
          Elegant Trogon

KINGFISHERS
          Belted Kingfisher
         
Green Kingfisher
         
Ringed Kingfisher

WOODPECKERS
          Acorn Woodpecker
         
American Three-toed Woodpecker
          Arizona Woodpecker
          Black-backed Woodpecker
          Downy Woodpecker
          Gila Woodpecker
          Gilded Flicker
          Golden-fronted Woodpecker
          Hairy Woodpecker
          Ladder-backed Woodpecker
          Lewis's Woodpecker
          Northern Flicker - red-shafted
          Northern Flicker - yellow-shafted
          Nuttall's Woodpecker
          Pileated Woodpecker
          Red-bellied Woodpecker
          Red-breasted Sapsucker
          Red-cockaded Woodpecker
          Red-headed Woodpecker
          Red-naped Sapsucker
          White-headed Woodpecker
          Williamson's Sapsucker
          Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS

          Vermilion Flycatcher

     MYIARCHUS SPECIES
          Ash-throated Flycatcher
          Brown-crested Flycatcher
          Dusky-capped Flycatcher
          Great Crested Flycatcher

          La Sagra's Flycatcher

          Nutting's Flycatcher

     EMPIDONAX SPECIES
          Acadian Flycatcher
          Alder Flycatcher
          Cordilleran Flycatcher
          Buff-breasted Flycatcher
          Gray Flycatcher
          Hammond's Flycatcher
          Least Flycatcher
          Pacific-slope Flycatcher
          Willow Flycatcher
          Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

     KINGBIRDS
          Cassin's Kingbird
          Couch's Kingbird
          Eastern Kingbird
          Gray Kingbird
          Loggerhead Kingbird
          Thick-billed Kingbird
          Tropical Kingbird
          Western Kingbird

     PEWEES
          Eastern Wood-Pewee
          Olive-sided Flycatcher
         
Western Wood-Pewee

     PHOEBES
          Black Phoebe
          Eastern Phoebe
         
Say's Phoebe

     LONG-TAILED FLYCATCHERS
          Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

     LARGE TROPICAL FLYCATCHERS
          Great Kiskadee

          Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

     SMALL TROPICAL FLYCATCHERS
          Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
          Rose-throated Becard

          Social Flycatcher
         
Tufted Flycatcher
  

SHRIKES AND VIREOS

     SHRIKES
          Loggerhead Shrike
          Northern Shrike

      VIREOS
          Bell's Vireo
          Black-whiskered Vireo
          Blue-headed Vireo
          Cassin's Vireo
          Hutton's Vireo
          Philadelphia Vireo
          Plumbeous Vireo
          Red-eyed Vireo
          Warbling Vireo
          White-eyed Vireo
          
Yellow-throated Vireo

JAYS, CROWS & ALLIES

     JAYS
          Blue Jay
          Brown Jay
          Clark's Nutcracker
          Florida Scrub-Jay
          Gray Jay
          Green Jay
          Island Scrub-Jay
          Mexican Jay
          Pinyon Jay
          Steller's Jay

          Western Scrub-Jay

      MAGPIES
          Black-billed Magpie
          Yellow-billed Magpie

      CROWS
          American Crow
          Fish Crow
         
Northwestern Crow

      RAVENS
          Chihuahuan Raven
          Common Raven

LARKS
      
Horned Lark

SWALLOWS
          Bank Swallow
          Barn Swallow
          Cave Swallow
          Cliff Swallow
          Northern Rough-winged Swallow
          Purple Martin
         
Tree Swallow
          Violet-green Swallow

CHICKADEES & ALLIES

     BUSHTIT
          Bushtit

     CHICKADEES
          Black-capped Chickadee
          Boreal Chickadee
          Carolina Chickadee
         
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
         
Mexican Chickadee
         
Mountain Chickadee

     TITMICE
          Black-crested Titmouse
          Bridled Titmouse
          Juniper Titmouse
          Oak Titmouse
          Tufted Titmouse

     VERDIN
          Verdin
 

NUTHATCHES & CREEPERS
          Brown Creeper
          Brown-headed Nuthatch
      
   Pygmy Nuthatch
          Red-breasted Nuthatch
          White-breasted Nuthatch

WRENS
          Bewick's Wren
          Cactus Wren
          Canyon Wren
          Carolina Wren
         
House Wren
          Marsh Wren
          Rock Wren
          Sedge Wren
          Winter Wren

OLD WORLD WARBLERS, THRUSHES & ALLIES

     DIPPERS
          American Dipper

     BABBLERS
          Wrentit

     THRUSHES
          American Robin
         
Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush
          Clay-colored Thrush

          Eastern Bluebird
          Gray-cheeked Thrush
          Hermit Thrush
          Mountain Bluebird

          Northern Wheatear

          Swainson's Thrush
          Townsend's Solitaire
          Varied Thrush
          Veery
          Western Bluebird
          White-throated Thrush

          Wood Thrush

     GNATCATCHERS
          Black-capped Gnatcatcher
          Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
          Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

     KINGLETS
          Golden-crowned Kinglet
         
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

MIMIDS

     CATBIRD & MOCKINGBIRDS
          Gray Catbird
         
Northern Mockingbird

     THRASHERS
          Bendire's Thrasher
          Brown Thrasher
          California Thrasher
          Crissal Thrasher
          Curve-billed Thrasher
          Long-billed Thrasher
          Sage Thrasher

STARLINGS & MYNAS
          Common Myna
          Hill Myna
          European Starling

WAGTAILS & PIPITS
          American Pipit

SILKY FLYCATCHERS & BULBULS
          Phainopepla
          Red-whiskered Bulbul

WAXWINGS
          Bohemian Waxwing
          Cedar Waxwing

WOOD WARBLERS
          American Redstart
          Bay-breasted Warbler
          Black and White Warbler
          Black-throated Blue Warbler
          Black-throated Gray Warbler
          Black-throated Green Warbler
          Blackburnian Warbler
          Blackpoll Warbler
          Blue-winged Warbler
          Brewster's Warbler
          Canada Warbler
          Cape May Warbler
          Cerulean Warbler
          Chestnut-sided Warbler
          Colima Warbler
          Common Yellowthroat
          Crescent-chested Warbler
          Golden-winged Warbler
          Grace's Warbler
          Hermit Warbler
          Hooded Warbler
          Kentucky Warbler
          Kirtland's Warbler
          Louisiana Waterthrush
          Lucy's Warbler
          MacGillivray's Warbler
         
Magnolia Warbler
         
Mourning Warbler
          Nashville Warbler
          Northern Parula
          Northern Waterthrush
          Olive Warbler
          Orange-crowned Warbler
          Ovenbird
          Painted Redstart
          Palm Warbler
          Pine Warbler
          Prairie Warbler
          Prothonotary Warbler
          Red-faced Warbler
          Rufous-capped Warbler
          Swainson's Warbler
          Tennessee Warbler
          Townsend's Warbler
          Tropical Parula
          Virginia's Warbler
          Wilson's Warbler
          Worm-eating Warbler
          Yellow Warbler
          Yellow-breasted Chat
          Yellow-rumped Warbler - Audubon's
          Yellow-rumped Warbler - Myrtle
         
Yellow-throated Warbler

TANAGERS, CARDINALS & ALLIES

     TANAGERS
          Flame-colored Tanager
          Hepatic Tanager
         
Scarlet Tanager
          Summer Tanager
          Western Spindalis
          Western Tanager

     BUNTINGS
          Blue Bunting
         
Indigo Bunting

         
Lazuli Bunting
          Painted Bunting
          Varied Bunting

     CARDINALS
          Northern Cardinal
          Pyrrhuloxia
          Red-crested Cardinal          

     GROSBEAKS
          Black-headed Grosbeak
         
Blue Grosbeak
          Rose-breasted Grosbeak
          Yellow Grosbeak
         

     BANANAQUIT
          Bananaquit
         

EMBERIZINE SPARROWS & ALLIES

     SPARROWS
          American Tree Sparrow
          Bachman's Sparrow
          Baird's Sparrow
          Black-chinned Sparrow
         
Black-throated Sparrow
          Botteri's Sparrow
          Brewer's Sparrow
          Cassin's Sparrow
          Chipping Sparrow
          Clay-colored Sparrow
          Field Sparrow
          Five-striped Sparrow
          Fox Sparrow - red race
          Fox Sparrow - sooty race
          Golden-crowned Sparrow
          Grasshopper Sparrow
          Lark Bunting
          Lark Sparrow
          Lincoln's Sparrow
          Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
          Olive Sparrow
          Rufous-crowned Sparrow
          Rufous-winged Sparrow
          Sage Sparrow
          Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
          Savannah Sparrow
          Seaside Sparrow
          Song Sparrow
          Swamp Sparrow
          Vesper Sparrow
          White-crowned Sparrow
          White-throated Sparrow

     EMBERIZINE BUNTINGS
          Snow Bunting

     JUNCOS
          Dark-eyed Junco - gray-headed race
          Dark-eyed Junco - Oregon race

          Dark-eyed Junco - slate-colored race
          Yellow-eyed Junco

     LONGSPURS
          Chestnut-collared Longspur
          Lapland Longspur
          McKown's Longspur

     TOWHEES
         
Abert's Towhee
          California Towhee
          Canyon Towhee
          Eastern Towhee
          Green-tailed Towhee
          Spotted Towhee

ICTERIDS

     BLACKBIRDS
          Brewer's Blackbird
         
Red-winged Blackbird
          Tricolored Blackbird
          Yellow-headed Blackbird
         
 

     BOBOLINK
          Bobolink

     COWBIRDS
          Bronzed Cowbird
          Brown-headed Cowbird
          Shiny Cowbird

     GRACKLES
          Boat-tailed Grackle
          Common Grackle
          Great-tailed Grackle

     MEADOWLARKS
          Eastern Meadowlark

          Western Meadowlark

     ORIOLES
          Altamira Oriole
          Audubon's Oriole
          Baltimore Oriole
          Bullock's Oriole
          Hooded Oriole
          Orchard Oriole

          Scott's Oriole
          Spot-breasted Oriole

FINCHES & OLD WORLD SPARROWS

     FINCHES
          American Goldfinch
          Cassin's Finch
          Common Redpoll
          Evening Grosbeak

          Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
          Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch - Bering Sea race
          Hoary Redpoll
          House Finch
          Lesser Goldfinch
          Pine Grosbeak
          Pine Siskin
          Purple Finch
          Red Crossbill

          White-winged Crossbill

     OLD WORLD SPARROWS
          House Sparrow

NON-NATIVE SPECIES

   EUROPE
          Bahaman Pintail
          Chaffinch
          Dipper
          Eurasian Eagle Owl
         
Great Crested Grebe
          Great Tit