This checklist includes all bird species found in Yukon , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2025. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Yukon [map]
Other names: Yukon Territory
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| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | |
| Ross's Goose | Anser rossii | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
| Taiga Bean-Goose | Anser fabalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Tundra Bean-Goose | Anser serrirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Brant | Branta bernicla | |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | |
| Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator | |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | Rare/Accidental |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | |
| Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | |
| Redhead | Aythya americana | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
| Spectacled Eider | Somateria fischeri | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Near-threatened |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | |
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta deglandi | |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Vulnerable |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica | |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | |
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| Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus | |
| Dusky Grouse | Dendragapus obscurus | |
| Sharp-tailed Grouse | Tympanuchus phasianellus | |
| White-tailed Ptarmigan | Lagopus leucura | |
| Willow Ptarmigan | Lagopus lagopus | |
| Rock Ptarmigan | Lagopus muta | |
| Spruce Grouse | Canachites canadensis | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | Rare/Accidental |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | Rare/Accidental |
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| Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
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| Vaux's Swift | Chaetura vauxi | |
| Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | Rare/Accidental |
| Anna's Hummingbird | Calypte anna | Rare/Accidental |
| Calliope Hummingbird | Selasphorus calliope | Rare/Accidental |
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | Near-threatened |
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| Sora | Porzana carolina | |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | |
| Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis | |
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| Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | |
| Whooping Crane | Grus americana | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Common Crane | Grus grus | Rare/Accidental |
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| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Rare/Accidental |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Near-threatened |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Rare/Accidental |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| Snowy Plover | Anarhynchus nivosus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | |
| Hudsonian Whimbrel | Numenius hudsonicus | |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Vulnerable |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Near-threatened |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Vulnerable |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Black Turnstone | Arenaria melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Surfbird | Calidris virgata | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Vulnerable |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Near-threatened |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Near-threatened |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Rare/Accidental |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Vulnerable |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Near-threatened |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Near-threatened |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Tufted Puffin | Fratercula cirrhata | Rare/Accidental |
| Horned Puffin | Fratercula corniculata | Rare/Accidental |
| Crested Auklet | Aethia cristatella | Rare/Accidental |
| Parakeet Auklet | Aethia psittacula | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-billed Murrelet | Brachyramphus perdix | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Marbled Murrelet | Brachyramphus marmoratus | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | Rare/Accidental |
| Thick-billed Murre | Uria lomvia | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Murre | Uria aalge | Rare/Accidental |
| Ancient Murrelet | Synthliboramphus antiquus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Ross's Gull | Rhodostethia rosea | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Red-legged Kittiwake | Rissa brevirostris | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Ivory Gull | Pagophila eburnea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Rare/Accidental |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Short-billed Gull | Larus brachyrhynchus | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
| Western Gull | Larus occidentalis | Rare/Accidental |
| American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | |
| Vega Gull | Larus vegae | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
| California Gull | Larus californicus | |
| Glaucous-winged Gull | Larus glaucescens | |
| Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | Rare/Accidental |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
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| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | Rare/Accidental |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Vulnerable |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |
| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer | |
| Yellow-billed Loon | Gavia adamsii | Near-threatened |
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| Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates furcatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Rare/Accidental |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pelagic Cormorant | Urile pelagicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritum | Rare/Accidental |
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| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | Rare/Accidental |
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| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | Rare/Accidental |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | Rare/Accidental |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
| American Goshawk | Astur atricapillus | |
| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | |
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | |
| Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | |
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| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | |
| Northern Hawk Owl | Surnia ulula | |
| Northern Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium gnoma | Rare/Accidental |
| Barred Owl | Strix varia | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Gray Owl | Strix nebulosa | |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | Rare/Accidental |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| Boreal Owl | Aegolius funereus | |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | |
| Red-breasted Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus ruber | Rare/Accidental |
| American Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides dorsalis | |
| Black-backed Woodpecker | Picoides arcticus | |
| Downy Woodpecker | Dryobates pubescens | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Leuconotopicus villosus | |
| Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | |
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| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | |
| Western Wood-Pewee | Contopus sordidulus | |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris | |
| Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum | |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | |
| Hammond's Flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii | |
| Gray Flycatcher | Empidonax wrightii | Rare/Accidental |
| Dusky Flycatcher | Empidonax oberholseri | |
| Western Flycatcher | Empidonax difficilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | Rare/Accidental |
| Say's Phoebe | Sayornis saya | |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | Rare/Accidental |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius | |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | |
| Eastern Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
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| Northern Shrike | Lanius borealis | |
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| Canada Jay | Perisoreus canadensis | |
| Steller's Jay | Cyanocitta stelleri | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-billed Magpie | Pica hudsonia | |
| Clark's Nutcracker | Nucifraga columbiana | Rare/Accidental |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
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| Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus | |
| Mountain Chickadee | Poecile gambeli | Rare/Accidental |
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee | Poecile rufescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Boreal Chickadee | Poecile hudsonicus | |
| Gray-headed Chickadee | Poecile cinctus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | |
| Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina | |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | Rare/Accidental |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
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| Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Corthylio calendula | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | |
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| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | |
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| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana | Rare/Accidental |
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| Northern House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Wren | Troglodytes pacificus | Rare/Accidental |
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes hiemalis | |
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | Rare/Accidental |
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| American Dipper | Cinclus mexicanus | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
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| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | |
| Townsend's Solitaire | Myadestes townsendi | |
| Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius | |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | |
| Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | Rare/Accidental |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | |
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| Siberian Blue Robin | Larvivora cyane | Rare/Accidental |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
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| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | Rare/Accidental |
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| Siberian Accentor | Prunella montanella | Rare/Accidental |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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| Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | Rare/Accidental |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
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| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Evening Grosbeak | Hesperiphona vespertina | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | Rare/Accidental |
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | |
| Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch | Leucosticte tephrocotis | |
| House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Purple Finch | Haemorhous purpureus | |
| Cassin's Finch | Haemorhous cassinii | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Greenfinch | Chloris sinica | Rare/Accidental |
| Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
| White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | |
| Pine Siskin | Spinus pinus | |
| Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria | Rare/Accidental |
| American Goldfinch | Spinus tristis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | |
| Smith's Longspur | Calcarius pictus | |
| Thick-billed Longspur | Rhynchophanes mccownii | Rare/Accidental |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
| McKay's Bunting | Plectrophenax hyperboreus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Rustic Bunting | Emberiza rustica | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | Rare/Accidental |
| Brewer's Sparrow | Spizella breweri | Rare/Accidental |
| Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lark Bunting | Calamospiza melanocorys | Rare/Accidental |
| American Tree Sparrow | Spizelloides arborea | |
| Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca | |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla | |
| Harris's Sparrow | Zonotrichia querula | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | |
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus | Rare/Accidental |
| LeConte's Sparrow | Ammospiza leconteii | Rare/Accidental |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | Rare/Accidental |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | |
| Spotted Towhee | Pipilo maculatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | Rare/Accidental |
| Hooded Oriole | Icterus cucullatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | |
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | Vulnerable |
| Brewer's Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | Rare/Accidental |
| Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Leiothlypis celata | |
| Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| MacGillivray's Warbler | Geothlypis tolmiei | Rare/Accidental |
| Mourning Warbler | Geothlypis philadelphia | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | |
| Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea | |
| Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Yellow Warbler | Setophaga aestiva | |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica | Rare/Accidental |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | Near-threatened |
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | |
| Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | |
| Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | |
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| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | Rare/Accidental |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lazuli Bunting | Passerina amoena | Rare/Accidental |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | Rare/Accidental |
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