This checklist includes all bird species found in Bird Conservation Region 06: Boreal_Taiga_Plains , 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 Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). 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: Bird Conservation Region 06: Boreal_Taiga_Plains [map]
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Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | |
Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator | |
Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
Brent Goose | Branta bernicla | |
Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | |
Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | |
Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | |
Ross's Goose | Anser rossii | |
Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | |
King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | |
Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Rare/Accidental |
Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | |
Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | Rare/Accidental |
Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | |
Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
Barrow's Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica | |
Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | |
Goosander | Mergus merganser | |
Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | |
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 | |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera | |
Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | |
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | Rare/Accidental |
American Wigeon | Mareca americana | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | |
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Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
Green Pheasant | Phasianus versicolor | Introduced species |
Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | |
Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus | |
Willow Grouse | Lagopus lagopus | |
Rock Ptarmigan | Lagopus muta | Rare/Accidental |
White-tailed Ptarmigan | Lagopus leucura | Rare/Accidental |
Dusky Grouse | Dendragapus obscurus | |
Spruce Grouse | Falcipennis canadensis | |
Sharp-tailed Grouse | Tympanuchus phasianellus | |
Greater Prairie Chicken | Tympanuchus cupido | |
Grey Partridge | Perdix perdix | Introduced species |
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Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis | |
Clark's Grebe | Aechmophorus clarkii | Rare/Accidental |
Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | |
Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Introduced species |
Passenger Pigeon | Ectopistes migratorius | |
Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata | Rare/Accidental |
White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | Rare/Accidental |
Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
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Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
Eastern Whip-poor-will | Antrostomus vociferus | |
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Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | Rare/Accidental |
Vaux's Swift | Chaetura vauxi | |
Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | |
White-throated Swift | Aeronautes saxatalis | |
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Black-chinned Hummingbird | Archilochus alexandri | Rare/Accidental |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | |
Anna's Hummingbird | Calypte anna | Rare/Accidental |
Calliope Hummingbird | Selasphorus calliope | |
Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | |
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Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | |
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Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis | |
Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | |
Sora | Porzana carolina | |
American Coot | Fulica americana | |
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Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | |
Whooping Crane | Grus americana | Rare/Accidental |
Common Crane | Grus grus | Rare/Accidental |
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Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | |
Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | |
Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer | |
White-billed Diver | Gavia adamsii | Rare/Accidental |
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Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | Rare/Accidental |
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American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | |
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American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | |
Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | Rare/Accidental |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Green Heron | Butorides virescens | Rare/Accidental |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
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White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi | |
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Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus | |
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American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | |
Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Rare/Accidental |
American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |
Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | |
Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | Rare/Accidental |
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Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | |
Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | Rare/Accidental |
Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | Rare/Accidental |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Rare/Accidental |
Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | |
Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental |
Surfbird | Calidris virgata | Rare/Accidental |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Rare/Accidental |
Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | |
Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | |
White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | |
Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | Rare/Accidental |
Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | |
Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | |
American Woodcock | Scolopax minor | |
Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | Rare/Accidental |
Willet | Tringa semipalmata | |
Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | |
Wilson's Phalarope | Steganopus tricolor | |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Rare/Accidental |
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Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | |
Ancient Murrelet | Synthliboramphus antiquus | Rare/Accidental |
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Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
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Ivory Gull | Pagophila eburnea | |
Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Rare/Accidental |
Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | |
Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | Rare/Accidental |
Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | |
Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | Rare/Accidental |
Mew Gull | Larus canus | |
Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
California Gull | Larus californicus | |
Western Gull | Larus occidentalis | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | |
Thayer's Gull | Larus thayeri | |
Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | |
Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | Rare/Accidental |
Glaucous-winged Gull | Larus glaucescens | Rare/Accidental |
Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Rare/Accidental |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | |
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Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | Rare/Accidental |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
Cooper's Hawk | Accipiter cooperii | |
Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | |
Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | |
Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | |
Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | |
Ferruginous Hawk | Buteo regalis | Rare/Accidental |
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Hawk Owl | Surnia ulula | |
Northern Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium gnoma | |
Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | |
Tengmalm's Owl | Aegolius funereus | |
Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus | |
Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
Eastern Screech Owl | Megascops asio | Rare/Accidental |
Barred Owl | Strix varia | |
Great Grey Owl | Strix nebulosa | |
Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | |
Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | |
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Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus | |
Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | |
Red-naped Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus nuchalis | |
Lewis's Woodpecker | Melanerpes lewis | Rare/Accidental |
Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | Melanerpes carolinus | Rare/Accidental |
Downy Woodpecker | Picoides pubescens | |
Hairy Woodpecker | Picoides villosus | |
American Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides dorsalis | |
Black-backed Woodpecker | Picoides arcticus | |
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Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway | Rare/Accidental |
American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | |
Prairie Falcon | Falco mexicanus | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | Rare/Accidental |
Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis | |
Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | |
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | Rare/Accidental |
Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | |
Ash-throated Flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | |
Say's Phoebe | Sayornis saya | |
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris | |
Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum | |
Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii | |
Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | |
Hammond's Flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii | |
Dusky Flycatcher | Empidonax oberholseri | |
Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Empidonax difficilis | |
Cordilleran Flycatcher | Empidonax occidentalis | |
Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | |
Western Wood Pewee | Contopus sordidulus | |
Eastern Wood Pewee | Contopus virens | |
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Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | |
Cassin's Vireo | Vireo cassinii | |
Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius | |
Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | |
Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | |
Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
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Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Shrike | Lanius borealis | |
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Gray Jay | Perisoreus canadensis | |
Black-billed Magpie | Pica hudsonia | |
Clark's Nutcracker | Nucifraga columbiana | |
Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | |
Woodhouse's Scrub Jay | Aphelocoma woodhouseii | |
Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | |
Steller's Jay | Cyanocitta stelleri | |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Rare/Accidental |
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American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
Sprague's Pipit | Anthus spragueii | Rare/Accidental |
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Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | Rare/Accidental |
Evening Grosbeak | Hesperiphona vespertina | |
Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | |
Asian Rosy Finch | Leucosticte arctoa | |
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch | Leucosticte tephrocotis | |
House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | |
Cassin's Finch | Haemorhous cassinii | Rare/Accidental |
Purple Finch | Haemorhous purpureus | |
Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
Arctic Redpoll | Acanthis hornemanni | |
Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | |
Pine Siskin | Spinus pinus | |
American Goldfinch | Spinus tristis | |
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Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | |
Chestnut-collared Longspur | Calcarius ornatus | Rare/Accidental |
Smith's Longspur | Calcarius pictus | Rare/Accidental |
Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | |
Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | |
Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
Brewer's Sparrow | Spizella breweri | |
Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | |
Lark Bunting | Calamospiza melanocorys | Rare/Accidental |
Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | Rare/Accidental |
Green-tailed Towhee | Pipilo chlorurus | Rare/Accidental |
Spotted Towhee | Pipilo maculatus | |
Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | |
Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | |
Harris's Sparrow | Zonotrichia querula | |
White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | |
White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | |
Golden-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla | Rare/Accidental |
Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca | |
American Tree Sparrow | Passerella arborea | |
Le Conte's Sparrow | Ammospiza leconteii | |
Nelson's Sparrow | Ammospiza nelsoni | |
Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus | |
Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | |
Baird's Sparrow | Centronyx bairdii | Rare/Accidental |
Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | |
Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | |
Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | |
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Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | |
Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | |
Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | |
Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | |
Orange-crowned Warbler | Leiothlypis celata | |
Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | |
Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis | |
MacGillivray's Warbler | Geothlypis tolmiei | |
Mourning Warbler | Geothlypis philadelphia | |
Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | |
Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | Rare/Accidental |
Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | |
Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea | |
Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca | |
Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | |
Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica | |
Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | |
Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens | Rare/Accidental |
Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | |
Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | |
Yellow-throated Warbler | Setophaga dominica | Rare/Accidental |
Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | Rare/Accidental |
Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | |
Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens | |
Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis | |
Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | |
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Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | |
Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | |
Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | |
Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | |
Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | |
Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | |
Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | |
Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | |
Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | |
Brewer's Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | |
Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | |
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
Dickcissel | Spiza americana | Rare/Accidental |
Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | |
Lazuli Bunting | Passerina amoena | |
Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | Rare/Accidental |
Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | Rare/Accidental |
Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | |
Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | Rare/Accidental |
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Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus | |
Mountain Chickadee | Poecile gambeli | |
Siberian Tit | Poecile cinctus | Rare/Accidental |
Boreal Chickadee | Poecile hudsonicus | |
Chestnut-backed Chickadee | Poecile rufescens | Rare/Accidental |
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Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
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Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | |
Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina | |
Purple Martin | Progne subis | |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula | |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | |
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Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | |
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American Treecreeper | Certhia americana | |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | |
White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis | |
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Boulder Wren | Salpinctes obsoletus | |
Pacific Wren | Troglodytes pacificus | |
Winter Wren | Troglodytes hiemalis | |
House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
Sedge Wren | Cistothorus platensis | |
Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | |
Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus | |
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
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Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | |
Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | Rare/Accidental |
Curve-billed Thrasher | Toxostoma curvirostre | |
Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | |
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Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
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American Dipper | Cinclus mexicanus | |
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Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
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Western Bluebird | Sialia mexicana | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | |
Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | |
Townsend's Solitaire | Myadestes townsendi | |
Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius | |
Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | Rare/Accidental |
Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | |
Veery | Catharus fuscescens | |
Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | |
Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | |
American Robin | Turdus migratorius |
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