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Grand Canyon National Park
This checklist includes all bird species found in Grand Canyon National Park , 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: Grand Canyon National Park [map]
Number of species: 363
Number of introduced species: 5
Last modified: 2022-10-15
See also: https://irma.nps.gov/NPSpecies/Reports/SpeciesList/Species%20Full%20List/GRCA/2/false
Number of introduced species: 5
Last modified: 2022-10-15
See also: https://irma.nps.gov/NPSpecies/Reports/SpeciesList/Species%20Full%20List/GRCA/2/false
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| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | |
| Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator | Rare/Accidental |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | Rare/Accidental |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | |
| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | |
| Ross's Goose | Anser rossii | |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | Rare/Accidental |
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | Rare/Accidental |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica | Rare/Accidental |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | |
| Goosander | Mergus merganser | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | |
| Redhead | Aythya americana | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
| 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 | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | |
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| Gambel's Quail | Callipepla gambelii | |
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| Chukar Partridge | Alectoris chukar | Introduced species |
| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | |
| Dusky Grouse | Dendragapus obscurus | |
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| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
| Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis | |
| Clark's Grebe | Aechmophorus clarkii | |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | Rare/Accidental |
| Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Introduced species |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata | |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
| Inca Dove | Columbina inca | |
| Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | |
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| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
| Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Poorwill | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii | |
| Mexican Whip-poor-will | Antrostomus arizonae | |
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| Vaux's Swift | Chaetura vauxi | |
| White-throated Swift | Aeronautes saxatalis | |
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| Magnificent Hummingbird | Eugenes fulgens | |
| Black-chinned Hummingbird | Archilochus alexandri | |
| Anna's Hummingbird | Calypte anna | |
| Costa's Hummingbird | Calypte costae | |
| Broad-tailed Hummingbird | Selasphorus platycercus | |
| Calliope Hummingbird | Selasphorus calliope | |
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | |
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| Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Roadrunner | Geococcyx californianus | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | |
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| Clapper Rail | Rallus longirostris | |
| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | |
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| Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | |
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| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer | |
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| Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | Rare/Accidental |
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| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
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| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | |
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
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| White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi | |
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| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | Rare/Accidental |
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| Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus | |
| Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | |
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| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | |
| Snowy Plover | Charadrius nivosus | |
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| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Steganopus tricolor | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Rare/Accidental |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
| California Gull | Larus californicus | |
| American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | Rare/Accidental |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | |
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| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
| California Condor | Gymnogyps californianus | Introduced species |
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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 | |
| Common Black Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus | |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | |
| Zone-tailed Hawk | Buteo albonotatus | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
| Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | Rare/Accidental |
| Ferruginous Hawk | Buteo regalis | |
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| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Northern Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium gnoma | |
| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus | |
| Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
| Flammulated Owl | Psiloscops flammeolus | |
| Western Screech Owl | Megascops kennicottii | |
| Spotted Owl | Strix occidentalis | |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | |
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| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | |
| Gilded Flicker | Colaptes chrysoides | |
| Williamson's Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus thyroideus | |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-naped Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus nuchalis | |
| Red-breasted Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus ruber | Rare/Accidental |
| Lewis's Woodpecker | Melanerpes lewis | |
| Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus | |
| Gila Woodpecker | Melanerpes uropygialis | |
| Ladder-backed Woodpecker | Picoides scalaris | |
| Downy Woodpecker | Picoides pubescens | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Picoides villosus | |
| American Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides dorsalis | |
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| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Prairie Falcon | Falco mexicanus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Cassin's Kingbird | Tyrannus vociferans | |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis | |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | Rare/Accidental |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | |
| Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens | |
| Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | |
| Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans | |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | Rare/Accidental |
| Say's Phoebe | Sayornis saya | |
| Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii | |
| Hammond's Flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii | |
| Gray Flycatcher | Empidonax wrightii | |
| Dusky Flycatcher | Empidonax oberholseri | |
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Empidonax difficilis | |
| Cordilleran Flycatcher | Empidonax occidentalis | |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | |
| Greater Pewee | Contopus pertinax | |
| Western Wood Pewee | Contopus sordidulus | |
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| Bell's Vireo | Vireo bellii | |
| Gray Vireo | Vireo vicinior | |
| Plumbeous Vireo | Vireo plumbeus | |
| Cassin's Vireo | Vireo cassinii | |
| Hutton's Vireo | Vireo huttoni | |
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | |
| Northern Shrike | Lanius borealis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-billed Magpie | Pica hudsonia | |
| Clark's Nutcracker | Nucifraga columbiana | |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | |
| Pinyon Jay | Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus | |
| Woodhouse's Scrub Jay | Aphelocoma woodhouseii | |
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | Rare/Accidental |
| Steller's Jay | Cyanocitta stelleri | |
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| Peucedramus | Peucedramus taeniatus | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Rare/Accidental |
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| Evening Grosbeak | Hesperiphona vespertina | |
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | |
| Gray-crowned Rosy Finch | Leucosticte tephrocotis | Rare/Accidental |
| House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | |
| Cassin's Finch | Haemorhous cassinii | |
| Purple Finch | Haemorhous purpureus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
| White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | Rare/Accidental |
| Pine Siskin | Spinus pinus | |
| American Goldfinch | Spinus tristis | |
| Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria | |
| Lawrence's Goldfinch | Spinus lawrencei | |
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| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | |
| Black-chinned Sparrow | Spizella atrogularis | |
| Brewer's Sparrow | Spizella breweri | |
| Black-throated Sparrow | Amphispiza bilineata | |
| Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | |
| Lark Bunting | Calamospiza melanocorys | |
| Cassin's Sparrow | Peucaea cassinii | |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | |
| Green-tailed Towhee | Pipilo chlorurus | |
| Spotted Towhee | Pipilo maculatus | |
| Canyon Towhee | Kieneria fusca | |
| Abert's Towhee | Kieneria aberti | |
| Rufous-crowned Sparrow | Aimophila ruficeps | |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | |
| Harris's Sparrow | Zonotrichia querula | Rare/Accidental |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca | Rare/Accidental |
| American Tree Sparrow | Passerella arborea | Rare/Accidental |
| Sagebrush Sparrow | Artemisiospiza nevadensis | |
| Bell's Sparrow | Artemisiospiza belli | |
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus | |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | |
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| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorum | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | Rare/Accidental |
| Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | Rare/Accidental |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Leiothlypis celata | |
| Lucy's Warbler | Leiothlypis luciae | |
| Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | |
| Virginia's Warbler | Leiothlypis virginiae | |
| MacGillivray's Warbler | Geothlypis tolmiei | |
| Kentucky Warbler | Geothlypis formosa | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
| Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | Rare/Accidental |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | |
| Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | Rare/Accidental |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea | Rare/Accidental |
| Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica | Rare/Accidental |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Setophaga dominica | Rare/Accidental |
| Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Grace's Warbler | Setophaga graciae | |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler | Setophaga nigrescens | |
| Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | |
| Hermit Warbler | Setophaga occidentalis | |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens | Rare/Accidental |
| Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | |
| Red-faced Warbler | Cardellina rubrifrons | |
| Painted Redstart | Myioborus pictus | |
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| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | |
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | |
| Scott's Oriole | Icterus parisorum | |
| Bullock's Oriole | Icterus bullockii | |
| Streak-backed Oriole | Icterus pustulatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | Rare/Accidental |
| Hooded Oriole | Icterus cucullatus | |
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | |
| Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | |
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brewer's Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | Rare/Accidental |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | |
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| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | |
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | |
| Lazuli Bunting | Passerina amoena | |
| Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | Rare/Accidental |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | Rare/Accidental |
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | |
| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | |
| Hepatic Tanager | Piranga flava | |
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| Bridled Titmouse | Baeolophus wollweberi | |
| Juniper Titmouse | Baeolophus ridgwayi | |
| Mountain Chickadee | Poecile gambeli | |
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| Verdin | Auriparus flaviceps | |
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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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| Bushtit | Psaltriparus minimus | |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | |
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| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | Rare/Accidental |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | |
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| Phainopepla | Phainopepla nitens | |
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| American Treecreeper | Certhia americana | |
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| Pygmy Nuthatch | Sitta pygmaea | |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis | |
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| Boulder Wren | Salpinctes obsoletus | |
| Canyon Wren | Catherpes mexicanus | |
| Pacific Wren | Troglodytes pacificus | Rare/Accidental |
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes hiemalis | Rare/Accidental |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | |
| Bewick's Wren | Thryomanes bewickii | |
| Cactus Wren | Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus | |
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| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | |
| Black-tailed Gnatcatcher | Polioptila melanura | |
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| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | |
| Sage Thrasher | Oreoscoptes montanus | |
| Curve-billed Thrasher | Toxostoma curvirostre | |
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | Rare/Accidental |
| Bendire's Thrasher | Toxostoma bendirei | Rare/Accidental |
| Crissal Thrasher | Toxostoma crissale | |
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| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
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| American Dipper | Cinclus mexicanus | |
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| Western Bluebird | Sialia mexicana | |
| Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | |
| Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | |
| Townsend's Solitaire | Myadestes townsendi | |
| Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius | Rare/Accidental |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | |
| Rufous-backed Thrush | Turdus rufopalliatus | Rare/Accidental |
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