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Comox-Strathcona
This checklist includes all bird species found in Comox-Strathcona , 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 2022. 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: Comox-Strathcona [map]
Number of species: 345
Number of introduced species: 7
Last modified: 2023-05-23
Number of introduced species: 7
Last modified: 2023-05-23
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| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | |
| Ross's Goose | Anser rossii | |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
| Brant | Branta bernicla | |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Introduced species |
| Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator | |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | Rare/Accidental |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | 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 | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | |
| Redhead | Aythya americana | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | |
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta deglandi | |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | |
| 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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| California Quail | Callipepla californica | Introduced species |
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| Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus | |
| Sooty Grouse | Dendragapus fuliginosus | |
| White-tailed Ptarmigan | Lagopus leucura | |
| Willow Ptarmigan | Lagopus lagopus | |
| Rock Ptarmigan | Lagopus muta | |
| Spruce Grouse | Canachites canadensis | |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
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| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
| Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis | |
| Clark's Grebe | Aechmophorus clarkii | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Introduced species |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
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| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
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| Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | |
| Vaux's Swift | Chaetura vauxi | |
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| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | |
| Anna's Hummingbird | Calypte anna | |
| Calliope Hummingbird | Selasphorus calliope | |
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | |
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| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | |
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| Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | |
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| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | |
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| Black Oystercatcher | Haematopus bachmani | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Snowy Plover | Charadrius nivosus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Rare/Accidental |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | |
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| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Rare/Accidental |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Black Turnstone | Arenaria melanocephala | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
| Surfbird | Calidris virgata | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Rare/Accidental |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Rock Sandpiper | Calidris ptilocnemis | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
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| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
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| Common Murre | Uria aalge | |
| Thick-billed Murre | Uria lomvia | |
| Pigeon Guillemot | Cepphus columba | |
| Marbled Murrelet | Brachyramphus marmoratus | |
| Scripps's Murrelet | Synthliboramphus scrippsi | Rare/Accidental |
| Ancient Murrelet | Synthliboramphus antiquus | |
| Cassin's Auklet | Ptychoramphus aleuticus | |
| Parakeet Auklet | Aethia psittacula | |
| Rhinoceros Auklet | Cerorhinca monocerata | |
| Horned Puffin | Fratercula corniculata | |
| Tufted Puffin | Fratercula cirrhata | |
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| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | |
| Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Heermann's Gull | Larus heermanni | |
| Short-billed Gull | Larus brachyrhynchus | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
| Western Gull | Larus occidentalis | |
| California Gull | Larus californicus | |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | |
| Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | Rare/Accidental |
| Glaucous-winged Gull | Larus glaucescens | |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
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| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |
| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer | |
| Yellow-billed Loon | Gavia adamsii | Rare/Accidental |
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| Laysan Albatross | Phoebastria immutabilis | |
| Black-footed Albatross | Phoebastria nigripes | |
| Short-tailed Albatross | Phoebastria albatrus | |
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| Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates furcatus | |
| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | |
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| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Rare/Accidental |
| Murphy's Petrel | Pterodroma ultima | Rare/Accidental |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | |
| Hawaiian Petrel | Pterodroma sandwichensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Pink-footed Shearwater | Ardenna creatopus | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Rare/Accidental |
| Buller's Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Brandt's Cormorant | Urile penicillatus | |
| Pelagic Cormorant | Urile pelagicus | |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritum | |
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| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
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| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
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| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
| Cooper's Hawk | Accipiter cooperii | |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | |
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | |
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| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Western Screech-Owl | Megascops kennicottii | |
| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | |
| Northern Hawk Owl | Surnia ulula | |
| Northern Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium gnoma | |
| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | |
| Barred Owl | Strix varia | |
| Great Gray Owl | Strix nebulosa | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| Boreal Owl | Aegolius funereus | |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus | |
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| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | |
| Red-naped Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus nuchalis | |
| Red-breasted Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus ruber | |
| Lewis's Woodpecker | Melanerpes lewis | |
| American Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides dorsalis | |
| Downy Woodpecker | Dryobates pubescens | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Dryobates villosus | |
| Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus | |
| 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 | |
| Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii | |
| Hammond's Flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii | |
| Dusky Flycatcher | Empidonax oberholseri | |
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Empidonax difficilis | |
| Say's Phoebe | Sayornis saya | |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis | |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | |
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| Hutton's Vireo | Vireo huttoni | |
| Cassin's Vireo | Vireo cassinii | |
| 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 | |
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | |
| Black-billed Magpie | Pica hudsonia | |
| Clark's Nutcracker | Nucifraga columbiana | |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
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| Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus | |
| Mountain Chickadee | Poecile gambeli | |
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee | Poecile rufescens | |
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| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
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| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | |
| Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina | |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
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| Bushtit | Psaltriparus minimus | |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Corthylio calendula | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | |
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| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis | |
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| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana | |
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| Rock Wren | Salpinctes obsoletus | |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
| Pacific Wren | Troglodytes pacificus | |
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | |
| Bewick's Wren | Thryomanes bewickii | |
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| American Dipper | Cinclus mexicanus | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
| Crested Myna | Acridotheres cristatellus | Extirpated |
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| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | |
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| Western Bluebird | Sialia mexicana | |
| Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | |
| Townsend's Solitaire | Myadestes townsendi | |
| Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius | |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens | |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | |
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| Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | |
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| Siberian Accentor | Prunella montanella | Rare/Accidental |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | Rare/Accidental |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Rare/Accidental |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
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| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Evening Grosbeak | Coccothraustes vespertinus | |
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | |
| Asian Rosy-Finch | Leucosticte arctoa | |
| Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch | Leucosticte tephrocotis | |
| House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | |
| Purple Finch | Haemorhous purpureus | |
| Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
| Hoary 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 | |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | |
| Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | |
| 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 | |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | |
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus | |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | |
| Green-tailed Towhee | Pipilo chlorurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Towhee | Pipilo maculatus | |
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| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | |
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| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | |
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | |
| Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | |
| Bullock's Oriole | Icterus bullockii | |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | |
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | |
| Brewer's Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | |
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| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Leiothlypis celata | |
| Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | |
| MacGillivray's Warbler | Geothlypis tolmiei | |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
| Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | Rare/Accidental |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | |
| Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea | |
| Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca | |
| Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | |
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler | Setophaga nigrescens | |
| Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | |
| Hermit Warbler | Setophaga occidentalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | |
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| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | |
| Lazuli Bunting | Passerina amoena | |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | Rare/Accidental |
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