Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World
Prairie
This checklist includes all bird species found in Prairie , 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 2023. 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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| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | Rare/Accidental |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | |
| 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 | |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | |
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| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | |
| Greater Sage-Grouse | Centrocercus urophasianus | |
| Sharp-tailed Grouse | Tympanuchus phasianellus | |
| Gray Partridge | Perdix perdix | Introduced species |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
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| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
| Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis | |
| Clark's Grebe | Aechmophorus clarkii | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Rare/Accidental |
| Inca Dove | Columbina inca | Rare/Accidental |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
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| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | |
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| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
| Common Poorwill | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii | |
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| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | |
| White-throated Swift | Aeronautes saxatalis | |
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| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | |
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| Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | |
| Whooping Crane | Grus americana | |
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| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | |
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| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | |
| Mountain Plover | Anarhynchus montanus | |
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| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | |
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | |
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| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| California Gull | Larus californicus | |
| Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | |
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| Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritum | |
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| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | |
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| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | |
| Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
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| White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi | |
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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 | |
| American Goshawk | Accipiter atricapillus | |
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | |
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | |
| Ferruginous Hawk | Buteo regalis | |
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| Eastern Screech-Owl | Megascops asio | |
| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | |
| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus | |
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| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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| Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | |
| Downy Woodpecker | Dryobates pubescens | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Dryobates villosus | |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | |
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| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| Prairie Falcon | Falco mexicanus | |
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| Western Wood-Pewee | Contopus sordidulus | |
| Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii | |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | |
| Dusky Flycatcher | Empidonax oberholseri | |
| Say's Phoebe | Sayornis saya | |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis | |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | |
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| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
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| Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | |
| Northern Shrike | Lanius borealis | |
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| Pinyon Jay | Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus | |
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | |
| Black-billed Magpie | Pica hudsonia | |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
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| Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus | |
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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 | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Corthylio calendula | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis | |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | |
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| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana | |
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| Rock Wren | Salpinctes obsoletus | |
| Canyon Wren | Catherpes mexicanus | |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
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| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | |
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | |
| Sage Thrasher | Oreoscoptes montanus | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | |
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| Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | |
| Townsend's Solitaire | Myadestes townsendi | |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens | |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | Rare/Accidental |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | |
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| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
| Sprague's Pipit | Anthus spragueii | |
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| 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 | |
| Chestnut-collared Longspur | Calcarius ornatus | |
| Smith's Longspur | Calcarius pictus | Rare/Accidental |
| Thick-billed Longspur | Rhynchophanes mccownii | |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | |
| Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla | |
| Brewer's Sparrow | Spizella breweri | |
| Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | |
| Lark Bunting | Calamospiza melanocorys | |
| American Tree Sparrow | Spizelloides arborea | |
| Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca | |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | |
| Harris's Sparrow | Zonotrichia querula | |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | |
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus | |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | |
| Baird's Sparrow | Centronyx bairdii | |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | |
| Spotted Towhee | Pipilo maculatus | |
| Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | |
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | |
| 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 | |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | |
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| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | |
| Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Leiothlypis celata | |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | |
| Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | |
| Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis | |
| 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 | |
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana | |
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