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x Red-faced Cormorant Red-faced Cormorant Yes No 8
The Red-faced Cormorant, Red-faced Shag or Violet Shag, Phalacrocorax urile, is a species of cormorant that is found in the far north of the Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, from the eastern tip of Hokkaidō in Japan, via the Kuril Islands, the southern...
x Black-bellied Plover Grey Plover (illustration) Yes No 3B
The Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola), known as the Black-bellied Plover in North America, is a medium-sized plover breeding in arctic regions. It is a long-distance migrant, with a nearly worldwide coastal distribution when not breeding. They are...
x Black Oystercatcher Black Oystercatcher Yes No 5
The Black Oystercatcher, Haematopus bachmani, is a conspicuous black bird found on the shoreline of western North America. It ranges from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska to the coast of the Baja California peninsula. The Black Oystercatcher is the...
x Kittlitz's Murrelet Kittlitzs murrelet Yes No 3B
The Kittlitz's Murrelet, (Brachyramphus brevirostris) is a small alcid found in the waters off Alaska and Eastern Siberia. This critically endangered species is, like the closely related Marbled Murrelet, unusual for seabirds in not being colonial,...
x Rock Sandpiper Rock Sandpiper Yes No 2
The Rock Sandpiper (Calidris or Erolia ptilocnemis) is a small shorebird. Adults have short yellow legs and a medium thin dark bill. The body is dark on top with a slight purplish gloss and mainly white underneath. The breast is smeared with grey...
x Red-legged Kittiwake Red-legged Kittiwakes, St. George Island, Alaska Yes No  
The Red-legged Kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris) is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae. It breeds in the Pribilof, Bogoslof and Buldir islands of the USA, and the Commander Islands, Russia. Adults are 35–39 cm (14–15 in) long, with an 84–92...
x Aleutian Tern   Yes   1A
The Aleutian Tern (Onychoprion aleuticus, formerly Sterna aleutica - see Bridge et al., 2005) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This species breeds in colonies on coasts and islands in Alaska and easternmost Siberia. It is strongly...
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x Ancient Murrelet /m/02cn41y Yes   3
The Ancient Murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus, is a bird in the auk family. It breeds from the Yellow Sea (islands off China), through the Russian Pacific coast and the Aleutian Islands to the Haida Gwaii archipelago of British Columbia, where...
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x Whiskered Auklet Whiskered Auklet Yes No 3
The Whiskered Auklet, Aethia pygmaea, is a small seabird of the auk family. It has a more restricted range than other members of its genus, Aethia, living only around the Aleutian Islands and on some islands off Siberia (like Commander Islands), and...
x Sandhill Crane /m/02clrp3 Yes No 9
The Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) is a large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird references habitat like that at the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska's Sandhills in the American Midwest. This...
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x Red-throated Diver Adult in breeding plumage Yes No 7B
The Red-throated Loon or Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata) is a migratory aquatic bird found in the northern hemisphere. It breeds primarily in Arctic regions, and winters in northern coastal waters. It is the most widely distributed member of the...
x Yellow-billed Loon Yellow-billed Loon Yes No 9
The Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii), also known as the White-billed Diver, is the largest member of the loon or diver family. Breeding adults have a black head, white underparts and chequered black-and-white mantle. Non-breeding plumage is...
x Pacific Golden Plover Pacific Golden Plover Yes No 3
The Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) is a medium-sized plover. The 23–26 cm long breeding adult is spotted gold and black on the crown, back and wings. Its face and neck are black with a white border and it has a black breast and a dark rump....
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x American Golden Plover /m/02cfdg8 Yes   3
The American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica) is a medium-sized plover. Adults are spotted gold and black on the crown, back and wings. Their face and neck are black with a white border; they have a black breast and a dark rump. The legs are black...
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x Whimbrel European subspecies of Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus Yes No 4
The Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America, Europe and Asia as far south as Scotland. This is a migratory species...
x Bristle-thighed Curlew Bristle-thighed Curlew Yes No 4A
The Bristle-thighed Curlew, Numenius tahitiensis, is a medium-sized shorebird that breeds in Alaska and winters on tropical Pacific islands. It has a long, decurved bill and bristled feathers at the base of the legs. Its length is about 40–44 cm and...
x Hudsonian Godwit   Yes No 3A
The Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica, is a large shorebird. Adults have long dark legs and a long pink bill with a slight upward curve and dark at the tip. The upper parts are mottled brown and the underparts are chestnut. The tail is black and...
x Bar-tailed Godwit BartailedGodwit24 Yes No 4A
The Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a large wader in the family Scolopacidae, which breeds on Arctic coasts and tundra mainly in the Old World, and winters on coasts in temperate and tropical regions of the Old World. It makes the longest...
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x Marbled Godwit MarbledGodwit23 Yes No 4
The Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa, is a large shorebird. On average, it is the largest of the 4 species of godwit. The total length is 40–50 cm (16–20 in), including a large bill of 8–13 cm (3.1–5.1 in), and wingspan is 70–88 cm (28–35 in). Body mass...
x Red Knot winter plumage Yes No 2
The Red Knot, Calidris canutus (just Knot in Europe), is a medium sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calidris sandpipers, second only to the...
x Short-billed Dowitcher ShortBillDowitcher23 Yes No 2
The Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) like its congener the Long-billed Dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It is an inhabitant of North America, Middle America, and northern South...
x Arctic Tern Arctic terns Yes   2
The Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar breeding distribution covering the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America (as far south as Brittany and...
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x Marbled Murrelet B. marmoratus Yes No 3B
The Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) is a small seabird from the North Pacific. It is a member of the auk family. It nests in old-growth forests or on the ground at higher latitudes where trees cannot grow. Its habit of nesting in trees...
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x Short-eared Owl /m/029ncl8 Yes No 6
The Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) is a species of typical owl (family Strigidae). In Scotland this species of owl is often referred to as a cataface, grass owl or short-horned hootlet. Owls belonging to genus Asio are known as the eared owls, as...
x Blackpoll Warbler BlackpollWarbler23 Yes No 0
The Blackpoll Warbler, Dendroica striata , is a New World warbler. Breeding males are mostly black and white. They have a prominent black cap, white cheeks and white wing bars. The Blackpoll breeds in northern North America, from Alaska, through...
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x Rusty Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Yes No 2
The Rusty Blackbird, Euphagus carolinus, is a medium-sized blackbird, closely related to grackles (Rusty Grackle is an older name for the species). Adults have a pointed bill and a pale yellow eye. They have black plumage; the female is greyer. ...
x American White Pelican Adult Yes No 9C
The American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a large aquatic bird from the order Pelecaniformes. It breeds in interior North America, moving south and to the coasts, as far as Central America, in winter. The scientific name means "red...
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x American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus 28079 Yes    
The American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae. New evidence has led the American Ornithologists' Union to move the heron family into the order Pelecaniformes (from Ciconiiformes). It is a large, chunky,...
x Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Yes No 6
The Little Blue Heron, Egretta caerulea, is a small heron. It breeds from the Gulf states of the USA through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay. It is a resident breeder in most of its range, but some northern breeders...
x Mississippi Kite Mississippi Kite, USFWS Photo Yes No 5
The Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is 12 to 15 inches (30–37 cm) beak to tail and has a wingspan averaging 3 feet (91 cm). Weight is from 214 to 388 grams (7.6-13.7 oz). Adults are...
x Northern Harrier Northern Harrier Yes No 4
The Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) or Northern Harrier (in North America) is a bird of prey. It breeds throughout the northern parts of the northern hemisphere in Canada and the northernmost USA, and in northern Eurasia. This species is polytypic,...
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x Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensisAAP026CB Yes No 1A
The Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) is a mouse-sized member of the Rallidae family of birds. It is found in scattered parts of North America and the Pacific region of South America, usually in coastal salt marshes but also in some freshwater...
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x Solitary Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Yes No 1A
The Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) is a small wader (shorebird). This species measures 18–23 cm (7.1–9.1 in) long, with a wingspan up to 50 cm (20 in) and a body mass of 31–65 g (1.1–2.3 oz). It is a dumpy wader with a dark green back,...
x Long-billed Curlew Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)Fishing Pier, Goose Island State Park, Texas Yes No 5
The Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae. This species was also called "sicklebird" and the "candlestick bird". The species is native to central and western North America. In the...
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x Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes No 1A
The Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus or Micropalama himantopus, is a small shorebird; it bears some resemblance to the smaller calidrid sandpipers or "stints". DNA sequence information is incapable of determining whether it should be placed in...
x White-rumped Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper(Calidris fuscicollis) Yes No 1B
The White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) is a small shorebird. Adults have black legs and a small thin dark bill. The body is dark brown on top and mainly white underneath, with brown streaks on the breast and a white rump. They have a...
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x Wilson's Phalarope Wilson's Phalarope Yes No 1A
The Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor, is a small wader. This bird, the largest of the phalaropes, breeds in the prairies of North America in western Canada and the western United States. It is migratory, wintering around the central Andes in...
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x American Woodcock Americanwoodcock Yes   3
The American Woodcock (Scolopax minor), sometimes colloquially referred to as the Timberdoodle, is a small chunky shorebird species found primarily in the eastern half of North America. Woodcock spend most of their time on the ground in brushy,...
x Forster's Tern Forster's Tern Yes No 3
The Forster's Tern, Sterna forsteri, is a member of the tern family Sternidae. It breeds inland in North America and winters south to the Caribbean and northern South America. This species is rare but annual in western Europe, and has wintered in...
x Bell's Vireo Bell's Vireo Yes No 0
The Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) is a small North American songbird. It is 4-3/4 to 5 inches (12-13 cm) in length, dull olive-gray above and whitish below. It has a faint white eye ring and faint wing bars. This bird was named by Audubon for John...
x Marsh Wren Marsh Wren Yes No 1
The Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) is a small North American songbird of the wren family. It is sometimes called Long-billed Marsh Wren to distinguish it from the Sedge Wren, also known as Short-billed Marsh Wren. Adults have brown upperparts...
x LeConte's Sparrow LeConte's Sparrow Yes No 1
The Le Conte’s Sparrow, Ammodramus leconteii, is one of the smallest sparrow species in North America. It is a very secretive bird that prefers to spend most of its time on the ground under the cover of tall grasses. They are typically very...
x Painted Bunting Painted Bunting Yes No 1C
The Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) is a species of bird in the Cardinal family, Cardinalidae, that is native to North America. The Painted Bunting was one of the many species originally described by Linnaeus in his eighteenth century work Systema...
x Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis cropped Yes No 1A
The Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis, is a small shorebird. It is a calidrid sandpipers and currently considered to be the only member of the genus Tryngites. Indeed, it probably belongs in the genus Calidris itself, or more...
x American Avocet Summer plumage Yes No 4A
The American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) is a large wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae. This avocet has long, thin, gray legs, giving it its colloquial name, "blue shanks". The plumage is black and white on the back with...
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x Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes No 2
The Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus, is a cuckoo. Common folk-names for this bird in the southern United States are Rain Crow and Storm Crow. These likely refer to the bird's habit of calling on hot days, often presaging thunderstorms....
x Vermilion Flycatcher Male and female Vermilion Flycatcher by Louis Agassiz Fuertes Yes No 0A
The Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) is a small passerine bird in the Tyrannidae, or tyrant flycatcher family. Most flycatchers are rather drab, but the Vermilion Flycatcher is a striking exception. It is a favourite with birders, but is...
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x Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria-citrea-002 edit Yes No 0
The Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. It is the only member of the genus Protonotaria. The Prothonotary Warbler is 13 cm long and weighs 12.5 g. It has an olive back with blue-grey wings...
x Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus FWS Yes No 1
The Kentucky Warbler, Oporornis formosus, is a small species of New World warbler. The Kentucky Warbler, like all members of the genus Oporornis, is a sluggish and heavy warbler with a short tail, preferring to spend most of its time on or near the...
x Orchard Oriole Orchard Oriole Yes No 1B
The Orchard Oriole, Icterus spurius, is the smallest North American species of icterid blackbird. The subspecies of the Caribbean coast of Mexico, I. s. fuertesi, is sometimes considered a separate species, the Ochre Oriole. This species is 6.3...
x Yellow-throated Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) Yes No 1
The Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) is a small American songbird. Adults are mainly olive on the head and upperparts with a yellow throat and white belly; they have dark eyes with yellow "spectacles". The tail and wings are dark with white...
x Sedge Wren Sedge Wren Yes No 0
The Sedge Wren, Cistothorus platensis, is a small songbird of the Wren family. It was formerly known as the Short-billed Marsh Wren, and in South America is known as the Grass Wren. There are about 20 different subspecies which are found across most...
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x King Rail KingRail23 Yes No 5
The King Rail, Rallus elegans, is a waterbird, the largest North American rail. Distinct features are a long bill with a slight downward curve, with adults being brown on the back and rusty-brown on the face and breast with a dark brown cap. They...
x Common Moorhen Common Moorhen Yes No 5
The Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) is a bird in the Rallidae family with an almost worldwide distribution. The North and South American Committees of the AOU and the IOC have voted on or before July 2011 to split the American forms into a new...
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x Lesser Yellowlegs Yellowlegs - natures pics Yes No 2
The Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is a medium-sized shorebird similar in appearance to the larger Greater Yellowlegs. It is not closely related to this bird, however, but instead to the much larger and quite dissimilar Willet; merely the fine,...
x Common Tern Common Tern by the River Thames Yes No 2
The Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, its four subspecies breeding in temperate and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory,...
x Black-billed Cuckoo Black-billed-cuckoo2 Yes No 2
The Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus, is a cuckoo. Adults have a long brown tail and a black bill. The head and upper parts are brown and the underparts are white. There is a red ring around the eye. Juveniles are drabber, and the eye...
x Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Yes No 0A
The Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. Adults have brown-olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have an indistinct white eye ring, white wing...
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x Grasshopper Sparrow GrasshopperSparrow23 Yes No 1
The Grasshopper Sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum, is a small sparrow. The Ammodramus genus of 11 species inhabit grasslands and marshes. These small sparrows measure 10–14 cm (3.9–5.5 in) in length, span about 17.5 cm (6.9 in) across the wings and...
x Henslow's Sparrow Henslow's Sparrow Yes No 1C
Henslow's Sparrow, Ammodramus henslowii, is a small American sparrow. Adults have streaked brown upperparts with a light brown breast with streaks, a white belly and a white throat. They have a pale stripe on the crown with a dark stripe on each...
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