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x Henslow's Sparrow Henslow's Sparrow Yes No 1C
The 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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x Acadian Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Yes   0A
The Acadian Flycatcher or Green-crested Flycatcher, Empidonax virescens, is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. Adults have olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a white eye ring,...
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x Cerulean Warbler Cerulean Warbler Yes No 0
The Cerulean Warbler, Dendroica cerulea, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. Adult males have pale cerulean blue upperparts and white underparts with a black necklace across the breast; they also have black streaks on the back and...
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x Louisiana Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush by LA Fuertes Yes No 1
The Louisiana Waterthrush, Seiurus motacilla , is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America from southernmost Canada and south through the eastern USA, excluding Florida and the coast. It is migratory, wintering in Central America and...
x Black Tern Black Tern Yes No 1A
The Black Tern, Chlidonias niger, is a small tern generally found in or near inland water in Europe and North America. As its name suggests, it has predominantly dark plumage. Adult are 25 cm (9.75 in) long, with a wing span 61 cm (24 in), and weigh...
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x Golden-winged Warbler Male and Female Yes No 0A
The Golden-winged Warbler, Vermivora chrysoptera, is a New World warbler, 11.6 cm long and weighing 8.5 g. It breeds in eastern North America in southeastern Canada and the eastern USA. Its range is extending northwards, but in the south it is being...
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x Red-headed Woodpecker Red-headed Woodpecker Yes No 2
The Red-headed Woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, is a small or medium-sized woodpecker from temperate North America. Their breeding habitat is open country across southern Canada and the eastern-central United States. The Red-headed Woodpecker...
x Swainson's Warbler Swainson's WarblerPainting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes Yes No 1C
Swainson's Warbler, Limnothlypis swainsonii, is a small species of New World warbler. It is monotypic, the only member of the genus Limnothlypis. A small and rather non-descript species of New World warbler, Swainson's Warblers will grow to about 5...
x White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi Yes No 6
The White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. This species breeds colonially in marshes, usually nesting in bushes or low trees. Its breeding range extends from the western USA south through Mexico, as...
x Swallow-tailed Kite Swallow-tailed Kite Yes No 6
The Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) is an elanid kite which breeds from the southeastern United States to eastern Peru and northern Argentina. Most North and Central American breeders winter in South America where the species is resident...
x Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis Yes No 2
The Yellow Rail, Coturnicops noveboracensis, is a small waterbird, of the family Rallidae. Adults have brown upperparts streaked with black, a yellowish-brown breast, a light belly and barred flanks. The short thick dark bill turns yellow in males...
x Piping Plover Piping Plover Yes No 1A
The Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) is a small sand-colored, sparrow-sized shorebird that nests and feeds along coastal sand and gravel beaches in North America. The adult has yellow-orange legs, a black band across the forehead from eye to eye,...
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x Wood Thrush Wood Thrush Yes No 1A
The Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, is a North American passerine bird. It is closely related to other thrushes such as the American Robin and is widely distributed across North America, wintering in Central America and southern Mexico. The Wood...
x Northern Parula Northernparalua20 Yes No 0A
The Northern Parula, Parula americana, is a small New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America from southern Canada to Florida. This species is migratory, wintering in southern Florida, northern Central America, the West Indies and most of...
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x Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia 070430 GWADA Yes No 1A
The Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) is a small plover. Wilson's Plover is a coastal wader which breeds on both coasts of the Americas from the equator northwards. Its range extends north to include much of the U.S. eastern coast, and the west...
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x Gull-billed Tern Gull-billed Tern Yes No 3B
The Gull-billed Tern, Gelochelidon nilotica, formerly Sterna nilotica (Bridge et al., 2005), is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It breeds in warmer parts of the world in southern Europe (and a very small isolated population in northern...
x Royal Tern Royal Tern Yes No 4A
The Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus, syn. Sterna maxima - see Bridge et al., 2005) is a seabird in the tern family Sternidae. This bird has two distinctive subspecies. T. m. maximus breeds on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the southern USA and...
x Black Skimmer Blackskimmer64 Yes No 4
The Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger, is a tern-like seabird, one of three very similar birds species in the skimmer family. It breeds in North and South America. Northern populations winter in the warmer waters of the Caribbean and the tropical and...
x Prairie Warbler Prairie Warbler Yes No 0A
The Prairie Warbler, Dendroica discolor, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. These birds have yellow underparts with dark streaks on the flanks, and olive upperparts with rusty streaks on the back; they have a yellow line above the...
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x Reddish Egret Reddishegret69 Yes No 7A
The Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) is a small heron. It is a resident breeder in Central America, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Gulf Coast of the United States, and Mexico. There is post-breeding dispersal to well north of the nesting range. In...
x Limpkin Limpkin1 Yes No 6
The Limpkin (also called "carrao", "courlan", "crying bird"), Aramus guarauna, is a bird that looks like a large rail but is skeletally closer to cranes. It is found mostly in wetlands in warm parts of the Americas, where it feeds primarily on apple...
x Semipalmated Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) Yes No 1B
The Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla, is a very small shorebird. It is sometimes separated with other "stints" in Erolia but although these apparently form a monophyletic group, the present species' old genus Ereunetes had been proposed...
x Black-throated Green Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Yes No 0
The Black-throated Green Warbler, Dendroica virens, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. It is 12 cm long and weighs 9 g, and has an olive-green crown, a yellow face with olive markings, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, an olive...
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x Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow NelsonsSharptailedSparrow23 Yes No 1
The Nelson's Sparrow (Latin: Ammodramus nelsoni) is a small sparrow. Adults have brownish upperparts with grey on the crown and nape, a cream-coloured breast with light or indistinct streaking and a white throat and belly; they have an orange face...
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x Seaside Sparrow Dusky Seaside Sparrow Yes No 1B
The Seaside Sparrow, Ammodramus maritimus, is a small American sparrow. The 11 Ammodramus species inhabit marshes and grasslands. Adults have brownish upperparts with grey on the crown and nape, and a grayish buff colored breast with dark streaks;...
x Purple Sandpiper Purple Sandpiper Yes No 1A
The Purple Sandpiper, Calidris, Arquatella or Erolia maritima is a small shorebird. Adults have short yellow legs and a medium thin dark bill with a yellow base. The body is dark on top with a slight purplish gloss and mainly white underneath. The...
x Least Tern Least Tern, California subspecies Yes No 1B
The Least Tern (Sternula antillarum, formerly Sterna antillarum) is a species of tern that breeds in North America and locally in northern South America. It is closely related to, and was formerly often considered conspecific with, the Little Tern...
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x Razorbill Razorbill iceland Yes No  
The Razorbill, Alca torda, is a large auk, 38-43 cm in length, with a 60-69 cm wingspan. It is the only living member of the genus Alca. Adult birds are black on their upperparts and white on the breast and belly. The thick black bill has a blunt...
x White-crowned Pigeon Print of John James Audubon painting of the White-crowned pigeon Yes No 4A
The White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala, formerly Columba leucocephala; see Johnson et al., 2001) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae (doves and pigeons). It is a resident breeder mainly in the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica and Antigua...
x Mangrove Cuckoo Mangrove Cuckoo Yes No 2
The Mangrove Cuckoo, Coccyzus minor, is a species of cuckoo that is native to the Neotropics. Adults have a long tail, brown above and black-and-white below, and a black curved bill with yellow on the lower mandible. The head and upper parts are...
x Black-whiskered Vireo Black-whiskered Vireo Yes No 1C
The Black-whiskered Vireo, Vireo altiloquus, is a small passerine bird, which breeds in southern Florida, USA, and the West Indies as far south as the offshore islands of Venezuela. It is a partial migrant, with northern birds wintering from the...
x Cooper's Hawk Cooper's Hawk Yes No 5
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) is a medium-sized hawk native to the North American continent and found from Canada to Mexico. As in many birds of prey, the male is smaller than the female. The Birds found east of the Mississippi River tend to be...
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x Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus edit Yes No 4
The Willet, Tringa semipalmata (formerly in the monotypic genus Catoptrophorus, as Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), is a large shorebird in the sandpiper family. It is a good-sized and stout scolopacid, the largest of the shanks. Its closest relative...
x Elegant Tern Sterna elegans flying Yes No 3
The Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans, syn. Sterna elegans - see Bridge et al., 2005) is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It breeds on the Pacific coasts of the southern USA and Mexico and winters south to Peru, Ecuador and Chile. This species...
x Black Swift   Yes No 1A
The Black Swift (Cypseloides niger) is North America’s largest swift. The bird is found from northern British Columbia in Canada through the United States and Mexico to Costa Rica. It is also found on islands in the West Indies. In flight, this bird...
x Black-chinned Hummingbird Male Yes Yes Hummingbird S
The Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) is a small hummingbird. Adults are metallic green above and white below with green flanks. Their bill is long, straight and very slender. The adult male has a black face and chin, a glossy purple...
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x Western Wood Pewee WesternWoodPewee23 Yes No 0
The Western Wood-Pewee, Contopus sordidulus, is a small tyrant flycatcher. Adults are gray-olive on the upperparts with light underparts, washed with olive on the breast. They have two wing bars and a dark bill with yellow at the base of the lower...
1C
x Yellow-billed Magpie Turlock, California Yes No 3A
The Yellow-billed Magpie, Pica nuttalli, is a large bird in the crow family found only in California. It inhabits the Central Valley and the adjacent chaparral foothills and mountains. Apart from its having a yellow bill and a yellow streak around...
x Violet-green Swallow Violet-green Swallow Yes No 1C
The Violet-green Swallow, Tachycineta thalassina, is a small North American swallow. Adults are velvet green on their upperparts with white underparts and a forked tail; they have white patches on the side of the rump. The head is usually more...
x Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus Yes No 0
The Warbling Vireo, Vireo gilvus, is a small North American songbird. Its breeding habitat is open deciduous and mixed woods from Alaska to Mexico and the Florida Panhandle. It often nests along streams. It migrates to Mexico and Central America....
1C
x Black-headed Grosbeak Female (left), male (right) Yes No 1A
The Black-headed Grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus, is a medium-size seed-eating bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal, the Cardinalidae. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, P. ludovicianus, with...
x Tricolored Blackbird   Yes No 2
The Tricolored or Tricoloured Blackbird, Agelaius tricolor, is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae. Its range is limited to the coastal areas of the Pacific coast of North America, from Northern California in the U.S. (with occasional strays...
x Bullock's Oriole Bullock's Oriole Yes No 1A
The Bullock's Oriole, Icterus bullockii, is a small blackbird. At one time, this species and the Baltimore Oriole were considered to be a single species, the Northern Oriole. Adults have a pointed bill. The adult male is orange on the underparts,...
x Hooded Oriole Hooded Oriole Yes No 1B
The Hooded Oriole, Icterus cucullatus, is a medium-sized New World oriole. Adults have a pointed bill and white wing bars. The adult male has an orange head with black on the face and throat; they are black on the back, wings and tail, orange on the...
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x Black Turnstone Breeding-plumaged adult in Alaska. Yes No 2
The Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala) is a species of small wading bird. It is one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria, the Ruddy Turnstone (A. interpres) being the other. It is now classified in the sandpiper family...
x Cassin's Auklet Cassins Auklet Yes No 3B
The Cassin’s Auklet, Ptychoramphus aleuticus, is a small, chunky seabird that ranges widely in the North Pacific. It nests in small burrows and because of its presence on well studied islands in British Columbia and off California it is one of the...
3A
x Allen's Hummingbird Adult female tending nest Yes Yes Hummingbird S
The Allen's Hummingbird, Selasphorus sasin, is a species of hummingbird. The Allen's Hummingbird is a small bird, with mature adults reaching only 3 to 3½ inches in length. The male Allen's has a green back and forehead, with rust-colored rufous...
x Lewis's Woodpecker Lewis's Woodpecker Yes No 3
The Lewis's Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis, is a large North American species of woodpecker which was named for Meriwether Lewis, one of the explorers who surveyed the areas bought by the United States of America during the Louisiana Purchase. One of...
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x Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperiAAP067B Yes No 1
The Olive-sided Flycatcher, Contopus cooperi, is a passerine bird. It is a medium-sized tyrant flycatcher. Adults are dark olive on the face, upperparts and flanks. They have light underparts, a large dark bill and a short tail. Their breeding...
1B
x Lazuli Bunting Lazuli Bunting Yes Yes 1
The Lazuli Bunting, Passerina amoena, is a North American songbird named for the gemstone lapis lazuli. The male is easily recognized by its bright blue head and back (lighter than the closely related Indigo Bunting), its conspicuous white wingbars,...
x Common Black Hawk Mangrove Black Hawk Yes No 6
The Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks and Old World vultures. It formerly included the Cuban Black Hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii) as a subspecies. On the...
7A
x Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Yes No 4
The Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) is a locally abundant shorebird of American wetlands and coastlines. It is found from the coastal areas of California through much of the interior western United States and along the Gulf of Mexico as...
3A
x Elf Owl An Elf Owl in a Palo Verde tree in Tucson, Arizona Yes No 2
The Elf Owl (Micrathene whitneyi) is a member of the owl family Strigidae that breeds in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is the world's second smallest owl, the first being a Pygmy owl. They are 5-12 inches tall and have a wingspan of...
x Gila Woodpecker Gila Woodpecker Yes No 2
The Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the desert regions of the southwestern United States. They range through southeastern California, southern Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. This woodpecker's habitat...
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x Yellow Warbler Dendroica-petechia-001 Yes No 0
The Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) is a New World warbler. It is the most widespread Dendroica species, breeding in almost the whole of North America and down to northern South America. The yellow warbler is also sometimes called a Yellowbird....
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x Lucy's Warbler Vermivora luciae -North America-8 Yes No 0A
Lucy's Warbler, Vermivora luciae, is the smallest New World warbler found in North America, measuring a mere 4.25 inches in length. It is rather nondescript compared to other wood-warblers. Its head and upperparts are pale gray, while underparts are...
x Yellow-headed Blackbird Male Yes No 1A
The Yellow-headed Blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, is a medium-sized blackbird, and the only member of the genus Xanthocephalus. Adults have a pointed bill. The adult male is mainly black with a yellow head and breast; they have a white...
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x Northern Beardless Tyrannulet   Yes No 0
The Northern Beardless Tyrannulet, Camptostoma imberbe, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southeasternmost Arizona and Texas of the United States through Mexico and Central America to northwestern Costa Rica....
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x Abert's Towhee Pipilo aberti Yes   1A
The Abert's Towhee (Pipilo aberti) is a bird of the family Emberizidae, native to a small range in southwestern North America, generally the lower Colorado River and Gila River watersheds, nearly endemic to Arizona, but also present in small parts...
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x Gray Hawk Buteo nitidus; buse cendrée Yes No 7A
The Grey Hawk or Grey-lined Hawk (Buteo nitidus) is a smallish raptor found in open country and forest edges. It is sometimes placed in the genus Asturina as Asturina nitida. It breeds from the southwestern United States and Mexico south to Bolivia,...
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