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| Wood Duck |
Aix |
sponsa |
| Northern Pintail |
Anas |
acuta |
| American Wigeon |
Anas |
americana |
| White-cheeked Pintail |
Anas |
bahamensis |
| Northern Shoveler |
Anas |
clypeata |
| Green-winged Teal |
Anas |
crecca |
| Cinnamon Teal |
Anas |
cyanoptera |
| Blue-winged Teal |
Anas |
discors |
| Falcated Duck |
Anas |
falcata |
| Baikal Teal |
Anas |
formosa |
| Mottled Duck |
Anas |
fulvigula |
| Eurasian Wigeon |
Anas |
penelope |
| Mallard |
Anas |
platyrhynchos |
| Garganey |
Anas |
querquedula |
| American Black Duck |
Anas |
rubripes |
| Gadwall |
Anas |
strepera |
| Greater White-fronted Goose |
Anser |
albifrons |
| Pink-footed Goose |
Anser |
brachyrhynchus |
| Bean Goose |
Anser |
fabalis |
| Lesser Scaup |
Aythya |
affinis |
| Redhead |
Aythya |
americana |
| Ring-necked Duck |
Aythya |
collaris |
| Common Pochard |
Aythya |
ferina |
| Tufted Duck |
Aythya |
fuligula |
| Greater Scaup |
Aythya |
marila |
| Canvasback |
Aythya |
valisineria |
| Brant |
Branta |
bernicla |
| Canada Goose |
Branta |
canadensis |
| Barnacle Goose |
Branta |
leucopsis |
| Bufflehead |
Bucephala |
albeola |
| Common Goldeneye |
Bucephala |
clangula |
| Barrow's Goldeneye |
Bucephala |
islandica |
| Muscovy Duck |
Cairina |
moschata |
| Labrador Duck |
Camptorhynchus |
labradorius |
| Snow Goose |
Chen |
caerulescens |
| Emperor Goose |
Chen |
canagica |
| Ross's Goose |
Chen |
rossii |
| Long-tailed Duck |
Clangula |
hyemalis |
| Trumpeter Swan |
Cygnus |
buccinator |
| Tundra Swan |
Cygnus |
columbianus |
| Whooper Swan |
Cygnus |
cygnus |
| Mute Swan |
Cygnus |
olor |
| Harlequin Duck |
Histrionicus |
histrionicus |
| Hooded Merganser |
Lophodytes |
cucullatus |
| White-winged Scoter |
Melanitta |
fusca |
| Black Scoter |
Melanitta |
nigra |
| Surf Scoter |
Melanitta |
perspicillata |
| Smew |
Mergellus |
albellus |
| Common Merganser |
Mergus |
merganser |
| Red-breasted Merganser |
Mergus |
serrator |
| Masked Duck |
Nomonyx |
dominica |
| Ruddy Duck |
Oxyura |
jamaicensis |
| Steller's Eider |
Polysticta |
stelleri |
| Common Eider |
Somateria |
mollissima |
| King Eider |
Somateria |
spectabilis |
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna |
autumnalis |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna |
bicolor |
| White-throated Swift |
Aeronautes |
saxatalis |
| Chimney Swift |
Chaetura |
pelagica |
| Vaux's Swift |
Chaetura |
vauxi |
| Black Swift |
Cypseloides |
niger |
| White-collared Swift |
Streptoprocne |
zonaris |
| Antillean Palm-Swift |
Tachornis |
phoenicobia |
| Cooper's Hawk |
Accipiter |
cooperii |
| Northern Goshawk |
Accipiter |
gentilis |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Accipiter |
striatus |
| Golden Eagle |
Aquila |
chrysaetos |
| White-tailed Hawk |
Buteo |
albicaudatus |
| Zone-tailed Hawk |
Buteo |
albonotatus |
| Short-tailed Hawk |
Buteo |
brachyurus |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
Buteo |
jamaicensis |
| Rough-legged Hawk |
Buteo |
lagopus |
| Red-shouldered Hawk |
Buteo |
lineatus |
| Roadside Hawk |
Buteo |
magnirostris |
| Broad-winged Hawk |
Buteo |
platypterus |
| Ferruginous Hawk |
Buteo |
regalis |
| Swainson's Hawk |
Buteo |
swainsoni |
| Common Black-Hawk |
Buteogallus |
anthracinus |
| Hook-billed Kite |
Chondrohierax |
uncinatus |
| Northern Harrier |
Circus |
cyaneus |
| Swallow-tailed Kite |
Elanoides |
forficatus |
| White-tailed Kite |
Elanus |
leucurus |
| Crane Hawk |
Geranospiza |
caerulescens |
| White-tailed Eagle |
Haliaeetus |
albicilla |
| Bald Eagle |
Haliaeetus |
leucocephalus |
| Mississippi Kite |
Ictinia |
mississippiensis |
| Osprey |
Pandion |
haliaetus |
| Harris's Hawk |
Parabuteo |
unicinctus |
| Oriental Honey-buzzard |
Pernis |
ptilorhyncus |
| Snail Kite |
Rostrhamus |
sociabilis |
| Anhinga |
Anhinga |
anhinga |
| Great Egret |
Ardea |
alba |
| Great Blue Heron |
Ardea |
herodias |
| American Bittern |
Botaurus |
lentiginosus |
| Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus |
ibis |
| Green Heron |
Butorides |
virescens |
| Little Blue Heron |
Egretta |
caerulea |
| Little Egret |
Egretta |
garzetta |
| Western Reef Heron |
Egretta |
gularis |
| Reddish Egret |
Egretta |
rufescens |
| Snowy Egret |
Egretta |
thula |
| Tricolored Heron |
Egretta |
tricolor |
| Least Bittern |
Ixobrychus |
exilis |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
Nyctanassa |
violacea |
| Fasciated Tiger-Heron |
Tigrisoma |
fasciatum |
| Double-striped Thick-knee |
Burhinus |
bistriatus |
| Snowy Plover |
Charadrius |
alexandrinus |
| Collared Plover |
Charadrius |
collaris |
| Common Ringed Plover |
Charadrius |
hiaticula |
| Piping Plover |
Charadrius |
melodus |
| Mongolian Plover |
Charadrius |
mongolus |
| Mountain Plover |
Charadrius |
montanus |
| Eurasian Dotterel |
Charadrius |
morinellus |
| Semipalmated Plover |
Charadrius |
semipalmatus |
| Killdeer |
Charadrius |
vociferus |
| Wilson's Plover |
Charadrius |
wilsonia |
| Black Oystercatcher |
Haematopus |
bachmani |
| American Oystercatcher |
Haematopus |
palliatus |
| Black-necked Stilt |
Himantopus |
mexicanus |
| American Golden-Plover |
Pluvialis |
dominica |
| Pacific Golden-Plover |
Pluvialis |
fulva |
| Black-bellied Plover |
Pluvialis |
squatarola |
| American Avocet |
Recurvirostra |
americana |
| Northern Lapwing |
Vanellus |
vanellus |
| Turkey Vulture |
Cathartes |
aura |
| Black Vulture |
Coragyps |
atratus |
| Lesser Frigatebird |
Fregata |
ariel |
| Magnificent Frigatebird |
Fregata |
magnificens |
| Great Frigatebird |
Fregata |
minor |
| California Condor |
Gymnogyps |
californianus |
| Jabiru |
Jabiru |
mycteria |
| Wood Stork |
Mycteria |
americana |
| Crested Caracara |
Caracara |
cheriway |
| Merlin |
Falco |
columbarius |
| Aplomado Falcon |
Falco |
femoralis |
| Prairie Falcon |
Falco |
mexicanus |
| Peregrine Falcon |
Falco |
peregrinus |
| Gyrfalcon |
Falco |
rusticolus |
| American Kestrel |
Falco |
sparverius |
| Eurasian Kestrel |
Falco |
tinnunculus |
| Collared Forest-Falcon |
Micrastur |
semitorquatus |
| Yellow-billed Loon |
Gavia |
adamsii |
| Arctic Loon |
Gavia |
arctica |
| Common Loon |
Gavia |
immer |
| Pacific Loon |
Gavia |
pacifica |
| Red-throated Loon |
Gavia |
stellata |
| Northern Jacana |
Jacana |
spinosa |
| Crested Auklet |
Aethia |
cristatella |
| Parakeet Auklet |
Aethia |
psittacula |
| Least Auklet |
Aethia |
pusilla |
| Razorbill |
Alca |
torda |
| Dovekie |
Alle |
alle |
| Black Noddy |
Anous |
minutus |
| Brown Noddy |
Anous |
stolidus |
| Kittlitz's Murrelet |
Brachyramphus |
brevirostris |
| Marbled Murrelet |
Brachyramphus |
marmoratus |
| Long-billed Murrelet |
Brachyramphus |
perdix |
| Pigeon Guillemot |
Cepphus |
columba |
| Black Guillemot |
Cepphus |
grylle |
| Rhinoceros Auklet |
Cerorhinca |
monocerata |
| Whiskered Tern |
Chlidonias |
hybridus |
| White-winged Tern |
Chlidonias |
leucopterus |
| Black Tern |
Chlidonias |
niger |
| Atlantic Puffin |
Fratercula |
arctica |
| Tufted Puffin |
Fratercula |
cirrhata |
| Horned Puffin |
Fratercula |
corniculata |
| Herring Gull |
Larus |
argentatus |
| Laughing Gull |
Larus |
atricilla |
| Band-tailed Gull |
Larus |
belcheri |
| Yellow-legged Gull |
Larus |
cachinnans |
| California Gull |
Larus |
californicus |
| Mew Gull |
Larus |
canus |
| Black-tailed Gull |
Larus |
crassirostris |
| Ring-billed Gull |
Larus |
delawarensis |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull |
Larus |
fuscus |
| Glaucous-winged Gull |
Larus |
glaucescens |
| Iceland Gull |
Larus |
glaucoides |
| Heermann's Gull |
Larus |
heermanni |
| Glaucous Gull |
Larus |
hyperboreus |
| Yellow-footed Gull |
Larus |
livens |
| Great Black-backed Gull |
Larus |
marinus |
| Little Gull |
Larus |
minutus |
| Western Gull |
Larus |
occidentalis |
| Bonaparte's Gull |
Larus |
philadelphia |
| Franklin's Gull |
Larus |
pipixcan |
| Common Black-headed Gull |
Larus |
ridibundus |
| Slaty-backed Gull |
Larus |
schistisagus |
| Andean Gull |
Larus |
serranus |
| Ivory Gull |
Pagophila |
eburnea |
| Large-billed Tern |
Phaetusa |
simplex |
| Great Auk |
Pinguinus |
impennis |
| Cassin's Auklet |
Ptychoramphus |
aleuticus |
| Ross's Gull |
Rhodostethia |
rosea |
| Red-legged Kittiwake |
Rissa |
brevirostris |
| Black-legged Kittiwake |
Rissa |
tridactyla |
| Black Skimmer |
Rynchops |
niger |
| Long-tailed Jaeger |
Stercorarius |
longicaudus |
| South Polar Skua |
Stercorarius |
maccormicki |
| Parasitic Jaeger |
Stercorarius |
parasiticus |
| Pomarine Jaeger |
Stercorarius |
pomarinus |
| Great Skua |
Stercorarius |
skua |
| Bridled Tern |
Sterna |
anaethetus |
| Least Tern |
Sterna |
antillarum |
| Caspian Tern |
Sterna |
caspia |
| Roseate Tern |
Sterna |
dougallii |
| Elegant Tern |
Sterna |
elegans |
| Forster's Tern |
Sterna |
forsteri |
| Sooty Tern |
Sterna |
fuscata |
| Common Tern |
Sterna |
hirundo |
| Royal Tern |
Sterna |
maxima |
| Gull-billed Tern |
Sterna |
nilotica |
| Arctic Tern |
Sterna |
paradisaea |
| Sandwich Tern |
Sterna |
sandvicensis |
| Ancient Murrelet |
Synthliboramphus |
antiquus |
| Craveri's Murrelet |
Synthliboramphus |
craveri |
| Xantus's Murrelet |
Synthliboramphus |
hypoleucus |
| Common Murre |
Uria |
aalge |
| Thick-billed Murre |
Uria |
lomvia |
| Sabine's Gull |
Xema |
sabini |
| American White Pelican |
Pelecanus |
erythrorhynchos |
| Brown Pelican |
Pelecanus |
occidentalis |
| Red-billed Tropicbird |
Phaethon |
aethereus |
| White-tailed Tropicbird |
Phaethon |
lepturus |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird |
Phaethon |
rubricauda |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax |
auritus |
| Neotropic Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax |
brasilianus |
| Great Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax |
carbo |
| Pelagic Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax |
pelagicus |
| Brandt's Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax |
penicillatus |
| Greater Flamingo |
Phoenicopterus |
ruber |
| Clark's Grebe |
Aechmophorus |
clarkii |
| Western Grebe |
Aechmophorus |
occidentalis |
| Horned Grebe |
Podiceps |
auritus |
| Red-necked Grebe |
Podiceps |
grisegena |
| Eared Grebe |
Podiceps |
nigricollis |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
Podilymbus |
podiceps |
| Least Grebe |
Tachybaptus |
dominicus |
| Bulwer's Petrel |
Bulweria |
bulwerii |
| Cory's Shearwater |
Calonectris |
diomedea |
| Streaked Shearwater |
Calonectris |
leucomelas |
| Wandering Albatross |
Diomedea |
exulans |
| Northern Fulmar |
Fulmarus |
glacialis |
| European Storm-Petrel |
Hydrobates |
pelagicus |
| Wilson's Storm-Petrel |
Oceanites |
oceanicus |
| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel |
Oceanodroma |
castro |
| Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel |
Oceanodroma |
furcata |
| Ashy Storm-Petrel |
Oceanodroma |
homochroa |
| Leach's Storm-Petrel |
Oceanodroma |
leucorhoa |
| Black Storm-Petrel |
Oceanodroma |
melania |
| Least Storm-Petrel |
Oceanodroma |
microsoma |
| Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel |
Oceanodroma |
tethys |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel |
Pelagodroma |
marina |
| Short-tailed Albatross |
Phoebastria |
albatrus |
| Light-mantled Albatross |
Phoebetria |
palpebrata |
| White-chinned Petrel |
Procellaria |
aequinoctialis |
| Herald Petrel |
Pterodroma |
arminjoniana |
| Cook's Petrel |
Pterodroma |
cookii |
| Black-capped Petrel |
Pterodroma |
hasitata |
| Mottled Petrel |
Pterodroma |
inexpectata |
| Stejneger's Petrel |
Pterodroma |
longirostris |
| Kermadec Petrel |
Pterodroma |
neglecta |
| Galapagos Petrel |
Pterodroma |
phaeopygia |
| Murphy's Petrel |
Pterodroma |
ultima |
| Little Shearwater |
Puffinus |
assimilis |
| Buller's Shearwater |
Puffinus |
bulleri |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater |
Puffinus |
carneipes |
| Pink-footed Shearwater |
Puffinus |
creatopus |
| Great Shearwater |
Puffinus |
gravis |
| Sooty Shearwater |
Puffinus |
griseus |
| Audubon's Shearwater |
Puffinus |
lherminieri |
| Black-vented Shearwater |
Puffinus |
opisthomelas |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater |
Puffinus |
pacificus |
| Manx Shearwater |
Puffinus |
puffinus |
| Short-tailed Shearwater |
Puffinus |
tenuirostris |
| Shy Albatross |
Thalassarche |
cauta |
| Yellow-nosed Albatross |
Thalassarche |
chlororhynchos |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
Actitis |
macularia |
| Surfbird |
Aphriza |
virgata |
| Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria |
interpres |
| Black Turnstone |
Arenaria |
melanocephala |
| Upland Sandpiper |
Bartramia |
longicauda |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper |
Calidris |
acuminata |
| Sanderling |
Calidris |
alba |
| Dunlin |
Calidris |
alpina |
| Baird's Sandpiper |
Calidris |
bairdii |
| Red Knot |
Calidris |
canutus |
| Curlew Sandpiper |
Calidris |
ferruginea |
| White-rumped Sandpiper |
Calidris |
fuscicollis |
| Stilt Sandpiper |
Calidris |
himantopus |
| Purple Sandpiper |
Calidris |
maritima |
| Western Sandpiper |
Calidris |
mauri |
| Pectoral Sandpiper |
Calidris |
melanotos |
| Little Stint |
Calidris |
minuta |
| Least Sandpiper |
Calidris |
minutilla |
| Rock Sandpiper |
Calidris |
ptilocnemis |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
Calidris |
pusilla |
| Rufous-necked Stint |
Calidris |
ruficollis |
| Long-toed Stint |
Calidris |
subminuta |
| Temminck's Stint |
Calidris |
temminckii |
| Great Knot |
Calidris |
tenuirostris |
| Willet |
Catoptrophorus |
semipalmatus |
| Common Snipe |
Gallinago |
gallinago |
| Grey-tailed Tattler |
Heteroscelus |
brevipes |
| Short-billed Dowitcher |
Limnodromus |
griseus |
| Long-billed Dowitcher |
Limnodromus |
scolopaceus |
| Marbled Godwit |
Limosa |
fedoa |
| Hudsonian Godwit |
Limosa |
haemastica |
| Bar-tailed Godwit |
Limosa |
lapponica |
| Black-tailed Godwit |
Limosa |
limosa |
| Jack Snipe |
Lymnocryptes |
minimus |
| Long-billed Curlew |
Numenius |
americanus |
| Eurasian Curlew |
Numenius |
arquata |
| Eskimo Curlew |
Numenius |
borealis |
| Little Curlew |
Numenius |
minutus |
| Whimbrel |
Numenius |
phaeopus |
| Bristle-thighed Curlew |
Numenius |
tahitiensis |
| Red Phalarope |
Phalaropus |
fulicaria |
| Red-necked Phalarope |
Phalaropus |
lobatus |
| Wilson's Phalarope |
Phalaropus |
tricolor |
| Ruff |
Philomachus |
pugnax |
| American Woodcock |
Scolopax |
minor |
| Eurasian Woodcock |
Scolopax |
rusticola |
| Spotted Redshank |
Tringa |
erythropus |
| Lesser Yellowlegs |
Tringa |
flavipes |
| Wood Sandpiper |
Tringa |
glareola |
| Greater Yellowlegs |
Tringa |
melanoleuca |
| Solitary Sandpiper |
Tringa |
solitaria |