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| Wood Duck |
Aix |
sponsa |
| Northern Pintail |
Anas |
acuta |
| American Wigeon |
Anas |
americana |
| Northern Shoveler |
Anas |
clypeata |
| Green-winged Teal |
Anas |
crecca |
| Cinnamon Teal |
Anas |
cyanoptera |
| Blue-winged Teal |
Anas |
discors |
| Eurasian Wigeon |
Anas |
penelope |
| Mallard |
Anas |
platyrhynchos |
| American Black Duck |
Anas |
rubripes |
| Gadwall |
Anas |
strepera |
| Greater White-fronted Goose |
Anser |
albifrons |
| Lesser Scaup |
Aythya |
affinis |
| Redhead |
Aythya |
americana |
| Ring-necked Duck |
Aythya |
collaris |
| Greater Scaup |
Aythya |
marila |
| Canvasback |
Aythya |
valisineria |
| Brant |
Branta |
bernicla |
| Canada Goose |
Branta |
canadensis |
| Bufflehead |
Bucephala |
albeola |
| Common Goldeneye |
Bucephala |
clangula |
| Barrow's Goldeneye |
Bucephala |
islandica |
| Snow Goose |
Chen |
caerulescens |
| Ross's Goose |
Chen |
rossii |
| Long-tailed Duck |
Clangula |
hyemalis |
| Trumpeter Swan |
Cygnus |
buccinator |
| Tundra Swan |
Cygnus |
columbianus |
| 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 |
| Common Merganser |
Mergus |
merganser |
| Red-breasted Merganser |
Mergus |
serrator |
| Ruddy Duck |
Oxyura |
jamaicensis |
| King Eider |
Somateria |
spectabilis |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna |
bicolor |
| Chimney Swift |
Chaetura |
pelagica |
| Cooper's Hawk |
Accipiter |
cooperii |
| Northern Goshawk |
Accipiter |
gentilis |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Accipiter |
striatus |
| Golden Eagle |
Aquila |
chrysaetos |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
Buteo |
jamaicensis |
| Rough-legged Hawk |
Buteo |
lagopus |
| Red-shouldered Hawk |
Buteo |
lineatus |
| Broad-winged Hawk |
Buteo |
platypterus |
| Ferruginous Hawk |
Buteo |
regalis |
| Swainson's Hawk |
Buteo |
swainsoni |
| Northern Harrier |
Circus |
cyaneus |
| Swallow-tailed Kite |
Elanoides |
forficatus |
| White-tailed Kite |
Elanus |
leucurus |
| Bald Eagle |
Haliaeetus |
leucocephalus |
| Mississippi Kite |
Ictinia |
mississippiensis |
| Osprey |
Pandion |
haliaetus |
| 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 |
| Reddish Egret |
Egretta |
rufescens |
| Snowy Egret |
Egretta |
thula |
| Tricolored Heron |
Egretta |
tricolor |
| Least Bittern |
Ixobrychus |
exilis |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
Nyctanassa |
violacea |
| Snowy Plover |
Charadrius |
alexandrinus |
| Piping Plover |
Charadrius |
melodus |
| Semipalmated Plover |
Charadrius |
semipalmatus |
| Killdeer |
Charadrius |
vociferus |
| Black-necked Stilt |
Himantopus |
mexicanus |
| American Golden-Plover |
Pluvialis |
dominica |
| Black-bellied Plover |
Pluvialis |
squatarola |
| American Avocet |
Recurvirostra |
americana |
| Turkey Vulture |
Cathartes |
aura |
| Black Vulture |
Coragyps |
atratus |
| Magnificent Frigatebird |
Fregata |
magnificens |
| Wood Stork |
Mycteria |
americana |
| Merlin |
Falco |
columbarius |
| Prairie Falcon |
Falco |
mexicanus |
| Peregrine Falcon |
Falco |
peregrinus |
| Gyrfalcon |
Falco |
rusticolus |
| American Kestrel |
Falco |
sparverius |
| Common Loon |
Gavia |
immer |
| Pacific Loon |
Gavia |
pacifica |
| Red-throated Loon |
Gavia |
stellata |
| Long-billed Murrelet |
Brachyramphus |
perdix |
| White-winged Tern |
Chlidonias |
leucopterus |
| Black Tern |
Chlidonias |
niger |
| Herring Gull |
Larus |
argentatus |
| Laughing Gull |
Larus |
atricilla |
| California Gull |
Larus |
californicus |
| Mew Gull |
Larus |
canus |
| Ring-billed Gull |
Larus |
delawarensis |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull |
Larus |
fuscus |
| Iceland Gull |
Larus |
glaucoides |
| Glaucous Gull |
Larus |
hyperboreus |
| Great Black-backed Gull |
Larus |
marinus |
| Little Gull |
Larus |
minutus |
| 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 |
| Ross's Gull |
Rhodostethia |
rosea |
| Black-legged Kittiwake |
Rissa |
tridactyla |
| Black Skimmer |
Rynchops |
niger |
| Long-tailed Jaeger |
Stercorarius |
longicaudus |
| Parasitic Jaeger |
Stercorarius |
parasiticus |
| Pomarine Jaeger |
Stercorarius |
pomarinus |
| Least Tern |
Sterna |
antillarum |
| Caspian Tern |
Sterna |
caspia |
| Roseate Tern |
Sterna |
dougallii |
| Forster's Tern |
Sterna |
forsteri |
| Common Tern |
Sterna |
hirundo |
| Gull-billed Tern |
Sterna |
nilotica |
| Arctic Tern |
Sterna |
paradisaea |
| Ancient Murrelet |
Synthliboramphus |
antiquus |
| Thick-billed Murre |
Uria |
lomvia |
| Sabine's Gull |
Xema |
sabini |
| American White Pelican |
Pelecanus |
erythrorhynchos |
| Brown Pelican |
Pelecanus |
occidentalis |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax |
auritus |
| Western Grebe |
Aechmophorus |
occidentalis |
| Horned Grebe |
Podiceps |
auritus |
| Red-necked Grebe |
Podiceps |
grisegena |
| Eared Grebe |
Podiceps |
nigricollis |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
Podilymbus |
podiceps |
| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel |
Oceanodroma |
castro |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
Actitis |
macularia |
| Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria |
interpres |
| 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 |
| Least Sandpiper |
Calidris |
minutilla |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
Calidris |
pusilla |
| Willet |
Catoptrophorus |
semipalmatus |
| Common Snipe |
Gallinago |
gallinago |
| Short-billed Dowitcher |
Limnodromus |
griseus |
| Long-billed Dowitcher |
Limnodromus |
scolopaceus |
| Marbled Godwit |
Limosa |
fedoa |
| Hudsonian Godwit |
Limosa |
haemastica |
| Long-billed Curlew |
Numenius |
americanus |
| Eskimo Curlew |
Numenius |
borealis |
| Whimbrel |
Numenius |
phaeopus |
| Red Phalarope |
Phalaropus |
fulicaria |
| Red-necked Phalarope |
Phalaropus |
lobatus |
| Wilson's Phalarope |
Phalaropus |
tricolor |
| Ruff |
Philomachus |
pugnax |
| American Woodcock |
Scolopax |
minor |
| Lesser Yellowlegs |
Tringa |
flavipes |
| Greater Yellowlegs |
Tringa |
melanoleuca |
| Solitary Sandpiper |
Tringa |
solitaria |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper |
Tryngites |
subruficollis |
| Northern Gannet |
Morus |
bassanus |
| Roseate Spoonbill |
Ajaia |
ajaja |
| White Ibis |
Eudocimus |
albus |
| White-faced Ibis |
Plegadis |
chihi |
| Glossy Ibis |
Plegadis |
falcinellus |
| Band-tailed Pigeon |
Columba |
fasciata |
| Rock Pigeon |
Columba |
livia |
| Common Ground-Dove |
Columbina |
passerina |
| Passenger Pigeon |
Ectopistes |
migratorius |
| Mourning Dove |
Zenaida |
macroura |
| Belted Kingfisher |
Ceryle |
alcyon |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus |
americanus |
| Black-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus |
erythropthalmus |
| Groove-billed Ani |
Crotophaga |
sulcirostris |
| Northern Bobwhite |
Colinus |
virginianus |
| Ruffed Grouse |
Bonasa |
umbellus |
| Wild Turkey |
Meleagris |
gallopavo |
| Grey Partridge |
Perdix |
perdix |
| Common Pheasant |
Phasianus |
colchicus |
| Greater Prairie-Chicken |
Tympanuchus |
cupido |
| Whooping Crane |
Grus |
americana |
| Sandhill Crane |
Grus |
canadensis |
| Yellow Rail |
Coturnicops |
noveboracensis |
| American Coot |
Fulica |
americana |
| Common Moorhen |
Gallinula |
chloropus |
| Black Rail |
Laterallus |
jamaicensis |
| Azure Gallinule |
Porphyrula |
flavirostris |
| Sora |
Porzana |
carolina |
| King Rail |
Rallus |
elegans |
| Virginia Rail |
Rallus |
limicola |
| Horned Lark |
Eremophila |
alpestris |
| Cedar Waxwing |
Bombycilla |
cedrorum |
| Bohemian Waxwing |
Bombycilla |
garrulus |
| Brown Creeper |
Certhia |
americana |
| Marsh Wren |
Cistothorus |
palustris |
| Sedge Wren |
Cistothorus |
platensis |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Polioptila |
caerulea |
| Rock Wren |
Salpinctes |
obsoletus |
| Bewick's Wren |
Thryomanes |
bewickii |
| Carolina Wren |
Thryothorus |
ludovicianus |
| House Wren |
Troglodytes |
aedon |
| Winter Wren |
Troglodytes |
troglodytes |
| American Crow |
Corvus |
brachyrhynchos |
| Common Raven |
Corvus |
corax |
| Fish Crow |
Corvus |
ossifragus |
| Blue Jay |
Cyanocitta |
cristata |
| Yellow-billed Magpie |
Pica |
nuttalli |
| Iranian Ground-Jay |
Podoces |
pleskei |
| Black-crowned Antpitta |
Pittasoma |
michleri |
| Red-winged Blackbird |
Agelaius |
phoeniceus |
| Bachman's Sparrow |
Aimophila |
aestivalis |
| Cassin's Sparrow |
Aimophila |
cassinii |
| Henslow's Sparrow |
Ammodramus |
henslowii |
| Le Conte's Sparrow |
Ammodramus |
leconteii |
| Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow |
Ammodramus |
nelsoni |
| Grasshopper Sparrow |
Ammodramus |
savannarum |
| Lark Bunting |
Calamospiza |
melanocorys |
| Lapland Longspur |
Calcarius |
lapponicus |
| McCown's Longspur |
Calcarius |
mccownii |
| Smith's Longspur |
Calcarius |
pictus |
| Northern Cardinal |
Cardinalis |
cardinalis |
| Common Redpoll |
Carduelis |
flammea |
| Hoary Redpoll |
Carduelis |
hornemanni |
| Pine Siskin |
Carduelis |
pinus |
| American Goldfinch |
Carduelis |
tristis |
| House Finch |
Carpodacus |
mexicanus |
| Purple Finch |
Carpodacus |
purpureus |
| Lark Sparrow |
Chondestes |
grammacus |
| Evening Grosbeak |
Coccothraustes |
vespertinus |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
Dendroica |
caerulescens |
| Bay-breasted Warbler |
Dendroica |
castanea |
| Cerulean Warbler |
Dendroica |
cerulea |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Dendroica |
coronata |
| Prairie Warbler |
Dendroica |
discolor |
| Yellow-throated Warbler |
Dendroica |
dominica |
| Blackburnian Warbler |
Dendroica |
fusca |
| Kirtland's Warbler |
Dendroica |
kirtlandii |
| Magnolia Warbler |
Dendroica |
magnolia |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler |
Dendroica |
nigrescens |
| Palm Warbler |
Dendroica |
palmarum |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Dendroica |
pensylvanica |
| Yellow Warbler |
Dendroica |
petechia |
| Pine Warbler |
Dendroica |
pinus |
| Blackpoll Warbler |
Dendroica |
striata |
| Cape May Warbler |
Dendroica |
tigrina |
| Townsend's Warbler |
Dendroica |
townsendi |
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
Dendroica |
virens |
| Bobolink |
Dolichonyx |
oryzivorus |
| Rusty Blackbird |
Euphagus |
carolinus |
| Brewer's Blackbird |
Euphagus |
cyanocephalus |
| Brambling |
Fringilla |
montifringilla |
| Common Yellowthroat |
Geothlypis |
trichas |
| Blue Grosbeak |
Guiraca |
caerulea |
| Worm-eating Warbler |
Helmitheros |
vermivorus |
| Yellow-breasted Chat |
Icteria |
virens |
| Northern Oriole |
Icterus |
galbula |
| Orchard Oriole |
Icterus |
spurius |
| Dark-eyed Junco |
Junco |
hyemalis |
| Red Crossbill |
Loxia |
curvirostra |
| White-winged Crossbill |
Loxia |
leucoptera |
| Swamp Sparrow |
Melospiza |
georgiana |
| Lincoln's Sparrow |
Melospiza |
lincolnii |
| Song Sparrow |
Melospiza |
melodia |
| Black-and-white Warbler |
Mniotilta |
varia |
| Brown-headed Cowbird |
Molothrus |
ater |
| Connecticut Warbler |
Oporornis |
agilis |
| Kentucky Warbler |
Oporornis |
formosus |
| Mourning Warbler |
Oporornis |
philadelphia |
| Northern Parula |
Parula |
americana |
| Savannah Sparrow |
Passerculus |
sandwichensis |
| Fox Sparrow |
Passerella |
iliaca |
| Painted Bunting |
Passerina |
ciris |
| Indigo Bunting |
Passerina |
cyanea |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Pheucticus |
ludovicianus |
| Pine Grosbeak |
Pinicola |
enucleator |
| Green-tailed Towhee |
Pipilo |
chlorurus |
| Eastern Towhee |
Pipilo |
erythrophthalmus |
| Spotted Towhee |
Pipilo |
maculatus |
| Western Tanager |
Piranga |
ludoviciana |
| Scarlet Tanager |
Piranga |
olivacea |
| Summer Tanager |
Piranga |
rubra |
| Snow Bunting |
Plectrophenax |
nivalis |
| Vesper Sparrow |
Pooecetes |
gramineus |
| Prothonotary Warbler |
Protonotaria |
citrea |
| Great-tailed Grackle |
Quiscalus |
mexicanus |
| Common Grackle |
Quiscalus |
quiscula |
| Ovenbird |
Seiurus |
aurocapillus |
| Louisiana Waterthrush |
Seiurus |
motacilla |
| Northern Waterthrush |
Seiurus |
noveboracensis |
| American Redstart |
Setophaga |
ruticilla |
| Dickcissel |
Spiza |
americana |
| American Tree Sparrow |
Spizella |
arborea |
| Clay-colored Robin |
Spizella |
pallida |
| Chipping Sparrow |
Spizella |
passerina |
| Field Sparrow |
Spizella |
pusilla |
| Eastern Meadowlark |
Sturnella |
magna |
| Western Meadowlark |
Sturnella |
neglecta |
| Bachman's Warbler |
Vermivora |
bachmanii |
| Orange-crowned Warbler |
Vermivora |
celata |
| Golden-winged Warbler |
Vermivora |
chrysoptera |
| Tennessee Warbler |
Vermivora |
peregrina |
| Blue-winged Warbler |
Vermivora |
pinus |
| Nashville Warbler |
Vermivora |
ruficapilla |
| Canada Warbler |
Wilsonia |
canadensis |
| Hooded Warbler |
Wilsonia |
citrina |
| Wilson's Warbler |
Wilsonia |
pusilla |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird |
Xanthocephalus |
xanthocephalus |
| White-throated Sparrow |
Zonotrichia |
albicollis |
| White-crowned Sparrow |
Zonotrichia |
leucophrys |
| Harris's Sparrow |
Zonotrichia |
querula |
| Barn Swallow |
Hirundo |
rustica |
| Cave Swallow |
Petrochelidon |
fulva |
| Purple Martin |
Progne |
subis |
| Sand Martin |
Riparia |
riparia |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
Stelgidopteryx |
serripennis |
| Tree Swallow |
Tachycineta |
bicolor |
| Northern Shrike |
Lanius |
excubitor |
| Loggerhead Shrike |
Lanius |
ludovicianus |
| Veery |
Catharus |
fuscescens |
| Hermit Thrush |
Catharus |
guttatus |
| Grey-cheeked Thrush |
Catharus |
minimus |
| Swainson's Thrush |
Catharus |
ustulatus |
| Townsend's Solitaire |
Myadestes |
townsendi |
| Northern Wheatear |
Oenanthe |
oenanthe |
| Mountain Bluebird |
Sialia |
currucoides |
| Eastern Bluebird |
Sialia |
sialis |
| American Robin |
Turdus |
migratorius |
| Tufted Titmouse |
Baeolophus |
bicolor |
| Black-capped Chickadee |
Poecile |
atricapilla |
| Mountain Chickadee |
Poecile |
gambeli |
| American Pipit |
Anthus |
rubescens |
| House Sparrow |
Passer |
domesticus |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow |
Passer |
montanus |
| Spotted Greenbul |
Ixonotus |
guttatus |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Regulus |
calendula |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet |
Regulus |
satrapa |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
Sitta |
canadensis |
| White-breasted Nuthatch |
Sitta |
carolinensis |
| Gray Catbird |
Dumetella |
carolinensis |
| Northern Mockingbird |
Mimus |
polyglottos |
| Common Starling |
Sturnus |
vulgaris |
| Brown Thrasher |
Toxostoma |
rufum |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher |
Contopus |
cooperi |
| Western Wood-Pewee |
Contopus |
sordidulus |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee |
Contopus |
virens |
| Alder Flycatcher |
Empidonax |
alnorum |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
Empidonax |
flaviventris |
| Least Flycatcher |
Empidonax |
minimus |
| Willow Flycatcher |
Empidonax |
traillii |
| Acadian Flycatcher |
Empidonax |
virescens |
| Great Crested Flycatcher |
Myiarchus |
crinitus |
| Eastern Phoebe |
Sayornis |
phoebe |
| Say's Phoebe |
Sayornis |
saya |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher |
Tyrannus |
forficatus |
| Eastern Kingbird |
Tyrannus |
tyrannus |
| Western Kingbird |
Tyrannus |
verticalis |
| Bell's Vireo |
Vireo |
bellii |
| Yellow-throated Vireo |
Vireo |
flavifrons |
| Eastern Warbling-Vireo |
Vireo |
gilvus |
| White-eyed Vireo |
Vireo |
griseus |
| Red-eyed Vireo |
Vireo |
olivaceus |
| Philadelphia Vireo |
Vireo |
philadelphicus |
| Blue-headed Vireo |
Vireo |
solitarius |
| Ivory-billed Woodpecker |
Campephilus |
principalis |
| Northern Flicker |
Colaptes |
auratus |
| Pileated Woodpecker |
Dryocopus |
pileatus |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Melanerpes |
carolinus |
| Red-headed Woodpecker |
Melanerpes |
erythrocephalus |
| Black-backed Woodpecker |
Picoides |
arcticus |
| Downy Woodpecker |
Picoides |
pubescens |
| Hairy Woodpecker |
Picoides |
villosus |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Sphyrapicus |
varius |
| Carolina Parakeet |
Conuropsis |
carolinensis |
| Chuck-will's-widow |
Caprimulgus |
carolinensis |
| Whip-poor-will |
Caprimulgus |
vociferus |
| Common Nighthawk |
Chordeiles |
minor |
| Short-eared Owl |
Asio |
flammeus |
| Long-eared Owl |
Asio |
otus |
| Burrowing Owl |
Athene |
cunicularia |
| Great Horned Owl |
Bubo |
virginianus |
| Snowy Owl |
Nyctea |
scandiaca |
| Eastern Screech-Owl |
Otus |
asio |
| Great Grey Owl |
Strix |
nebulosa |
| Barred Owl |
Strix |
varia |
| Barn Owl |
Tyto |
alba |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Archilochus |
colubris |
| Rufous Hummingbird |
Selasphorus |
rufus |
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