Birding Life List

 

Pink = Heard Only

Red = Uncertain ID

 

Hawks, Eagles, Kites (Accipitridae)

• Bald Eagle
• Broad-Winged Hawk
• Ferruginous Hawk
• Golden Eagle
• Northern Harrier
• Red-Tailed Hawk
• Rough-Legged Hawk
• Sharp-Shinned Hawk
• Swainson's Hawk

 

Bushtits (Aegithalidae)

• Bushtit

 

Larks (Alaudidae)

• Horned Lark

 

Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

• Belted Kingfisher

 

Auks and Alcids (Alcidae)

• Pigeon Guillemot

 

Ducks, Geese, Swans (Anatidae)

• American Wigeon
• Barrow's Goldeneye
• Blue-Winged Teal
• Bufflehead
• Cackling Goose
• Canada Goose
• Canvasback
• Cinnamon Teal
• Common Goldeneye
• Common Merganser
• Gadwall
• Greater Scaup
• Green-Winged Teal
• Hooded Merganser
• Lesser Scaup
• Mallard
• Mute Swan
• Northern Pintail
• Northern Shoveler
• Redhead
• Ring-Necked Duck
• Ruddy Duck
• Snow Goose
• Trumpeter Swan
• Tundra Swan
• Wood Duck

 

Swifts (Apodidae)

• Chimney Swift
• Vaux's Swift

 

Herons (Ardeidae)

• Black-Crowned Night Heron
• Great Blue Heron
• Great Egret
• Green Heron

 

Waxwings (Bombycillidae)

• Bohemian Waxwing
• Cedar Waxwing

 

Longspurs (Calcariidae)

• Chestnut-Collared Longspur

 

Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)

• Common Nighthawk

 

Cardinals (Cardinalidae)

• Black-Headed Grosbeak
• Indigo Bunting
• Lazuli Bunting
• Northern Cardinal
• Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
• Scarlet Tanager
• Western Tanager

 

New World Vultures (Cathartidae)

• Black Vulture
• Turkey Vulture

 

Treecreepers (Certhiidae)

• Brown Creeper

 

Plovers (Charadriidae)

• Killdeer

 

Dippers (Cinclidae)

• American Dipper

 

Doves and Pigeons (Columbidae)

• Band-Tailed Pigeon
• Eurasian Collared-Dove
• Mourning Dove
• Rock Pigeon
• White-Winged Dove

 

Crows, Jays, Corvids (Corvidae)

• American Crow
• Black-Billed Magpie
• Blue Jay
• California Scrub-Jay
• Canada Jay
• Clark's Nutcracker
• Common Raven
• Fish Crow
• Steller's Jay

 

Falcons (Falconidae)

• American Kestrel
• Merlin
• Peregrine Falcon
• Prairie Falcon

 

Finches (Fringillidae)

• American Goldfinch
• Evening Grosbeak
• House Finch
• Lesser Goldfinch
• Pine Siskin
• Red Crossbill

 

Loons (Gaviidae)

• Common Loon

 

Cranes (Gruidae)

• Sandhill Crane

 

Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)

• Bank Swallow
• Barn Swallow
• Cliff Swallow
• Northern Rough-Winged Swallow
• Purple Martin
• Tree Swallow
• Violet-Green Swallow

 

New World Blackbirds and Icterids (Icteridae)

• Baltimore Oriole
• Brewer's Blackbird
• Brown-Headed Cowbird
• Bullock's Oriole
• Common Grackle
• Great-Tailed Grackle
• Red-Winged Blackbird
• Western Meadowlark
• Yellow-Headed Blackbird

 

Shrikes (Laniidae)

• Loggerhead Shrike
• Northern Shrike

 

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers (Laridae)

• American Herring Gull
• Black Tern
• California Gull
• Caspian Tern
• Forster's Tern
• Franklin's Gull
• Glaucous-Winged Gull
• Ring-Billed Gull

 

Thrashers, Mockingbirds, Mimids (Mimidae)

• Gray Catbird
• Northern Mockingbird
• Sage Thrasher

 

Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)

• American Pipit

 

New World Quails (Odontophoridae)

• California Quail

 

Ospreys (Pandionidae)

• Osprey

 

Tits and Chickadees (Paridae)

• Black-Capped Chickadee
• Carolina Chickadee
• Chestnut-Backed Chickadee
• Mountain Chickadee
• Tufted Titmouse

 

New World Warblers (Parulidae)

• American Redstart
• Bay-Breasted Warbler
• Black-and-White Warbler
• Black-Throated Green Warbler
• Blackburnian Warbler
• Chestnut-Sided Warbler
• Cape May Warbler
• Common Yellowthroat
• Hooded Warbler
• Orange-Crowned Warbler
• MacGillivray's Warbler
• Magnolia Warbler
• Nashville Warbler
• Northern Parula
• Ovenbird
• Tennessee Warbler
• Townsend's Warbler
• Wilson's Warbler
• Yellow Warbler
• Yellow-Rumped Warbler

 

New World Sparrows (Passerellidae)

• American Tree Sparrow
• Chipping Sparrow
• Clay-Colored Sparrow
• Dark-Eyed Junco
• Eastern Towhee
• Field Sparrow
• Fox Sparrow
• Lincoln's Sparrow
• Sagebrush Sparrow
• Savannah Sparrow
• Song Sparrow
• Spotted Towhee
• Vesper Sparrow
• White-Crowned Sparrow
• White-Throated Sparrow

 

Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)

• House Sparrow

 

Pelicans (Pelecanidae)

• American White Pelican

 

Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)

• Double-Crested Cormorant

 

Pheasants (Phasianidae)

• Chukar
• Greater Sage-Grouse
• Gray Partridge
• Ring-Necked Pheasant
• Ruffed Grouse
• Sharp-Tailed Grouse
• Wild Turkey

 

Woodpeckers (Picidae)

• American Three-Toed Woodpecker
• Downy Woodpecker
• Hairy Woodpecker
• Lewis's Woodpecker
• Northern Flicker
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Red-Bellied Woodpecker
• Red-Naped Sapsucker
• Williamson's Sapsucker

 

Grebes (Podicipedidae)

• Eared Grebe
• Horned Grebe
• Pied-Billed Grebe
• Red-Necked Grebe
• Western Grebe

 

Holotropical Parrots (Psittacidae)

• Monk Parakeet

 

Rails (Rallidae)

• American Coot
• Sora
• Virginia Rail

 

Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae)

• American Avocet
• Black-Necked Stilt

 

Kinglets (Regulidae)

• Golden-Crowned Kinglet
• Ruby-Crowned Kinglet

 

Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)

• Greater Yellowlegs
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Long-Billed Curlew
• Long-Billed Dowitcher
• Solitary Sandpiper
• Spotted Sandpiper
• Upland Sandpiper
• Willet
• Wilson's Phalarope
• Wilson's Snipe

 

Nuthatches (Sittidae)

• Pygmy Nuthatch
• Red-Breasted Nuthatch
• White-Breasted Nuthatch

 

Owls (Strigidae)

• Barred Owl
• Burrowing Owl
• Great Horned Owl

 

Starlings (Sturnidae)

• European Starling

 

Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)

• White-Faced Ibis

 

Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

• Anna's Hummingbird
• Black-Chinned Hummingbird
• Calliope Hummingbird
• Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
• Rufous Hummingbird

 

Wrens (Troglodytidae)

• Bewick's Wren
• Carolina Wren
• Marsh Wren
• Northern House Wren
• Pacific Wren

 

Thrushes (Turdidae)

• American Robin
• Eastern Bluebird
• Mountain Bluebird
• Swainson's Thrush
• Townsend's Solitaire
• Western Bluebird
• Wood Thrush

 

Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

• Dusky Flycatcher
• Eastern Kingbird
• Eastern Phoebe
• Eastern Wood-Pewee
• Great Crested Flycatcher
• Hammond's Flycatcher
• Olive-Sided Flycatcher
• Western Flycatcher
• Western Kingbird
• Western Wood-Pewee
• Willow Flycatcher

 

Vireos (Vireonidae)

• Blue-Headed Vireo
• Red-Eyed Vireo
• Warbling Vireo