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List of North American Birds

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Abert's Towhee (Pipilo aberti) 1
Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) 2
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) 1
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) 3
American Coot (Fulica americana) 1
American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) 1
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) 4
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 2
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) 2
American Wigeon (Anas americana) 4
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) 3
Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis) 2
Arizona Woodpecker (Picoides arizonae) 2
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 4
Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata) 2
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 2
Barred Owl (Strix varia) 1
Barred Parakeet (Bolborhynchus lineola) 2
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) 2
Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) 2
Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 1
Black Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus tyrannus) 1
Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) 1
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) 2
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) 2
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) 1
Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala) 2
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) 2
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle (Spizastur melanoleucus) 1
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 1
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) 3
Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) 2
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2
Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani) 1
Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) 3
Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis) 1
Black-crested Coquette (Lophornis helenae) 1
Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 2
Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) 2
Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) 1
Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) 1
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) 2
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Polioptila melanura) 2
Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) 2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 3
Blue-capped Hummingbird (Eupherusa cyanophrys) 1
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) 2
Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius) 1
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) 1
Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia) 2
Brant (Branta bernicla) 2
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) 2
Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri) 1
Bridled Titmouse (Baeolophus wollweberi) 1
Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) 3
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) 2
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 1
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 3
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 2
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 2
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) 1
Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) 3
Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) 2
California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) 2
California Gull (Larus californicus) 2
Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope) 2
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 2
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) 2
Canyon Towhee (Pipilo fuscus) 1
Cassin's Finch (Carpodacus cassinii) 2
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 1
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 2
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens) 1
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 2
Cinnamon Hummingbird (Amazilia rutila) 1
Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) 1
Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris) 2
Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) 3
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) 1
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus) 2
Common Black-Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) 1
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 2
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 2
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 2
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) 2
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) 1
Common Murre (Uria aalge) 1
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) 1
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 2
Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) 2
Crane Hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens) 1
Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella) 1
Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) 3
Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre) 2
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 1
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 2
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) 1
Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) 2
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) 2
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) 1
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) 1
Elegant Trogon (Trogon elegans) 2
Emerald Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) 1
Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) 1
Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope) 1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 1
Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) 2
Flame-colored Tanager (Piranga bidentata) 1
Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) 1
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) 1
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) 1
Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan) 1
Gadwall (Anas strepera) 2
Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii) 2
Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) 2
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) 1
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) 2
Golden-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysogenys) 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) 2
Golden-hooded Tanager (Tangara larvata) 1
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1
Gray Hawk (Buteo nitidus) 1
Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) 1
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis) 2
Great Black-Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga) 1
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 3
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) 3
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) 2
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) 2
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) 2
Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) 3
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) 2
Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 2
Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas) 2
Green Violetear (Colibri thalassinus) 2
Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) 2
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1
Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) 3
Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) 2
Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) 2
Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni) 3
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) 3
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 1
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) 2
Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus) 2
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) 1
Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) 2
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 3
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 2
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 1
Inca Dove (Columbina inca) 1
Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) 2
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 2
King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) 3
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) 2
Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) 1
Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) 1
Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla) 2
Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) 1
Least Auklet (Aethia pusilla) 2
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) 1
Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus) 1
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 1
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) 1
Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria) 2
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 1
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 1
Lewis's Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) 1
Lilac-crowned Parrot (Amazona finschi) 1
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) 1
Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus) 1
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 1
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) 1
Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) 1
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) 2
Magnificent Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens) 3
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 4
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) 1
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) 1
Mealy Parrot (Amazona farinosa) 2
Mew Gull (Larus canus) 1
Mexican Jay (Aphelocoma ultramarina) 1
Military Macaw (Ara militaris) 2
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) 1
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) 1
Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli) 2
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) 2
Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) 1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 2
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 2
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) 3
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) 1
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) 2
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 2
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) 2
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 2
Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor) 1
Northwestern Crow (Corvus caurinus) 1
Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus) 1
Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis) 1
Orange-fronted Parakeet (Aratinga canicularis) 1
Ornate Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) 2
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 2
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) 1
Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis) 1
Parakeet Auklet (Aethia psittacula) 2
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) 2
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 2
Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens) 3
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 2
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 2
Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) 2
Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula) 2
Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea) 1
Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) 1
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) 2
Purplish-backed Jay (Cyanocorax beecheii) 2
Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) 2
Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) 3
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 1
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 1
Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) 1
Red-crowned Parrot (Amazona viridigenalis) 2
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) 1
Red-lored Parrot (Amazona autumnalis) 2
Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) 1
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) 2
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 3
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 2
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) 2
Redhead (Aythya americana) 1
Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) 2
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 2
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) 2
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 1
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) 1
Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis) 1
Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus) 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 1
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) 1
Ross's Goose (Chen rossii) 1
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) 2
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 2
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) 2
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) 1
Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) 1
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) 2
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) 2
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) 1
Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) 2
Sanderling (Calidris alba) 1
Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) 3
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) 1
Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) 2
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) 1
Scintillant Hummingbird (Selasphorus scintilla) 1
Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus) 1
Slaty-tailed Trogon (Trogon massena) 1
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) 3
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 2
Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) 3
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 3
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 2
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 2
Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) 2
Steller's Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) 2
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird (Eupherusa eximia) 1
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) 2
Surfbird (Aphriza virgata) 1
Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) 2
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) 1
Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia) 2
Thick-billed Parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) 1
Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) 1
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 1
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) 3
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) 2
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) 1
Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) 2
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 2
Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps) 2
Violaceous Trogon (Trogon violaceus) 1
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) 1
Volcano Hummingbird (Selasphorus flammula) 2
Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) 2
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) 2
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) 2
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) 2
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) 1
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) 2
Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) 1
Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) 2
Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus) 1
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) 1
White Hawk (Leucopternis albicollis) 1
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) 3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 2
White-crowned Parrot (Pionus senilis) 2
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 2
White-fronted Parrot (Amazona albifrons) 2
White-headed Woodpecker (Picoides albolarvatus) 3
White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) 1
White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) 1
White-tailed Hawk (Buteo albicaudatus) 1
White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) 1
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) 2
Whooping Crane (Grus americana) 1
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) 2
Willet (Tringa semipalmata) 2
Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) 1
Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) 2
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 3
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) 2
Yellow-crowned Parrot (Amazona ochrocephala) 2
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) 3
Yellow-headed Parrot (Amazona oratrix) 2
Yellow-lored Parrot (Amazona xantholora) 1
Yellow-naped Parrot (Amazona auropalliata) 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) 2