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Checklist for the Birds of the Eastern United States
(must be completed for prize consideration)
Loons
Red-throated Loon

Common Loon

Grebes
Western Grebe

Least Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Eared Grebe

Pelicans - Gannets
American White Pelican

Brown Pelican

Magnificent Frigatebird

Northern Gannet

Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Neotropic Cormorant

Anhinga

Geese and Swans
Greater White-fronted Goose

Snow Goose

Ross's Goose

Canada Goose

Brant

Mute Swan

Tundra Swan

Ducks
Fulvous Whistling Duck

Black-bellied Whistling Duck

Wood Duck

Gadwall

Eurasian Wigeon

American Wigeon

American Black Duck

Mallard

Mottled Duck

Cinnamon Teal

Blue-winged Teal

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Canvasback

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

Tufted Duck

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

King Eider

Common Eider

Harlequin Duck

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Barrow's Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Game Birds
Ring-necked Pheasant

Ruffed Grouse

Wild Turkey

Northern Bobwhite

Herons - Storks
American Bittern

Least Bittern

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Reddish Egret

Little Blue Heron

Tricolored Heron

Cattle Egret

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Glossy Ibis

White-faced Ibis

White Ibis

Roseate Spoonbill

Wood Stork

New World Vultures
Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Diurnal Raptors
Osprey

Snail Kite

Mississippi Kite

White-tailed Kite

Swallow-tailed Kite

Bald Eagle

Golden Eagle

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Northern Goshawk

Harris's Hawk

Zone-Tailed Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Short-Tailed Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

White-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

Crested Caracara

American Kestrel

Prairie Falcon

Merlin

Peregrine Falcon

Rails - Cranes
Yellow Rail

Clapper Rail

King Rail

Virginia Rail

Sora

Purple Gallinule

Common Moorhen

American Coot

Limpkin

Whooping Crane

Sandhill Crane
Warblers (cont.)
Kentucky Warbler

Connecticut Warbler

Mourning Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Hooded Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

Canada Warbler

Yellow-breasted Chat

Tanagers
Summer Tanager

Scarlet Tanager

Western Tanager

Sparrows and Allies
Eastern Towhee

Spotted Towhee

Green-tailed Towhee

Olive Sparrow

Lark Bunting

Rufous-crowned Sparrow

Cassin's Sparrow

Bachman's Sparrow

Black-throated Sparrow

American Tree Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Vesper Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow

Henslow's Sparrow

LeConte's Sparrow

Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow

Saltmarsh Sharp-tail Sparrow

Seaside Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

Harris's Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

McCown's Longspur

Lapland Longspur

SmIth's Longspur

Chestnut-collared Longspur

Snow Bunting

Grosbeaks and allies
Pyrrhuloxia

Northern Cardinal

Black-headed Grosbeak

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

Lazuli Bunting

Indigo Bunting

Painted Bunting

Dickcissel

Blackbirds and allies
Bobolink

Red-winged Blackbird

Eastern Meadowlark

Western Meadowlark

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Rusty Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Common Grackle

Boat-tailed Grackle

Great-tailed Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Bronzed Cowbird

Orchard Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

Bullock's Oriole

Hooded Oriole

Audubon's Oriole

Finches
Purple Finch

House Finch

Red Crossbill

White-winged Crossbill

Common Redpoll

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

Lesser Goldfinch

Evening Grosbeak

Pine Grosbeak

Old World Weavers
House Sparrow
Shorebirds
Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

Semipalmated Plover

Piping Plover

Snowy Plover

Wilson's Plover

Mountain Plover

Killdeer

American Oystercatcher

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Solitary Sandpiper

Willet

Spotted Sandpiper

Upland Sandpiper

Whimbrel

Long-billed Curlew

Hudsonian Godwit

Marbled Godwit

Ruddy Turnstone

Red Knot

Sanderling

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Baird's Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Purple Sandpiper

Dunlin

Stilt Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson's Snipe

American Woodcock

Wilson's Phalarope

Gulls, Terns, etc.
Laughing Gull

Franklin's Gull

Little Gull

Black-headed Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

California Gull

Herring Gull

Iceland Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Glaucous Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Royal Tern

Sandwich Tern

Roseate Tern

Common Tern

Forster's Tern

Least Tern

Black Tern

Black Skimmer


Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon

White-crowned Pigeon

Mourning Dove

White-winged Dove

White-tipped Dove

Inca Dove

Common Ground-Dove

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Cuckoos
Black-billed Cuckoo

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Mangrove Cuckoo

Groove-billed Ani

Smooth-billed Ani

Greater Roadrunner

Owls
Barn Owl

Eastern Screech-Owl

Great Horned Owl

Snowy Owl

Barred Owl

Long-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl

Burrowing Owl

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

Goatsuckers- Swifts
Common Pauraque

Common Poorwill

Common Nighthawk

Lesser Nighthawk

Chuck-will's-widow

Whip-poor-will

Chimney Swift

Hummingbird &
Kingfisher
Buff-bellied Hummingbird

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Ringed Kingfisher

Green Kingfisher

Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker

Golden-fronted Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Black-backed Woodpecker

Red-cockaded Woodpecker

Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker
 Tyrant Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Acadian Flycatcher

Alder Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Least Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe

Say's Phoebe

Vermillion Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Western Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Gray Kingbird

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Great Kiskadee

Northern Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike

Vireos
Black-capped Vireo

White-eyed Vireo

Bell's Vireo

Yellow-throated Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Philadelphia Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Black-whiskered Vireo

Corvids - Wrens
Blue Jay

Florida Scrub-Jay

Green Jay

American Crow

Fish Crow

Common Raven

Chihuahuan Raven

Horned Lark

Purple Martin

Tree Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Bank Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Cave Swallow

Barn Swallow

Carolina Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee

Boreal Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Verdin

Bushtit

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Winter Wren

Bewick's Wren

Sedge Wren

Marsh Wren

Cactus Wren

Rock Wren

Canyon Wren

Kinglets - Waxwings
Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher

Eastern Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird

Veery

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Bicknell's Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Wood Thrush

American Robin  

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

Brown Thrasher

Long-billed Thrasher

Curve-billed Thrasher

Sage Thrasher

European Starling

American Pipit

Sprague's Pipit

Cedar Waxwing

Bohemian Waxwing

Warblers
Blue-winged Warbler

Golden-winged Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Tropical Parula

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Cape May Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Golden-cheeked Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Pine Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Palm Warbler

Kirtland's Warbler

Swainson's Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Cerulean Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Prothonotary Warbler

Worm-eating Warbler

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Louisiana Waterthrush