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Checklist for the Birds of the Western United States
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Loons
Red-throated Loon

Common Loon

Pacific Loon

Grebes
Western Grebe

Clark's Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Eared Grebe

Pelicans - Gannets
American White Pelican

Brown Pelican

Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Brandt's Cormorant

Geese and Swans
Greater White-fronted Goose

Snow Goose

Ross's Goose

Canada Goose

Brant

Trumpeter Swan

Tundra Swan

Ducks
Wood Duck

Gadwall

Eurasian Wigeon

American Wigeon

Mallard

Blue-winged Teal

CInnamon Teal

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Canvasback

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

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

Blue Grouse

Sharp-tailed Grouse

Greater Sage-Grouse

Wild Turkey

Montezuma's Quail

Northern Bobwhite

California Quail

Gambel's Quail

Scaled Quail

Mountain Quail

Gray Partirdge

Herons - Ibis
American Bittern

Least Bittern

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Cattle Egret

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

White-faced Ibis

New world Vultures
California Condor

Turkey Vulture

Black Vulture

Diurnal Raptors
Osprey

Mississippi Kite

White-tailed Kite

Bald Eagle

Golden Eagle

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Northern Goshawk

Common Black Hawk

Harris's Hawk

Gray Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Zone-Tailed Hawk

Swainson's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

American Kestrel

Prairie Falcon

Merlin

Peregrine Falcon

Rails - Cranes
Clapper Rail

Virginia Rail

Sora

Common Moorhen

American Coot

Whooping Crane

Sandhill Crane

Shorebirds
Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

Pacific Golden-Plover

Semipalmated Plover

Snowy Plover

Mountain Plover

Killdeer
 Shorebirds (cont.)
Black Oystercatcher

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Solitary Sandpiper

Willet

Spotted Sandpiper

Upland Sandpiper

Whimbrel

Long-billed Curlew

Marbled Godwit

Ruddy Turnstone

Black Turnstone

Wandering Tattler

Surfbird

Red Knot

Sanderling

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Baird's Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Rock Sandpiper

Dunlin

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson's Snipe

Red-necked Phalarope

Wilson's Phalarope

Gulls, Terns, etc.
Franklin's Gull

Mew Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

California Gull

Herring Gull

Thayer's Gull

Western Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Heerman's Gull

Caspian Tern

Royal Tern

Elegant Tern

Arctic Tern

Common Tern

Forster's Tern

Least Tern

Black Tern

Black Skimmer

Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon

Band-tailed Pigeon

Mourning Dove

White-winged Dove

Inca Dove

Common Ground-Dove

Spotted Dove

Cuckoos
Black-billed Cuckoo

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Greater Roadrunner

Owls
Barn Owl

Eastern Screech-Owl

Western Screeh-Owl

Great Horned Owl

Snowy Owl

Great Gray Owl

Spotted Owl

Barred Owl

Long-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl

Burrowing Owl

Elf Owl

Flammulated Owl

Northern Pygmy-Owl

Goatsuckers- Swifts
Common Nighthawk

Lesser Nighthawk

Common Poorwill

Whip-poor-will

Black Swift

Chimney Swift

Vaux's Swift

White-throated Switf

Hummingbird &
Kingfisher
Anna's Hummingbird

Costa's Hummingbird

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Calliope Hummingbird

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Allen's Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Green Kingfisher

Woodpeckers
Acorn Woodpecked

Red-headed Woodpecker

Lewis's Woodpecker

Gila Woodpecker

Golden-fronted Woodpecker

Williamson's Sapsucker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Red-naped Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Three-toed Woodpecker

Black-backed Woodpecker

Nuttall's Woodpecker

Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Arizona Woodpecker

White-headed Woodpecker

Gilded Flicker

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker
Tyrant Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher

Western Wood-Pewee

Greater Pewee

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Cordilleran Flycatcher

Hammond's Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Least Flycatcher

Dusky Flycatcher

Gray Flycatcher

Black Phoebe

Say's Phoebe

Eastern Phoebe

Vermillion FLycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Brown-Crested Flycatcher

Western Kingbird

Cassin's Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Northern Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike

Vireos
Gray Vireo

Bell's Vireo

Plumbeous Vireo

Cassin's Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Hutton's Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Corvids - Wrens
Stellar's Jay

Blue Jay

Western Scrub-Jay

Mexican Jay

Gray Jay

Pinyon Jay

Clark's Nutcracker

American Magpie

Yellow-billed Magpie

American Crow

Chihuahuan Raven

Common Raven

Horned Lark

Purple Martin

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Bank Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Cave Swallow

Barn Swallow

Mountain Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Verdin

Bushtit

Bridled TItmouse

Oak Titmouse

Juniper Titmouse

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Pygmy Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Cactus Wren

House Wren

Winter Wren

Bewick's Wren

Rock Wren

Marsh Wren

Canyon Wren

Dipper - Waxwings
American Dipper

Wrentit

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

California Gnatcatcher

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Townsend's Solitaire

Mountain Bluebird

Western Bluebird

Eastern Bluebird

Veery

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Varied Thrush

American Robin  

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

Brown Thrasher

Bendire's Thrasher

Curve-billed Thrasher

California Thrasher

Crissal Thrasher

LeConte's Thrasher

Sage Thrasher

European Starling

American Pipit

Sprague's Pipit

Cedar Waxwing

Bohemian Waxwing

Phainopepla

Warblers
Tennessee Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Virginia's Warbler

Lucy's Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Townsend's Warbler

Hermit Warbler

Grace's Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart
Warblers  (cont.)
Painted Redstart

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

McGillivray's Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Red-faced Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

Olive Warbler

Yellow-breasted Chat

Tanagers
Summer Tanager

Hepatic Tanager

Western Tanager

Sparrows and Allies
Green-tailed Towhee

Spotted Towhee

California Towhee

Canyon Towhee

Abert's Towhee

Rufous-crowned Sparrow

Cassin's Sparrow

Sage Sparrow

Black-throated Sparrow

Black-chinned Sparrow

American Tree Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Brewer's Sparrow

Vesper Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow

Baird's Sparrow

Lark Bunting

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

Harris's Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Lapland Longspur

McCown's Longspur

Chestnut-collared Longspur

Snow Bunting

Grosbeaks and allies
Pyrrhuloxia

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Black-headed Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

Lazuli Bunting

Indigo Bunting

Painted Bunting

Dickcissel

Blackbirds and allies
Bobolink

Eastern Meadowlark

Western Meadowlark

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Rusty Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Tri-colored Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Great-tailed Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Bronzed Cowbird

Orchard Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

Hooded Oriole

Bullock's Oriole

Scott's Oriole

Finches
Purple Finch

Cassin's Finch

House Finch

Red Crossbill

White-winged Crossbill

Common Redpoll

Hoary Redpoll

Pine Siskin

Lawrence's Goldfinch

Lesser Goldfinch

American Goldfinch

Evening Grosbeak

Pine Grosbeak

Old World Weavers
House Sparrow