The List of Arizona birds lists every wild bird

Bird

Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

 species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 ever seen in Arizona

Arizona

Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

, as recorded by the Arizona Bird Committee. The following markings have been used:

• n - Nesting: Confirmed nesting records within the state of Arizona.
• (I) - Introduced: Birds that have been introduced to North America by the actions of man, either directly or indirectly.
• (E) - Extinct
  Extinction
  In biology and ecology, extinction is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms , normally a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point...
  
  
• (Ex) - Extirpated: A bird that, while it is not extinct, is no longer found in Arizona.
• (C) - Casual: Birds that are rare, but have been recorded in Arizona at least forty times.
• (A) - Accidental: Birds that have been seen only a few times, or only once.
• (H) - Hypothetical: Birds that have had a credible sighting reported, but have not been documented with a specimen or with a suitable photograph.

Birds listed as either accidental or hypothetical should not be expected to be found anywhere in Arizona with regularity, and are put on an official Review List, with reports of these birds requested for submission to the Arizona Bird Committee with full details (including when possible, photographic, tape, video, or sketch documentation). The order is as given by the official Arizona Bird Committee list, with some modifications according to recent taxonomical changes. Introduced, casual, accidental, hypothetical, extirpated and extinct species are included in the total species counts for Arizona.

Table of contents
Non-passerines: Swans, Geese, Ducks • Partridges and Pheasants • Grouse • Turkey • Quail • Loons • Grebes • Albatrosses • Shearwaters • Storm-Petrels • Tropicbirds • Boobies • Pelicans • Cormorants • Anhinga • Frigatebirds • Bitterns, Herons, and Egrets • Ibises and Spoonbills • Storks • New World Vultures • Kites, Eagles, and Hawks • Osprey • Caracaras and Falcons • Rails, Gallinules, and Coots • Cranes • Plovers • Stilts and Avocets • Jacanas • Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies • Gulls • Terns • Jaegers • Skimmers • Pigeons and Doves • Parrots • Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis • Barn Owls • Typical Owls • Nighthawks and Nightjars • Swifts • Hummingbirds • Trogons • Kingfishers • Woodpeckers
Passerines: Tyrant Flycatchers • Shrikes • Vireos • Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens • Larks • Swallows • Chickadees and Titmice • Verdins • Bushtits • Nuthatches • Creepers • Wrens • Dippers • Kinglets • Gnatcatchers • Old World Flycatchers • Thrushes • Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers • Starlings • Wagtails and Pipits • Waxwings • Silky-flycatchers • Olive Warbler • Wood Warblers • Tanagers • Emberizine Finches • Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Buntings • Icterids • Finches and Goldfinches • Old World Sparrows •
Unofficial / Unconfirmed Species        Reported species        See also        References

Anatidae

Anatidae

Anatidae is the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups...

 - Swans, Geese, Ducks

• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis n
• Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (A)
• Greater White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons
• Snow Goose
  Snow Goose
  The Snow Goose , also known as the Blue Goose, is a North American species of goose. Its name derives from the typically white plumage. The genus of this bird is disputed...
  
  , Chen caerulescens
• Ross's Goose
  Ross's Goose
  The Ross's Goose is a North American species of goose.The American Ornithologists' Union places this species and the other two "white" geese in the genus Chen rather than the more traditional "grey" goose genus Anser.This goose breeds in northern Canada, mainly in the Queen Maud Gulf Migratory...
  
  , Chen rossii
• Brant
  Brent Goose
  The Brant or Brent Goose, Branta bernicla, is a species of goose of the genus Branta. The Black Brant is an American subspecies. The specific descriptor bernicla is from the same source as "barnacle" in Barnacle Goose, which looks similar but is not a close relation.-Appearance:The Brant Goose is...
  
  , Branta bernicla (A)
• Cackling Goose
  Cackling Goose
  The Cackling Goose is a North American bird of the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species....
  
  , Branta hutchinsii
• Canada Goose
  Canada Goose
  The Canada Goose is a wild goose belonging to the genus Branta, which is native to arctic and temperate regions of North America, having a black head and neck, white patches on the face, and a brownish-gray body....
  
  , Branta canadensis n
• Trumpeter Swan
  Trumpeter Swan
  The Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator, is the largest native North American bird, if measured in terms of weight and length, and is the largest living waterfowl species on earth. It is the North American counterpart of the European Whooper Swan.-Description:Males typically measure from and weigh...
  
  , Cygnus buccinator
• Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus
• Wood Duck
  Wood Duck
  The Wood Duck or Carolina Duck is a species of duck found in North America. It is one of the most colourful of North American waterfowl.-Description:...
  
  , Aix sponsa n
• Gadwall
  Gadwall
  The Gadwall is a common and widespread duck of the family Anatidae.- Description :The Gadwall is 46–56 cm long with a 78–90 cm wingspan. The male is slightly larger than the female, weighing on average 990 g against her 850 g...
  
  , Anas strepera n
• Eurasian Wigeon, Anas penelope (C)
• American Wigeon
  American Wigeon
  The American Wigeon, also American Widgeon or Baldpate, is a species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Anas. If this is split up, all wigeons will go into their old genus Mareca again...
  
  , Anas americana n
• Mallard
  Mallard
  The Mallard , or Wild Duck , is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia....
  
  , Anas platyrhynchos n
  • Mexican Duck
    Mexican Duck
    The Mexican Duck is a dabbling duck in the genus Anas which breeds in Mexico and the southern USA. Most of the population is resident, but some northern birds migrate south to Mexico in winter....
    
    , Anas platyrhynchos diazi n
• Blue-winged Teal
  Blue-winged Teal
  The Blue-winged Teal is a small dabbling duck from North America.-Description:The Blue-winged Teal is long, with a wingspan of , and a weight of . The adult male has a greyish blue head with a white facial crescent, a light brown body with a white patch near the rear and a black tail. The adult...
  
  , Anas discors n
• Cinnamon Teal
  Cinnamon Teal
  The Cinnamon Teal is a small, reddish dabbling duck found in marshes and ponds of western North and South America.thumb|left|Female Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium...
  
  , Anas cyanoptera n
• Northern Shoveler
  Northern Shoveler
  The Northern Shoveler , Northern Shoveller in British English, sometimes known simply as the Shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of North America, and is a rare vagrant to Australia...
  
  , Anas clypeata n
• Northern Pintail
  Northern Pintail
  The Pintail or Northern Pintail is a widely occurring duck which breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator...
  
  , Anas acuta n
• Garganey
  Garganey
  The Garganey is a small dabbling duck. It breeds in much of Europe and western Asia, but is strictly migratory, with the entire population moving to southern Africa, India Santragachi and Australasia in winter, where large flocks can occur. This species was first described by Linnaeus in 1758...
  
  , Anas querquedula (A)
• Green-winged Teal
  Green-winged Teal
  The Green-winged Teal is a common and widespread duck that breeds in the northern areas of North America except on the Aleutian Islands. It was considered conspecific with the Common Teal The Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis) is a common and widespread duck that breeds in the northern areas of...
  
  , Anas carolinensis n
• Eurasian Teal
  Common Teal
  The Eurasian Teal or Common Teal is a common and widespread duck which breeds in temperate Eurasia and migrates south in winter. The Eurasian Teal is often called simply the Teal due to being the only one of these small dabbling ducks in much of its range...
  
  , Anas crecca (A)
• Canvasback
  Canvasback
  The Canvasback is the largest of the North American diving ducks, that ranges from between long and weighs approximately , with a wingspan of . The canvasback has a distinctive wedge-shaped head and long graceful neck. The adult male has a black bill, a chestnut red head and neck, a black...
  
  , Aythya valisineria
• Redhead
  Redhead (duck)
  The Redhead is a medium-sized diving duck, 37 cm long with an 84 cm wingspan.The adult male has a blue bill, a red head and neck, a black breast, yellow eyes and a grey back. The adult female has a brown head and body and a darker bluish bill with a black tip.The breeding habitat is...
  
  , Aythya americana n
• Ring-necked Duck
  Ring-necked Duck
  The Ring-necked Duck is a smaller diving duck from North America.The adult male is similar in color pattern to the Eurasian Tufted Duck, its relative. It has a grey bill with a white band, a shiny purple head, a white breast, yellow eyes and a dark grey back...
  
  , Aythya collaris n
• Tufted Duck
  Tufted Duck
  The Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula, is a medium-sized diving duck with a population of close to one million birds.- Description :The adult male is all black except for white flanks and a blue-grey bill. It has an obvious head tuft that gives the species its name.The adult female is brown with paler...
  
  , Aythya fuligula (A)
• Greater Scaup
  Greater Scaup
  The Greater Scaup , just Scaup in Europe, or colloquially known as "Bluebill", for its bright blue bill, is small compared to other diving ducks, however it is larger than the closely related Lesser Scaup...
  
  , Aythya marila (C)
• Lesser Scaup
  Lesser Scaup
  The Lesser Scaup is a small North American diving duck that migrates south as far as Central America in winter. It is colloquially known as the Little Bluebill or Broadbill because of its distinctive blue bill...
  
  , Aythya affinis
• Harlequin Duck
  Harlequin Duck
  The Harlequin Duck is a small sea duck. It takes its name from Arlecchino, Harlequin in French, a colourfully dressed character in Commedia dell'arte. The species name comes from the Latin word "histrio", "actor". In North America it is also known as Lords and ladies...
  
  , Histrionicus histrionicus (A)
• Surf Scoter
  Surf Scoter
  The Surf Scoter is a large sea duck, which breeds in Canada and Alaska. It is placed in the subgenus Melanitta, along with the Velvet and White-winged Scoters, distinct from the subgenus Oidemia, Black and Common Scoters.It winters further south in temperate zones, on the coasts of the northern USA...
  
  , Melanitta perspicillata (C)
• White-winged Scoter
  White-winged Scoter
  The White-winged Scoter is a large sea duck.-Description:It is characterised by its bulky shape and large bill. This is the largest species of scoter. Females range from 950-1950 grams and 48–56 cm , averaging 1180 grams and 52.3 cm . She is brown with pale head patches...
  
  , Melanitta fusca (Melanitta deglandi) (C)
• Black Scoter
  Black Scoter
  The Black or American Scoter is a large sea duck, 43 to 49 centimeters in length. Together with the Common Scoter M. nigra, it forms the subgenus Oidemia; the two are sometimes considered conspecific, the Black Scoter then being referred to as M. nigra americana...
  
  , Melanitta nigra (Melanitta americana) (A)
• Long-tailed Duck
  Long-tailed Duck
  The Long-tailed Duck or Oldsquaw is a medium-sized sea duck. It is the only living member of its genus, Clangula; this was formerly used for the goldeneyes, with the Long-tailed Duck being placed in Harelda...
  
  , Clangula hyemalis (C)
• Bufflehead
  Bufflehead
  The Bufflehead is a small American sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 as Anas albeola.-Description:...
  
  , Bucephala albeola
• Common Goldeneye
  Common Goldeneye
  The Common Goldeneye is a medium-sized sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. Their closest relative is the similar Barrow's Goldeneye....
  
  , Bucephala clangula
• Barrow's Goldeneye
  Barrow's Goldeneye
  Barrow's Goldeneye is a medium-sized sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. This bird was named after Sir John Barrow....
  
  , Bucephala islandica (C)
• Hooded Merganser
  Hooded Merganser
  The Hooded Merganser is a small duck and is the only member of the genus Lophodytes.Hooded Mergansers have a crest at the back of the head which can be expanded or contracted. In adult males, this crest has a large white patch, the head is black and the sides of the duck are reddish-brown...
  
  , Lophodytes cucullatus
• Common Merganser
  Common Merganser
  The Common Merganser or Goosander Mergus merganser is a large duck, of rivers and lakes of forested areas of Europe, northern and central Asia, and North America. It eats fish and nests in holes in trees...
  
  , Mergus merganser
• Red-breasted Merganser
  Red-breasted Merganser
  The Red-breasted Merganser is a diving duck.-Taxonomy:The Red-breasted Merganser was one of the many species originally described by Linnaeus in his 18th-century work, Systema Naturae.-Description:...
  
  , Mergus serrator
• Ruddy Duck
  Ruddy Duck
  The Ruddy Duck is a small stiff-tailed duck.Their breeding habitat is marshy lakes and ponds throughout much of North America, and in South America in the Andes. They nest in dense marsh vegetation near water. The female builds her nest out of grass, locating it in tall vegetation to hide it from...
  
  , Oxyura jamaicensis n

Phasianidae

Phasianidae

The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae...

 - Partridges and Pheasants

• Chukar
  Chukar
  The Chukar Partridge or Chukar is a Eurasian upland gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It has been considered to form a superspecies complex along with the Rock Partridge, Philby's Partridge and Przevalski's Partridge and treated in the past as conspecific particularly with the first...
  
  , Alectoris chukar n (I)
• Ring-necked Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus n (I)

Odontophoridae - Quail

• Scaled Quail
  Scaled Quail
  The Scaled Quail , also commonly called Blue Quail or cottontop, is a species of the New World quail family. It is a bluish gray bird found in the arid regions of the Southwestern United States to Central Mexico...
  
  , Callipepla squamata n
• California Quail
  California Quail
  The California Quail, Callipepla californica, also known as the California Valley Quail or Valley Quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family...
  
  , Callipepla californica n (I)
• Gambel's Quail
  Gambel's Quail
  The Gambel's Quail, Callipepla gambelii, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It inhabits the desert regions of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas, and Sonora; also New Mexico-border Chihuahua and the Colorado River region of Baja California...
  
  , Callipepla gambelii n
• Northern Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus n
  • Masked Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus ridgwayi n
• Montezuma Quail
  Montezuma Quail
  The Montezuma Quail is a stubby, secretive New World quail of Mexico and some nearby parts of the United States. It is also known as Mearns's Quail, the Harlequin Quail , and the Fool Quail .-Description:At about 22 cm , it is one of the shortest quails of North America, although it weighs 180 g...
  
  , Cyrtonyx montezumae n

Gaviidae - Loons

• Red-throated Loon, Gavia stellata (A)
• Pacific Loon, Gavia pacifica (C)
• Common Loon, Gavia immer
• Yellow-billed Loon
  Yellow-billed Loon
  The Yellow-billed Loon , also known as the White-billed Diver, is the largest member of the loon or diver family. Breeding adults have a black head, white underparts and chequered black-and-white mantle. Non-breeding plumage is drabber with the chin and foreneck white...
  
  , Gavia adamsii (A)

Podicipedidae - Grebes

• Least Grebe
  Least Grebe
  The Least Grebe , an aquatic bird, is the smallest member of the grebe family. It occurs in the New World from the southwestern United States and Mexico to Chile and Argentina, and also on Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles.-Description:The Least Grebe ranges in length from...
  
  , Tachybaptus dominicus n (A)
• Pied-billed Grebe
  Pied-billed Grebe
  The Pied-billed Grebe is a species of the grebe family of water birds. Since the Atitlán Grebe, Podilymbus gigas, has become extinct, it is the sole extant member of the genus Podilymbus.-Description:...
  
  , Podilymbus podiceps n
• Horned Grebe, Podiceps auritus (C)
• Red-necked Grebe
  Red-necked Grebe
  The Red-necked Grebe is a migratory aquatic bird found in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. Its wintering habitat is largely restricted to calm waters just beyond the waves around ocean coasts, although some birds may winter on large lakes...
  
  , Podiceps grisegena (A)
• Eared Grebe, Podiceps nigricollis n
• Western Grebe
  Western Grebe
  The Western Grebe, , is a species in the grebe family of water birds. Folk names include "dabchick", "swan grebe" and "swan-necked grebe"....
  
  , Aechmophorus occidentalis n
• Clark's Grebe
  Clark's Grebe
  Clark's Grebe is a North American species in the grebe family. Until the 1980s, it was thought to be a pale morph of the Western Grebe, which it resembles in size, range, and behavior...
  
  , Aechmophorus clarkii n

Hydrobatidae - Storm-Petrels

• Leach's Storm-Petrel
  Leach's Storm-petrel
  The Leach's Storm Petrel or Leach's Petrel is a small seabird of the tubenose family. It is named after the British zoologist William Elford Leach....
  
  , Oceanodroma leucorhoa (C)
• Black Storm-petrel
  Black Storm-petrel
  The Black Storm Petrel is a small seabird of the storm-petrel family Hydrobatidae. It is 23 cm in length, with a wingspan of 46–51 cm....
  
  , Oceanodroma melania (C)
• Least Storm-petrel
  Least Storm-petrel
  The Least Storm Petrel is a small seabird of the storm-petrel family Hydrobatidae. It is 13–15 cm in length, with a wingspan of 32 cm. It is the smallest member of the order Procellariiformes...
  
  , Oceanodroma microsoma (A)

Phaethontidae - Tropicbirds

• White-tailed Tropicbird
  White-tailed Tropicbird
  The White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus, is a tropicbird, smallest of three closely related seabirds of the tropical oceans and smallest member of the order Phaethontiformes. It occurs in the tropical Atlantic, western Pacific and Indian Oceans...
  
  , Phaethon lepturus (A)
• Red-billed Tropicbird
  Red-billed Tropicbird
  The Red-billed Tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus, also known as the Boatswain Bird is a tropicbird, one of three closely related seabirds of tropical oceans.-Distribution and habitat:...
  
  , Phaethon rubicauda (A)

Sulidae

Sulidae

The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies. Collectively called sulidas, they are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish and similar prey. The ten species in this family are often considered congeneric in older sources, placing all in the genus Sula...

 - Boobies

• Blue-footed Booby
  Blue-footed Booby
  The Blue-footed Booby is a bird in the Sulidae family which comprises ten species of long-winged seabirds. The natural breeding habitat of the Blue-footed Booby is tropical and subtropical islands off the Pacific Ocean, most famously, the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.- Etymology :The name booby...
  
  , Sula nebouxii (A)
• Brown Booby
  Brown Booby
  The Brown Booby is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. The adult brown booby reaches about in length. Its head and upper body are covered in dark brown, with the remainder being a contrasting white. The juvenile form is gray-brown with darkening on the head, wings and tail...
  
  , Sula leucogaster (A)

Pelecanidae - Pelicans

• American White Pelican
  American White Pelican
  The American White Pelican is a large aquatic bird from the order Pelecaniformes. It breeds in interior North America, moving south and to the coasts, as far as Central America, in winter....
  
  , Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
• Brown Pelican
  Brown Pelican
  The Brown Pelican is the smallest of the eight species of pelican, although it is a large bird in nearly every other regard. It is in length, weighs from and has a wingspan from .-Range and habits:...
  
  , Pelecanus occidentalis

Phalacrocoracidae - Cormorants

• Neotropic Cormorant
  Neotropic Cormorant
  The Neotropic Cormorant or Olivaceous Cormorant is a medium-sized cormorant found throughout the American tropics and subtropics, from the middle Rio Grande and the Gulf and Californian coasts of the USA south through Mexico and Central America to southern South America. It also breeds on the...
  
  , Phalacrocorax brasilianus
• Double-crested Cormorant
  Double-crested Cormorant
  The Double-crested Cormorant is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It occurs along inland waterways as well as in coastal areas, and is widely distributed across North America, from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska down to Florida and Mexico...
  
  , Phalacrocorax auritus n

Ardeidae - Bitterns, Herons, and Egrets

• American Bittern
  American Bittern
  The American Bittern is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae. New evidence has led the American Ornithologists' Union to move the heron family into the order Pelecaniformes .-Description:...
  
  , Botaurus lentiginosa n
• Least Bittern
  Least Bittern
  The Least Bittern is a small wading bird, the smallest heron found in the Americas.This bird's underparts and throat are white with light brown streaks. Their face and the sides of the neck are light brown; they have yellow eyes and a yellow bill. The adult male is glossy greenish black on the...
  
  , Ixobrychus exilis n
• Great Blue Heron
  Great Blue Heron
  The Great Blue Heron is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America as well as the West Indies and the Galápagos Islands. It is a rare vagrant to Europe, with records from Spain, the Azores and England...
  
  , Ardea herodias n
• Great Egret
  Great Egret
  The Great Egret , also known as the Great White Egret or Common Egret, White Heron, or Great White Heron, is a large, widely-distributed egret. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, in southern Europe it is rather localized...
  
  , Ardea alba n
• Snowy Egret
  Snowy Egret
  The Snowy Egret is a small white heron. It is the American counterpart to the very similar Old World Little Egret, which has established a foothold in the Bahamas....
  
  , Egretta thula n
• Little Blue Heron
  Little Blue Heron
  The Little Blue Heron, Egretta caerulea, is a small heron. It breeds from the Gulf states of the USA through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay. It is a resident breeder in most of its range, but some northern breeders migrate to the southeastern USA or beyond in winter...
  
  , Egretta caerulea (C)
• Tricolored Heron
  Tricolored Heron
  The Tricolored Heron formerly known in North America as the Louisiana Heron, is a small heron. It is a resident breeder from the Gulf states of the USA and northern Mexico south through Central America and the Caribbean to central Brazil and Peru...
  
  , Egretta tricolor (C)
• Reddish Egret
  Reddish Egret
  The Reddish Egret is a small heron. It is a resident breeder in Central America, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Gulf Coast of the United States, and Mexico. There is post-breeding dispersal to well north of the nesting range...
  
  , Egretta rufescens (A)
• Cattle Egret
  Cattle Egret
  The Cattle Egret is a cosmopolitan species of heron found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Bubulcus, although some authorities regard its two subspecies as full species, the Western Cattle Egret and the Eastern Cattle Egret...
  
  , Bubulcus ibis n
• Green Heron
  Green Heron
  The Green Heron is a small heron of North and Central America. It was long considered conspecific with its sister species the Striated Heron , and together they were called "Green-backed Heron"...
  
  , Butorides virescens n
• Black-crowned Night-Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax n
• Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Nycticorax violaceus (A)

Threskiornithidae

Threskiornithidae

The family Threskiornithidae includes 34 species of large terrestrial and wading birds, falling into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills. It was formerly known as Plataleidae. The spoonbills and ibises were once thought to be related to other groups of long-legged wading birds in the...

 - Ibises and Spoonbills

• White Ibis
  American White Ibis
  The American White Ibis is a species of wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. It occurs from the mid-Atlantic and Gulf coast of the United States south through most of the New World tropics...
  
  , Eudocimus albus (A)
• Glossy Ibis
  Glossy Ibis
  The Glossy Ibis is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.This is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean region of the Americas...
  
  , Plegadis falcinellus (A)
• White-faced Ibis
  White-faced Ibis
  The White-faced Ibis is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.This species breeds colonially in marshes, usually nesting in bushes or low trees. Its breeding range extends from the western USA south through Mexico, as well as from southeastern Brazil and southeastern Bolivia south to...
  
  , Plegadis chihi n
• Roseate Spoonbill
  Roseate Spoonbill
  The Roseate Spoonbill, Platalea ajaja, is a gregarious wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae...
  
  , Platalea ajaja (A)

Cathartidae - New World Vultures

• Black Vulture
  American Black Vulture
  The Black Vulture also known as the American Black Vulture, is a bird in the New World vulture family whose range extends from the southeastern United States to Central Chile and Uruguay in South America...
  
  , Coragyps atratus n
• Turkey Vulture
  Turkey Vulture
  The Turkey Vulture is a bird found throughout most of the Americas. It is also known in some North American regions as the Turkey Buzzard , and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John Crow or Carrion Crow...
  
  , Cathartes aura n
• California Condor
  California Condor
  The California Condor is a New World vulture, the largest North American land bird. Currently, this condor inhabits only the Grand Canyon area, Zion National Park, and coastal mountains of central and southern California and northern Baja California...
  
  , Gymnogyps californianus n (reintroduced 1996 after a century of extirpation, first successful nesting attempt 2003)

Accipitridae

Accipitridae

The Accipitridae, one of the two major families within the order Accipitriformes , are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-sized mammals, with a number feeding on carrion and a...

 - Kites, Eagles, and Hawks

• Swallow-tailed Kite
  Swallow-tailed Kite
  The Swallow-tailed Kite is an elanid kite which breeds from the southeastern United States to eastern Peru and northern Argentina. Most North and Central American breeders winter in South America where the species is resident year round...
  
  , Elanus forficatus (H)
• White-tailed Kite
  White-tailed Kite
  The White-tailed Kite is an elanid kite of genus Elanus found in western North America and parts of South America.Their coloration is gull-like, but their shape and flight falcon-like, with a rounded tail...
  
  , Elanus leucurus n
• Mississippi Kite
  Mississippi Kite
  The Mississippi Kite is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is 12 to 15 inches beak to tail and has a wingspan averaging 3 feet . Weight is from 214 to 388 grams . Adults are gray with darker gray on their tail feathers and outer wings and lighter gray on their heads...
  
  , Ictinia mississippiensis n
• Bald Eagle
  Bald Eagle
  The Bald Eagle is a bird of prey found in North America. It is the national bird and symbol of the United States of America. This sea eagle has two known sub-species and forms a species pair with the White-tailed Eagle...
  
  , Haliaeetus leucocephalus n
• Northern Harrier, Circus cyaneus n
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
  Sharp-shinned Hawk
  The Sharp-shinned Hawk is a small hawk. In fact, "sharp-shins" or "sharpies" are the smallest to reside in USA and Canada, though some Neotropical species are smaller...
  
  , Accipiter striatus n
• Cooper's Hawk
  Cooper's Hawk
  Cooper's Hawk is a medium-sized hawk native to the North American continent and found from Canada to Mexico. As in many birds of prey, the male is smaller than the female...
  
  , Accipiter cooperii n
• Northern Goshawk, Accipiter gentilis n
• Common Black-Hawk, Buteogallus anthracinus n
• Harris's Hawk
  Harris's Hawk
  The Harris's Hawk or Harris Hawk formerly known as the Bay-winged Hawk or Dusky Hawk, is a medium-large bird of prey which breeds from the southwestern United States south to Chile and central Argentina...
  
  , Parabuteo unicinctus n
• Gray Hawk
  Gray Hawk
  The Grey Hawk or Grey-lined Hawk is a smallish raptor found in open country and forest edges. It is sometimes placed in the genus Asturina as Asturina nitida....
  
  , Buteo nitidus n
• Red-shouldered Hawk
  Red-shouldered Hawk
  The Red-shouldered Hawk is a medium-sized hawk. Its breeding range spans eastern North America and along the coast of California and northern to northeastern-central Mexico.-Description:...
  
  , Buteo lineatus n (C)
• Broad-winged Hawk
  Broad-winged Hawk
  The Broad-winged Hawk is a small hawk of the genus Buteo. During the summer some subspecies are distributed over eastern North America, as far west as British Columbia and Texas; they then migrate south to winter in the neotropics from Mexico down to southern Brazil. Other subspecies are all-year...
  
  , Buteo platypterus (A)
• Short-tailed Hawk
  Short-tailed Hawk
  The Short-tailed Hawk is an American bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles and Old World vultures. As a member of the genus Buteo, it is not a true hawk and thus also referred to as a "buteo" or "buzzard". The White-throated Hawk The Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo...
  
  , Buteo brachyurus n (C)
• Swainson's Hawk
  Swainson's Hawk
  The Swainson's Hawk , is a large buteo hawk of the Falconiformes, sometimes separated in the Accipitriformes like its relatives. This species was named after William Swainson, a British naturalist...
  
  , Buteo swainsoni n
• White-tailed Hawk
  White-tailed Hawk
  The White-tailed Hawk is a large bird of prey species found in tropical or subtropical environments across the Americas.-Description:...
  
  , Buteo albicaudatus (A)
• Zone-tailed Hawk
  Zone-tailed Hawk
  The Zone-tailed Hawk is a medium-sized hawk of warm, dry parts of the Americas. It feeds on small vertebrates of all kinds , including birds up to the size of quail....
  
  , Buteo albonotatus n
• Red-tailed Hawk
  Red-tailed Hawk
  The Red-tailed Hawk is a bird of prey, one of three species colloquially known in the United States as the "chickenhawk," though it rarely preys on standard sized chickens. It breeds throughout most of North America, from western Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West...
  
  , Buteo jamaicensis n
  • Harlan's Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis harlani (C)
• Ferruginous Hawk
  Ferruginous Hawk
  The Ferruginous Hawk , Buteo regalis , is a large bird of prey. It is not a true hawk like sparrowhawks or goshawks, but rather belongs to the broad-winged buteo hawks, known as "buzzards" in Europe...
  
  , Buteo regalis n
• Rough-legged Hawk, Buteo lagopus (C)
• Golden Eagle
  Golden Eagle
  The Golden Eagle is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas...
  
  , Aquila chrysaetos n

Falconidae

Falconidae

The falcons and caracaras are around 60 species of diurnal birds of prey that make up the family Falconidae. The family is divided into two subfamiles, Polyborinae, which includes the caracaras and forest falcons, and Falconinae, the falcons, kestrels and falconets.-Description:Falcons and...

 - Caracaras and Falcons

• Northern Caracara, Caracara cheriway (Polyborus plancus) n
• American Kestrel
  American Kestrel
  The American Kestrel , sometimes colloquially known as the Sparrow Hawk, is a small falcon, and the only kestrel found in the Americas. It is the most common falcon in North America, and is found in a wide variety of habitats. At long, it is also the smallest falcon in North America...
  
  , Falco sparverius n
• Merlin
  Merlin (bird)
  The Merlin is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere. A bird of prey once known colloquially as a pigeon hawk in North America, the Merlin breeds in the northern Holarctic; some migrate to subtropical and northern tropical regions in winter.-European and North American...
  
  , Falco columbarius
• Aplomado Falcon
  Aplomado Falcon
  The Aplomado Falcon, Falco femoralis, is a medium-sized falcon of the Americas. The species' largest contiguous range is in South America, but not in the deep interior Amazon Basin. It was long known as Falco fusco-coerulescens or Falco fuscocaerulescens, but these names are now believed to refer...
  
  , Falco femoralis n (A)
• Peregrine Falcon
  Peregrine Falcon
  The Peregrine Falcon , also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-gray back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache"...
  
  , Falco peregrinus n
• Prairie Falcon
  Prairie Falcon
  The Prairie Falcon is a medium-sized falcon of western North America.It is about the size of a Peregrine Falcon or a crow, with an average length of 40 cm , wingspan of 1 metre , and weight of 720 g...
  
  , Falco mexicanus n

Rallidae

Rallidae

The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and the family also includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules...

 - Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

• Black Rail
  Black Rail
  The Black Rail is a mouse-sized member of the Rallidae family of birds. It is found in scattered parts of North America and the Pacific region of South America, usually in coastal salt marshes but also in some freshwater marshes. It is extinct or threatened in many locations due to habitat loss...
  
  , Laterallus jamaicensis n
• Clapper Rail
  Clapper Rail
  The Clapper Rail is a member of the rail family, Rallidae. Some researchers believe that this bird and the similar King Rail are a single species; the two birds are known to interbreed.-Distribution and habitat:...
  
  , Rallus longirostris n
• Virginia Rail
  Virginia Rail
  The Virginia Rail, Rallus limicola, is a small waterbird, of the family Rallidae.Adults are mainly brown, darker on the back and crown, with orange-brown legs. They have long toes, a short tail and a long slim reddish bill...
  
  , Rallus limicola n
• Sora
  Sora (crake)
  The Sora is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae, sometimes also referred to as the Sora Rail or Sora Crake.Adults Soras are long, with dark-marked brown upperparts, a blue-grey face and underparts, and black and white barring on the flanks. They have a short thick yellow bill, with black...
  
  , Porzana carolina n
• Purple Gallinule
  American Purple Gallinule
  The American Purple Gallinule is a "swamp hen" in the rail family Rallidae.A medium-sized rail with big yellow feet, purple-blue plumage with a green back, and red and yellow bill. It has a pale blue forehead shield and white undertail.Juveniles are brown overall with a brownish olive back...
  
  , Porphyrio martinica (A)
• Common Moorhen
  Common Moorhen
  The Common Moorhen is a bird in the Rallidae family with an almost worldwide distribution. The North and South American Committees of the AOU and the IOC have voted on or before July 2011 to split the American forms into a new species Common Gallinule, however, no other committee has voted to...
  
  , Gallinula chloropus n
• American Coot
  American Coot
  The American Coot is a bird of the family Rallidae, inhabiting wetlands and open water bodies. Measuring in length and across the wings, adults have a short thick white bill and white frontal shield, which usually has a reddish-brown spot near the top of the bill between the eyes...
  
  , Fulica americana n

Charadriidae

Charadriidae

The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings, about 64 to 66 species in all.- Morphology :They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings, but most species of lapwing may have more rounded wings...

 - Plovers

• Black-bellied Plover, Pluvialis squatarola
• American Golden-Plover, Pluvialis dominica (A)
• Pacific Golden-Plover, Pluvialis fulva (A)
• Snowy Plover
  Snowy Plover
  The Snowy Plover is a small wader in the plover bird family. It breeds in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, the southern and western USA and the Caribbean...
  
  , Charadrius alexandrinus (Charadrius nivosus) n
• Semipalmated Plover
  Semipalmated Plover
  The Semipalmated Plover is a small plover.This species weighs and measures in length and across the wings. Adults have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband...
  
  , Charadrius semipalmatus
• Killdeer
  Killdeer
  The Killdeer is a medium-sized plover.Adults have a brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with two black bands. The rump is tawny orange. The face and cap are brown with a white forehead. They have an orange-red eyering...
  
  , Charadrius vociferus n
• Mountain Plover
  Mountain Plover
  The Mountain Plover is a medium-sized ground bird in the plover family . It is misnamed, as it lives on level land...
  
  , Charadrius montanus n

Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostridae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups of birds, the avocets and the stilts .-Description and diet:...

 - Stilts and Avocets

• Black-necked Stilt
  Black-necked Stilt
  The Black-necked Stilt is a locally abundant shorebird of American wetlands and coastlines. It is found from the coastal areas of California through much of the interior western United States and along the Gulf of Mexico as far east as Florida, then south through Central America and the Caribbean...
  
  , Himantopus mexicanus n
• American Avocet
  American Avocet
  The American Avocet is a large wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae.This avocet has long, thin, gray legs, giving it its colloquial name, "blue shanks". The plumage is black and white on the back with white on the underbelly. The neck and head are cinnamon colored in the summer...
  
  , Recurvirostra americana n

Scolopacidae

Scolopacidae

The sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders or shorebirds. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil...

 - Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies

• Greater Yellowlegs
  Greater Yellowlegs
  The Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca, is a large North American shorebird, similar in appearance to the smaller Lesser Yellowlegs. Its closest relative, however, is the Greenshank, which together with the Spotted Redshank form a close-knit group...
  
  , Tringa flavipes
• Lesser Yellowlegs
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  The Lesser Yellowlegs is a medium-sized shorebird similar in appearance to the larger Greater Yellowlegs. It is not closely related to this bird, however, but instead to the much larger and quite dissimilar Willet; merely the fine, clear and dense pattern of the neck shown in breeding plumage...
  
  , Tringa melanoleuca
• Solitary Sandpiper
  Solitary Sandpiper
  The Solitary Sandpiper is a small wader .-Description:This species measures long, with a wingspan up to and a body mass of . It is a dumpy wader with a dark green back, greyish head and breast and otherwise white underparts. It is obvious in flight, with wings dark above and below, and a dark...
  
  , Tringa solitaria
• Willet
  Willet
  The Willet, Tringa semipalmata , is a large shorebird in the sandpiper family. It is a good-sized and stout scolopacid, the largest of the shanks...
  
  , Tringa semipalmata
• Wandering Tattler
  Wandering Tattler
  The Wandering Tattler, Tringa incana , is a medium-sized wading bird. It is similar in appearance to the closely related Gray-tailed Tattler, T. brevipes...
  
  , Tringa incana (A)
• Spotted Sandpiper
  Spotted Sandpiper
  The Spotted Sandpiper is a small shorebird, 18–20 cm long. Together with its sister species, the Common Sandpiper they make up the genus Actitis...
  
  , Actitis macularia n
• Upland Sandpiper
  Upland Sandpiper
  The Upland Sandpiper is a large shorebird, closely related to the curlews . Older names are the Upland Plover and Bartram's Sandpiper. It is the only member of the genus Bartramia. The genus name and the old common name Bartram's Sandpiper commemorate the American naturalist William Bartram...
  
  , Bartramia longicauda (A)
• Whimbrel
  Whimbrel
  The Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the mostwidespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America, Europe and Asia as far south as Scotland....
  
  , Numenius phaeopus (C)
• Long-billed Curlew
  Long-billed Curlew
  The Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae. This species was also called "sicklebird" and the "candlestick bird". The species is native to central and western North America...
  
  , Numenius americanus n
• Hudsonian Godwit
  Hudsonian Godwit
  The Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica, is a large shorebird.-Identification:Adults have long dark legs and a long pink bill with a slight upward curve and dark at the tip. The upper parts are mottled brown and the underparts are chestnut. The tail is black and the rump is white...
  
  , Limosa haemastica (A)
• Marbled Godwit
  Marbled Godwit
  The Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa, is a large shorebird. On average, it is the largest of the 4 species of godwit. The total length is , including a large bill of , and wingspan is . Body mass can vary from ....
  
  , Limosa fedoa
• Ruddy Turnstone
  Ruddy Turnstone
  The Ruddy Turnstone is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly sometimes placed in the plover family Charadriidae...
  
  , Arenaria interpres (A)
• Black Turnstone
  Black Turnstone
  The Black Turnstone is a species of small wading bird. It is one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria, the Ruddy Turnstone being the other. It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly sometimes placed in the plover family Charadriidae...
  
  , Arenaria melanocephala (A)
• Red Knot
  Red Knot
  The Red Knot, Calidris canutus , is a medium sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calidris sandpipers, second only to the Great Knot...
  
  , Calidris canutus (A)
• Sanderling
  Sanderling
  The Sanderling is a small wader. It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia...
  
  , Calidris alba
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
  Semipalmated Sandpiper
  The Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla, is a very small shorebird. It is sometimes separated with other "stints" in Erolia but although these apparently form a monophyletic group, the present species' old genus Ereunetes had been proposed before Erolia.Adults have black legs and a short stout...
  
  , Calidris pusilla (C)
• Western Sandpiper
  Western Sandpiper
  The Western Sandpiper, Calidris or Erolia mauri, is a small shorebird.Adults have dark legs and a short thin dark bill, thinner at the tip. The body is brown on top and white underneath. They are reddish-brown on the crown. This bird can be difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny...
  
  , Calidris mauri
• Least Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  The Least Sandpiper is the smallest shorebird.This species has greenish legs and a short thin dark bill. Breeding adults are brown with dark brown streaks on top and white underneath. They have a light line above the eye and a dark crown. In winter, Least Sandpipers are grey above...
  
  , Calidris minutilla
• White-rumped Sandpiper
  White-rumped Sandpiper
  The White-rumped Sandpiper is a small shorebird.Adults have black legs and a small thin dark bill. The body is dark brown on top and mainly white underneath, with brown streaks on the breast and a white rump. They have a white stripe over their eyes. This bird shows long wings in flight. In winter...
  
  , Calidris fuscicollis (A)
• Baird's Sandpiper
  Baird's Sandpiper
  The Baird's Sandpiper is a small shorebird. It is among those calidrids sometimes separated in Erolia.Adults have black legs and a short thin dark bill. They are dark brown on top and mainly white underneath with a black patch on the rump. The head and breast are light brown with dark streaks. In...
  
  , Calidris bairdii
• Pectoral Sandpiper
  Pectoral Sandpiper
  The Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos, is a small wader. It is sometimes separated with the "stint" sandpipers in Erolia. This may or may not represent a good monophyletic group, depending on the placement of the phylogenetically enigmatic Curlew Sandpiper , the type species of Erolia...
  
  , Calidris melanotos
• Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
  Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
  The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Calidris acuminata is a small wader.- Taxonomy :More recently, a review of new data has indicated that this bird should perhaps better be placed into the genus Philomachus- as P...
  
  , Calidris acuminata (A)
• Dunlin
  Dunlin
  The Dunlin, Calidris alpina, is a small wader, sometimes separated with the other "stints" in Erolia. It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions. Birds that breed in northern Europe and Asia are long-distance migrants, wintering south to Africa, southeast Asia and the Middle East...
  
  , Calidris alpina
• Stilt Sandpiper
  Stilt Sandpiper
  The Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus or Micropalama himantopus, is a small shorebird; it bears some resemblance to the smaller calidrid sandpipers or "stints". DNA sequence information is incapable of determining whether it should be placed in Calidris or in the monotypic genus Micropalama...
  
  , Calidris himantopus
• Ruff, Philomachus pugnax (A)
• Short-billed Dowitcher
  Short-billed Dowitcher
  The Short-billed Dowitcher like its congener the Long-billed Dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It is an inhabitant of North America, Middle America, and northern South America. It is strongly migratory; it completely vacates in breeding areas...
  
  , Limnodromus griseus
• Long-billed Dowitcher
  Long-billed Dowitcher
  The Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus, is a medium-sized shorebird.Adults have yellowish legs and a long straight dark bill. The body is dark brown on top and reddish underneath with spotted throat and breast, bars on flanks. The tail has a black and white barred pattern...
  
  , Limnodromus scolopaceus (C)
• Wilson's Snipe
  Wilson's Snipe
  Wilson's Snipe is a small, stocky shorebird. This species was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Common Snipe, G. gallinago. Wilson's Snipe differs from the latter species in having a narrower white edge to the wings, and eight pairs of tail feathers instead of seven.Adults are...
  
  , Gallinago delicata n
• Wilson's Phalarope
  Wilson's Phalarope
  The Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor, is a small wader. This bird, the largest of the phalaropes, breeds in the prairies of North America in western Canada and the western United States. It is migratory, wintering around the central Andes in South America. They are passage migrants through...
  
  , Phalaropus tricolor n
• Red-necked Phalarope
  Red-necked Phalarope
  The Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, winters at sea on tropical oceans....
  
  , Phalaropus lobatus
• Red Phalarope
  Red Phalarope
  The Red Phalarope , Phalaropus fulicarius, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia...
  
  , Phalaropus fulicaria (C)

Laridae - Gulls

• Laughing Gull
  Laughing Gull
  The Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla, is a medium-sized gull of North and South America. It breeds on the Atlantic coast of North America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. Northernmost populations migrate further south in winter, and this species occurs as a rare vagrant to western...
  
  , Leucophaeus atricilla (A)
• Franklin's Gull
  Franklin's Gull
  The Franklin's Gull is a small gull.-Description:It breeds in central provinces of Canada and adjacent states of the northern United States...
  
  , Leucophaeus pipixcan
• Bonaparte's Gull
  Bonaparte's Gull
  The Bonaparte's Gull is a small gull.The Bonaparte's Gull is a small species, larger only than the Little Gull and the Saunders's Gull among all gull species. Adults are long with a wingspan and a body mass of . They have a black hood and a short thin dark bill. The body is mainly white with...
  
  , Chroicocephalus philadelphia
• Heermann's Gull
  Heermann's Gull
  The Heermann's Gull is a gull resident in the United States, Mexico and extreme southwestern British Columbia. Of the current population of about 150,000 pairs, 90% nest on the island of Isla Rasa off Baja California in the Gulf of California, with smaller colonies as far north as California and...
  
  , Larus heermanni (C)
• Mew Gull
  Common Gull
  The Common Gull or Mew Gull Larus canus is a medium-sized gull which breeds in northern Asia, northern Europe and northwestern North America. It migrates further south in winter...
  
  , Larus canus (A)
• Ring-billed Gull
  Ring-billed Gull
  The Ring-billed Gull is a medium-sized gull.Adults are length and with a wingspan. The head, neck and underparts are white; the relatively short bill is yellow with a dark ring; the back and wings are silver gray; and the legs are yellow. The eyes are yellow with red rims...
  
  , Larus delawarensis
• California Gull
  California Gull
  The California Gull Larus californicus is a medium-sized gull, smaller on average than the Herring Gull but larger on average than the Ring-billed Gull, though may overlap in size greatly with both....
  
  , Larus californicus
• American Herring Gull
  American Herring Gull
  The American Herring Gull or Smithsonian Gull is a large gull which breeds in North America. It is often treated as a subspecies of the European Herring Gull but is now regarded as a separate species by some authorities.Adults are white with gray back and wings, black wingtips with white spots,...
  
  , Larus smithsonianus (C)
• Thayer's Gull
  Thayer's Gull
  The Thayer's Gull is a large gull native to North America that breeds in the Arctic islands of Canada and primarily winters on the Pacific coast, from southern Alaska to the Gulf of California, though there are also wintering populations on the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi River...
  
  , Larus thayeri (A)
• Lesser Black-backed Gull
  Lesser Black-backed Gull
  The Lesser Black-backed Gull is a large gull that breeds on the Atlantic coasts of Europe. It is migratory, wintering from the British Isles south to West Africa...
  
  , Larus fuscus (A)
• Yellow-footed Gull
  Yellow-footed Gull
  The Yellow-footed Gull, Larus livens, is a large gull, closely related to the Western Gull and thought to be a subspecies until the 1960s....
  
  , Larus livens (A)
• Western Gull
  Western Gull
  The Western Gull, Larus occidentalis, is a large white-headed gull that lives on the western coast of North America. It was previously considered conspecific, the same species, with the Yellow-footed Gull of the Gulf of California...
  
  , Larus occidentalis (A)
• Glaucous-winged Gull
  Glaucous-winged Gull
  The Glaucous-winged Gull, Larus glaucescens, is a large, white-headed gull residing from the western coast of Alaska to the coast of Washington. It also breeds on the northwest coast of Alaska. During non-breeding seasons they can be found along the coast of California...
  
  , Larus marinus (A)
• Glaucous Gull
  Glaucous Gull
  The Glaucous Gull is a large gull which breeds in the Arctic regions of the northern hemisphere and the Atlantic coasts of Europe. It is migratory, wintering from in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans as far south as the British Isles and northernmost states of the USA, also on the Great...
  
  , Larus hyperboreus (A)
• Sabine's Gull
  Sabine's Gull
  The Sabine's Gull is a small gull. Its generic placement is disputed; some authors treat it as the sole species in the genus Xema as Xema sabini, while others retain it in the genus Larus as Larus sabini. It breeds in the arctic and has a circumpolar distribution through northernmost North America...
  
  , Xema sabini (C)
• Black-legged Kittiwake
  Black-legged Kittiwake
  The Black-legged Kittiwake is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae.This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 as Larus tridactylus....
  
  , Rissa tridactyla (A)

Sternidae - Terns

• Gull-billed Tern
  Gull-billed Tern
  The Gull-billed Tern formerly Sterna nilotica , is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae...
  
  , Gelochelidon nilotica (A)
• Caspian Tern
  Caspian Tern
  The Caspian Tern is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic of its genus, and has no subspecies accepted either...
  
  , Hydroprogne caspia
• Royal Tern
  Royal Tern
  The Royal Tern is a seabird in the tern family Sternidae. This bird has two distinctive subspecies. T. m. maximus breeds on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the southern USA and Mexico into the Caribbean. The slightly smaller T. m. albididorsalis breeds in coastal west Africa...
  
  , Sterna maxima (A)
• Elegant Tern
  Elegant Tern
  The Elegant Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It breeds on the Pacific coasts of the southern USA and Mexico and winters south to Peru, Ecuador and Chile....
  
  , Sterna elegans (A)
• Common Tern
  Common Tern
  The Common Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, breeding in temperate and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia and east and central North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. It is sometimes...
  
  , Sterna hirundo
• Arctic Tern
  Arctic Tern
  The Arctic Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar breeding distribution covering the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America...
  
  , Sterna paradisaea (A)
• Forster's Tern
  Forster's Tern
  The Forster's Tern, Sterna forsteri, is a member of the tern family Sternidae. It breeds inland in North America and winters south to the Caribbean and northern South America....
  
  , Sterna forsteri
• Least Tern, Sternula antillarum (C)
• Black Tern
  Black Tern
  The Black Tern, Chlidonias niger, is a small tern generally found in or near inland water in Europe and North America. As its name suggests, it has predominantly dark plumage.- Description :...
  
  , Chlidonias niger

Stercorariidae - Jaegers

• Pomarine Jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus (A)
• Parasitic Jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus (A)
• Long-tailed Jaeger, Stercorarius longicaudus (A)

Columbidae - Pigeons and Doves

• Rock Pigeon
  Rock Pigeon
  The Rock Dove or Rock Pigeon, is a member of the bird family Columbidae . In common usage, this bird is often simply referred to as the "pigeon"....
  
  , Columba livia n (I)
• Band-tailed Pigeon
  Band-tailed Pigeon
  The Band-tailed Pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata, is a medium-sized bird of the Americas. Its closest relatives are the Chilean Pigeon and the Ring-tailed Pigeon, which form a clade of Patagioenas with a terminal tail band and iridescent plumage on their necks.It ranges from British Columbia, Utah, and...
  
  , Patagioenas fasciata n
• Eurasian Collared-Dove, Streptopelia decaocto n (I)
• White-winged Dove
  White-winged Dove
  The White-winged Dove is a dove whose native range extends from the south-western USA through Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. In recent years with increasing urbanization and backyard feeding, it has expanded throughout Texas and into Louisiana...
  
  , Zenaida asiatica n
• Mourning Dove
  Mourning Dove
  The Mourning Dove is a member of the dove family . The bird is also called the Turtle Dove or the American Mourning Dove or Rain Dove, and formerly was known as the Carolina Pigeon or Carolina Turtledove. It is one of the most abundant and widespread of all North American birds...
  
  , Zenaida macroura n
• Inca Dove
  Inca Dove
  The Inca Dove is a small New World dove; it might belong to the genus. It ranges from the southwestern United States and Mexico through Central America to Costa Rica; the Inca Dove only lives on the Pacific side of Central America. Despite being named after the Inca Empire, this species does not...
  
  , Columbina inca n
• Common Ground-Dove, Columbina passerina n
• Ruddy Ground-Dove, Columbina talpacoti n (C)

Psittacidae - Parrots

• Thick-billed Parrot
  Thick-billed Parrot
  The Thick-billed Parrot, Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha is an endangered, medium-sized, up to 38 cm long, bright green parrot with a large black bill and a red forecrown, shoulder and thighs...
  
  , Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha n (A) (extirpated as breeding species, attempts at reintroduction in the 1980s failed)

Cuculidae - Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis

• Black-billed Cuckoo
  Black-billed Cuckoo
  The Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus, is a cuckoo.Adults have a long brown tail and a black bill. The head and upper parts are brown and the underparts are white. There is a red ring around the eye. Juveniles are drabber, and the eye ring is greenish.Their breeding habitat is edges of...
  
  , Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (A)
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  The Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus, is a cuckoo. Common folk-names for this bird in the southern United States are Rain Crow and Storm Crow...
  
  , Coccyzus americanus n
• Greater Roadrunner
  Greater Roadrunner
  The Greater Roadrunner, taxonomically classified as Geococcyx californianus, meaning "Californian Earth-cuckoo," is a long-legged bird in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae. Along with the Lesser Roadrunner, it is one of two species in the roadrunner genus Geococcyx...
  
  , Geococcyx californianus n
• Groove-billed Ani
  Groove-billed Ani
  The Groove-billed Ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris, is an odd-looking tropical bird in the cuckoo family with a long tail and a large, curved beak. It is a resident species throughout most of its range, from southern Texas and central Mexico through Central America, to northern Colombia and Venezuela,...
  
  , Crotophaga sulcirostris (A)

Strigidae - Typical Owls

• Flammulated Owl
  Flammulated Owl
  The Flammulated Owl is a small, nocturnal owl approximately 15 cm long with a 36 cm wingspan. Males and females can be distinguished by their weight. Females are larger, ranging from 62-65 grams and males are smaller ranging from 50-52 grams. The owl gets the name flammulated from the flame...
  
  , Otus flammeolus n
• Western Screech-Owl, Otus kennicottii n
• Whiskered Screech-Owl, Otus trichopsis n
• Great Horned Owl
  Great Horned Owl
  The Great Horned Owl, , also known as the Tiger Owl, is a large owl native to the Americas. It is an adaptable bird with a vast range and is the most widely distributed true owl in the Americas.-Description:...
  
  , Bubo virginianus n
• Northern Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium californicum n
• Mountain Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium gnoma n
• Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium brasilianum n (C)
• Elf Owl
  Elf Owl
  The Elf Owl is a member of the owl family Strigidae that breeds in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is the world's lightest owl, although the Long-whiskered Owlet and the Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl are of a similarly diminutive length. The mean body weight of this species is 40 grams...
  
  , Micrathene whitneyi n
• Burrowing Owl
  Burrowing Owl
  The Burrowing Owl is a tiny but long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America. Burrowing Owls can be found in grasslands, rangelands, agricultural areas, deserts, or any other open dry area with low vegetation. They nest and roost in burrows, such as those excavated...
  
  , Athene cunicularia n
• Spotted Owl
  Spotted Owl
  The Spotted Owl, Strix occidentalis, is a species of true owl. It is a resident species of forests in western North America, where it nests in tree holes, old bird of prey nests, or rock crevices. Nests can be between 13 and 66 yards high and usually contain two eggs...
  
  , Strix occidentalis n
• Long-eared Owl
  Long-eared Owl
  The Long-eared Owl - Asio otus is a species of owl which breeds in Europe, Asia, and North America. This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, family Strigidae, which contains most species of owl...
  
  , Asio otus n
• Short-eared Owl
  Short-eared Owl
  The Short-eared Owl is a species of typical owl . In Scotland this species of owl is often referred to as a cataface, grass owl or short-horned hootlet. Owls belonging to genus Asio are known as the eared owls, as they have tufts of feathers resembling mammalian ears. These "ear" tufts may or may...
  
  , Asio flammeus
• Northern Saw-whet Owl
  Northern Saw-whet Owl
  The Northern Saw-whet Owl is a small owl native to North America.-Description:The scientific description of one of the sub-species of this owl is attributed to the Rev. John Henry Keen who was a missionary in Canada in 1896. Adults are long with a wingspan. They can weigh from with an average...
  
  , Aegolius acadicus n

Caprimulgidae - Nighthawks and Nightjars

• Lesser Nighthawk
  Lesser Nighthawk
  The Lesser Nighthawk, Chordeiles acutipennis, is a nightjar found throughout a large part of the Americas.The adults are dark with brown, grey and white patterning on the upperparts and breast; the long upperwings are black and show a white bar in flight. The tail is dark with white barring; the...
  
  , Chordeiles acutipennis n
• Common Nighthawk
  Common Nighthawk
  The Common Nighthawk is a medium-sized crepuscular or nocturnal bird, whose presence and identity are best revealed by its vocalization. Typically dark , displaying cryptic colouration and intricate patterns, this bird becomes invisible by day. Once aerial, with its buoyant but erratic flight,...
  
  , Chordeiles minor n
• Common Poorwill
  Common Poorwill
  The Common Poorwill is a nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae, the nightjars. It is found from British Columbia and southeastern Alberta, through the western United States to northern Mexico...
  
  , Phalaenoptilus nuttallii n
• Buff-collared Nightjar
  Buff-collared Nightjar
  The Buff-collared Nightjar is a small sized nightjar. Adults are dark with brown, grey, black, and white patterning on the upperparts and breast. The tail is dark brown, with darker finely barred markings throughout. The male has large white outer tail tips on the 3 outermost tail feathers. ...
  
  , Caprimulgus ridgwayi n
• Whip-poor-will
  Whip-poor-will
  The Eastern Whip-poor-will, Caprimulgus vociferus, is a medium-sized nightjar from North and Central America. The whip-poor-will is commonly heard within its range, but less often seen because of its superior camouflage...
  
  , Caprimulgus vociferus n
  • Mexican Whip-poor-will
    Mexican Whip-poor-will
    The Mexican Whip-poor-will, Caprimulgus arizonae, is a medium-sized nightjar from the southwestern United States and Mexico. The Whip-poor-will is more often heard within its range, but less often seen...
    
    , Caprimulgus vociferus arizonae n
  • Common Whip-poor-will
    Whip-poor-will
    The Eastern Whip-poor-will, Caprimulgus vociferus, is a medium-sized nightjar from North and Central America. The whip-poor-will is commonly heard within its range, but less often seen because of its superior camouflage...
    
    , Caprimulgus vociferus vociferus

Apodidae - Swifts

• Black Swift
  Black Swift
  The American Black Swift or more simply Black Swift is found from northern British Columbia in Canada through the United States and Mexico to Costa Rica. It is also found on islands in the West Indies....
  
  , Cypseloides niger (H)
• Chimney Swift
  Chimney Swift
  The Chimney Swift is a small bird .-Physical description:In flight, this bird looks like a flying cigar with long slender curved wings. The plumage is a sooty grey-brown; the throat, breast, underwings and rump are paler. They have short tails.-Reproduction:The breeding season of Chimney Swifts is...
  
  , Chaetura pelagica (A)
• Vaux's Swift
  Vaux's Swift
  Vaux's Swift is a small swift native to North America and northern South America. It was named for the American scientist William Sansom Vaux.-Description:...
  
  , Chaetura vauxi
• White-throated Swift
  White-throated Swift
  The White-throated Swift is a swift of the family Apodidae native to western North America, south to cordilleran western Honduras...
  
  , Aeronautes saxatalis n

Trochilidae - Hummingbirds

• Broad-billed Hummingbird
  Broad-billed Hummingbird
  The Broad-billed Hummingbird, Cynanthus latirostris, is a medium-sized hummingbird. It is 9–10 cm long, and weighs approximately three to four grams....
  
  , Cynanthus latirostris n
• White-eared Hummingbird
  White-eared Hummingbird
  The White-eared Hummingbird, Basilinna leucotis , is a medium-sized hummingbird. It is 9-10 cm long, and weighs approximately 3-4 g.- Overview :...
  
  , Hylocharis leucotis n (C)
• Berylline Hummingbird
  Berylline Hummingbird
  The Berylline Hummingbird, Amazilia beryllina, sometimes placed in the genus Saucerottia, is a medium-sized hummingbird. It is 8-10 cm long, and weighs 4-5 g.- Overview :...
  
  , Amazilia (Saucerottia) beryllina n (A)
• Cinnamon Hummingbird
  Cinnamon Hummingbird
  The Cinnamon Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found from northwestern Mexico to Costa Rica....
  
  , Amazilia rutila (A)
• Violet-crowned Hummingbird
  Violet-crowned Hummingbird
  The Violet-crowned Hummingbird, Amazilia violiceps, is a medium-sized hummingbird. It is 10 cm long and weighs approximately 5 g.The bird is best distinguished by its violet-colored cap, from where it gets its name. Adults are colored predominantly a dark olive green for their upperparts and tail....
  
  , Amazilia (Agyrtria) violiceps n
• Blue-throated Hummingbird
  Blue-throated Hummingbird
  The Blue-throated Mountaingem or Blue-Throated Hummingbird, Lampornis clemenciae, is a species of hummingbird, a member of the Trochilidae family of birds....
  
  , Lampornis clemenciae n
• Magnificent Hummingbird
  Magnificent Hummingbird
  The Magnificent Hummingbird is a large hummingbird that breeds in mountains from the southwestern United States to western Panama. It is the only member of the genus Eugenes, although the northern, nominate subspecies E. fulgens fulgens has on occasion been separated from the larger, southern race...
  
  , Eugenes fulgens n
• Plain-capped Starthroat
  Plain-capped Starthroat
  The Plain-capped Starthroat, Heliomaster constantii, is a large-sized hummingbird. It is 11-12 cm long, and weighs approximately 7-8 g.Adults are colored predominantly metallic bronze on their upper-parts, tail, back and crown. The bird has a dark eye-stripe with a white stripe above and below. ...
  
  , Heliomaster constantii (A)
• Lucifer Hummingbird
  Lucifer Hummingbird
  The Lucifer Sheartail or Lucifer Hummingbird, Calothorax lucifer is a medium-sized, up to 10cm long, green hummingbird with long decurved bill, small wings and white streak behind eye. The male has an iridescent plumage, forked dark tail, green crown, long magenta gorget and white underparts...
  
  , Calothorax lucifer n (C)
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  The Ruby-throated Hummingbird , is a small hummingbird. It is the only species of hummingbird that regularly nests east of the Mississippi River in North America.- Description :...
  
  , Archilochus colubris (A)
• Black-chinned Hummingbird
  Black-chinned Hummingbird
  The Black-chinned Hummingbird is a small hummingbird.Adults are metallic green above and white below with green flanks. Their bill is long, straight and very slender. The adult male has a black face and chin, a glossy purple throat band and a dark forked tail...
  
  , Archilochus alexandri n
• Anna's Hummingbird
  Anna's Hummingbird
  Anna's Hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird native to the west coast of North America. This bird was named after Anna Masséna, Duchess of Rivoli.-Description:...
  
  , Calypte anna n
• Costa's Hummingbird
  Costa's Hummingbird
  The Costa's Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird.The Costa's Hummingbird is very small, a mature adult growing to only 3 to 3½ inches in length. The male Costa's has a mainly green back and flanks, a small black tail and wings, and patches of white below their gorgeted throat and tail...
  
  , Calypte costae n
• Calliope Hummingbird
  Calliope Hummingbird
  The Calliope Hummingbird is a very small hummingbird and the smallest bird found in Canada and the United States. It is the only member of the Stellula genus....
  
  , Stellula calliope
• Bumblebee Hummingbird
  Bumblebee Hummingbird
  The Bumblebee Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is predominantly found in Mexico, but has occurred as a vagrant in the United States.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
  
  , Atthis heloisa (A)
• Broad-tailed Hummingbird
  Broad-tailed Hummingbird
  The Broad-tailed hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus, is a medium-sized hummingbird, nearly in length.Male and female both have iridescent green backs and crowns and a white breast. The male has a gorget that shines with a brilliant red iridescence...
  
  , Selasphorus platycercus n
• Rufous Hummingbird
  Rufous Hummingbird
  The Rufous Hummingbird is a small hummingbird, about 8 cm long with a long, straight and very slender bill. The female is slightly larger than the male.-Description:...
  
  , Selasphorus rufus
• Allen's Hummingbird
  Allen's Hummingbird
  The Allen's Hummingbird, Selasphorus sasin, is a species of hummingbird.The Allen's Hummingbird is a small bird, with mature adults reaching only 3 to 3½ inches in length. The male Allen's has a green back and forehead, with rust-colored rufous flanks, rump, and tail. The male's throat is also an...
  
  , Selasphorus sasin (C)

Trogonidae - Trogons

• Elegant Trogon
  Elegant Trogon
  The Elegant Trogon, Trogon elegans , is a near passerine bird in the trogon family. It breeds from southeasternmost Arizona in the United States to northwestern Costa Rica. It occasionally is found as a vagrant in southeasternmost and western Texas.It is a resident of the lower levels of semi-arid...
  
  , Trogon elegans n
• Eared Quetzal
  Eared Quetzal
  The Eared Quetzal , also known as the Eared Trogon, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. It breeds in streamside pine-oak forests and canyons in the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico south to western Michoacán. It is sometimes seen as a vagrant to southeasternmost Arizona in...
  
  , Euptilotis neoxenus n (A)

Alcedinidae - Kingfishers

• Belted Kingfisher
  Belted Kingfisher
  The Belted Kingfisher is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, the only member of that group commonly found in the northern United States and Canada. It is depicted on the 1986 series Canadian $5 note. All kingfishers were formerly placed in one family, Alcedinidae, but recent research suggests...
  
  , Ceryle alcyon n
• Green Kingfisher
  Green Kingfisher
  The Green Kingfisher, Chloroceryle americana, is a resident breeding bird which occurs from southern Texas in the USA south through Central and South Americal to central Argentina....
  
  , Chloroceryle americana n

Picidae

Picidae

The woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia and New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions...

 - Woodpeckers

• Lewis's Woodpecker
  Lewis's Woodpecker
  The Lewis's Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis, is a large North American species of woodpecker which was named for Meriwether Lewis, one of the explorers who surveyed the areas bought by the United States of America during the Louisiana Purchase.-Description:...
  
  , Melanerpes lewis n
• Red-headed Woodpecker
  Red-headed Woodpecker
  The Red-headed Woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, is a small or medium-sized woodpecker from temperate North America. Their breeding habitat is open country across southern Canada and the eastern-central United States.-Taxonomy:...
  
  , Melanerpes erythrocephalus (A)
• Acorn Woodpecker
  Acorn Woodpecker
  The Acorn woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker, 21 cm long with an average weight of 85 g.-Description:...
  
  , Melanerpes formicivorus n
• Gila Woodpecker
  Gila Woodpecker
  The Gila Woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker of the desert regions of the southwestern United States. They range through southeastern California, southern Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico.-Habitat:...
  
  , Melanerpes uropygialis n
• Williamson's Sapsucker
  Williamson's Sapsucker
  Williamson's Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus thyroideus, is a medium-sized woodpecker belonging to the genus Sphyrapicus .-Habitat and range:...
  
  , Sphyrapicus thyroideus n
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is a medium-sized woodpecker found in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.-Taxonomy:...
  
  , Sphyrapicus varius (A)
• Red-naped Sapsucker
  Red-naped Sapsucker
  The Red-naped Sapsucker is a medium-sized woodpecker.-Habitat:Their breeding habitat is mixed forests in the Rocky Mountains and Great Basin areas of North America. They nest in a cavity in a dead tree. Other species which nest in tree cavities reuse nests formerly used by these...
  
  , Sphyrapicus nuchalis n
• Red-breasted Sapsucker
  Red-breasted Sapsucker
  The Red-breasted Sapsucker , is a medium-sized woodpecker of the forests of the west coast of North America.-Description:...
  
  , Sphyrapicus ruber (A)
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker
  Ladder-backed Woodpecker
  The Ladder-backed Woodpecker is a North American woodpecker.-Range and habitat:The Ladder-backed Woodpecker is fairly common in dry brushy areas and thickets and has a rather large range...
  
  , Picoides scalaris n
• Downy Woodpecker
  Downy Woodpecker
  The Downy Woodpecker is a species of woodpecker, the smallest in North America.- Description :Adult Downy Woodpeckers are mainly black on the upperparts and wings, with a white back, throat and belly and white spotting on the wings. There is a white bar above the eye and one below. They have a...
  
  , Picoides pubescens n
• Hairy Woodpecker
  Hairy Woodpecker
  The Hairy Woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker, averaging approximately 250 mm in length with a 380 mm wingspan...
  
  , Picoides villosus n
• Arizona Woodpecker
  Arizona Woodpecker
  The Arizona Woodpecker is a woodpecker native to southern Arizona and New Mexico and the Sierra Madre Occidental of western Mexico...
  
  , Picoides arizonae n
• American Three-toed Woodpecker
  American Three-toed Woodpecker
  The American Three-toed woodpecker, Picoides dorsalis is a medium-sized woodpecker .This woodpecker has a length of 21 cm and a wingspan of 38 cm and closely resembles the Black-backed Woodpecker, which is also three-toed. Until recently, it was considered to be the same species as the Eurasian...
  
  , Picoides dorsalis n
• Northern Flicker
  Northern Flicker
  The Northern Flicker is a medium-sized member of the woodpecker family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and is one of the few woodpecker species that migrate. There are over 100 common names for the Northern Flicker...
  
  , Colaptes auratus
  • Yellow-shafted Flicker, (C)
  • Red-shafted Flicker, n
• Gilded Flicker
  Gilded Flicker
  The Gilded Flicker is a large-sized woodpecker of the Sonoran, Yuma, and eastern Colorado Desert regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico including all of the Baja Peninsula except the extreme northwestern region...
  
  , Colaptes chrysoides n

Tyrannidae - Tyrant Flycatchers

• Northern Beardless Tyrannulet
  Northern Beardless Tyrannulet
  The Northern Beardless Tyrannulet, Camptostoma imberbe, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southeasternmost Arizona and Texas of the United States through Mexico and Central America to northwestern Costa Rica....
  
  , Camptostoma imberbe n
• Tufted Flycatcher
  Tufted Flycatcher
  The Northern Tufted Flycatcher, Mitrephanes phaeocercus, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in highlands from northwestern Mexico to northwestern Ecuador...
  
  , Mitrephanes phaeocercus (A)
• Olive-sided Flycatcher
  Olive-sided Flycatcher
  The Olive-sided Flycatcher, Contopus cooperi, is a passerine bird. It is a medium-sized tyrant flycatcher.- Description :Adults are dark olive on the face, upperparts and flanks. They have light underparts, a large dark bill and a short tail....
  
  , Contopus cooperi n
• Greater Pewee
  Greater Pewee
  The Greater Pewee, Contopus pertinax, is a passerine bird. It is a medium-sized tyrant flycatcher.Adults are dark olive on the face, upperparts and flanks. They have dull gray underparts, a large dark bill and a short tail...
  
  , Contopus pertinax n
• Western Wood-Pewee, Contopus sordidulus n
• Eastern Wood-Pewee, Contopus virens (A)
• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
  Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
  The Yellow-bellied Flycatcher is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.Adults have brownish-olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with yellowish underparts; they have a white eye ring, white wing bars, a small bill and a short tail...
  
  , Empidonax flaviventris (A)
• Acadian Flycatcher
  Acadian Flycatcher
  The Acadian Flycatcher is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.- Description :Adults have olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a white eye ring, white wing bars and a wide bill. The breast is washed with olive. The upper part of...
  
  , Empidonax virescens (A)
• Willow Flycatcher
  Willow Flycatcher
  The Willow Flycatcher is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.Adults have brown-olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have an indistinct white eye ring, white wing bars and a small bill. The breast is washed with olive-grey. The upper...
  
  , Empidonax traillii n
• Least Flycatcher
  Least Flycatcher
  The Least Flycatcher , , is a small insect-eating bird...
  
  , Empidonax minimus (A)
• Hammond's Flycatcher
  Hammond's Flycatcher
  Hammond's Flycatcher, Empidonax hammondii is a small insect-eating bird. It is a small Empidonax flycatcher, with typical size ranging from 12.5-14.5 cm....
  
  , Empidonax hammondii n
• Gray Flycatcher
  Gray Flycatcher
  The American Gray Flycatcher, or just Gray Flycatcher, is a small, insectivorous passerine in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is common in the arid regions of western North America, especially the Great Basin...
  
  , Empidonax wrightii n
• Dusky Flycatcher
  Dusky Flycatcher
  The American Dusky Flycatcher, or simply Dusky Flycatcher, is a small, insectivorous passerine of the tyrant flycatcher family....
  
  , Empidonax oberholseri n
• Pacific-slope Flycatcher
  Pacific-slope Flycatcher
  The Pacific-slope Flycatcher is a small insectivorous bird of the family Tyrannidae. It is native to coastal regions of western North America, including the Pacific Ocean and the southern Sea of Cortez, as far north as British Columbia and southern Alaska, but is replaced in the inland regions by...
  
  , Empidonax difficilis
• Cordilleran Flycatcher
  Cordilleran Flycatcher
  The Cordilleran Flycatcher, Empidonax occidentalis, is a small insect-eating bird. It is a small Empidonax flycatcher, with typical length ranging from 13 to 17 cm....
  
  , Empidonax occidentalis n
• Buff-breasted Flycatcher
  Buff-breasted Flycatcher
  The Buff-breasted Flycatcher, Empidonax fulvifrons, is a small insectivorous bird. It is the smallest Empidonax flycatcher, typically ranging from 11.5 to 13 cm in size....
  
  , Empidonax fulvifrons n
• Black Phoebe
  Black Phoebe
  The Black Phoebe, Sayornis nigricans, is a passerine bird in the tyrant-flycatcher family. It breeds from southwest Oregon and California south through Central and South America. It occurs year-round throughout most of its range and migrates less than the other birds in its genus, though its...
  
  , Sayornis nigricans n
• Eastern Phoebe
  Eastern Phoebe
  The Eastern Phoebe is a small passerine bird. This tyrant flycatcher breeds in eastern North America, although its normal range does not include the southeastern coastal USA....
  
  , Sayornis phoebe (C)
• Say's Phoebe
  Say's Phoebe
  The Say's Phoebe is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family.Adults have brownish-gray upperparts with an orange-brown belly and light gray on the throat and breast. Juveniles have cinnamon wing bars; adults have no wing bars....
  
  , Sayornis saya n
• Vermilion Flycatcher
  Vermilion Flycatcher
  The Vermilion Flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the Tyrannidae, or tyrant flycatcher family. Most flycatchers are rather drab, but the Vermilion Flycatcher is a striking exception...
  
  , Pyrocephalus rubinus n
• Dusky-capped Flycatcher
  Dusky-capped Flycatcher
  The Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in forest and other woodland from southern Arizona, as well as the Chisos Mountains, Texas, south to northern Argentina and on Trinidad...
  
  , Myiarchus tuberculifer n
• Ash-throated Flycatcher
  Ash-throated Flycatcher
  The Ash-throated Flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in desert scrub, riparian forest, brushy pastures and open woodland from the western United States to central Mexico. It is a short-distance migrant, retreating from most of the U.S....
  
  , Myiarchus cinerascens n
• Nutting's Flycatcher
  Nutting's Flycatcher
  Nutting's Flycatcher, Myiarchus nuttingi, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in semi-arid desert scrub and tropical deciduous forest from western Mexico to northwest Costa Rica...
  
  , Myiarchus nuttingi (A)
• Great Crested Flycatcher
  Great Crested Flycatcher
  The Great Crested Flycatcher is a large insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It is the most widespread member of the genus, Myiarchus, in North America and is found over most of the eastern and mid-western portions of the continent...
  
  , Myiarchus crinitus
• Brown-crested Flycatcher
  Brown-crested Flycatcher
  The Brown-crested Flycatcher is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in open woodland from southern California, southern Nevada, central Arizona, and southern Texas southward to Argentina and Bolivia, and on Trinidad and Tobago...
  
  , Myiarchus tyrannulus n
• Great Kiskadee
  Great Kiskadee
  The Great Kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus, is a passerine bird. It is a large tyrant flycatcher; sometimes its genus Pitangus is considered monotypic, with the Lesser Kiskadee The Great Kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus, is a passerine bird. It is a large tyrant flycatcher; sometimes its genus Pitangus...
  
  , Pitangus sulphuratus (A)
• Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
  Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
  The Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Myiodynastes luteiventris, is a large Tyrant flycatcher. This bird breeds from southeasternmost Arizona of the United States-, to Costa Rica...
  
  , Myiodynastes luteiventris n
• Tropical Kingbird
  Tropical Kingbird
  The Tropical Kingbird is a large tyrant flycatcher. This bird breeds from southern Arizona and the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the USA through Central America, South America as far as south as central Argentina and western Peru, and on Trinidad and Tobago...
  
  , Tyrannus melancholicus n
• Couch's Kingbird
  Couch's Kingbird
  The Couch's Kingbird, Tyrannus couchii, is a passerine tyrant flycatcher of the kingbird genus. It is found from southern Texas along the Gulf Coast to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, Belize and northern Guatemala...
  
  , Tyrannus couchii (A)
• Cassin's Kingbird
  Cassin's Kingbird
  The Cassin's Kingbird, Tyrannus vociferans, is a large Tyrant flycatcher.Adults have a gray head with slightly darker cheeks; a dark unforked tail with a buffy fringe and gray-olive underparts.They have a pale throat and deep yellow lower breast....
  
  , Tyrannus vociferans n
• Thick-billed Kingbird
  Thick-billed Kingbird
  The Thick-billed Kingbird, Tyrannus crassirostris, is a large bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. This bird breeds from southeastern Arizona, extreme southwestern New Mexico, and northern Sonora, , in the United States and Mexico, through western and western-coastal Mexico,...
  
  , Tyrannus crassirostris n
• Western Kingbird
  Western Kingbird
  The Western Kingbird is a large tyrant flycatcher.Adults are grey-olive on the upperparts with a grey head and a dark line through the eyes; the underparts are light becoming light orange-yellow on the lower breast and belly. They have a long black tail with white outer feathers...
  
  , Tyrannus verticalis n
• Eastern Kingbird
  Eastern Kingbird
  The Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus, is a large Tyrant flycatcher.Adults are grey-black on the upperparts with light underparts; they have a long black tail with a white end and long pointed wings. They have a red patch on their crown, seldom seen...
  
  , Tyrannus tyrannus (C)
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
  Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
  The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is a long-tailed insectivorous bird of the genus, whose members are collectively referred to as kingbirds. The kingbirds are a group of large insectivorous birds in the tyrant flycatcher family...
  
  , Tyrannus forficatus n (C)

Tityridae

Tityridae

Tityridae is family of suboscine passerine birds found in forest and woodland in the Neotropics. The approximately 30 species in this family were formerly spread over the families Tyrannidae, Pipridae and Cotingidae . As yet, no widely accepted common name exists for the family, although Tityras...

 - Tityras, Becards, and Allies

• Rose-throated Becard
  Rose-throated Becard
  The Rose-throated Becard is a medium-sized member of the Tityridae family. Its genus, Pachyramphus, has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae....
  
  , Pachyramphus aglaiae n

Laniidae - Shrikes

• Loggerhead Shrike
  Loggerhead Shrike
  The Loggerhead Shrike is a passerine bird. It is the only member of the shrike family endemic to North America; the related Northern Shrike occurs north of its range but also in the Palearctic....
  
  , Lanius ludovicianus n
• Northern Shrike, Lanius excubitor (C)

Vireonidae - Vireos

• White-eyed Vireo
  White-eyed Vireo
  The White-eyed Vireo, Vireo griseus, is a small songbird. It breeds in the southeastern USA from New Jersey west to northern Missouri and south to Texas and Florida, and also in eastern Mexico, northern Central America, Cuba and the Bahamas....
  
  , Vireo griseus (A)
• Bell's Vireo
  Bell's Vireo
  The Bell's Vireo is a small North American songbird. It is 4-3/4 to 5 inches in length, dull olive-gray above and whitish below...
  
  , Vireo bellii n
• Gray Vireo
  Gray Vireo
  The Gray Vireo is a small North American passerine bird. It breeds from the southwestern United States and northern Baja California to western Texas...
  
  , Vireo vicinior n
• Yellow-throated Vireo
  Yellow-throated Vireo
  The Yellow-throated Vireo, Vireo flavifrons, is a small American songbird.Adults are mainly olive on the head and upperparts with a yellow throat and white belly; they have dark eyes with yellow "spectacles". The tail and wings are dark with white wing bars...
  
  , Vireo flavifrons (A)
• Plumbeous Vireo
  Plumbeous Vireo
  The Plumbeous Vireo is a small North American songbird, ranging from far southeastern Montana and western South Dakota south to the Pacific coast of Mexico, including the extreme southern regions of Baja California Sur...
  
  , Vireo plumbeus n
• Cassin's Vireo
  Cassin's Vireo
  Cassin's Vireo is a small North American songbird, ranging from southern British Columbia in Canada through the western coastal states of the United States. This bird migrates, spending the winter from southern Arizona to southern Mexico.The vireo is 11–14 cm in length, with a gray head, back,...
  
  , Vireo cassinii
• Blue-headed Vireo
  Blue-headed Vireo
  The Blue-headed Vireo is a Neotropical migrating song bird found in North and Central America. There are currently two recognized sub-species that belong to the Blue-headed Vireo. It has a range that extends across Canada and the eastern coast of the United-States, Mexico and some of Central America...
  
  , Vireo solitarius (A)
• Hutton's Vireo
  Hutton's Vireo
  Hutton's Vireo is a small songbird. It is approximately 5 inches in length, dull olive-gray above and below. It has a faint white eye ring and faint white wing bars. It closely resembles a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, but has a thicker bill and is slightly larger in size. Its most common song is a...
  
  , Vireo huttoni n
• Warbling Vireo
  Warbling Vireo
  The Warbling Vireo, Vireo gilvus, is a small North American songbird.Its breeding habitat is open deciduous and mixed woods from Alaska to Mexico and the Florida Panhandle. It often nests along streams. It migrates to Mexico and Central America....
  
  , Vireo gilvus n
• Philadelphia Vireo
  Philadelphia Vireo
  The Philadelphia Vireo, Vireo philadelphicus, is a small songbird.Adults are mainly olive-brown on the upperparts with yellow underparts; they have dark eyes and a grey crown. There is a dark line through the eyes and a white stripe just over them. They have thick blue-grey legs and a stout...
  
  , Vireo philadelphicus (A)
• Red-eyed Vireo
  Red-eyed Vireo
  The Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus, is a small American songbird, 13–14 cm in length. It is somewhat warbler-like but not closely related to the New World warblers...
  
  , Vireo olivaceus (A)
• Yellow-green Vireo
  Yellow-green Vireo
  The Yellow-green Vireo, Vireo flavoviridis, is a small passerine bird. It breeds from southern Texas in the United States and the western and eastern mountain ranges of northern Mexico south to central Panama...
  
  , Vireo flavoviridis (A)

Corvidae

Corvidae

Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs and nutcrackers. The common English names used are corvids or the crow family , and there are over 120 species...

 - Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

• Gray Jay
  Gray Jay
  The Gray Jay , also Grey Jay, Canada Jay, or Whiskey Jack, is a member of the crow and jay family found in the boreal forests across North America north to the tree-line and in subalpine forests of the Rocky Mountains south to New Mexico and Arizona...
  
  , Perisoreus canadensis n
• Steller's Jay
  Steller's Jay
  The Steller's Jay is a jay native to western North America, closely related to the Blue Jay found in the rest of the continent, but with a black head and upper body. It is also known as the Long-crested Jay, Mountain Jay, and Pine Jay...
  
  , Cyanocitta stelleri n
• Blue Jay
  Blue Jay
  The Blue Jay is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to North America. It is resident through most of eastern and central United States and southern Canada, although western populations may be migratory. It breeds in both deciduous and coniferous forests, and is common near and in...
  
  , Cyanocitta cristata (A)
• Western Scrub-Jay, Aphelocoma californica n
• Mexican Jay
  Mexican Jay
  The Mexican Jay, Aphelocoma wollweberi, formerly known as the Gray-breasted Jay, is a New World jay native to the Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Madre Occidental, and Central Plateau of Mexico. It reaches north to eastern Arizona, western New Mexico and western Texas in the United States...
  
  , Aphelocoma ultramarina n
• Pinyon Jay
  Pinyon Jay
  The Pinyon Jay is a jay between the North American Blue Jay and the Eurasian Jay in size. It is the only member of the genus Gymnorhinus, . Its overall proportions are very Nutcracker-like and indeed this can be seen as convergent evolution as both birds fill similar ecological niches...
  
  , Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus n
• Clark's Nutcracker
  Clark's Nutcracker
  Clark's Nutcracker , sometimes referred to as Clark's Crow or Woodpecker Crow, is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae. It is slightly smaller than its Eurasian relative the Spotted Nutcracker . It is ashy-grey all over except for the black-and-white wings and central tail feathers...
  
  , Nucifraga columbiana n
• Black-billed Magpie
  Black-billed Magpie
  The Black-billed Magpie is a bird in the crow family that inhabits the western half of North America. It is notable for its domed nests, and for being one of only four North American songbirds whose tail makes up half or more of the total body length The Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) is a...
  
  , Pica hudsonia n
• American Crow
  American Crow
  The American Crow is a large passerine bird species of the family Corvidae. It is a common bird found throughout much of North America...
  
  , Corvus brachyrhynchos n
• Chihuahuan Raven
  Chihuahuan Raven
  The Chihuahuan Raven , is a species of bird in the family Corvidae that is native to the United States and Mexico. It was formerly known as the American White-necked Raven, and has the proportions of a Common Raven with a heavy bill, but is about the same size as a Carrion Crow, or slightly larger...
  
  , Corvus cryptoleucos n
• Common Raven
  Common Raven
  The Common Raven , also known as the Northern Raven, is a large, all-black passerine bird. Found across the northern hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids...
  
  , Corvus corax n

Hirundinidae - Swallows and Martins

• Purple Martin
  Purple Martin
  The Purple Martin is the largest North American swallow. These aerial acrobats have speed and agility in flight, and when approaching their housing, will dive from the sky at great speeds with their wings tucked.-Description and taxonomy:...
  
  , Progne subis n
• Brown-chested Martin
  Brown-chested Martin
  The Brown-chested Martin is a species of passerine bird in the swallow family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, the United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, and is a vagrant to Chile and...
  
  , Progne tapera (A)
• Tree Swallow
  Tree Swallow
  The Tree Swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, is a migratory passerine bird that breeds in North America and winters in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe....
  
  , Tachycineta bicolor n
• Violet-green Swallow
  Violet-green Swallow
  The Violet-green Swallow, Tachycineta thalassina, is a small North American swallow.Their breeding habitat is semi-open areas in western North America from Alaska to Mexico...
  
  , Tachycineta thalassina n
• Northern Rough-winged Swallow
  Northern Rough-winged Swallow
  The Northern Rough-winged Swallow is a small swallow.Adults are 13–15 cm in length, brown on top with light underparts and a forked tail. They are similar in appearance to the Bank Swallow but have a dusky throat and breast...
  
  , Stelgidopteryx serripennis n
• Bank Swallow, Riparia riparia
• Cliff Swallow
  Cliff Swallow
  The Cliff Swallow is a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae — the swallows and martins.It breeds in North America, and is migratory, wintering in western South America from Venezuela southwards to northeast Argentina...
  
  , Petrochelidon pyrrhonota n
• Cave Swallow
  Cave Swallow
  The Cave Swallow, Petrochelidon fulva, is a medium-sized, squarish tailed swallow belonging to the same genus as the more familiar and widespread Cliff Swallow of North America...
  
  , Petrochelidon fulva n (A)
• Barn Swallow
  Barn Swallow
  The Barn Swallow is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas...
  
  , Hirundo rustica n

Paridae - Chickadees and Titmice

• Black-capped Chickadee
  Black-capped Chickadee
  The Black-capped Chickadee is a small, North American songbird, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is the state bird of both Maine and Massachusetts in the United States, and the provincial bird of New Brunswick in Canada...
  
  , Poecile atricapillus (A)
• Mountain Chickadee
  Mountain Chickadee
  The Mountain Chickadee is a small songbird, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. Often, it is still placed in the genus Parus with most other tits, but mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data and morphology suggest that separating Poecile more adequately expresses these birds' relationships...
  
  , Poecile gambeli n
• Mexican Chickadee
  Mexican Chickadee
  The Mexican Chickadee is a small songbird, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is still often placed in the genus Parus with most other tits, but mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data and morphology suggest that separating Poecile more adequately expresses these birds' relationships...
  
  , Poecile sclateri n
• Bridled Titmouse
  Bridled Titmouse
  The Bridled Titmouse, Baeolophus wollweberi, is a small songbird, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae.These birds have grey upperparts and white underparts with a white face with black striping, a grey crest, a black throat, and a short stout bill....
  
  , Baeolophus wollweberi n
• Juniper Titmouse
  Juniper Titmouse
  The Juniper Titmouse, Baeolophus ridgwayi, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. The American Ornithologists' Union split the Plain Titmouse into the Oak Titmouse and the Juniper Titmouse in 1996, due to distinct differences in song, preferred habitat, and genetic makeup.The Juniper...
  
  , Baeolophus ridgwayi n

Sittidae

Sittidae

Sittidae is a family of small passerine birds which contains the single genus Sitta containing about 24 species of nuthatches, which are found across Eurasia and North America....

 - Nuthatches

• Red-breasted Nuthatch
  Red-breasted Nuthatch
  The Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, is a small songbird. The adult has blue-grey upperparts with cinnamon underparts, a white throat and face with a black stripe through the eyes, a straight grey bill and a black crown. Its call, which has been likened to a tin trumpet, is high-pitched...
  
  , Sitta canadensis n
• White-breasted Nuthatch
  White-breasted Nuthatch
  The White-breasted Nuthatch is a small songbird of the nuthatch family which breeds in old-growth woodland across much of temperate North America. It is a stocky bird, with a large head, short tail, powerful bill and strong feet. The upperparts are pale blue-gray, and the face and underparts are...
  
  , Sitta carolinensis n
• Pygmy Nuthatch
  Pygmy Nuthatch
  The Pygmy Nuthatch is a tiny songbird, about 10 cm long and about 10 grams in weight. It ranges from southern British Columbia south through various discontinuous parts of the western U.S. , to central Mexico...
  
  , Sitta pygmaea n

Troglodytidae - Wrens

• Cactus Wren
  Cactus Wren
  The Cactus Wren is a species of wren that is native to the southwestern United States southwards to central Mexico.-Description:...
  
  , Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus n
• Rock Wren
  Rock Wren
  The Rock Wren is a small songbird of the wren family. It is the only species in the genus Salpinctes.The 12 cm long adults have grey-brown upperparts with small black and white spots and pale grey underparts with a light brown rump...
  
  , Salpinctes obsoletus n
• Canyon Wren
  Canyon Wren
  The Canyon Wren is a small North American wren, and is about 14.5 cm long. It ranges from far southern British Columbia and Montana south through much of Mexico to western Chiapas and east to Oklahoma and Texas...
  
  , Catherpes mexicanus n
• Carolina Wren
  Carolina Wren
  The Carolina Wren is a common species of wren, resident in the eastern half of the USA, the extreme south of Ontario, Canada, and the extreme northeast of Mexico...
  
  , Thryothorus ludovicianus (A)
• Bewick's Wren
  Bewick's Wren
  The Bewick's Wren is a wren native to North America. At about 14 cm long, it is grey-brown above, white below, with a long white eyebrow. While similar in appearance to the Carolina Wren, it has a long tail that is tipped in white. The song is loud and melodious, much like the song of other...
  
  , Thryomanes bewickii n
• House Wren
  House Wren
  The House Wren, Troglodytes aedon, is a very small songbird of the wren family, Troglodytidae. It occurs from Canada to southernmost South America, and is thus the most widely distributed bird in the Americas. It occurs in most suburban areas in its range and it is the single most common wren...
  
  , Troglodytes aedon n
• Winter Wren
  Winter Wren
  The Winter Wren is a very small North American bird and a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. It was once lumped with Troglodytes pacificus of western North America and Troglodytes troglodytes of Eurasia under the name Winter Wren.It breeds in coniferous forests from British...
  
  , Troglodytes troglodytes n (C)
• Marsh Wren
  Marsh Wren
  The Marsh Wren is a small North American songbird of the wren family. It is sometimes called Long-billed Marsh Wren to distinguish it from the Sedge Wren, also known as Short-billed Marsh Wren....
  
  , Cistothorus palustris n

Regulidae - Kinglets

• Golden-crowned Kinglet
  Golden-crowned Kinglet
  The Golden-crowned Kinglet, Regulus satrapa, is a very small songbird.Adults are olive-gray on the upperparts with white underparts, with thin bills and short tails. They have white wing bars, a black stripe through the eyes and a yellow crown surrounded by black...
  
  , Regulus satrapa n
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Regulus calendula n

Polioptilidae - Gnatcatchers

• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea, is a very small songbird.Adult males are blue-grey on the upperparts with white underparts and have a long slender bill, long black tail and an angry black unibrow. Females are less blue without the unibrow...
  
  , Polioptila caerulea n
• Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
  Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
  The Black-tailed Gnatcatcher is a small, insectivorous bird which ranges throughout the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is nonmigratory and found in arid desert areas year-round.-Taxonomy:The Black-tailed Gnatcatcher was described by...
  
  , Polioptila melanura n
• Black-capped Gnatcatcher
  Black-capped Gnatcatcher
  The Black-capped Gnatcatcher, Polioptila nigriceps, is a very small songbird.Adults are blue-grey on the upperparts with white underparts, with a long slender bill and a long black tail with white outer tailbands on the uppertail. The undertail is extensively white, showing black only along a thin...
  
  , Polioptila nigriceps n (A)

Turdidae - Thrushes

• Eastern Bluebird
  Eastern Bluebird
  The Eastern Bluebird, Sialia sialis, is a small thrush found in open woodlands, farmlands and orchards, and most recently can be spotted in suburban areas. It is the state bird of Missouri and New York....
  
  , Sialia sialis n
• Western Bluebird
  Western Bluebird
  The Western Bluebird is a small thrush, approximately to in length.Adult males are bright blue on top and on the throat with an orange breast and sides, a brownish patch on back, and a gray belly and undertail coverts. Adult females have a duller blue body, wings, and tail than the male, a gray...
  
  , Sialia mexicana n
• Mountain Bluebird
  Mountain Bluebird
  The Mountain Bluebird is a medium-sized bird weighing about 2-5 ounces, with a length from 15–20 cm . They have light underbellies and black eyes. Adult males have thin bills are bright turquoise-blue and somewhat lighter beneath. Adult females have duller blue wings and tail, grey breast,...
  
  , Sialia currucoides n
• Townsend's Solitaire
  Townsend's Solitaire
  Townsend's Solitaire is a medium-sized thrush, the only solitaire native to America north of Mexico.-Range and habitat:...
  
  , Myadestes townsendi n
• Veery
  Veery
  The Veery, Catharus fuscescens, is a small thrush species. It is occasionally called Willow Thrush or Wilson's Thrush. It is a member of a close-knit group of migrant Catharus species, which also includes the cryptotaxa Grey-cheeked Thrush and Bicknell's Thrush The Veery, Catharus fuscescens, is a...
  
  , Catharus fuscescens n (A)
• Gray-cheeked Thrush
  Gray-cheeked Thrush
  The Grey-cheeked Thrush, Catharus minimus, is a medium-sized thrush. This species is 15–17 cm in length, and has the white-dark-white underwing pattern characteristic of Catharus thrushes. It is a member of a close-knit group of migrant species together with the Veery and Bicknell's Thrush ;...
  
  , Catharus minimus (A)
• Swainson's Thrush
  Swainson's Thrush
  Swainson's Thrush , also called Olive-backed Thrush, is a medium-sized thrush. This species is 16–18 cm in length, and has the white-dark-white underwing pattern characteristic of Catharus thrushes...
  
  , Catharus ustulatus n
• Hermit Thrush
  Hermit Thrush
  The Hermit Thrush is a medium-sized North American thrush. It is not very closely related to the other North American migrant species of Catharus, but rather to the Mexican Russet Nightingale-thrush.-Description:...
  
  , Catharus guttatus n
• Wood Thrush
  Wood Thrush
  The Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, is a North American passerine bird. It is closely related to other thrushes such as the American Robin and is widely distributed across North America, wintering in Central America and southern Mexico...
  
  , Hylocichla mustelina (A)
• Rufous-backed Robin
  Rufous-backed Robin
  #The Rufous-backed Robin, Turdus rufopalliatus, is a songbird of the thrush family. It is endemic to the Pacific slope of Mexico. It is also known as the Rufous-backed Thrush.-Description:...
  
  , Turdus rufopalliatus (C)
• American Robin
  American Robin
  The American Robin or North American Robin is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. It is named after the European Robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the flycatcher family...
  
  , Turdus migratorius n
• Varied Thrush
  Varied Thrush
  The Varied Thrush is a member of the thrush family Turdidae.It breeds in western North America from Alaska to northern California. It is migratory, with northern breeders moving south within or somewhat beyond the breeding range...
  
  , Zoothera naevia (Ixoreus naevius) (C)
• Aztec Thrush
  Aztec Thrush
  The Aztec Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found mainly in Mexico, but vagrants are occasionally seen in the United States. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27 July 2007....
  
  , Zoothera pinicola (Ridgwayia pinicola) (A)

Mimidae - Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers

• Gray Catbird
  Gray Catbird
  The Gray Catbird , also spelled Grey Catbird, is a medium-sized northern American perching bird of the mimid family. It is the only member of the "catbird" genus Dumetella...
  
  , Dumetella carolinensis n (C away from White Mountains)
• Northern Mockingbird
  Northern Mockingbird
  The Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos, is the only mockingbird commonly found in North America. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 as Turdus polyglottos....
  
  , Mimus polyglottos n
• Sage Thrasher
  Sage Thrasher
  The Sage Thrasher is a medium-sized passerine bird from the family Mimidae, which also includes mockingbirds, tremblers and New World catbirds. It is the only member of the genus Oreoscoptes. This seems less close to the Caribbean thrashers, but rather to the mockingbirds instead .O...
  
  , Oreoscoptes montanus n
• Brown Thrasher
  Brown Thrasher
  The Brown Thrasher , sometimes erroneously called the Brown Thrush, is a bird in the Mimidae family, a group that also includes the New World catbirds and mockingbirds.-Description:...
  
  , Toxostoma rufum (C)
• Bendire's Thrasher
  Bendire's Thrasher
  Bendire's Thrasher a perching bird native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, is a medium-sized species of thrasher.-General information:...
  
  , Toxostoma bendirei n
• Curve-billed Thrasher
  Curve-billed Thrasher
  The Curve-billed Thrasher is a perching bird of the thrasher group native to the southwestern United States and much of Mexico....
  
  , Toxostoma curvirostre n
• Crissal Thrasher
  Crissal Thrasher
  The Crissal Thrasher is a large thrasher found in the Southwestern United States to central Mexico....
  
  , Toxostoma crissale n
• Le Conte's Thrasher
  Le Conte's Thrasher
  The Le Conte's Thrasher is a pale bird found in the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It prefers to live in deserts with very little vegetation, where it blends in with the sandy soils...
  
  , Toxostoma lecontei n
• Blue Mockingbird
  Blue Mockingbird
  The Blue Mockingbird is a species of bird in the Mimidae family. It is endemic to Mexico, but has occurred as a vagrant in the southern United States...
  
  , Melanotis caerulescens (A)

Motacillidae

Motacillidae

The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. There are around 65 species in 6 genera and they include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. The longclaws are entirely restricted to the Afrotropics, and the wagtails are predominately found in Europe, Africa and...

 - Wagtails and Pipits

• White Wagtail
  White Wagtail
  "Pied Wagtail" redirects here. For the related African bird, see African Pied Wagtail.The White Wagtail is a small passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws. This species breeds in much of Europe and Asia and parts of north Africa...
  
  , Motacilla alba (A)
• Red-throated Pipit
  Red-throated Pipit
  The Red-throated Pipit is a small passerine bird which breeds in the far north of Europe and Asia, with a foothold in northern Alaska. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to Africa, south and east Asia and west coast USA...
  
  , Anthus cervinus (A)
• American Pipit, Anthus rubescens n
• Sprague's Pipit
  Sprague's Pipit
  Sprague's Pipit is a small passerine bird that breeds in the short and mixed-grass prairies of North America and overwinters in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Easiest to identify by the distinctive descending call that is delivered in the breeding season from a considerable...
  
  , Anthus spragueii

Bombycillidae - Waxwings

• Bohemian Waxwing
  Bohemian Waxwing
  The Bohemian Waxwing is a member of the waxwing family of passerines. A sleek bird, 18–21 cm long with a pointed crest, it travels in large, nomadic groups with a strong, direct flight. It breeds in coniferous forests throughout the most northern parts of Europe, Asia and western North America...
  
  , Bombycilla garrulus (A)
• Cedar Waxwing
  Cedar Waxwing
  The Cedar Waxwing is a member of the family Bombycillidae or waxwing family of passerine birds. It breeds in open wooded areas in North America, principally southern Canada and the northern United States.-Description:...
  
  , Bombycilla cedrorum

Parulidae - Wood Warblers

• Blue-winged Warbler
  Blue-winged Warbler
  The Blue-winged Warbler, Vermivora cyanoptera, is a fairly common New World warbler, 11.5 cm long and weighing 8.5 g. It breeds in eastern North America in southern Ontario and the eastern USA. Its range is extending northwards, where it is replacing the very closely related...
  
  , Vermivora pinus (A)
• Golden-winged Warbler
  Golden-winged Warbler
  The Golden-winged Warbler, Vermivora chrysoptera, is a New World warbler, 11.6 cm long and weighing 8.5 g. It breeds in eastern North America, southeastern Canada and the eastern USA...
  
  , Vermivora chrysoptera (A)
• Tennessee Warbler
  Tennessee Warbler
  The Tennessee Warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina, is a New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America across Canada and the northern USA. It is migratory, wintering in southern Central America and northern Colombia and Venezuela, with a few stragglers going as far south as Ecuador. It is a...
  
  , Vermivora peregrina (A)
• Orange-crowned Warbler
  Orange-crowned Warbler
  The Orange-crowned Warbler is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds are distinguished by their lack of wing bars, streaking on the underparts, strong face marking or bright colouring, resembling a fall Tennessee Warbler. The orange patch on the crown is usually not visible...
  
  , Vermivora celata n
• Nashville Warbler
  Nashville Warbler
  The Nashville Warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla, is a small songbird in the New World warbler family.They have olive-brown upperparts, a white belly and a yellow throat and breast; they have a white eye ring, no wing bars and a thin pointed bill. Adult males have a grey head with a rusty crown patch ;...
  
  , Vermivora ruficapilla
• Virginia's Warbler
  Virginia's Warbler
  Virginia's Warbler is a species of New World warbler.Despite what its name may suggest, Virginia's warbler is not actually named after the American State of Virginia, which makes sense as the birds range only reaches as far east as the state of Texas...
  
  , Vermivora virginiae n
• Lucy's Warbler
  Lucy's Warbler
  Lucy's Warbler, Oreothlypis luciae, is the smallest New World warbler found in North America, measuring a mere 4.25 inches in length....
  
  , Vermivora luciae n
• Crescent-chested Warbler
  Crescent-chested Warbler
  The Crescent-chested Warbler is a small New World Warbler. It is generally uncommon in its native range of central Mexico, and accidental elsewhere....
  
  , Parula superciliosa (A)
• Northern Parula
  Northern Parula
  The Northern Parula, Parula americana, is a small New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America from southern Canada to Florida....
  
  , Parula americana n
• Tropical Parula
  Tropical Parula
  The Tropical Parula is a small New World warbler. It breeds from southernmost Texas and northwest Mexico south through Central America to northern Argentina, including Trinidad and Tobago. This widespread and common species is not considered threatened by the IUCN.This passerine is not migratory,...
  
  , Parula pitiayumi (A)
• Yellow Warbler
  Yellow Warbler
  Dendroica petechia is a New World warbler species or superspecies; the subspecies group around D. aestiva is increasingly treated as good species Dendroica aestiva again. The name for the entire cryptic species complex is Mangrove Warbler, and another group of subspecies is known as Golden Warbler...
  
  , Dendroica petechia n
  • Mangrove Warbler, Dendroica petechia bryanti (A)
• Chestnut-sided Warbler
  Chestnut-sided Warbler
  The Chestnut-sided Warbler is a New World warbler. They breed in eastern North America and in southern Canada westwards to the Canadian Prairies...
  
  , Dendroica pensylvanica (C)
• Magnolia Warbler
  Magnolia Warbler
  Setophaga magnolia, commonly known as the Magnolia warbler, is a member of the Parulidae family of wood warblers. [4] This warbler was first discovered in magnolia trees in the 19th century by famed ornithologist Alexander Wilson while in Mississippi. [7]-Description:The magnolia warbler can be...
  
  , Dendroica magnolia (A)
• Cape May Warbler
  Cape May Warbler
  The Cape May Warbler, Dendroica tigrina, is a small New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America. Its breeding habitat spans across all but the westernmost parts of southern Canada, and into the Great Lakes region and New England. It is migratory, wintering in the West Indies...
  
  , Dendroica tigrina (A)
• Black-throated Blue Warbler
  Black-throated Blue Warbler
  The Black-throated Blue Warbler, Setophaga caerulescens, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.Adult males have white underparts with black throat, face and flanks; the upperparts are deep blue; immature males are similar with upperparts more greenish...
  
  , Dendroica caerulescens (A)
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
  Yellow-rumped Warbler
  Four closely related North American bird forms—the eastern Myrtle Warbler , its western counterpart, Audubon's Warbler , the northwest Mexican Black-fronted Warbler , and the Guatemalan Goldman's Warbler —are periodically lumped as the Yellow-rumped Warbler .-Classification:Since...
  
  , Dendroica coronata
  • Audubon's Warbler
    Audubon's Warbler
    The Audubon's Warbler, Dendroica coronata auduboni, is a small New World warbler.This passerine bird was long known to be closely related to its eastern counterpart, the Myrtle Warbler, and at various times the two forms have been classed as separate species or grouped as the Yellow-rumped Warbler,...
    
    , Dendroica coronata auduboni n
  • Myrtle Warbler
    Myrtle Warbler
    The Myrtle Warbler is a small New World warbler.This passerine bird was long known to be closely related to its western counterpart, Audubon's Warbler, and at various times the two forms have been classed as separate species or grouped as Yellow-rumped Warblers, Dendroica coronata...
    
    , Dendroica coronata coronata
• Black-throated Gray Warbler
  Black-throated Gray Warbler
  The Black-throated Gray Warbler is a songbird of the New World warbler family. It is 13 cm long and has black, grey, and white plumage. It breeds in western North America from British Columbia to New Mexico, and winters in Mexico and the southwestern United States...
  
  , Dendroica nigrescens n
• Black-throated Green Warbler
  Black-throated Green Warbler
  The Black-throated Green Warbler, Setophaga virens, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.It is 12 cm long and weighs 9 g, and has an olive-green crown, a yellow face with olive markings, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, an olive-green back and pale underparts with...
  
  , Dendroica virens (A)
• Townsend's Warbler
  Townsend's Warbler
  The Townsend's Warbler, Dendroica townsendi, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds have a yellow face with a black stripe across their cheeks, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, olive upperparts with black streaks on their backs and flanks, and a white belly...
  
  , Dendroica townsendi
• Hermit Warbler
  Hermit Warbler
  The Hermit Warbler, Dendroica occidentalis, is a small perching bird. It is a species of New World warbler.Mature Hermit Warblers normally grow to be 4½ to 5 inches long. Hermit Warblers are dark gray in coloration on top, and white below, and their flanks are streaked with black. The wings...
  
  , Dendroica occidentalis
• Blackburnian Warbler
  Blackburnian Warbler
  The Blackburnian Warbler, Dendroica fusca , is a small New World warbler. They breed in eastern North America, from southern Canada, westwards to the southern Canadian Prairies, the Great Lakes region and New England, to North Carolina....
  
  , Dendroica fusca (A)
• Yellow-throated Warbler
  Yellow-throated Warbler
  The Yellow-throated Warbler, Dendroica dominica, is a small migratory songbird species breeding in temperate North America. It belongs to the New World warbler family .-Description:...
  
  , Dendroica dominica (A)
• Grace's Warbler
  Grace's Warbler
  Grace's Warbler, Dendroica graciae, is a small perching bird and a species of New World warbler.Grace's Warbler was discovered by Dr. Elliott Coues in the Rocky Mountains in 1864...
  
  , Dendroica graciae n
• Pine Warbler
  Pine Warbler
  The Pine Warbler, Dendroica pinus, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds have white bellies, white wing bars, dark legs and thin, relatively long pointed bills; they have yellowish lines over their eyes. Adult males have olive upperparts and bright yellow throats and...
  
  , Dendroica pinus (A)
• Prairie Warbler
  Prairie Warbler
  The Prairie Warbler, Dendroica discolor, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds have yellow underparts with dark streaks on the flanks, and olive upperparts with rusty streaks on the back; they have a yellow line above the eye, a dark line through it, and a yellow spot...
  
  , Dendroica discolor (A)
• Palm Warbler
  Palm Warbler
  The Palm Warbler, Dendroica palmarum, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.The species comprises two distinct subspecies that may merit specific status....
  
  , Dendroica palmarum (A)
• Bay-breasted Warbler
  Bay-breasted Warbler
  The Bay-breasted Warbler, Dendroica castanea , is a New World warbler. They breed in northern North America, specifically in Canada, into the Great Lakes region, and into northern New England....
  
  , Dendroica castanea (A)
• Blackpoll Warbler
  Blackpoll Warbler
  The Blackpoll Warbler, Dendroica striata , is a New World warbler. Breeding males are mostly black and white. They have a prominent black cap, white cheeks and white wing bars. The Blackpoll breeds in northern North America, from Alaska, through most of Canada, and into the Great Lakes region and...
  
  , Dendroica striata (A)
• Cerulean Warbler
  Cerulean Warbler
  The Cerulean Warbler, Dendroica cerulea, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.-Description:Adult males have pale cerulean blue upperparts and white underparts with a black necklace across the breast; they also have black streaks on the back and flanks...
  
  , Dendroica cerulea (A)
• Black-and-white Warbler
  Black-and-white Warbler
  The Black-and-white Warbler is a small New World warbler. It breeds in northern and eastern North America from southern Canada to Florida....
  
  , Mniotilta varia n
• American Redstart
  American Redstart
  The American Redstart is a New World warbler. It is the only member of its genus and is unrelated to the Old World redstarts. It derives its name from the male's red tail, start being an old word for tail.-Description:...
  
  , Setophaga ruticilla n
• Prothonotary Warbler
  Prothonotary Warbler
  The Prothonotary Warbler is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. It is the only member of the genus Protonotaria....
  
  , Prothonotaria citrea (C)
• Worm-eating Warbler
  Worm-eating Warbler
  The Worm-eating Warbler is a small New World warbler. It is the only species classified in the genus Helmitheros....
  
  , Helmitheros vermivorus (A)
• Swainson's Warbler
  Swainson's Warbler
  Swainson's Warbler, Limnothlypis swainsonii, is a small species of New World warbler. It is monotypic, the only member of the genus Limnothlypis.-Description:...
  
  , Limnothlypis swainsonii (A)
• Ovenbird
  Ovenbird
  The Ovenbird is a small songbird of the New World warbler family . This migratory bird breeds in eastern North America and moves south in winter.-Taxonomy:...
  
  , Seiurus aurocapillus (C)
• Northern Waterthrush
  Northern Waterthrush
  The Northern Waterthrush is one of the larger New World warblers. It breeds in the northern part of North America in Canada, and in the northern United States, . This bird is migratory, wintering in Central America, the West Indies, and Florida; also Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador...
  
  , Seiurus noveboracensis
• Louisiana Waterthrush
  Louisiana Waterthrush
  The Louisiana Waterthrush is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America from southernmost Canada and south through the eastern USA, excluding Florida and the coast....
  
  , Seiurus motacilla (C)
• Kentucky Warbler
  Kentucky Warbler
  The Kentucky Warbler, Oporornis formosus, is a small species of New World warbler. The Kentucky Warbler, like all members of the genus Oporornis, is a sluggish and heavy warbler with a short tail, preferring to spend most of its time on or near the ground, except when singing.Adult Kentucky...
  
  , Oporornis formosus (A)
• Connecticut Warbler
  Connecticut Warbler
  The Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These 15 cm long birds have light yellow underparts and olive upperparts; they have a light eye ring, pink legs, a long tail, pale wing bars and a thin pointed bill...
  
  , Oporornis agilis (A)
• Mourning Warbler
  Mourning Warbler
  The Mourning Warbler, Oporornis philadelphia, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These 13 cm long birds have yellow underparts, olive-green upperparts and pink legs. Adult males have a grey hood and a black patch on the throat and breast...
  
  , Oporornis philadelphia (A)
• MacGillivray's Warbler
  MacGillivray's Warbler
  The MacGillivray's Warbler, Oporornis tolmiei, is a small species of New World warbler. Like all members of the genus Oporornis, these birds are sluggish and heavy warblers with short tails, preferring to spend most of their time on, or near the ground, except when singing.The MacGillivray's...
  
  , Oporornis tolmiei n
• Common Yellowthroat
  Common Yellowthroat
  The Common Yellowthroat is a New World warbler. They are abundant breeders in North America, ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico....
  
  , Geothlypis trichas n
• Hooded Warbler
  Hooded Warbler
  The Hooded Warbler, Wilsonia citrina, is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America and across the eastern USA and into southernmost Canada, . It is migratory, wintering in Central America and the West Indies...
  
  , Wilsonia citrina (C)
• Wilson's Warbler
  Wilson's Warbler
  The Wilson's Warbler, Wilsonia pusilla, is a small New World warbler. It is primarily greenish above and yellow below, with rounded wings and a long, slim tail. The male has a black crown patch which is greatly reduced or missing entirely in the female...
  
  , Wilsonia pusilla
• Canada Warbler
  Canada Warbler
  The Canada Warbler is a small 13 cm long songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds have yellow underparts, blue-grey upperparts and pink legs; they also have yellow eye-rings and thin, pointed bills. Adult males have black foreheads and black necklaces...
  
  , Wilsonia canadensis (A)
• Red-faced Warbler
  Red-faced Warbler
  The Red-faced Warbler is a species of New World warbler.Mature Red-faced Warblers are small birds, 14 cm long. They are light gray on top with a white rump and a white underside. The face, neck, and upper breast are all bright red, while the crown and sides of the head are black...
  
  , Cardellina rufifrons n
• Painted Redstart
  Painted Redstart
  The Painted Redstart, Myioborus pictus, is a species of New World warbler. It is also known as the Painted Whitestart.-Taxonomy:When he first described the species in 1829, naturalist William John Swainson assigned it to the genus Setophaga — the same genus as that of the American Redstart — where...
  
  , Myioborus pictus n
• Slate-throated Redstart
  Slate-throated Redstart
  The Slate-throated Whitestart , or, less accurately, the Slate-throated Redstart, is a species of bird in the Parulidae family....
  
  , Myioborus miniatus (A)
• Fan-tailed Warbler
  Fan-tailed Warbler
  There are a number of birds called Fan-tailed Warbler.They include:* American Fan-tailed Warbler, Euthlypis lachrymosa* Old World Zitting Cisticola, Cisticola juncidis, previously called Fan-tailed Warbler....
  
  , Euthlypis lachrymosa (A)
• Rufous-capped Warbler
  Rufous-capped Warbler
  The Rufous-capped Warbler is a New World warbler native from Mexico south to much of Central America, rarely occurring as far north as southeastern Arizona and south Texas....
  
  , Basileuterus rufifrons n (A)
• Yellow-breasted Chat
  Yellow-breasted Chat
  The Yellow-breasted Chat is a large songbird, formerly considered the most atypical member of the New World warbler family, though the long-standing suspicion is that it does not actually belong there. Its placement is not definitely resolved. It is the only member of the genus Icteria...
  
  , Icteria virens n

Emberizidae

Emberizidae

The Emberizidae are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill.In Europe, most species are called buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the sparrows, the...

 - Emberizine Finches

• Green-tailed Towhee
  Green-tailed Towhee
  The Green-tailed Towhee, Pipilo chlorurus, is the smallest towhee, but is still one of the larger members of the "American sparrow" family Emberizidae....
  
  , Pipilo chlorurus n
• Spotted Towhee
  Spotted Towhee
  The Spotted Towhee is a large New World sparrow. The taxonomy of the towhees has been debated in recent decades, and formerly this bird and the Eastern Towhee were considered a single species, the Rufous-sided Towhee...
  
  , Pipilo maculatus n
• Eastern Towhee
  Eastern Towhee
  The Eastern Towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, is a large New World sparrow. The taxonomy of the towhees has been under debate in recent decades, and formerly this bird and the Spotted Towhee were considered a single species, the Rufous-sided Towhee....
  
  , Pipilo erythrophthalmus (A)
• Canyon Towhee
  Canyon Towhee
  The Canyon Towhee or Brown Towhee, Melozone fusca , is a bird of the family Emberizidae. It is native to lower-lying areas from Arizona, southern Colorado, and western Texas south to northwestern Oaxaca, Mexico, mostly avoiding the coasts.The taxonomy of the group of towhees to which this species...
  
  , Pipilo fuscus n
• Abert's Towhee
  Abert's Towhee
  The Abert's Towhee is a bird of the family Emberizidae, native to a small range in southwestern North America, generally the lower Colorado River and Gila River watersheds, nearly endemic to Arizona, but also present in small parts of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Sonora in Mexico.This...
  
  , Pipilo aberti n
• Rufous-winged Sparrow
  Rufous-winged Sparrow
  The Rufous-winged Sparrow, Peucaea carpalis, is a slender sparrow with a gray face and a brown streak which extends behind the eyes.-Description:...
  
  , Aimophila carpalis n
• Cassin's Sparrow
  Cassin's Sparrow
  Cassin's Sparrow , Peucaea cassinii, is a medium-sized sparrow.This passerine bird's range is primarily along the United States/Mexico border, with a breeding range that extends through the Great Plains states up to the southwestern corner of Nebraska, and a winter range that extends well into...
  
  , Aimophila cassinii n
• Botteri's Sparrow
  Botteri's Sparrow
  The Botteri's Sparrow, Aimophila botterii, is a medium-sized sparrow.This passerine bird is primarily found in Mexico, with a breeding range that extends into the southeastern tip of the U.S...
  
  , Aimophila botterii n
• Rufous-crowned Sparrow
  Rufous-crowned Sparrow
  The Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Aimophila ruficeps, is a smallish American sparrow. This passerine is primarily found across the Southwestern United States and much of the interior of Mexico, south to the transverse mountain range, and to the Pacific coast to the southwest of the transverse range. Its...
  
  , Aimophila ruficeps n
• Five-striped Sparrow
  Five-striped Sparrow
  The Five-striped Sparrow, Amphispiza quinquestriata, is a medium-sized sparrow.This passerine bird is primarily found along the eastern Sea of Cortez region and Pacific region of mainland western Mexico, with a breeding range that extends into the southern tip of the U.S...
  
  , Aimophila quinquestriata n
• American Tree Sparrow
  American Tree Sparrow
  The American Tree Sparrow , formerly known as the Winter Sparrow, is a medium-sized sparrow.Adults have a rusty cap and grey underparts with a small dark spot on the breast. They have a rusty back with lighter stripes, brown wings with white bars and a slim tail. Their face is grey with a rusty...
  
  , Spizella arborea (A)
• Chipping Sparrow
  Chipping Sparrow
  The Chipping Sparrow is a species of American sparrow in the family Emberizidae. It is widespread, fairly tame, and common across most of its North American range.-Description:...
  
  , Spizella passerina n
• Clay-colored Sparrow
  Clay-colored Sparrow
  The Clay-colored Sparrow is a small sparrow of North America.-Overview:Adults have light brown upperparts and pale underparts, with darker streaks on the back. They have a pale crown stripe on a dark brown crown, a white line over the eyes, a dark line through the eyes, a light brown cheek patch...
  
  , Spizella pallida
• Brewer's Sparrow
  Brewer's Sparrow
  Brewer's Sparrow is a small, slim species of American sparrow in the family Emberizidae. This bird was named after the ornithologist Thomas Mayo Brewer.-Description and systematics:...
  
  , Spizella breweri n
• Field Sparrow
  Field Sparrow
  The Field Sparrow is a small sparrow.Adults have brown upperparts, a light brown breast, a white belly, wing bars and a forked tail. They have a grey face, a rusty crown, a white eye ring and a pink bill....
  
  , Spizella pusilla (A)
• Black-chinned Sparrow
  Black-chinned Sparrow
  The Black-chinned Sparrow is a small sparrow.This passerine bird is generally found in chaparral, sagebrush, arid scrublands, and brushy hillsides, breeding in the Southwestern United States , and migrating in winter to north-central Mexico and Baja California Sur...
  
  , Spizella atrogularis n
• Vesper Sparrow
  Vesper Sparrow
  The Vesper Sparrow is a medium-sized American sparrow. It is the only member of the genus Pooecetes.Adults have light brown upperparts and light underparts, both with darker streaking. They have a white eye ring and a long dark brown tail which shows white outer feathers in flight.Their breeding...
  
  , Pooecetes gramineus n
• Lark Sparrow
  Lark Sparrow
  The Lark Sparrow is a fairly large American sparrow. It is the only member of the genus Chondestes.This passerine bird breeds in southern Canada, much of the United States, and northern Mexico. It is much less common in the east, where its range is contracting...
  
  , Chondestes grammacus n
• Black-throated Sparrow
  Black-throated Sparrow
  The Black-throated Sparrow is a small sparrow primarily found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is sometimes referred to as the Desert Sparrow, due to its preferred habitat of arid desert hillsides and scrub...
  
  , Amphispiza bilineata n
• Sage Sparrow
  Sage Sparrow
  The Sage Sparrow is a medium-sized sparrow of the western United States and northwestern Mexico.Sage Sparrows are indeed often tied to sagebrush habitats, although they can also be found in brushy stands of saltbush, chamise, and other low shrubs of the arid Interior West.The most widespread...
  
  , Amphispiza belli n
• Lark Bunting
  Lark Bunting
  The Lark Bunting is a medium-sized sparrow. It is monotypic, the only member of the genus Calamospiza .-Overview:...
  
  , Calamospiza melanocorys n
• Savannah Sparrow
  Savannah Sparrow
  The Savannah Sparrow is a small American sparrow. It is the only widely accepted member of the genus Passerculus...
  
  , Passerculus sandwichensis n
  • Large-billed Savannah Sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis rostratus (A)
• Grasshopper Sparrow
  Grasshopper Sparrow
  The Grasshopper Sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum, is a small sparrow. The Ammodramus genus of 11 species inhabit grasslands and marshes....
  
  , Ammodramus savannarum n
• Baird's Sparrow
  Baird's Sparrow
  The Baird's Sparrow, Ammodramus bairdii, is a small North American sparrow.-Overview:These birds have a large bill, a large flat head, and a short forked tail. They have brown upper parts and white underparts, with streaking on the back, breast, and flanks...
  
  , Ammodramus bairdii
• Le Conte's Sparrow
  Le Conte's Sparrow
  The Le Conte’s Sparrow, Ammodramus leconteii, is one of the smallest sparrow species in North America.It is a very secretive bird that prefers to spend most of its time on the ground under the cover of tall grasses. They are typically very difficult to flush, often only flushing at a distance of...
  
  , Ammodramus leconteii (A)
• Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Ammodramus nelsonii (A)
• Fox Sparrow
  Fox Sparrow
  The Fox Sparrow is a large American sparrow. It is the only member of the genus Passerella, although some authors split the genus into four species .-Taxonomy:...
  
  , Passerella iliaca
  • Red Fox Sparrow
  • Slate-colored Fox Sparrow
  • Sooty Fox Sparrow (A)
  • Thick-billed Fox Sparrow (A)
• Song Sparrow
  Song Sparrow
  The Song Sparrow is a medium-sized American sparrow.Adults have brown upperparts with dark streaks on the back and are white underneath with dark streaking and a dark brown spot in the middle of the breast. They have a brown cap and a long brown rounded tail. Their face is grey with a streak...
  
  , Melospiza melodia n
• Lincoln's Sparrow
  Lincoln's Sparrow
  The Lincoln's Sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii, is a medium-sized sparrow.Adults have dark-streaked olive-brown upperparts with a light brown breast with fine streaks, a white belly, and a white throat. They have a brown cap with a grey stripe in the middle, olive-brown wings, and a narrow tail. Their...
  
  , Melospiza lincolnii n
• Swamp Sparrow
  Swamp Sparrow
  The Swamp Sparrow is a medium-sized sparrow related to the Song Sparrow.Adults have streaked rusty, buff and black upperparts with a gray breast, light belly and a white throat. The wings are strikingly rusty. Most males and a few females have a rust-colored caps. Their face is gray with a dark...
  
  , Melospiza georgiana
• White-throated Sparrow
  White-throated Sparrow
  The White-throated Sparrow is a passerine bird of the American sparrow family Emberizidae.-Description:The White-throated Sparrow is a passerine bird of the American sparrow family Emberizidae...
  
  , Zonotrichia albicollis
• Harris's Sparrow
  Harris's Sparrow
  The Harris's Sparrow, Zonotrichia querula, is a large sparrow.Their breeding habitat is the north part of central Canada . In fact, this bird is Canada's only endemic breeder...
  
  , Zonotrichia querula (C)
• White-crowned Sparrow
  White-crowned Sparrow
  The White-crowned Sparrow is a medium-sized sparrow native to North America.- Description :Adults are long and have black and white stripes on their head, a grey face, brown streaked upper parts and a long tail. The wings are brown with bars and the underparts are grey. Their bill is pink or yellow...
  
  , Zonotrichia leucophrys n
  • Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii
  • Mountain White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha
• Golden-crowned Sparrow
  Golden-crowned Sparrow
  The Golden-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia atricapilla, is a medium-sized sparrow. It is slightly larger than the closely related White-crowned Sparrow.-Description:...
  
  , Zonotrichia atricapilla (C)
• Dark-eyed Junco
  Dark-eyed Junco
  The Dark-eyed Junco is the best-known species of the juncos, a genus of small grayish American sparrows. This bird is common across much of temperate North America and in summer ranges far into the Arctic...
  
  , Junco hyemalis n
  • White-winged Junco
    White-winged Junco
    The White-winged Junco is a subspecies of the Dark-eyed Junco. It is superficially similar to the Slate-colored Junco. It was formerly classified as a distinct species....
    
    , Junco hyemalis aikeni (A)
  • Slate-colored Junco, Junco hyemalis hyemalis
  • Oregon junco, Junco hyemalis oreganus
  • Gray-headed Junco, Junco hyemalis caniceps n
  • Red-backed Junco, Junco hyemalis dorsalis n
• Yellow-eyed Junco
  Yellow-eyed Junco
  The Yellow-eyed Junco is a species of junco, small American sparrows. It is the only North American junco with yellow eyes....
  
  , Junco phaeonotus
• McCown's Longspur
  McCown's Longspur
  The McCown's Longspur is a small ground-feeding bird from the family Calcariidae, which also contains the longspurs and snow buntings.-Description:...
  
  , Calcarius mccownii (C away from SE Arizona)
• Lapland Longspur, Calcarius lapponicus (A)
• Smith's Longspur
  Smith's Longspur
  The Smith's Longspur, Calcarius pictus, is a small ground-feeding bird from the family Calcariidae, which also contains the longspurs.-Overview:These birds have short cone-shaped bills, streaked backs, and dark tails with white outer retrices...
  
  , Calcarius pictus (A)
• Chestnut-collared Longspur
  Chestnut-collared Longspur
  The Chestnut-collared Longspur, Calcarius ornatus, is a small ground-feeding bird from the family Calcariidae which also contains the longspurs.-Overview:...
  
  , Calcarius ornatus
• Snow Bunting
  Snow Bunting
  The Snow Bunting , sometimes colloquially called a snowflake, is a passerine bird in the longspur family Calcariidae. It is an arctic specialist, with a circumpolar Arctic breeding range throughout the northern hemisphere...
  
  , Plectophenax nivalis (A)

Cardinalidae - Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Buntings

• Northern Cardinal
  Northern Cardinal
  The Northern Cardinal or Redbird or Common Cardinal is a North American bird in the genus Cardinalis. It can be found in southern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Texas and south through Mexico...
  
  , Cardinalis cardinalis n
• Pyrrhuloxia
  Pyrrhuloxia
  The Pyrrhuloxia or Desert Cardinal is a medium-sized North American song bird found in the American southwest and northern Mexico...
  
  , Cardinalis sinuatus n
• Yellow Grosbeak
  Yellow Grosbeak
  The Yellow Grosbeak , Pheucticus chrysopeplus, is a medium-sized seed-eating bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal, "tropical" or "New World" buntings, and "cardinal-grosbeaks" or "New World" grosbeaks....
  
  , Pheucticus chrysopeplus (A)
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  The Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus, is a large seed-eating songbird in the cardinal family . It breeds in cool-temperate North America, migrating to tropical America in winter.-Description:...
  
  , Pheucticus ludovicianus
• Black-headed Grosbeak
  Black-headed Grosbeak
  The Black-headed Grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus, is a medium-size seed-eating bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal, the Cardinalidae. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, P...
  
  , Pheucticus melanocephalus n
• Blue Grosbeak
  Blue Grosbeak
  Blue Grosbeak , is a medium-sized seed-eating bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal, "tropical" or New World buntings, and "cardinal-grosbeaks" or New World grosbeaks....
  
  , Passerina (Guiraca) caerulea n
• Lazuli Bunting
  Lazuli Bunting
  The Lazuli Bunting, Passerina amoena, is a North American songbird named for the gemstone lapis lazuli.The male is easily recognized by its bright blue head and back , its conspicuous white wingbars, and its light rusty breast and white belly...
  
  , Passerina amoena n
• Indigo Bunting
  Indigo Bunting
  The Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea, is a small seed-eating bird in the family Cardinalidae. It is migratory, ranging from southern Canada to northern Florida during the breeding season, and from southern Florida to northern South America during the winter. It often migrates by night, using the...
  
  , Passerina cyanea n
• Varied Bunting
  Varied Bunting
  The Varied Bunting is a species of songbird in the Cardinal family, Cardinalidae.The range of the Varied Bunting stretches from the southern parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in the United States south throughout Mexico as far as Oaxaca. Small disjunct populations occur in the state of...
  
  , Passerina versicolor n
• Painted Bunting
  Painted Bunting
  The Painted Bunting is a species of bird in the Cardinal family, Cardinalidae, that is native to North America.-Taxonomy:...
  
  , Passerina ciris (C)
• Dickcissel
  Dickcissel
  The Dickcissel is a small American seed-eating bird in the family Cardinalidae. It is the only member of the genus Spiza, though some sources list another supposedly extinct species...
  
  , Spiza americana (C)
• Hepatic Tanager
  Hepatic Tanager
  The Hepatic Tanager, Piranga flava, is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family...
  
  , Piranga hepatica n
• Summer Tanager
  Summer Tanager
  The Summer Tanager, Piranga rubra, is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family...
  
  , Piranga rubra n
• Scarlet Tanager
  Scarlet Tanager
  The Scarlet Tanager is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family . The species's plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family.-Description:Adults have pale...
  
  , Piranga olivacea (A)
• Western Tanager
  Western Tanager
  The Western Tanager, Piranga ludoviciana, is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family...
  
  , Piranga ludoviciana n
• Flame-colored Tanager
  Flame-colored Tanager
  The Flame-colored Tanager, Piranga bidentata, formerly known as the Stripe-backed Tanager, is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family...
  
  , Piranga bidentata n (A)

Icteridae - Icterids

• Bobolink
  Bobolink
  The Bobolink is a small New World blackbird and the only member of genus Dolichonyx.-Description:Adults are 16–18 cm long with short finch-like bills. They weigh about . Adult males are mostly black, although they do display creamy napes, and white scapulars, lower backs and rumps...
  
  , Dolichonyx oryzivorus n
• Red-winged Blackbird
  Red-winged Blackbird
  The Red-winged Blackbird is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North and much of Central America. It breeds from Alaska and Newfoundland south to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, and Guatemala, with isolated populations in western El Salvador, northwestern Honduras, and...
  
  , Agelaius phoeniceus n
• Eastern Meadowlark
  Eastern Meadowlark
  The Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna, is a medium-sized icterid bird, very similar in appearance to the Western Meadowlark. It occurs from eastern North America to South America, where it is also most widespread in the east.-Description:...
  
  , Sturnella magna
  • Lilian's Meadowlark
    Lilian's Meadowlark
    The Lilian's Meadowlark is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.It is found in Mexico and the southwestern United States. It is treated as a subspecies of Eastern Meadowlark by the American Ornithologists' Union....
    
    , Sturnella (magna) lilianae n
• Western Meadowlark
  Western Meadowlark
  Not to be confused with Eastern MeadowlarkThe Western Meadowlark is a medium-sized icterid bird, about 8.5 in long. It nests on the ground in open country in western and central North America. It feeds mostly on insects, but also seeds and berries...
  
  , Sturnella neglecta n
• Yellow-headed Blackbird
  Yellow-headed Blackbird
  The Yellow-headed Blackbird is a medium-sized blackbird, and the only member of the genus Xanthocephalus....
  
  , Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus n
• Rusty Blackbird
  Rusty Blackbird
  The Rusty Blackbird, Euphagus carolinus, is a medium-sized blackbird, closely related to grackles .-Appearance:...
  
  , Euphagus carolinus (A)
• Brewer's Blackbird
  Brewer's Blackbird
  The Brewer's Blackbird is a medium-sized New World blackbird, named after the ornithologist Thomas Mayo Brewer....
  
  , Euphagus cyanocephalus n
• Common Grackle
  Common Grackle
  The Common Grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, is a large icterid.-Description:The long adult has a long dark bill, pale yellowish eyes and a long tail; its feathers appear black with purple, green or blue iridescence on the head, and primarily bronze shine in the body plumage...
  
  , Quiscalus quiscula (A)
• Great-tailed Grackle
  Great-tailed Grackle
  The Great-tailed Grackle is a medium-sized, gregarious passerine bird native to North and South America. A member of the Icteridae family, it is of the ten extant species of grackle and is closely related to the Red-bellied Grackle and the Velvet-fronted Grackle...
  
  , Quiscalus mexicanus n
• Bronzed Cowbird
  Bronzed Cowbird
  The Bronzed Cowbird , Molothrus aeneus, is a small icterid.It breeds from the southern U.S. states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana south through Central America to Panama. An isolated population on the Caribbean coast of Colombia is sometimes treated as a separate species,...
  
  , Molothrus aeneus n
• Brown-headed Cowbird
  Brown-headed Cowbird
  The Brown-headed Cowbird is a small brood parasitic icterid of temperate to subtropical North America. They are permanent residents in the southern parts of their range; northern birds migrate to the southern United States and Mexico in winter, returning to their summer habitat around March or...
  
  , Molothrus ater n
• Black-vented Oriole
  Black-vented Oriole
  The Black-vented Oriole is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and the United States....
  
  , Icterus wagleri (A)
• Orchard Oriole
  Orchard Oriole
  The Orchard Oriole, Icterus spurius, is the smallest North American species of icterid blackbird. The subspecies of the Caribbean coast of Mexico, I. s. fuertesi, is sometimes considered a separate species, the Ochre Oriole....
  
  , Icterus spurius (A)
• Hooded Oriole
  Hooded Oriole
  The Hooded Oriole, Icterus cucullatus, is a medium-sized New World oriole.Adults have a pointed bill and white wing bars. The adult male has an orange head with black on the face and throat; they are black on the back, wings and tail, orange on the underparts...
  
  , Icterus cucullatus n
• Streak-backed Oriole
  Streak-backed Oriole
  The Streak-backed Oriole, Icterus pustulatus, is a medium-sized icterid ....
  
  , Icterus pustulatus n (A)
• Baltimore Oriole
  Baltimore Oriole
  The Baltimore Oriole is a small icterid blackbird that averages 18 cm long and weighs 34 g. This bird received its name from the fact that the male's colors resemble those on the coat-of-arms of Lord Baltimore...
  
  , Icterus galbula n (A)
• Bullock's Oriole
  Bullock's Oriole
  The Bullock's Oriole, , is a small New World blackbird. At one time, this species and the Baltimore Oriole were considered to be a single species, the Northern Oriole...
  
  , Icterus bullockii n
• Scott's Oriole
  Scott's Oriole
  The Scott's Oriole, Icterus parisorum, is a medium-sized icterid ....
  
  , Icterus parisorum n

Fringillidae - Finches and Goldfinches

• Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Leucosticte tephrocotis (A)
• Black Rosy-Finch, Leucosticte atrata (A)
• Pine Grosbeak
  Pine Grosbeak
  left|thumb|Adult femaleThe Pine Grosbeak is a large member of the true finch family, Fringillidae. It is found in coniferous woods across Alaska, the western mountains of the United States, Canada, and in subarctic Fennoscandia and Siberia...
  
  , Pinicola enucleator n
• Purple Finch
  Purple Finch
  The Purple Finch, Carpodacus purpureus, is a bird in the finch family Fringillidae.-Taxonomy:The Purple Finch is one of 24 birds in the genus Carpodacus and is included in the finch...
  
  , Carpodacus purpureus (A)
• Cassin's Finch
  Cassin's Finch
  Cassin's Finch is a bird in the finch family Fringillidae. This species and the other "American rosefinches" are usually placed in the rosefinch genus Carpodacus, but they likely belong in a distinct genus Burrica....
  
  , Carpodacus cassinii n
• House Finch
  House Finch
  The House Finch is a bird in the finch family Fringillidae, which is found in North America. This species and the other "American rosefinches" are usually placed in the rosefinch genus Carpodacus...
  
  , Carpodacus mexicanus n
• Red Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra n
• Pine Siskin
  Pine Siskin
  The Pine Siskin is a North American bird in the finch family. It is a migratory bird with an extremely sporadic winter range.-Description:...
  
  , Carduelis pinus n
• Lesser Goldfinch
  Lesser Goldfinch
  The Lesser Goldfinch or Dark-backed Goldfinch is a very small songbird of the Americas. Together with its relatives the American Goldfinch and Lawrence's Goldfinch, it forms the American goldfinches clade in the genus Carduelis sensu stricto.The American goldfinches can be distinguished by the...
  
  , Carduelis psaltria n
• Lawrence's Goldfinch
  Lawrence's Goldfinch
  Lawrence's Goldfinch, Carduelis lawrencei, is a small songbird of erratic distribution that breeds in California and Baja California and winters in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.-Description:...
  
  , Carduelis lawrencei n
• American Goldfinch
  American Goldfinch
  The American Goldfinch , also known as the Eastern Goldfinch and Wild Canary, is a small North American bird in the finch family...
  
  , Carduelis tristis n
• Evening Grosbeak
  Evening Grosbeak
  The Evening Grosbeak is a large finch. In the past, it was treated in a genus of its own as Hesperiphona vespertina, but is now usually placed in the same genus as the Hawfinch of Eurasia....
  
  , Coccothraustes vespertinus n

Unofficial / Unconfirmed Species

• Peach-faced Lovebird, Agapornis roseicollis n (I) (native to s. Africa, established feral populations in Phoenix metropolitan area 1)

• Sinaloa Wren
  Sinaloa Wren
  The Sinaloa Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is endemic to Mexico, with two documented sightings in the United States....
  
   Thryothorus sinaloa (A) (1st ABA record, Patagonia, August 25, 2008 continuing to at least September 8, may have been sighted on August 22 1)

• Grayish Saltator
  Grayish Saltator
  The Greyish Saltator, Saltator coerulescens, is a seed-eating songbird that is widespread in the tropical Americas. Traditionally placed in the cardinal family , the saltators actually seem to be closer to the tanagers...
  
   Saltator coerulescens (A) (possible sighting, Oro Blanco Mine, August 31, 2008, no photo documentation 1)

• White-collared Seedeater
  White-collared Seedeater
  The White-collared Seedeater is a passerine bird in the typical seedeater genus Sporophila.-Taxonomy:The subspecies S. t...
  
  , Sporophila torqueola (A) (West Mexican race record, Nogales August 3, 2007; previous records now under review 1)

Species reported in Arizona, but not accepted by the ABC

• Brandt's Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus
• Masked Duck Oxyura dominica
• White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucurus
• Whooping Crane Grus americana
• Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus
• Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
• Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
• Elegant Quail Callipepla douglasii
• White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxii
• Green Violetear Colibri thalassinus
• Fork-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon canivetii
• Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
• Nuttall's Woodpecker Picoides nuttallii
• White-headed Woodpecker Picoides albolarvatus
• Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
• Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
• Golden Vireo Vireo hypochryseus
• Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttallii
• Tufted Jay Cyanocorax dickeyi
• Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
• Sinaloa Martin Progne sinaloae
• Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
• Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis
• Slate-colored Solitaire Myadestes unicolor
• Gray Silky-Flycatcher Ptilogonys cinereus
• Red-headed Tanager Piranga erythrocephala
• "Brewster's" Warbler Vermivora pinus x chrysoptera
• Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli
• Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
• Grayish Saltator Saltator caerulescens
• Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides
• Timberline Sparrow Spizella breweri taverneri
• Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
• Black-backed Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullocki abellei
• Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda

External links

• Arizona Bird Committee home page
• Arizona Field Ornithologists home page