Life List
ANATIDAE
Swans 2 Trumpeter Swan
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Tundra Swan
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Geese 4 Canada Goose
Ross’ Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
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Ducks 26 Mallard
Bufflehead
Wood Duck
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
Cinnamon Teal
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Canvasback
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Ring-necked Duck
Gadwall
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Ruddy Duck
Redhead
Pochard
Grey Duck
Paradise Shelduck
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Muscovy Duck
Mergansers 3
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Hooded Merganser
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CRACIDAE
Guans & Chachalacas 2 Crested Guan
Gray-headed Chachalaca
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ODONTOPHORIDAE
Quail 2 California Quail
Australian Quail
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MELEAGRIDIDAE Turkeys 1 Wild Turkey <>
TETRAONIDAE
Grouse 2 Chukar
Blue Grouse
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PHASIANIDAE
Pheasants 1 Ring-necked Pheasant
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SPHENISCIDAE
Penguins 1 Little Penguin <>
PODICIPEDIDAE
Loons 3 Common Loon
Pacific Loon
Red-throated Loon
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PODICIPEDIDAE
Grebes 6 Red-necked Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Clark’s Grebe
Western Grebe
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PROCELLARIIDAE
Shearwaters 1 Sooty Shearwater <>
HYDROBATIDAE
Storm-petrels <>
Wilson's Storm-petrel
PELECANIDAE
Pelicans 3 American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Great White Pelican
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SULIDAE
Boobies & Gannets 1 Australasian Gannet <>
PHALACROCORACIDAE
Cormorants & Shags 9 Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Brandt’s Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
European Shag
Little Shag
Little Black Shag
Black Shag
Pied Shag
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ANHINGIDAE
Anhinga 1 Anhinga <>
FREGATIDAE
Frigatebirds 1 Magnificent Frigatebird <>
ARDEIDAE
Herons, Egret, & Bitterns 12 Great Blue Heron
Grey Heron
Green Heron
White-faced Heron
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Boat-billed Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Egret
American Bittern
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THRESKIORNITHIDAE
Ibises & Spoonbills 3 White-faced Ibis
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
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CICONIIDAE
Storks 1 Wood Stork <>
CATHARTIDAE
Vultures 2 Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
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PANDIONIDAE
Osprey 1 Osprey
ACCIPITRIDAE
Harriers 2
Northern Harrier
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Australasian Harrier
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Kites 3 Black Kite
White-tailed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
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Hawks 6 Red-tailed Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Eurasian Buzzard
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
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Eagles 2 Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
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FALCONIDAE
Falcons 5 Eurasian Kestrel
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Laughing Falcon
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GRUIDAE
Cranes 1 Sandhill Crane <>
RALLIDAE
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots 7 Banded Rail
Sora
American Coot
Common Coot
Common Moorhen
Pukeko
Takahe
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JACANIDAE
Jacanas 1 Northern Jacana <>
HAEMATOPIDIDAE
Oystercatchers 2 Black Oystercatcher
Variable Oystercatcher
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RECURVIROSTRIDAE
Avocets & Stilts 3 American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
Pied Stilt
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CHARADRIIDAE
Plovers, Lapwings, & Dotterels 8 Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Spur-winged Plover
Killdeer
Northern Lapwing
New Zealand Dotterel
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SCOLOPACIDAE
Sandpipers 19 Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Wandering Tattler
Common Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
Wilson’s Phalarope
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LARIDAE
Gulls 8
California Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Mew Gull
Western Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Black-backed Gull
Red-billed Gull
Black-billed Gull
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STERNIDAE
Terns 5 Fairy Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster’s Tern
White-fronted Tern
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ALCIDAE
Auks, Murres, & Puffins 5 Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Tufted Puffin
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COLUMBIDAE
Doves, Pigeons, Ground-Doves & Quail-Doves 15 Common Wood-Pigeon
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Zebra Dove
Spotted Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
New Zealand Pigeon
Inca Dove
White-winged Dove
Red-billed Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon
White-tipped Dove
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Buff-fronted Quail-Dove
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PSITTACIDAE
Parrots, Macaws, & Parakeets 8
Eastern Rosella Red-crowned Parakeet
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Great Green Macaw
White-crowned Parrot
Brown-hooded Parrot
Scarlet Macaw
Mealy Parrot
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CUCULIDAE
Cuckoos & Anis 2 Squirrel Cuckoo
Groove-billed Ani
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TYTONIDAE
Barn Owl 1 Barn Owl <>
STRIGIDAE
Owls 4 Great Horned Owl
Western Screech Owl
Burrowing Owl
Short-eared Owl
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CAPRIMULGIDAE
Nightjars 3 Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Common Paraque
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APODIDAE
Swifts 5 Vaux’s Swift
White-throated Swift
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
White-collared Swift
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TROCHILIDAE
Hummingbirds 18 Rufous Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Long-tailed / Long-billed Hermit
White-necked Jacobin
Bronzy Hermit
Purple-crowned Fairy
Violet-crowned Woodnymph
Green Hermit
Canivet’s Emerald
Steely-vented Hummingbird
Violet Sabrewing
Purple-throated Mountain-gem
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
Green Violet-ear
Green-crowned Brilliant
Coppery-headed Emerald
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TROGONIDAE
Trogons & Quetzals 4 Violaceous Trogon
Orange-bellied Trogon
Resplendent Quetzal
Black-throated Trogon
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ALCEDINIDAE
Kingfishers 5 European Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher
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MOTMOTIDAE
Motmots 2 Blue-crowned Motmot
Turquoise-browed Motmot
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RAMPHASTIDAE
Toucans 3 Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
Keel-billed Toucan
Emerald Toucanet
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PICIDAE
Woodpeckers 18 Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttal’s Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
Lewis’ Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eurasian Green Woodpecker
Middle-spotted Woodpecker
Chestnut-colored Woodpecker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
Hoffman’s Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Red-crowned Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
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FURNARIIDAE 1 Plain Xenops <>
DENDROCOLAPTIDAE
Woodcreeper 3 Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
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THAMNOPHILIDAE 5 Fasciated Antshrike
Slaty Antshrike
Dot-winged Antwren
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Dusky Antbird
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COTINGIDAE 2 Turquoise Cotinga
Three-wattled Bellbird
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PIPRIDAE
Manakins 3 White-collared Manakin
Long-tailed Manakin
Blue-crowned Manakin
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TYRANNiDAE
Tyrant Flycatchers 22 Dusky Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Great Kiskadee
Tropical Kingbird
Gray-capped Flycatcher
Common Tody-flycatcher
Yellow Tyrannulet
Mistletoe Tyrannulet
White-ringed Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Royal Flycatcher
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher
Masked Tityra
Rose-throated Becard
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MELIPHAGIDAE 3 Stitchbird
New Zealand Bellbird
Tui
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CALLAEIDAE New Zealand Wattlebirds 1 Saddleback <>
CRACTICIDAE 1 Australasian Magpie <>
PACHYCEPHALIDAE 1 Whitehead
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LANIIDAE
Shrikes 1 Loggerhead Shrike <>
VIREONIDAE
Vireos 2 Warbling Vireo
Hutton’s Vireo
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RHIPIDURIDAE
Fantails 1
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CORVIDAE 15 Common Raven
American Crow
Western Scrub-Jay
Steller’s Jay
Gray Jay
Pinyon Jay
Clark’s Nutracker
Black-billed Magpie
Eurasian Jay
Eurasian Magpie
Carrion Crow
Eurasian Jackdaw
Brown Jay
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Azure-hooded Jay
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PETROICIDAE 1 New Zealand Robin <>
ALAUDIDAE
Larks 3 Horned Lark
Sky Lark
Crested Lark
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HIRUNDINIDAE
Swallows & Martins 11 Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Rough-winged Swallow
Blue-and-black Swallow
Mangrove Swallow
Crag Martin
Common House-Martin
Purple Martin
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PARIDAE 8 Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Coal Tit
Marsh Tit
Oak Titmouse
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AEGITHALIDAE 1 Bushtit <>
SITTIDAE 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
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CERTHIIDAE 2 Brown Creeper
Treecreeper
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TROGLODYTIDAE 13 Winter Wren
House Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Marsh Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Ochraceous Wren
Band-backed Wren
Striped-breasted Wren
Rufous-naped Wren
Plain Wren
Rufous-and-white Wren
Gray-breasted Wood-wren
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POLIOPTILIDAE 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher <>
PYCNONOTIDAE
Bulbuls 2 Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
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SYLVIIDAE 1 Blackcap <>
TIMALIIDAE 2 Wrentit Red-billed Leiothrix
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ZOSTEROPIDAE 2 Japanese White-eye Silvereye
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REGULIDAE
Kinglets 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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CINCLIDAE 1 American Dipper <>
MUSCICAPIDAE 3 White-rumped Shama
Black Redstart
Slate-throated Redstart
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TURDIDAE 13 American Robin
Varied Thrush
Eurasian Blackbird
Hermit Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire
Black-faced Solitaire
Song Thrush
Clay-colored Robin
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
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MIMIDAE
Mockingbirds & Thrashers 2 Northern Mockingbird
Sage Thrasher
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STURNIDAE
Starlings & Mynas 2 Eurasian Starling
Common Myna
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MOTACILLIDAE
Wagtails & Pipits 5 American Pipit
New Zealand Pipit
Gray Wagtail
White Wagtail (also Pied subspecies)
Yellow Wagtail (Blue-headed subspecies)
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BOMBYCILLIDAE
Waxwings 1 Cedar Waxwing <>
PARULIDAE
Warblers 14 Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Grey Warbler
Buff-rumped Warbler
Three-striped Warbler
Rufous-capped Warbler
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
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THRAUPIDAE 8 Western Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Passerini’s / Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Common Bush-Tanager
Gray-headed Tanager
Green Honeycreeper
Red-legged Honeycreeper
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COEREBIDAE 1 Bananaquit <>
EMBERIZIDAE 17 Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Yellowhammer
Rufous-collared Sparrow
White-eared Ground-Sparrow
Black-striped Sparrow
White-collared Seedeater
Variable Seedeater
Yellow-faced Grassquit
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CARDINALIDAE 6 Grayish Saltator
Buff-throated Saltator
Northern Cardinal
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Blue-black Grosbeak
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ICTERIDAE 13 Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark
Brewer’s Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
Yellow-tailed Oriole
Montezuma Oropendola
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FRINGILIDAE 15 House Finch
Purple Finch
Cassin’s Finch
Common Chaffinch
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
American Goldfinch
Lesser Goldfinch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Eurasian Bullfinch
Evening Grosbeak
European Goldfinch
European Greenfinch
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Golden-browed Chlorophonia
PASSERIDAE 1
House Sparrow
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ESTRILIDAE 2 Java Sparrow
Nutmeg Mannikin
