Forest and Rangeland Birds of the United States
Natural History and Habitat Use
Natural History, By Species - Family and Species List
Family List
- Family Gaviidae
- Family Podicipedidae
- Family Pelecanidae
- Family Phalacrocoracidae
- Family Anhingidae
- Family Ardeidae
- Family Threskiornithidae
- Family Anatidae
- Family Cathartidae
- Family Accipitridae
- Family Falconidae
- Family Cracidae
- Family Phasianidae
- Family Rallidae
- Family Aramidae
- Family Gruidae
- Family Charadriidae
- Family Recurvirostridae
- Family Scolopacidae
- Family Laridae
- Family Alcidae
- Family Columbidae
- Family Cuculidae
- Family Tytonidae
- Family Strigidae
- Family Caprimulgidae
- Family Apodidae
- Family Trochilidae
- Family Trogonidae
- Family Alcedinidae
- Family Picidae
- Family Tyrannidae
- Family Alaudidae
- Family Hirundinidae
- Family Corvidae
- Family Paridae
- Family Remizidae
- Family Aegithalidae
- Family Sittidae
- Family Certhiidae
- Family Pycnonotidae
- Family Troglodytidae
- Family Cinclidae
- Family Muscicapidae
- Family Mimidae
- Family Motacillidae
- Family Bombycillidae
- Family Ptilogonatidae
- Family Laniidae
- Family Sturnidae
- Family Vireonidae
- Family Emberizidae
- Family Fringillidae
- Family Passeridae
Family Gaviidae
- Common Loon -- Gavia immer
Family Podicipedidae
- Pied-billed Grebe -- Podilymbus podiceps
- Horned Grebe -- Podiceps auritus
- Red-necked Grebe -- Podiceps grisegena
- Eared Grebe -- Podiceps nigricollis
- Western Grebe -- Aechmophorus occidentalis
Family Pelecanidae
- American White Pelican -- Pelecanus
erythrorhynchos
Family Phalacrocoracidae
- Double-crested Cormorant -- Phalacrocorax
auritus
Family Anhingidae
- Anhinga -- Anhinga anhinga
Family Ardeidae
- American Bittern -- Botaurus lentiginosus
- Least Bittern -- Ixobrychus exilis
- Great Blue Heron -- Ardea herodias
- Great Egret -- Casmerodius albus
- Snowy Egret -- Egretta thula
- Little Blue Heron -- Egretta caerulea
- Cattle Egret -- Bubulcus ibis
- Green-backed Heron -- Butorides striatus
- Black-crowned Night-Heron -- Nycticorax
nycticorax
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron -- Nycticorax violaceus
Family Threskiornithidae
- Glossy Ibis -- Plegadis falcinellus
- White-faced Ibis -- Plegadis chihi
Family Anatidae
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck -- Dendrocygna
bicolor
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck -- Dendrocygna
autumnalis
- Tundra Swan -- Cygnus columbianus
- Trumpeter Swan -- Cygnus buccinator
- Greater White-fronted Goose -- Anser
albifrons
- Snow Goose -- Chen caerulescens
- Ross' Goose -- Chen rossii
- Canada Goose -- Branta canadensis
- Wood Duck -- Aix sponsa
- Green-winged Teal -- Anas crecca
- American Black Duck -- Anas rubripes
- Mottled Duck -- Anas fulvigula
- Mallard -- Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail -- Anas acuta
- Blue-winged Teal -- Anas discors
- Cinnamon Teal -- Anas cyanoptera
- Northern Shoveler -- Anas clypeata
- Gadwall -- Anas strepera
- American Wigeon -- Anas americana
- Canvasback -- Aythya valisineria
- Redhead -- Aythya americana
- Ring-necked Duck -- Aythya collaris
- Greater Scaup -- Aythya marila
- Lesser Scaup -- Aythya affinis
- Harlequin Duck -- Histrionicus histrionicus
- White-winged Scoter -- Melanitta fusca
- Common Goldeneye -- Bucephala clangula
- Barrow's Goldeneye -- Bucephala islandica
- Bufflehead -- Bucephala albeola
- Hooded Merganser -- Lophodytes cucullatus
- Common Merganser -- Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser -- Mergus serrator
- Ruddy Duck -- Oxyura jamaicensis
Family Cathartidae
- Black Vulture -- Coragyps atratus
- Turkey Vulture -- Cathartes aura
- California Condor -- Gymnogyps californianus
Family Accipitridae
- Ospery -- Pandion haliaetus
- American Swallow-tailed Kite -- Elanoides
forficatus
- Black-shouldered Kite -- Elanus caeruleus
- Snail Kite -- Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Mississippi Kite -- Ictinia mississippiensis
- Bald Eagle -- Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Harrier -- Circus cyaneus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk -- Accipiter striatus
- Cooper's Hawk -- Accipiter cooperii
- Northern Goshawk -- Accipiter gentilis
- Common Black-Hawk -- Buteogallus anthracinus
- Harris' Hawk -- Parabuteo unicinctus
- Gray Hawk -- Buteo nitidus
- Red-shouldered Hawk -- Buteo lineatus
- Broad-winged Hawk -- Buteo platypterus
- Short-tailed Hawk -- Buteo brachyurus
- Swainson's Hawk -- Buteo swainsoni
- White-tailed Hawk -- Buteo albicaudatus
- Zone-tailed Hawk -- Buteo albonotatus
- Red-tailed Hawk -- Buteo jamaicensis
- Ferruginous Hawk -- Buteo regalis
- Rough-legged Hawk -- Buteo lagopus
- Golden Eagle -- Aquila chrysaetos
Family Falconidae
- American Kestrel -- Falco sparverius
- Merlin -- Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon -- Falco peregrinus
- Prairie Falcon -- Falco mexicanus
Family Cracidae
- Plain Chachalaca -- Ortalis vetula
Family Phasianidae
- Gray Partridge -- Perdix perdix
- Chukar -- Alectoris chukar
- Ring-necked Pheasant -- Phasianus
colchicus
- Spruce Grouse -- Dendragapus canadensis
- Blue Grouse -- Dendragapus obscurus
- White-tailed Ptarmigan -- Lagopus
leucurus
- Ruffed Grouse -- Bonasa umbellus
- Sage Grouse -- Centrocercus urophasianus
- Greater Prairie-Chicken -- Tympanuchus
cupido
- Lesser Prairie-Chicken -- Tympanuchus
pallidicinctus
- Sharp-tailed Grouse -- Tympanuchus
phasianellus
- Wild Turkey -- Meleagris gallopavo
- Montezuma Quail -- Cyrtonyx montezumae
- Northern Bobwhite -- Colinus virginianus
- Scaled Quail -- Callipepla squamata
- Gambel's Quail -- Callipepla gambelii
- California Quail -- Callipepla californica
- Mountain Quail -- Oreortyx pictus
Family Rallidae
- Yellow Rail -- Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Black Rail -- Laterallus jamaicensis
- Clapper Rail -- Rallus longirostris
- King Rail -- Rallus elegans
- Virginia Rail -- Rallus limicola
- Sora -- Porzana carolina
- Purple Gallinule -- Porphyrula martinica
- Common Moorhen -- Gallinula chloropus
- American Coot -- Fulica americana
Family Aramidae
- Limpkin -- Aramus guarauna
Family Gruidae
- Sandhill Crane -- Grus canadensis
- Whooping Crane -- Grus americana
Family Charadriidae
- Black-bellied Plover -- Pluvialis
squatarola
- Lesser Golden-Plover -- Pluvialis
dominica
- Snowy Plover -- Charadrius alexandrinus
- Semipalmated Plover -- Charadrius
semipalmatus
- Piping Plover -- Charadrius melodus
- Killdeer -- Charadrius vociferus
- Mountain Plover -- Charadrius montanus
Family Recurvirostridae
- Black-necked Stilt -- Himantopus mexicanus
- American Avocet -- Recurvirostra americana
Family Scolopacidae
- Greater Yellowlegs -- Tringa melanoleuca
- Lesser Yellowlegs -- Tringa flavipes
- Solitary Sandpiper -- Tringa solitaria
- Willet -- Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
- Spotted Sandpiper -- Actitis macularia
- Upland Sandpiper -- Bartramia longicauda
- Long-billed Curlew -- Numenius americanus
- Hudsonian Godwit -- Limosa haemastica
- Marbled Godwit -- Limosa fedoa
- Ruddy Turnstone -- Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot -- Calidris canutus
- Sanderling -- Calidris alba
- Semipalmated Sandpiper -- Calidris
pusilla
- Western Sandpiper -- Calidris mauri
- Least Sandpiper -- Calidris minutilla
- White-rumped Sandpiper -- Calidris
fuscicollis
- Baird's Sandpiper -- Calidris bairdii
- Pectoral Sandpiper -- Calidris melanotos
- Stilt Sandpiper -- Calidris himantopus
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper -- Tryngites
subruficollis
- Short-billed Dowitcher -- Limnodromus
griseus
- Long-billed Dowitcher -- Limnodromus
scolopaceus
- Common Snipe -- Gallinago gallinago
- American Woodcock -- Scolopax minor
- Wilson's Phalarope -- Phalaropus tricolor
- Red-necked Phalarope -- Phalaropus lobatus
Family Laridae
- Franklin's Gull -- Larus pipixcan
- Bonaparte's Gull -- Larus philadelphia
- Ring-billed Gull -- Larus delawarensis
- California Gull -- Larus californicus
- Herring Gull -- Larus argentatus
- Caspian Tern -- Sterna caspia
- Common Tern -- Sterna hirundo
- Forster's Tern -- Sterna forsteri
- Least Tern -- Sterna antillarum
- Black Tern -- Chlidonias niger
Family Alcidae
- Marbled Murrelet -- Brachyramphus marmoratus
Family Columbidae
- Rock Dove -- Columba livia
- White-crowned Pigeon -- Columba leucocephala
- Red-billed Pigeon -- Columba flavirostris
- Band-tailed Pigeon -- Columba fasciata
- White-winged Dove -- Zenaida asiatica
- Mourning Dove -- Zenaida macroura
- Inca Dove -- Columbina inca
- Common Ground-Dove -- Columbina passerina
Family Cuculidae
- Black-billed Cuckoo -- Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo -- Coccyzus americanus
- Mangrove Cuckoo -- Coccyzus minor
- Greater Roadrunner -- Geococcyx californianus
- Smooth-billed Ani -- Crotophaga ani
- Groove-billed Ani -- Crotophaga sulcirostris
Family Tytonidae
- Common Barn-Owl -- Tyto alba
Family Strigidae
- Flammulated Owl -- Otus flammeolus
- Eastern Screech-Owl -- Otus asio
and Western Screech-Owl -- Otus kennicottii
- Whiskered Screech-Owl -- Otus trichopsis
- Great Horned Owl -- Bubo virginianus
- Snowy Owl -- Nyctea scandiaca
- Northern Hawk-Owl -- Surnia ulula
- Northern Pygmy-Owl -- Glaucidium gnoma
- Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl -- Glaucidium
brasilianum
- Elf Owl -- Micrathene whitneyi
- Burrowing Owl -- Athene cunicularia
- Spotted Owl -- Strix occidentalis
- Barred Owl -- Strix varia
- Great Gray Owl -- Strix nebulosa
- Long-eared Owl -- Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl -- Asio flammeus
- Boreal Owl -- Aegolius funereus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl -- Aegolius acadicus
Family Caprimulgidae
- Lesser Nighthawk -- Chordeiles acutipennis
- Common Nighthawk -- Chordeiles minor
- Common Pauraque -- Nyctidromus albicollis
- Common Poorwill -- Phalaenoptilus
nuttallii
- Chuck-will's-widow -- Caprimulgus
carolinensis
- Whip-poor-will -- Caprimulgus vociferus
Family Apodidae
- Black Swift -- Cypseloides niger
- Chimney Swift -- Chaetura pelagica
- Vaux's Swift -- Chaetura vauxi
- White-throated Swift -- Aeronautes saxatalis
Family Trochilidae
- Broad-billed Hummingbird -- Cynanthus
latirostris
- White-eared Hummingbird -- Hylocharis
leucotis
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird -- Amazilia
yucatanensis
- Violet-crowned Hummingbird -- Amazilia
violiceps
- Blue-throated Hummingbird -- Lampornis
clemenciae
- Magnificent Hummingbird -- Eugenes
fulgens
- Lucifer Hummingbird -- Calothorax
lucifer
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird -- Archilochus
colubris
- Black-chinned Hummingbird -- Archilochus
alexandri
- Anna's Hummingbird -- Calypte anna
- Costa's Hummingbird -- Calypte costae
- Calliope Hummingbird -- Stellula calliope
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird -- Selasphorus
platycercus
- Rufous Hummingbird -- Selasphorus
rufus
- Allen's Hummingbird -- Selasphorus sasin
Family Trogonidae
- Elegant Trogon -- Trogon elegans
Family Alcedinidae
- Belted Kingfisher -- Ceryle alcyon
- Green Kingfisher -- Chloroceryle americana
Family Picidae
- Lewis' Woodpecker -- Melanerpes lewis
- Red-headed Woodpecker -- Melanerpes
erythrocephalus
- Acorn Woodpecker -- Melanerpes formicivorus
- Gila Woodpecker -- Melanerpes uropygialis
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker -- Melanerpes
aurifrons
- Red-bellied Woodpecker -- Melanerpes
carolinus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker -- Sphyrapicus
varius
- Red-breasted Sapsucker -- Sphyrapicus
ruber
- Williamson's Sapsucker -- Sphyrapicus
thyroideus
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker -- Picoides
scalaris
- Nuttall's Woodpecker -- Picoides nuttallii
- Downy Woodpecker -- Picoides pubescens
- Hairy Woodpecker -- Picoides villosus
- Strickland's Woodpecker -- Picoides
stricklandi
- Red-cockaded Woodpecker -- Picoides
borealis
- White-headed Woodpecker -- Picoides
albolarvatus
- Three-toed Woodpecker -- Picoides
tridactylus
- Black-backed Woodpecker -- Picoides
arcticus
- Northern Flicker -- Colaptes auratus
- Pileated Woodpecker -- Dryocopus pileatus
- Ivory-billed Woodpecker -- Campephilus principalis
Family Tyrannidae
- Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet -- Camptostoma
imberbe
- Olive-sided Flycatcher -- Contopus
borealis
- Greater Pewee -- Contopus pertinax
- Western Wood-Pewee -- Contopus sordidulus
- Eastern Wood-Pewee -- Contopus virens
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher -- Empidonax
flaviventris
- Acadian Flycatcher -- Empidonax virescens
- Alder Flycatcher -- Empidonax alnorum
- Willow Flycatcher -- Empidonax traillii
- Least Flycatcher -- Empidonax minimus
- Hammond's Flycatcher -- Empidonax
hammondii
- Dusky Flycatcher -- Empidonax oberholseri
- Gray Flycatcher -- Empidonax wrightii
- Western Flycatcher -- Empidonax difficilis
- Buff-breasted Flycatcher -- Empidonax
fulvifrons
- Black Phoebe -- Sayornis nigricans
- Eastern Phoebe -- Sayornis phoebe
- Say's Phoebe -- Sayornis saya
- Vermilion Flycatcher -- Pyrocephalus
rubinus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher -- Myiarchus
tuberculifer
- Ash-throated Flycatcher -- Myiarchus
cinerascens
- Great Crested Flycatcher -- Myiarchus
crinitus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher -- Myiarchus
tyrannulus
- Great Kiskadee -- Pitangus sulphuratus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher -- Myiodynastes
luteiventris
- Tropical Kingbird -- Tyrannus melancholicus
- Couch's Kingbird -- Tyrannus couchii
- Cassin's Kingbird -- Tyrannus vociferans
- Thick-billed Kingbird -- Tyrannus
crassirostris
- Western Kingbird -- Tyrannus verticalis
- Eastern Kingbird -- Tyrannus tyrannus
- Gray Kingbird -- Tyrannus dominicensis
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher -- Tyrannus
forficatus
- Rose-throated Becard -- Pachyramphus aglaiae
Family Alaudidae
- Horned Lark -- Eremophila alpestris
Family Hirundinidae
- Purple Martin -- Progne subis
- Tree Swallow -- Tachycineta bicolor
- Violet-green Swallow -- Tachycineta
thalassina
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow -- Stelgidopteryx
serripennis
- Bank Swallow -- Riparia riparia
- Cliff Swallow -- Hirundo pyrrhonota
- Cave Swallow -- Hirundo fulva
- Barn Swallow -- Hirundo rustica
Family Corvidae
- Gray Jay -- Perisoreus canadensis
- Steller's Jay -- Cyanocitta stelleri
- Blue Jay -- Cyanocitta cristata
- Green Jay -- Cyanocorax yncas
- Scrub Jay -- Aphelocoma coerulescens
- Gray-breasted Jay -- Aphelocoma ultramarina
- Pinyon Jay -- Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
- Clark's Nutcracker -- Nucifraga columbiana
- Black-billed Magpie -- Pica pica
- Yellow-billed Magpie -- Pica nuttalli
- American Crow -- Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Northwestern Crow -- Corvus caurinus
- Fish Crow -- Corvus ossifragus
- Chihuahuan Raven -- Corvus cryptoleucus
- Common Raven -- Corvus corax
Family Paridae
- Black-capped Chickadee -- Parus atricapillus
- Carolina Chickadee -- Parus carolinensis
- Mexican Chickadee -- Parus sclateri
- Mountain Chickadee -- Parus gambeli
- Siberian Tit -- Parus cinctus
- Boreal Chickadee -- Parus hudsonicus
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee -- Parus
rufescens
- Bridled Titmouse -- Parus wollweberi
- Plain Titmouse -- Parus inornatus
- Tufted Titmouse -- Parus bicolor
Family Remizidae
- Verdin -- Auriparus flaviceps
Family Aegithalidae
- Bushtit -- Psaltriparus minimus
Family Sittidae
- Red-breasted Nuthatch -- Sitta canadensis
- White-breasted Nuthatch -- Sitta carolinensis
- Pygmy Nuthatch -- Sitta pygmaea
- Brown-headed Nuthatch -- Sitta pusilla
Family Certhiidae
- Brown Creeper -- Certhia americana
Family Pycnonotidae
- Red-whiskered Bulbul -- Pycnonotus jocosus
Family Troglodytidae
- Cactus Wren -- Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Rock Wren -- Salpinctes obsoletus
- Canyon Wren -- Catherpes mexicanus
- Carolina Wren -- Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Bewick's Wren -- Thryomanes bewickii
- House Wren -- Troglodytes aedon
- Winter Wren -- Troglodytes troglodytes
- Sedge Wren -- Cistothorus platensis
- Marsh Wren -- Cistothorus palustris
Family Cinclidae
- American Dipper -- Cinclus mexicanus
Family Muscicapidae
- Golden-crowned Kinglet -- Regulus
satrapa
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- Regulus calendula
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher -- Polioptila
caerulea
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher -- Polioptila
melanura
- Eastern Bluebird -- Sialia sialis
- Western Bluebird -- Sialia mexicana
- Mountain Bluebird -- Sialia currucoides
- Townsend's Solitaire -- Myadestes
townsendi
- Veery -- Catharus fuscescens
- Gray-cheeked Thrush -- Catharus minimus
- Swainson's Thrush -- Catharus ustulatus
- Hermit Thrush -- Catharus guttatus
- Wood Thrush -- Hylocichla mustelina
- American Robin -- Turdus migratorius
- Varied Thrush -- Ixoreus naevius
- Wrentit -- Chamaea fasciata
Family Mimidae
- Gray Catbird -- Dumetella carolinensis
- Northern Mockingbird -- Mimus polyglottos
- Sage Thrasher -- Oreoscoptes montanus
- Brown Thrasher -- Toxostoma rufum
- Long-billed Thrasher -- Toxostoma
longirostre
- Bendire's Thrasher -- Toxostoma bendirei
- Curve-billed Thrasher -- Toxostoma
curvirostre
- California Thrasher -- Toxostoma redivivum
- Crissal Thrasher -- Toxostoma dorsale
- Le Conte's Thrasher -- Toxostoma lecontei
Family Motacillidae
- Water Pipit -- Anthus spinoletta
- Sprague's Pipit -- Anthus spragueii
Family Bombycillidae
- Bohemian Waxwing -- Bombycilla garrulus
- Cedar Waxwing -- Bombycilla cedrorum
Family Ptilogonatidae
- Phainopepla -- Phainopepla nitens
Family Laniidae
- Northern Shrike -- Lanius excubitor
- Loggerhead Shrike -- Lanius ludovicianus
Family Sturnidae
- European Starling -- Sturnus vulgaris
Family Vireonidae
- White-eyed Vireo -- Vireo griseus
- Bell's Vireo -- Vireo bellii
- Black-capped Vireo -- Vireo atricapillus
- Gray Vireo -- Vireo vicinior
- Solitary Vireo -- Vireo solitarius
- Yellow-throated Vireo -- Vireo flavifrons
- Hutton's Vireo -- Vireo huttoni
- Warbling Vireo -- Vireo gilvus
- Philadelphia Vireo -- Vireo philadelphicus
- Red-eyed Vireo -- Vireo olivaceus
- Black-whiskered Vireo -- Vireo altiloquus
Family Emberizidae
- Bachman's Warbler -- Vermivora bachmanii
- Blue-winged Warbler -- Vermivora pinus
- Golden-winged Warbler -- Vermivora
chrysoptera
- Tennessee Warbler -- Vermivora peregrina
- Orange-crowned Warbler -- Vermivora
celata
- Nashville Warbler -- Vermivora ruficapilla
- Virginia's Warbler -- Vermivora virginiae
- Colima Warbler -- Vermivora crissalis
- Lucy's Warbler -- Vermivora luciae
- Northern Parula -- Parula americana
- Tropical Parula -- Parula pitiayumi
- Yellow Warbler -- Dendroica petechia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler -- Dendroica
pensylvanica
- Magnolia Warbler -- Dendroica magnolia
- Cape May Warbler -- Dendroica tigrina
- Black-throated Blue Warbler -- Dendroica
caerulescens
- Yellow-rumped Warbler -- Dendroica
coronata
- Black-throated Gray Warbler -- Dendroica
nigrescens
- Townsend's Warbler -- Dendroica townsendi
- Hermit Warbler -- Dendroica occidentalis
- Black-throated Green Warbler -- Dendroica
virens
- Golden-cheeked Warbler -- Dendroica
chrysoparia
- Blackburnian Warbler -- Dendroica
fusca
- Yellow-throated Warbler -- Dendroica
dominica
- Grace's Warbler -- Dendroica graciae
- Pine Warbler -- Dendroica pinus
- Kirtland's Warbler -- Dendroica kirtlandii
- Prairie Warbler -- Dendroica discolor
- Palm Warbler -- Dendroica palmarum
- Bay-breasted Warbler -- Dendroica
castanea
- Blackpoll Warbler -- Dendroica striata
- Cerulean Warbler -- Dendroica cerulea
- Black-and-white Warbler -- Mniotilta
varia
- American Redstart -- Setophaga ruticilla
- Prothonotary Warbler -- Protonotaria
citrea
- Worm-eating Warbler -- Helmitheros
vermivorus
- Swainson's Warbler -- Limnothlypis
swainsonii
- Ovenbird -- Seiurus aurocapillus
- Northern Waterthrush -- Seiurus noveboracensis
- Louisiana Waterthrush -- Seiurus
motacilla
- Kentucky Warbler -- Oporornis formosus
- Connecticut Warbler -- Oporornis agilis
- Mourning Warbler -- Oporornis philadelphia
- MacGillivray's Warbler -- Oporornis
tolmiei
- Common Yellowthroat -- Geothlypis
trichas
- Hooded Warbler -- Wilsonia citrina
- Wilson's Warbler -- Wilsonia pusilla
- Canada Warbler -- Wilsonia canadensis
- Red-faced Warbler -- Cardellina rubrifrons
- Painted Redstart -- Myioborus pictus
- Yellow-breasted Chat -- Icteria virens
- Olive Warbler -- Peucedramus taeniatus
- Hepatic Tanager -- Piranga flava
- Summer Tanager -- Piranga rubra
- Scarlet Tanager -- Piranga olivacea
- Western Tanager -- Piranga ludoviciana
- Northern Cardinal -- Cardinalis cardinalis
- Pyrrhuloxia -- Cardinalis sinuatus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak -- Pheucticus
ludovicianus
- Black-headed Grosbeak -- Pheucticus
melanocephalus
- Blue Grosbeak -- Guiraca caerulea
- Lazuli Bunting -- Passerina amoena
- Indigo Bunting -- Passerina cyanea
- Varied Bunting -- Passerina versicolor
- Painted Bunting -- Passerina ciris
- Dickcissel -- Spiza americana
- Olive Sparrow -- Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Green-tailed Towhee -- Pipilo chlorurus
- Rufous-sided Towhee -- Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Brown Towhee -- Pipilo fuscus
- Abert's Towhee -- Pipilo aberti
- White-collared Seedeater -- Sporophila
torqueola
- Backman's Sparrow -- Aimophila aestivalis
- Botteri's Sparrow -- Aimophila botterii
- Cassin's Sparrow -- Aimophila cassinii
- Rufous-winged Sparrow -- Aimophila
carpalis
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow -- Aimophila
ruficeps
- American Tree Sparrow -- Spizella
arborea
- Chipping Sparrow -- Spizella passerina
- Clay-colored Sparrow -- Spizella pallida
- Brewer's Sparrow -- Spizella breweri
- Field Sparrow -- Spizella pusilla
- Black-chinned Sparrow -- Spizella
atrogularis
- Vesper Sparrow -- Pooecetes gramineus
- Lark Sparrow -- Chondestes grammacus
- Black-throated Sparrow -- Amphispiza
bilineata
- Sage Sparrow -- Amphispiza belli
- Lark Bunting -- Calamospiza melanocorys
- Savannah Sparrow -- Passerculus sandwichensis
- Baird's Sparrow -- Ammodramus bairdii
- Grasshopper Sparrow -- Ammodramus
savannarum
- Henslow's Sparrow -- Ammodramus henslowii
- Le Conte's Sparrow -- Ammodramus leconteii
- Sharp-tailed Sparrow -- Ammodramus
caudacutus
- Seaside Sparrow -- Ammodramus maritimus
- Fox Sparrow -- Passerella iliaca
- Song Sparrow -- Melospiza melodia
- Lincoln's Sparrow -- Melospiza lincolnii
- Swamp Sparrow -- Melospiza georgiana
- White-throated Sparrow -- Zonotrichia
albicollis
- Golden-crowned Sparrow -- Zonotrichia
atricapilla
- White-crowned Sparrow -- Zonotrichia
leucophrys
- Harris' Sparrow -- Zonotrichia querula
- Dark-eyed Junco -- Junco hyemalis
- Yellow-eyed Junco -- Junco phaeonotus
- McCown's Longspur -- Calcarius mccownii
- Lapland Longspur -- Calcarius lapponicus
- Smith's Longspur -- Calcarius pictus
- Chestnut-collared Longspur -- Calcarius
ornatus
- Snow Bunting -- Plectrophenax nivalis
- Bobolink -- Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Red-winged Blackbird -- Agelaius phoeniceus
- Tricolored Blackbird -- Agelaius tricolor
- Eastern Meadowlark -- Sturnella magna
- Western Meadowlark -- Sturnella neglecta
- Yellow-headed Blackbird -- Xanthocephalus
xanthocephalus
- Rusty Blackbird -- Euphagus carolinus
- Brewer's Blackbird -- Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Great-tailed Grackle -- Quiscalus
mexicanus
- Boat-tailed Grackle -- Quiscalus major
- Common Grackle -- Quiscalus quiscala
- Bronzed Cowbird -- Molothrus aeneus
- Brown-headed Cowbird -- Molothrus
ater
- Orchard Oriole -- Icterus spurius
- Hooded Oriole -- Icterus cucullatus
- Altamira Oriole -- Icterus gularis
- Audubon's Oriole -- Icterus graduacauda
- Northern Oriole -- Icterus galbula
- Scott's Oriole -- Icterus parisorum
Family Fringillidae
- Rosy Finch -- Leucosticte arctoa
- Pine Grosbeak -- Pinicola enucleator
- Purple Finch -- Carpodacus purpureus
- Cassin's Finch -- Carpodacus cassinii
- House Finch -- Carpodacus mexicanus
- Red Crossbill -- Loxia curvirostra
- White-winged Crossbill -- Loxia leucoptera
- Common Redpoll -- Carduelis flammea
- Hoary Redpoll -- Carduelis hornemanni
- Pine Siskin -- Carduelis pinus
- Lesser Goldfinch -- Carduelis psaltria
- Lawrence's Goldfinch -- Carduelis
lawrencei
- American Goldfinch -- Carduelis tristis
- Evening Grosbeak -- Coccothraustes vespertinus
Family Passeridae
- House Sparrow -- Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow -- Passer montanus
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