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West Nile Virus Home > Ecology and Virology > Vertebrate Ecology > Bird Species

Vertebrate Ecology

The following 326 bird species have been reported to CDC's West Nile Virus avian mortality database from 1999-present.

CDC cannot guarantee that the identities of birds reported to its ArboNET surveillance reporting database are correct.

Bird speices/Common name		Native/Exotic/Captive
1	Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill	Exotic-Captive
2	Acorn Woodpecker	Native
3	African Grey Parrot	Exotic-Captive
4	African Penguin	Exotic-Captive
5	American Coot	Native
6	American Crow	Native
7	American Dipper	Native
8	American Goldfinch	Native
9	American Kestrel	Native
10	American Robin	Native
11	American White Pelican	Native
12	Anna's Hummingbird	Native
13	Bald Eagle	Native
14	Baltimore Oriole	Native
15	Band-tailed Pigeon	Native
16	Bank Swallow	Native
17	Barn Owl	Native
18	Barn Swallow	Native
19	Barred Owl	Native
20	Belted Kingfisher	Native
21	Black Phoebe	Native
22	Black Skimmer	Native
23	Black Vulture	Native
24	Black-billed Magpie	Native
25	Black-capped Chickadee	Native
26	Black-capped Lory	Exotic-Captive
27	Black-chinned Sparrow	Native
28	Black-crowned Night Heron	Native
29	Black-headed Grosbeak	Native
30	Blackpoll Warbler	Native
31	Black-throated Blue Warbler	Native
32	Black-throated Gray Warbler	Native
33	Black-whiskered Vireo	Native
34	Blue Jay	Native
35	Blue-crowned Conure	Exotic-Captive
36	Blue-eared Pheasant	Exotic-Captive
37	Blue-streaked Lory	Exotic-Captive
38	Blythe's Tragopan	Exotic-Captive
39	Boat-tailed Grackle	Native
40	Bobolink	Native
41	Boreal Owl	Native-Captive
42	Brewer's Blackbird	Native
43	Broad-winged Hawk	Native
44	Bronzed Cowbird	Native
45	Bronze-winged Duck	Exotic-Captive
46	Brown Thrasher	Native
47	Brown-headed Cowbird	Native
48	Budgerigar	Exotic-Captive
49	Bufflehead	Native-Captive
50	Bullock's Oriole	Native
51	Burrowing Owl	Native
52	Bushtit	Native
53	Cackling Goose	Native
54	Cactus Wren	Native
55	California Condor	Native
56	California Gull	Native
57	California Quail	Native
58	California Towhee	Native
59	Canada Goose	Native
60	Canada Warbler	Native
61	Canary-winged Parakeet	Exotic-Captive
62	Canvasback	Native-Captive
63	Carolina Chickadee	Native
64	Carolina Wren	Native
65	Caspian Tern	Native
66	Cassin's Finch	Native
67	Cattle Egret	Native
68	Cedar Waxwing	Native
69	Chestnut-backed Chickadee	Native
70	Chihuahuan Raven	Native
71	Chilean Flamingo	Exotic-Captive
72	Chimney Swift	Native
73	Chinese Goose	Exotic-Captive
74	Chipping Sparrow	Native
75	Chukar	Introduced
76	Cinereus Vulture	Exotic-Captive
77	Cinnamon Teal	Native
78	Clapper Rail	Native
79	Clark's Grebe	Native
80	Clark's Nutcracker	Native
81	Cliff Swallow	Native
82	Cockatiel	Exotic-Captive
83	Cockatoo	Exotic-Captive
84	Common Black-Hawk	Native
85	Common Canary	Exotic-Captive
86	Common Goldeneye	Native-Captive
87	Common Grackle	Native
88	Common Ground-Dove	Native
89	Common Loon	Native
90	Common Merganser	Native-Captive
91	Common Moorhen	Native
92	Common Murre	Native
93	Common Nighthawk	Native
94	Common Peafowl	Exotic-Captive
95	Common Raven	Native
96	Common Yellowthroat	Native
97	Cooper's Hawk	Native
98	Costa's Hummingbird	Native
99	Crimson Rosella	Exotic-Captive
100	Dark-eyed Junco	Native
101	Dickcissel	Native
102	Domestic Chicken	Exotic-Captive
103	Double-crested Cormorant	Native
104	Downy Woodpecker	Native
105	Dusky Lory	Exotic-Captive
106	Eastern Bluebird	Native
107	Eastern Kingbird	Native
108	Eastern Phoebe	Native
109	Eastern Screech-Owl	Native
110	Eastern Towhee	Native
111	Elegant Crested Tinamou	Exotic-Captive
112	Elf Owl	Native
113	Emperor Goose	Native-Captive
114	Emu	Exotic-Captive
115	Eurasian Collared-Dove	Introduced
116	Eurasian Jay	Exotic-Captive
117	Eurasian Wigeon	Native
118	European Goldfinch	Exotic-Captive
119	European Starling	Introduced
120	Evening Grosbeak	Native
121	Ferruginous Hawk	Native
122	Field Sparrow	Native
123	Fish Crow	Native
124	Flammulated Owl	Native
125	Fox Sparrow	Native
126	Gila Woodpecker	Native
127	Glaucous-winged Gull	Native
128	Golden Eagle	Native
129	Golden-crowned Sparrow	Native
130	Gouldian Finch	Exotic-Captive
131	Gray Catbird	Native
132	Gray-cheeked Thrush	Native
133	Great Black-backed Gull	Native
134	Great Blue Heron	Native
135	Great Crested Flycatcher	Native
136	Great Egret	Native
137	Great Gray Owl	Native-Captive
138	Great Horned Owl	Native
139	Greater Flamingo	Exotic-Captive
140	Greater Prairie-Chicken	Native
141	Greater Roadrunner	Native
142	Greater Sage-Grouse	Native
143	Greater Scaup	Native
144	Greater White-fronted Goose	Native
145	Great-tailed Grackle	Native
146	Green Heron	Native
147	Green-winged Teal	Native-Captive
148	Guanay Cormorant	Exotic-Captive
149	Gyrfalcon	Native-Captive
150	Hairy Woodpecker	Native
151	Hammond's Flycatcher	Native
152	Harris' Hawk	Native
153	Hawaiian Goose (Nene)	Exotic-Captive
154	Hermit Thrush	Native
155	Herring Gull	Native
156	Hooded Crow	Exotic-Captive
157	Hooded Merganser	Native
158	Hooded Oriole	Native
159	Hooded Warbler	Native
160	House Finch	Native
161	House Sparrow	Introduced
162	House Wren	Native
163	Humboldt Penguin	Exotic-Captive
164	Impeyan Pheasant	Exotic-Captive
165	Inca Dove	Native
166	Inca Tern	Exotic-Captive
167	Kentucky Warbler	Native
168	Killdeer	Native
169	Lark Sparrow	Native
170	Laughing Gull	Native
171	Lazuli Bunting	Native
172	Least Bittern	Native
173	Least Tern	Native
174	LeConte's Thrasher	Native
175	Lesser Goldfinch	Native
176	Lesser Nighthawk	Native
177	Lesser Scaup	Native
178	Lewis' Woodpecker	Native
179	Limpkin	Native
180	Lincoln's Sparrow	Native
181	Loggerhead Shrike	Native
182	Long-eared Owl	Native
183	Macaw	Exotic-Captive
184	Mallard	Native
185	Merlin	Native
186	Mexican Jay	Native
187	Micronesian Kingfisher	Exotic-Captive
188	Mississippi Kite	Native
189	Monal Pheasant	Exotic-Captive
190	Mottled Duck	Native
191	Mountain Bluebird	Native
192	Mountain Chickadee	Native
193	Mountain Quail	Native
194	Mourning Dove	Native
195	Muscovy Duck	Native-Captive
196	Mute Swan	Introduced
197	Nashville Warbler	Native
198	Northern Bobwhite	Native
199	Northern Cardinal	Native
200	Northern Flicker	Native
201	Northern Goshawk	Native
202	Northern Harrier	Native
203	Northern Hawk-Owl	Native-Captive
204	Northern Mockingbird	Native
205	Northern Parula	Native
206	Northern Pintail	Native-Captive
207	Northern Saw-whet Owl	Native
208	Northern Waterthrush	Native
209	Nutmeg Mannikin	Exotic-Captive
210	Nuttall's Woodpecker	Native
211	Oak Titmouse	Native
212	Olive-sided Flycatcher	Native
213	Orange-crowned Warbler	Native
214	Orchard Oriole	Native
215	Osprey	Native
216	Ovenbird	Native
217	Pacific Parrotlet	Exotic-Captive
218	Pacific-slope Flycatcher	Native
219	Pale-headed Rosella	Exotic-Captive
220	Palm Tanager	Exotic-Captive
221	Pelagic Cormorant	Native
222	Peregrine Falcon	Native
223	Pied-billed Grebe	Native
224	Pine Siskin	Native
225	Pinyon Jay	Native
226	Piping Plover	Native
227	Prairie Falcon	Native
228	Puna Teal	Exotic-Captive
229	Purple Finch	Native
230	Purple Gallinule	Native
231	Purple Martin	Native
232	Pygmy Nuthatch	Native
233	Rainbow Lorikeet	Exotic-Captive
234	Red Crossbill	Native
235	Red Lory	Exotic-Captive
236	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Native
237	Red-breasted Goose	Exotic-Captive
238	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Native
239	Red-breasted Sapsucker	Native
240	Red-crowned Parrot	Exotic-Captive
241	Red-eyed Vireo	Native
242	Red-headed Woodpecker	Native
243	Red-shouldered Hawk	Native
244	Red-tailed Hawk	Native
245	Red-winged Blackbird	Native
246	Ring-billed Gull	Native
247	Ringed Turtle-Dove	Introduced
248	Ring-necked Pheasant	Introduced
249	Rock Pigeon	Introduced
250	Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Native
251	Rough-legged Hawk	Native
252	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Native
253	Ruddy Duck	Native
254	Ruddy Turnstone	Native
255	Ruffed Grouse	Native
256	Rufous Hummingbird	Native
257	Rusty Blackbird	Native
258	Sandhill Crane	Native
259	Satyr Tragopan	Exotic-Captive
260	Savannah Sparrow	Native
261	Scarlet Ibis	Exotic-Captive
262	Scarlet Tanager	Native
263	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Native
264	Sharp-shinned Hawk	Native
265	Short-eared Owl	Native
266	Smew	Exotic-Captive
267	Snow Goose	Native-Captive
268	Snowy Egret	Native
269	Snowy Owl	Native-Captive
270	Society Finch	Exotic-Captive
271	Song Sparrow	Native
272	Sora	Native
273	Spotted Owl	Native-Captive
274	Spotted Towhee	Native
275	Steller's Jay	Native
276	Swainson's Hawk	Native
277	Swainson's Thrush	Native
278	Swallow-tailed Kite	Native
279	Swamp Sparrow	Native
280	Tawny Owl	Exotic-Captive
281	Tennessee Warbler	Native
282	Thayer's Gull	Native
283	Thick-billed Parrot	Exotic-Captive
284	Townsend's Warbler	Native
285	Tree Swallow	Native
286	Tufted Titmouse	Native
287	Tundra Swan	Native
288	Turkey Vulture	Native
289	Varied Thrush	Native
290	Varied Tit	Exotic-Captive
291	Veery	Native
292	Violet-necked Lorikeet	Exotic-Captive
293	Virginia Rail	Native
294	Warbling Vireo	Native
295	Wedge-tailed Eagle	Exotic-Captive
296	Western Bluebird	Native
297	Western Kingbird	Native
298	Western Meadowlark	Native
299	Western Sandpiper	Native
300	Western Screech-Owl	Native
301	Western Scrub-Jay	Native
302	Western Tanager	Native
303	Whip-poor-will	Native
304	White-breasted Nuthatch	Native
305	White-crowned Pigeon	Native
306	White-crowned Sparrow	Native
307	White-faced Ibis	Native
308	White-tailed Kite	Native
309	White-winged Dove	Native
310	Whooping Crane	Native-Captive
311	Wild Turkey	Native
312	Willow Flycatcher	Native
313	Wilson's Warbler	Native
314	Winter Wren	Native
315	Wood Duck	Native-Captive
316	Wood Thrush	Native
317	Yellow Warbler	Native
318	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Native
319	Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Native
320	Yellow-billed Duck	Exotic-Captive
321	Yellow-billed Magpie	Native
322	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	Native
323	Yellow-rumped Warbler	Native
324	Yellow-throated Warbler	Native
325	Zebra Finch	Exotic-Captive
326	Zenaida Dove	Exotic-Captive

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