Checklist for the NC Records Committee List 490 recorded This is a list of all species accepted by the North for North Carolina Carolina Bird Records Committee as of its annual report for 2019. follows the AOS This checklist provides a compendium of all Check-list of North American through the of the bird species accepted by the NC Bird 62th Supplement. Records Committee to either the Definitive List or the Provisional List in North Carolina. All species in regular type are on the Definitive Species not on the Definitive List or the List. All species with the common name in italics Provisional List are not included; thus, are on the Provisional List. species considered of Unaccepted Origin (such as several waterfowl and species) are not a part of this checklist. As of the end Province Status: M P C of June 2021, there are 476 species on the Relative abundance within a province is indicated Definitive List, and 14 species on the for Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain. Provisional List, for a total of 490 species on 1 = reported for less than 25% of that the Accepted List (Definitive List + province's counties Provisional List) for North Carolina. 2 = reported for at least 25% but less than 75% of that province's counties 3 = reported for at least 75% of that Additionally: province's counties Not Established List - Monk Parakeet, Whooping Resources Compilers: Harry LeGrand, John Haire, and Official list of the birds of North Carolina Birds of North Carolina: their Distribution and Abundance The Chat. The quarterly bulletin of the Carolina Bird Club, Inc. M P C M P C M P C 490 BIRD species : Ducks, Geese, & Swans [cont.] : and Allies [3] __ White-cheeked Pintail ...... - - 1 __ Wild ...... 3 3 3 ANATIDAE: Ducks, Geese, & Swans [46] bahamensis Meleagris gallopavo __ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ...... 2 2 2 __ Northern Pintail ...... 2 2 2 __ Ruffed Grouse ...... 3 1 - Dendrocygna autumnalis Anas acuta Bonasa umbellus __ Fulvous Whistling-Duck ...... - 1 1 __ Green-winged Teal ...... 2 2 3 __ Ring-necked ...... 1 1 1 Dendrocygna bicolor Anas crecca Phasianus colchicus __ Snow ...... 2 3 3 __ Canvasback ...... 2 2 2 PODICIPEDIDAE: [6] Anser caerulescens Aythya valisineria __ Pied-billed ...... 3 3 3 __ Ross's Goose ...... 2 2 2 __ Redhead ...... 2 2 2 Podilymbus Anser rossii Aythya americana __ ...... 2 3 2 __ Greater White-fronted Goose ...... 2 2 2 __ Ring-necked Duck ...... 3 3 3 Podiceps auritus Anser albifrons Aythya collaris __ Red-necked Grebe ...... 2 2 2 __ Brant ...... - 1 1 __ Tufted Duck ...... - 1 - Podiceps grisegena Branta bernicla Aythya fuligula __ Eared Grebe ...... 1 2 2 __ Barnacle Goose ...... - - 1 __ Greater Scaup ...... 2 2 2 Podiceps nigricollis Branta leucopsis Aythya marila __ Western Grebe ...... 1 1 1 __ Cackling Goose ...... 1 2 1 __ Lesser Scaup ...... 3 3 3 Aechmophorus occidentalis Branta hutchinsii Aythya affinis __ Clark's Grebe ...... - - 1 __ Goose ...... 3 3 3 __ King Eider ...... - - 1 Aechmophorus clarkii Branta canadensis Somateria spectabilis : Doves [7] __ Mute Swan ...... - 1 1 __ Common Eider ...... - - 1 __ Rock Pigeon ...... 3 3 3 Cygnus olor Somateria mollissima Columba livia __ Trumpeter Swan ...... 1 1 1 __ Harlequin Duck ...... - 1 1 __ Band-tailed Pigeon ...... 1 1 1 Cygnus buccinator Histrionicus histrionicus Patagioenas fasciata __ Tundra Swan ...... 2 2 3 __ Surf Scoter ...... 2 2 2 __ Eurasian Collared-Dove ...... 2 2 2 Cygnus columbianus Melanitta perspicillata Streptopelia decaocto __ Wood Duck ...... 3 3 3 __ White-winged Scoter ...... 1 2 2 __ Passenger Pigeon ...... 1 1 - Aix sponsa Melanitta deglandi Ectopistes migratorius __ ...... - - 1 __ Black Scoter ...... 1 2 2 __ Common Ground Dove ...... 1 1 2 Spatula querquedula Melanitta americana Columbina passerina __ Blue-winged Teal ...... 3 3 2 __ Long-tailed Duck ...... 1 2 2 __ White-winged Dove ...... - 1 2 Spatula discors Clangula hyemalis Zenaida asiatica __ ...... - - 1 __ Bufflehead ...... 3 3 3 __ Mourning Dove ...... 3 3 3 Spatula cyanoptera Bucephala albeola Zenaida macroura __ Northern ...... 2 2 2 __ Common Goldeneye ...... 2 2 2 CUCULIDAE: & Anis [4] Spatula clypeata Bucephala clangula __ Smooth-billed Ani ...... - - 1 __ Gadwall ...... 2 3 2 __ Hooded Merganser ...... 3 3 3 Crotophaga ani Mareca strepera Lophodytes cucullatus __ Groove-billed Ani ...... - - 1 __ Eurasian Wigeon ...... 1 1 2 __ Common Merganser ...... 2 2 2 Crotophaga sulcirostris Mareca penelope Mergus merganser __ Yellow-billed ...... 3 3 3 __ American Wigeon ...... 3 3 3 __ Red-breasted Merganser ...... 2 3 2 Coccyzus americanus Mareca americana Mergus serrator __ Black-billed Cuckoo ...... 3 2 2 __ Mallard ...... 3 3 3 __ Masked Duck ...... - - 1 Coccyzus erythropthalmus Anas platyrhynchos Nomonyx dominicus CAPRIMULGIDAE: Goatsuckers [5] __ American Black Duck ...... 2 3 2 __ Ruddy Duck ...... 2 3 3 __ Lesser Nighthawk ...... - - 1 Anas rubripes Oxyura jamaicensis Chordeiles acutipennis __ Mottled Duck ...... - 1 1 ODONTOPHORIDAE: New World [1] __ Common Nighthawk ...... 2 2 2 Anas fulvigula __ ...... 3 3 3 Chordeiles minor Colinus virginianus Page 1 M P C M P C M P C CAPRIMULGIDAE: Goatsuckers [cont.] RALLIDAE: Rails, Gallinules, & Coots [cont.] SCOLOPACIDAE: Sandpipers [cont.] __ Antillean Nighthawk ...... - - 1 __ American Coot ...... 2 3 3 __ Whimbrel ...... 1 1 2 Chordeiles gundlachii Fulica americana Numenius phaeopus __ Chuck-will's-widow ...... 2 2 2 __ Purple Gallinule ...... 1 1 2 __ Long-billed Curlew ...... 1 - 1 Antrostomus carolinensis Porphyrio martinicus Numenius americanus __ Eastern Whip-poor-will ...... 2 2 2 __ Yellow ...... 1 1 2 __ Bar-tailed Godwit ...... - - 1 Antrostomus vociferus Coturnicops noveboracensis Limosa lapponica APODIDAE: Swifts [3] __ Black Rail ...... 1 1 2 __ Black-tailed Godwit ...... - - 1 __ Cypseloides Swift sp...... 1 - - Laterallus jamaicensis Limosa limosa Cypseloides sp. ARAMIDAE: Limpkin [1] __ Hudsonian Godwit ...... 1 1 2 __ Chimney Swift ...... 3 3 3 __ Limpkin ...... 1 1 1 Limosa haemastica Chaetura pelagica Aramus guarauna __ Marbled Godwit ...... 1 1 2 __ Common Swift ...... - - 1 GRUIDAE: Cranes [1] Limosa fedoa Apus apus __ ...... 2 2 2 __ Ruddy Turnstone ...... 1 1 2 TROCHILIDAE: [11] Antigone canadensis Arenaria interpres __ Mexican Violetear ...... 1 - - RECURVIROSTRIDAE: Stilts & Avocets [2] __ Red Knot ...... 1 1 2 Colibri thalassinus __ Black-necked Stilt ...... 1 1 2 Calidris canutus __ Green-breasted Mango ...... - 1 - Himantopus mexicanus __ Ruff ...... - 1 1 Anthracothorax prevostii __ American Avocet ...... 2 2 2 Calidris pugnax __ Ruby-throated ...... 3 3 3 Recurvirostra americana __ Sharp-tailed Sandpiper ...... - - 1 Archilochus colubris HAEMATOPODIDAE: Oystercatchers [1] Calidris acuminata __ Black-chinned Hummingbird ...... 1 1 1 __ American Oystercatcher ...... - 1 2 __ Stilt Sandpiper ...... 1 2 2 Archilochus alexandri Haematopus palliatus Calidris himantopus __ Anna's Hummingbird ...... - 1 1 CHARADRIIDAE: Plovers [11] __ Curlew Sandpiper ...... - - 1 Calypte anna __ Northern Lapwing ...... - 1 1 Calidris ferruginea __ Calliope Hummingbird ...... 1 2 1 Vanellus vanellus __ Sanderling ...... 2 2 2 Selasphorus calliope __ Black-bellied Plover ...... 1 2 2 Calidris alba __ Rufous Hummingbird ...... 3 2 2 Pluvialis squatarola __ Dunlin ...... 1 2 2 Selasphorus rufus __ American Golden-Plover ...... 2 2 2 Calidris alpina __ Allen's Hummingbird ...... - 1 1 Pluvialis dominica __ Purple Sandpiper ...... - - 1 Selasphorus sasin __ Pacific Golden-Plover ...... - - 1 Calidris maritima __ Broad-tailed Hummingbird ...... - 1 - Pluvialis fulva __ Baird's Sandpiper ...... 1 2 2 Selasphorus platycercus __ Killdeer ...... 3 3 3 Calidris bairdii __ Broad-billed Hummingbird ...... - - 1 Charadrius vociferus __ Little Stint ...... - - 1 Cynanthus latirostris __ Common Ringed Plover ...... - - 1 Calidris minuta __ Buff-bellied Hummingbird ...... - 1 1 Charadrius hiaticula __ Least Sandpiper ...... 2 2 2 Amazilia yucatanensis __ Semipalmated Plover ...... 2 2 2 Calidris minutilla RALLIDAE: Rails, Gallinules, & Coots [9] Charadrius semipalmatus __ White-rumped Sandpiper ...... 1 2 2 __ Clapper Rail ...... - 1 2 __ Piping Plover ...... 1 1 1 Calidris fuscicollis crepitans Charadrius melodus __ Buff-breasted Sandpiper ...... 1 2 2 __ King Rail ...... 1 2 2 __ Wilson's Plover ...... - 1 1 Calidris subruficollis Rallus elegans Charadrius wilsonia __ Pectoral Sandpiper ...... 2 2 2 __ Virginia Rail ...... 2 1 2 __ Mountain Plover ...... - - 1 Calidris melanotos Rallus limicola Charadrius montanus __ Semipalmated Sandpiper ...... 2 2 2 __ Sora ...... 2 2 2 __ Snowy Plover ...... - - 1 Calidris pusilla Porzana carolina Charadrius nivosus __ Western Sandpiper ...... 1 2 2 __ Common Gallinule ...... 1 1 2 SCOLOPACIDAE: Sandpipers [37] Calidris mauri Gallinula galeata __ Upland Sandpiper ...... 2 2 2 __ Short-billed Dowitcher ...... 1 2 2 Bartramia longicauda Limnodromus griseus Page 2 M P C M P C M P C SCOLOPACIDAE: Sandpipers [cont.] ALCIDAE: Auks [cont.] : & [cont.] __ Long-billed Dowitcher ...... 1 1 2 __ Atlantic Puffin ...... - - 1 __ -billed ...... 1 1 2 Limnodromus scolopaceus Fratercula arctica nilotica __ American Woodcock ...... 3 3 3 LARIDAE: Gulls & Terns [33] __ Caspian Tern ...... 2 2 2 Scolopax minor __ Black-legged ...... 1 1 1 Hydroprogne caspia __ Wilson's Snipe ...... 2 3 3 Rissa tridactyla __ ...... 2 2 2 Gallinago delicata __ Sabine's Gull ...... 1 1 1 Chlidonias niger __ Spotted Sandpiper ...... 3 3 3 Xema sabini __ White-winged Tern ...... - - 1 Actitis macularius __ Bonaparte's Gull ...... 2 3 2 Chlidonias leucopterus __ Solitary Sandpiper ...... 2 3 2 philadelphia __ Roseate Tern ...... - - 1 Tringa solitaria __ Black-headed Gull ...... - 1 2 Sterna dougallii __ Lesser Yellowlegs ...... 2 2 2 Chroicocephalus ridibundus __ ...... 1 2 2 Tringa flavipes __ ...... - 1 1 Sterna hirundo __ Willet ...... 1 2 2 Hydrocoloeus minutus __ Arctic Tern ...... - 1 1 Tringa semipalmata __ ...... 2 2 2 Sterna paradisaea __ Spotted Redshank ...... - - 1 atricilla __ Forster's Tern ...... 2 2 2 Tringa erythropus __ Franklin's Gull ...... 1 1 1 Sterna forsteri __ Greater Yellowlegs ...... 2 2 2 Leucophaeus pipixcan __ Royal Tern ...... - 2 2 Tringa melanoleuca __ Black-tailed Gull ...... - - 1 maximus __ Wilson's Phalarope ...... 1 1 2 crassirostris __ Sandwich Tern ...... - 1 2 Phalaropus tricolor __ ...... - - 1 Thalasseus sandvicensis __ Red-necked Phalarope ...... 1 1 2 Larus canus __ Black Skimmer ...... - 1 2 Phalaropus lobatus __ Short-billed Gull ...... - - 1 Rynchops niger __ Red Phalarope ...... 1 1 2 Larus brachyrhynchus PHAETHONTIDAE: [2] Phalaropus fulicarius __ Ring-billed Gull ...... 3 3 3 __ White-tailed ...... - 1 1 STERCORARIIDAE: & Jaegers [5] Larus delawarensis Phaethon lepturus __ Great ...... - - 1 __ ...... - 1 1 __ Red-billed Tropicbird ...... - - 1 Stercorarius skua Larus californicus Phaethon aethereus __ South Polar Skua ...... - - 1 __ ...... 2 2 3 GAVIIDAE: [3] Stercorarius maccormicki Larus argentatus __ Red-throated ...... 1 1 2 __ ...... - 1 1 __ ...... - 1 2 Gavia stellata Stercorarius pomarinus Larus glaucoides __ Pacific Loon ...... 1 1 1 __ Parasitic Jaeger ...... - 1 1 __ Lesser Black-backed Gull ...... 1 1 2 Gavia pacifica Stercorarius parasiticus Larus fuscus __ ...... 3 3 3 __ Long-tailed Jaeger ...... - 1 1 __ Slaty-backed Gull ...... - - 1 Gavia immer Stercorarius longicaudus Larus schistisagus DIOMEDEIDAE: [2] ALCIDAE: Auks [7] __ ...... - 1 1 __ Yellow-nosed ...... - - 1 __ Dovekie ...... - 1 1 Larus hyperboreus Thalassarche chlororhynchos Alle alle __ Great Black-backed Gull ...... - 1 2 __ Black-browed Albatross ...... - - 1 __ Common Murre ...... - - 1 Larus marinus Thalassarche melanophris Uria aalge __ Brown Noddy ...... - 1 1 HYDROBATIDAE: Storm-Petrels [7] __ Thick-billed Murre ...... - - 1 Anous stolidus __ Wilson's Storm-Petrel ...... - 1 2 Uria lomvia __ Sooty Tern ...... 1 1 2 Oceanites oceanicus __ Razorbill ...... - - 1 Onychoprion fuscatus __ White-faced Storm-Petrel ...... - - 1 Alca torda __ Bridled Tern ...... - 1 2 Pelagodroma marina __ Black Guillemot ...... - - 1 Onychoprion anaethetus __ Black-bellied Storm-Petrel ...... - - 1 Cepphus grylle __ Least Tern ...... - 1 2 Fregetta tropica __ Long-billed Murrelet ...... - 1 1 Sternula antillarum __ European Storm-Petrel ...... - - 1 Brachyramphus perdix Hydrobates pelagicus Page 3 M P C M P C M P C HYDROBATIDAE: Storm-Petrels [cont.] : & [cont.] THRESKIORNITHIDAE: Ibises & Spoonbills [cont.] __ Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel ...... - - 1 __ Northern ...... - 1 2 __ Glossy Ibis ...... 1 2 2 Hydrobates monorhis Morus bassanus Plegadis falcinellus __ Leach's Storm-Petrel ...... - 1 1 ANHINGIDAE: [1] __ White-faced Ibis ...... - 1 1 Hydrobates leucorhous __ ...... 1 2 3 Plegadis chihi __ Band-rumped Storm-Petrel ...... 1 1 1 Anhinga anhinga __ Roseate Spoonbill ...... 1 2 2 Hydrobates castro PHALACROCORACIDAE: [3] Platalea ajaja : Petrels & Shearwaters [15] __ Great ...... - 1 2 CATHARTIDAE: New World Vultures [2] __ Northern Fulmar ...... - - 1 Phalacrocorax carbo __ Black Vulture ...... 3 3 3 Fulmarus glacialis __ Double-crested Cormorant ...... 3 3 3 Coragyps atratus __ Trindade Petrel ...... - - 1 Nannopterum auritum __ Turkey Vulture ...... 3 3 3 Pterodroma arminjoniana __ ...... - 1 - Cathartes aura __ Bermuda Petrel ...... - - 1 Nannopterum brasilianum PANDIONIDAE: Osprey [1] Pterodroma cahow PELECANIDAE: Pelicans [2] __ Osprey ...... 3 3 3 __ Black-capped Petrel ...... - 1 1 __ American White Pelican ...... 2 2 2 Pandion haliaetus Pterodroma hasitata Pelecanus erythrorhynchos ACCIPITRIDAE: Kites, Eagles, & Hawks [15] __ Fea's Petrel ...... - - 1 __ Brown Pelican ...... 1 1 2 __ White-tailed Kite ...... 1 - 1 Pterodroma feae Pelecanus occidentalis Elanus leucurus __ Zino's Petrel ...... - - 1 ARDEIDAE: Bitterns, Herons, & Allies [13] __ Swallow-tailed Kite ...... 2 2 2 Pterodroma madeira __ American Bittern ...... 2 2 2 Elanoides forficatus __ Tahiti Petrel ...... - - 1 Botaurus lentiginosus __ Golden Eagle ...... 3 2 2 Pseudobulweria rostrata __ Least Bittern ...... 2 2 2 Aquila chrysaetos __ Bulwer's Petrel ...... - - 1 Ixobrychus exilis __ Northern Harrier ...... 3 3 3 Bulweria bulwerii __ Great Blue Heron ...... 3 3 3 Circus hudsonius __ Cory's Shearwater ...... - - 2 Ardea herodias __ Sharp-shinned Hawk ...... 3 3 3 Calonectris diomedea __ Great Egret ...... 3 3 3 Accipiter striatus __ Cape Verde Shearwater ...... - - 1 Ardea alba __ Cooper's Hawk ...... 3 3 3 Calonectris edwardsii __ Little Egret ...... - - 1 Accipiter cooperii __ Wedge-tailed Shearwater ...... - - - Egretta garzetta __ Northern Goshawk ...... 2 1 1 Ardenna pacifica __ Snowy Egret ...... 1 2 2 Accipiter gentilis __ Sooty Shearwater ...... 1 1 1 Egretta thula __ ...... 3 3 3 Ardenna grisea __ Little Blue Heron ...... 2 2 2 Haliaeetus leucocephalus __ Great Shearwater ...... - - 1 Egretta caerulea __ Mississippi Kite ...... 2 2 3 Ardenna gravis __ Tricolored Heron ...... 1 2 2 Ictinia mississippiensis __ Manx Shearwater ...... - - 1 Egretta tricolor __ Snail Kite ...... - - 1 Puffinus puffinus __ Reddish Egret ...... - 1 1 Rostrhamus sociabilis __ 's Shearwater ...... - 1 1 Egretta rufescens __ Red-shouldered Hawk ...... 3 3 3 Puffinus lherminieri __ ...... 2 2 3 Buteo lineatus CICONIIDAE: [1] Bubulcus ibis __ Broad-winged Hawk ...... 3 3 3 __ Wood ...... 1 2 2 __ Green Heron ...... 3 3 3 Buteo platypterus Mycteria americana Butorides virescens __ Swainson's Hawk ...... - 1 1 FREGATIDAE: [1] __ Black-crowned Night-Heron ...... 2 2 2 Buteo swainsoni __ Magnificent ...... 1 1 2 Nycticorax nycticorax __ Red-tailed Hawk ...... 3 3 3 Fregata magnificens __ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ...... 1 2 2 Buteo jamaicensis SULIDAE: Boobies & Gannets [3] Nyctanassa violacea __ Rough-legged Hawk ...... 2 2 2 __ Masked ...... - - 1 THRESKIORNITHIDAE: Ibises & Spoonbills [4] Buteo lagopus Sula dactylatra __ White Ibis ...... 2 2 3 TYTONIDAE: Barn- [1] __ ...... - 1 1 Eudocimus albus __ Barn ...... 2 2 2 Sula leucogaster Tyto alba Page 4 M P C M P C M P C STRIGIDAE: Owls [8] FALCONIDAE: Falcons [cont.] VIREONIDAE: Vireos [9] __ Eastern Screech-Owl ...... 3 3 3 __ Peregrine Falcon ...... 3 2 2 __ White-eyed Vireo ...... 3 3 3 Megascops asio Falco peregrinus Vireo griseus __ Great Horned Owl ...... 3 3 3 PSITTACIDAE: [1] __ Bell's Vireo ...... 1 1 1 Bubo virginianus __ Carolina Parakeet ...... - - - Vireo bellii __ Snowy Owl ...... 1 2 1 Conuropsis carolinensis __ Yellow-throated Vireo ...... 3 3 3 Bubo scandiacus TYRANNIDAE: Tyrant Flycatchers [21] Vireo flavifrons __ Burrowing Owl ...... - - 1 __ Ash-throated Flycatcher ...... 1 1 1 __ Blue-headed Vireo ...... 3 3 2 Athene cunicularia Myiarchus cinerascens Vireo solitarius __ Barred Owl ...... 3 3 3 __ Great Crested Flycatcher ...... 3 3 3 __ Philadelphia Vireo ...... 2 2 2 Strix varia Myiarchus crinitus Vireo philadelphicus __ Long-eared Owl ...... 1 1 1 __ Tropical Kingbird ...... - - 1 __ Warbling Vireo ...... 2 2 1 Asio otus Tyrannus melancholicus Vireo gilvus __ Short-eared Owl ...... 1 1 2 __ Cassin's Kingbird ...... - 1 - __ Red-eyed Vireo ...... 3 3 3 Asio flammeus Tyrannus vociferans Vireo olivaceus __ Northern Saw-whet Owl ...... 2 2 1 __ Western Kingbird ...... 1 1 1 __ Yellow-green Vireo ...... - - - Aegolius acadicus Tyrannus verticalis Vireo flavoviridis ALCEDINIDAE: Kingfishers [1] __ Eastern Kingbird ...... 3 3 3 __ Black-whiskered Vireo ...... - - 1 __ Belted Kingfisher ...... 3 3 3 Tyrannus tyrannus Vireo altiloquus Megaceryle alcyon __ Gray Kingbird ...... 1 1 1 LANIIDAE: Shrikes [2] PICIDAE: [9] Tyrannus dominicensis __ Loggerhead Shrike ...... 1 3 3 __ Red-headed ...... 3 3 3 __ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher ...... 1 1 1 Lanius ludovicianus Melanerpes erythrocephalus Tyrannus forficatus __ Northern Shrike ...... 1 - 1 __ Red-bellied Woodpecker ...... 3 3 3 __ Fork-tailed Flycatcher ...... - - 1 Lanius borealis Melanerpes carolinus Tyrannus savana CORVIDAE: Jays, Crows, & Ravens [4] __ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ...... 3 3 3 __ Olive-sided Flycatcher ...... 2 2 1 __ Blue Jay ...... 3 3 3 Sphyrapicus varius Contopus cooperi Cyanocitta cristata __ ...... 3 3 3 __ Eastern Wood-Pewee ...... 3 3 3 __ American Crow ...... 3 3 3 Dryobates pubescens Contopus virens Corvus brachyrhynchos __ Red-cockaded Woodpecker ...... - 2 3 __ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ...... 2 2 1 __ Fish Crow ...... 2 3 3 Dryobates borealis Empidonax flaviventris Corvus ossifragus __ ...... 3 3 3 __ Acadian Flycatcher ...... 3 3 3 __ ...... 3 2 1 Dryobates villosus Empidonax virescens Corvus corax __ Northern Flicker ...... 3 3 3 __ Alder Flycatcher ...... 2 1 1 PARIDAE: Chickadees & Titmice [3] Colaptes auratus Empidonax alnorum __ Carolina Chickadee ...... 3 3 3 __ Pileated Woodpecker ...... 3 3 3 __ Willow Flycatcher ...... 2 2 1 Poecile carolinensis Dryocopus pileatus Empidonax traillii __ Black-capped Chickadee ...... 2 - - __ Ivory-billed Woodpecker ...... - - 1 __ Least Flycatcher ...... 3 2 2 Poecile atricapillus Campephilus principalis Empidonax minimus __ Tufted Titmouse ...... 3 3 3 FALCONIDAE: Falcons [5] __ Gray Flycatcher ...... - 1 - Baeolophus bicolor __ Crested Caracara ...... - - 1 Empidonax wrightii ALAUDIDAE: Larks [1] Caracara plancus __ Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher ...... - 1 - __ Horned Lark ...... 2 2 3 __ American Kestrel ...... 3 3 3 Empidonax difficilis/occidentalis Eremophila alpestris Falco sparverius __ Eastern Phoebe ...... 3 3 3 HIRUNDINIDAE: Swallows [8] __ Merlin ...... 3 3 2 Sayornis phoebe __ Bank Swallow ...... 2 2 2 Falco columbarius __ Say's Phoebe ...... - 1 1 Riparia riparia __ Gyrfalcon ...... - - 1 Sayornis saya __ Tree Swallow ...... 3 3 3 Falco rusticolus __ Vermilion Flycatcher ...... - - 1 Tachycineta bicolor Pyrocephalus rubinus Page 5 M P C M P C M P C HIRUNDINIDAE: Swallows [cont.] MIMIDAE: Mockingbirds & Thrashers [cont.] FRINGILLIDAE: Cardueline Finches & Allies [cont.] __ Violet-green Swallow ...... - 1 - __ Brown Thrasher ...... 3 3 3 __ Evening Grosbeak ...... 2 2 2 Tachycineta thalassina Toxostoma rufum Coccothraustes vespertinus __ Northern Rough-winged Swallow ...... 3 3 3 __ Sage Thrasher ...... 1 1 1 __ Pine Grosbeak ...... 1 1 1 Stelgidopteryx serripennis Oreoscoptes montanus Pinicola enucleator __ Purple Martin ...... 3 3 3 __ Northern Mockingbird ...... 3 3 3 __ House Finch ...... 3 3 3 Progne subis Mimus polyglottos Haemorhous mexicanus __ Barn Swallow ...... 3 3 3 STURNIDAE: Starlings [1] __ Purple Finch ...... 3 3 2 Hirundo rustica __ European Starling ...... 3 3 3 Haemorhous purpureus __ Swallow ...... 2 3 2 Sturnus vulgaris __ Common Redpoll ...... 1 2 1 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota TURDIDAE: Thrushes [11] Acanthis flammea __ Cave Swallow ...... 1 1 1 __ Eastern ...... 3 3 3 __ Red Crossbill ...... 2 1 1 Petrochelidon fulva Sialia sialis Loxia curvirostra REGULIDAE: Kinglets [2] __ ...... 1 - - __ White-winged Crossbill ...... 1 1 1 __ Ruby-crowned Kinglet ...... 3 3 3 Sialia currucoides Loxia leucoptera Corthylio calendula __ Townsend's Solitaire ...... 1 - - __ Pine Siskin ...... 3 3 2 __ Golden-crowned Kinglet ...... 3 3 3 Myadestes townsendi Spinus pinus Regulus satrapa __ Veery ...... 3 2 2 __ Lesser Goldfinch ...... - 1 1 BOMBYCILLIDAE: Waxwings [1] Catharus fuscescens Spinus psaltria __ Cedar Waxwing ...... 3 3 3 __ Gray-cheeked Thrush ...... 2 2 2 __ American Goldfinch ...... 3 3 3 Bombycilla cedrorum Catharus minimus Spinus tristis SITTIDAE: Nuthatches [3] __ Bicknell's Thrush ...... - 1 1 CALCARIIDAE: Longspurs & Allies [4] __ Red-breasted Nuthatch ...... 3 3 2 Catharus bicknelli __ Lapland Longspur ...... 1 1 2 Sitta canadensis __ Swainson's Thrush ...... 3 2 2 Calcarius lapponicus __ White-breasted Nuthatch ...... 3 3 3 Catharus ustulatus __ Chestnut-collared Longspur ...... 1 1 1 Sitta carolinensis __ Hermit Thrush ...... 3 3 3 Calcarius ornatus __ Brown-headed Nuthatch ...... 2 3 3 Catharus guttatus __ Smith's Longspur ...... 1 1 1 Sitta pusilla __ Wood Thrush ...... 3 3 3 Calcarius pictus CERTHIIDAE: Treecreepers [1] Hylocichla mustelina __ Snow ...... 2 1 1 __ Brown Creeper ...... 3 3 3 __ American Robin ...... 3 3 3 Plectrophenax nivalis Certhia americana Turdus migratorius PASSERELLIDAE: New World Sparrows & Allies [28] POLIOPTILIDAE: Gnatcatchers [1] __ Varied Thrush ...... 1 1 1 __ Cassin's Sparrow ...... - - 1 __ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ...... 3 3 3 Ixoreus naevius Peucaea cassinii Polioptila caerulea MUSCICAPIDAE: Old World Flycatchers [1] __ Bachman's Sparrow ...... 1 1 2 TROGLODYTIDAE: Wrens [6] __ Northern Wheatear ...... 1 - 1 Peucaea aestivalis __ House Wren ...... 3 3 3 Oenanthe oenanthe __ Grasshopper Sparrow ...... 2 2 2 Troglodytes aedon PASSERIDAE: Old World Sparrows [1] Ammodramus savannarum __ Winter Wren ...... 3 3 3 __ ...... 3 3 3 __ Lark Sparrow ...... 2 1 2 Troglodytes hiemalis domesticus Chondestes grammacus __ Sedge Wren ...... 2 1 2 MOTACILLIDAE: Wagtails & Pipits [3] __ Lark Bunting ...... - 1 1 Cistothorus stellaris __ White Wagtail ...... - 1 1 Calamospiza melanocorys __ Marsh Wren ...... 2 2 2 Motacilla alba __ Chipping Sparrow ...... 3 3 3 Cistothorus palustris __ American Pipit ...... 2 2 3 Spizella passerina __ Carolina Wren ...... 3 3 3 Anthus rubescens __ Clay-colored Sparrow ...... 1 1 2 Thryothorus ludovicianus __ Sprague's Pipit ...... 1 - 1 Spizella pallida __ Bewick's Wren ...... 1 1 1 Anthus spragueii __ Field Sparrow ...... 3 3 3 Thryomanes bewickii FRINGILLIDAE: Cardueline Finches & Allies [11] Spizella pusilla MIMIDAE: Mockingbirds & Thrashers [4] __ Brambling ...... 1 - - __ Fox Sparrow ...... 3 3 2 __ Gray Catbird ...... 3 3 3 Fringilla montifringilla Passerella iliaca Dumetella carolinensis Page 6 M P C M P C M P C PASSERELLIDAE: New World Sparrows & Allies [cont.] ICTERIDAE: Blackbirds & Orioles [cont.] PARULIDAE: Wood-Warblers [cont.] __ ...... 2 2 1 __ Western Meadowlark ...... - 1 1 __ Swainson's Warbler ...... 2 2 2 Spizelloides arborea Sturnella neglecta Limnothlypis swainsonii __ Dark-eyed Junco ...... 3 3 3 __ Orchard Oriole ...... 2 3 3 __ ...... 3 2 1 Junco hyemalis Icterus spurius Leiothlypis peregrina __ White-crowned Sparrow ...... 2 2 2 __ Hooded Oriole ...... - 1 - __ Orange-crowned Warbler ...... 2 2 2 Zonotrichia leucophrys Icterus cucullatus Leiothlypis celata __ Golden-crowned Sparrow ...... - - 1 __ Bullock's Oriole ...... - 1 1 __ ...... 2 2 1 Zonotrichia atricapilla Icterus bullockii Leiothlypis ruficapilla __ Harris's Sparrow ...... 1 1 1 __ Baltimore Oriole ...... 3 3 3 __ Connecticut Warbler ...... 2 1 1 Zonotrichia querula Icterus galbula Oporornis agilis __ White-throated Sparrow ...... 3 3 3 __ Scott's Oriole ...... - 1 - __ MacGillivray's Warbler ...... - - 1 Zonotrichia albicollis Icterus parisorum Geothlypis tolmiei __ Vesper Sparrow ...... 2 2 2 __ Red-winged Blackbird ...... 3 3 3 __ Mourning Warbler ...... 2 1 1 Pooecetes gramineus Agelaius phoeniceus Geothlypis philadelphia __ LeConte's Sparrow ...... 1 1 1 __ Shiny Cowbird ...... - 1 1 __ Kentucky Warbler ...... 2 2 2 Ammospiza leconteii Molothrus bonariensis Geothlypis formosa __ Seaside Sparrow ...... - 1 2 __ Bronzed Cowbird ...... - - 1 __ Common Yellowthroat ...... 3 3 3 Ammospiza maritima Molothrus aeneus Geothlypis trichas __ Nelson's Sparrow ...... 1 1 1 __ Brown-headed Cowbird ...... 3 3 3 __ Hooded Warbler ...... 3 3 3 Ammospiza nelsoni Molothrus ater Setophaga citrina __ Saltmarsh Sparrow ...... - - 1 __ Rusty Blackbird ...... 2 2 2 __ American Redstart ...... 3 3 3 Ammospiza caudacuta Euphagus carolinus Setophaga ruticilla __ Henslow's Sparrow ...... 1 1 2 __ Brewer's Blackbird ...... 2 1 1 __ Kirtland's Warbler ...... 2 1 1 Centronyx henslowii Euphagus cyanocephalus Setophaga kirtlandii __ Savannah Sparrow ...... 2 3 3 __ Common Grackle ...... 3 3 3 __ Cape May Warbler ...... 3 2 2 Passerculus sandwichensis Quiscalus quiscula Setophaga tigrina __ Song Sparrow ...... 3 3 3 __ Boat-tailed Grackle ...... - - 2 __ Cerulean Warbler ...... 3 2 1 Melospiza melodia Quiscalus major Setophaga cerulea __ Lincoln's Sparrow ...... 2 2 2 PARULIDAE: Wood-Warblers [42] __ Northern Parula ...... 3 3 3 Melospiza lincolnii __ Ovenbird ...... 3 3 3 Setophaga americana __ Swamp Sparrow ...... 3 3 3 Seiurus aurocapilla __ Magnolia Warbler ...... 3 2 2 Melospiza georgiana __ Worm-eating Warbler ...... 3 3 2 Setophaga magnolia __ Green-tailed Towhee ...... - - 1 Helmitheros vermivorum __ Bay-breasted Warbler ...... 2 2 2 Pipilo chlorurus __ Louisiana Waterthrush ...... 3 3 3 Setophaga castanea __ Spotted Towhee ...... - - 1 Parkesia motacilla __ Blackburnian Warbler ...... 3 2 1 Pipilo maculatus __ Northern Waterthrush ...... 2 2 2 Setophaga fusca __ Eastern Towhee ...... 3 3 3 Parkesia noveboracensis __ Yellow Warbler ...... 3 3 2 Pipilo erythrophthalmus __ Bachman's Warbler ...... - 1 - Setophaga petechia ICTERIIDAE: Yellow-breasted Chat [1] bachmanii __ Chestnut-sided Warbler ...... 3 2 2 __ Yellow-breasted Chat ...... 3 3 3 __ Golden-winged Warbler ...... 3 2 2 Setophaga pensylvanica Icteria virens Vermivora chrysoptera __ Blackpoll Warbler ...... 3 2 2 ICTERIDAE: Blackbirds & Orioles [17] __ Blue-winged Warbler ...... 2 2 2 Setophaga striata __ Yellow-headed Blackbird ...... 1 1 1 Vermivora cyanoptera __ Black-throated Blue Warbler ...... 3 3 2 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus __ Black-and-white Warbler ...... 3 3 3 Setophaga caerulescens __ Bobolink ...... 2 2 2 Mniotilta varia __ Palm Warbler ...... 2 3 2 Dolichonyx oryzivorus __ Prothonotary Warbler ...... 2 3 3 Setophaga palmarum __ Eastern Meadowlark ...... 3 3 3 Protonotaria citrea __ Pine Warbler ...... 3 3 3 Sturnella magna Setophaga pinus Page 7 M P C PARULIDAE: Wood-Warblers [cont.] __ Yellow-rumped Warbler ...... 3 3 3 Notes Setophaga coronata __ Yellow-throated Warbler ...... 3 3 3 Setophaga dominica __ Prairie Warbler ...... 3 3 3 Setophaga discolor __ Black-throated Gray Warbler ...... - 1 1 Setophaga nigrescens __ Townsend's Warbler ...... 1 - 1 Setophaga townsendi __ Black-throated Green Warbler ...... 3 3 2 Setophaga virens __ Canada Warbler ...... 3 2 1 Cardellina canadensis __ Wilson's Warbler ...... 2 2 2 Cardellina pusilla __ Painted Redstart ...... - - 1 Myioborus pictus CARDINALIDAE: Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies [11] __ Summer Tanager ...... 3 3 3 Piranga rubra __ Scarlet Tanager ...... 3 3 2 Piranga olivacea __ Western Tanager ...... 1 1 2 Piranga ludoviciana __ ...... 3 3 3 Cardinalis cardinalis __ Rose-breasted Grosbeak ...... 3 3 2 Pheucticus ludovicianus __ Black-headed Grosbeak ...... 1 1 1 Pheucticus melanocephalus __ Blue Grosbeak ...... 3 3 3 Passerina caerulea __ Lazuli Bunting ...... - 1 1 Passerina amoena __ Indigo Bunting ...... 3 3 3 Passerina cyanea __ Painted Bunting ...... 1 1 2 Passerina ciris __ Dickcissel ...... 1 2 2 Spiza americana

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