Family Anatidae Family Odontophoridae Northern Gannet, 67 Virginia Rail, 116 Short-billed Dowitcher, 145 Red-billed Pigeon, 192 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, 14 Scaled Quail, 39 Family Phalacrocoracidae Sora, 116 Long-billed Dowitcher, 145 Band-tailed Pigeon, 193 Fulvous Whistling-Duck, 14 Northern Bobwhite, 39 Neotropic Cormorant, 70 Purple Swamphen, 112 Wilson's Snipe, 147 Passenger Pigeon, xvi Swan Goose, 4 Montezuma Quail, 38 Double-crested Cormorant, 71 Purple Gallinule, 112 American Woodcock, 147 Eurasian Collared-Dove, 197 Pink-footed Goose, 3 Family Phasianidae Great Cormorant, 71 Common Gallinule, 113 Wilson's Phalarope, 148 African Collared-Dove, 197 Greater White-fronted Goose, 3 Indian Peafowl, 37 Family Anhingidae American Coot, 113 Red-necked Phalarope, 149 Inca Dove, 193 Graylag Goose, 4 Chukar, 40 Anhinga, 70 Family Aramidae Red Phalarope, 149 Common Ground-Dove, 194 Bar-headed Goose, 4 Red Junglefowl, 37 Family Pelecanidae Limpkin, 109 Family Stercorariidae Ruddy Ground-Dove, 194 Snow Goose, 9 Golden Pheasant, 37 American White Pelican, 65 Family Gruidae Great Skua, 184 Key West Quail-Dove, 195 Ross's Goose, 8 Ring-necked Pheasant, 41 Brown Pelican, 65 Sandhill Crane, 111 South Polar Skua, 184 White-tipped Dove, 195 Brant, 5 Gray Partridge, 40 Family Ardeidae Common Crane, 110 Pomarine Jaeger, 183 White-winged Dove, 196 Barnacle Goose, 8 Ruffed Grouse, 42 American Bittern, 74 Whooping Crane, 110 Parasitic Jaeger, 182 Zenaida Dove, 195 Cackling Goose, 6 Greater Sage-Grouse, 44 Least Bittern, 74 Family Recurvirostridae Long-tailed Jaeger, 181 Mourning Dove, 196 Canada Goose, 7 Spruce Grouse, 42 Great Blue Heron, 76 Black-necked Stilt, 127 Family Alcidae Family Cuculidae Mute Swan, 11 Willow Ptarmigan, 43 Great Egret, 77 American Avocet, 127 Dovekie, 187 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 199 Black Swan, 4 Rock Ptarmigan, 43 Little Egret, 75 Family Haematopodidae Common Murre, 188 Mangrove Cuckoo, 198 Trumpeter Swan, 10 Sharp-tailed Grouse, 44 Western Reef-Heron, 75 American Oystercatcher, 126 Thick-billed Murre, 188 Black-billed Cuckoo, 199 Tundra Swan, 10 Greater Prairie-Chicken, 45 Snowy Egret, 77 Family Charadriidae Razorbill, 189 Greater Roadrunner, 201 Whooper Swan, 11 Lesser Prairie-Chicken, 45 Little Blue Heron, 78 Black-bellied Plover, 120 Great Auk, xvi Smooth-billed Ani, 200 Egyptian Goose, 4 Wild Turkey, 46 Tricolored Heron, 78 European Golden-Plover, 120 Black Guillemot, 187 Groove-billed Ani, 200 Ruddy Shelduck, 23 Family Gaviidae Reddish Egret, 79 American Golden-Plover, 121 Long-billed Murrelet, 186 Family Tytonidae Common Shelduck, 23 Red-throated Loon, 49 Cattle Egret, 80 Pacific Golden-Plover, 121 Ancient Murrelet, 186 Barn Owl, 203 Muscovy Duck, 15 Pacific Loon, 49 Green Heron, 80 Northern Lapwing, 125 Atlantic Puffin, 186 Family Strigidae Ringed Teal, 23 Common Loon, 48 Black-crowned Night-Heron, 81 Lesser Sand-Plover, 125 Family Laridae Western Screech-Owl, 208 Wood Duck, 15 Yellow-billed Loon, 48 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, 81 Snowy Plover, 123 Black-legged Kittiwake, 153 Eastern Screech-Owl, 209 Mandarin Duck, 23 Family Podicipedidae Family Threskiornithidae Wilson's Plover, 123 Ivory Gull, 153 Great Horned Owl, 205 Gadwall, 18 Least Grebe, 53 White Ibis, 82 Common Ringed Plover, 125 Sabine's Gull, 152 Snowy Owl, 206 Eurasian Wigeon, 19 Pied-billed Grebe, 53 Scarlet Ibis, 82 Semipalmated Plover, 122 Bonaparte's Gull, 155 Northern Hawk Owl, 207 American Wigeon, 19 Horned Grebe, 50 Glossy Ibis, 83 Piping Plover, 122 Black-headed Gull, 154 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, 210 American Black Duck, 17 Red-necked Grebe, 51 White-faced Ibis, 83 Killdeer, 124 Little Gull, 154 Elf Owl, 208 Mallard, 16 Eared Grebe, 50 Sacred Ibis, 84 Mountain Plover, 124 Ross's Gull, 152 Burrowing Owl, 210 Mottled Duck, 17 Western Grebe, 52 Roseate Spoonbill, 84 Family Jacanidae Laughing Gull, 157 Barred Owl, 207 Blue-winged Teal, 20 Clark's Grebe, 52 Family Cathartidae Northern Jacana, 126 Franklin's Gull, 156 Great Gray Owl, 206 Cinnamon Teal, 20 Family Phoenicopteridae Black Vulture, 88 Family Scolopacidae Black-tailed Gull, 168 Long-eared Owl, 203 Northern Shoveler, 22 American Flamingo, 85 Turkey Vulture, 88 Spotted Sandpiper, 129 Mew Gull, 158 Short-eared Owl, 204 White-cheeked Pintail, 23 Chilean Flamingo, 85 Family Pandionidae Solitary Sandpiper, 129 Ring-billed Gull, 159 Boreal Owl, 211 Northern Pintail, 18 Greater Flamingo, 85 Osprey, 89 Spotted Redshank, 131 California Gull, 160 Northern Saw-whet Owl, 211 Garganey, 22 Lesser Flamingo, 85 Family Accipitridae Greater Yellowlegs, 128 Herring Gull, 161 Family Caprimulgidae Green-winged Teal, 21 Family Procellariidae White-tailed Kite, 90 Willet, 130 Yellow-legged Gull, 169 Lesser Nighthawk, 216 Red-crested Pochard, 23 Northern Fulmar, 55 Hook-billed Kite, 90 Lesser Yellowlegs, 128 Thayer's Gull, 162 Common Nighthawk, 215 Rosy-billed Pochard, 23 Fea's Petrel, 57 Swallow-tailed Kite, 91 Wood Sandpiper, 131 Iceland Gull, 163 Antillean Nighthawk, 216 Canvasback, 24 Bermuda Petrel, 56 Golden Eagle, 106 Upland Sandpiper, 132 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 167 Common Pauraque, 213 Redhead, 24 Black-capped Petrel, 56 Snail Kite, 89 Eskimo Curlew, xvi Slaty-backed Gull, 165 Common Poorwill, 213 Ring-necked Duck, 25 Trindade Petrel, 57 Mississippi Kite, 91 Whimbrel, 133 Glaucous-winged Gull, 168 Chuck-will's-widow, 214 Tufted Duck, 25 Cory's Shearwater, 58 Northern Harrier, 94 Long-billed Curlew, 133 Glaucous Gull, 164 Eastern Whip-poor-will, 214 Greater Scaup, 26 Great Shearwater, 58 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 92 Black-tailed Godwit, 134 Great Black-backed Gull, 166 Family Apodidae Lesser Scaup, 26 Sooty Shearwater, 59 Cooper's Hawk, 92 Hudsonian Godwit, 135 Kelp Gull, 169 Chimney Swift, 217 King Eider, 29 Manx Shearwater, 60 Northern Goshawk, 94 Bar-tailed Godwit, 134 Brown Noddy, 179 White-throated Swift, 217 Common Eider, 28 Barolo Shearwater, 59 Bald Eagle, 107 Marbled Godwit, 135 Black Noddy, 179 Family Trochilidae Harlequin Duck, 27 Audubon's Shearwater, 60 Common Black Hawk, 95 Ruddy Turnstone, 136 Sooty Tern, 178 Green Violetear, 219 Labrador Duck, xvi Family Hydrobatidae Roadside Hawk, 97 Red Knot, 137 Bridled Tern, 178 Green-breasted Mango, 219 Surf Scoter, 30 Wilson's Storm-Petrel, 62 Harris's Hawk, 95 Ruff, 146 Least Tern, 177 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 220 White-winged Scoter, 30 White-faced Storm-Petrel, 61 White-tailed Hawk, 103 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, 142 Gull-billed Tern, 177 Black-chinned Hummingbird, 220 Black Scoter, 31 European Storm-Petrel, 61 Gray Hawk, 96 Stilt Sandpiper, 144 Caspian Tern, 172 Anna's Hummingbird, 222 Long-tailed Duck, 29 Leach's Storm-Petrel, 62 Red-shouldered Hawk, 100 Curlew Sandpiper, 138 Black Tern, 171 Broad-tailed Hummingbird, 221 Bufflehead, 33 Band-rumped Storm-Petrel, 63 Broad-winged Hawk, 101 Red-necked Stint, 139 White-winged Tern, 171 Rufous Hummingbird, 221 Common Goldeneye, 32 Family Phaethontidae Short-tailed Hawk, 97 Sanderling, 141 Roseate Tern, 176 Allen's Hummingbird, 221 Barrow's Goldeneye, 32 White-tailed Tropicbird, 69 Swainson's Hawk, 102 Dunlin, 138 Common Tern, 174 Calliope Hummingbird, 222 Hooded Merganser, 33 Red-billed Tropicbird, 69 Zone-tailed Hawk, 96 Purple Sandpiper, 136 Arctic Tern, 176 Broad-billed Hummingbird, 223 Common Merganser, 34 Family Ciconiidae Red-tailed Hawk, 98 Baird's Sandpiper, 143 Forster's Tern, 175 Buff-bellied Hummingbird, 223 Red-breasted Merganser, 34 Wood Stork, 73 Rough-legged Hawk, 105 Little Stint, 139 Royal Tern, 172 Family Alcedinidae Masked Duck, 35 Family Fregatidae Ferruginous Hawk, 104 Least Sandpiper, 141 Sandwich Tern, 173 Ringed Kingfisher, 225 Ruddy Duck, 35 Magnificent Frigatebird, 68 Family Rallidae White-rumped Sandpiper, 143 Elegant Tern, 173 Belted Kingfisher, 224 Family Cracidae Family Sulidae Yellow Rail, 117 Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 146 Black Skimmer, 180 Green Kingfisher, 225 Plain Chachalaca, 38 Masked Booby, 66 Black Rail, 117 Pectoral Sandpiper, 142 Family Columbidae Family Picidae Family Numididae Brown Booby, 66 King Rail, 115 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 140 Rock Pigeon, 191 Lewis's Woodpecker, 228 Helmeted Guineafowl, 37 Red-footed Booby, 67 Clapper Rail, 114 Western Sandpiper, 140 White-crowned Pigeon, 192 Red-headed Woodpecker, 228 Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 229 Black Phoebe, 258 Bahama Swallow, 292 Rufous-backed Robin, 318 Yellow-throated Warbler, 359 Painted Bunting, 396 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 229 Eastern Phoebe, 258 Bank Swallow, 291 American Robin, 317 Prairie Warbler, 355 Dickcissel, 398 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 227 Say's Phoebe, 259 Barn Swallow, 288 Varied Thrush, 316 Black-throated Gray Warbler, 360 Family Icteridae Red-naped Sapsucker, 227 Vermilion Flycatcher, 259 Cliff Swallow, 289 Family Mimidae Townsend's Warbler, 360 Bobolink, 406 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 232 Dusky-capped Flycatcher, 260 Cave Swallow, 289 Gray Catbird, 324 Hermit Warbler, 360 Red-winged Blackbird, 403 Downy Woodpecker, 230 Ash-throated Flycatcher, 260 Family Paridae Curve-billed Thrasher, 326 Golden-cheeked Warbler, 361 Western Meadowlark, 407 Hairy Woodpecker, 231 Great Crested Flycatcher, 261 Carolina Chickadee, 294 Brown Thrasher, 325 Black-throated Green Warbler, 361 Eastern Meadowlark, 407 Red-cockaded Woodpecker, 232 Brown-crested Flycatcher, 261 Black-capped Chickadee, 294 Long-billed Thrasher, 325 Rufous-capped Warbler, 363 Yellow-headed Blackbird, 403 American Three-toed Woodpecker, La Sagra's Flycatcher, 262 Mountain Chickadee, 295 Sage Thrasher, 324 Golden-crowned Warbler, 363 Rusty Blackbird, 400 233 Great Kiskadee, 267 Boreal Chickadee, 295 Bahama Mockingbird, 323 Canada Warbler, 362 Brewer's Blackbird, 400 Black-backed Woodpecker, 233 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, 267 Eurasian Blue Tit, 297 Northern Mockingbird, 323 Wilson's Warbler, 362 Common Grackle, 401 Northern Flicker, 234 Piratic Flycatcher, 267 Great Tit, 297 Family Sturnidae Painted Redstart, 363 Boat-tailed Grackle, 402 Pileated Woodpecker, 235 Tropical Kingbird, 264 Juniper Titmouse, 297 European Starling, 328 Yellow-breasted Chat, 338 Great-tailed Grackle, 402 Ivory-billed Woodpecker, xvi Couch's Kingbird, 264 Tufted Titmouse, 296 Common Myna, 327 Family Thraupidae Shiny Cowbird, 404 Family Falconidae Cassin's Kingbird, 265 Black-crested Titmouse, 296 Hill Myna, 327 White-collared Seedeater, 364 Bronzed Cowbird, 404 Crested Caracara, 236 Western Kingbird, 265 Family Remizidae Family Motacillidae Bananaquit, 365 Brown-headed Cowbird, 405 Eurasian Kestrel, 240 Eastern Kingbird, 263 Verdin, 298 American Pipit, 332 Western Spindalis, 365 Orchard Oriole, 408 American Kestrel, 240 Gray Kingbird, 263 Family Aegithalidae Sprague's Pipit, 332 Family Emberizidae Hooded Oriole, 408 Merlin, 241 Loggerhead Kingbird, 262 Bushtit, 298 Family Bombycillidae Botteri's Sparrow, 372 Bullock's Oriole, 409 Aplomado Falcon, 239 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 266 Family Sittidae Bohemian Waxwing, 330 Cassin's Sparrow, 372 Spot-breasted Oriole, 411 Gyrfalcon, 237 Fork-tailed Flycatcher, 266 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 301 Cedar Waxwing, 330 Bachman's Sparrow, 373 Altamira Oriole, 410 Peregrine Falcon, 238 Family Tityridae White-breasted Nuthatch, 299 Family Ptiliogonatidae Grasshopper Sparrow, 378 Audubon's Oriole, 410 Prairie Falcon, 239 Rose-throated Becard, 251 Pygmy Nuthatch, 300 Phainopepla, 331 Baird's Sparrow, 378 Baltimore Oriole, 409 Family Cacatuidae Family Laniidae Brown-headed Nuthatch, 300 Family Calcariidae Henslow's Sparrow, 379 Scott's Oriole, 411 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, 242 Loggerhead Shrike, 269 Family Certhiidae Lapland Longspur, 335 Le Conte's Sparrow, 379 Family Fringillidae Family Psittaculidae Northern Shrike, 269 Brown Creeper, 301 Chestnut-collared Longspur, 334 Nelson's Sparrow, 380 Pine Grosbeak, 413 Cockatiel, 242 Family Vireonidae Family Troglodytidae Smith's Longspur, 335 Saltmarsh Sparrow, 380 House Finch, 415 Rose-ringed Parakeet, 243 White-eyed Vireo, 271 Rock Wren, 306 McCown's Longspur, 334 Seaside Sparrow, 381 Purple Finch, 414 Budgerigar, 242 Thick-billed Vireo, 271 Canyon Wren, 307 Snow Bunting, 333 Olive Sparrow, 370 Cassin's Finch, 414 Rosy-faced Lovebird, 243 Bell's Vireo, 270 House Wren, 305 Family Parulidae American Tree Sparrow, 374 Red Crossbill, 416 Family Psittacidae Black-capped Vireo, 270 Pacific Wren, 304 Ovenbird, 339 Chipping Sparrow, 375 White-winged Crossbill, 417 Monk Parakeet, 243 Gray Vireo, 274 Winter Wren, 305 Worm-eating Warbler, 339 Clay-colored Sparrow, 375 Common Redpoll, 418 White-winged Parakeet, 245 Yellow-throated Vireo, 273 Sedge Wren, 303 Louisiana Waterthrush, 340 Field Sparrow, 374 Hoary Redpoll, 419 Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, 245 Plumbeous Vireo, 272 Marsh Wren, 304 Northern Waterthrush, 340 Brewer's Sparrow, 376 Pine Siskin, 417 Red-crowned Parrot, 246 Cassin's Vireo, 272 Carolina Wren, 303 Bachman's Warbler, xvi Black-throated Sparrow, 371 Lesser Goldfinch, 420 Lilac-crowned Parrot, 246 Blue-headed Vireo, 273 Bewick's Wren, 306 Golden-winged Warbler, 343 Lark Sparrow, 385 American Goldfinch, 420 Red-lored Parrot, 247 Hutton's Vireo, 274 Cactus Wren, 307 Blue-winged Warbler, 343 Lark Bunting, 385 European Goldfinch, 421 Yellow-headed Parrot, 246 Warbling Vireo, 275 Family Poiioptilidae Black-and-white Warbler, 342 Fox Sparrow, 384 Yellow-fronted Canary, 421 Turquoise-fronted Parrot, 247 Philadelphia Vireo, 275 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 308 Prothonotary Warbler, 341 Dark-eyed Junco, 386 Evening Grosbeak, 413 White-fronted Parrot, 246 Red-eyed Vireo, 276 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher, 308 Swainson's Warbler, 341 White-crowned Sparrow, 388 Family Passeridae Mealy Parrot, 247 Yellow-green Vireo, 277 Family Cinclidae Tennessee Warbler, 344 Golden-crowned Sparrow, 389 House Sparrow, 423 Orange-winged Parrot, 247 Black-whiskered Vireo, 276 American Dipper, 312 Orange-crowned Warbler, 344 Harris's Sparrow, 388 Eurasian Tree Sparrow, 423 Carolina Parakeet, xvi Family Corvidae Family Pycnonotidae Nashville Warbler, 345 White-throated Sparrow, 389 Family Estrildidae Dusky-headed Parakeet, 245 Gray Jay, 282 Red-vented Bulbul, 310 Virginia's Warbler, 345 Vesper Sparrow, 376 Scaly-breasted Munia, 422 Nanday Parakeet, 245 Brown Jay, 281 Red-whiskered Bulbul, 310 Connecticut Warbler, 346 Savannah Sparrow, 377 Tricolored Munia, 421 Blue-and-yellow Macaw, 247 Green Jay, 281 Family Regulidae Gray-crowned Yellowthroat, 348 Song Sparrow, 383 Family Viduidae Chestnut-fronted Macaw, 247 Pinyon Jay, 282 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 309 MacGillivray's Warbler, 347 Lincoln's Sparrow, 382 Pin-tailed Whydah, 421 Blue-crowned Parakeet, 243 Steller's Jay, 279 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 309 Mourning Warbler, 347 Swamp Sparrow, 382 Family Ploceidae Green Parakeet, 244 Blue Jay, 279 Family Muscicapidae Kentucky Warbler, 346 Canyon Towhee, 369 Orange Bishop, 422 Mitred Parakeet, 244 Florida Scrub-Jay, 280 Northern Wheatear, 312 Common Yellowthroat, 348 Rufous-crowned Sparrow, 371 Red-masked Parakeet, 244 Western Scrub-Jay, 280 Family Turdidae Hooded Warbler, 349 Green-tailed Towhee, 370 White-eyed Parakeet, 244 Black-billed Magpie, 283 Eastern Bluebird, 321 American Redstart, 349 Spotted Towhee, 369 Checklist for the Family Tyrannidae Clark's Nutcracker, 283 Western Bluebird, 321 Kirtland's Warbler, 352 Eastern Towhee, 368 Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet, American Crow, 285 Mountain Bluebird, 320 Cape May Warbler, 350 Family Cardinalidae 251 Tamaulipas Crow, 286 Townsend's Solitaire, 320 Cerulean Warbler, 350 Summer Tanager, 393 Eastern North America Olive-sided Flycatcher, 252 Fish Crow, 285 Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush, Northern Parula, 351 Scarlet Tanager, 392 © David Allen Sibley, published Western Wood-Pewee, 253 Chihuahuan Raven, 284 319 Tropical Parula, 351 Western Tanager, 392 by Alfred A. Knopf, 2016 Eastern Wood-Pewee, 253 Common Raven, 284 Veery, 313 Magnolia Warbler, 353 Crimson-collared Grosbeak, 395 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, 254 Family Alaudidae Gray-cheeked Thrush, 315 Bay-breasted Warbler, 354 Northern Cardinal, 391 version April 7, 2016 Acadian Flycatcher, 254 Horned Lark, 287 Bicknell's Thrush, 315 Blackburnian Warbler, 353 Pyrrhuloxia, 391 Alder Flycatcher, 255 Family Hirundinidae Swainson's Thrush, 314 Yellow Warbler, 357 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 394 Indicates native or Willow Flycatcher, 255 Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Hermit Thrush, 314 Chestnut-sided Warbler, 359 Black-headed Grosbeak, 394 Least Flycatcher, 256 291 Wood Thrush, 313 Blackpoll Warbler, 354 Blue Bunting, 395 naturalized species Hammond's Flycatcher, 257 Purple Martin, 292 Fieldfare, 319 Black-throated Blue Warbler, 352 Blue Grosbeak, 398 Indicates exotic species not Gray Flycatcher, 257 Brown-chested Martin, 292 Redwing, 319 Palm Warbler, 356 Lazuli Bunting, 397 naturalized Dusky Flycatcher, 256 Tree Swallow, 290 Clay-colored Thrush, 318 Pine Warbler, 355 Indigo Bunting, 397 Cordilleran Flycatcher, 257 Violet-green Swallow, 290 White-throated Thrush, 319 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 358 Varied Bunting, 396