2020 NATIONAL BIRD LIST

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Kingdom – ANIMALIA Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias ORDER: Charadriiformes Phylum – CHORDATA Snowy Egret Egretta thula Lapwings and Plovers (Charadriidae) Green Heron American Golden-Plover Subphylum – VERTEBRATA Black-crowned Night-heron Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Class - AVES Ibises and Spoonbills Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae) Family Group (Family Name) (Threskiornithidae) American Oystercatcher Common Name [Scientifc name Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae) is in italics] Black-necked Stilt ORDER: Anseriformes ORDER: Suliformes American Avocet Recurvirostra Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Anatidae) Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae) americana Black-bellied Whistling-duck Double-crested Cormorant Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies Snow Goose Phalacrocorax auritus (Scolopacidae) Canada Goose Branta canadensis Darters (Anhingidae) Spotted Sandpiper Trumpeter Swan Anhinga Anhinga anhinga Ruddy Turnstone Wood Duck Aix sponsa Frigatebirds (Fregatidae) Dunlin Calidris alpina Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magnifcent Frigatebird Wilson’s Snipe Northern Shoveler American Woodcock Scolopax minor Green-winged Teal ORDER: Ciconiiformes Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (Laridae) Canvasback Deep-water Waders (Ciconiidae) Laughing Gull Hooded Merganser Wood Stork Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Larus argentatus ORDER: Galliformes ORDER: Falconiformes Least Tern Sternula antillarum Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old Caracaras and Falcons (Falconidae) Caspian Tern World Quail (Phasianidae) Crested Caracara Black Tern *Ring-necked Pheasant American Kestrel Black Skimmer Rynchops niger Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Auks, Murres, and Puffns (Alcidae) Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Common Murre Uria aalge New World Quail (Odontophoridae) ORDER: Accipitriformes Tufted Puffn Northern Bobwhite Osprey (Pandionidae) Osprey Pandion haliaetus ORDER: Columbiformes ORDER: Gaviiformes Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae) Loons (Gaviidae) (Accipitridae) Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Red-throated Loon Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Common Ground-Dove Common Loon Gavia immer Northern Harrier *Rock Pigeon Columba livia Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii ORDER: Podicipediformes Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis ORDER: Cuculiformes Grebes (Podicipedidae) Golden Eagle Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps (Cuculidae) Red-necked Grebe ORDER: Cathartiformes Black-billed Cuckoo New World Vultures (Cathartidae) Greater Roadrunner ORDER: Procellariiformes Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Albatrosses (Diomedeidae) California Condor ORDER: Strigiformes Laysan Albatross Barn Owls (Tytonidae) Shearwaters and Petrels ORDER: Gruiformes Barn Owl Tyto alba (Procellariidae) Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae) Typical Owls (Strigidae) Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Sora Snowy Owl ORDER: Pelecaniformes Purple Gallinule Barred Owl Strix varia Pelicans (Pelecanidae) American Coot Screech Owl American White Pelican Cranes (Gruidae) Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Whooping Crane Grus americana Bitterns, Herons, and Allies (Ardeidae) American Bittern

1) Special Characters: indicates vocalizations that may be tested & * indicates an introduced, widespread Species 2) The taxonomic scheme is based upon the 7th edition Checklist of North American Birds, American Ornithologists’ Union, and www.allaboutbirds.org 2019 Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology. ©2020-B36 2020 NATIONAL BIRD LIST

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ORDER: Caprimulgiformes Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta Northern Cardinal Cardinalis Nightjars and Allies (Caprimulgidae) canadensis cardinalis Chuck-will’s-widow White-breasted Nuthatch Indigo Bunting Common Nighthawk Creepers (Certhiidae) Painted Bunting Passerina ciris Brown Creeper Certhia americana Scarlet Tanager ORDER: Apodiformes Wrens (Troglodytidae) Blackbirds (Icteridae) Swifts (Apodidae) Cactus Wren Bobolink Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Marsh Wren Red-winged Blackbird Hummingbirds (Trochilidae) Carolina Wren Western Meadowlark Ruby-throated Hummingbird Dippers (Cinclidae) Yellow-headed Blackbird American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus Common Grackle ORDER: Coraciiformes Kinglets (Regulidae) Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Kingfshers (Alcedinidae) Golden-crowned Kinglet Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Belted Kingfsher Megaceryle alcyon Ruby-crowned Kinglet Fringillids and Allies (Fringillidae) Gnatcatchers (Polioptilidae) Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra ORDER: Piciformes Blue-gray Gnatcatcher American Goldfnch Carduelis tristis Woodpeckers and Allies (Picidae) Thrushes (Turdidae) Evening Grosbeak Red-headed Woodpecker Eastern Bluebird House Finch Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Wood Thrush Pine Siskin Downy Woodpecker American Robin Turdus migratorius Old World Sparrows (Passeridae) Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Mockingbirds and Thrashers *House Sparrow Passer domesticus Pileated Woodpecker (Mimidae) Old World Starlings (Sturnidae) Gray Catbird *European Starling Sturnus vulgaris ORDER: Passeriformes Northern Mockingbird Mimus Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae) polyglottos Olive-sided Flycatcher Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Waxwings (Bombycillidae) Vermilion Flycatcher Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Great Crested Flycatcher Wood-Warblers (Parulidae) Eastern Kingbird Yellow Warbler Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia Shrikes (Laniidae) Yellow-rumped Warbler Loggerhead Shrike Black-throated Green Warbler Vireos (Vireonidae) Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta Warbling Vireo varia Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus American Redstart Jays and Crows (Corvidae) Ovenbird Steller’s Jay Kentucky Warbler Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Common Yellowthroat Black-billed Magpie New World Sparrow American Crow (Passerellidae) Common Raven Corvus corax Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus Larks (Alaudidae) Black-chinned Sparrow Horned Lark Lark Sparrow Swallows (Hirundinidae) Harris’s Sparrow Purple Martin White-crowned Sparrow Cliff Swallow Chipping Sparrow Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Chickadees and Titmice (Paridae) Longspurs and Buntings (Calcariidae) Black-capped Chickadee Lapland Longspur Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor Snow Bunting Nuthatches (Sittidae) Cardinals and Allies (Cardinalidae)

1) Special Characters: indicates vocalizations that may be tested & * indicates an introduced, widespread Species 2) The taxonomic scheme is based upon the 7th edition Checklist of North American Birds, American Ornithologists’ Union, and www.allaboutbirds.org 2019 Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology. ©2020-B37