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Family , 35 Flesh-footed Shearwater, 66 Cooper's Hawk, 98 Marbled Godwit, 135 Bonaparte's , 157 Burrowing , 217 American Three-toed Black-bellied Whistling-, 14 , 34 Great Shearwater, 66 Northern Goshawk, 99 Ruddy Turnstone, 136 Black-headed Gull, 156 Spotted Owl, 215 , 252 Fulvous Whistling-Duck, 14 Red-breasted Merganser, 34 Buller's Shearwater, 64 Bald Eagle, 111 Black Turnstone, 136 , 156 , 215 Black-backed Woodpecker, 252 , 3 , 35 Sooty Shearwater, 67 Common Black Hawk, 100 Great Knot, 137 Ross's Gull, 154 Great Gray Owl, 214 Northern Flicker, 253 Taiga Bean-Goose, 4 Numididae Short-tailed Shearwater, 67 Harris's Hawk, 100 Red Knot, 139 , 159 Long-eared Owl, 212 Gilded Flicker, 253 Tundra Bean-Goose, 4 Helmeted , 50 Manx Shearwater, 65 Gray Hawk, 101 Surfbird, 139 Franklin's Gull, 158 Short-eared Owl, 212 Pileated Woodpecker, 242 Greater White-fronted Goose, 4 Family Odontophoridae Black-vented Shearwater, 65 Red-shouldered Hawk, 102 Ruff, 148 Black-tailed Gull, 174 Boreal Owl, 216 Ivory-billed Woodpecker, xvi Graylag Goose, 3 Mountain , 39 Family Hydrobatidae Broad-winged Hawk, 103 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, 140 Heermann's Gull, 173 Northern Saw-whet Owl, 216 Family Falconidae Bar-headed Goose, 3 Scaled Quail, 39 Wilson's Storm-, 68 Short-tailed Hawk, 105 Stilt Sandpiper, 146 Mew Gull, 160 Family Caprimulgidae Crested Caracara, 254 , 8 Quail, 38 Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, 71 Swainson's Hawk, 104 Curlew Sandpiper, 144 Ring-billed Gull, 161 Lesser Nighthawk, 225 Eurasian Kestrel, 258 , 9 Gambel's Quail, 38 Leach's Storm-Petrel, 69 Zone-tailed Hawk, 101 Temminck's Stint, 145 , 168 Common Nighthawk, 224 American Kestrel, 258 Ross's Goose, 8 , 37 Ashy Storm-Petrel, 70 Red-tailed Hawk, 106 Long-toed Stint, 145 Yellow-footed Gull, 169 Common Poorwill, 222 Merlin, 259 , 5 Montezuma Quail, 37 Black Storm-Petrel, 70 Rough-legged Hawk, 109 Red-necked Stint, 145 , 162 Buff-collared Nightjar, 223 Eurasian Hobby, 258 , 3 Family Least Storm-Petrel, 71 Ferruginous Hawk, 108 Sanderling, 143 Herring Gull, 163 Mexican Whip-poor-will, 223 Aplomado Falcon, 257 , 6 Indian Peafowl, 50 Family Phaethontidae Family Rallidae Dunlin, 144 Thayer's Gull, 164 Family Apodidae Gyrfalcon, 255 , 7 Chukar, 40 Red-billed , 77 Yellow , 114 Rock Sandpiper, 138 Gull, 165 Black Swift, 226 Peregrine Falcon, 256 , 11 Himalayan Snowcock, 50 Red-tailed Tropicbird, 77 Black Rail, 114 Baird's Sandpiper, 141 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 171 Chimney Swift, 227 Prairie Falcon, 257 , 3 Red , 50 Family Ciconiidae Ridgway's Rail, 112 Little Stint, 145 Slaty-backed Gull, 170 Vaux's Swift, 227 Family Cacatuidae , 10 Golden , 50 Wood , 90 Virginia Rail, 113 Least Sandpiper, 143 Glaucous-winged Gull, 167 White-throated Swift, 226 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, 260 , 10 Ring-necked Pheasant, 41 Family Fregatidae Sora, 113 White-rumped Sandpiper, 141 , 166 Family Trochilidae Family Psittaculidae , 11 Gray , 40 Magnificent Frigatebird, 76 Purple Gallinule, 117 Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 148 Great Black-backed Gull, 172 Magnificent , 237 Cockatiel, 260 , 3 Ruffed , 46 Family Sulidae Common Gallinule, 117 Pectoral Sandpiper, 140 Aleutian , 177 Plain-capped Starthroat, 236 Rose-ringed Parakeet, 261 Ruddy , 15 Greater Sage-Grouse, 48 Masked Booby, 74 American , 116 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 142 Least Tern, 178 Blue-throated Hummingbird, 237 Budgerigar, 260 , 15 Gunnison Sage-Grouse, 48 Blue-footed Booby, 75 Family Gruidae Western Sandpiper, 142 Gull-billed Tern, 178 Lucifer Hummingbird, 234 Rosy-faced Lovebird, 261 , 15 Spruce Grouse, 44 Brown Booby, 74 Sandhill , 115 Short-billed Dowitcher, 147 Caspian Tern, 182 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Family Psittacidae , 15 Willow Ptarmigan, 43 Red-footed Booby, 75 Family Recurvirostridae Long-billed Dowitcher, 147 Black Tern, 177 231 Monk Parakeet, 261 , 17 Rock Ptarmigan, 42 Family Phalacrocoracidae Black-necked Stilt, 127 Jack Snipe, 149 , 180 Black-chinned Hummingbird, White-winged Parakeet, 262 , 15 White-tailed Ptarmigan, 43 Brandt's , 78 American Avocet, 127 Wilson's Snipe, 149 Arctic Tern, 181 231 Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, 262 , 18 Dusky Grouse, 45 Neotropic Cormorant, 80 Family Haematopodidae Common Snipe, 149 Forster's Tern, 179 Anna's Hummingbird, 230 Red-crowned , 264 , 23 Sooty Grouse, 45 Double-crested Cormorant, 80 American Oystercatcher, 126 American Woodcock, 150 Royal Tern, 182 Costa's Hummingbird, 230 Lilac-crowned Parrot, 264 Eurasian , 19 Sharp-tailed Grouse, 46 Red-faced Cormorant, 79 Black Oystercatcher, 126 Wilson's , 150 Sandwich Tern, 183 Broad-tailed Hummingbird, 232 Red-lored Parrot, 264 , 19 Greater Prairie-Chicken, 47 Pelagic Cormorant, 79 Family Red-necked Phalarope, 151 Elegant Tern, 183 Rufous Hummingbird, 233 Yellow-headed Parrot, 264 , 17 Lesser Prairie-Chicken, 47 Family Pelecanidae Black-bellied , 120 Red Phalarope, 151 Black Skimmer, 184 Allen's Hummingbird, 233 Turquoise-fronted Parrot, 264 , 16 Wild , 49 American White Pelican, 73 American Golden-Plover, 121 Family Stercorariidae Family Calliope Hummingbird, 232 White-fronted Parrot, 265 Blue-winged Teal, 20 Family Gaviidae Brown Pelican, 73 Pacific Golden-Plover, 121 South Polar Skua, 188 Rock Pigeon, 201 Broad-billed Hummingbird, 235 Thick-billed Parrot, 265 , 20 Red-throated , 54 Family Ardeidae Lesser Sand-Plover, 125 Pomarine Jaeger, 187 Band-tailed Pigeon, 202 Berylline Hummingbird, 236 Carolina Parakeet, xvi Northern , 21 Arctic Loon, 53 American Bittern, 87 Snowy Plover, 122 Parasitic Jaeger, 186 Passenger Pigeon, xvi Violet-crowned Hummingbird, Dusky-headed Parakeet, 262 White-cheeked Pintail, 15 Pacific Loon, 53 Least Bittern, 87 Wilson's Plover, 123 Long-tailed Jaeger, 185 Oriental -Dove, 202 234 Nanday Parakeet, 261 , 18 , 52 Great Blue Heron, 82 Common Ringed Plover, 125 Family Alcidae Eurasian Collared-Dove, 203 White-eared Hummingbird, 235 Blue-and-yellow Macaw, 265 , 21 Yellow-billed Loon, 52 Great Egret, 82 Semipalmated Plover, 122 Dovekie, 198 African Collared-Dove, 202 Family Trogonidae Chestnut-fronted Macaw, 265 , 23 Family Podicipedidae Snowy Egret, 83 Piping Plover, 123 Common Murre, 190 Spotted Dove, 203 Eared Quetzal, 240 Blue-crowned Parakeet, 262 Green-winged Teal, 22 Least , 57 Little Blue Heron, 83 Killdeer, 124 Thick-billed Murre, 190 Inca Dove, 206 Elegant , 240 Mitred Parakeet, 263 Red-crested Pochard, 23 Pied-billed Grebe, 57 Tricolored Heron, 84 Mountain Plover, 124 Great Auk, xvi Common Ground-Dove, 205 Family Alcedinidae Red-masked Parakeet, 263 Rosy-billed Pochard, 23 , 55 Reddish Egret, 84 , 125 Black Guillemot, 191 Ruddy Ground-Dove, 205 Belted Kingfisher, 239 White-eyed Parakeet, 263 , 24 Red-necked Grebe, 54 Egret, 85 Family Scolopacidae Pigeon Guillemot, 191 White-winged Dove, 204 Green Kingfisher, 239 Family Tyrannidae , 24 Eared Grebe, 55 Green Heron, 85 Terek Sandpiper, 130 Long-billed Murrelet, 195 Mourning Dove, 204 Family Picidae Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet, , 23 Western Grebe, 56 Black-crowned Night-Heron, 86 Common Sandpiper, 130 Marbled Murrelet, 194 Family Cuculidae Lewis's Woodpecker, 243 268 Ring-necked Duck, 25 Clark's Grebe, 56 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, 86 Spotted Sandpiper, 129 Kittlitz's Murrelet, 194 Common , 209 Red-headed Woodpecker, 244 Tufted Flycatcher, 275 , 25 Family Phoenicopteridae Family Threskiornithidae Solitary Sandpiper, 129 Scripps's Murrelet, 192 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 208 Acorn Woodpecker, 243 Olive-sided Flycatcher, 274 , 26 American , 91 White Ibis, 88 Gray-tailed Tattler, 137 Guadalupe Murrelet, 192 Black-billed Cuckoo, 208 Gila Woodpecker, 244 Greater , 274 , 26 Chilean Flamingo, 91 Glossy Ibis, 89 Wandering Tattler, 137 Craveri's Murrelet, 193 Greater Roadrunner, 207 Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Western Wood-Pewee, 275 Steller's , 29 Greater Flamingo, 91 White-faced Ibis, 89 Spotted Redshank, 131 Ancient Murrelet, 193 Groove-billed Ani, 209 245 Eastern Wood-Pewee, 275 , 29 Lesser Flamingo, 91 Roseate Spoonbill, 88 Greater Yellowlegs, 128 Cassin's Auklet, 195 Family Tytonidae Red-bellied Woodpecker, 245 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, 271 , 28 Family Diomedeidae Family Cathartidae Common Greenshank, 131 Parakeet Auklet, 196 Barn Owl, 211 Williamson's Sapsucker, 246 Alder Flycatcher, 269 , 28 Laysan , 61 Black Vulture, 95 Willet, 130 Least Auklet, 197 Family Strigidae Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 247 Willow Flycatcher, 269 , 31 Black-footed Albatross, 60 Turkey Vulture, 95 Lesser Yellowlegs, 128 Whiskered Auklet, 197 Flammulated Owl, 219 Red-naped Sapsucker, 247 , 271 , xvi Short-tailed Albatross, 61 California Condor, 94 Wood Sandpiper, 131 Crested Auklet, 196 Western Screech-Owl, 218 Red-breasted Sapsucker, 246 Hammond's Flycatcher, 272 Surf , 30 Family Family Pandionidae Upland Sandpiper, 132 Rhinoceros Auklet, 198 Eastern Screech-Owl, 218 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Gray Flycatcher, 273 White-winged Scoter, 31 Northern Fulmar, 59 Osprey, 96 Eskimo Curlew, xvi Horned Puffin, 199 Whiskered Screech-Owl, 219 248 Dusky Flycatcher, 272 , 30 Murphy's Petrel, 62 Family Accipitridae Whimbrel, 132 Tufted Puffin, 199 , 213 Nuttall's Woodpecker, 248 Pacific-slope Flycatcher, 270 Long-tailed Duck, 27 Mottled Petrel, 63 White-tailed Kite, 97 Bristle-thighed Curlew, 132 Family Snowy Owl, 214 Downy Woodpecker, 250 Cordilleran Flycatcher, 270 Bufflehead, 33 Hawaiian Petrel, 62 Golden Eagle, 110 Long-billed Curlew, 133 Black-legged , 155 Northern Hawk Owl, 221 Hairy Woodpecker, 251 Buff-breasted Flycatcher, 273 Common , 32 Cook's Petrel, 63 Mississippi Kite, 97 Black-tailed Godwit, 134 Red-legged Kittiwake, 155 Northern Pygmy-Owl, 220 Arizona Woodpecker, 249 Black Phoebe, 276 Barrow's Goldeneye, 32 Streaked Shearwater, 66 Northern Harrier, 96 Hudsonian Godwit, 135 , 174 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, 221 White-headed Woodpecker, 249 , 276 , 23 Pink-footed Shearwater, 64 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 98 Bar-tailed Godwit, 134 Sabine's Gull, 154 Elf Owl, 217 Say's Phoebe, 277 Vermilion Flycatcher, 277 Cave Swallow, 306 Veery, 337 MacGillivray's Warbler, 370 Vesper Sparrow, 399 Common Redpoll, 443 Dusky-capped Flycatcher, 278 Family Paridae Gray-cheeked , 340 Mourning Warbler, 370 Savannah Sparrow, 400 Hoary Redpoll, 443 Ash-throated Flycatcher, 278 Black-capped Chickadee, 312 Swainson's Thrush, 339 Kentucky Warbler, 369 Song Sparrow, 410 Eurasian Siskin, 454 Nutting's Flycatcher, 280 Mountain Chickadee, 312 Hermit Thrush, 338 Common Yellowthroat, 371 Lincoln's Sparrow, 411 Siskin, 444 Great Crested Flycatcher, 279 Mexican Chickadee, 314 Wood Thrush, 337 Hooded Warbler, 376 Swamp Sparrow, 411 Lesser Goldfinch, 445 Brown-crested Flycatcher, 279 Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Eyebrowed Thrush, 341 American Redstart, 377 Canyon Towhee, 396 Lawrence's Goldfinch, 444 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, 280 314 Dusky Thrush, 341 Cape May Warbler, 377 Abert's Towhee, 397 American Goldfinch, 445 Piratic Flycatcher, 280 Boreal Chickadee, 313 Fieldfare, 341 Cerulean Warbler, 379 California Towhee, 396 European Goldfinch, 455 Tropical Kingbird, 282 Gray-headed Chickadee, 313 Rufous-backed Robin, 343 Northern Parula, 379 Rufous-crowned Sparrow, 397 Yellow-fronted Canary, 455 Couch's Kingbird, 282 Bridled Titmouse, 316 American Robin, 342 Magnolia Warbler, 378 Green-tailed Towhee, 395 Evening Grosbeak, 453 Cassin's Kingbird, 283 Titmouse, 315 Varied Thrush, 343 Bay-breasted Warbler, 383 Spotted Towhee, 394 Hawfinch, 453 Thick-billed Kingbird, 281 Juniper Titmouse, 315 Aztec Thrush, 340 Blackburnian Warbler, 378 Eastern Towhee, 395 Family Passeridae Western Kingbird, 283 Black-crested Titmouse, 316 Family Mimidae Yellow Warbler, 382 Little Bunting, 419 , 457 Eastern Kingbird, 281 Family Remizidae Gray Catbird, 347 Chestnut-sided Warbler, 381 Rustic Bunting, 419 Family Estrildidae Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 284 Verdin, 317 Curve-billed Thrasher, 350 Blackpoll Warbler, 383 Family Cardinalidae Orange-cheeked Waxbill, 455 Fork-tailed Flycatcher, 284 Family Aegithalidae Brown Thrasher, 349 Black-throated Blue Warbler, 381 Hepatic Tanager, 422 Bronze Mannikin, 455 Bushtit, 317 Bendire's Thrasher, 351 Palm Warbler, 385 Summer Tanager, 421 Scaly-breasted Munia, 456 Family Tityridae Family Sittidae California Thrasher, 348 Pine Warbler, 385 Scarlet Tanager, 423 Family Viduidae Rose-throated Becard, 268 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 318 Le Conte's Thrasher, 349 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 384 Western Tanager, 423 Pin-tailed Whydah, 457 Family Laniidae White-breasted Nuthatch, 319 Crissal Thrasher, 348 Yellow-throated Warbler, 380 Flame-colored Tanager, 422 Family Ploceidae Brown Shrike, 287 Pygmy Nuthatch, 318 Sage Thrasher, 351 Prairie Warbler, 385 , 424 Orange Bishop, 456 Loggerhead Shrike, 286 Family Certhiidae Northern Mockingbird, 347 Grace's Warbler, 380 Pyrrhuloxia, 424 Northern Shrike, 287 Brown Creeper, 320 Family Sturnidae Black-throated Gray Warbler, Yellow Grosbeak, 429 Family Vireonidae Family Troglodytidae European , 353 386 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 428 White-eyed Vireo, 289 Rock Wren, 326 Family Prunellidae Townsend's Warbler, 387 Black-headed Grosbeak, 428 Bell's Vireo, 288 Canyon Wren, 326 Siberian Accentor, 354 Hermit Warbler, 387 Blue Grosbeak, 425 Black-capped Vireo, 288 House Wren, 323 Family Motacillidae Black-throated Green Warbler, Lazuli Bunting, 427 Gray Vireo, 290 Pacific Wren, 324 Eastern Yellow Wagtail, 354 386 Indigo Bunting, 427 Yellow-throated Vireo, 289 Winter Wren, 324 White Wagtail, 355 Fan-tailed Warbler, 390 Varied Bunting, 426 Plumbeous Vireo, 290 Sedge Wren, 325 Red-throated Pipit, 356 Rufous-capped Warbler, 389 Painted Bunting, 426 Checklist for the Cassin's Vireo, 291 Marsh Wren, 325 American Pipit, 357 Canada Warbler, 388 Dickcissel, 425 Sibley Field Guide to of Blue-headed Vireo, 291 Carolina Wren, 322 Sprague's Pipit, 356 Wilson's Warbler, 388 Family Icteridae Hutton's Vireo, 289 Bewick's Wren, 322 Family Bombycillidae Red-faced Warbler, 389 Bobolink, 437 Western Warbling Vireo, 293 Cactus Wren, 327 Bohemian Waxwing, 358 Painted Redstart, 390 Red-winged Blackbird, 434 © David Allen Sibley, published Philadelphia Vireo, 293 Sinaloa Wren, 322 Cedar Waxwing, 358 Slate-throated Redstart, 390 Tricolored Blackbird, 435 by Alfred A. Knopf, 2016 Red-eyed Vireo, 292 Family Poiioptilidae Family Ptiliogonatidae Yellow-breasted Chat, 391 Western Meadowlark, 437 Yellow-green Vireo, 292 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 331 Gray Silky-flycatcher, 359 Family Thraupidae Eastern Meadowlark, 436 version April 7, 2016 Family Corvidae California Gnatcatcher, 330 Phainopepla, 359 White-collared Seedeater, 391 Yellow-headed Blackbird, 435 Gray Jay, 298 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher, 330 Family Peucedramidae Family Emberizidae Rusty Blackbird, 432 Indicates native or Black-throated Magpie-Jay, 301 Black-capped Gnatcatcher, 331 Olive Warbler, 363 Rufous-winged Sparrow, 397 Brewer's Blackbird, 432 Pinyon Jay, 299 Family Cinclidae Family Calcariidae Botteri's Sparrow, 398 Common Grackle, 433 naturalized Steller's Jay, 295 American Dipper, 329 Lapland Longspur, 361 Cassin's Sparrow, 398 Great-tailed Grackle, 433 Indicates exotic species Blue Jay, 295 Family Pycnonotidae Chestnut-collared Longspur, 360 Grasshopper Sparrow, 401 Bronzed Cowbird, 431 not naturalized Island Scrub-Jay, 297 Red-whiskered Bulbul, 335 Smith's Longspur, 361 Baird's Sparrow, 401 Brown-headed Cowbird, 431 Western Scrub-Jay, 296 Family Regulidae McCown's Longspur, 360 Le Conte's Sparrow, 402 Black-vented Oriole, 439 Mexican Jay, 297 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 332 Snow Bunting, 362 Nelson's Sparrow, 402 Orchard Oriole, 438 Black-billed Magpie, 300 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 332 McKay's Bunting, 363 , 403 Hooded Oriole, 438 Yellow-billed Magpie, 300 Family Phylloscopidae Family Parulidae Chipping Sparrow, 405 Streak-backed Oriole, 440 Clark's Nutcracker, 299 Dusky Warbler, 333 Ovenbird, 366 Clay-colored Sparrow, 405 Bullock's Oriole, 441 , 301 Yellow-browed Warbler, 333 Worm-eating Warbler, 367 Black-chinned Sparrow, 404 Baltimore Oriole, 441 Northwestern Crow, 301 Arctic Warbler, 333 Louisiana Waterthrush, 367 Field Sparrow, 403 Scott's Oriole, 439 Chihuahuan Raven, 302 Family Sylviidae Northern Waterthrush, 366 Brewer's Sparrow, 404 Family Fringillidae Common Raven, 302 Wrentit, 329 Bachman's Warbler, xvi Black-throated Sparrow, 407 Brambling, 451 Family Alaudidae Family Zosteropidae Golden-winged Warbler, 368 Five-striped Sparrow, 407 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, 446 Sky Lark, 303 Japanese White-eye, 335 Blue-winged Warbler, 368 Lark Sparrow, 418 Black Rosy-Finch, 447 Horned Lark, 304 Family Muscicapidae Black-and-white Warbler, 376 Lark Bunting, 418 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch, 447 Family Hirundinidae Bluethroat, 334 Prothonotary Warbler, 367 Fox Sparrow, 408 Pine Grosbeak, 452 Northern Rough-winged Red-flanked Bluetail, 335 Crescent-chested Warbler, 373 Dark-eyed Junco, 412 Eurasian Bullfinch, 454 Swallow, 309 Northern Wheatear, 334 Tennessee Warbler, 373 Yellow-eyed Junco, 415 House Finch, 449 Purple Martin, 310 Stonechat, 335 Orange-crowned Warbler, 372 White-crowned Sparrow, 416 Purple Finch, 448 , 308 Family Turdidae Colima Warbler, 374 Golden-crowned Sparrow, 417 Cassin's Finch, 449 Violet-green Swallow, 308 Eastern , 345 Lucy's Warbler, 374 Harris's Sparrow, 415 Common Rosefinch, 454 Bank Swallow, 309 , 345 Nashville Warbler, 375 White-throated Sparrow, 417 Oriental Greenfinch, 454 Barn Swallow, 306 , 344 Virginia's Warbler, 375 Sagebrush Sparrow, 406 Red Crossbill, 450 Cliff Swallow, 307 Townsend's , 344 Connecticut Warbler, 369 Bell's Sparrow, 406 White-winged Crossbill, 451