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Brant Branta Bernicla Review Cackling Goose Branta Hutchinsii Species Subspecies Scientific name Review Brant Branta bernicla Review Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Review Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Review American Black Duck Anas rubripes Review White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis Review Green-winged Teal “Common Teal" A.c. crecca Review King Eider Somateria spectabilis Review Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Review Common Merganser Mergus merganser Review Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus Review Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus Review Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Review Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Review Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa Review Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata Review Inca Dove Columbina inca Review Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana Review Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia Review White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi Review Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita Review Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus Review White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris Review Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi Review White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis Review Antillean Palm-Swift Tachornis phoenicobia Review Bahama Woodstar Nesophlox evelynae Review Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna Review Costa’s Hummingbird Calypte costae Review Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope Review Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin Review Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus Review Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris Review White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis Review Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis Review Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Review Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva Review Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus Review Greater Sand-Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Review Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus Review Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Review Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Review Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Review Surfbird Calidris virgata Review Ruff Calidris pugnax Review Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Review Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Review Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Review Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Review South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Review Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus Review Dovekie Alle alle Review Common Murre Uria aalge Review Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia Review Razorbill Alca torda Review Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Review Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Review Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica Review Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Review Sabine's Gull Xema sabini Review Gray-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Review Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Review Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Review Belcher's Gull Larus belcheri Review Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris Review Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni Review California Gull Larus californicus Review Herring Gull ”Vega Gull” L. a. vegae Review Iceland Gull "Nominate Iceland Gull" L. g. glaucoides Review Iceland Gull "Thayer's Gull" L. g. thayeri Review Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Review Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Review Sandwich Tern “Cayenne Tern” T. s. eurygnathus Review Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Review Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Review Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica Review Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Review European Storm-Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus Review Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Review Fea’s Petrel Pterodroma feae Review Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Review Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus Review Red-footed Booby Sula sula Review Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Review Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus Review Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber Review Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Review Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus Review Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Review Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus Review Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus Review Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis Review Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus Review Snowy Owl Bubo scandiaca Review Long-eared Owl Asio otus Review Stygian Owl Asio stygius Review Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus Review Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons Review Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Review American Kestrel "Cuban American Kestrel" F. s. sparveroides Review Elaenia species Elaenia sp. 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