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Species of Dead Birds in Which West Nile Virus Has Been Detected, United States, 1999-2012 Species of dead birds in which West Nile virus has been detected, United States, 1999-2012 Bird Species/Common Name Native/Exotic/Captive Bird Species/Common Name Native/Exotic/Captive Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill Exotic-Captive Cactus Wren Native Acorn Woodpecker Native California Condor Native African Grey Parrot Exotic-Captive California Gull Native African Penguin Exotic-Captive California Quail Native American Coot Native California Towhee Native American Crow Native Canada Goose Native American Dipper Native Canada Warbler Native American Goldfinch Native Canary-winged Parakeet Exotic-Captive American Kestrel Native Canvasback Native-Captive American Robin Native Carolina Chickadee Native American White Pelican Native Carolina Wren Native Anna's Hummingbird Native Caspian Tern Native Ash-throated Flycatcher Native Cassin's Finch Native Bald Eagle Native Cattle Egret Native Baltimore Oriole Native Cedar Waxwing Native Band-tailed Pigeon Native Chestnut-backed Chickadee Native Bank Swallow Native Chihuahuan Raven Native Barn Owl Native Chilean Flamingo Exotic-Captive Barn Swallow Native Chimney Swift Native Barred Owl Native Chinese Goose Exotic-Captive Belted Kingfisher Native Chipping Sparrow Native Black Phoebe Native Chukar Introduced Black Skimmer Native Cinereus Vulture Exotic-Captive Black Vulture Native Cinnamon Teal Native Black-billed Magpie Native Clapper Rail Native Black-capped Chickadee Native Clark's Grebe Native Black-capped Lory Exotic-Captive Clark's Nutcracker Native Black-chinned Hummingbird Native Cliff Swallow Native Black-chinned Sparrow Native Cockatiel Exotic-Captive Black-crowned Night Heron Native Cockatoo Exotic-Captive Black-headed Grosbeak Native Common Black-Hawk Native Blackpoll Warbler Native Common Canary Exotic-Captive Black-throated Blue Warbler Native Common Goldeneye Native-Captive Black-throated Gray Warbler Native Common Grackle Native Black-whiskered Vireo Native Common Ground-Dove Native Blue Jay Native Common Loon Native Blue-crowned Conure Exotic-Captive Common Merganser Native-Captive Blue-eared Pheasant Exotic-Captive Common Moorhen Native Blue-streaked Lory Exotic-Captive Common Murre Native Blythe's Tragopan Exotic-Captive Common Nighthawk Native Boat-tailed Grackle Native Common Peafowl Exotic-Captive Bobolink Native Common Raven Native Boreal Owl Native-Captive Common Yellowthroat Native Brewer's Blackbird Native Cooper's Hawk Native Broad-winged Hawk Native Costa's Hummingbird Native Bronzed Cowbird Native Crimson-fronted Parakeet Exotic-Captive Bronze-winged Duck Exotic-Captive Crimson Rosella Exotic-Captive Brown Thrasher Native Dark-eyed Junco Native Brown-headed Cowbird Native Dickcissel Native Budgerigar Exotic-Captive Domestic Chicken Exotic-Captive Bufflehead Native-Captive Double-crested Cormorant Native Bullock's Oriole Native Downy Woodpecker Native Burrowing Owl Native Dusky Lory Exotic-Captive Bushtit Native Eastern Bluebird Native Cackling Goose Native Eastern Kingbird Native Page 1 of 3 Bird Species/Common Name Native/Exotic/Captive Bird Species/Common Name Native/Exotic/Captive Eastern Phoebe Native Humboldt Penguin Exotic-Captive Eastern Screech-Owl Native Impeyan Pheasant Exotic-Captive Eastern Towhee Native Inca Dove Native Elegant Crested Tinamou Exotic-Captive Inca Tern Exotic-Captive Elf Owl Native Kentucky Warbler Native Emperor Goose Native-Captive Killdeer Native Emu Exotic-Captive Lark Sparrow Native Eurasian Collared-Dove Introduced Laughing Gull Native Eurasian Jay Exotic-Captive Lazuli Bunting Native Eurasian Wigeon Native Least Bittern Native European Goldfinch Exotic-Captive Least Tern Native European Starling Introduced LeConte's Thrasher Native Evening Grosbeak Native Lesser Goldfinch Native Ferruginous Hawk Native Lesser Nighthawk Native Field Sparrow Native Lesser Scaup Native Fish Crow Native Lewis' Woodpecker Native Flammulated Owl Native Limpkin Native Fox Sparrow Native Lincoln's Sparrow Native Gila Woodpecker Native Loggerhead Shrike Native Glaucous-winged Gull Native Long-eared Owl Native Golden Eagle Native Macaw Exotic-Captive Golden-crowned Sparrow Native MacGillivray's Warbler Native Gouldian Finch Exotic-Captive Mallard Native Gray Catbird Native Merlin Native Gray-cheeked Thrush Native Mexican Jay Native Great Black-backed Gull Native Micronesian Kingfisher Exotic-Captive Great Blue Heron Native Mississippi Kite Native Great Crested Flycatcher Native Monal Pheasant Exotic-Captive Great Egret Native Mottled Duck Native Great Gray Owl Native-Captive Mountain Bluebird Native Great Horned Owl Native Mountain Chickadee Native Greater Flamingo Exotic-Captive Mountain Quail Native Greater Prairie-Chicken Native Mourning Dove Native Greater Roadrunner Native Muscovy Duck Native-Captive Greater Sage-Grouse Native Mute Swan Introduced Greater Scaup Native Nashville Warbler Native Greater White-fronted Goose Native Northern Bobwhite Native Great-tailed Grackle Native Northern Cardinal Native Green Heron Native Northern Flicker Native Green-winged Teal Native-Captive Northern Goshawk Native Guanay Cormorant Exotic-Captive Northern Harrier Native Gyrfalcon Native-Captive Northern Hawk-Owl Native-Captive Hairy Woodpecker Native Northern Mockingbird Native Hammond's Flycatcher Native Northern Parula Native Harris' Hawk Native Northern Pintail Native-Captive Hawaiian Goose (Nene) Exotic-Captive Northern Saw-whet Owl Native Hermit Thrush Native Northern Waterthrush Native Herring Gull Native Nutmeg Mannikin Exotic-Captive Hooded Crow Exotic-Captive Nuttall's Woodpecker Native Hooded Merganser Native Oak Titmouse Native Hooded Oriole Native Olive-sided Flycatcher Native Hooded Warbler Native Orange-crowned Native House Finch Native Orchard Oriole Native House Sparrow Introduced Osprey Native House Wren Native Ovenbird Native Page 2 of 3 Bird Species/Common Name Native/Exotic/Captive Bird Species/Common Name Native/Exotic/Captive Pacific Parrotlet Exotic-Captive Sora Native Pacific-slope Flycatcher Native Spotted Owl Native-Captive Pale-headed Rosella Exotic-Captive Spotted Towhee Native Palm Tanager Exotic-Captive Steller's Jay Native Pelagic Cormorant Native Swainson's Hawk Native Peregrine Falcon Native Swainson's Thrush Native Pied-billed Grebe Native Swallow-tailed Kite Native Pine Siskin Native Swamp Sparrow Native Pinyon Jay Native Tawny Owl Exotic-Captive Piping Plover Native Tennessee Warbler Native Prairie Falcon Native Thayer's Gull Native Puna Teal Exotic-Captive Thick-billed Parrot Exotic-Captive Purple Finch Native Townsend's Warbler Native Purple Gallinule Native Tree Swallow Native Purple Martin Native Tricolored Blackbird Native Pygmy Nuthatch Native Tufted Titmouse Native Rainbow Lorikeet Exotic-Captive Tundra Swan Native Red Crossbill Native Turkey Vulture Native Red Lory Exotic-Captive Varied Thrush Native Red-bellied Woodpecker Native Varied Tit Exotic-Captive Red-breasted Goose Exotic-Captive Veery Native Red-breasted Nuthatch Native Violet-necked Lorikeet Exotic-Captive Red-breasted Sapsucker Native Virginia Rail Native Red-crowned Parrot Exotic-Captive Warbling Vireo Native Red-eyed Vireo Native Wedge-tailed Eagle Exotic-Captive Red-headed Woodpecker Native Western Bluebird Native Red-shouldered Hawk Native Western Kingbird Native Red-tailed Hawk Native Western Meadowlark Native Red-winged Blackbird Native Western Sandpiper Native Ring-billed Gull Native Western Screech-Owl Native Ringed Turtle-Dove Introduced Western Scrub-Jay Native Ring-necked Pheasant Introduced Western Tanager Native Rock Pigeon Introduced Whip-poor-will Native Rock Wren Native White-breasted Nuthatch Native Rose-breasted Grosbeak Native White-crowned Pigeon Native Rough-legged Hawk Native White-crowned Sparrow Native Ruby-throated Hummingbird Native White-faced Ibis Native Ruddy Duck Native White-tailed Kite Native Ruddy Turnstone Native White-winged Dove Native Ruffed Grouse Native Whooping Crane Native-Captive Rufous Hummingbird Native Wild Turkey Native Rusty Blackbird Native Willow Flycatcher Native Sandhill Crane Native Wilson's Warbler Native Satyr Tragopan Exotic-Captive Winter Wren Native Savannah Sparrow Native Wood Duck Native-Captive Scarlet Ibis Exotic-Captive Wood Thrush Native Scarlet Tanager Native Yellow Warbler Native Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Native Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Native Sharp-shinned Hawk Native Yellow-billed Cuckoo Native Short-eared Owl Native Yellow-billed Duck Exotic-Captive Smew Exotic-Captive Yellow-billed Magpie Native Snow Goose Native-Captive Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Native Snowy Egret Native Yellow-rumped Warbler Native Snowy Owl Native-Captive Yellow-throated Warbler Native Society Finch Exotic-Captive Zebra Finch Exotic-Captive Song Sparrow Native Zenaida Dove Exotic-Captive Page 3 of 3 .
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