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Checklist of Birds Of Fowl Sandpipers and Phalaropes Loons Field Checklist of Birds of Quail ____Upland Sandpiper ____Red-throated Loon Michigan’s Upper Peninsula ____Northern Bobwhite (A) ____Whimbrel (U) ____Pacific Loon (R) Pheasant, Grouse, and Turkey ____Hudsonian Godwit (U) ____Common Loon This checklist includes all 402 species observed within ____Ring-necked Pheasant ____Marbled Godwit (U) ____Yellow-billed Loon (A) Michigan’s Upper Peninsula as of 1 January 2017 that are ____Ruffed Grouse ____Ruddy Turnstone Frigates, Gannet, Cormorants, & Anhinga acceptable by Michigan Bird Records Committee ____Spruce Grouse ____Red Knot (U) ____Frigate sp. (A) standards. Species that have nested in the U.P. are ____Sharp-tailed Grouse ____Ruff (A) ____Northern Gannet italicized. Uncommon species are indicated by U, rare ____Greater Prairie-Chicken (E) ____Stilt Sandpiper (U) ____Double-crested Cormorant species by R, and accidental species (documented once or ____Wild Turkey ____Sanderling ____Anhinga (A) only a few times in the U.P. during the last ten years) by Grebes ____Dunlin Pelicans, Herons, and Ibises A. An E designates extirpated species, while extinct ____Pied-billed Grebe ____Purple Sandpiper (R) Pelicans ____Horned Grebe ____Baird’s Sandpiper ____American White Pelican species are indicated by t. The sequence of birds follows ____Red-necked Grebe ____Least Sandpiper ____Brown Pelican (A) the 57th Supplement to the American Ornithologists’ ____Eared Grebe (R) ____White-rumped Sandpiper (U) Bitterns, Herons, and Egrets Union’s Checklist. ____Western Grebe (R) ____Buff-breasted Sandpiper (U) ____American Bittern Pigeons and Doves ____Pectoral Sandpiper ____Least Bittern (R) Waterfowl ____Rock Pigeon ____Semipalmated Sandpiper ____Great Blue Heron Geese, Swans, Ducks, & Relatives ____Eurasian Collared-Dove (A) ____Western Sandpiper (R) ____Great Egret (U) Whistling-Ducks ____Short-billed Dowitcher ____Snowy Egret (R) ____Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (A) ____ Passenger Pigeon (t) ____Long-billed Dowitcher (R) ____Little Blue Heron (A) ____Fulvous Whistling-Duck (A) ____Inca Dove (A) ____Wilson’s Snipe ____Tricolored Heron (A) Geese and Swans ____Common Ground-Dove (A) ____American Woodcock ____Cattle Egret (R) ____Greater White-fronted Goose (R) ____White-winged Dove (R) ____Spotted Sandpiper ____Green Heron ____Snow Goose ____Mourning Dove ____Solitary Sandpiper ____Black-crowned Night-Heron (U) ____Ross’s Goose (R) Cuckoos ____Greater Yellowlegs ____Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (A) ____Brant (R) ____Yellow-billed Cuckoo ____Willet (U) Ibises ____Cackling Goose ____Black-billed Cuckoo ____Lesser Yellowlegs ____White Ibis (A) ____Canada Goose Nighthawks and Nightjars ____Wilson’s Phalarope (U) ____Glossy Ibis (A) ____Mute Swan ____Common Nighthawk ____Red-necked Phalarope (R) ____White-faced Ibis (A) ____Trumpeter Swan ____Chuck-will’s Widow (A) ____Red Phalarope (R) Vultures ____Tundra Swan (U) ____Eastern Whip-poor-will Jaegers Vultures Ducks and Mergansers Swifts and Hummingbirds ____Pomarine Jaeger (A) ____Black Vulture (R) ____Wood Duck ____Chimney Swift ____Parasitic Jaeger (U) ____Turkey Vulture ____Gadwall ____Mexican Violetear (A) ____Long-tailed Jaeger (R) Hawks and Allies ____Eurasian Wigeon (A) ____Ruby-throated Hummingbird Murres & Relatives Ospreys ____American Wigeon ____Anna’s Hummingbird (A) ____Ancient Murrelet (R) ____Osprey ____American Black Duck ____Rufous Hummingbird (A) Gulls_& Terns Kites, Eagles, & Hawks ____Mallard ____Broad-billed Hummingbird (A) ____Black-legged Kittiwake (R) ____Swallow-tailed Kite (A) ____Blue-winged Teal ____Berylline Hummingbird (A) ____Ross’s Gull (A) ____Mississippi Kite (R) ____Cinnamon Teal (A) Rails, Cranes, and Relatives ____Ivory Gull (A) ____Bald Eagle ____Northern Shoveler Rails, Gallinules, & Coots ____Sabine’s Gull (R) ____Northern Harrier ____Northern Pintail ____Yellow Rail (R) ____Bonaparte’s Gull ____Sharp-shinned Hawk ____Green-winged Teal ____Black Rail (A) ____Little Gull (R) ____Cooper’s Hawk ____Canvasback ____King Rail (A) ____Laughing Gull (R) ____Northern Goshawk ____Redhead ____Virginia Rail ____Franklin’s Gull (R) ____Red-shouldered Hawk ____Ring-necked Duck ____Sora ____Heermann’s Gull (A) ____Broad-winged Hawk ____Greater Scaup ____Purple Gallinule (A) ____Ring-billed Gull ____Short-tailed Hawk (A) ____Lesser Scaup ____Common Gallinule (A) ____California Gull (A) ____Swainson‘s Hawk (R) ____King Eider (A) ____American Coot ____Herring Gull ____Red-tailed Hawk ____Common Eider (A) Cranes ____Thayer’s Gull (U) ____Rough-legged Hawk ____Harlequin Duck (R) ____Sandhill Crane ____Iceland Gull (U) ____Ferruginous Hawk (A) ____Surf Scoter Shorebirds and Relatives ____Lesser Black-backed Gull (R) ____Golden Eagle (U) ____White-winged Scoter Stilts and Avocets ____Slaty-backed Gull (A) Owls ____Black Scoter ____American Avocet (R) ____Glaucous Gull Barn Owls ____Long-tailed Duck Plovers ____Great Black-backed Gull (U) ____Barn Owl (A) ____Bufflehead ____Black-bellied Plover ____Least Tern (A) Typical Owls ____Common Goldeneye ____American Golden-Plover ____Caspian Tern ____Eastern Screech-Owl (A) ____Barrow’s Goldeneye (A) ____Wilson’s Plover (A) ____Black Tern (U) ____Great Horned Owl ____Hooded Merganser ____Semipalmated Plover ____Common Tern ____Snowy Owl ____Common Merganser ____Piping Plover (U) ____Arctic Tern (A) ____Northern Hawk Owl (R) ____Red-breasted Merganser ____Killdeer ____Forster’s Tern ____Burrowing Owl (A) ____Ruddy Duck ____Barred Owl Larks Finches ____Great Gray Owl (U) ____Horned Lark ____Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (A) Towhees, Sparrows, & Relatives ____Long-eared Owl Swallows ____Pine Grosbeak ____Green-tailed Towhee (A) ____Short-eared Owl ____Purple Martin ____House Finch ____Spotted Towhee (R) ____Boreal Owl (R) ____Tree Swallow ____Purple Finch ____Eastern Towhee ____Northern Saw-whet Owl ____Violet-green Swallow (A) ____Red Crossbill ____Cassin’s Sparrow (A) Kingfishers ____Northern Rough-winged Swallow ____White-winged Crossbill ____American Tree Sparrow ____Belted Kingfisher ____Bank Swallow ____Common Redpoll ____Chipping Sparrow Woodpeckers ____Cave Swallow (R) ____Hoary Redpoll (U) ____Clay-colored Sparrow ____Lewis’s Woodpecker (A) ____Cliff Swallow ____Pine Siskin ____Brewer’s Sparrow (A) ____Red-headed Woodpecker ____Barn Swallow ____American Goldfinch ____Field Sparrow ____Red-bellied Woodpecker Chickadees and Titmice ____Evening Grosbeak ____Vesper Sparrow ____Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ____Black-capped Chickadee Longspurs and Snow Bunting ____Lark Sparrow (U) ____Downy Woodpecker ____Boreal Chickadee ____Lapland Longspur ____Black-throated Sparrow (A) ____Hairy Woodpecker ____Tufted Titmouse (A) ____Chestnut-collared Longspur (A) ____Lark Bunting (R) ____American Three-toed Woodpecker (R) Nuthatches ____Smith’s Longspur (R) ____Savannah Sparrow ____Black-backed Woodpecker ____Red-breasted Nuthatch ____McCown’s Longspur (A) ____Grasshopper Sparrow (U) ____Northern Flicker ____White-breasted Nuthatch ____Snow Bunting ____Henslow’s Sparrow (R) ____Pileated Woodpecker Creepers Warblers ____Le Conte’s Sparrow (U) Falcons ____Brown Creeper ____Ovenbird ____Nelson’s Sparrow (R) ____American Kestrel Wrens ____Worm-eating Warbler (A) ____Fox Sparrow ____Merlin ____Rock Wren (A) ____Louisiana Waterthrush (A) ____Song Sparrow ____Gyrfalcon (R) ____House Wren ____Northern Waterthrush ____Lincoln’s Sparrow ____Peregrine Falcon ____Winter Wren ____Golden-winged Warbler ____Swamp Sparrow ____Prairie Falcon (A) ____Sedge Wren ____Blue-winged Warbler (R) ____White-throated Sparrow Songbirds ____Marsh Wren ____Black-and-white Warbler ____Harris’s Sparrow (U) Flycatchers ____Carolina Wren (U) ____Prothonotary Warbler (R) ____White-crowned Sparrow ____Olive-sided Flycatcher Gnatcatchers ____Tennessee Warbler ____Golden-crowned Sparrow (A) ____Eastern Wood-Pewee ____Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ____Orange-crowned Warbler ____Dark-eyed Junco ____Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Kinglets ____Lucy’s Warbler (A) Cardinals, Tanagers, Grosbeaks, & Relatives ____Acadian Flycatcher (A) ____Golden-crowned Kinglet ____Nashville Warbler ____Hepatic Tanager (A) ____Alder Flycatcher ____Ruby-crowned Kinglet ____Virginia’s Warbler (A) ____Summer Tanager (U) ____Willow Flycatcher (U) Old World Flycatchers ____Connecticut Warbler (U) ____Scarlet Tanager ____Least Flycatcher ____Northern Wheatear (A) ____Mourning Warbler ____Western Tanager (R) ____Eastern Phoebe Thrushes ____Kentucky Warbler (A) ____Northern Cardinal ____Say’s Phoebe (R) ____Eastern Bluebird ____Common Yellowthroat ____Rose-breasted Grosbeak ____Vermilion Flycatcher (A) ____Mountain Bluebird (A) ____Hooded Warbler (A) ____Blue Grosbeak (R) ____Ash-throated Flycatcher (A) ____Townsend’s Solitaire (U) ____American Redstart ____Painted Bunting (R) ____Great Crested Flycatcher ____Veery ____Kirtland’s Warbler ____Indigo Bunting ____ Tropical Kingbird (A) ____Gray-cheeked Thrush ____Cape May Warbler ____Dickcissel (R) ____Western Kingbird (R) ____Swainson’s Thrush ____Cerulean Warbler (R) Blackbirds & Relatives ____Eastern Kingbird ____Hermit Thrush ____Northern Parula ____Bobolink ____Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (R) ____Wood Thrush ____Magnolia Warbler ____Red-winged Blackbird ____Fork-tailed Flycatcher (A) ____American Robin ____Bay-breasted Warbler ____Eastern Meadowlark Shrikes ____Varied Thrush (U) ____Blackburnian Warbler ____Western Meadowlark (U) ____Loggerhead Shrike (R) Mimics ____Yellow Warbler ____Yellow-headed Blackbird (U) ____Northern Shrike ____Gray Catbird ____Chestnut-sided Warbler ____Rusty Blackbird Vireos ____Brown
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