Bird Species Observed in 54 ___ Pied-billed Grebe B W 118 ___ Western Sandpiper t 182 ___ White-tailed Kite t 55 ___ Horned Grebe B W 119 ___ Short-billed Dowitcher t 183 ___ Golden Eagle B W Montana through July 2018 56 ___ Red-necked Grebe B W 120 ___ Long-billed Dowitcher t 184 ___ Northern Harrier B W Notes: B = Verified breeding records 57 ___ Eared Grebe B W 121 ___ American Woodcock t w 185 ___ Sharp-shinned Hawk B W Western Grebe 122 ___ Wilson’s Snipe B W 186 ___ Cooper’s Hawk B W b = Indirect evidence of breeding 58 ___ B W 59 ___ Clark’s Grebe B 123 ___ Spotted Sandpiper B w 187 ___ Northern Goshawk B W t = No evidence of breeding, transient 60 ___ Rock Pigeon B W 124 ___ Solitary Sandpiper B 188 ___ Bald Eagle B W W = Verified overwinter records (12/15-2/15) 61 ___ Band-tailed Pigeon t 125 ___ Lesser Yellowlegs t 189 ___ Mississippi Kite t w = Present during winter season 62 ___ Eurasian Collared-Dove B W 126 ___ Willet B 190 ___ Red-shouldered Hawk t Species with fewer than 20 accepted records are in blue italics 63 ___ Inca Dove t 127 ___ Greater Yellowlegs t w 191 ___ Broad-winged Hawk t 64 ___ White-winged Dove t 128 ___ Wood Sandpiper t 192 ___ Swainson’s Hawk B w 1 ___ Snow Goose t w 65 ___ Mourning Dove B W 129 ___ Wilson’s Phalarope B 193 ___ Red-tailed Hawk B W 2 ___ Ross’s Goose t w 66 ___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo b 130 ___ Red-necked Phalarope t 194 ___ Rough-legged Hawk t W 3 ___ Greater White-fronted Goose t w 67 ___ Black-billed Cuckoo B 131 ___ Red Phalarope t 195 ___ Ferruginous Hawk B W 4 ___ Brant t 68 ___ Common Nighthawk B 132 ___ Pomarine Jaeger t 196 ___ Barn Owl B W 5 ___ Cackling Goose t W 69 ___ Common Poorwill B 133 ___ Parasitic Jaeger t 197 ___ Flammulated Owl B 6 ___ Canada Goose B W 70 ___ Eastern/Mexican Whip-poor-will t 134 ___ Long-tailed Jaeger t 198 ___ Western Screech-Owl B W 7 ___ Mute Swan B W 71 ___ Black Swift B 135 ___ Long-billed Murrelet t 199 ___ Eastern Screech-Owl B W 8 ___ Trumpeter Swan B W 72 ___ Chimney Swift B 136 ___ Ancient Murrelet t w 200 ___ Great Horned Owl B W 9 ___ Tundra Swan t W 73 ___ Vaux’s Swift B 137 ___ Black-legged Kittiwake t w 201 ___ Snowy Owl t W 10 ___ Wood Duck B W 74 ___ White-throated Swift B 138 ___ Sabine’s Gull t 202 ___ Northern Hawk Owl B W 11 ___ Baikal Teal t 75 ___ Ruby-throated Hummingbird B 139 ___ Bonaparte’s Gull t 203 ___ Northern Pygmy-Owl B W 12 ___ Garganey t 76 ___ Black-chinned Hummingbird B 140 ___ Little Gull t 204 ___ Burrowing Owl B w 13 ___ Blue-winged Teal B w 77 ___ Anna’s Hummingbird t W 141 ___ Ross’s Gull t 205 ___ Barred Owl B W 14 ___ Cinnamon Teal B W 78 ___ Costa’s Hummingbird t 142 ___ Laughing Gull t 206 ___ Great Gray Owl B W 15 ___ Northern Shoveler B W 79 ___ Broad-tailed Hummingbird B 143 ___ Franklin’s Gull B 207 ___ Long-eared Owl B W 16 ___ Gadwall B W 80 ___ Rufous Hummingbird B 144 ___ Mew Gull t W 208 ___ Short-eared Owl B W 17 ___ Eurasian Wigeon t w 81 ___ Calliope Hummingbird B 145 ___ Ring-billed Gull B W 209 ___ Boreal Owl B W 18 ___ American Wigeon B W 82 ___ Yellow Rail b 146 ___ Western Gull t 210 ___ Northern Saw-whet Owl B W 19 ___ Mallard B W 83 ___ Virginia Rail B W 147 ___ California Gull B W 211 ___ Belted Kingfisher B W 20 ___ American Black Duck t w 84 ___ Sora B w 148 ___ Herring Gull B W 212 ___ Lewis’s Woodpecker B W 21 ___ Northern Pintail B W 85 ___ Common Gallinule t 149 ___ Iceland Gull t W 213 ___ Red-headed Woodpecker B w 22 ___ Green-winged Teal B W 86 ___ American Coot B W 150 ___ Lesser Black-backed Gull t w 214 ___ Red-bellied Woodpecker t W 23 ___ Canvasback B W 87 ___ Sandhill Crane B W 151 ___ Glaucous-winged Gull t W 215 ___ Williamson’s Sapsucker B 24 ___ Redhead B W 88 ___ Whooping Crane t 152 ___ Glaucous Gull t W 216 ___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker t 25 ___ Ring-necked Duck B W 89 ___ Black-necked Stilt B 153 ___ Great Black-backed Gull t w 217 ___ Red-naped Sapsucker B w 26 ___ Tufted Duck t 90 ___ American Avocet B 154 ___ Least Tern B 218 ___ American Three-toed Woodpecker B W 27 ___ Greater Scaup t W 91 ___ Black-bellied Plover t 155 ___ Caspian Tern B 219 ___ Black-backed Woodpecker B W 28 ___ Lesser Scaup B W 92 ___ American Golden-Plover t 156 ___ Black Tern B 220 ___ Downy Woodpecker B W 29 ___ Harlequin Duck B W 93 ___ Snowy Plover b 157 ___ Common Tern B 221 ___ Hairy Woodpecker B W 30 ___ Surf Scoter t w 94 ___ Semipalmated Plover t 158 ___ Arctic Tern B 222 ___ White-headed Woodpecker t w 31 ___ White-winged Scoter t w 95 ___ Piping Plover B 159 ___ Forster’s Tern B 223 ___ Northern Flicker B W 32 ___ Black Scoter t w 96 ___ Killdeer B W 160 ___ Red-throated Loon t w 224 ___ Pileated Woodpecker B W 33 ___ Long-tailed Duck t W 97 ___ Mountain Plover B 161 ___ Pacific Loon t w 225 ___ Crested Caracara t 34 ___ Bufflehead B W 98 ___ Upland Sandpiper B 162 ___ Common Loon B W 226 ___ American Kestrel B W 35 ___ Common Goldeneye B W 99 ___ Whimbrel t 163 __ Yellow-billed Loon t w 227 ___ Merlin B W 36 ___ Barrow’s Goldeneye B W 100 ___ Long-billed Curlew B 164 __ Manx Shearwater t 228 ___ Gyrfalcon t W 37 ___ Hooded Merganser B W 101 ___ Hudsonian Godwit t 165 ___ Wood Stork t 229 ___ Peregrine Falcon B W 38 ___ Common Merganser B W 102 ___ Marbled Godwit B 166 ___ Double-crested Cormorant B w 230 ___ Prairie Falcon B W 39 ___ Red-breasted Merganser t W 103 ___ Ruddy Turnstone t 167 ___ American White Pelican B w 231 ___ Ash-throated Flycatcher t 40 ___ Ruddy Duck B W 104 ___ Black Turnstone t 168 ___ American Bittern B w 232 ___ Great Crested Flycatcher t 41 ___ California Quail B W 105 ___ Red Knot t 169 ___ Least Bittern t 233 ___ Cassin’s Kingbird B 42 ___ Chukar B W 106 ___ Sharp-tailed Sandpiper t 170 ___ Great Blue Heron B W 234 ___ Western Kingbird B 43 ___ Gray Partridge B W 107 ___ Stilt Sandpiper t 171 ___ Great Egret t 235 ___ Eastern Kingbird B 44 ___ Ring-necked Pheasant B W 108 ___ Curlew Sandpiper t 172 ___ Snowy Egret B 236 ___ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher t 45 ___ Ruffed Grouse B W 109 ___ Sanderling t 173 ___ Little Blue Heron t 237 ___ Olive-sided Flycatcher B 46 ___ Greater Sage-Grouse B W 110 ___ Dunlin t W 174 ___ Cattle Egret t 238 ___ Western Wood-Pewee B 47 ___ Spruce Grouse B W 111 ___ Purple Sandpiper t 175 ___ Green Heron t 239 ___ Eastern Wood-Pewee t 48 ___ Willow Ptarmigan w 112 ___ Baird’s Sandpiper t 176 ___ Black-crowned Night-Heron B 240 ___ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher t 49 ___ White-tailed Ptarmigan B W 113 ___ Least Sandpiper t 177 ___ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron t 241 ___ Alder Flycatcher B 50 ___ Dusky Grouse B W 114 ___ White-rumped Sandpiper t 178 ___ Glossy Ibis t 242 ___ Willow Flycatcher B 51 ___ Sharp-tailed Grouse B W 115 ___ Buff-breasted Sandpiper t 179 ___ White-faced Ibis B 243 ___ Least Flycatcher B 52 ___ Greater Prairie-Chicken b 116 ___ Pectoral Sandpiper t 180 ___ Turkey Vulture B w 244 ___ Hammond’s Flycatcher B 53 ___ Wild Turkey B W 117 ___ Semipalmated Sandpiper t 181 ___ Osprey B w 245 ___ Gray Flycatcher B 246 ___ Dusky Flycatcher B 310 ___ American Robin B W 374 ___ Eastern Meadowlark t 247 ___ Cordilleran Flycatcher B 311 ___ Varied Thrush B W 375 ___ Western Meadowlark B W CHECKLIST OF 248 ___ Eastern Phoebe t w 312 ___ Gray Catbird B w 376 ___ Orchard Oriole B 249 ___ Say’s Phoebe B w 313 ___ Curve-billed Thrasher t W 377 ___ Hooded Oriole t 250 ___ Vermilion Flycatcher w 314 ___ Brown Thrasher B W 378 ___ Bullock’s Oriole B w 251 ___ Loggerhead Shrike B W 315 ___ Sage Thrasher B 379 ___ Baltimore Oriole B MONTANA BIRDS 252 ___ Northern Shrike t W 316 ___ Northern Mockingbird B W 380 ___ Red-winged Blackbird B W 253 ___ White-eyed Vireo b 317 ___ European Starling B W 381 ___ Brown-headed Cowbird B w August 2018 254 ___ Bell’s Vireo* t 318 ___ Bohemian Waxwing b W 382 ___ Rusty Blackbird t W 255 ___ Yellow-throated Vireo t 319 ___ Cedar Waxwing B W 383 ___ Brewer’s Blackbird B W 256 ___ Cassin’s Vireo B 320 ___ Siberian Accentor W 384 ___ Common Grackle B W 257 ___ Blue-headed Vireo t 321 ___ House Sparrow B W 385 ___ Great-tailed Grackle B W 258 ___ Plumbeous Vireo B 322 ___ American Pipit B W 386 ___ Ovenbird B 259 ___ Philadelphia Vireo t 323 ___ Sprague’s Pipit B 387 ___ Northern Waterthrush B 260 ___ Warbling Vireo B 324 ___ Brambling t W 388 ___ Golden-winged Warbler t 261 ___ Red-eyed Vireo B 325 ___ Evening Grosbeak B W 389 ___ Blue-winged Warbler t 262 ___ Canada Jay B W 326 ___ Pine Grosbeak B W 390 ___ Black-and-white Warbler B 263 ___ Pinyon Jay B W 327 ___ Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch B W 391 ___ Prothonotary Warbler t 264 ___ Steller’s Jay B W 328 ___ Black Rosy-Finch B W 392 ___ Tennessee Warbler B 265 ___ Blue Jay B W 329 ___ House Finch B W 393 ___ Orange-crowned Warbler B 266 ___ California Scrub-Jay t W 330 ___ Purple Finch t W 394 ___ Nashville Warbler B 267 ___ Clark’s Nutcracker B W 331 ___ Cassin’s Finch B W 395 ___ Virginia’s Warbler t 268 ___ Black-billed Magpie B W 332 ___ Common Redpoll t W 396 ___ Connecticut Warbler t 269 ___ American Crow B W 333 ___ Hoary Redpoll t W 397 ___ MacGillivray’s Warbler B 270 ___ Common Raven B W 334 ___ Red Crossbill B W 398 ___ Mourning Warbler t 271 ___ Horned Lark B W 335 ___ White-winged Crossbill B W 399 ___ Kentucky Warbler t 272 ___ Purple Martin B 336 ___ Pine Siskin B W 400 ___ Common Yellowthroat B w 273 ___ Tree Swallow B 337 ___ Lesser Goldfinch B W 401 ___ Hooded Warbler t 274 ___ Violet-green Swallow B 338 ___ American Goldfinch B W 402 ___ American Redstart B 275 ___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow B 339 ___ Lapland Longspur t W 403 ___ Cape May Warbler t 276 ___ Bank Swallow B 340 ___ Chestnut-collared Longspur B 404 ___ Northern Parula t 277 ___ Cliff Swallow B 341 ___ Smith’s Longspur t 405 ___ Magnolia Warbler t 278 ___ Barn Swallow B 342 ___ McCown’s Longspur B 406 ___ Bay-breasted Warbler t 279 ___ Black-capped Chickadee B W 343 ___ Snow Bunting t W 407 ___ Blackburnian Warbler t 280 ___ Mountain Chickadee B W 344 ___ Green-tailed Towhee B W 408 ___ Yellow Warbler B 281 ___ Chestnut-backed Chickadee B W 345 ___ Spotted Towhee B W 409 ___ Chestnut-sided Warbler b 282 ___ Boreal Chickadee B W 346 ___ Eastern Towhee t W 410 ___ Blackpoll Warbler t 283 ___ Red-breasted Nuthatch B W 347 ___ American Tree Sparrow t W 411 ___ Black-throated Blue Warbler t w 284 ___ White-breasted Nuthatch B W 348 ___ Chipping Sparrow B W 412 ___ Palm Warbler t w 285 ___ Pygmy Nuthatch B W 349 ___ Clay-colored Sparrow B 413 ___ Pine Warbler t w 286 ___ Brown Creeper B W 350 ___ Brewer’s Sparrow B 414 ___ Yellow-rumped Warbler B W 287 ___ Rock Wren B w 351 ___ Field Sparrow B 415 ___ Yellow-throated Warbler t w 288 ___ Canyon Wren B W 352 ___ Vesper Sparrow B w 416 ___ Prairie Warbler t Canyon Wren Photo by Bob Martinka 289 ___ House Wren B w 353 ___ Lark Sparrow B 417 ___ Black-throated Gray Warbler B w 290 ___ Pacific Wren B W 354 ___ Black-throated Sparrow t 418 ___ Townsend’s Warbler B 291 ___ Winter Wren t 355 ___ Sagebrush Sparrow B 419 ___ Black-throated Green Warbler t 292 ___ Sedge Wren B 356 ___ Lark Bunting B 420 ___ Canada Warbler t 293 ___ Marsh Wren B W 357 ___ Savannah Sparrow B w 421 ___ Wilson’s Warbler B w 294 ___ Carolina Wren t 358 ___ Grasshopper Sparrow B 422 ___ Painted Redstart t 295 ___ Bewick’s Wren b W 359 ___ Baird’s Sparrow B 423 ___ Summer Tanager t 296 ___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher B 360 ___ LeConte’s Sparrow B w 424 ___ Scarlet Tanager t 297 ___ American Dipper B W 361 ___ Nelson’s Sparrow B 425 ___ Western Tanager B 298 ___ Golden-crowned Kinglet B W 362 ___ Fox Sparrow B w 426 ___ Northern Cardinal t W 299 ___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet B W 363 ___ Song Sparrow B W 427 ___ Pyrrhuloxia t 300 ___ Eastern Bluebird B W 364 ___ Lincoln’s Sparrow B W 428 ___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak b w 301 ___ Western Bluebird B w 365 ___ Swamp Sparrow t W 429 ___ Black-headed Grosbeak B w 302 ___ Mountain Bluebird B w 366 ___ White-throated Sparrow t W 430 ___ Blue Grosbeak B 303 ___ Townsend’s Solitaire B W 367 ___ Harris’s Sparrow t W 431 ___ Lazuli Bunting B 304 ___ Veery B 368 ___ White-crowned Sparrow B W 432 ___ Indigo Bunting b 305 ___ Gray-cheeked Thrush t 369 ___ Golden-crowned Sparrow b w 433 ___ Painted Bunting t w 306 ___ Swainson’s Thrush B w 370 ___ Dark-eyed Junco B W 434 ___ Dickcissel B 307 ___ Hermit Thrush B W 371 ___ Yellow-breasted Chat B Montana Nongame 308 ___ Wood Thrush b 372 ___ Yellow-headed Blackbird B W * Bell’s Vireo not on official list but likely Wildlife Checkoff 309 ___ Fieldfare t w 373 ___ Bobolink B has occurred in Montana.