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Metro Bird Checklist Portland metropolitan area Sp Su F W N Redhead o - o o - Key Ring-necked duck c o c c - Bird Checklist Greater scaup r - r r - Lesser scaup c r u c - c – common Surf scoter r - r r - Seen or heard often in suitable habitat. Hard to White-winged scoter - - r r - miss. Bufflehead c r u c - u – uncommon Common goldeneye o - o u - Barrow’s goldeneye - - r r - Usually present in suitable habitat but not Hooded merganser u u u u n numerous. You’ll probably find at least one. Common merganser c u u c n o – occasional Red-breasted Irregular and hard to predict. May be secretive, merganser r - r o - Ruddy duck c o u c n low in number, or very local. You might find one if you’re in the right place at the right time. Pheasants, grouse and quail r – rare Ring-necked pheasant Very few seen each year and there may be some (introduced) u u u u n Ruffed grouse o o o o n years with no sightings. Lots of luck. California quail u u u u n n – nests in our region (N) Mountain quail r r r r n For the purposes of this checklist, spring (Sp) is Loons March through May; summer (Su) is June through Red-throated loon r - r r - August; fall (F) is August through October; winter Pacific loon r - r r - (W) is November through February. Common loon o r o o - If there has been a recent name change in the Grebes American Ornithologists Union’s Checklist of Pied-billed grebe u u u u n North American Birds, the authority for bird names Horned grebe r - r r - and classifications, the old name is in parentheses. Eared grebe r - r r - This checklist of the birds regularly seen Non-native birds are indicated by the word Western grebe u - o u - in the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan “introduced,” also in parentheses. Clark’s grebe r - r r - area was created by Metro Parks naturalist Pelicans and cormorants James Davis, based on the one by Harry American white pelican r o r r - Nehls in “Wild in the City.” For the latest Double-crested cormorant c o c c - information on bird sightings in the region, call the Audubon Society of Portland’s Sp Su F W N Herons, egrets and bitterns rare bird alert at (503) 292-6855 or visit American bittern u u u o n www.audubonportland.org for other birding Waterfowl Great blue heron c c c c n Greater-white-fronted Great egret u o u u n links. Send your suggestions for this checklist goose u - u r - Green heron o o o r n to James Davis at [email protected]. Snow goose u - u o - Black-crowned Ross’s goose r - r r - night-heron o r o o - Cackling goose u - c c - White-faced ibis r - r r - Canada goose c c c c n Brant o - o o - New world vultures Enjoy nature in Trumpeter swan o - - o - Turkey vulture c c c - n neighborhoods Tundra swan u - o c - Wood duck u u u c n Diurnal raptors Gadwall u r u c - Osprey c c u r n Eurasian wigeon o - u u - White-tailed kite r r r r American wigeon c r c c - Bald eagle u o u c n Mallard c c c c n Northern harrier u u u u n Blue-winged teal o o o r n Sharp-shinned hawk u o u u n Cinnamon teal u u u r n Cooper’s hawk u o u u n Northern shoveler c o c c n Northern goshawk r - r r - Northern pintail c r c c - Red-shouldered hawk r - r r - Green-winged teal c o c c - Red-tailed hawk c c c c n Canvasback u - o u - Rough-legged hawk o - o o - Checklist continued Sp Su F W N Sp Su F W N Sp Su F W N Golden eagle r - r r - Owls Larks American kestrel c c c c n Barn owl u u u u n Horned lark - - r r - Merlin o - o o - Western screech-owl u u u u n Peregrine falcon o o o o n Great horned owl u u u u n Swallows Northern pygmy-owl o o o o n Purple martin u u u - n Rails, coots and cranes Barred owl r r r r n Tree swallow c c c o n Virginia rail u u u o n Long-eared owl r r r r - Violet-green swallow c c c o n Sora u u u o n Short-eared owl o - - o - N. Rough-winged American coot c u c c n Northern saw-whet owl o o o o n swallow u u u - n Sandhill crane u r c c - Bank swallow r r r - n Nighthawks and relatives Cliff swallow c c c - n Shorebirds Common nighthawk r o o - n Barn swallow c c c o n Black-bellied plover o - o r - Semipalmated plover r r o - - Swifts and hummingbirds Chickadees and bushtit Killdeer c c c c n Vaux’s swift c c c - n Black-capped chickadee c c c c n Black-necked stilt r - r - - Black-chinned Mountain chickadee r r r r - American avocet r - r - - hummingbird r r - - - Chestnut-backed Greater yellowlegs u o u o - Anna’s hummingbird u u u u n chickadee c c c c n Lesser yellowlegs u o u - - Costa’s hummingbird r r r r - Bushtit c c c c n Solitary sandpiper o - r - - Rufous hummingbird c c u r n Spotted sandpiper u u u u n Nuthatches and creeper Whimbrel r - r - - Kingfishers Red-breasted nuthatch c c c c n Long-billed curlew r - r - - Belted kingfisher u u u u n White-breasted nuthatch u u u u n Marbled godwit r - r - - Brown creeper u u u u n Black turnstone r - r - - Woodpeckers Sanderling r - o r - Lewis’s woodpecker r - r r - Wrens Western sandpiper c o c o - Acorn woodpecker o o o o n Bewick’s wren c c c u n Least sandpiper c o c u - Red-breasted sapsucker o o o o n House wren u u u - n Baird’s sandpiper r r r - - Downy woodpecker c c c c n Winter wren c u u u n Pectoral sandpiper - r o - - Hairy woodpecker o o o o n Marsh wren c c c o n Dunlin c - o c - Northern flicker c c c c n Short-billed dowitcher o r o - - Pileated woodpecker u u u u n Dippers Long-billed dowitcher c o c u - American dipper r - - r - Wilson’s snipe (common Flycatchers snipe) u o u o n Olive-sided flycatcher u u u - n Kinglets Wilson’s phalarope o o o - - Western wood-pewee c c u - n Golden-crowned kinglet c c c c n Red-necked phalarope o - o - - Willow flycatcher u u u - n Ruby-crowned kinglet c - c c - Hammond’s flycatcher o o o - n Gulls and terns Dusky flycatcher r - r - Thrushes Franklin’s gull r - o r - Pacific-slope flycatcher c c u - n Western bluebird o o o o n Bonaparte’s gull o r o o - Black phoebe - - - r - Mountain bluebird r - - r - Mew gull u r u u - Say’s phoebe r - - r - Townsend’s solitaire r - r r - Ring-billed gull c o c c - Ash-throated flycatcher r r r - - Swainson’s thrush u c o - n California gull c o c c - Western kingbird o r r - n Hermit thrush o - r o - Herring gull u - u u - Eastern kingbird r r r - n American robin c c c c n Thayer’s gull u - o u - Varied thrush c o u c - Western gull o - o o - Shrikes Glaucous-winged gull c o c c n Northern shrike o - r o - Thrashers Glaucous gull r - - r - Northern mockingbird r - r r - Caspian tern u u u - - Vireos Forester’s tern r r r - - Cassin’s vireo (solitary Starlings vireo) o o o - n European starling Pigeons and doves Hutton’s vireo o o o o n (introduced) c c c c n Rock pigeon (rock dove, c c c c n Warbling vireo u u o - n introduced) Red-eyed vireo r o o - n Pipits and waxwings Band-tailed pigeon u u u o n American pipit u - u o - Mourning dove c c c u n Corvids Cedar waxwing u c c o n Steller’s jay c c c c n Parrots Western scrub-jay c c c c n Warblers Monk parakeet o o o o n Black-billed magpie r - r r - Orange-crowned warbler c c u r n (introduced) American crow c c c c n Nashville warbler u - r - - Common raven r - r r - Yellow warbler u u u r n Checklist continued Sp Su F W N Accidental or very rare birds Yellow-rumped warbler c o c o - These birds have been seen in our region a few Black-throated gray times but are basically out of their normal range. If warbler c u u r n one is spotted you can be sure it will be on the rare Townsend’s warbler c o u o - bird alert at the Audubon Society of Portland.
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