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Navarro County Bird List Acadian Flycatcher American Avocet American Bittern American Coot Fulica American Crow Corvus American Navarro County Bird List Black Tern Chlidonias Cackling Goose Branta niger hutchinsii Acadian Flycatcher Black Vulture Coragyps Canada Goose Branta Empidonax virescens atratus canadensis American Avocet Black-and-white Canvasback Aythya Recurvirostra americana Warbler Mniotilta varia valisineria American Bittern Carolina Chickadee Botaurus lentiginosus Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Poecile carolinensis American Coot Fulica Carolina Wren americana Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Thryothorus ludovicianus American Crow Corvus Dendrocygna autumnalis Caspian Tern brachyrhynchos Hydroprogne caspia Black-billed Cuckoo American Golden- Coccyzus erythropthalmus Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Plover Pluvialis dominica Black-chinned Cave Swallow American Goldfinch Hummingbird Archilochus Petrochelidon fulva Spinus tristis alexandri Cedar Waxwing Falco Bombycilla cedrorum American Kestrel Black-crowned Night- sparverius Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Chimney Swift Chaetura American Pipit Anthus pelagica rubescens Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Chipping Sparrow American Redstart Spizella passerina Setophaga ruticilla Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens Chuck-will's-widow American Robin Turdus Antrostomus carolinensis migratorius Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea Cinnamon Teal Anas American Tree cyanoptera Sparrow Spizella arborea Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Clay-colored Sparrow American White Spizella pallida Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Pelican Pelecanus Polioptila caerulea Cliff Swallow erythrorhynchos Petrochelidon pyrrhonota American Wigeon Anas Blue-headed Vireo americana Vireo solitarius Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata Anhinga Anhinga anhinga Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Common Goldeneye Baird's Sandpiper Bucephala clangula Calidris bairdii Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Common Grackle Bald Eagle Haliaeetus Quiscalus quiscula leucocephalus Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus Common Ground- Baltimore Oriole Icterus Columbina passerina galbula Broad-winged Hawk Dove Buteo platypterus Common Loon Gavia Bank Swallow Riparia immer riparia Brown Creeper Certhia americana Common Nighthawk Barn Owl Tyto alba Chordeiles minor Brown Thrasher Barn Swallow Hirundo Toxostoma rufum Common Yellowthroat rustica Geothlypis trichas Brown-headed Barred Owl Strix varia Cowbird Molothrus ater Cooper's Hawk Accipiter Belted Kingfisher cooperii Megaceryle alcyon Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris Crested Caracara Bewick's Wren subruficollis Caracara cheriway Thryomanes bewickii Bufflehead Bucephala Dark-eyed Junco Junco Black Skimmer albeola hyemalis Rynchops niger Dickcissel Spiza Great Crested Killdeer Charadrius americana Flycatcher Myiarchus vociferus crinitus Double-crested King Rail Rallus elegans Cormorant Phalacrocorax Great Egret Ardea alba Ladder-backed auritus Great Horned Owl Bubo Woodpecker Picoides Downy Woodpecker virginianus scalaris Picoides pubescens Greater Roadrunner Lapland Longspur Dunlin Calidris alpina Geococcyx californianus Calcarius lapponicus Eared Grebe Podiceps Greater Scaup Aythya Lark Sparrow nigricollis marila Chondestes grammacus Eastern Bluebird Sialia Greater White-fronted Laughing Gull sialis Goose Anser albifrons Leucophaeus atricilla Eastern Kingbird Greater Yellowlegs Lazuli Bunting Tyrannus tyrannus Tringa melanoleuca Passerina amoena Eastern Meadowlark Great-tailed Grackle Le Conte's Sparrow Sturnella magna Quiscalus mexicanus Ammodramus leconteii Eastern Phoebe Green Heron Butorides Least Bittern Ixobrychus Sayornis phoebe virescens exilis Eastern Towhee Pipilo Green-tailed Towhee Least Flycatcher erythrophthalmus Pipilo chlorurus Empidonax minimus Eastern Whip-poor- Green-winged Teal Least Sandpiper will Antrostomus vociferus Anas crecca Calidris minutilla Eastern Wood-Pewee Hairy Woodpecker Least Tern Sternula Contopus virens Picoides villosus antillarum Eurasian Collared- Harris's Sparrow Lesser Scaup Aythya Dove Streptopelia decaocto Zonotrichia querula affinis European Starling Hermit Thrush Catharus Lesser Yellowlegs Sturnus vulgaris guttatus Tringa flavipes Field Sparrow Spizella Herring Gull Larus Lincoln's Sparrow pusilla argentatus Melospiza lincolnii Forster's Tern Sterna Hooded Merganser Little Blue Heron forsteri Lophodytes cucullatus Egretta caerulea Fox Sparrow Passerella Horned Grebe Podiceps Loggerhead Shrike iliaca auritus Lanius ludovicianus Franklin's Gull Horned Lark Eremophila Long-billed Dowitcher Leucophaeus pipixcan alpestris Limnodromus scolopaceus Gadwall Anas strepera House Finch Louisiana Haemorhous mexicanus Waterthrush Parkesia Glossy Ibis Plegadis motacilla falcinellus House Sparrow Passer Magnolia Warbler domesticus Golden-crowned Setophaga magnolia House Wren Troglodytes Kinglet Regulus satrapa Mallard Anas aedon Grasshopper Sparrow platyrhynchos Ammodramus savannarum Hudsonian Godwit Marbled Godwit Limosa Limosa haemastica fedoa Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Inca Dove Columbina inca Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris Great Blue Heron Ardea Indigo Bunting herodias Passerina cyanea McCown's Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa Merlin Falco columbarius Mississippi Kite Ictinia Pileated Woodpecker Ruby-throated mississippiensis Dryocopus pileatus Hummingbird Archilochus colubris Mottled Duck Anas Pine Siskin Spinus pinus fulvigula Pine Warbler Setophaga Ruddy Duck Oxyura Mourning Dove Zenaida pinus jamaicensis macroura Prairie Falcon Falco Ruddy Turnstone Nashville Warbler mexicanus Arenaria interpres Oreothlypis ruficapilla Prothonotary Warbler Rufous Hummingbird Neotropic Cormorant Protonotaria citrea Selasphorus rufus Phalacrocorax brasilianus Purple Gallinule Rusty Blackbird Northern Bobwhite Porphyrio martinicus Euphagus carolinus Colinus virginianus Purple Martin Progne Sandhill Crane Grus Northern Cardinal subis canadensis Cardinalis cardinalis Red-bellied Savannah Sparrow Northern Flicker Woodpecker Melanerpes Passerculus sandwichensis Colaptes auratus carolinus Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Northern Harrier Circus Red-breasted cyaneus Merganser Mergus serrator Scissor-tailed Northern Mockingbird Flycatcher Tyrannus Mimus polyglottos Red-breasted forficatus Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Northern Parula Sedge Wren Cistothorus Red-eyed Vireo Vireo Setophaga americana platensis olivaceus Northern Pintail Anas Redhead Aythya Semipalmated Plover acuta Charadrius semipalmatus americana Northern Rough- Red-headed Semipalmated winged Swallow Calidris pusilla Melanerpes Sandpiper Stelgidopteryx serripennis Woodpecker erythrocephalus Sharp-shinned Hawk Northern Shoveler Accipiter striatus Anas clypeata Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus Short-billed Dowitcher Northern Waterthrush Limnodromus griseus Buteo Parkesia noveboracensis Red-tailed Hawk jamaicensis Snow Goose Chen Olive-sided Flycatcher caerulescens Contopus cooperi Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Snowy Egret Egretta Orange-crowned thula Ring-billed Gull Larus Warbler Oreothlypis celata delawarensis Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus Orchard Oriole Icterus Ring-necked Duck spurius Aythya collaris Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Osprey Pandion haliaetus Rock Pigeon Columba livia Song Sparrow Melospiza Painted Bunting melodia Passerina ciris Roseate Spoonbill Sora Porzana carolina Palm Warbler Setophaga Platalea ajaja palmarum Rose-breasted Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Pectoral Sandpiper Grosbeak Pheucticus Calidris melanotos ludovicianus Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus Peregrine Falcon Falco Ross's Goose Chen peregrinus rossii Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii Pied-billed Grebe Ruby-crowned Kinglet Podilymbus podiceps Regulus calendula Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Summer Tanager White-rumped Piranga rubra Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni White-tailed Kite Elanus Swainson's Thrush leucurus Catharus ustulatus White-throated Swainson's Warbler Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Limnothlypis swainsonii White-winged Dove Swallow-tailed Kite Zenaida asiatica Elanoides forficatus White-winged Scoter Swamp Sparrow Melanitta fusca Melospiza georgiana Wild Turkey Meleagris Tennessee Warbler gallopavo Oreothlypis peregrina Willet Tringa semipalmata Tree Swallow Wilson's Phalarope Tachycineta bicolor Phalaropus tricolor Tricolored Heron Wilson's Snipe Egretta tricolor Gallinago delicata Tufted Titmouse Wilson's Warbler Baeolophus bicolor Cardellina pusilla Turkey Vulture Winter Wren Troglodytes Cathartes aura hiemalis Upland Sandpiper Wood Duck Aix sponsa Bartramia longicauda Wood Stork Mycteria Vesper Sparrow americana Pooecetes gramineus Yellow Warbler Virginia Rail Rallus Setophaga petechia limicola Yellow-bellied Warbling Vireo Vireo Sapsucker Sphyrapicus gilvus varius Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa Whimbrel Numenius violacea phaeopus Yellow-headed White Ibis Eudocimus Blackbird Xanthocephalus albus xanthocephalus White-breasted Yellow-rumped Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis Warbler Setophaga coronata White-crowned Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi .
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