Bird Life List  

 

Bird Life List:    Total US species:   558  (02/03/18)

 

  1. Tundra Swan
  2. Trumpeter Swan
  3. Greater White-fronted Goose
  4. Snow Goose
  5. Ross’ Goose
  6. Canada Goose
  7. Cackling Goose
  8. Mallard
  9. Mottled Duck
  10. American Black Duck
  11. Gadwall
  12. Green-winged Teal
  13. American Widgeon
  14. Northern Pintail
  15. Northern Shovelor
  16. Blue-winged Teal
  17. Cinnamon Teal
  18. Ruddy Duck
  19. Masked Duck
  20. Fulvous Whistling Duck
  21. Black-bellied Whistling Duck
  22. Wood Duck
  23. Canvasback
  24. Redhead
  25. Ring-necked Duck
  26. Lesser Scaup
  27. Common Eider
  28. Harlequin Duck added 6/11/17 - WA: Clallam Co; Entrance to Makah Indian Reservation
  29. White-winged Scoter
  30. Surf Scoter
  31. Barrow’s Goldeneye
  32. Common Goldeneye
  33. Bufflehead
  34. Common Merganser
  35. Red-breasted Merganser
  36. Hooded Merganser
  37. Plain Chacalaca
  38. Ring-necked Pheasant
  39. Chukar
  40. Wild Turkey
  41. Ruffed Grouse
  42. Spruce Grouse
  43. Sooty Grouse
  44. Dusky Grouse
  45. Lesser Prairie Chicken
  46. Greater Sage Grouse added 6/19/17 - OR: Malheur Co; on Three Forks Rd
  47. Gambel’s Quail
  48. California Quail
  49. Mountain Quail
  50. Northern Bobwhite
  51. Montezuma Quail
  52. Scaled Quail
  53. Common Loon
  54. Red-throated Loon
  55. Clark’s Grebe
  56. Western Grebe
  57. Red-necked Grebe
  58. Horned Grebe
  59. Eared Grebe
  60. Pied-billed Grebe
  61. Least Grebe
  62. Cory’s Shearwater
  63. Band-rumped Storm Petrel
  64. Leach’s Storm Petrel
  65. Magnificent Frigatebird
  66. American White Pelican
  67. Brown Pelican
  68. Northern Gannet
  69. Anhinga
  70. Neotropic Cormorant
  71. Double-crested Cormorant
  72. Brandt’s Cormorant
  73. Pelagic Cormorant
  74. Least Bittern
  75. American Bittern
  76. Black-crowned Night Heron
  77. Yellow-crowned Night Heron
  78. Green Heron
  79. Tricolored Heron
  80. Little Blue Heron
  81. Reddish Heron
  82. Cattle Egret
  83. Snowy Egret
  84. Great Egret
  85. Great Blue Heron
  86. Wood Stork
  87. Glossy Ibis
  88. White-faced Ibis
  89. White Ibis
  90. Roseate Spoonbill
  91. Turkey Vulture
  92. Black Vulture
  93. California Condor
  94. Osprey
  95. Mississippi Kite
  96. Swallow-tailed Kite
  97. White-tailed Kite
  98. Hook-billed Kite
  99. Northern Harrier
  100. Golden Eagle
  101. Bald Eagle
  102. Sharp-shinned Hawk
  103. Cooper’s Hawk
  104. Northern Goshawk
  105. Common Black Hawk
  106. Harris’ Hawk
  107. Zone-tailed Hawk
  108. Broad-winged Hawk
  109. Gray Hawk
  110. Short-tailed Hawk
  111. Red-shouldered Hawk
  112. Red-tailed Hawk
  113. Swainson’s Hawk
  114. Rough-legged Hawk
  115. Ferruginous Hawk
  116. White-tailed Hawk
  117. Aplomado Falcon
  118. Crested Caracara
  119. American Kestrel
  120. Merlin
  121. Prairie Falcon
  122. Peregrine Falcon
  123. Limpkin
  124. King Rail
  125. Clapper Rail
  126. Virginia Rail
  127. Sora
  128. Purple Gallinule
  129. Common Moorhen
  130. American Coot
  131. Sandhill Crane
  132. Whooping Crane
  133. Snowy Plover
  134. Piping Plover
  135. Wilson’s Plover
  136. Semipalmated Plover
  137. Killdeer
  138. Mountain Plover
  139. Black-bellied Plover
  140. American Golden Plover
  141. Northern Jacana
  142. Black Oystercatcher
  143. American Oystercatcher
  144. American Avocet
  145. Black-necked Stilt
  146. Marbled Godwit
  147. Hudsonian Godwit
  148. Whimberel
  149. Long-billed Curlew
  150. Willet
  151. Greater Yellowlegs
  152. Lesser Yellowlegs
  153. Solitary Sandpiper
  154. Spotted Sandpiper
  155. Wandering Tattler
  156. Wilson’s Phalarope
  157. Red-necked Phalarope
  158. Short-billed Dowitcher
  159. Long-billed Dowitcher
  160. Ruddy Turnstone
  161. Black Turnstone
  162. Surfbird
  163. Red Knot
  164. Sanderling
  165. Dunlin
  166. Semipalmated Sandpiper
  167. Western Sandpiper
  168. Least Sandpiper
  169. White-rumped Sandpiper
  170. Baird’s Sandpiper
  171. Upland Sandpiper
  172. Buff-breasted Sandpiper
  173. Stilt Sandpiper
  174. Common Snipe
  175. American Woodcock
  176. Heerman’s Gull
  177. Franklin’s Gull
  178. Laughing Gull
  179. Boneparte’s Gull
  180. Ring-billed Gull
  181. California Gull
  182. Herring Gull
  183. Western Gull
  184. Glaucous-winged Gull
  185. Great Black-backed Gull
  186. Sandwich Tern
  187. Royal Tern
  188. Caspian Tern
  189. Forster’s Tern
  190. Gull-billed Tern
  191. Common Tern
  192. Least Tern
  193. Black Tern
  194. Sooty Tern
  195. Black Skimmer
  196. Common Murre
  197. Black Guillemot
  198. Pigeon Guillemot
  199. Marbled Murrelet added 6/11/17 - WA: Clallam Co; Entrance to Makah Indian Reservation
  200. Rhinoceros Auklet added 6/11/17 - WA: Clallam Co; Cape Flattery
  201. Tufted Puffin added 6/11/17 - WA: Clallam Co; Cape Flattery
  202. Band-tailed Pigeon
  203. Red-billed Pigeon
  204. White-crowned Pigeon
  205. Rock Dove
  206. Mourning Dove
  207. Eurasian Collared Dove
  208. White-winged Dove
  209. Common Ground Dove
  210. Inca Dove
  211. White-tipped Dove
  212. Monk Parakeet
  213. Green Parakeet
  214. Red-crowned Parrot
  215. Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  216. Black-billed Cuckoo
  217. Greater Roadrunner
  218. Groove-billed Ani
  219. Barn Owl
  220. Long-eared Owl
  221. Short-eared Owl
  222. Great Horned Owl
  223. Barred Owl
  224. Spotted Owl
  225. Snowy Owl added 1/29/18 - TX: Ector Co; Odessa
  226. Eastern Screech-owl
  227. Western Screech-owl
  228. Whiskered Screech-owl
  229. Flammulated Owl
  230. Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
  231. Elf Owl
  232. Burrowing Owl
  233. Lesser Nighthawk
  234. Common Nighthawk
  235. Common Paraque
  236. Chuck-will’s-widow
  237. Eastern Whip-poor-will
  238. Mexican Whip-poor-will
  239. Buff-collared Nightjar
  240. Common Poorwill
  241. Black Swift
  242. Vaux’s Swift
  243. Chimney Swift
  244. White-throated Swift
  245. Buff-bellied Hummingbird
  246. Violet-crowned Hummingbird
  247. Lucifer Hummingbird
  248. Broad-billed Hummingbird
  249. White-eared Hummingbird
  250. Blue-throated Hummingbird
  251. Magnificent Hummingbird
  252. Plain-capped Starthroat
  253. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  254. Black-chinned Hummingbird
  255. Costa’s Hummingbird
  256. Anna’s Hummingbird
  257. Broad-tailed Hummingbird
  258. Calliope Hummingbird
  259. Rufous Hummingbird
  260. Allen’s Hummingbird
  261. Elegant Trogon
  262. Belted Kingfisher
  263. Ringed Kingfisher
  264. Green Kingfisher
  265. Amazon Kingfisher added 11/22/16 - TX: Webb Co; Laredo, Zacate Creek
  266. Red-headed Woodpecker
  267. Acorn Woodpecker
  268. White-headed Woodpecker
  269. Lewis’ Woodpecker
  270. Golden-fronted Woodpecker
  271. Red-bellied Woodpecker
  272. Gila Woodpecker
  273. Northern Flicker
  274. Gilded Flicker
  275. Williamson’s Sapsucker
  276. Red-breasted Sapsucker
  277. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  278. Red-naped Sapsucker
  279. Ladder-backed Woodpecker
  280. Red-cockaded Woodpecker
  281. Nuttall’s Woodpecker
  282. Arizona Woodpecker
  283. Downy Woodpecker
  284. Hairy Woodpecker
  285. Pileated Woodpecker
  286. Greater Pewee
  287. Olive-sided Flycatcher
  288. Eastern Wood-Pewee
  289. Western Wood-Pewee
  290. Acadian Flycatcher
  291. Willow Flycatcher
  292. Least Flycatcher
  293. Gray Flycatcher
  294. Hammond's Flycatcher
  295. Dusky Flycatcher
  296. Pacific-slope Flycatcher
  297. Cordilleran Flycatcher
  298. Buff-breasted Flycatcher
  299. Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
  300. Eastern Phoebe
  301. Black Phoebe
  302. Say’s Phoebe
  303. Vermillion Flycatcher
  304. Brown-crested Flycatcher
  305. Great Crested Flycatcher
  306. Ash-throated Flycatcher
  307. Dusky-capped Flycatcher
  308. Western Kingbird
  309. Cassin’s Kingbird
  310. Tropical Kingbird
  311. Couch’s Kingbird
  312. Eastern Kingbird
  313. Gray Kingbird
  314. Thick-billed Kingbird
  315. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
  316. Great Kiskadee
  317. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
  318. Rose-throated Becard
  319. Loggerhead Shrike
  320. Black-capped Vireo
  321. White-eyed Vireo
  322. Yellow-throated Vireo
  323. Bell’s Vireo
  324. Hutton’s Vireo
  325. Gray Vireo
  326. Blue-headed Vireo
  327. Plumbeous Vireo
  328. Red-eyed Vireo
  329. Philadephia Vireo
  330. Warbling Vireo
  331. Blue Jay
  332. Stellar’s Jay
  333. Gray Jay
  334. Clark’s Nutcracker
  335. Woodhouse's Scrub Jay
  336. California Scrub Jay
  337. Florida Scrub Jay
  338. Mexican Jay
  339. Pinyon Jay
  340. Brown Jay
  341. Green Jay
  342. Black-billed Magpie
  343. Yellow-billed Magpie
  344. Tamaulipas Crow
  345. American Crow
  346. Northwestern Crow added 6/11/17 - WA: Clallam Co; Cape Flattery
  347. Fish Crow
  348. Chihuahuan Raven
  349. Common Raven
  350. Horned Lark
  351. Tree Swallow
  352. Violet-green Swallow
  353. Purple Martin
  354. Bank Swallow
  355. Cliff Swallow
  356. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
  357. Barn Swallow
  358. Cave Swallow
  359. Wrentit
  360. Bridled Titmouse
  361. Oak Titmouse
  362. Juniper Titmouse
  363. Tufted Titmouse
  364. Black-crested Titmouse
  365. Black-capped Chickadee
  366. Carolina Chickadee
  367. Mexican Chickadee
  368. Mountain Chickadee
  369. Chestnut-backed Chickadee
  370. Verdin
  371. Bushtit
  372. Brown Creeper
  373. White-breasted Nuthatch
  374. Red-breasted Nuthatch
  375. Pygmy Nuthatch
  376. Brown-headed Nuthatch
  377. House Wren
  378. Winter Wren
  379. Pacific Wren added 6/10/17 - WA: King Co; Tinkham Campground
  380. Carolina Wren
  381. Bewick’s Wren
  382. Cactus Wren
  383. Rock Wren
  384. Canyon Wren
  385. Marsh Wren
  386. Sedge Wren
  387. American Dipper
  388. Golden-crowned Kinglet
  389. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  390. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  391. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
  392. Northern Wheatear
  393. Eastern Bluebird
  394. Western Bluebird
  395. Mountain Bluebird
  396. Townsend’s Solitaire
  397. Wood Thrush
  398. Veery
  399. Gray-cheeked Thrush
  400. Swainson’s Thrush
  401. Hermit Thrush
  402. Varied Thrush
  403. American Robin
  404. Clay-colored Robin
  405. Gray Catbird
  406. Northern Mockingbird
  407. Brown Thrasher
  408. Long-billed Thrasher
  409. Sage Thrasher
  410. Bendire’s Thrasher
  411. Curve-billed Thrasher
  412. California Thrasher
  413. Crissal Thrasher
  414. European Starling
  415. Common Myna
  416. American Pipit
  417. Sprague’s Pipit
  418. Cedar Waxwing
  419. Phainopepla
  420. Prothonotary Warbler
  421. Blue-winged Warbler
  422. Golden-winged Warbler
  423. Tennesee Warbler
  424. Orange-crowned Warbler
  425. Nashville Warbler
  426. Virginia’s Warbler
  427. Colima Warbler
  428. Lucy’s Warbler
  429. Northern Parula
  430. Tropical Parula
  431. Chestnut-sided Warbler
  432. Magnolia Warbler
  433. Yellow-rumped Warbler
  434. Black-and-white Warbler
  435. Black-throated Blue Warbler
  436. Cerulean Warbler
  437. Blackburnian Warbler
  438. Black-throated Gray Warbler
  439. Townsend’s Warbler
  440. Hermit Warbler
  441. Black-throated Green Warbler
  442. Golden-cheeked Warbler
  443. Grace’s Warbler
  444. Yellow-throated Warbler
  445. Kirtland's Warbler added 6/24/16 - MI: Crawford Co; tour route beginning at Hartwick Pines State Park
  446. Prairie Warbler
  447. Bay-breasted Warbler
  448. Blackpoll Warbler
  449. Pine Warbler
  450. Palm Warbler
  451. Yellow Warbler
  452. Mourning Warbler
  453. MacGillivray’s Warbler
  454. Kentucky Warbler
  455. Canada Warbler
  456. Wilson’s Warbler
  457. Hooded Warbler
  458. Worm-eating Warbler
  459. Swainson’s Warbler
  460. Ovenbird
  461. Louisiana Waterthrush
  462. Northern Waterthrush
  463. Common Yellowthroat
  464. Gray-crowned Yellowthroat (* San Ygnacio bird)
  465. Yellow-breasted Chat
  466. American Redstart
  467. Painted Redstart
  468. Red-faced Warbler
  469. Olive Warbler
  470. Summer Tanager
  471. Hepatic Tanager
  472. Scarlet Tanager
  473. Western Tanager
  474. Flame-colored Tanager
  475. White-collared Seedeater
  476. Olive Sparrow
  477. Green-tailed Towhee
  478. California Towhee
  479. Canyon Towhee
  480. Abert’s Towhee
  481. Eastern Towhee
  482. Spotted Towhee
  483. Bachman’s Sparrow
  484. Botteri’s Sparrow
  485. Cassin’s Sparrow
  486. Rufous-winged Sparrow
  487. Rufous-crowned Sparrow
  488. Field Sparrow
  489. Chipping Sparrow
  490. Clay-colored Sparrow
  491. Brewer’s Sparrow
  492. Lark Sparrow
  493. Black-chinned Sparrow
  494. Sage Sparrow
  495. Grasshopper Sparrow
  496. Henslow’s Sparrow
  497. LeConte’s Sparrow
  498. Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow
  499. Seaside Sparrow
  500. Fox Sparrow
  501. Lark Bunting
  502. Savannah Sparrow
  503. Lincoln’s Sparrow
  504. Song Sparrow
  505. Vesper Sparrow
  506. Swamp Sparrow
  507. Harris’ Sparrow
  508. White-throated Sparrow
  509. White-crowned Sparrow
  510. Golden-crowned Sparrow added 2/03/18 - TX: Guadalupe Co; Warbler Woods
  511. Dark-eyed Junco
  512. Yellow-eyed Junco
  513. Chestnut-collared Longspur
  514. McCown’s Longspur
  515. Smith’s Longspur
  516. Lapland Longspur
  517. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  518. Black-headed Grosbeak
  519. Northern Cardinal
  520. Pyrrhuloxia
  521. Dickcissel
  522. Blue Grosbeak
  523. Indigo Bunting
  524. Lazuli Bunting
  525. Painted Bunting
  526. Varied Bunting
  527. Blue Bunting
  528. Bobolink
  529. Eastern Meadowlark
  530. Western Meadowlark
  531. Yellow-headed Blackbird
  532. Red-winged Blackbird
  533. Common Grackle
  534. Boat-tailed Grackle
  535. Great-tailed Grackle
  536. Rusty Blackbird
  537. Brewer’s Blackbird
  538. Brown-headed Cowbird
  539. Bronzed Cowbird
  540. Orchard Oriole
  541. Hooded Oriole
  542. Baltimore Oriole
  543. Bullock’s Oriole
  544. Altamira Oriole
  545. Audubon’s Oriole
  546. Scott’s Oriole
  547. Black Rosy-Finch
  548. Purple Finch
  549. Cassin’s Finch
  550. House Finch
  551. Red Crossbill
  552. White-winged Crossbill
  553. Pine Grosbeak
  554. Pine Siskin
  555. American Goldfinch
  556. Lesser Goldfinch
  557. Evening Grosbeak
  558. House Sparrow

Mexico Bird List (Birds seen only in Mexico) 5 species

  1. Brown-backed Solitaire
  2. Maroon-fronted Parrot
  3. Rufous-capped Warbler
  4. Black-vented Oriole
  5. Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush

 

European Birds (Birds seen only in Europe) 22 species

 

  1. Great Cormorant
  2. Eurasian Coot
  3. White Stork
  4. Eurasian Kestrel
  5. Wood Pigeon
  6. Common Swift
  7. Great Spotted Woodpecker
  8. Blackbird
  9. Black Redstart
  10. Robin
  11. Mistle Thrush
  12. Blackcap
  13. Spotted Flycatcher
  14. Blue Tit
  15. Great Tit
  16. Marsh Tit
  17. Nuthatch
  18. Magpie
  19. Jay
  20. Carrion Crow
  21. Chaffinch
  22. Yellowhammer

Birds of Africa (Birds seen only in Africa) – 137 Species

 

  1.    Ostrich
  2.    Maribou Stork
  3.   South African Shellduck
  4.    Red-billed Teal
  5.    Secretarybird
  6.    White-backed Vulture
  7.     Lappet-faced Vulture
  8.     Bateleur
  9.    Tawny Eagle
  10. Booted Eagle
  11.   African Hawk Eagle
  12.   Martial Eagle
  13.    Black-chested Snake Eagle
  14.    Brown Snake Eagle
  15.     Augur Buzzard
  16.     Gabar Goshawk
  17.     Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk
  18. Little Sparrowhawk
  19.    Lanner Falcon
  20.     Red-necked Falcon
  21.    Rock Kestrel
  22.     Greater Kestrel
  23.     Pygmy Falcon
  24.     Red-billed Francolin
  25.     Orange River Francolin
  26.    Crested Francolin
  27.     Helmeted Guineafowl
  28.     Small Buttonquail
  29.    Kori Bustard
  30.     Ludwig’s Bustard
  31.     Red-crested Koorhan
  32.   Northern Black Koorhan
  33.    Rüppel’s Koorhan
  34.    Crowned Lapwing
  35.     Blacksmith Lapwing
  36.    Burchell’s Sandgrouse
  37.     Namaqua Sandgrouse
  38.    Rock Pigeon
  39.     Cape Turtle Dove
  40.    Laughing Dove
  41.     Emerald Spotted Wood Dove
  42.     Namaqua Dove
  43.    Rosy-faced Lovebird
  44.    Gray Go-Away-Bird
  45.    Spotted Eagle Owl
  46.     Alpine Swift
  47.   Bradfield’s Swift
  48.    Little Swift
  49.    African Palm Swift
  50.     White-backed Mousebird
  51.   Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
  52.     Lilac-breasted Roller
  53.     Purple Roller
  54.     Bradfield’s Hornbill
  55.    Montiero’s Hornbill
  56.     Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
  57.     Red-billed Hornbill
  58.     Damara Hornbill
  59.     Greater Scimitarbill
  60.     African Hoopoe
  61.     Acacia Pied Barbet
  62.     Cardinal Woodpecker
  63.     Golden-tailed Woodpecker
  64.   Bearded Woodpecker
  65. Monotonous Lark
  66.    Sabota Lark
  67.     Eastern Clapper Lark
  68.     Spike-heeled Lark
  69.     Red-capped Lark
  70.    Karoo Long-billed Lark
  71.    Rock Martin
  72.    Fork-tailed Drongo
  73.     Cape Crow
  74.     Ashy Tit
  75.     Carp’s Tit
  76.     Bare-cheeked Babbler
  77.     Southern Pied Babbler
  78.     African Red-eyed Bulbul
  79.   Groundscraper Thrush
  80.    Short-toed Rock Thrush
  81.     Familiar Chat
  82.     Anteating Chat
  83.     Tractrac Chat
  84.     Karoo Chat
  85.     Herero Chat
  86.    Mountain Wheatear
  87.     White-browed Scrub Robin
  88.     Kalahari Scrub Robin
  89.     Yellow-bellied Eromomela
  90.    Cape Penduline Tit
  91.    Rockrunner
  92.     Barred Wren Warbler
  93.    Gray-backed Camaroptera
  94.     Chestnut-vented Titbabbler
  95.     Long-billed Crombec
  96.     Desert Cisticola
  97.     Tinkling Cisticola
  98.     Black-chested Prinia
  99.     Marico Flycatcher
  100.    Pririt Batis
  101.   African Grassveld Pipit
  102.     Crimson-breasted Shrike
  103.    Common Fiscal
  104.    Brown-crowned Tchagra
  105.     White-crested Helmet Shrike
  106.   Southern White-crowned Shrike
  107.     Brubru
  108.     Black-backed Puffback
  109. White-tailed Shrike
  110.     Cape Glossy Starling
  111.     Burchell’s Starling
  112.     Pale-winged Starling
  113.     Scarlet-chested Sunbird
  114.     White-bellied Sunbird
  115.     Dusky Sunbird
  116.    Marico Sunbird
  117. Great Sparrow
  118.   Cape Sparrow
  119.     Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
  120.   Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
  121.   White-browed Sparrow-weaver
  122.     Sociable Weaver
  123.   Southern Masked Weaver
  124.   Lesser Masked Weaver
  125.     Red-billed Quelea
  126.     Shaft-tailed Wydah
  127.    Violet-eared Waxbill
  128.     Black-faced Waxbill
  129. Common Waxbill
  130.    Blue Waxbill
  131.     Red-headed Finch
  132.     Scaly-feathered Finch
  133.     Green-winged Pytilia
  134.     Yellow Canary
  135.     Black-throated Canary
  136.   Golden-breasted Bunting
  137. Cape Bunting
  138.    Larklike Bunting