Seasonal codes
- Sp = Spring (March, April, May)
- Su = Summer (June, July, August)
- Fa = Fall (September, October, November)
- Wi = Winter (December, January, February)
Abundance codes
- C = Common (annual; you’re sure to see)
- U = Uncommon (annual; likely to see)
- R = Rare (annual; not guaranteed to see)
- I = Irregular (not annual, but multiple records)
- Ca = Casual (not annual; only a few records)
- Ac = Accidental (only one record ever in that season)
- Dashes indicate changes in status within a season
Bold* = Breeding | Sp | Su | Fa | Wi |
DUCKS, GEESE, and SWANS | ||||
Emperor Goose | C-I | Ca | I-C | C |
Snow Goose | Ca | Ac |
| Ac |
Greater White-fronted Goose | I |
| Ca | Ac |
Taiga Bean Goose or Tundra Bean Goose (unknown which species) | I |
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Brant | Ca | Ca | Ca | Ca |
Cackling Goose | C | Ca | U | Ac |
Tundra Swan (columbianus) | I | Ca | Ac |
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Tundra Swan (bewickii) | Ac |
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| Ca |
Whooper Swan | U-Ca |
| I | R |
Baikal Teal |
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| Ac |
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Garganey | Ca | Ca | Ac |
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Blue-winged Teal |
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| Ac |
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Northern Shoveler* | R | R | R | R |
Gadwall | I | Ca | I | I |
Falcated Duck | Ca | Ca | Ac | Ac |
Eurasian Wigeon | U | I | U | C |
American Wigeon | I | Ca | Ca | Ca |
Eastern Spot-billed Duck | Ca | Ca | Ac | Ca |
Mallard* | C | C | C | C |
Northern Pintail* | C | U | C | C |
Green-winged Teal (carolinensis) | I | Ca | Ac | Ac |
Green- winged Teal* (crecca) | C | C | C | C |
Canvasback | Ca | Ac | Ca | I |
Redhead |
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| Ac | Ac |
Common Pochard | Ca | Ca | Ac | Ca |
Ring-necked Duck | Ca | Ac |
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Tufted Duck | U | I | R | U |
Greater Scaup* | C | U | C | C |
Lesser Scaup | I | Ca | Ac | Ac |
Steller's Eider | I | Ac | Ca | I |
King Eider | Ca | Ca | Ca | Ca |
Common Eider* | U | C | U | U |
Harlequin Duck | C | U | C | C |
Surf Scoter | I | Ac | Ca | I |
White-winged Scoter | C | I | C | C |
Black Scoter | C | I | U | C |
Long-tailed Duck | U | I | U | C |
Bufflehead | C | I | U | C |
Common Goldeneye | C | R | U | C |
Barrow's Goldeneye | I | Ca |
| Ca |
Smew | I | Ca | Ca | I |
Hooded Merganser | Ca |
| Ac | Ca |
Common Merganser (americanus) or Goosander (merganser) | I | I | I | I |
Red-breasted Merganser* | C | C | C | C |
GROUSE | ||||
Rock Ptarmigan* | C | C | C | C |
GREBES | ||||
Horned Grebe | U | Ca | C | U |
Red-necked Grebe | C | Ca | C | C |
Western Grebe |
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| Ac |
CUCKOOS | ||||
Common Cuckoo |
| I | I |
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Oriental Cuckoo |
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| Ac |
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SWIFTS | ||||
Fork-tailed Swift |
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| Ac |
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RAILS and COOTS | ||||
American Coot |
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| Ac |
CRANES | ||||
Sandhill Crane | I | I | I |
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OYSTERCATCHERS | ||||
Black Oystercatcher* | C | C | C | U |
LAPWINGS and PLOVERS | ||||
Black-bellied Plover | Ca | Ca | Ca |
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Pacific Golden-Plover | C | R | U |
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Common Ringed Plover |
| Ac |
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Semipalmated Plover* | C | C | R |
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Lesser Sand-Plover | Ca | Ca | Ca |
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SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES, and ALLIES | ||||
Bristle-thighed Curlew | I | Ac |
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Whimbrel | I | Ca | Ca |
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Far Eastern Curlew | Ca | Ca |
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Bar-tailed Godwit | U | I | I |
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Black-tailed Godwit | Ca | Ac |
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Ruddy Turnstone | Ca-R | U | U-Ca |
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Black Turnstone |
| Ac | Ac |
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Great Knot |
| Ac |
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Red Knot | Ca | Ca | Ca | Ca |
Ruff | Ca | Ca | Ca |
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Broad-billed Sandpiper |
| Ac |
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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper |
| Ca | U |
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Temminck's Stint | Ca | Ac | Ca |
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Long-toed Stint | Ca | Ac | Ac |
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Red-necked Stint | I | Ca | I |
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Sanderling | U | R | U | C |
Dunlin | I | Ca | I | Ca |
Rock Sandpiper* | C | C | C | C |
Baird's Sandpiper | Ac | Ca | Ca |
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Little Stint | Ac | Ca | I |
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Least Sandpiper | Ca | Ac | Ac |
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Buff-breasted Sandpiper |
| Ca | Ca |
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Pectoral Sandpiper | Ca | Ac | R |
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Semipalmated Sandpiper | Ac |
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Western Sandpiper | Ca | I | I | Ac |
Long-billed Dowitcher | Ca |
| U |
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Common Snipe | R | Ca | Ca |
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Wilson's Snipe | R |
| Ca |
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Terek Sandpiper | Ca |
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Common Sandpiper | Ca |
| Ca |
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Gray-tailed Tattler | Ca | Ca | I |
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Wandering Tattler | U | R | R |
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Lesser Yellowlegs | Ac | Ca |
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Spotted Redshank | Ca |
| Ca |
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Common Greenshank | I | Ac | Ca |
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Greater Yellowlegs |
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| Ca |
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Wood Sandpiper | R | I | Ca | Ac |
Marsh Sandpiper |
| Ca | Ca |
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Red-necked Phalarope* | U | C | I |
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Red Phalarope | Ca | Ca | Ca |
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JAEGERS | ||||
Pomarine Jaeger | Ca | Ca |
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Parasitic Jaeger* | C | C | U |
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Long-tailed Jaeger |
| Ca |
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AUKS, MURRES, and PUFFINS | ||||
Common Murre* | U | R | U | R |
Thick-billed Murre | I | I | I | R |
Pigeon Guillemot* | C | C | C | C |
Long-billed Murrelet | Ac |
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Marbled Murrelet* | C | U | U | R |
Kittlitz's Murrelet* | C | U | R | R |
Ancient Murrelet | C | C | R | R |
Cassin's Auklet | Ca | Ca | Ca |
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Parakeet Auklet | Ca | Ac | Ca | Ca |
Least Auklet | Ca | Ca | Ca | Ca |
Whiskered Auklet* | Ca | Ca | Ca | Ca |
Crested Auklet | Ca | Ca | Ca | Ca |
Horned Puffin* | I-C | C | C-I | I |
Tufted Puffin* | I-C | C | C-I | I |
GULLS and TERNS | ||||
Black-legged Kittiwake | R | R | C | Ca |
Red-legged Kittiwake |
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| Ca |
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Sabine's Gull |
| Ac | Ac |
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Bonaparte's Gull | Ac |
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Black-headed Gull | R | I | Ca |
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Black-tailed Gull |
| Ac |
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Mew Gull (brachyrhynchus or kamstchatschensis) (unknown which species) | I | Ca | Ca | I |
Herring (Vega) Gull (vegae) | I | Ca | Ca | I |
Iceland Gull | Ac |
| Ca | R |
Slaty-backed Gull | Ca | Ac | Ca | Ca |
Glaucous-winged Gull* | C | C | C | C |
Glaucous Gull | R | Ca | Ca | R |
Aleutian Tern* | Ac-C | C | Ca |
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White-winged Tern |
| Ac |
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Common Tern |
| Ac | (Ac) |
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Arctic Tern* | Ac-C | C | U-Ac |
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LOONS | ||||
Red-throated Loon | I | I | I | Ca |
Arctic Loon | U | Ac | Ca | Ac |
Pacific Loon | U | Ca | R | I |
Common Loon* | C | C | U | R |
Yellow-billed Loon | Ca | Ca | Ca | Ca |
TUBENOSES | ||||
Laysan Albatross | R | Ca | R |
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Black-footed Albatross | Ca | Ca | Ca |
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Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel* | U | U | U |
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Leach's Storm-Petrel | R | R | R |
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Northern Fulmar | R | R | I |
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Cook's Petrel |
| Ac |
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Short-tailed Shearwater | R | R | R |
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Sooty Shearwater | R | R | R |
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CORMORANTS | ||||
Red-faced Cormorant* | U | U | U | U |
Pelagic Cormorant* | C | C | C | C |
Double-crested Cormorant | Ac |
| Ac | Ac |
HERONS, BITTERNS, and ALLIES | ||||
Great Egret | Ca | Ca | Ca | Ca |
Black-crowned Night-heron | Ac |
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OSPREYS | ||||
Osprey | Ca | Ca | Ac |
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HAWKS, EAGLES, and ALLIES | ||||
Northern Harrier | I |
| I | I |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk |
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| Ac | (Ac) |
Bald Eagle* | C | C | C | C |
Rough-legged Hawk |
| Ac | Ca | Ca |
OWLS | ||||
Snowy Owl | I | Ca | I | I |
Short-eared Owl* | U | U | U | U |
Boreal Owl | Ac |
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KINGFISHERS | ||||
Belted Kingfisher |
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| Ac |
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FALCONS | ||||
Eurasian Kestrel |
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| Ac | Ac |
Merlin |
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| Ca | I |
Gyrfalcon* | R | R | R | R |
Peregrine Falcon* (pealei) | U | U | C | U |
SHRIKES | ||||
Northern Shrike | Ca |
| Ca | Ca |
CROWS and JAYS | ||||
Common Raven* | C | C | C | C |
LARKS | ||||
Eurasian Skylark |
| Ca | Ca |
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SWALLOWS | ||||
Bank Swallow | Ca | Ca | Ca |
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Tree Swallow | Ca | Ca | Ac |
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Barn Swallow |
| Ca | Ac |
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Cliff Swallow | Ca |
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WRENS | ||||
Pacific Wren* | C | C | C | U |
LEAF WARBLERS | ||||
Wood Warbler |
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| Ac |
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Dusky or Naumann's Warbler (unknown which species) | Ac |
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Dusky Warbler | Ac | |||
Naumann's Warbler | Ca | |||
Kamchatka Leaf Warbler |
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| Ac |
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OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS and CHATS | ||||
Gray-streaked Flycatcher |
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| Ca |
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Siberian Rubythroat |
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| Ac |
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Taiga Flycatcher |
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| Ac |
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Northern Wheatear | Ca | Ac | Ca |
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THRUSHES | ||||
Hermit Thrush |
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| Ac |
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Eyebrowed Thrush | Ca | Ca | Ac |
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Dusky Thrush | (Ac) |
| Ca |
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American Robin |
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| Ac | Ac |
WAXWINGS | ||||
Bohemian Waxwing | Ca |
| Ca |
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WAGTAILS and PIPITS | ||||
Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Ca | Ac | Ca |
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Gray Wagtail | Ac |
| Ac |
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White Wagtail (lugens ) | I | Ca | Ca |
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Olive-backed Pipit | Ca |
| Ca |
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Red-throated Pipit |
| Ac |
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American Pipit | Ca | Ca | I | Ca |
FINCHES | ||||
Brambling | I | I | I |
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Hawfinch | I | Ca |
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Common Rosefinch |
| Ca |
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Pine Grosbeak |
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| Ca |
Asian Rosy-Finch |
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| Ac |
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch* | C | C | C | C |
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (littoralis) |
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| Ac |
Oriental Greenfinch |
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| Ca |
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Common Redpoll | I | Ca | I | I |
Hoary Redpoll | Ca | Ac | Ca | Ca |
Red Crossbill |
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| Ac |
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White-winged Crossbill |
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| Ac |
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Pine Siskin* | I | I | I | I |
LONGSPURS and SNOW BUNTINGS | ||||
Lapland Longspur* | Ac-C | C | C-Ac | Ac |
Snow Bunting* | C | C | C | C |
McKay's Bunting | Ca |
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| Ac |
OLD WORLD BUNTINGS | ||||
Rustic Bunting | Ca |
| Ca |
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NEW WORLD SPARROWS and ALLIES | ||||
American Tree Sparrow | Ac |
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Savannah Sparrow | Ca | Ca | Ca | |
Song Sparrow* | C | C | C | C |
White-crowned Sparrow | Ac | |||
Golden-crowned Sparrow | Ac | Ac | ||
Dark-eyed Junco |
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| Ac |
BLACKBIRDS | ||||
Rusty Blackbird | Ac |
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WOOD-WARBLERS | ||||
Yellow Warbler |
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| Ac |
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Blackpoll Warbler |
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| Ac |
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Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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| Ac |
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"HYPOTHETICAL" species needing more documentation | ||||
American Golden-plover | (Ac) |
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Bluethroat |
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| (Ac) |
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