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Avian photos by taxonomical order
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LoonsGrebesPelicansCormorants, Gannets, Boobies, FrigatebirdsDartersStorksBitterns and HeronsIbises and SpoonbillsSwans, Geese, and DucksAmerican VulturesKites, Eagles, and HawksFalconsPartridge, Pheasant, Grouse, Turkey, and QuailRails, Gallinules, and CootsCranesPloversStilts and AvocetsSandpipers and PhalaropesJaegers, Gulls, and TernsAuks / AlcidsPigeons and DovesCuckoo , Ani, RoadrunnerGoatsuckersTypical OwlsSwiftsHummingbirdsTrogonsKingfishersWoodpeckersTyrant FlycatchersLarksSwallowsJays, Magpies, and CrowsTitmice / Chickadee / VerdinNuthatches / CreeperWrensDippersThrushes, Kinglets, GnatcatchersSylvild WarblersMockingbird and ThrashersPipitsS ilky FlycatchersWaxwingsShrikesStarlingsVireosWood-WarblersCOEREBINAE - BananquitTanagersCardinals, Grosbeaks, and BuntingTowhees, Sparrows, Juncos, and LongspursMeadowlarks, Blackbirds, and OriolesFinchesOld World Sparrows
GAVIIDAE: Loons 2 species
PODICIPEDIDAE: Grebes 6 species
PELECANIDAE: Pelicans 2 species
PHALACROCORACIDAE, SULIDAE, FREGATIDAE: Cormorants, Gannets, Boobies, Frigatebirds 7 species
ANHINGIDAE : Darters 1 species
CICONIIDAE: Storks 1 species
ARDEIDAE: Bitterns and Herons 10 species
THRESKIORNITHIDAE: Ibises and Spoonbills 4 species
ANATIDAE: Swans, Geese, and Ducks 35 species
- Tundra Swan
- Trumpeter Swan
- Mute Swan
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Snow Goose
- Ross' Goose
- Brant
- Canada Goose
- Cackling Goose
- Barnacle Goose
- Wood Duck
- Green-winged Teal
- Mallard
- Northern Pintail
- Blue-winged Teal
- Cinnamon Teal
- Northern Shoveler
- American Wigeon
- Gadwall
- Canvasback
- Redhead
- Ring-necked Duck
- Greater Scaup
- Lesser Scaup
- Harlequin Duck
- Bufflehead
- Common Goldeneye
- Common Merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Hooded Merganser
- Ruddy Duck
- Long-tailed Duck
- King Eider
- Common Eider
- White-winged Scoter
CATHARTIDAE: American Vultures 2 species
ACCIPITRIDAE: Kites, Eagles, and Hawks 14 species
FALCONIDAE: Falcons 5 species
PHASIANIDAE: Partridge, Pheasant, Grouse, Turkey, and Quail 12 species
RALLIDAE: Rails, Gallinules, and Coots 4 species
GRUIDAE: Cranes 2 species
CHARADRIIDAE: Plovers 5 species
RECURVIROSTRIDAE: Stilts and Avocets 2 species
SCOLOPACIDAE: Sandpipers and Phalaropes 28 species
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Wandering Tattler
- Willet
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Upland Sandpiper
- Hudsonian Godwit
- Marbled Godwit
- Long-billed Curlew
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Black Turnstone
- Surfbird
- Baird's Sandpiper
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Least Sandpiper
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Dunlin
- P urple Sandpiper
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Wilson's Snipe
- Wilson's Phalarope
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Black Oystercatcher
LARIDAE: Jaegers, Gulls, and Terns 26 species
- Laughing Gull
- Franklin's Gull
- Bonaparte's Gull
- Mew Gull
- Ring-billed Gull
- California Gull
- Herring Gull
- Thayer's Gull
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Glaucous Gull
- Glaucous-winged Gull
- Western Gull
- Ross's Gull
- Ross's Gull
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Sabine's Gull
- Sabine's Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Common Tern
- Forster's Tern
- Caspian Tern
- Arctic Tern
- Black Tern
- Royal Tern
- Least Tern
- Black Skimmer
ALCIDAE: Auks / Alcids 6 species
COLUMBIDAE: Pigeons and Doves 10 species
CUCULIDAE: Cuckoo , Ani, Roadrunner 4 species
CAPRIMULGIDAE : Goatsuckers 1 species
STRIGIDAE: Typical Owls 11 species
APODIDAE: Swifts 1 species
TROCHILIDAE: Hummingbirds 11 species
TROGONIDAE: Trogons 1 species
ALCEDINIDAE: Kingfishers 1 species
PICIDAE: Woodpeckers 16 species
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Williamson's Sapsucker
- Red-naped Sapsucker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Gilded Flicker
- Gila Woodpecker
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker
- Acorn Woodpecker
- Arizona Woodpecker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- American Three-toed Woodpecker
- Lewis's Woodpecker
TYRANNIDAE: Tyrant Flycatchers 21 species
- Eastern Wood-Pewee
- Western Wood-Pewee
- Alder Flycatcher
- Least Flycatcher
- Cordilleran Flycatcher
- Dusky Flycatcher
- Willow Flycatcher
- Eastern Phoebe
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Ash-throated Flycatcher
- Brown-crested Flycatcher
- Western Kingbird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Vermilion Flycatcher
- Black Phoebe
- Say's Phoebe
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- Gray Kingbird
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Great Kiskadee
- Caribbean Elaenia
ALAUDIDAE: Larks 1 species
HIRUNDINIDAE: Swallows 7 species
CORVIDAE: Jays, Magpies, and Crows 12 species
PARIDAE: Titmice / Chickadee / Verdin 7 species
SITTIDAE: Nuthatches / Creeper 4 species
TROGLODYTIDAE: Wrens 8 species
CINCLIDAE: Dippers 1 species
MUSCICAPIDAE: Thrushes, Kinglets, Gnatcatchers 15 species
S YLVIIDAE: Sylvild Warblers 1 species
MIMIDAE: Mockingbird and Thrashers 6 species
MOTACILLIDAE: Pipits 2 species
PTILOGONATIDAE : S ilky Flycatchers 1 species
BOMBYCILLIDAE: Waxwings 2 species
LANIIDAE: Shrikes 2 species
STURNIDAE: Starlings 2 species
VIREONIDAE: Vireos 11 species
FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY PARULINAE: Wood-Warblers 35 species
- Golden-winged Warbler
- B lue-winged Warbler
- Tennessee Warbler
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Nashville Warbler
- MacGillivray's Warbler
- Northern Parula
- Yellow Warbler
- Magnolia Warbler
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Townsend's Warbler
- Hermit Warbler
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Pine Warbler
- Palm Warbler
- Prairie Warbler
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Black-and-white Warbler
- American Redstart
- Ovenbird
- Northern Waterthrush
- Common Yellowthroat
- Wilson's Warbler
- Canada Warbler
- Lucy's Warbler
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Virginia's Warbler
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Hooded Warbler
- Kentucky Warbler
- Mourning Warbler
- Painted Redstart
FAMILY: COEREBINAE - Bananquit 1 species
FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY THRAUPINAE: Tanagers 3 species
FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY CARDINALINAE: Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Bunting 8 species
FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY EMBERIZINAE: Towhees, Sparrows, Juncos, and Longspurs 38 species
- G reen-tailed Towhee
- Eastern Towhee
- Spotted Towhee
- California Towhee
- Canyon Towhee
- Abert's Towhee
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow
- Cassin's Sparrow
- American Tree Sparrow
- Rufous-winged Sparrow
- Chipping Sparrow
- Clay-colored Sparrow
- Brewer's Sparrow
- Field Sparrow
- Vesper Sparrow
- Lark Sparrow
- Black-throated Sparrow
- Black-chinned Sparrow
- Lark Bunting
- Savannah Sparrow
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- Le Conte's Sparrow
- Nelson's Sparrow
- Henslow's Sparrow
- Baird's Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Swamp Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Harris' Sparrow
- Yellow-eyed Junco
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Lapland Longspur
- Chestnut-collared Longspur
- Snow Bunting
FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE: SUBFAMILY ICTERINAE: Meadowlarks, Blackbirds, and Orioles 16 species
FRINGILLIDAE: Finches 13 species
PASSERIDAE: Old World Sparrows 2 species
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