| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena |
| Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
| Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis |
| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa |
| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus |
| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus |
| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Great Egret | Casmerodius albus |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Nyctanassa violacea |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis |
| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus |
| Wood Stork | Mycteria americana |
| White Ibis | Eudocimus albus |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor |
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis |
| Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons |
| Snow Goose | Chen caerulescens |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis |
| Brent Goose | Branta bernicla |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa |
| American Wigeon | Anas americana |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas carolinensis |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
| American Black Duck | Anas rubripes |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta |
| Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors |
| Cinnamon Teal | Anas cyanoptera |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria |
| Redhead | Aythya americana |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus |
| Goosander | Mergus merganser |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus |
| Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis |
| Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis |
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus |
| Cooper's Hawk | Accipiter cooperii |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus |
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
| Ferruginous Hawk | Buteo regalis |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos |
| Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| Plain Chachalaca | Ortalis vetula |
| Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus |
| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo |
| Spruce Grouse | Falcipennis canadensis |
| Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus |
| Sharp-tailed Grouse | Tympanuchus phasianellus |
| Greater Prairie-Chicken | Tympanuchus cupido |
| Lesser Prairie-Chicken | Tympanuchus pallidicinctus |
| Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus |
| Sandhill Crane | Grus canadensis |
| Whooping Crane | Grus americana |
| Limpkin | Aramus guarauna |
| King Rail | Rallus elegans |
| Clapper Rail | Rallus longirostris |
| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola |
| Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis |
| Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis |
| Sora | Porzana carolina |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| American Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica |
| American Coot | Fulica americana |
| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus |
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana |
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus |
| Wilson's Plover | Charadrius wilsonia |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus |
| Snowy Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus |
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia |
| Willet | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Steganopus tricolor |
| American Woodcock | Scolopax minor |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Micropalama himantopus |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus |
| Laughing Gull | Larus atricilla |
| Franklin's Gull | Larus pipixcan |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Larus philadelphia |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea |
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Sooty Tern | Sterna fuscata |
| Least Tern | Sterna antillarum |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus |
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger |
| Common Guillemot | Uria aalge |
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle |
| Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica |
| Common Ground-Dove | Columbina passerina |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani |
| Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus |
| Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | Otus asio |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus |
| Barred Owl | Strix varia |
| Great Gray Owl | Strix nebulosa |
| Northern Hawk Owl | Surnia ulula |
| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia |
| Tengmalm's Owl | Aegolius funereus |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus |
| Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor |
| Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii |
| Common Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis |
| Common Poorwill | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii |
| Chuck-will's-widow | Caprimulgus carolinensis |
| Whip-poor-will | Caprimulgus vociferus |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris |
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Melanerpes carolinus |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius |
| Downy Woodpecker | Picoides pubescens |
| Red-cockaded Woodpecker | Picoides borealis |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Picoides villosus |
| Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides tridactylus |
| Black-backed Woodpecker | Picoides arcticus |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus |
| Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris |
| Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens |
| Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii |
| Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe |
| Say's Phoebe | Sayornis saya |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus |
| Couch's Kingbird | Tyrannus couchii |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus |
| Grey Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis |
| Loggerhead Kingbird | Tyrannus caudifasciatus |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
| Buff-bellied Pipit | Anthus rubescens |
| Sprague's Pipit | Anthus spragueii |
| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum |
| American Rock Wren | Salpinctes obsoletus |
| Canyon Wren | Catherpes mexicanus |
| Short-billed Marsh-Wren | Cistothorus platensis |
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris |
| Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus |
| Bewick's Wren | Thryomanes bewickii |
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon |
| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos |
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum |
| Long-billed Thrasher | Toxostoma longirostre |
| Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens |
| Grey-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus |
| Bicknell's Thrush | Catharus bicknelli |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus |
| Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius |
| Blue-grey Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapilla |
| Carolina Chickadee | Poecile carolinensis |
| Boreal Chickadee | Poecile hudsonica |
| Tufted Titmouse | Baeolophus bicolor |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | Sitta pusilla |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis |
| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata |
| Florida Scrub-Jay | Aphelocoma coerulescens |
| Green Jay | Cyanocorax yncas |
| Grey Jay | Perisoreus canadensis |
| Black-billed Magpie | Pica hudsonia |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos |
| Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax |
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Chestnut-collared Longspur | Calcarius ornatus |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis |
| Lark Bunting | Calamospiza melanocorys |
| Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis |
| Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow | Ammodramus nelsoni |
| Seaside Sparrow | Ammodramus maritimus |
| Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow | Ammodramus caudacutus |
| Baird's Sparrow | Ammodramus bairdii |
| Le Conte's Sparrow | Ammodramus leconteii |
| Henslow's Sparrow | Ammodramus henslowii |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum |
| American Tree Sparrow | Spizella arborea |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina |
| Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida |
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus |
| Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus |
| Bachman's Sparrow | Aimophila aestivalis |
| Botteri's Sparrow | Aimophila botterii |
| Cassin's Sparrow | Aimophila cassinii |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Rufous-crowned Sparrow | Aimophila ruficeps |
| Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus |
| Olive Sparrow | Arremonops rufivirgatus |
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea |
| Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris |
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera |
| Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora pinus |
| Tennessee Warbler | Vermivora peregrina |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Vermivora celata |
| Nashville Warbler | Vermivora ruficapilla |
| Northern Parula | Parula americana |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia |
| Yellow Warbler | Dendroica petechia |
| Cerulean Warbler | Dendroica cerulea |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Dendroica caerulescens |
| Pine Warbler | Dendroica pinus |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Dendroica pensylvanica |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Dendroica dominica |
| Blackburnian Warbler | Dendroica fusca |
| Golden-cheeked Warbler | Dendroica chrysoparia |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Dendroica virens |
| Prairie Warbler | Dendroica discolor |
| Palm Warbler | Dendroica palmarum |
| Kirtland's Warbler | Dendroica kirtlandii |
| Cape May Warbler | Dendroica tigrina |
| Magnolia Warbler | Dendroica magnolia |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Dendroica coronata |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Dendroica striata |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Dendroica castanea |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla |
| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla |
| Northern Waterthrush | Seiurus noveboracensis |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Seiurus motacilla |
| Swainson's Warbler | Helmitheros swainsonii |
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorus |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas |
| Kentucky Warbler | Oporornis formosus |
| Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis |
| Mourning Warbler | Oporornis philadelphia |
| Hooded Warbler | Wilsonia citrina |
| Wilson's Warbler | Wilsonia pusilla |
| Canada Warbler | Wilsonia canadensis |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens |
| Black-capped Vireo | Vireo atricapillus |
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus |
| Bell's Vireo | Vireo bellii |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus |
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus |
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus |
| Pine Siskin | Carduelis pinus |
| American Goldfinch | Carduelis tristis |
| Mealy Redpoll | Acanthis flammea |
| Purple Finch | Carpodacus purpureus |
| House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus |
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator |
| Common Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra |
| Two-barred Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera |
| Evening Grosbeak | Hesperiphona vespertina |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula |
| Bullock's Oriole | Icterus bullockii |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna |
| Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus |
| Boat-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus major |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula |
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus |
| Brewer's Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater |
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
The species list above is in systematic order, the taxonomy and nomenclature of which generally follows the Wells World Birds list on Birder's Diary v3.0 (courtesy of Thayer Software: www.thayerbirding.com), with adaptations by WildSounds.
The Wells World Birds list is based on a classification created by Mic Wells.
Please note that the above list may not be in the same order or be a full and accurate representation of the species on the title concerned. We take due care to ensure the accuracy of the list, but should you find any errors, please notify us.
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