909 Birds of the United States and Canada (excl. Hawaii)

Courtesy of Thayer Birding Software and their Birder's Diary (800) 865-2473


Order Name Common Name Scientific Name
1 GAVIIFORMES Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
2 Arctic Loon Gavia arctica
3 Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
4 Common Loon Gavia immer
5 Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
6 PODICIPEDIFORMES Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
7 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
8 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
9 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
10 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
11 Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
12 Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
13 PROCELLARIIFORMES Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans
14 Short-tailed Albatross Diomedea albatrus
15 Black-footed Albatross Diomedea nigripes
16 Laysan Albatross Diomedea immutabilis
17 Black-browed Albatross Diomedea melanophris
18 Shy Albatross Diomedea cauta
19 Yellow-nosed Albatross Diomedea chlororhynchos
20 Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata
21 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
22 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata
23 Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata
24 Murphy's Petrel Pterodroma ultima
25 Herald Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana
26 Cape Verde Islands Petrel Pterodroma feae
27 Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii
28 Stejneger's Petrel Pterodroma longirostris
29 White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
30 Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
31 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
32 Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus
33 Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes
34 Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis
35 Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus
36 Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri
37 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
38 Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris
39 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
40 Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
41 Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis
42 Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
43 Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
44 White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina
45 European Storm-Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
46 Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma furcata
47 Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
48 Ashy Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma homochroa
49 Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma castro
50 Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma tethys
51 Black Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma melania
52 Least Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma microsoma
53 PELECANIFORMES White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
54 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
55 Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
56 Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
57 Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
58 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
59 Red-footed Booby Sula sula
60 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
61 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
62 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
63 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
64 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
65 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
66 Brandt's Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus
67 Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus
68 Red-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax urile
69 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
70 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
71 Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
72 Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
73 CICONIIFORMES American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
74 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
75 Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
76 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
77 Great Egret Ardea albus
78 Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes
79 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
80 Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis
81 Snowy Egret Egretta thula
82 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
83 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
84 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
85 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
86 Green Heron Butorides virescens
87 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
88 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
89 White Ibis Eudocimus albus
90 Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
91 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
92 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
93 Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja
94 Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
95 Wood Stork Mycteria americana
96 PHOENICOPTERIFORMES Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
97 ANSERIFORMES Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
98 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
99 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
100 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
101 Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
102 Mute Swan Cygnus olor
103 Bean Goose Anser fabalis
104 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
105 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
106 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
107 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
108 Ross' Goose Anser rossii
109 Emperor Goose Anser canagica
110 Brant Branta bernicla
111 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
112 Canada Goose Branta canadensis
113 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
114 Wood Duck Aix sponsa
115 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
116 Baikal Teal Anas formosa
117 Falcated Duck Anas falcata
118 American Black Duck Anas rubripes
119 Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
120 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
121 Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
122 White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
123 Northern Pintail Anas acuta
124 Garganey Anas querquedula
125 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
126 Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
127 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
128 Gadwall Anas strepera
129 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
130 American Wigeon Anas americana
131 Common Pochard Aythya ferina
132 Canvasback Aythya valisineria
133 Redhead Aythya americana
134 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
135 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
136 Greater Scaup Aythya marila
137 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
138 Common Eider Somateria mollissima
139 King Eider Somateria spectabilis
140 Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri
141 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri
142 Labrador Duck Camptorhynchus labradorius
143 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
144 Oldsquaw Clangula hyemalis
145 Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
146 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
147 White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
148 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
149 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
150 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
151 Smew Mergellus albellus
152 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
153 Common Merganser Mergus merganser
154 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
155 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
156 Masked Duck Oxyura dominica
157 FALCONIFORMES Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
158 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
159 California Condor Gymnogyps californianus
160 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
161 Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
162 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
163 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
164 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
165 Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
166 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
167 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
168 Steller's Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus
169 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
170 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
171 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
172 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
173 Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
174 Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
175 Harris' Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
176 Gray Hawk Buteo nitidus
177 Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
178 Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
179 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
180 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
181 Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
182 White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus
183 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
184 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
185 Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
186 Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
187 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
188 Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
189 Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
190 American Kestrel Falco sparverius
191 Merlin Falco columbarius
192 Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
193 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
194 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
195 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
196 Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
197 GALLIFORMES Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
198 Gray Partridge Perdix perdix
199 Chukar Alectoris chukar
200 Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus
201 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
202 Spruce Grouse Dendragapus canadensis
203 Blue Grouse Dendragapus obscurus
204 Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
205 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus
206 White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucurus
207 Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
208 Sage Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus
209 Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido
210 Lesser Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
211 Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus
212 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
213 Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae
214 Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
215 Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
216 Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
217 California Quail Callipepla californica
218 Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus
219 GRUIFORMES Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
220 Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
221 Corn Crake Crex crex
222 Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
223 King Rail Rallus elegans
224 Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
225 Sora Porzana carolina
226 Paint-billed Crake Neocrex erythrops
227 Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
228 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus
229 Azure Gallinule Porphyrio flavirostris
230 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
231 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
232 American Coot Fulica americana
233 Limpkin Aramus guarauna
234 Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
235 Common Crane Grus grus
236 Whooping Crane Grus americana
237 CHARADRIIFORMES Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus
238 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
239 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
240 European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria
241 Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
242 American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominicus
243 Mongolian Plover Charadrius mongolus
244 Collared Plover Charadrius collaris
245 Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
246 Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia
247 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
248 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
249 Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
250 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
251 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
252 Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus
253 Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
254 American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
255 Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
256 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
257 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
258 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
259 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
260 Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
261 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
262 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
263 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
264 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
265 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
266 Common Redshank Tringa totanus
267 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
268 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
269 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
270 Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
271 Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus
272 Gray-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes
273 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
274 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
275 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
276 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
277 Little Curlew Numenius minutus
278 Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis
279 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
280 Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
281 Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris
282 Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
283 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
284 Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
285 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
286 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
287 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
288 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
289 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
290 Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
291 Surfbird Aphriza virgata
292 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
293 Red Knot Calidris canutus
294 Sanderling Calidris alba
295 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
296 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
297 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
298 Little Stint Calidris minuta
299 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
300 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
301 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
302 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
303 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
304 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
305 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
306 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
307 Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
308 Dunlin Calidris alpina
309 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
310 Stilt Sandpiper Micropalama himantopus
311 Spoonbill Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus
312 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
313 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
314 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
315 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
316 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
317 Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura
318 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
319 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
320 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
321 American Woodcock Scolopax minor
322 Wilson's Phalarope Steganopus tricolor
323 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
324 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria
325 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
326 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
327 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
328 Great Skua Catharacta skua
329 South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki
330 Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
331 Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan
332 Little Gull Larus minutus
333 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
334 Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia
335 Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
336 Band-tailed Gull Larus belcheri
337 Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
338 Mew Gull Larus canus
339 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
340 California Gull Larus californicus
341 Herring Gull Larus argentatus
342 Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans
343 Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri
344 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
345 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
346 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
347 Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens
348 Western Gull Larus occidentalis
349 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
350 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
351 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
352 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
353 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
354 Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris
355 Ross' Gull Rhodostethia rosea
356 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
357 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
358 Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica
359 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
360 Royal Tern Sterna maxima
361 Elegant Tern Sterna elegans
362 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
363 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
364 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
365 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
366 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
367 Least Tern Sterna antillarum
368 Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica
369 Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus
370 Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata
371 Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
372 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
373 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
374 Black Tern Chlidonias niger
375 Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
376 Black Noddy Anous minutus
377 Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
378 Dovekie Alle alle
379 Common Murre Uria aalge
380 Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
381 Razorbill Alca torda
382 Great Auk Pinguinus impennis
383 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
384 Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
385 Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
386 Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris
387 Xantus' Murrelet Synthliboramphus hypoleucus
388 Craveri's Murrelet Synthliboramphus craveri
389 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
390 Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
391 Parakeet Auklet Cyclorrhynchus psittacula
392 Least Auklet Aethia pusilla
393 Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea
394 Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella
395 Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
396 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
397 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
398 Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
399 COLUMBIFORMES Rock Dove Columba livia
400 Scaly-naped Pigeon Columba squamosa
401 White-crowned Pigeon Columba leucocephala
402 Red-billed Pigeon Columba flavirostris
403 Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata
404 European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur
405 Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis
406 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
407 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
408 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
409 Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
410 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
411 Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius
412 Inca Dove Columbina inca
413 Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
414 Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti
415 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
416 Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia
417 Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
418 PSITTACIFORMES Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
419 Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis
420 Thick-billed Parrot Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha
421 Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
422 Canary-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus
423 Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis
424 CUCULIFORMES Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
425 Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
426 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
427 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
428 Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
429 Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
430 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
431 Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
432 STRIGIFORMES Barn Owl Tyto alba
433 Oriental Scops-Owl Otus sunia
434 Flammulated Owl Otus flammeolus
435 Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio
436 Western Screech-Owl Otus kennicottii
437 Whiskered Screech-Owl Otus trichopsis
438 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
439 Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca
440 Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
441 Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
442 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
443 Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
444 Burrowing Owl Speotyto cunicularia
445 Mottled Owl Strix virgata
446 Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis
447 Barred Owl Strix varia
448 Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa
449 Long-eared Owl Asio otus
450 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
451 Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
452 Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
453 CAPRIMULGIFORMES Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
454 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
455 Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
456 Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
457 Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
458 Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis
459 Buff-collared Nightjar Caprimulgus ridgwayi
460 Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus
461 Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
462 APODIFORMES Black Swift Cypseloides niger
463 White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
464 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
465 Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
466 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacautus
467 Common Swift Apus apus
468 Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus
469 White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
470 Antillean Palm-Swift Tachornis phoenicobia
471 Green Violet-ear Colibri thalassinus
472 Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
473 Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
474 White-eared Hummingbird Hylocharis leucotis
475 Xantus' Hummingbird Hylocharis xantusii
476 Berylline Hummingbird Amazilia beryllina
477 Buff-bellied Hummingbird