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Beaches92 Bird Species
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Aleutian TernA slender, gray tern of coastal Alaska. Alternate Adult has gray back, wings, and underparts, forked white tail, white face, black cap and eyeline, white forehead, thin black bill, and black legs. Basic Adult has dark primaries, white underparts, blackish smudge on shoulder, and white head with black more... Length: 30 cm Wingspan: 74 cm |
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American Golden-PloverVery similar to other golden-plovers. At rest, the wingtips of this species extend well beyond the tail, with four or five primaries visible beyond the tertials. In flight, the undersides of the wings are gray. The upperside of the wings show an indistinct white stripe. In flight, the toes usually do more... Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 46 cm |
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American OystercatcherA large, stocky shorebird with contrastingly black-and-white plumage, a long, orange-red bill and sturdy, flesh-colored legs. Head, neck and upper breast black. Upperparts dark brown with black primaries and a white wingbar. Underparts white. In flight, shows a bold white wingbar and a white band acr more... Length: 44 cm Wingspan: 81 cm |
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Antillean NighthawkFairly small nighthawk. Long, dark wings with white bar halfway between wingtip, and bend in wing. Notched tail finely barred with dark tip. Brownish-black upperparts with light brown flecks. Darkest on back and crown. Warm brown face. White throat. Underparts buffy golden-brown with fine dark barrin more... Length: 21 cm Wingspan: 53 cm |
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Antillean Palm-SwiftThis mostly dark Caribbean swift is white below and extensively white on the rump. Upperparts are very dark dusky-brown. White rump divided by a narrow dark stripe that connects between the dark back and all-dark tail. White belly and throat. Sides of neck and flanks washed with dusky-brown, undertai more... Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 29 cm |
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Baird's SandpiperIn all plumages, this species is distinguished from the other small sandpipers by its short black legs, all-black bill which is straight or only slightly decurved, and wing tips that extend well beyond the tail. Alternate Adult: Back and scapular feathers black and brown with silvery fringes. Head an more... Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 38 cm |
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Bar-tailed GodwitThis species gets its name from the black and white barring on the tail. In flight, the upper surface of the wing is gray-brown, slightly darker on the primary coverts, and lacks a wing stripe. The Siberian race shows black and white barring on the rump and lower back, and on the underside of the win more... Length: 37 cm Wingspan: 69 cm |
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Belcher's GullA stocky, medium-sized, four-year gull. Relatively long yellow legs and long, straight-edged, yellow bill with black ring and red tip. Dark eye. Adult: White underparts; slaty-black upperparts. Nonbreeding are dark-hooded with white eye arks. White head in breeding plumage contrasts with smoky-gray w more... Length: 51 cm Wingspan: 124 cm |
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Black NoddyA dark, tern-like bird, rare on Texas coast and Dry Tortugas in Florida. Adult, unusual in North America, is black with white cap, slender black bill, and short black legs. Juveniles and immatures are entirely dark with sharply contrasting white cap and pale wing coverts. Brown Noddy is browner overa more... Length: 34 cm Wingspan: 76 cm |
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Black OystercatcherUnmistakable. A large, stocky, all-black shorebird with a long, bright red bill and strong, pale pink legs. Upperparts usually with a brownish tinge. Eyes bright yellow with a reddish eye-ring. Juveniles are similar to adults, but their upperparts show pale brown edging and buffy tips to the coverts; more... Length: 45 cm Wingspan: 81 cm |
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Black SkimmerA distinctive coastal bird of Eastern and Southern North America. Adult is tern-like, with long wings, short legs, and short neck. Back and wings are black, underparts white. Head is white with black cap and, in alternate plumage, black nape. Unique bill is long and relatively thick vertically, while more... Length: 46 cm Wingspan: 112 cm |
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Black-bellied PloverThis is the largest of the four Pluvialis plovers, with a large head and heavy bulbous bill. In all plumages, the white rump and black axillaries, visible in flight, are distinctive. In flight, the underside of the wings are mostly white, while the upperside is dark with a bold white wing stripe. At more... Length: 28 cm Wingspan: 56 cm |
Black-headed GullDespite the name, the hood of this gull is actually chocolate brown. Black-headed Gull is similar to Bonaparte's Gull, with which it often associates, but is larger, with a heavier bill. In all plumages, the undersides of the primaries are dark. Alternate Adult: The mantle is pale gray. The primaries more... Length: 38 cm Wingspan: 90 cm |
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BluethroatThis species appears short-winged and short-tailed. In all plumages, note the rufous base to the blackish tail, visible in flight and when the bird flicks its tail when foraging. Adult Male: Upperparts are dull gray-brown. A bold whitish supercilium is thinly bordered above by black. The throat and u more... Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 23 cm |
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Boat-tailed GrackleMale appears black from a distance. Overall length about the same as a crow, but body is much smaller and slimmer and the tail accounts for about half of the total length. When seen from close range, shows dark blue-green iridescent overall, with bluish sheen on head. Has pale eye, and a long graduat more... Length: 42 cm Wingspan: 58 cm |
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Brandt's CormorantSimilar in length, but slightly slimmer overall than Double-crested Cormorant. In flight, they hold their necks straighter; neck and head more streamlined than Double-crested. Adults are all black. During nesting season, they show some greenish iridescence, a bright azure blue throat pouch, and may h more... Length: 80 cm Wingspan: 120 cm |
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Aleutian Tern
9 Photographs -
American Golden-Plover
41 Photographs -
American Oystercatcher
28 Photographs -
Antillean Nighthawk
0 Photographs -
Antillean Palm-Swift
0 Photographs -
Baird's Sandpiper
19 Photographs -
Bar-tailed Godwit
12 Photographs -
Belcher's Gull
1 Photograph -
Black Noddy
1 Photograph -
Black Oystercatcher
12 Photographs -
Black Skimmer
11 Photographs -
Black-bellied Plover
17 Photographs -
Black-headed Gull
10 Photographs -
Bluethroat
2 Photographs -
Boat-tailed Grackle
12 Photographs -
Brandt's Cormorant
8 Photographs
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Non-vegetated Areas |
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American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica |
Sandy Areas or Dunes, Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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California CondorGymnogyps californianus |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Common RavenCorvus corax |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis |
Bare Rocky Slopes, Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Salt Water |
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Aleutian TernOnychoprion aleuticus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Beaches |
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American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica |
Sandy Areas or Dunes, Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows |
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Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii |
Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Shrubby Slopes |
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Antillean Palm-SwiftTachornis phoenicobia |
Beaches |
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Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows |
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Belcher's GullLarus belcheri |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows |
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Black NoddyAnous minutus |
Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches |
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Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani |
Rocky Shores, Beaches |
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Black SkimmerRynchops niger |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Saltmarshes |
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Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
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BluethroatCyanecula svecica |
Beaches, Thickets |
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Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Brandt's CormorantPhalacrocorax penicillatus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches |
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus |
Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Northern Wooded Swamps |
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Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Coastal Dunes |
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Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Brown BoobySula leucogaster |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches |
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Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Mangroves |
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Buff-breasted SandpiperTryngites subruficollis |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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California CondorGymnogyps californianus |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands |
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California GullLarus californicus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Collared PloverCharadrius collaris |
Beaches, Ponds and Rivers |
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Common GreenshankTringa nebularia |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Common RavenCorvus corax |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks |
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Common TernSterna hirundo |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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DunlinCalidris alpina |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis |
Beaches, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Elegant TernThalasseus elegans |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows |
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Eurasian DotterelCharadrius morinellus |
Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Forster's TernSterna forsteri |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes |
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Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Great Blue HeronArdea herodias |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Greater Sand-PloverCharadrius leschenaultii |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains |
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Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Herring GullLarus argentatus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Horned LarkEremophila alpestris |
Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps |
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Iceland GullLarus glaucoides |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Ivory GullPagophila eburnea |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches |
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Kelp GullLarus dominicanus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus |
Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Least TernSternula antillarum |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Lesser Sand-PloverCharadrius mongolus |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows |
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Little CurlewNumenius minutus |
Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands, Boreal Forest |
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Little StintCalidris minuta |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Lakes Resevoirs |
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Mangroves |
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Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes |
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McKay's BuntingPlectrophenax hyperboreus |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Northwestern CrowCorvus caurinus |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Piping PloverCharadrius melodus |
Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Red KnotCalidris canutus |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Mangroves |
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Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves |
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Roseate TernSterna dougallii |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows |
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Royal TernThalasseus maximus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches |
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Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes |
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SanderlingCalidris alba |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Saltmarshes |
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Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus |
Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus |
Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis |
Bare Rocky Slopes, Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus |
Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes |
Thayer's GullLarus thayeri |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Western GullLarus occidentalis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Western SandpiperCalidris mauri |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes |
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WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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WilletTringa semipalmata |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsonia |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows |
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Yellow-footed GullLarus livens |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows |
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Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches |
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Human-altered Areas |
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Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii |
Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Shrubby Slopes |
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus |
Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Northern Wooded Swamps |
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California GullLarus californicus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Common RavenCorvus corax |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Great Blue HeronArdea herodias |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Herring GullLarus argentatus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps |
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Iceland GullLarus glaucoides |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Northwestern CrowCorvus caurinus |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus |
Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lakes Resevoirs |
Thayer's GullLarus thayeri |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Western GullLarus occidentalis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Fresh Water |
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American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica |
Sandy Areas or Dunes, Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus |
Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Northern Wooded Swamps |
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Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Mangroves |
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Buff-breasted SandpiperTryngites subruficollis |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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California GullLarus californicus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Collared PloverCharadrius collaris |
Beaches, Ponds and Rivers |
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Common GreenshankTringa nebularia |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks |
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Common TernSterna hirundo |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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DunlinCalidris alpina |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis |
Beaches, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Forster's TernSterna forsteri |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Great Blue HeronArdea herodias |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Herring GullLarus argentatus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps |
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Iceland GullLarus glaucoides |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Kelp GullLarus dominicanus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Least TernSternula antillarum |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Little StintCalidris minuta |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Mangroves |
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Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Piping PloverCharadrius melodus |
Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Red KnotCalidris canutus |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Mangroves |
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Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves |
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Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes |
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SanderlingCalidris alba |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus |
Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus |
Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus |
Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes |
Thayer's GullLarus thayeri |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Western GullLarus occidentalis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Western SandpiperCalidris mauri |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes |
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WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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WilletTringa semipalmata |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Grassland and Scrubland |
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American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica |
Sandy Areas or Dunes, Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii |
Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Shrubby Slopes |
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Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus |
Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Northern Wooded Swamps |
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Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Buff-breasted SandpiperTryngites subruficollis |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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California CondorGymnogyps californianus |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Common RavenCorvus corax |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis |
Beaches, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Eurasian DotterelCharadrius morinellus |
Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Great Blue HeronArdea herodias |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Greater Sand-PloverCharadrius leschenaultii |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains |
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Horned LarkEremophila alpestris |
Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps |
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Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus |
Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Little CurlewNumenius minutus |
Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands, Boreal Forest |
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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McKay's BuntingPlectrophenax hyperboreus |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Northwestern CrowCorvus caurinus |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva |
Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis |
Bare Rocky Slopes, Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Forest and Woodlands |
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BluethroatCyanecula svecica |
Beaches, Thickets |
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus |
Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Northern Wooded Swamps |
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California CondorGymnogyps californianus |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Common RavenCorvus corax |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands |
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica |
Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps |
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Little CurlewNumenius minutus |
Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands, Boreal Forest |