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Pigeon-sized

133 Bird species

Black-tailed Godwit

This rare visitor from Eurasia is similar to Hudsonian Godwit. Black-tailed has a bolder white stripe on the upper surface of the wing, extending from the primaries clear through the secondaries (stripe does not extend through secondaries on Hudsonian). The underside of the Black-tailed's wing is whi more...

Length: 36 cm Wingspan: 74 cm

Black-vented Shearwater

A small, compact shearwater of the Southern Pacific Coast. Adult is uniformly dark above and mostly white below with a thin dark bill. Undertail is dark. Underwing linings are white, framed by a narrow dark leading edge of the underwings and dark flight feathers. Face and neck are dusky with these ma more...

Length: 36 cm Wingspan: 86 cm

Black-winged Stilt

Black-and-white shorebird with long, pinkish legs. Long, thin dark bill. Adult: Black wings and back. Ranges from having an all-white head to having extensive black on crown, face, and and nape. Paler neck than crown. White underparts, often with all white head. During breeding season has pinkish was more...

Length: 38 cm Wingspan: 75 cm

Blue-winged Teal

This little dabbling duck is named for the large pale blue patch on the upper wing, visible in flight. Male: In basic plumage, head is bluish-gray with a large white crescent running in front of the eye down the base of the bill. The sides are tan with fine dark spots. A small white patch on the lowe more...

Length: 38 cm Wingspan: 58 cm

Bonaparte's Gull

This small gull is recognized in all plumages by the thin all-black bill, and in flight by the white wedge on the leading edge of the upper surface of the outer wing, and the black trailing edge of the primaries. The underside of the wing is very pale gray, fading to white on the primaries. The upper more...

Length: 30 cm Wingspan: 80 cm

Bridled Tern

A slender, dark-backed tern, breeds in the Florida Keys. Alternate Adult has black wings, dark gray back, forked tail extending past wings, gray stripe down center of spread tail, white underparts, black legs, black cap and eyeline, white forehead extending past eye, and thin black bill. Basic Adult more...

Length: 39 cm Wingspan: 76 cm

Broad-winged Hawk

This small buteo of the eastern forests has brown upperparts, a whitish throat, and rusty barring on the breast. The tail is broadly banded with black and white, with the central white band predominating. Juvenile birds have streaked breasts and thinner tail bands, with the black subterminal band pre more...

Length: 33 cm Wingspan: 81 cm

Brown Noddy

A dark, tern-like bird, breeds on Dry Tortugas in Florida. Adult is dark brown overall with white forehead, long and stout black bill, and short black legs. Juveniles and immatures are entirely dark brown with white forehead and pale wing coverts. Sexes are similar. Black Noddy is black overall with more...

Length: 39 cm Wingspan: 81 cm

Bufflehead

Our smallest diving duck is easily recognized by its puffy head, short stubby bill, and rapid wingbeats. Male: Head is black with green and purple iridescence and a large white wedge. Underparts are bright white, upperparts black. In flight, shows a large white patch on wing coverts and secondaries. more...

Length: 33 cm Wingspan: 51 cm

California Thrasher

Adult has relatively long, decurved bill, dark eye, dark eyeline and malar, sandy-brown upperparts, long tail, and clean, buffy-tinged underparts with orangish undertail coverts. In flight, note small buffy tail corners. Crissal Thrasher has yellow eye and lacks orange tones underneath. Le Conte's Th more...

Length: 31 cm Wingspan: 32 cm

Cape Verde Shearwater

Accidental off mid-Atlantic Coast. Adult has brownish wings and head, white underwings with black leading and trailing edges, white underparts, and thin black bill. Once considered a subspecies of Cory's Shearwater. Cory's is larger, with chunkier and longer wings, and has yellow bill. more...

Length: 40 cm Wingspan: 108 cm

Chuck-will's-widow

A long-winged, large-headed, nocturnal bird of the Southeast. Adult is cryptically plumaged when perched, with gray-and-rufous wings spotted with black, primaries barred black and rufous, barred tail extending past wings, gray back with black streaks, buffy underparts with faint barring, short neck, more...

Length: 31 cm Wingspan: 66 cm

Chukar

Chicken-like, bulky, with short legs and tail. Adult has thick vertical black bars on flanks, sandy gray back and wings, orange undertail coverts, gray breast, creamy white belly, white throat with thick black border, red orbital ring around black eye, and short red bill. more...

Length: 36 cm Wingspan: 51 cm

Cinnamon Teal

This small, dabbling duck has a proportionally large bill. It typically travels in pairs or small groups. Male: Bright chestnut overall, darker on folded wings. The eye is red in all seasons. Pale blue upperwing coverts and green speculum are sometimes visible at rest. In flight, these features produ more...

Length: 36 cm Wingspan: 61 cm

Clapper Rail

Formerly considered conspecific with Ridgway's Rail of the Pacific Coast and the more southerly Aztec Rail, which is endemic to central Mexico. A relatively large rail of coastal regions. Adult has orange head and breast, variable gray to near black belly and flanks with evenly spaced vertical white more...

Length: 37 cm Wingspan: 48 cm

Clark's Nutcracker

Suggests a small gray crow with black wings. Bill is proportionally long, narrow, and very pointed. Face may have whitish wash. Head, back, and belly gray. Wings black. Tail black with broad white edges above and all white below. In flight, wide white tail edges conspicuous; wings black with prominen more...

Length: 30 cm Wingspan: 61 cm

Non-vegetated Areas

6 species

Clark's Nutcracker

Nucifraga columbiana

Alpine Slopes, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands

Prairie Falcon

Falco mexicanus

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Urban Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands

Rock Ptarmigan

Lagopus muta

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Lagopus leucura

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Willow Ptarmigan

Lagopus lagopus

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest

Salt Water

66 species

Aleutian Tern

Onychoprion aleuticus

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Beaches

American Coot

Fulica americana

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps

Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaea

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Atlantic Puffin

Fratercula arctica

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs

Audubon's Shearwater

Puffinus lherminieri

Open Ocean

Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows

Bermuda Petrel

Pterodroma cahow

Open Ocean

Black Guillemot

Cepphus grylle

Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores

Black Noddy

Anous minutus

Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus 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

Black-legged Kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs

Black-necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Black-vented Shearwater

Puffinus opisthomelas

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes

Bonaparte's Gull

Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Boreal Forest

Bridled Tern

Onychoprion anaethetus

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Coastal Dunes

Brown Noddy

Anous stolidus

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs

Bufflehead

Bucephala albeola

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Ponds and Rivers

Cape Verde Shearwater

Calonectris edwardsii

Open Ocean

Clapper Rail

Rallus crepitans

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Eared Grebe

Podiceps nigricollis

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Eskimo Curlew

Numenius borealis

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Eurasian Jackdaw

Corvus monedula

Coastal Cliffs, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands

Fea's Petrel

Pterodroma feae

Open Ocean

Fish Crow

Corvus ossifragus

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Franklin's Gull

Leucophaeus pipixcan

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Great-winged Petrel

Pterodroma macroptera

Open Ocean

Green-winged Teal

Anas crecca

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps

Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes

Harlequin Duck

Histrionicus histrionicus

Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks

Herald Petrel

Pterodroma heraldica

Open Ocean

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritus

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Horned Puffin

Fratercula corniculata

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemastica

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps

King Rail

Rallus elegans

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Laughing Gull

Leucophaeus atricilla

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Least Bittern

Ixobrychus exilis

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves

Lesser Scaup

Aythya affinis

Estuaries and Bays, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Little Curlew

Numenius minutus

Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands, Boreal Forest

Long-tailed Duck

Clangula hyemalis

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Long-tailed Jaeger

Stercorarius longicaudus

Open Ocean, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Manx Shearwater

Puffinus puffinus

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters

Mew Gull

Larus canus

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Mottled Petrel

Pterodroma inexpectata

Open Ocean

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers

Pigeon Guillemot

Cepphus columba

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs

Red-legged Kittiwake

Rissa brevirostris

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs

Rhinoceros Auklet

Cerorhinca monocerata

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters

Ring-necked Duck

Aythya collaris

Estuaries and Bays, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Roseate Tern

Sterna dougallii

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows

Ross's Gull

Rhodostethia rosea

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs

Ruddy Duck

Oxyura jamaicensis

Estuaries and Bays, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Sabine's Gull

Xema sabini

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Sandwich Tern

Thalasseus sandvicensis

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Saltmarshes

Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus

Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Smew

Mergellus albellus

Estuaries and Bays, Lakes Resevoirs, Boreal Forest

Townsend's Shearwater

Puffinus auricularis

Open Ocean

Tufted Puffin

Fratercula cirrhata

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs

White-tailed Kite

Elanus leucurus

Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

White-tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon lepturus

Open Ocean

Willet

Tringa semipalmata

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Human-altered Areas

37 species

American Coot

Fulica americana

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Black-legged Kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs

Bonaparte's Gull

Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Boreal Forest

Bufflehead

Bucephala albeola

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Ponds and Rivers

California Thrasher

Toxostoma redivivum

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal

Chuck-will's-widow

Antrostomus carolinensis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps

Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands

Eared Grebe

Podiceps nigricollis

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands

Eurasian Jackdaw

Corvus monedula

Coastal Cliffs, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands

Eurasian Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Urban Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Fish Crow

Corvus ossifragus

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Franklin's Gull

Leucophaeus pipixcan

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Green Parakeet

Psittacara holochlorus

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes

Green-winged Teal

Anas crecca

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps

Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritus

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemastica

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps

Key West Quail-Dove

Geotrygon chrysia

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Thickets

Lesser Scaup

Aythya affinis

Estuaries and Bays, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Mew Gull

Larus canus

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Mississippi Kite

Ictinia mississippiensis

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Northern Wooded Swamps, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers

Red-crowned Parrot

Amazona viridigenalis

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Roadside Hawk

Rupornis magnirostris

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Urban Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands

Ross's Gull

Rhodostethia rosea

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs

Ruddy Duck

Oxyura jamaicensis

Estuaries and Bays, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Sabine's Gull

Xema sabini

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Spotted Dove

Streptopelia chinensis

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes

Steller's Jay

Cyanocitta stelleri

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands

Tamaulipas Crow

Corvus imparatus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains

Fresh Water

56 species

American Coot

Fulica americana

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps

Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaea

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Baikal Teal

Anas formosa

Fresh Water Marshes, Northern Wooded Swamps

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Black-legged Kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs

Black-necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes

Blue-winged Teal

Anas discors

Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers

Bonaparte's Gull

Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Boreal Forest

Bufflehead

Bucephala albeola

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Ponds and Rivers

Cinnamon Teal

Anas cyanoptera

Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks

Clapper Rail

Rallus crepitans

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Eared Grebe

Podiceps nigricollis

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

Fresh Water Marshes

Eurasian Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Urban Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Fish Crow

Corvus ossifragus

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Franklin's Gull

Leucophaeus pipixcan

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Garganey

Anas querquedula

Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Green-winged Teal

Anas crecca

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps

Groove-billed Ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris

Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes

Harlequin Duck

Histrionicus histrionicus

Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritus

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemastica

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps

King Rail

Rallus elegans

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Large-billed Tern

Phaetusa simplex

Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Laughing Gull

Leucophaeus atricilla

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Least Bittern

Ixobrychus exilis

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves

Lesser Scaup

Aythya affinis

Estuaries and Bays, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Long-tailed Duck

Clangula hyemalis

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Mangrove Cuckoo

Coccyzus minor

Mangroves

Masked Duck

Nomonyx dominicus

Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers

Mew Gull

Larus canus

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Northern Lapwing

Vanellus vanellus

Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers

Ring-necked Duck

Aythya collaris

Estuaries and Bays, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Ross's Gull

Rhodostethia rosea

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs

Ruddy Duck

Oxyura jamaicensis

Estuaries and Bays, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Sabine's Gull

Xema sabini

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus

Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Short-tailed Hawk

Buteo brachyurus

Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest

Slender-billed Curlew

Numenius tenuirostris

Fresh Water Marshes

Smew

Mergellus albellus

Estuaries and Bays, Lakes Resevoirs, Boreal Forest

Smooth-billed Ani

Crotophaga ani

Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts

Spotted Redshank

Tringa erythropus

Fresh Water Marshes

White-crowned Pigeon

Patagioenas leucocephala

Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves

White-tailed Kite

Elanus leucurus

Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Willet

Tringa semipalmata

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Yellow Bittern

Ixobrychus sinensis

Fresh Water Marshes

Grassland and Scrubland

40 species

Aplomado Falcon

Falco femoralis

Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaea

Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

California Thrasher

Toxostoma redivivum

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal

Chukar

Alectoris chukar

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes

Common Cuckoo

Cuculus canorus

Open Country and Grasslands

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps

Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands

Eskimo Curlew

Numenius borealis

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands

Eurasian Jackdaw

Corvus monedula

Coastal Cliffs, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands

Eurasian Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Urban Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Fish Crow

Corvus ossifragus

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Franklin's Gull

Leucophaeus pipixcan

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Gray Partridge

Perdix perdix

Open Country and Grasslands

Green-winged Teal

Anas crecca

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps

Groove-billed Ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris

Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemastica

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps

Island Scrub-Jay

Aphelocoma insularis

Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands

Lesser Prairie-Chicken

Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains

Lesser Scaup

Aythya affinis

Estuaries and Bays, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Little Curlew

Numenius minutus

Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands, Boreal Forest

Long-eared Owl

Asio otus

Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Boreal Forest, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Long-tailed Jaeger

Stercorarius longicaudus

Open Ocean, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Mississippi Kite

Ictinia mississippiensis

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia