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Western Bird Guide

by Charles K. Reed

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  1. 1Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific — Diving Birds — Order…
  2. 2Holboell Grebe
  3. 3Horned Grebe
  4. 4Eared Grebe
  5. 5Pied-Billed Grebe
  6. 6Loon; Great Northern Diver
  7. 7Pacific Loon
  8. 8Red-Throated Loon
  9. 9Auks, Murres and Puffins — Family Alcidæ
  10. 10Horned Puffin
  11. 11Rhinoceros Auklet
  12. 12Cassin Auklet
  13. 13Paroquet Auklet
  14. 14Whiskered Auklet
  15. 15Crested Auklet
  16. 16Least Auklet
  17. 17Ancient Murrelet
  18. 18Marbled Murrelet
  19. 19Xanthus Murrelet
  20. 20Pigeon Guillemot
  21. 21California Murre
  22. 22Pomarine Jaeger
  23. 23Parasitic Jaeger
  24. 24Long-Tailed Jaeger
  25. 25Gulls and Terns — Family Laridæ
  26. 26Pacific Kittiwake
  27. 27Red-Legged Kittiwake
  28. 28Glaucous Gull
  29. 29Glaucous-Winged Gull
  30. 30Slaty-Backed Gull
  31. 31Western Gull
  32. 32Herring Gull
  33. 33Ring-Billed Gull
  34. 34California Gull
  35. 35Short-Billed Gull
  36. 36Heermann Gull
  37. 37Bonaparte Gull
  38. 38Sabine Gull
  39. 39Caspian Tern
  40. 40Elegant Tern
  41. 41Forsters Tern
  42. 42Common Tern
  43. 43Arctic Tern
  44. 44Aleutian Tern
  45. 45Least Tern
  46. 46Black Tern
  47. 47Albatrosses — Family Diomedeidæ
  48. 48Short-Tailed Albatross
  49. 49Laysan Albatross
  50. 50Yellow-Nosed Albatross
  51. 51Sooty Albatross — Fulmars and Shearwaters — Family Procellariidæ
  52. 52Slender-Billed Fulmar
  53. 53Pink-Footed Shearwater
  54. 54Black-Vented Shearwater
  55. 55Townsend Shearwater — Dark-bodied Shearwater
  56. 56Slender-Billed Shearwater
  57. 57Fisher Petrel — Least Petrel
  58. 58Fork-Tailed Petrel
  59. 59Kaeding Petrel
  60. 60Leach Petrel
  61. 61Guadalupe Petrel
  62. 62Black Petrel
  63. 63Ashy Petrel
  64. 64Cormorants — Family Phalacrocoracidæ
  65. 65Brandt Cormorant
  66. 66Baird Cormorants
  67. 67Red-Faced Cormorant
  68. 68Pelicans — Family Pelecanidæ
  69. 69California Brown Pelican
  70. 70Man-o’-War Birds — Family Fregatidæ
  71. 71American Merganser. Order Anseres
  72. 72Red-Breasted Merganser
  73. 73Hooded Merganser
  74. 74Gadwall
  75. 75Mallard
  76. 76Baldpate — American Widgeon
  77. 77Green-Winged Teal
  78. 78Blue-Winged Teal
  79. 79Cinnamon Teal
  80. 80Shoveller
  81. 81Pintail
  82. 82Wood Duck
  83. 83Redhead
  84. 84Canvas-Back
  85. 85Scaup Duck or Blue-Bill
  86. 86Lesser Scaup Duck
  87. 87Ring-Necked Duck
  88. 88American Golden-Eye
  89. 89Barrow Golden-Eye
  90. 90Buffle-Head
  91. 91Old-Squaw — Long-Tailed Duck
  92. 92Harlequin Duck
  93. 93Pacific Eider
  94. 94Steller Eider
  95. 95Spectacled Eider
  96. 96King Eider
  97. 97Scoter
  98. 98White-Winged Scoter
  99. 99Surf Scoter
  100. 100Ruddy Duck
  101. 101Snow Goose
  102. 102Ross Goose
  103. 103White-Fronted Goose
  104. 104Canada Goose
  105. 105Cackling Goose
  106. 106Black Brant
  107. 107Emperor Goose
  108. 108Black-Bellied Tree-Duck
  109. 109Fulvous Tree-Duck
  110. 110Whistling Swan
  111. 111Trumpeter Swan
  112. 112Glossy Ibis — Family Ibididæ
  113. 113Wood Ibis — Family Ciconiæ
  114. 114Least Bittern
  115. 115Bittern — Family Herodii
  116. 116Great Blue Heron
  117. 117Green Heron
  118. 118Egret
  119. 119Snowy Egret
  120. 120Black-Crowned Night Heron
  121. 121Yellow-Crowned Night Heron
  122. 122Whooping Crane — Family Gruidæ
  123. 123Little Brown Crane
  124. 124Light-Footed Rail — Family Rallidæ
  125. 125California Clapper Rail
  126. 126Virginia Rail
  127. 127Yellow Rail
  128. 128Black Rail
  129. 129Florida Gallinule
  130. 130American Coot
  131. 131Red Phalarope — Family Phalaropodidæ
  132. 132Northern Phalarope
  133. 133Wilson Phalarope
  134. 134Wilson Snipe
  135. 135Avocet — Family Recurvirostridæ
  136. 136Black-Necked Stilt
  137. 137Dowitcher
  138. 138Stilt Sandpiper
  139. 139Knot
  140. 140Pribilof Sandpiper
  141. 141Sharp-Tailed Sandpiper
  142. 142Pectoral Sandpiper
  143. 143White-Rumped Sandpiper
  144. 144Baird Sandpiper
  145. 145Least Sandpiper
  146. 146Red-Backed Sandpiper
  147. 147Spoonbill Sandpiper
  148. 148Sanderling
  149. 149Western Sandpiper
  150. 150Marbled Godwit
  151. 151Greater Yellow-Legs
  152. 152Western Solitary Sandpiper
  153. 153Western Willet
  154. 154Wandering Tattler
  155. 155Upland Plover — Bartramian Sandpiper
  156. 156Buff-Breasted Sandpiper
  157. 157Spotted Sandpiper
  158. 158Long-Billed Curlew
  159. 159Hudsonian Curlew
  160. 160Black-Bellied Plover — Family Charadriidæ
  161. 161Golden Plover
  162. 162Killdeer
  163. 163Semipalmated Plover
  164. 164Wilson Plover
  165. 165Mountain Plover
  166. 166Snowy Plover
  167. 167Surf-Bird — Family Aphrizinæ
  168. 168Black Turnstone
  169. 169Ruddy Turnstone
  170. 170Black Oyster-Catcher — Family Hæmatopodidæ
  171. 171Frazar Oyster-Catcher
  172. 172Order Gallinæ
  173. 173Masked Bob-White
  174. 174Mountain Quail
  175. 175Scaled Quail
  176. 176California Quail
  177. 177Gambel Quail
  178. 178Mearns Quail or Massena Partridge
  179. 179Dusky Grouse — Family Tetraonidæ
  180. 180Franklin Grouse
  181. 181Canadian Ruffed Grouse
  182. 182Willow Ptarmigan
  183. 183Rock Ptarmigan
  184. 184Prairie Hen
  185. 185White-Tailed Ptarmigan
  186. 186Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse
  187. 187Ring-Necked Pheasant
  188. 188Sage Grouse
  189. 189Merriam Turkey
  190. 190Band-Tailed Pigeon — Family Columbidæ
  191. 191Mourning Dove
  192. 192Mexican Ground Dove
  193. 193Inca Dove
  194. 194California Vulture — Family Cathartidæ
  195. 195Turkey Vulture
  196. 196White-Tailed Kite
  197. 197Swallow-Tail Kite
  198. 198Western Goshawk
  199. 199Marsh Hawk
  200. 200Sharp-shinned Hawk
  201. 201Cooper Hawk
  202. 202Harris Hawk
  203. 203Western Red-Tail
  204. 204Red-Bellied Hawk
  205. 205Zone-Tailed Hawk
  206. 206Swainson Hawk
  207. 207Mexican Goshawk — Rough-Legged Hawk
  208. 208Ferruginous Rough-Legged Hawk
  209. 209Golden Eagle
  210. 210Bald Eagle
  211. 211Gray Gyrfalcon
  212. 212Prairie Falcon
  213. 213Duck Hawk
  214. 214Aplomado Falcon
  215. 215Desert Sparrow Hawk
  216. 216Audubon Caracara
  217. 217American Osprey; Fish Hawk
  218. 218Barn Owl — Family Aluconidæ
  219. 219Long-Eared Owl — Family Strigidæ
  220. 220Short-Eared Owl
  221. 221Spotted Owl
  222. 222Great Gray Owl
  223. 223Richardson Owl
  224. 224Saw-Whet Owl
  225. 225Screech Owl
  226. 226Flamulated Screech Owl
  227. 227Western Horned Owl
  228. 228Snowy Owl
  229. 229Hawk Owl
  230. 230Burrowing Owl
  231. 231Pygmy Owl
  232. 232Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
  233. 233Elf Owl
  234. 234Thick-Billed Parrot — Family Psittacidæ
  235. 235Order — Coccyges
  236. 236California Cuckoo
  237. 237Coppery-Tailed Trogan — Family Trogonidæ
  238. 238Belted Kingfisher — Family Alcedinidæ
  239. 239Ringed Kingfisher
  240. 240Order PICI — Woodpeckers
  241. 241Cabanis Woodpecker · Rocky Mountain Hairy Woodpecker — Gairdner Woo…
  242. 242Texas Woodpecker
  243. 243Nuttall Woodpecker
  244. 244Arizona Woodpecker
  245. 245White-Headed Woodpecker
  246. 246Arctic Three-Toed Woodpecker
  247. 247American Three-Toed Woodpecker
  248. 248Alaska Three-Toed Woodpecker
  249. 249Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
  250. 250Red-Breasted Sapsucker
  251. 251Williamson Sapsucker
  252. 252Northern Pileated Woodpecker
  253. 253Red-Headed Woodpecker
  254. 254California Woodpecker
  255. 255Lewis Woodpecker
  256. 256Red-Bellied Woodpeckers
  257. 257Gila Woodpecker
  258. 258Red-Shafted Woodpecker
  259. 259Gilded Flicker — Stephens Whip-Poor-Will — Family Caprimulgidæ
  260. 260Poor-Will
  261. 261Western Nighthawk
  262. 262Sennett Nighthawk — Texas Nighthawk
  263. 263Black Swift — Family Micropodidæ
  264. 264Vaux Swift
  265. 265White-Throated Swift
  266. 266Rivoli Hummingbird — Family Trochilidæ
  267. 267Blue-Throated Hummingbird
  268. 268Black-Chinned Hummingbird
  269. 269Costa Hummingbird
  270. 270Anna Hummingbird
  271. 271Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
  272. 272Rufous Hummingbird
  273. 273Allen’s Hummingbird
  274. 274Calliope Hummingbird
  275. 275Lucifer Hummingbird
  276. 276Rieffer Hummingbird — Buff-Bellied Hummingbird
  277. 277Xantus Hummingbird — White-Eared Hummingbird
  278. 278Broad-Billed Hummingbird
  279. 279Kingbird — Family Tyrannidæ
  280. 280Arkansas Kingbird
  281. 281Cassin Kingbird — Derby Flycatcher
  282. 282Sulphur-Bellied Flycatcher
  283. 283Crested Flycatcher
  284. 284Arizona Crested Flycatcher
  285. 285Ash-Throated Flycatcher
  286. 286Say Phœbe
  287. 287Black Phœbe
  288. 288Olive-Sided Flycatcher
  289. 289Western Wood Pewee
  290. 290Western Flycatcher
  291. 291Traill Flycatcher
  292. 292Hammond Flycatcher
  293. 293Wright Flycatcher
  294. 294Gray Flycatcher
  295. 295Buff-Breasted Flycatcher
  296. 296Vermilion Flycatcher
  297. 297Beardless Flycatcher — Pallid Horned Lark — Family Alaudidæ
  298. 298Desert Horned Lark
  299. 299California Horned Lark · Ruddy Horned Lark — Family Corvidæ — Crows…
  300. 300Steller Jay — Woodhouse Jay
  301. 301California Jay
  302. 302Arizona Jay
  303. 303Rocky Mountain Jay
  304. 304Oregon Jay — American Raven
  305. 305White-Necked Raven
  306. 306Northwestern Crow
  307. 307Clarke Nutcracker
  308. 308Pinon Jay
  309. 309Bobolink — Family Icteridæ
  310. 310Cowbird
  311. 311Bronzed Cowbird · Red-Eyed Cowbird — Yellow-Headed Blackbird
  312. 312Red-Winged Blackbird
  313. 313Sonora Red-Wing Blackbird
  314. 314Bicolored Red-Wing
  315. 315Tricolored Red-Wing
  316. 316Western Meadowlark
  317. 317Scott Oriole
  318. 318Sennett Oriole
  319. 319Arizona Hooded Oriole
  320. 320Bullock Oriole
  321. 321Rusty Blackbird
  322. 322Brewer Blackbird
  323. 323Western Evening Grosbeak
  324. 324California Pine Grosbeak
  325. 325California Purple Finch
  326. 326Cassin Purple Finch
  327. 327House Finch
  328. 328Crossbill
  329. 329White-Winged Crossbill
  330. 330Aleutian Rosy Finch
  331. 331Gray-Crowned Rosy Finch
  332. 332Hepburn Rosy Finch — Black Rosy Finch
  333. 333Brown-Capped Rosy Finch
  334. 334Hoary Redpoll
  335. 335Redpoll
  336. 336Pale Goldfinch — Willow Goldfinch
  337. 337Arkansas Goldfinch · Green-Backed Goldfinch — Lawrence Goldfinch
  338. 338Pine Siskin
  339. 339Snow Bunting or Snowflake
  340. 340McKay Snow Bunting
  341. 341Alaskan Longspur
  342. 342Western Vesper Sparrow
  343. 343Western Savannah Sparrow
  344. 344Bryant Sparrow
  345. 345Belding Sparrow — Large-Billed Sparrow
  346. 346San Benito Sparrow — Baird Sparrow
  347. 347Western Grasshopper Sparrow
  348. 348Leconte Sparrow
  349. 349Western Lark Sparrow
  350. 350Gambel Sparrow
  351. 351Western Tree Sparrow
  352. 352Western Chipping Sparrow
  353. 353Clay-Colored Sparrow
  354. 354Brewer Sparrow
  355. 355Worthen Sparrow — Black-Chinned Sparrow
  356. 356White-Winged Junco
  357. 357Slate-Colored Junco
  358. 358Oregon Junco
  359. 359Pink-Sided Junco — Thurber Junco
  360. 360Gray-Headed Junco
  361. 361Baird Junco — Guadalupe Junco
  362. 362Desert Sparrow
  363. 363Bell Sparrow
  364. 364Sage Sparrow
  365. 365California Sage Sparrow · Botteri Sparrow · Cassin Sparrow — Rufous…
  366. 366Rufous-Crowned Sparrow
  367. 367Song Sparrow
  368. 368Heermann Song Sparrow · Rusty Song Sparrow — Lincoln Sparrow
  369. 369Shumagin Fox Sparrow
  370. 370Thick-Billed Fox Sparrow
  371. 371Oregon Towhee
  372. 372San Diego Towhee — Canon Towhee
  373. 373California Towhee
  374. 374Abert Towhee — Green-Tailed Towhee
  375. 375Arizona Cardinal
  376. 376Arizona Pyrrhuloxia
  377. 377Black-Headed Grosbeak
  378. 378Western Blue Grosbeak
  379. 379Indigo Bunting
  380. 380Lazuli Bunting
  381. 381Beautiful Bunting
  382. 382Dickcissel
  383. 383Lark Bunting
  384. 384Western Tanager — Hepatic Tanager
  385. 385Cooper Tanager
  386. 386Western Martin
  387. 387Cliff Swallow
  388. 388Barn Swallow
  389. 389Tree Swallow
  390. 390Northern Violet-Green Swallow
  391. 391Bank Swallow
  392. 392Rough-Winged Sparrow
  393. 393Bohemian Waxwing
  394. 394Cedar Waxwing
  395. 395Phainopepla
  396. 396Northern Shrike
  397. 397California Shrike
  398. 398Red-Eyed Vireo
  399. 399Warbling Vireo
  400. 400Cassin Vireo
  401. 401Black-Capped Vireo — Hutton Vireo
  402. 402Anthony Vireo — Least Vireo
  403. 403Gray Vireo
  404. 404Family Mniotiltidæ — Wood Warblers
  405. 405Lucy Warbler
  406. 406Virginia Warbler
  407. 407Calaveras Warbler
  408. 408Orange-Crowned Warbler
  409. 409Lutescent Warbler
  410. 410Olive Warbler
  411. 411Yellow Warbler
  412. 412Myrtle Warbler
  413. 413Audubon Warbler
  414. 414Magnolia Warbler
  415. 415Black-Poll Warbler
  416. 416Grace Warbler
  417. 417Black-Throated Gray Warbler
  418. 418Black-Throated Green Warbler
  419. 419Townsend Warbler
  420. 420Hermit Warbler
  421. 421Grinnell Water Thrush
  422. 422Macgillivray Warbler
  423. 423Western Yellow-Throat
  424. 424Pacific Yellow-Throat — Long-Tailed Chat
  425. 425Pileolated Warbler
  426. 426Redstart
  427. 427Painted Redstart
  428. 428Red-Faced Warbler — Alaskan Yellow Tail
  429. 429Pipit, or Titlark
  430. 430Sprague Pipit — Family Mimidæ — Sage Thrasher
  431. 431Family Cinclidæ
  432. 432Western Mockingbird
  433. 433Catbird
  434. 434Palmer Thrasher
  435. 435Bendire Thrasher
  436. 436California Thrasher
  437. 437Leconte Thrasher
  438. 438Crissal Thrasher
  439. 439Cactus Wren
  440. 440Rock Wren
  441. 441Cañon Wren
  442. 442Vigor Wren
  443. 443Western House Wren
  444. 444Western Winter Wren
  445. 445Alaska Wren
  446. 446Aleutian Wren
  447. 447Tule Wren
  448. 448Rocky Mountain Creeper
  449. 449Slender-Billed Nuthatch
  450. 450Red-Breasted Nuthatch
  451. 451Pygmy Nuthatch
  452. 452Plain Titmouse
  453. 453Black-Crested Titmouse
  454. 454Bridled Titmouse
  455. 455Oregon Chickadee
  456. 456Mexican Chickadee · Mountain Chickadee — Alaska Chickadee
  457. 457Hudsonian Chickadee · Chestnut-Backed Chickadee · California Chicka…
  458. 458Lead-Colored Bush-Tit
  459. 459Lloyd Bush-Tit — Verdin
  460. 460Wren-Tit
  461. 461Kennicott Warbler
  462. 462Western Golden-Crowned Kinglet
  463. 463Ruby-Crowned Kinglet — Western Gnatcatcher
  464. 464Plumbeous Gnatcatcher · Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher — Townsend Solitaire
  465. 465Willow Thrush
  466. 466Gray-Cheeked Thrush
  467. 467Russet-Backed Thrush
  468. 468Olived-Backed Thrush
  469. 469Alaska Hermit Thrush
  470. 470Audubon Hermit Thrush
  471. 471Western Robin
  472. 472Varied Thrush
  473. 473Wheatear
  474. 474Western Bluebird

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