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In February of 2007 it was announced that genetic testing among North American birds may have revealed as many as 15 new bird species among 643 types of birds studied between Arctic Canada and Florida. Scientists from the University of Guelph (the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario) and Rockefeller University, along with colleagues at the Smithsonian Institution, the Canadian Wildlife Service, and the Royal Ontario Museum revealed the Canadian-led results were. Read more on T.R.'s Bird, Animal & Wildflower Blog.

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All photographs are Copyrighted. We have tried to secure the best photo available for identification purposes.When the photos available are of poor quality, none will be posted. Thanks to those who allowed us to use their photos, including the National Park Service, US Geological Survery and other public organizations. If no photo is posted, look for a photo of the bird on the internet. This page is a "work in progress". If you have quality photos or recordings we can use on this web site, please e-mail them to us at TRMichels@yahoo.com

Sound recordings are courtesy of ASU-Ask a Biologist, the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center and the Macaulay Library of Natural Sound, Cornell University.

Family Listings, Nomenclature and Taxonomy are from the American Ornithologist's Union and are derived from the National Geographic book Complete Birds of North America. 

Family Anatidae; Ducks, Geese & Swans *

Family Cracidae: Curassows & Chachalacas *

Family Phasianidae; Partrides, Grouse & Turkeys *

Family Gavidae; Loons *

Family Podicepididae; Grebes *

Family Diomedeidae: Albatrosses *

Family Procellariidae; Shearwaters & Petrels *

Family Hydrobaidae; Storm-Petrels *

Family Phaethoetidae; Tropicbirds *

Family Sulidae Family; Boobies & Gannets *

Family Pelicanidae; Pelicans *

Family Phalacrocoracidae; Cormorants *

Family Anhingadae; Darters *

Family Fregatidae; Frigate Birds *

Family Ardeidae; Bitterns, Egrets, Herons & Allies *

Family Threskiornithidae; Ibises & Spoonbills *

Family Ciconiidae; Storks *

Family Cathartidae; New World Vultures *

Family Falconidae; Caracaras & Falcons *

Family Rallidae; Rails, Gallinules & Coots *

Family Aramidae; Limpkin *

Family Gruidae; Cranes *

Family Burhinidae Family; Thicknees *

Family Charadriidae; Lapings & Plovers *

Family Haematopodidae; Oystercatchers *

Family Recurvirostridae; Stilts & Avocets *

Family Jacanidae; Jacanas *

Family Scolopacidae; Sandpipers, Phalaropes & Allies *

Family Glareolidae Family; Pratincoles *

Laridae; Skuas, Gulls, Terns & Skimmers *

Family Alcidae; Auks, Murres & Puffins *

Family Columbidae; Doves & Pigeons *

Family Psitticidae: Parkeets, Macaws & Parrots *

Family Cuculidae; Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis *

Family Tytonidae; Barn Owls *

Family Strigidae; Typical Owls *

Family Caprimulgidae; Nighthawks and Nightjars *

Family Apodidiae; Swifts *

Family Trochilidae; Hummingbirds *

Family Trogonidae; Trgons *

Family Upupidae; Hoopoes *

Family Alcedinidae; Kingfishers *

Family Picidae; Woodpeckers, Flickers & Sapsuckers *

Family Tyrannidae; Tyrant Flycatchers *

Family Laniidae; Shrikes *

Family Vireoindae; Vireos *

Family Corvidae; Jays & Crows *

Family Alaudidae; Larks *

Family Hirundinidae; Swallows *

Family Paridae; Chickadees & Titmice *

Family Remizidae; Penduline Tits & Verdins *

Family Aegithalidae: Long-tailed Tits & Bushtits *

Family Sittadae; Nuthatches *

Family Certhiidae; Creepers *

Family Troglodytidae; Wrens *

Family Cinclidae; Dippers *

Family Pycnonitidae; Bulbuls *

Family Regulidae; Kinglets *

Family Sylviidae; Old World Warblers & Gnatcatchers *

Family Muscicpidae; Old World Flycatchers *

Family Turdidae; Thrushes *

Family Timaliidae; Babblers *

Family Mimidae; Catbirds and Thrashers *

Family Sturnidae; Starlings *

Family Prunellidae; Accentors *

Family Maticilladae; Wagtails and Pipits *

Family Bombycillidae; Waxwings *

Family Ptilgonitidae; Silky-Flycatchers *

Family Peucedramidae; Olive Warbler *

Family Parulidae; Wood Warblers *

Family (formerly Coerbidae, now undertimined); Bananaquit *

Family Thraupidae; Tanagers *

Family Emberizids; Sparrows, Juncos, Longspurs, Towhees and Old World Buntings *

Family Cardinalidae; Cardinals, Saltators, Grosbeaks & Allies *

Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis Call

Fulvous Whislting Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Call

Bean Goose Anser fabalis

Taiga Bean-Goose Anser serrirostris

Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus

Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Call

Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus

Snow Goose Chen caerulescens Call Normal color (in front) and the blue morph "blue goose" (behind). The blue morph is more prevalent in central North American populations.

Ross's Goose Chen rossii Call

Emperor Goose Chen canagica Call

Brant Branta bernicla Call Pale-bellied (B. b. hrota) subspecie shown, Black brant (B. b. nigricans) has a dark belly.

Canada Goose Branta canadensis Call There are seven subspecies of Canada Goose, ranging in size from the large 10-18 pound Giant Canada Goose, to the small 5-7 pound Lesser Canada Goose (B.c. parvipes). The once thought to be extinct Giant Canada Goose (B. c.maxima shown below) was re-discovered on Silver Lake in downtown Rochester, MN, in 1947. Since that time the population in Minnesota alone has reached approximately 250,000 resident geese, many of which live year round in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. About half of the 30,000+ Giant Canada Geese that arrive at the Rochester Goose Refuge during the fall each year stay on the refuge, the other half migrate to areas in Illinois, Missouri and Kansas. They nest in the inter-lake region of Lake Winnipeg and Lake Winnipegosis in Saskatchewan. The total population of Canada Geese now exceeds 1,000,000.

View more Canada Goose Photos here.

Learn more about Canada Geese here.

Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Call The four subspecies of the small cackling goose, that nest near the Arctic Ocean, were recently split from the former eleven subspecies of Canada goose. Because of the overlap in size between the smaller Canada Goose subspecies, and the larger Cackling goose subspecies, it is likely that many geese previously identified as Cackling geese, may in fact be one of the smaller subspecies of Canada Goose.

Barnacle Goose Branta leucopis

Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator Call

Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Call Note the amount of yellow on the bill.

Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus

Mute Swan Cygnus olor Call Any bird is probably descended from escaped domestic birds. Note the red bill.

Learn More about Swans here

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Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata

Wood Duck Aix sponsa Call

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Eurasian Wigeon Anas Penelope Call

Falcated Duck Anas Falcata

American Wigeon Anas americanus Call

Gadwall Anas streptera Call

American Black Duck Anas rubripes Call

Mallard Duck Anas platyrhynchos Call

Mottled Duck Anas fulvigata Call

Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Call

Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera Call

Green-Winged Teal Anas crecca Call

Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Call

Garganey Anaqs querquedula

Baikal Teal Anas formosa

Northern Pintail Anas acuta Preflight Call

White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis

Common Pochard Aythya ferina

Canvasback Anas valisneria Call

Redhead Aythya americana Call

Ring-Necked Duck Aythya collaris Call Often referred to as "Ring bill" because of the ring around the tip of the bill. The brown ring around the lower part of the neck is often difficult to distinguish.

Tufted-Duck Aythya fuligula

Greater Scaup Aythya marila Call The greater scaup has a smoothly rounded head.

Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Call The lesser scaup has an angular head.

Common Eider Somateria mollisima Call

King Eider Somateria spectabilis Call

Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri

Steller's Eider Polyscticta stelleri

Harlequin Duck Histronicus histronicus Call

Black Scoter Melanitta nigra

Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicilatta

White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca Call

Long-tailed Duck Clanugula hyemalis Call Winter (left) and summer plumage.

Bufflehead Bucephela albeola Call

Common Goldeneye Bucephela clangula Call

Barrow's Goldeneye Bucellphela islandica Call

Hooded Merganser Statewide. Mergus cucullatus Call

Red-Breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Call

Common Merganser Mergus merganser Call

Smew Mergellus albellus

Masked Duck Nomonyx dominica

Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Call

Swan Goose Anser cygnoides Call

Graylag Goose Anser anser

Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus

Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptus

Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna

Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea

Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata

Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula Call

Gray Partridge Perdix perdix Call Also known as the Hungarian Partridge, Asian import.

Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianius colchicus Crow and Wing Drumming Non-native to North America, Asian import. Many people do not know that pheasants drum their wings immediately after crowing.

Himalyan Snowcock Tetragallus himlayensis

Greater Sage Grouse Centrocerus urophasianus Call

Gunnison Sage Grouse Centrocirus minima

Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus Call Drumming Often heard drumming in the spring.

Blue Grouse Dendragapus obscurus Call

Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis Call

Wild Turkey Meleagris gallapavo Hen Yelping and Tom Gobbling, Purr, Cluck

View Wild Turkey Photos here Turkey Fight Video here Turkey Fight Photos here

Turkeys Flying Up To & Down From the Roost Video here Tom Turkey Strutting & Gobbling Video here

Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus Call

White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucura Call

Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta Call

Sharp-Tailed Grouse Tympanachus phasianellus Mating Call Often seen dancing and heard calling on their breeding grounds called "leks" in the spring.

Greater Prairie Chicken Tympanichus cupida Call

Lesser Prairie Chicken Tympanichus pallidicintus Call

Scaled Quail Calipela squamata Call

California Quail Callipela californicus Call

Gambel's Quail Callipela gambelii Call

Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Call Normal and Masked morphs.

Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus Call

Montezuma Quail Crytonyx montezumae Call

Arctic Loon Gavia arctica

Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica Call

Common Loon Gavia immer Call

Yellow-billed Loon Gacia admasii 

Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata Call Call 2

Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus Call

Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus pociceps Call

Red-Necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Call

Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii Call

Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Call

Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Call

Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Call

Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlorochyncos

Blackrowed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris

Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta

 Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata

Light-mantled Albatross Diomedia exulans

Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria akbatrus Extinct

Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigrips Call

Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis

Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes

Northeren Fulmar Fulmaris glacialis Call

Murphy's Petrel Pterodrama ultima

Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedia

Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas

Greater Shwearwater Puffinis gravis

Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinis creatopus

Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinis caerneipes

Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinis temurostris

Sooty Shearwter Puffinis griseus

Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinis pacificus

Buller's Shearwater Puffinis bulleri

Manx Shearwater Puffinis puffinis

Black-vnted Shearwater Puffinis opisthomelas

Audubon's Shearwater Puffinis lhermineri

Little Shearwater Puffinisassimilis

Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus

European Storm-Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus

White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagrodoma marina

Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Oceanodrama furcata

Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodrama leucorhoa

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodrama castro

Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodrama tethys

Ashy Storm-Petrel Oceanodrama homochroa

Black Storm-Petrel Oceanodrama melania

Least Storm-Petrel Oceanodrama microsoma

White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus

Northern Gannet Morus bassanus

Brown Pelican Pelicanus occidentalis Call

American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhyncos Call

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Call

Neotropical Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasialianus Call

Double-crested Cormorant Phalocrocorax auritus Call

Brandt's Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus Call

Red-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax urile Call

Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus Call

Anhinga Anhinga anhinga Call

Great Frigatebird Fregata minor

Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens

View more Egret & Heron Photos here.

Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis

Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Call Call

American Bittern Botaurus lintiginosus Call

Great Egret Ardeus alba Call

Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Call

Chinese Egret Egretta eulophlotes  

Little Egret Egretta garzetta

Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis

Snowy Egret Egretta thula Call

Little Blue Heron Egretta caerula Call Blue morph, juvenile (center) and light morph.

Tri-colored Heron Egretta tricolor Call

Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens Call

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Call

Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus

Green Heron Butoride virescens Call

Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Call

Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea Call

Roseate Spoonbill Platels ajaja Call

Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber

White Ibis Eudocimus alba Call

Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinells Call Note that the white does not extend around the back of the eye.

White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi Note that the white extends around the back of the eye.

Jabiru Jabiru myceteria

Wood Stork Myceteria americana Call

Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Call

(This family was moved to this position in 2007 by the AOU.)

Black Vulture Cathartes atrata

Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Call Statewide.

 California Condor Gymogyps californianus

Osprey Pandion haliaetus Call

Steller's Sea Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus

Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephelus Call One of the largest wintering populations in the lower 48 states is along the Mississippi River in the southeastern corner of Minnesota, and in western Wisconsin.

View more Bald Eagle Photos here.

Learn more about Bald Eagles here.

Golden Eagle Aquila chrsaetos Call

White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus Call

Mississippi Kite Ictina mississippiensis

Hook-billed Kite Chondrochierax uncinatus

Swallow-tailed Kite Elainoides forficatus Call

Snail Kite Rostrhamus socialbilis Call

Northern Goshawk Accipter gentilis Call

Sharp-Shinned Hawk Accipter striatus Call

Coopers' Hawk Accipter cooperi Call

Gray Hawk Asturina nitida

Common Black-hawk Buteogalus anthracinus

Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus Call

Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris

Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus Call

Red-Shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus right Call

Broad-Winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Call

Short-tailed Hawk Buteo bracyurus

Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni Call Light morph, intermediate morph and dark morph.

White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus Call

Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Call The dark phase (second from left, pinkish tail not evident on the Harlan's subspecies), rufous phase (not shown) and light phase (left) of the red-tailed hawk may all be seen in the North America. The Harlan's subspecies (B. j. harlani) dark phase (second from right) is dark with banded undertail coverts; the light phase of the Harlan's subspecie is similar to the Krider's supspecie but with darker wings and a malar stripe. Krider's subspecies (B. j. krideri) (on the right) has light head, no malar stripe (from the back corner of the beak down) and light orange tail. Kriders' photo courtesy of Eric Miller. Harlan's photo taken by T.R. Michels in Burnsville, MN.

View more Red-tailed Hawk photos here.

Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis  Call

Rough-Legged Hawk Buteo lagopus Call

Northern Harrier Circu cyaneus Call Statewide. Male (left) gray, female (right) brown.

Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway

American Kestrel Falco sparverius Call Also called Sparrow Hawk, often seen perching on utility wires.

Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Merlin Falco columbarius Call

Red-footed Falcon Falco verpsrtinus

Alpomado Falcon Falco femoralis

Gyrfalcon falxo rusticolus Call Light morph.

Peregrine Falco paregrinus Call

Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus Call

Corn Crake Crex crex

Black Rail Laterallus jamaicaensis

Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Call

Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris Call

King Rail Rallus elegans Call

Sora Porzana carolina Call

Paint-billed Crake Neocrex eythriops

Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus

Purple Swamphen Porphyria porphyrio

Purple Gallinule Parphyrio martinica Call

Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Call

Limpkin Aramus guarana Call

Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis Call

 Sandhill Crane Mating Dance Video here

Common Crane Grus grus

 Whooping Crane Grus american  Call

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Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus

Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Call

Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Call

Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Call

Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus

Greater Sandplover Charadrius leshanaultii

Collared Plover Charadrius collaris

Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandeinus Call

Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia Call

Piping Plover Charadrius melodus Call Whistle

Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

Semi-palmated Plover Charadrius semipalmata Call

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius

Kildeer Charadrius vociferous Call

Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus Call

Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus

American Oystercatcher Haemotopus ostralegus Call

Black Oystercatcher Haemotopus bachmani Call

Black-winged Stilt Himanotopus himanotopus

Black-necked Stilt Himanotopus mexicanus  Call

Avocet Recurvirostra americana

Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Flight Call

Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa travipes Call

Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatalis

Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus

Common Redshank Tringa totanus

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus

Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Call

Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Call

Wandering Tattler Heteroscleus incanus Call

Gray-tailed Tattler Heteroscleus brevipes

Common Sandpiper Actitus hypoleucus

Spotted Sandpiper Actitus macularius Call Call

Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinerus

Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Call

Little Curlew Numenius minutus

Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis Endangered.

Whimbrel Nimenius phaeopus Call

Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahetiensis

Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascarensis

Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris

Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Call

Eurasian Curlew Numeniusarquata

Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Call

Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica

Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Call

Ruddy Turnstone Arenarai interpres Call

Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala Call

Surfbird Aphriza virgata Call

Great Knot Calidris tenurostris

Red Knot Calidris canutus Call

Sanderling Calidris alba Call

Semi-palmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Call

Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri

Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficolis

Little Stint Calidris minuta

Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii

Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta

Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Call

White-tumped Sandpiper Caladris fusicollis Call

Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Call

Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Call

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata

Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima

Rock Sandpiper Calidris Ptilocnemis Call

Dunlin Calidris alpina Call

Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Call

Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhyncus pygmaeus

Broad-billed Sandpiper Limcolla falcinellus

Ruff Philomachus pugnax

Buff-breased Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis

Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodomus griseus Call

Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolpaceus Call

Jack Snipe Lymnocyptes minimus

Wilsons's Snipe Gallinago delicata Call During spring mating flights the feathers of the wings or tail produce a hu-hu-hu-hu sound.

Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago

Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura

Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola

American Woodcock Scolopax minor Peent Call

Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropes tricolor .

Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus

Red Phalarope  Phalaropus fulicarius

Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum

Great Skua Stericorarius skua

South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormacki

Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus

Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus

Long-tailed Jaeger Sterocarius longicaudus

Laughing Gull Larus atricilla Call

Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan Call

Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus Call Winter plumage

Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadlphia Call

Gray-hooded Gull Lurus cirrocephalus

Heerman's Gull Larus hermani Call

Belcher's Gull Larus belcheri

Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris

Mew Gull Larus canus Call

Ring-Billed Gull Larus delawarensis Call

California Gull Larus californicus Call

Herring Gull Larus argentatus Call

Yellow-legged Gull Laukrus cacchinnans

Lesser Black-backed Gull Laurus fuscus

Thayer's Gull Laurus thayeri

Iceland Gull Laurs glaucoides

Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus

Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens

Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glauescens Call

Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus

Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Call

Western Gull Larus occidentalis Call

Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus

Sabine's Gull Larus sabini

Ross's Gull Rhodestithia rosea

Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa trydactyla Call

Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris

Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea

Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica Call

Caspian Tern Sterna caspia Call Red bill.

Royal Tern Sterna maxima Call

Elegant Tern Sterna elegans Call

Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis Call

Roseate Tern Sterna dougalli Call

Forster's Tern Sterna foresteri Call

Least Tern Sterna anitllarum Call

Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica

Common Tern Sterna hirunda Call Orange Bill.

Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Call

Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata Adult and juvenile (left).

Bridled Tern Sterna anathetus

Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex

Whiskered Tern Chlidonia hybridus

White-winged Tern Childonia leucopterus

Black Tern Chlidonias niger Call

Brown Noddy Anous stolidus

Black Noddy Anous minutus

Black Skimmer Rhycops niger Call_

Dovekie Alle alle

Common Murre Uria aalge

Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia Call

Great Auk Pinguinis impennis Extinct.

Razorbill Alca torda Call

Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle

Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba Call

Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix 

Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus Call

Kittlitz's Murrelet Brabyrhamphus brevirostris

Xantu's Murrelet Synthiloboramphus hypoleucus

Craveri's Murrelet Synthiloboramphus craveri

Ancient Murrlet Synthiloboramphus antiquus

Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus

Parakeet Auklet Aethia psiticulla Call

Least Auklet Aethia pusilla

Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea

Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella On left.

Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata

Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica Call

Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata

Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Call

Rock Pigeon Columba livia Call Non-native often "feral" (domestic gone wild) species.

Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa

White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephalaCall

Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris

Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata Call

Oriental Turtle Dove Sreptopella orientalis

Ringed Turtle Dove Sreptopella risoria

Spotted Dove Sreptopella chinensis

Eurasian Collared Dove Sreptopella decocto Call

White-winged Dove Zenais asiatica Call

Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita

Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Call

Passenger Dove Ectopistes migratorius

Inca Dove Colimbina inca Call

Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina Call

Ruddy Dove Columbina talpacota

White-tipped Dove Leptotila verauxi Call

Key West Quail Dove Geotrygon chrysia

Ruddy Quail Dove Geotrygon montana

 Buderigar Melopsittacus undulatus

Rose-ringed Parakeet Psitaculla krameri

Monk Parakeet Myiopistta monachus

Carlolina Parekeet Conuropsis carolinensis

Blue-crowned Parakeet Aratinga acuticaudata

Green Parakeet Aratinga holochlora

Red-masked Parakeet Aratinga erythrogenys

Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii

Black-hooded Parakeet Nandayus nenday

Thick-billed Parrot Rhynocopsitta pachyrhynca

White-winged Parakeet Brotegeris versicolurus

Yellow-crowned Parakeet Brotergeris chiriri

Lilal-crowned Parrot Amazona finschi

Yellow-headed Parrot Amazona oratrix

Orange-winged Parrot Amazona amazonica

Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus

Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor Call

Black-Billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Call Black bill

Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Call Yellow lower bill.

Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus Call

Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani Call

Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris Call

Barn Owl Tuto alba Call

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Flammulated Owl Otus flammeolus Call

Oriental Scops-owl Otus sunia  

Eastern Screech Owl Megacscops asio Call Gray morph (left), red moph (right).

Whiskered Screech-owl Megacscops trichopsis

Westerrn Screech-owl Megacscops Kennicotti Call

Great-Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Two Great Horned Owls Calling

Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Call

Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula Call

Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum

Elf Owl Microthene whitneyi

Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Call

Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata

Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis Call

Barred Owl Strix varia Call

Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa Call Call

Long-Eared Owl Asio otus Call Call 2

Stygian Owl Asio stygius

Short-Eared Owl Asio flammeus Call Call

Boreal Owl Aegolius funerous Call

Northern Saw-Whet Owl Aegolius acadicus Call

Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachi

Lesser Ni