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u.s.a. bird list as of 2003

2003-12-29 - 11:10 a.m.

Here's the current U.S.A. bird list as of today:

  1. Common Loon
  2. Pied-Bill Grebe
  3. Horned Grebe
  4. Eared Grebe
  5. Western Grebe
  6. Clark's Grebe
  7. American White Pelican
  8. Brown Pelican
  9. Double-Crested Cormorant
  10. Neotropic Cormorant
  11. Anhinga
  12. Magnificant Frigatebird
  13. Great Blue Heron
  14. Great Egret
  15. Reddish Egret
  16. Tricolored Heron
  17. Little Blue Heron
  18. Snowy Egret
  19. Cattle Egret
  20. Green Heron
  21. Black-crowned Night Heron
  22. Yellow-crowned Night Heron
  23. Least Bittern
  24. American Bittern
  25. Wood Stork
  26. White Ibis
  27. Glossy Ibis
  28. White-faced Ibis
  29. Roseate Spoonbill
  30. Black-bellied Whistling Duck
  31. Greater White-Fronted Goose
  32. Snow Goose
  33. Ross's Goose
  34. Canada Goose
  35. Muscovy Duck
  36. Wood Duck
  37. American Widgeon
  38. Gadwall
  39. Green-winged Teal
  40. Mallard
  41. Mottled Duck
  42. Northern Pintail
  43. Blue-winged Teal
  44. Northern Shoveler
  45. Cinnamon Teal
  46. Canvasback
  47. Redhead
  48. Ring-necked Duck
  49. Greater Scaup
  50. Lesser Scaup
  51. Common Goldeneye
  52. Bufflehead
  53. Red-breasted Merganser
  54. Common Merganser
  55. Ruddy Duck
  56. Black Vulture
  57. Turkey Vulture
  58. Osprey
  59. Hook-billed Kite
  60. Swallow-tailed Kite
  61. White-tailed Kite
  62. Mississippi Kite
  63. Bald Eagle
  64. Northern Harrier
  65. Sharp-Shinned Hawk
  66. Cooper's Hawk
  67. Common Black-Hawk
  68. Harris's Hawk
  69. Gray Hawk
  70. Red-shouldered Hawk
  71. Broad-winged Hawk
  72. Swainson's Hawk
  73. White-tailed Hawk
  74. Zone-tailed Hawk
  75. Red-Tailed Hawk
  76. Ferruginous Hawk
  77. Golden Eagle
  78. Crested Caracara
  79. American Kestrel
  80. Aplomado Falcon
  81. Merlin
  82. Prairie Falcon
  83. Peregrine Falcon
  84. Plain Chachalaca
  85. Wild Turkey
  86. Scaled Quail
  87. California Quail
  88. Gambel's Quail
  89. Northern Bobwhite
  90. Chukar
  91. Gray Partridge
  92. Ring-necked Pheasant
  93. Sandhill Crane
  94. Whooping Crane
  95. Virginia Rail
  96. Sora
  97. Purple Gallinule
  98. Common Moorhen
  99. American Coot
  100. American Oystercatcher
  101. Black-necked Stilt
  102. American Avocet
  103. American Golden-Plover
  104. Black-bellied Plover
  105. Semipalmated Plover
  106. Killdeer
  107. Piping Plover
  108. Wilson's Snipe
  109. Short-billed Dowitcher
  110. Long-billed Dowitcher
  111. Marbled Godwit
  112. Long-billed Curlew
  113. Whimbrel
  114. Greater Yellowlegs
  115. Lesser Yellowlegs
  116. Spotted Sandpiper
  117. Willet
  118. Ruddy Turnstone
  119. Sanderling
  120. Semipalmated Sandpiper
  121. Western Sandpiper
  122. Least Sandpiper
  123. Baird's Sandpiper
  124. Dunlin
  125. Stilt Sandpiper
  126. Wilson's Phalarope
  127. Red-necked Phalarope
  128. Ring-billed Gull
  129. California Gull
  130. Western Gull
  131. American Herring Gull
  132. Bonaparte's Gull
  133. Laughing Gull
  134. Franklin's Gull
  135. Gull-billed Tern
  136. Caspian Tern
  137. Sandwich Tern
  138. Royal Tern
  139. Forster's Tern
  140. Least Tern
  141. Black Tern
  142. Black Skimmer
  143. Rock Dove
  144. Band-Tailed Pigeon
  145. Eurasian Collared-Dove
  146. Mourning Dove
  147. White-winged Dove
  148. Common Ground-Dove
  149. Inca Dove
  150. White-tipped Dove
  151. Monk Parakeet
  152. Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  153. Greater Roadrunner
  154. Barn Owl
  155. Western Screech Owl
  156. Whiskered Screech-Owl
  157. Great Horned Owl
  158. Spotted Owl
  159. Barred Owl
  160. Elf Owl
  161. Burrowing Owl
  162. Long-eared Owl
  163. Common Nighthawk
  164. Chimney Swift
  165. Vaux's Swift
  166. White-throated Swift
  167. Broad-billed Hummingbird
  168. Buff-bellied Hummingbird
  169. Violet-crowned Hummingbird
  170. Blue-throated Hummingbird
  171. Magnificent Hummingbird
  172. Lucifer Hummingbird
  173. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  174. Black-chinned Hummingbird
  175. Anna's Hummingbird
  176. Costa's Hummingbird
  177. Calliope Hummingbird
  178. Broad-tailed Hummingbird
  179. Rufous Hummingbird
  180. Allen's Hummingbird
  181. Elegant Trogon
  182. Belted Kingfisher
  183. Ringed Kingfisher
  184. Lewis's Woodpecker
  185. Red-Headed Woodpecker
  186. Acorn Woodpecker
  187. Gila Woodpecker
  188. Golden-Fronted Woodpecker
  189. Red-Bellied Woodpecker
  190. Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
  191. Red-naped Sapsucker
  192. Ladder-backed Woodpecker
  193. Downy Woodpecker
  194. Hairy Woodpecker
  195. Arizona Woodpecker (the old "Strickland's Woodpecker)
  196. Red-cockaded Woodpecker
  197. Northern Flicker -- both red-shafted and yellow-shafted
  198. Pileated Woodpecker
  199. Northern Beardless Tyrannulet
  200. Greater Pewee
  201. Western Wood-Pewee
  202. Dusky Flycatcher
  203. Cordileran Flycatcher
  204. Eastern Phoebe
  205. Black Phoebe
  206. Say's Phoebe
  207. Vermillion Flycatcher
  208. Dusky-capped Flycatcher
  209. Ash-throated Flycatcher
  210. Great Crested Flycatcher
  211. Brown-crested Flycatcher
  212. Great Kiskadee
  213. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
  214. Couch's Kingbird
  215. Cassin's Kingbird
  216. Thick-billed Kingbird
  217. Western Kingbird
  218. Eastern Kingbird
  219. Gray Kingbird
  220. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
  221. Horned Lark
  222. Purple Martin
  223. Tree Swallow
  224. Violet-Green Swallow
  225. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
  226. Bank Swallow
  227. Cliff Swallow
  228. Cave Swallow
  229. Barn Swallow
  230. American Pipit
  231. Golden-crowned Kinglet
  232. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  233. Phainopepla
  234. Cedar Waxwing
  235. American Dipper
  236. Cactus Wren
  237. Rock Wren
  238. Canyon Wren
  239. Carolina Wren
  240. Bewick's Wren
  241. House Wren
  242. Sedge Wren
  243. Marsh Wren
  244. Gray Catbird
  245. Northern Mockingbird
  246. Brown Thrasher
  247. Long-billed Thrasher
  248. Curve-billed Thrasher
  249. Eastern Bluebird
  250. Western Bluebird
  251. Mountain Bluebird
  252. Townsend's Solitaire
  253. Hermit Thrush
  254. Wood Thrush
  255. American Robin
  256. Varied Thrush
  257. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  258. Carolina Chickadee
  259. Black-capped Chickadee
  260. Mountain Chickadee
  261. Mexican Chickadee
  262. Bridled Titmouse
  263. Juniper Titmouse
  264. Tufted Titmouse
  265. Black-crested Titmouse
  266. Pygmy Nuthatch
  267. Brown-headed Nuthatch
  268. Red-breasted Nuthatch
  269. White-breasted Nuthatch
  270. Brown Creeper
  271. Verdin
  272. Loggerhead Shrike
  273. Steller's Jay
  274. Blue Jay
  275. Green Jay
  276. Brown Jay
  277. Mexican Jay
  278. Black-billed Magpie
  279. American Crow
  280. Fish Crow
  281. Chihuahuan Raven
  282. Common Raven
  283. European Starling
  284. White-eyed Vireo
  285. Bell's Vireo
  286. Yellow-throated Vireo
  287. Plumbeous Vireo
  288. Cassin's Vireo
  289. Red-eyed Vireo
  290. Orange-crowned Warbler
  291. Nashville Warbler
  292. Northern Parula
  293. Tropical Parula
  294. Yellow Warbler
  295. Yellow-rumped Warbler -- both myrtle and Audubon's
  296. Black-Throated Gray-Warbler
  297. Black-throated Green Warbler
  298. Blackburnian Warbler
  299. Yellow-throated Warbler
  300. Pine Warbler
  301. Palm Warbler
  302. Black-and-White Warbler
  303. American Redstart
  304. Prothonotary Warbler
  305. Worm-eating Warbler
  306. Swainson's Warbler
  307. Ovenbird
  308. Louisiana Waterthrush
  309. Kentucky Warbler
  310. Common Yellowthroat
  311. Hooded Warbler
  312. Red-faced Warbler
  313. Painted Redstart
  314. Yellow-breasted Chat
  315. Hepatic Tanager
  316. Scarlet Tanager
  317. Summer Tanager
  318. Western Tanager
  319. Olive Sparrow
  320. Eastern Towhee
  321. Spotted Towhee
  322. California Towhee
  323. Canyon Towhee
  324. Abert's Towhee
  325. Chipping Sparrow
  326. Vesper Sparrow
  327. Lark Sparrow
  328. Black-throated Sparrow
  329. Savannah Sparrow
  330. Seaside Sparrow
  331. Le Conte's Sparrow
  332. Grasshopper Sparrow
  333. Song Sparrow
  334. Swamp Sparrow
  335. White-throated Sparrow
  336. Dark-Eyed Junco
  337. Yellow-Eyed Junco
  338. Northern Cardinal
  339. Pyrrhuloxia
  340. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  341. Black-headed Grosbeak
  342. Blue Grosbeak
  343. Lazuli Bunting
  344. Indigo Bunting
  345. Painted Bunting
  346. Bobolink
  347. Red-winged Blackbird
  348. Eastern Meadowlark
  349. Western Meadowlark
  350. Yellow-headed Blackbird
  351. Rusty Blackbird
  352. Brewer's Blackbird
  353. Boat-tailed Grackle
  354. Common Grackle
  355. Great-tailed Grackle
  356. Bronzed Cowbird
  357. Brown-headed Cowbird
  358. Altamira Oriole
  359. Hooded Oriole
  360. Baltimore Oriole
  361. Bullock's Oriole
  362. Orchard Oriole
  363. Audubon's Oriole
  364. Scott's Oriole
  365. Cassin's Finch
  366. House Finch
  367. Pine Siskin
  368. Lesser Goldfinch
  369. American Goldfinch
  370. Evening Grosbeak
  371. House Sparrow

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