Bird List
Abundance Key Birds nesting locally are identified
with an *. Seasons: (across the top)
S=spring (Apr-May) S=summer (Jun-Jul)
F=fall (Aug-Oct) W=winter (Nov-Mar) Abundance: The abundance of each species is
listed by the following letters:
| A | = | Abundant | I | = | Irregular | | C | =
| Common | + | = | Accidental | | U | = | Uncommon | (
) | = | never observed on KNWR | | R | = | Rare | | |
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| Loons |
| Common Name | Scientific
Name | S | S | F | W
| | Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata* | U | U | U |
| | Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica* | U | U | U | | | Common
Loon | Gavia immer* | C | C | C | |
Back
to top | Grebes |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus* | U | C | C | | | Red-necked
Grebe | Podiceps grisegena* | U | C | C | |
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to top | Petrels,Cormorants,Herons |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa
| | I | R | | | Double-crested
Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus* | U | U
| U | | | Great Blue Heron | Ardea
herodias | | | I | |
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to top | Swans,Geese,Ducks |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | C | | C | | | Trumpeter
Swan | Cygnus buccinator* | C | C | C | R | | Greater White-fronted
Goose | Anser albifrons | A | U | U | | | Snow
Goose | Chen caerulescens | A | | R | | | Emperor Goose | Chen
canagica | I | | I | I | | Brant | Branta bernicla | R | I
| R | | | Canada Goose | Branta canadensis* | A | C | C |
| | Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca* | A | C | C | | | Mallard
| Anas platyrhynchos* | A | C | C | R | | Northern Pintail | Anas
acuta* | A | C | C | | | Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors | R
| I | R | | | Cinnamon Teal | Anas cyanoptera | | | + |
| | Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata* | C | U | C | | | Gadwall
| Anas strepera | R | I | R | | | Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope
| R | | | | | American Wigeon | Anas americana* | A | C | C
| R | | Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | R | I | R | | | Redhead
| Aythya americana | R | R | | | | Ring-necked Duck | Aythya
collaris* | R | R | R | | | Greater Scaup | Aythya marila* | C
| U | C | U | | Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | R | | R |
| | Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | | + | | | | Harlequin
Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus* | U | U | U | I | | Oldsquaw | Clangula
hyemalis | + | | I | | | Black Scoter | Melanitta nigra | R
| R | R | | | Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata* | C | C
| C | | | White-winged Scoter | Melanitta fusca* | R | R | R
| | | Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula* | C | C | C | C
| | Barrow's Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica* | C | C | C | U | | Bufflehead
| Bucephala albeola | R | | R | U | | Common Merganser | Mergus
merganser* | C | C | C | C | | Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator*
| U | U | U | |
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to top | Raptors |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus* | R | R | R | | | Bald
Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus* | C | C | C | C | | Northern
Harrier | Circus cyaneus* | C | U | C | | | Sharp-shinned Hawk
| Accipiter striatus* | C | C | C | | | Northern Goshawk | Accipiter
gentilis* | U | U | U | U | | Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis
| C | C | C | | | Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus* | R |
| R | | | Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos* | U | U | U | | | American
Kestrel | Falco sparverius | | | I | | | Merlin | Falco columbarius
| U | U | U | U | | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus* | R | R
| R | I | | Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | R | R | R | I |
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to top | Grouse,Ptarmigan |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus* | R | R | R | R | | Spruce
Grouse | Dendragapus canadensis* | C | C | C | C | | Willow
Ptarmigan | Lagopus lagopus* | C | C | C | C | | Rock Ptarmigan
| Lagopus mutus* | U | U | U | U | | White-tailed Ptarmigan | Lagopus
leucurus* | U | U | U | U | | Sharp-tailed Grouse | Tympanuchus
phasianellus | | | + | |
Back
to top | Cranes |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Sandhill Crane | Grus canadensis* | A | C | C | |
Back
to top | Plovers,Sandpipers,Shorebirds |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | U | | R | | | American
Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | U | | R | | | Pacific Golden
Plover | Pluvialis fulva | U | | U | | | Semi-palmated Plover
| Charadrius mongolus* | C | C | C | | | Killdeer | Charadrius
vociferus | R | | | | | Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca*
| C | C | C | | | Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes* | C | C
| C | | | Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria* | U | U | U
| | | Wandering Tattler | Heteroscelus incanus* | U | U | U |
| | Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia* | C | C | C | | | Whimbrel
| Numenius phaeopus | C | U | C | | | Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa
haemastica* | C | C | U | | | Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica
| | | + | | | Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | R | R
| | | | Black Turnstone | Arenaria melanocephala | | R | R
| | | Surfbird | Aphriza virgata | U | R | R | | | Red Knot
| Calidris canutus | | | I | | | Sanderling | Calidris alba
| R | | R | | | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | U
| R | U | | | Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | U | R | U
| | | Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla* | C | C | C | | | Baird's
Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | R | | R | | | Pectoral Sandpiper
| Calidris melanotos | C | U | C | | | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris
acuminata | | | R | | | Rock Sandpiper | Calidris
ptilocnemis | | | I | | | Dunlin | Calidris alpina | U |
| R | y | | Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | C | C
| C | | | Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | R |
| | | | Common Snipe | Gallinago Gallinago* | C | C | C |
| | Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropes lobatus* | C | C | U | |
Back
to top | Jeagers,Gulls,Terns |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Pomarine Jeager | Stercorarius pomarinus | + | | | | | Parasitic
Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus* | C | C | C | | | Long-tailed
Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | U | R | R | | | Franklin's
Gull | Larus pipixcan | + | | | | | Common Black-headed Gull
| Larus ridibundus | | + | | | | Bonaparte's Gull | Larus philadelphia*
| C | C | C | | | Mew Gull | Larus canus* | A | A | A |
| | Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | I | I | I | | | Herring
Gull | Larus argentatus* | C | C | C | | | Glaucous-winged Gull
| Larus glaucescens* | A | A | A | | | Glaucous Gull | Larus
hyperboreus | R | R | R | | | Black-legged Kittiwake
| Rissa tridactyla | R | R | U | | | Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini
| | I | I | | | Arctic Tern | Sterna
paradisaea* | C | C | U | | | Aleutian Tern | Sterna aleutica*
| R | R | R | |
Back
to top | Doves |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaidura macroura | I | | I | |
Back
to top | Owls |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus* | C | C | C | C | | Snowy
Owl | Nyctea scandiaca | | | I | I | | Northern Hawk-Owl | Surnia
ulula | U | U | U | U | | Great Gray Owl | Strix nebulosa | R
| R | R | R | | Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus* | U | U | U
| R | | Boreal Owl | Aegolius funereus* | U | U | U | U | | Northern
Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus* | R | R | R | R |
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to top | Hummingbirds,Kingfishers |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | R | R | R | | | Belted
Kingfisher | Ceryle alcyon* | U | U | U | I |
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to top | Woodpeckers |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Red-breasted Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus ruber | R | R | R | | | Downy
Woodpecker | Picoides pubescens* | C | C | C | C | | Hairy Woodpecker
| Picoides villosus* | C | C | C | C | | Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides
tridactylus* | C | C | C | C | | Black-backed Woodpecker | Picoides
arcticus* | R | R | R | R | | Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus*
| R | R | R | R |
Back
to top | Flycatchers |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus borealis*
| U | U | U | | | Western Wood-Pewee | Contopus sordidulus* | U
| U | U | | | Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum* | C | C | C
| | | Say's Pheobe | Sayornis phoebe* | R | R | R | |
Back
to top | Larks |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris* | U | U | U | |
Back
to top | Swallows |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor* | C | C | R | | | Violet-green
Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina* | C | C | R | | | Bank Swallow
| Riparia riparia* | C | C | C | | | Cliff Swallow | Hirundo
pyrrhonota* | U | U | U | |
Back
to top | Jays,Crows |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Gray Jay | Perisoreus canadensis* | C | C | C | C | | Steller's
Jay | Cyanocitta stelleri | R | R | R | I | | Black-billed Magpie
| Pica pica* | C | C | C | C | | Northwestern Crow | Corvus caurinus
| R | R | R | R | | Common Raven | Corvus corax* | C | C | C
| C |
Back to top | Chickadees |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Parus atricapillus*
| C | C | C | C | | Boreal Chickadee | Parus hudsonicus* | C | C
| C | C |
Back to top | Nuthatches,Creepers,Dippers |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | U | U | U | U | | Brown
Creeper | Certhia americana* | U | U | U | U | | American
Dipper | Cinclus mexicanus* | U | U | U | U |
Back
to top | Warblers,Thrushes,Kinglets |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa* | R | R | U | R | | Ruby-crowned
Kinglet | Regulus calendula* | C | C | C | R | | Northern Wheatear
| Oenanthe oenanthe | R | R | R | | | Townsend's Solitaire | Myadestes
townsendi | I | I | I | | | Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus*
| C | C | C | | | Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | C
| C | C | | | Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus* | C | C | C
| | | American Robin | Turdus migratorius* | C | C | C | | | Varied
Thrush | Ixoreus naevius* | C | C | C | | | American Pipit | Anthus
rubescens* | C | C | C | | | Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus*
| U | U | U | R | | Northern Shrike | Lanius excubitor* | U | U
| U | R | | Orange-crowned Warbler | Vermivora celata* | C | C | C
| | | Yellow Warbler | Dendroica petechia* | U | U | U | | | Yellow-rumped
Warbler | Dendroica coronata* | C | C | C | I | | Townsend's Warbler
| Dendroica townsendi* | U | U | U | | | Blackpoll Warbler | Dendroica
striata* | U | U | U | | | Northern Waterthrush | Seiurus noveboracensis*
| U | U | U | | | Wilson's Warbler | Wilsonia pusilla* | U | U
| U | |
Back to top | Sparrows |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | S
| S | F | W |
| American Tree Sparrow | Spizella arborea* | U | U | U | | | Savannah
Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis* | C | C | C | | | Fox Sparrow
| Passerella iliaca* | C | C | C | | | Song Sparrow | Melospiza
melodia* | R | R | R | | | Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii*
| C | C | C | | | Golden-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla*
| C | C | C | R | | White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys*
| C | C | C | R | | Harris' Sparrow | Zonotrichia querula | |
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Back to top | Finches,Bunting,
and Blackbirds | | Common
Name | Scientific Name | S | S
| F | W | | Dark-eyed Junco
| Junco hyemalis* | C | C | C | | | Lapland Longspur | Calcarius
lapponicus | C | | U | | | Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis*
| U | U | U | U | | Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus* | U
| U | U | I | | Gray-crowned Rosy-finch | Leucosticte tephrocotis*
| U | U | U | | | Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator* | U | U
| U | U | | Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | R | R | R | R
| | White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera* | U | U | U | U | | Common
Redpoll | Carduelis flammea* | C | C | C | C | | Hoary Redpoll | Carduelis
hornemanni | | | | R | | Pine Siskin | Carduelis pinus* | C
| C | C | C |
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