ALBERTA BIRDS

Geese, swans and ducks

• Greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)
• Snow goose (Chen caerulescens)
• Ross’s goose (Chen rossii)
• Brant (Branta bernicla)
• Cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii)
• Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
• Trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator)
• Tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus)
• Wood duck (Aix sponsa)
• Gadwall (Anas strepera)
• Eurasian wigeon (Anas penelope)
• American wigeon (Anas americana)
• American black duck (Anas rubripes)
• Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
• Blue-winged teal (Anas discors)
• Cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera)
• Northern shoveler (Anas clypeata)
• Northern pintail (Anas acuta)
• Garganey (Anas querquedula)
• Green-winged teal (Anas crecca)
• Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
• Redhead (Aythya americana)
• Ring-necked duck (Aythya collaris)
• Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
• Greater scaup (Aythya marila)
• Lesser scaup (Aythya affinis)
• King eider (Somateria spectabilis)
• Common eider (Somateria mollissima)
• Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
• Surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
• White-winged scoter (Melanitta fusca)
• Black scoter (Melanitta americana)
• Long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis)
• Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
• Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
• Barrow’s goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
• Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
• Common merganser (Mergus merganser)
• Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)
• Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)

Partridges, pheasants, grouse and turkeys

• Gray partridge (Perdix perdix)
• Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
• Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
• Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)
• Spruce grouse (Falcipennis canadensis)
• Willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
• White-tailed ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura)
• Dusky grouse (Dendragapus obscurus)
• Sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus)
• Greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)
• Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Loons

• Red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)
• Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica)
• Common loon (Gavia immer)
• Yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii)

Grebes

• Pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
• Horned grebe (Podiceps auritus)
• Red-necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
• Eared grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
• Western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
• Clark’s grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii)

Pelicans and cormorants

• American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
• Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)

Bitterns, herons, and ibises

• American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
• Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
• Great egret (Ardea alba)
• Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
• Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea)
• Tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor)
• Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
• Green heron (Butorides virescens)
• Black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
• Yellow-crowned night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
• White-faced ibis (Plegadis chihi)

New World vultures, Eagles, hawks, osprey and falcons

• Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)
• Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
• Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
• Northern harrier (Circus cyaneus)
• Sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus)
• Cooper’s hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
• Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
• Broad-winged hawk (Buteo platypterus)
• Swainson’s hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
• Ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis)
• Rough-legged hawk (Buteo lagopus)
• Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
• American kestrel (Falco sparverius)
• Merlin (Falco columbarius)
• Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
• Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
• Prairie falcon (Falco mexicanus)
• Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Rails, coots and cranes

• Yellow rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)
• Virginia rail (Rallus limicola)
• Sora (Porzana carolina)
• American coot (Fulica americana)
• Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis)
• Common crane (Grus grus)
• Whooping crane (Grus americana)

Plovers

• Black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
• American golden-plover (Pluvialis dominica)
• Pacific golden-plover (Pluvialis fulva)
• Lesser sand-plover (Charadrius mongolus)
• Snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus)
• Semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
• Piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
• Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
• Mountain plover (Charadrius montanus)

Avocets

• Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
• American avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

Sandpipers and phalarope

• Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
• Solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
• Wandering tattler (Tringa incana)
• Spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus)
• Greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
• Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
• Lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
• Upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
• Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis)
• Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
• Long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus)
• Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica)
• Marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa)
• Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
• Black turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)
• Surfbird (Calidris virgata)
• Red knot (Calidris canutus)
• Sanderling (Calidris alba)
• Semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
• Western sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
• Red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis)
• Little stint (Calidris minuta)
• Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
• White-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
• Baird’s sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
• Pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
• Sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
• Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
• Curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
• Stilt sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
• Spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmea)
• Buff-breasted sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis)
• Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
• Short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
• Long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
• Wilson’s snipe (Gallinago delicata)
• American woodcock (Scolopax minor)
• Wilson’s phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
• Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
• Red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)

Skuas

• Pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
• Parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
• Long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)

Gulls, terns and skimmers

• Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
• Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea)
• Sabine’s gull (Xema sabini)
• Bonaparte’s gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
• Little gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
• Franklin’s gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
• Mew gull (Larus canus)
• Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis)
• California gull (Larus californicus)
• Herring gull (Larus argentatus)
• Thayer’s gull (Larus thayeri)
• Iceland gull (Larus glaucoides)
• Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)
• Slaty-backed gull (Larus schistisagus)
• Glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens)
• Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus)
• Great black-backed gull (Larus marinus)
• Least tern (Sternula antillarum)
• Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
• Black tern (Chlidonias niger)
• Common tern (Sterna hirundo)
• Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea)
• Forster’s tern (Sterna forsteri)

Alcids

• Black guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
• Long-billed murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix)
• Ancient murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus)

Pigeons and dove

• Rock dove (Columba livia)
• Band-tailed pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)
• Eurasian collared-dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
• White-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica)
• Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)

Corvidae

• Common raven (Corvus Corax)
• American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
• Black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia)

Cuckoos

• Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
• Black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)

Owls

• Barn owl (Tyto alba)
• Flammulated owl (Psiloscops flammeolus)
• Western screech-owl (Megascops kennicottii)
• Eastern screech-owl (Megascops asio)
• Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)
• Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus)
• Northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula)
• Northern pygmy-owl (Glaucidium gnoma)
• Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)
• Barred owl (Strix varia)
• Great gray owl (Strix nebulosa)
• Long-eared owl (Asio otus)
• Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
• Boreal owl (Aegolius funereus)
• Northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus)

Nighthawks and goatsuckers

• Common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
• Common poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii)
• Eastern whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus)

Swifts and hummingbird

• Black swift (Cypseloides niger)
• White-throated swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)
• Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
• Black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
• Anna’s hummingbird (Calypte anna)
• Costa’s hummingbird (Calypte costae)
• Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)
• Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

Kingfishers

• Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

Woodpecker

• Lewis’s woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)
• Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
• Acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
• Red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
• Williamson’s sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus)
• Yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
• Red-naped sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis)
• Red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)
• Downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
• Hairy woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
• American three-toed woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis)
• Black-backed woodpecker (Picoides arcticus)
• Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus)
• Pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Songbirds

• Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
• Western wood-pewee (Contopus sordidulus)
• Yellow-bellied flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
• Alder flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
• Willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
• Least flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
• Hammond’s flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii)
• Gray flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii)
• Dusky flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri)
• “Western” flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
• Eastern phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
• Say’s phoebe (Sayornis saya)
• Great crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
• Western kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
• Eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
• Scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
• Fork-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus savana)
• Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
• Northern shrike (Lanius excubitor)
• Yellow-throated vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
• Cassin’s vireo (Vireo cassinii)
• Blue-headed vireo (Vireo solitarius)
• Warbling vireo (Vireo gilvus)
• Philadelphia vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)
• Red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
• Gray jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
• Steller’s jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
• Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
• Pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus)
• Clark’s nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
• Black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia)
• Horned lark (Eremophila alpestris)
• Purple martin (Progne subis)
• Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
• Violet-green swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
• Northern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
• Bank swallow (Riparia riparia)
• Cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
• Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
• Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
• Mountain chickadee (Poecile gambeli)
• Chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
• Boreal chickadee (Poecile hudsonica)
• Red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
• White-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
• Brown creeper (Certhia americana)
• Rock wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
• Carolina wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
• House wren (Troglodytes aedon)
• Winter wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)
• Sedge wren (Cistothorus platensis)
• Marsh wren (Cistothorus palustris)
• American dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
• Golden-crowned kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
• Ruby-crowned kinglet (Regulus calendula)
• Blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
• Northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
• Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis)
• Western bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
• Mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
• Townsend’s solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)
• Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
• Gray-cheeked thrush (Catharus minimus)
• Swainson’s thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
• Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus)
• Wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
• American robin (Turdus migratorius)
• Varied thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
• Gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
• Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
• Sage thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus)
• Brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
• Bendire’s thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei)
• Curve-billed thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)
• European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
• Siberian accentor (Prunella montanella)
• American pipit (Anthus rubescens)
• Sprague’s pipit (Anthus spragueii)
• Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
• Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
• Blue-winged warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)
• Golden-winged warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)
• Tennessee warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina)
• Orange-crowned warbler (Oreothlypis celata)
• Nashville warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla)
• Northern parula (Setophaga americana)
• Yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia)
• Chestnut-sided warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
• Magnolia warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
• Cape May warbler (Setophaga tigrina)
• Black-throated blue warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)
• Yellow-rumped warbler (Setophaga coronata)
• Black-throated gray warbler (Setophaga nigrescens)
• Black-throated green warbler (Setophaga virens)
• Townsend’s warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
• Hermit warbler (Setophaga occidentalis)
• Blackburnian warbler (Setophaga fusca)
• Yellow-throated warbler (Setophaga dominica)
• Pine warbler (Setophaga pinus)
• Palm warbler (Setophaga palmarum)
• Bay-breasted warbler (Setophaga castanea)
• Blackpoll warbler (Setophaga striata)
• Hooded warbler (Setophaga citrina)
• American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
• Black-and-white warbler (Mniotilta varia)
• Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
• Northern waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
• Connecticut warbler (Oporornis agilis)
• Kentucky warbler (Geothlypis formosa)
• Mourning warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia)
• MacGillivray’s warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei)
• Common yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
• Wilson’s warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
• Canada warbler (Cardellina canadensis)
• Yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens)
• Summer tanager (Piranga rubra)
• Scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea)
• Western tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
• Green-tailed towhee (Pipilo chlorurus)
• Spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
• Eastern towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
• Cassin’s sparrow (Peucaea cassinii)
• American tree sparrow (Spizelloides arborea)
• Chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina)
• Clay-colored sparrow (Spizella pallida)
• Brewer’s sparrow (Spizella breweri)

• Field sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
• Vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
• Lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)
• Black-throated sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)
• Lark bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys)
• Savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
• Grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
• Baird’s sparrow (Ammodramus bairdii)
• Le Conte’s sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii)
• Nelson’s sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni)
• Fox sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
• Song sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
• Lincoln’s sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
• Swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
• White-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
• Harris’s sparrow (Zonotrichia querula)
• White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
• Golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
• Dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis)
• McCown’s longspur (Calcarius mccownii)
• Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
• Smith’s longspur (Calcarius pictus)
• Chestnut-collared longspur (Calcarius ornatus)
• Snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
• Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
• Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
• Black-headed grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
• Lazuli bunting (Passerina amoena)
• Indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea)
• Painted bunting (Passerina ciris)
• Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
• Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
• Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
• Eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
• Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
• Yellow-headed blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
• Rusty blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
• Brewer’s blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
• Common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
• Brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater)
• Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula)
• Bullock’s oriole (Icterus bullockii)
• Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
• Gray-crowned rosy-finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis)
• Pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
• Purple finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
• Cassin’s finch (Haemorhous cassinii)
• House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
• Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
• White-winged crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)
• Common redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
• Hoary redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni)
• Pine siskin (Spinus pinus)
• American goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
• Evening grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)
• House sparrow (Passer domesticus)