(CA)= updated 2018 (HI)=updated 2012
So, I finally got my birding life list entered on my blog. It’s 196 and growing. Stay tuned.
LOONS-Gaviidae
Common Loon
GREBES-Podicipedidae
Pied-billed Grebe, Western Grebe (CA)
ALBATROSS-Diomedeidae
FULMAR, PETRELS AND SHEARWATERS-Procellariidae
STORM-PETRELS-Hydrobatidae
TROPICBIRD-Phaethontidae
BOOBIES AND GANNETS-Sulidae
Northern Gannet
PELICANS-Pelecanidae
American White Pelican, Brown Pelican
CORMORANTS-Phalacrocoracidae
Double-crested Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Neotropic Cormorant, Brandts Cormorant (CA),
DARTERS-Anhingidae
Anhinga
FRIGATEBIRD-Fregatidae
Magnificant Frigatebird
BITTERNS, HERONS AND EGRETS-Aredeidae
Cattle Egret, Great Egret, Reddish Egret, Snowy Egret, Great Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Green Heron,
IBISES AND SPOONILL-Threskiornithidae
Glossy Ibis, White Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill
STORKS-Ciconiidae
Wood Stork
FLAMINGO-Phoenicopteridae
Greater Flamingo
DUCKS, SWANS AND GEESE-Anatidae
Mallard, Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Canada Goose, Common Merganser, Hooded Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Trumpter Swan, Blue-winged Teal, Bufflehead, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Wood Duck, Mottled Duck, Green-winged Teal, Canvasback, Redhead,
LAPWINGS AND PLOVERS-Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover, Piping Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Snowy Plover, Wilson’s Plover, Killdeer, Pacific Golden Plover (HI)
OYSTERCATCHERS-Haematopodidae
American Oystercatcher
STILT AND AVOCET-Recurvirostridae
Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet
SANDPIPERS-Scolopacidae
Dunlin, Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Willet, Ruddy Turnstone, Red Knot, Sanderling, Short-billed Dowitcher, Greater Yellowlegs,Wimbrell, Long-billed Curlew,Least Sandpiper, Black Turnstone (CA)
GULLS AND TERNS-Laridae
Bonaparte’s Gull, Herring Gull, Laughing Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Caspian Tern, Forster’s Tern, Least Tern, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Black Skimmer, Common Fairy Tern (HI), Western Gull (CA), California Gull (CA)
SKUAS AND JAEGERS-Stercorariidae
Pomarine Jaeger
AUKS-Alcidae
VULTURES-Cathartidae
Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture
HAWKS AND EAGLES-Accipitridae
Osprey, American Swallow-tailed Kite, Mississippi Kite, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, White-taled Kite,Sharpshinned Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk,
CARACARAS AND FALCONS-Falconidae
Crested Caracara, American Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon
CHACHALACA-Cracidea
TURKEY AND QUAIL-Phasianidae
Ring-necked Phesant, Wild Turkey, Northern Bobwhite (sound),
RAILS-Rallidae
King Rail, Sora, Purple Gallilnule, Common Moorhen, American Coot
LIMPKIN-Aramidae
Limpkin
CRANES-Gruidae
Sandhill Crane, Whooping Crane
DOVES, PIGEONS -Columbidae
Common Ground-Dove, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Mourning Dove, Ringed Turtle-Dove, Rock Dove, White-winged Dove, Feral Pigeral
BUDGERIGAR, PARAKEETS AND PARROTS-Psittacidae
Monk Parakeet, Blackcapped Parakeet
CUCKOOS, ROADRUNNER AND ANIS-Cuculidae
BARN OWL-Tytonidae
Barn Owl
TYPICAL OWLS-Strigidae
Eastern Screech-Owl, Great Horned Owl, Barred Owl
NIGHTHAWKS AND GOATSUCKERS-Caprimulgidae
Common Nighthawk (sound), Chuck-Will’s-Widow (sound and sight), Buff-collard Nightjar (sound), Whip-poor-will (sound)
SWIFTS-Apodidae
Chimney Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS-Trochilidae
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Costa’s Hummingbird (CA), Black-chinned Hummingbird (CA)
KINGFISHERS-Alcedinidae
Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS-Picadae
Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Plieated Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red-headed W oodpecker, Northern Flicker “Yellow Shafter”,
FLYCATCHERS AND WOOD PEWEES-Tyrannidae
Acadian Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Gray Kingbird, Black Phoebe (CA)
SHRIKES-Laniidae
Loggerhead Shrike
LARKS-Alaudidae
MARTIN AND SWALLOWS-Hirundinidae
Purple Martin, Barn Swallow, Cave Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Tree Swallow
JAYS AND CROWS-Corvidae
Blue Jay, American Crow, Fish Crow, Common Raven
CHICKADEES-Paridae
Black-capped Chickadee, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse,
CREEPER-Certhidae
Brown Creeper
BULBUL-Remizidae
Red Whiskered Bulbul (HI), Red-vented Bulbul (HI)
BUSHTIT-Aegithalidae
NUTHATCHES-Sittidae
THRUSHES-Turdidae
Eastern Bluebird, American Robin,
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS-Mimidae
Northern Mockingbird, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, California Thrasher (CA)
STARLING-Sturnidae
European Starling
VIREOS-Vireonidae
Red-eyed Vireo, White-eyed Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo
WOOD WARBLERS-Parulinae
Pine Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s), Yellow-throated Warbler, Northern Parula, Ovenbird, American Redstart, Orange-crowned Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Palm Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Kentucky Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Swainsons Warbler
BANANAQUITS-Coerebidae
TANAGERS-Thraupidae
Summer Tanager
CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS AND BUNTINGS-Cardinalinae
Northern Cardinal, Blue Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Painted Bunting, Red-crested Cardinal (HI), Yellow-billed Cardinal (HI)
WRENS-Troglodytidae
Bewick’s Wren, Carolina Wren, House Wren, Winter Wren, Canyon Wren (CA), Cactus Wren (CA)
DIPPER-Cinclidae
WAGTAILS AND PIPITS-Motarcillidae
WAXWINGS-Bombycillidae
Cedar Waxwing
SILKYFLYCATCHERS-Ptilogonatidae
KINGLETS-Regulidae
GNATCATCHERS-Sylviidae
SPARROWS AND TOWHEES-Emerizinae
Chipping Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, Savannah Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Field Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Black-throated Sparrow (CA)
OLD WORLD SPARROWS-Passeridae
House Sparrow
BLACKBIRDS-Icteridae
Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern Meadowlark, Common Grackle, Boat-tailed Grackle, Shiny Cowbird, Bronzed Cowbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Baltimore Oriole, Orchard Oriole
FINCHES-Fringillidae
House Finch, House Finch, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, Evening Grosbeak
HAWAIIAN SPECIES
Common Waxbill, Red-billed Leiothris, Red junglefowl cock, Red junglefowl hen, Red Junglefowl hen, Yellow-fronted canary, Common Myna
ACCIDENTAL SPECIES