Washington Birds

Wild Birds of Washington State

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Order Family	Common Name	Scientific Name
Anseriformes Anatidae	American Wigeon Barrow's Goldeneye Black Scoter Blue-winged Teal Bufflehead Canvasback Cinnamon Teal Common Goldeneye Common Merganser European Wigeon Gadwall Greater Scaup Green-winged Teal Harlequin Duck Hooded Merganser Lesser Scaup Long-tailed Duck Mallard Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Red-breasted Merganser Readhead Ring-necked Duck Ruddy Duck Surf Scoter Tufted Duck White-winged Scoter Wood Duck Brant Canada Goose Greater White-fronted Goose Mute Swan Trumpeter Swan Tundra Swan	Anas americana Bucephala islandica Melanitta nigra Anas discors Bucephala albeola Aythya valisineria Anas cyanoptera Bucephala clangula Mergus merganser Anas penelope Anas strepera Aythya marila Anas crecca Lophodytes cucullatus Aythya affinis Clangula hyemalis Anas platyrhynchos Anas acuta Anas clypeata Mergus serrator Aythya americana Aythya collaris Oxyura jamaicensis Melanitta perspicillata Aythya fuligula Melanitta deglandi Aix sponsa Branta bernicla Branta canadensis Anser albifrons Cygnus olor Cygnus buccinator Cygnus columbianus
Gaviiformes Gaviidae	Arctic Loon Common Loon Pacific Loon Red-throated Loon Yellow-billed Loon	Gavia arctica Gavia immer Gavia pacifica Gavia stellata Gavia adamsii
Podicipediformes Podicipedidae	Clark's Grebe Eared Grebe Horned Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Red-necked Grebe Western Grebe	Aechmophorus clarkii Podiceps nigricollis Podiceps auritus Podilymbus podiceps Podiceps grisegena Aechmophorus occidentalis
Procellariiformes Diomedeidae Hydrobatidae Procellariidae	Black-footed Albatross Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Leach's Storm-Petrel Wilson's Storm-Petrel Buller's Shearwater Flesh-footed Shearwater Mottled Petrel Murphy's Petrel Northern Fulmar Pink-footed Shearwater Short-tailed Shearwater Sooty Shearwater	Diomedea nigripes Oceanodroma furcata Oceanodroma leucorhoa Oceanites oceanicus Puffinus bulleri Puffinus carneipes Pterodroma inexpectata Pterodroma ultima Fulmarus glacialis Puffinus creatopus Puffinus tenuirostris Puffinus griseus
Pelecaniformes Pelecanidae Phalacrocracidae	Brown Pelican ~ White Pelican ~ Brandt's Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant Red-faced Cormorant	Pelecanus occidentalis Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Phalacrocorax penicillatus Phalacrocorax auritus Phalacrocorax urile
Charadriiformes Charadriidae Haematopodidae Recurvirostridae Scolopacidae Laridae Alcidae	Black-bellied Plover Killdeer Semipalmated Plover Snowy Plover ~ Black Oystercatcher American Avocet Black-necked Stilt Dunlin Greater Yellowlegs Least Sandpiper Long-billed Curlew Long-billed Dowitcher Pectoral Sandpiper Red Knot Red Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Rock Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Surfbird Western Sandpiper Wilson's Phalarope Wilson's Snipe Black-legged Kittiwake Black Tern Bonaparte's Gull California Gull Caspian Tern Forster's Tern Glaucous Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Heermann's Gull Herring Gull Mew Gull Parasitic Jaeger Pomarine Jaeger Ring-billed Gull Thayer's Gull Western Gull Ancient Murrelet Cassin's Auklet Common Murre Horned Puffin Marbled Murrelet * Pigeon Guillemot Rhinoceros Auklet Tufted Puffin	Pluvialis squatarola Charadrius vociferus Charadrius semipalmatus Charadrius alexandrius Haematopus bachmani Recurvirostra americana Himantopus mexicanus Calidris alpina Tringa melanoleuca Calidris minutilla Numenius americanus Limnodromus scolopaceus Calidris melanotos Calidris canutus Phalaropus fulicarius Phalaropus lobatus Calidris ptilocnemis Arenaria interpres Calidris alba Calidirs pusilla Calidris acuminata Actitis macularius Aphriza virgata Calidris mauri Phalaropus tricolor Gallinago delicata Rissa tridactyla Childonias niger Larus philadelphia Larus californicus Sterna caspia Sterna forsteri Larus hyperboreus Larus glaucescens Larus heermanni Larus argentatus Larus canus Stercorarius parasiticus Stercorarius pomarinus Larus delawarensis Larus thayeri Larus occidentalis Synthliboramphus antiquus Ptychoramphus aleuticus Uria aalge Fratercula corniculata Brachyramphus marmoratus Cepphus columba Cerorhinca monocerata Fratercula cirrhata
Ciconiiformes Ardeidae Threskiornithidae Cathartidae	American Bittern Black-crowned Night Heron Cattle Egret Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret White-faced Ibis White Ibis California Condor Turkey Vulture	Botaurus lentiginosus Nycticorax nycticorax Bubulcus ibis Ardea hrodias Casmerodius albus Butorides striatus Florida caerulea Egretta thula Plegadis chihi Eudocimus albus Gymnogyps californianus Cathartes aura
Gruiformes Rallidae Gruidae	American Coot Sora Virginia Rail Yellow Rail Sandhill Crane *	Fulica americana Porzana carolina Rallus limicola Coturnicops noveboracensis Grus canadensis
Falconiformes Accipitridae Falconidae	Bald Eagle * Cooper's Hawk Ferruginous Hawk * Golden Eagle Goshawk Osprey Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Sharp-shinned hawk Swainson's Hawk American Kestrel Gyrfalcon Merlin Peregrine Falcon Prairie Falcon	Haliaeetus leucocephalus Accipiter cooperii Buteo regalis Aquila chrysaetos Accipiter gentilis Pandion haliaetus Buteo jamaicensis Buteo lagopus Accipiter striatus Buteo swainsoni Falco sparverius Falco rusticolus Falco columbarius Falco peregrinus Falco mexicanus
Strigiformes Tytonidae Strigidae	Barn Owl Barred Owl Boreal Owl Burrowing Owl Flammulated Owl Great Gray Owl Great Horned Owl Long-eared Owl Northern Hawk Owl Pygmy Owl Saw-whet Owl Short-eared Owl Snowy Owl Spotted Owl ~ Western Screech Owl	Tyto alba Strix varia Aegolius funereus Athene cunicularia Otus flammeolus Strix nebulosa Bubo virginianus Asio otus Surnia ulula Glaucidium gnoma Aegolius acadicus Asio flammeus Bubo scandiacus Strix occidentalis Megascops kennicotti
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgidae	Common Nighthawk Common Whip-poor-whill	Chordeiles minor Caprimulgus vociferus
Galliformes Odontophoridae Phasianidae	Bobwhite California Quail Mountain Quail Blue Grouse Chukar Pheasant Gray Partridge Ring-necked Pheasant Ruffed Grouse Sage Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse * Spruce Grouse White-tailed Ptarmigan Wild Turkey	Colinus virginianus Lophortyx californicus Oreortyx pictus Dendragapus obscurus Alectoris chukar Perdix perdix Phasianus colchicus Bonasa umbellus Centrocercus urophasianus Pedioecetes phasianellus Canachites canadensis Lagopus leucurus Meleagris gallopavo
Piciformes Picidae	Acorn Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker Common Flicker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Lewis's Woodpecker Northern Three-toed Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Red-breasted Sapsucker Red-naped Sapsucker White-headed Woodpecker Wiliamsons's Sapsucker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Melanerpes formicivorus Picoides arcticus Colaptes auratus Picoides pubescens Picoides villosus Melanerpes lewis Picoides tridactylus Dryocopus pileatus Sphyrapicus ruber Sphyrapicus nuchalis Picoides albolarvatus Sphyrapicus thyroideus Sphyrapicus varius
Columbiformes Columbidae	Band-tailed Pigeon Mourning Dove Rock Pigeon	Columba fasciata Zenaida macroura Columba livia
Apodiformes Apodidae Trochilidae	Black Swift Vaux's Swift White-throated Swift Allen's Hummingbird Anna's Hummingbird Black-chinned Hummingbird Calliope Hummingbird Ruby-throated Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird	Cypseloides niger Chaetura vauxi Aeronautes saxatlis Selasphorus sasin Calypte anna Archilochus alexandri Stellula calliope Archilochus colubris Selasphorus rufus
Coraciiformes Alcedinidae	Belted Kingfisher	Megaceryle alcyon
Passeriformes Corvidae Mimidae Sturnidae Laniidae Tyrannidae Vireonidae Alaudidae Hirundinidae Paridae Aegithalidae Sittidae Certhiidae Troglodytidae Cinclidae Regulidae Turdidae Motacilldae Bombycillidae Parulidae Thraupidae Emberizidae Cardinalidae Icteridae Fringillidae Passeridae	American Crow Black-billed Magpie Blue Jay Clark's Nutcracker Common Raven Gray Jay Northwestern Crow Steller's Jay Western Scrub Jay Gray Catbird Sage Thrasher European Starling Loggerhead Shrike Northern Shrike Ash-throated Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Gray Flycatcher Hammond's Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Olive-sided Flycatcher Pacific-slope Flycatcher Say's Phoebe Western Kingbird Western Wood-Pewee Willow Flycatcher Cassin's Vireo Hutton's Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Warbling Vireo Horned Lark Sky Lark Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Purple Martin Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Boreal Chickadee Chestnut-backed Chickadee Mountain Chickadee Bushtit Pygmy Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Bewick's Wren Canyon Wren House Wren Marsh Wren Rock Wren Winter Wren American Dipper Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Robin Hermit Thrush Mountain Bluebird Swainson's Thrush Townsend's Solitaire Varied Thrush Veery Western Bluebird American Pipit Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing American Redstart Common Yellowthroat Hermit Warbler MacGillvray's Warbler Magnolia Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Waterthrush Orange-crowned Warbler Townsend's Warbler Wilson's Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow Warbler Western Tanager American Tree Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Fox Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Lapland Longspur Lark Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Sage Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Snow Bunting Song Sparrow Spotted Towhee Vesper Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Black-headed Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting Bobolink Brewer's Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Bullock's Oriole Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird American Goldfinch Cassin's Finch Common Redpoll Evening Grosbeak Gray-crowned Rosy-finch House Finch Pine Grosbeak Pine Siskin Purple Finch Red Crossbill White-winged Crossbill House Sparrow	Corvus brachyrhynchos Pica hudsonia Cyanocitta cristata Nucifraga columbiana Corvus corax Perisoreus canadensis Corvus caurinus Cyanocitta stelleri Aphelocoma californica Dumetalla carolinensis Oreoscoptes montanus Sturnus vulgaris Lanius ludovicianus Lanius excubitor Myiarchus cinerascens Empidonax oberholseri Tyrannus tyrannus Empidonax wrightii Empidonax hammondii Empidonax minimus Contopus cooperi Epimondax difficilis Sayornis saya Tyrannus verticalis Contopus sordidulus Empidonax traillii Vireo cassinii Vireo huttoni Vireo olivaceus Vireo gilvus Eremophila alpestris Alauda arvensis Riparia riparia Hirundo rustica Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Stelgidopteryx serripennis Progne subis Tachycineta bicolor Tachycineta thalassina Poecile atricapillus Poecile hudsonica Parus rufescens Poecile gambeli Psaltriparus minimus Sitta pygmaea Sitta canadensis Sitta carolinensis Certhia americana Thryomanes bewickii Catherpes mexicanus Troglodytes aedon Cistothorus palustris Salpinctes obsoletus Troglodytes troglodytes Cinclus mexicanus Regulus satrapa Regulus calndula Turdus migratorius Catharus guttatus Sialia currucoides Catharus ustulatus Ixoreus naevius Catharus fuscescens Sialia mexicana Anthus rubescens Bombycilla garrulus Bombycilla cedrorum Setophaga ruticilla Geothlypis trichas Dendroica occidentalis Oporornis tolmiei Vermivora ruficapilla Seiurus noveboracensis Vermivora celata Dendroica townsendi Wilsonia pusilla Icteria virens Dendroica coronata Dendroica petechia Piranga ludoviciana Spizella arborea Spizella breweri Spizella passerina Junco hyemalis Passerella iliaca Zonotrichia atricapilla Ammodramus savannarum Calcarius lapponicus Chondestes grammacus Melospiza lincolnii Amphispiza belli Passerculus sandwichensis Plectrophenax nivalis Pipilo maculatus Pooecetes gramineus Zonotrichia leucophrys Zonotrichia albicollis Pheucticus melanocephalus Passerina amoena Dolichonyx oryzivorus Euphagus cyanocephalus Molothrus ater Icterus bullockii Agelaius phoeniceus Sturnella neglecta Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Carduelis tristis Carpodacus cassinii Carduelis flammea Coccothraustes vespertinus Leucosticte tephrocotis Carpodacus mexicanus Pinicola enucleator Carduelis pinus Carpodacus purpureus Loxia curvirostra Loxia leucoptera Passer domesticus

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