Birds (Class Aves)
Bird PhotographyPhotography by Donald Gudehus
Index
Mostly according to the classification scheme of B. L. Monroe, Jr. and C. G. Sibley (1993)
Class Aves (Linnaeus, 1758) - Birds
Subclass Neornithes - Modern Birds
Superorder Palaeognathae - Mostly Flightless Birds
Order Struthioniformes - Ostriches and Allies
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Family Struthionidae - Ostriches
Superorder Neognathae - All Other Modern Birds
Order Craciformes - Guans, Curassows, Chachalacas, and Megapodes
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Family Cracidae - Guans, Curassows, and Chachalacas
Order Galliformes - Fowl
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Family Phasianidae - Partridges, Francolins, Partridges, Quail, Pheasant, and Turkey
Family Numididae - Guineafowls
Family Odontophoridae - New World Quails
Order Anseriformes - Waterfowl
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Family Dendrocygnidae - Whistling Ducks
Family Anatidae - Ducks and Allies
Order Piciformes - Woodpeckers and Allies
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Family Picidae - Woodpeckers
Family Ramphastidae - Toucans
Order Coraciiformes - Kingfishers and Allies
Suborder Coracii
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Family Coraciidae - Rollers
Suborder Alcedines
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Family Halcyonidae - Haycyonid Kingfishers
Family Cerylidae - Cerylid Kingfishers
Order Cuculiformes - Cuckoos
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Family Centropidae - Coucals
Family Crotophagidae - Anis and Allies
Order Psittaciformes - Parrots and Allies
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Family Psittacidae - True Parrots
Order Trochiliformes - Hummingbirds
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Family Trochilidae - Hummingbirds
Order Strigiformes - Owls
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Family Strigidae - Owls
Order Columbiformes - Pigeons and Doves
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Family Columbidae - Pigeons and Doves
Order Gruiformes - Cranes and Allies
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Family Gruidae - Cranes
Family Rallidae - Rails
Order Charadriiformes - Shore Birds
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Family Scolopacidae - Woodcocks and Snipes
Family Charadriidae - Plovers and Allies
Family Laridae - Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Family Accipitridae - Hawks and Allies
Family Falconidae - Caracaras and Falcons
Family Podicipedidae - Grebes
Family Sulidae - Boobies
Family Phalacrocoracidae - Cormorants
Family Ardeidae - Egrets and Herons
Family Phoenicopteridae - Flamingos
Family Pelecanidae - Pelicans
Family Ciconiidae - Storks and Allies
Family Fregatidae - Frigatebirds
Family Spheniscidae - Penguins
Family Procellariidae - Petrels and Allies
Order Passeriformes - Perching Birds
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Family Tyrannidae - Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies
Family Meliphagidae - Honeyeaters
Family Corvidae - Crows and Allies
Family Bombycillidae - Waxwings
Family Muscicapidae - Old World Flycatchers and Allies
Family Sturnidae - Starlings and Allies
Family Mimidae - Thrashers
Family Certhiidae - Creepers and Wrens
Family Sittidae - Nuthatches
Family Paridae - Tits and Allies
Family Aegithalidae - Long-tailed Tits
Family Hyrundinidae - Swallows and Allies
Family Zosteropidae - White-eyes
Family Alaudidae - Larks
Family Nectariniidae - Sunbirds and Allies
Family Passeridae - Old World Sparrows
Family Fringillidae - Finches, Grosbeaks, Sparrows, and Warblers
Family Parulidae - New World Warblers
Images of Species
Family Struthionidae - Ostriches
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Struthio camelus australis (Gurney, 1868) -The Southern Ostrich, S-M# 1-1
Family Cracidae - Guans, Curassows, and Chachalacas
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Ortalis vetula (Wagler, 1830) -The Plain Chachalaca, S-M# 6-58
Family Phasianidae - Pheasants and Allies
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Subfamily Phasianinae - Francolins and Junglefowl
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Francolinus erckelii (Rüppell, 1835) - Erckel's Francolin, S-M# 8-178
Gallus gallus (Rüppell, 1835) - The Red Junglefowl, S-M# 8-243
Pavo cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Indian Blue Peafowl, S-M# 8-282
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Falcipennis canadensis franklinii (Linnaeus, 1758) - Franklin's Grouse aka The Spruce Grouse, S-M# 8-285
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Meleagris gallopavo intermedia (Sennett, 1879) - The Wild Turkey, S-M# 8-301
Meleagris ocellata (Cuvierl, 1820) - The Ocellated Turkey, S-M# 8-302
Family Numididae - Guineafowls
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Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Helmeted Guineafowl, S-M# 9-305
Family Odontophoridae - New World Quails
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Callipepla californica californica (Shaw, 1798) - The California Quail, S-M# 10-315
Family Dendrocygnidae - Whistling Ducks
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Dendrocygna autumnalis autumnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Black-bellied Whistling Duck, S-M# 13-351
Family Anatidae - Ducks and Allies
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Subfamily Anserinae - Swans and Geese
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Branta sandvicensis (Vigors, 1833) - The Nene, S-M# 14-380
Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Canada Goose, S-M# 14-381
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Alopochen aegyptiacus (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Egyptian Goose, S-M# 14-393
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Anas strepera strepera (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Gadwall, S-M# 14-424
Anas americana (Gmelin, 1789) - The American Wigeon, S-M# 14-427
Anas platyrhynchos (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Mallard, S-M# 14-432
Anas clypeata (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Northern Shoveler, S-M# 14-445
Anas bahamensis (Linnaeus, 1758) - The White-cheeked Pintail, S-M# 14-451
Anas crecca (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Green-winged Teal, S-M# 14-459
Oxyura jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789) - The Ruddy Duck, S-M# 14-354
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Bucephala albeola (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Bufflehead, S-M# 14-493
Family Picidae - Woodpeckers
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Sphyrapicus ruber daggetti (Grinnell, 1901) - The Red-breasted Sapsucker, S-M# 17-591
Picoides nuttallii (Gambel, 1843) - Nuttall's Woodpecker, S-M# 17-646
Dryocopus pileatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Pileated Woodpecker, S-M# 17-699
Colaptes auratus cafer (Gmelin, 1788) - The Northern Flicker aka The Red-shafted Northern Flicker, S-M# 17-681
Family Ramphastidae - Toucans
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Ramphastos ambiguus (Swainson, 1823) - The Yellow-throated Toucan
Family Coraciidae - Rollers
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Coracias caudatus (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Lilac-breasted Roller, S-M# 29-1032
Family Halcyonidae - Halycyonid Kingfishers and Allies
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Halcyon senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Woodland Kingfisher, S-M# 35-1103
Todirhamphus chloris vitiensis (Boddaert, 1783) - The White-collared Kingfisher, S-M# 35-1120
Family Cerylidae - Cerylid Kingfishers
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Megaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Belted Kingfisher, S-M# 36-1150
Family Centropidae - Coucals
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Centropus burchelli (Swainson, 1838) - Burchell's Coucal, S-M# 40-1294
Family Crotophagidae - Cuckoos
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Crotophaga ani (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Smooth-billed Ani, S-M# 43-1318
Family Psittacidae - True Parrots
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Ara macao (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Scarlet Macaw, S-M# 45-1549
Ara ararauna (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Blue and Gold Macaw, S-M# 45-1545
Family Trochilidae - Hummingbirds
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Eulampis holosericeus (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Green-throated Carib, S-M# 48-1856
Calypte anna (Lesson, 1829) - Anna's Hummingbird, S-M# 48-2093
Selasphorus rufous (Gmelin, 1788) - Rufous Hummingbird, S-M# 48-2112
Family Strigidae - Owls
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Aegolius acadicus acadicus (Gmelin, 1788) - The Northern Saw-whet Owl, S-M# 51-2282
Family Columbidae - Pigeons and Doves
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Columba guinea (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Speckled Pigeon aka The Rock Pigeon, S-M# 60-2435
Streptopelia chinensis (Scopoli, 1786) - The Spotted Turtle-dove, S-M# 60-2491
Zenaida macroura marginella (Woodhouse, 1852) - The Mourning Dove, S-M# 60-2542
Zenaida aurita (Temminck, 1809) - The Zenaida Dove, S-M# 60-2545
Columbina passerina (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Common Ground Dove, S-M# 60-2550
Ducula latrans (Peale, 1848) - Peale's Imperial-Pigeon aka The Barking Imperial Pigeon, S-M# 60-2719
Family Gruidae - Cranes
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Antigone canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Sandhill Crane, S-M# 63-2777
Family Rallidae - Rails
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Gallinula chloropus cerceris (Bangs, 1910) - The Antillean Common Moorhen, S-M# 69-2922
Fulica americana (Gmelin, 1789) - The American Coot, SM# 69-2931
Family Scolopacidae - Woodcocks and Snipes
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Gallinago delicata (Ord, 1825) - Wilson's Snipe
Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Whimbrel
Family Charadriidae - Plovers and Allies
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Himantopus mexicanus (Müller, 1776) - The Black_necked Stilt, S-M# 80-3088
Recurvirostra americana (Gmelin, 1789) - The American Avocet, S-M# 80-3092
Charadrius vociferus (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Killdeer, S-M# 80-3105
Vanellus armatus (Burchell, 1822) - The Blacksmith Lapwing, S-M# 80-3143
Family Laridae - Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
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Larus delawarensis (Ord, 1815) - The Ring-billed Gull, S-M# 82 3201
Larus californicus (Lawrence, 1854) - The California Gull, S-M# 82 3202
Larus dominicanus dominicanus (Lichtenstein, 1823) - The Black-backed Gull aka The Kelp Gull, S-M# 82-3204
Larus argentatus smithsonianus (Coues, 1862) - The American Herring Gull, S-M# 82-3210
Thalasseus bergii cristatus (Stephens, 1826) aka Sterna bergii (Lichtenstein, 1823) - The Greater Crested Tern, S-M# 82-3246
Sterna fuscata (Linnaeus, 1766) aka Onychoprion fuscatus oahuensis (A. Bloxam, 1827) - The Sooty Tern, S-M# 82-3271
Anous stolidus (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Brown Noddy aka The Common Noddy, S-M# 82-3277
Anous minutus minutus (Boie, 1844) - The Black Noddy aka The White-capped Noddy, S-M# 82-3278
Gygis alba (Sparman, 1786) - The White Tern, S-M# 82-3281
Family Accipitridae - Hawks and Allies
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Subfamily Pandioninae - Osprey
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Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Osprey, S-M# 83-3307
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Haliaeetus vocifer (Daudin, 1800) - The African Fish-eagle, S-M# 83-3344
Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Bald Eagle, S-M# 83-3348
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Terathopius ecaudatus (Daudin, 1800) - The Bateleur, S-M# 83-3372
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Accipiter cooperii (Linnaeus, 1758) - Cooper's Hawk, S-M# 83-3443
Buteo lineatus elegans (Cassin, 1855) - The California Red-shouldered Hawk, S-M# 83-3482
Buteo jamaicensis calurus (Gmelin, 1778) - The Red-tailed Hawk, S-M# 83-3495
Family Falconidae - Caracaras and Falcons
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Falco sparverius (Linnaeus, 1758) - The American Kestrel, S-M# 85-3579
Family Podicipedidae - Grebes
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Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Pied-billed Grebe, S-M# 86-3616
Family Sulidae - Boobies
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Sula dactylatra personata (van Tets, Meredith, Fullagar, & Davidson, 1988) - The Masked Booby, S-M# 88-3640
Sula leucogater (Boddaert, 1783) - The Brown Booby, S-M# 88-3642
Family Phalacrocoracidae - Cormorants
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Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus (Ridgway, 1884) - The Double-crested Cormorant, S-M# 90-3658
Family Ardeidae - Egrets and Herons
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Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Little Blue Heron, S-M# 91-3690
Egretta thula (Molina, 1782) - The Snowy Egret, S-M# 91-3694
Ardea herodias herodias (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Great Blue Heron, S-M# 91-3699
Ardea alba egretta (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Great Egret, S-M# 91-3709
Bubulcus ibis ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Cattle Egret, S-M# 91-3711
Butorides virescens (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Green Heron, S-M# 91-3719
Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli (Gmelin, 1789) - The Black-crowned Night Heron, S-M# 91-3723
Family Phoenicopteridae - Flamingos
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Phoenicopterus ruber ruber (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Caribbean Flamingo, S-M# 93-3750
Family Pelecanidae - Pelicans
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Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Carribean Brown Pelican, S-M# 95-3795
Family Ciconiidae - Storks and Allies
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Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Turkey Vulture, S-M# 96-3798
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (Shaw, 1800) - The Saddle-billed Stork, S-M# 96-3818
Family Fregatidae - Frigatebirds
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Fregata magnificens (Mathews, 1914) - The Magnificant Frigatebird, S-M# 97-3823
Fregata minor (Gmelin, 1789) - The Great Frigatebird, S-M# 97-3825
Family Spheniscidae - Penguins
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Spheniscus demersus (Linnaeus, 1758) - The African Penguin, S-M# 98-3841
Eudyptes chrysocome (Forster, 1781) - The Rockhopper Penguin, S-M# 98-3833
Family Procellariidae - Petrels and Allies
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Pseudobulweria rostrata (Peale, 1848) - The Tahiti Petrel, S-M# 100-3860
Puffinus nativitatis (Streets, 1877) - The Christmas Shearwater aka The Christmas Island Shearwater, S-M# 100-3913
Procellaria parkinsoni (Gray,1862) - The Black Petrel, S-M# 100-3901
Family Tyrannidae - Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies
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Sayornis nigricans semiatra (Vigors, 1839) - The Black Phoebe, S-M# 105-4265
Tyrannus dominicensis dominicensis (Bonaparte, 1831) - The Gray Kingbird, S-M# 105-4388
Family Meliphagidae - Honeyeaters
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Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1788) - The Tui, S-M# 115-5356
Family Corvidae - Crows and Allies
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Cyanocitta stelleri (Gmelin, 1788) - Steller's Jay, S-M# 123-5653
Aphelocoma californica (Vigors, 1839) - The Western Scrub Jay, S-M# 123-5655
Corvus capensis (Lichtenstein, 1823) - The Cape Crow aka The Black Crow, S-M# 123-5738
Corvus brachyrhynchos (Brehm, 1822) - The American Crow, S-M# 123-5741
Corvus albus (P. L. Statius Müller, 1776)) - The Pied Crow, S-M# 123-5761
Family Bombycillidae - Waxwings
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Bombycilla cedrorum (Vieillot, 1808) - The Cedar Waxwing, S-M# 126-6237
Family Muscicapidae - Old World Flycatchers and Allies
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Zoothera naevia (Gmelin, 1789) - The Varied Thrush, S-M# 128-6280
Catharus guttatus (Pallas, 1811) - The Hermit Thrush, S-M# 128-6338
Turdus migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766) - The American Robin, S-M# 128-6407
Family Sturnidae - Starlings and Allies
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Onychognathus morio (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Red-winged Starling, S-M# 129-6726
Lamprotornis nitens (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Cape Glossy Starling aka The Red-shouldered Glossy Starling, S-M# 129-6738
Sturnus vulgarus vulgarus (Linnaeus, 1758) - The European Starling aka The Common Starling, S-M# 129-6778
Acridotheres tristis tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Common Mynah, S-M# 129-6786
Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Northern Mockingbird, S-M# 129-6813
Family Mimidae - Thrashers
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Toxostoma redivivum (Gambel, 1845) - The California Thrasher, S-M# 129-6836
Margarops fuscatus fuscatus (Vieillot, 1808) - The Pearly-eyed Thrasher, S-M# 129-6842
Family Sittidae - Nuthatches
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Sitta carolinensis aculeata (Cassin, 1856) - The White-breasted Nuthatch, S-M# 130-6858
Sitta pygmaea (Vigors, 1839) - The Pygmy Nuthatch, S-M# 130-6849
Family Certhiidae - Creepers and Wrens
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Subfamily Troglodytinae - Wrens
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Thryomanes bewickii spilurus (Vigors, 1839) - Bewicks Wren, S-M# 131-6900
Family Paridae - Tits and Allies
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Parus atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Black-capped Chickadee, S-M# 132-6981
Poecile rufescens (Townsend, 1837) - The Chestnut-backed Chickadee, S-M# 132-6988
Baeolophus inornatus (Gambel, 1842) - The Oak Titmouse, S-M# 132-7025.1
Family Aegithalidae - Long-tailed Tits
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Psaltriparus minimus (Townsend, 1837) - The Bushtit, S-M# 133-7036
Family Hyrundinidae - Tree Swallows and Allies
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Tachycineata bicolor (Vieillot, 1808) - The Tree Swallow, S-M# 134-7040
Hiruno rustica (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Barn Swallow, S-M# 134-7078
Family Zosteropidae - White-eyes
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Zosterops lateralis lateralis (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Silvereye aka The Grey-breasted Silvereye, S-M# 139-7454
Family Alaudidae - Larks
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Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Horned Lark, S-M# 141-8136
Family Nectariniidae - Sunbirds and Allies
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Subfamily Nectariniinae
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Anthobaphes violacea (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Orange-breasted Sunbird, S-M# 142-8207
Cinnyris chalybeus (Linnaeus, 1766) - The Southern Double-collared Sunbird, S-M# 142-8248
Family Passeridae - Old World Sparrows
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Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) - The House Sparrow aka The English Sparrow, S-M# 145-8321
Family Fringillidae - Finches, Grosbeaks, Sparrows, and Warblers
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Carduelis pinus (Wilson, 1810) - The Pine Siskin, S-M# 146-8767
Carduelis tristis (Linnaeus, 1776) - The American Goldfinch, S-M# 146-8781
Carduelis psaltria (Say, 1823) - The Lesser Goldfinch, S-M# 146-8782
Carpodacus mexicanus (Müller, 1776) - The House Finch, S-M# 146-8809
Coccothraustes vespertinus (W. Cooper, 1825) - The Evening Grosbeak, S-M# 146-8846
Melospiza melodia cleonensis (McGregor, 1899) - The Song Sparrow, S-M# 146-8929
Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forster, 1774) - The White-crowned Sparrow, S-M# 146-8935
Zonotrichia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Golden-crowned Sparrow, S-M# 146-8936
Junco hyemalis oreganus (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Oregon Junco, S-M# 146-8938
Pipilo maculatus maculatus (Swainson, 1827) - The Spotted Towhee, S-M# 146-8982
Pipilo crissalis (Vigors, 1839) - The California Towhee, S-M# 146-8984
Coereba flaveola sanctithomae (Sundevall, 1870) - The Bananaquit, S-M# 146-9151
Pheucticus melanocephalus (Swainson, 1827) - The Black-headed Grosbeak, S-M# 146-9570
Cardinalis cardinalis (Bonaparte, 1838) - The Northern Cardinal, S-M# 146-9571
Icterus bullockii (Swainson, 1827) - Bullock's Oriole, S-M# 146-9642.2
Icterus cucullatus (Swainson, 1827) - The Hooded Oriole, S-M# 146-9643
Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Common Grackel, S-M# 146-9691
Euphagus cyanocephalus (Wagler, 1829) - Brewer's Blackbird, S-M# 146-9695
Family Parulidae - New World Warblers
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Setophaga coronata auduboni (Townsend, 1837) - Audubon's Warbler aka The Yellow-rumped Warbler