Birds |
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A Note on Capitalization |
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Bird common names are governed by the International Ornithologists’ Union (IOU). In 1991 the IOU began a project to standardize English language names of birds. The goal was to officially sanction a single, unique name for each species. In 2006 the project was completed and the resulting list was published in book form as Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, by Frank Gill & Minturn Wright. According to the IOU, English language bird names have “graduated from the realm of ‘common/vernacular’ names,” and must be regarded as proper nouns. For this reason, bird common names are capitalized. |
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Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) |
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American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) |
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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) |
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Baird’s Sparrow (Ammodramus bairdii) |
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Barrow’s Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) |
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Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii) |
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Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) |
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Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) |
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Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) |
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Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) |
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Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) |
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Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens) |
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Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca) |
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Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) |
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) |
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Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) |
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Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus) |
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Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) |
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Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) |
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Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) |
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Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia) |
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Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) |
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Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) |
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Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea) |
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Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus) |
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Clark’s Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) |
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Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) |
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Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) |
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Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) |
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Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) |
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Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) |
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Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) |
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Eastern Screech Owl (Otus asio) |
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Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) |
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Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) |
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Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri) |
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Franklin’s Gull (Larus pipixcan) |
special concern | |||
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) |
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Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) |
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Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) |
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Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) |
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Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) |
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Henslow’s Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) |
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Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) |
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Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) |
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Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina) |
special concern | |||
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) |
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Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) |
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Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica) |
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Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus) |
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King Rail (Rallus elegans) |
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Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) |
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Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) |
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Le Conte’s Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii) |
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Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) |
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Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) |
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Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) |
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Louisiana Waterthrush (Seiurus motacilla) |
special concern |
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Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia) |
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Marsh Wren (Othorus palustris) |
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Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) |
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Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia) |
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Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) |
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Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni) |
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Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) |
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Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) |
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Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) |
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) |
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Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) |
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Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis) |
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Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) |
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Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) |
threatened |
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Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) |
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Pine Warbler (Dendroica pinus) |
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Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) |
endangered |
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Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) |
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Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor) |
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Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) |
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Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) |
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Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) |
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Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) |
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Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) |
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Say’s Phoebe (Sayornis saya) |
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Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus ) |
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Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) |
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Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) |
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Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) |
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Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) |
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Sora (Porzana carolina) |
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Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia) |
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Sprague’s Pipit (Anthus spragueii) |
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Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis) |
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Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) |
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Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) |
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Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) |
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Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) |
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Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) |
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Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) |
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Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) |
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Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) |
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Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) |
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White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) |
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White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) |
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Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) |
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Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) |
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Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) |
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Wilson’s Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) |
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Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) |
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Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) |
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) |
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Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea) |
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Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) |
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