North American Birds

The species are listed in alphabetical order by Latin name. They have all either been photographed in, or are native to, North America.  More precise details of the location of individual photographs can be supplied on request.

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Latin name	Common name
Actitis macularia	Spotted Sandpiper
Aechmophorus clarkii	Clark’s Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis	Western Grebe
Agelaius phoeniceus	Red-winged Blackbird
Ajaia ajaja	Roseate Spoonbill
Anas clypeata	Northern Shoveler
Anas discors	Blue-winged Teal
Anas fulvigula	Mottled Duck
Anhinga anhinga	Anhinga
Ardea herodias	Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias (white form)	Great White Heron
Arenaria interpres	Ruddy Turnstone
Athene cunicularia	Burrowing Owl
Bubulcus ibis	Cattle Egret
Buteo lineatus	Red-shouldered Hawk
Butorides striatus	Green-backed Heron
Calidris alba	Sanderling
Casmerodius albus	Great Egret
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus	Willet
Charadrius vociferus	Killdeer
Colaptes auratus	Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker
Coragyps atratus	Black Vulture
Corvus ossifragus	Fish Crow
Egretta caerulea	Little Blue Heron
Egretta rufescens	Reddish Egret
Egretta thula	Snowy Egret
Egretta tricolor	Tricolored Heron
Elanoides forficatus	Swallow-tailed Kite
Eudocimus albus	White Ibis
Fulica americana	American Coot
Gallinula chloropus	Moorhen
Grus canadensis	Sandhill Crane
Himantopus mexicana	Black-necked Stilt
Hirundo rustica	Barn Swallow
Larus atricilla	Laughing Gull
Larus delawarensis	Ring-billed Gull
Limosa fedoa	Marbled Godwit
Melanerpes carolinus	Red-bellied Woodpecker
Myadestes townsendi	Townsend’s Solitaire
Mycteria americana	Wood Stork
Nyctanassa violacea	Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Pandion haliaetus	Osprey
Pelecanus occidentalis	Brown Pelican
Phalacrocorax auritus	Double-crested Cormorant
Plegadis chihi	White-faced Ibis
Pluvialis squatarola	Black-bellied Plover
Podylimbus podiceps	Pied-billed Grebe
Porphyrula martinica	Purple Gallinule
Porzana carolina	Sora Rail
Quiscalus major	Boat-tailed Grackle
Recurvirostra americana	American Avocet
Sturnella magna	Eastern Meadowlark
Tringa flavipes	Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa solitaria	Solitary Sandpiper
Vireo griseus	White-eyed Vireo
Zenaida macroura	Mourning Dove