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National Capital Parks-Central

Washington, D.C.

ORDER               Family
FALCONIFORMES     Accipitridae

Common Name

___ Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
___ Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
___ Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
___ Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
___ Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
___ Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)


ORDER               FAMILY
FALCONIFORMES     Falconidae

Common Name

___ American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
___ Merlin (Falco columbarius)


ORDER               FAMILY
GAVIIFORMES        Gaviidae

Common Name

___ Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)


ORDER               FAMILY
PODICIPEDIFORMES  Podicipedidae

Common Name

___ Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
___ Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)


ORDER               FAMILY
CICONIIFORMES      Ardeiae

Common Name

___ Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
___ Black-crowned Night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)


ORDER               FAMILY
ANSERIFORMES       Anatidae

Common Name

___ Wood Duck (Aix Sponsa)
___ Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
___ Mallard (Anas platyrhyncos)
___ American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
___ Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
___ American Wigeon (Anas americana)
___ Cananda Goose (Branta canadensis)
___ Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
___ Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)


ORDER               FAMILY
CHARADRIIFORMES     Laridae 

Common Name

___ Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
___ Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia)
___ Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
___ Herring Gull (Larus argentus)
___ Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
___ Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)


ORDER               FAMILY
PASSERIFORMES     Certhiidae

Common Name

___ Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)     


ORDER               FAMILY
COLUMBIFORMES     Columbidae

Common Name

___ Rock Dove (Columba livia)
___ Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)


ORDER               FAMILY
PASSERIFORMES      Corvidae

Common Name

___ American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
___ Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)
___ Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)


ORDER               FAMILY
PASSERIFORMES     Emberizidae

Common Name

___ Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
___ Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
___ Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
___ Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
___ Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
___ Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)


ORDER               FAMILY
PASSERIFORMES     Fringillidae

Common Name

___ American Goldenfinch (Carduelis tristis)
___ House Finch (Carpodacus mexicana)
___ Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)


ORDER               FAMILY
PASSERIFORMES      Mimidae

Common Name

___ Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)


ORDER               FAMILY
PASSERIFORMES      Paridae

Common Name

___ Tufted Titmouse (Parus bicolor)
___ Carolina Chickadee (Parus carolinensis)


ORDER               FAMILY
PICIFORMES         Picidae

Common Name

___ Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
___ Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
___ Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
___ Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)


ORDER               FAMILY
PASSERIFORMES      Passeridae

Common Name

___ House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)


ORDER               FAMILY
PASSERIFORMES      Sittidae

Common Name

___ White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)


ORDER               FAMILY
PASSERIFORMES      Sturnidae

Common Name

___ European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)


ORDER               FAMILY
PASSERIFORMES      Troglodytidae

Common Name

___ Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
___ Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)


ORDER               FAMILY
PASSERIFORMES      Muscicapidae

Common Name

___ American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
National Capital Parks-Central
900 Ohio Drive, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20242

Tel: 202-485-9880
Fax: 202-426-1835

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  No date.  Birds of National Capital Parks-
     Central, Washington, D.C.  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  Unpaginated.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  No date.  Birds of National Capital Parks-
     Central, Washington, D.C.  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  Unpaginated.
     Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
     http://www.npwrc.usgs.govwashdc.htm  
     (Version 02DEC99)