Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
| Family Name - Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Gaviidae | |
| Red-throated loon | Gavia stellata |
| Pacific loon | Gavia pacifica |
| Common loon | Gavia immer |
| Yellow-billed loon | Gavia adamsii |
| Podicipedidae | |
| Pied-billed grebe (n) | Podilymbus podiceps |
| Horned grebe | Podiceps auritus |
| Red-necked grebe | Podiceps grisegna |
| Eared grebe (n) | Podiceps nigricollis |
| Western grebe (n) | Aechmophorus occidentalis |
| Clark's grebe (n) | Aechmophorus clarki |
| Pelecanidae | |
| American white pelican (n) | Pelecanus erythrorhynchus |
| Brown pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis |
| Phalacrocoracidae | |
| Double-crested cormorant (n) | Phalacrocorax auritus |
| Neotropic cormornat | Phalacrocorax olivaceus |
| Ahningidae | |
| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga |
| Ardeidae | |
| American bittern (n) | Botaurus lentiginosus |
| Least bittern (n) | Ixobrychus exilis |
| Great blue heron (n) | Ardea herodias |
| Great egret (n) | Casmerodius albus |
| Snowy egret (n) | Egretta thula |
| Little blue heron | Egretta caerulea |
| Tricolored heron | Egretta tricolor |
| Cattle egret (n) | Bubulcus ibis |
| Green-backed heron (n) | Butorides striatus |
| Black-crowned night-heron (n) | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Yellow-crowned night-heron (n) | Nyctanassa violacea |
| Ciconiidae | |
| Wood stork | Mycteria americana |
| Threskiornithidae | |
| White-faced ibis (n) | Plegadis chihi |
| Roseate spoonbill | Ajaja ajaja |
| Anatidae | |
| Tundra swan | Cygnus columbianus |
| Trumpeter swan | Cygnus buccinator |
| Greater white-fronted goose | Anser albifrons |
| Snow goose | Chen caerulescens |
| Ross' goose | Chen rossii |
| Brant | Branta bernicla |
| Canada goose (n) | Branta canadensis |
| Wood duck (n) | Aix sponsa |
| Green-winged teal (n) | Anas crecca |
| American black duck | Anas rubripes |
| Mallard (n) | Anas platyrhynchos |
| Northern pintail (n) | Anas acuta |
| Blue-winged teal (n) | Anas discors |
| Cinnamon teal (n) | Anas cyanoptera |
| Northern shoveler (n) | Anas clypeata |
| Gadwall (n) | Anas strepera |
| Eurasian wigeon | Anas penolope |
| American wigeon (n) | Anas americana |
| Canvasback (n) | Aythya valisineria |
| Redhead (n) | Aythya americana |
| Ring-necked duck | Aythya collaris |
| Greater scaup | Aythya marila |
| Lesser scaup (n) | Aythya affinis |
| Harlequin duck | Histrionicus histrionicus |
| Common eider | Somateria mollissima |
| Oldsquaw | Clangula hyemalis |
| Black scoter | Melanitta nigra |
| Surf scoter | Melanitta perspicillata |
| White-winged scoter | Melanitta fusca |
| Common goldeneye | Bucephala clangula |
| Barrow's goldeneye | Bucephala islandica |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola |
| Hooded merganser (n) | Lophodytes cucullatus |
| Common merganser | Mergus merganser |
| Red-breasted merganser | Mergus serrator |
| Ruddy duck (n) | Oxyura jamaicensis |
| Cathartidae | |
| Turkey vulture (n) | Cathartes aura |
| Black vulture | Coragyps atratus |
| Accipitridae | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| Black-shouldered kite | Elanus caerulens |
| Mississippi kite | Ictina mississippiensis |
| Bald eagle (n) | Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
| Northern harrier (n) | Circus cyaneus |
| Sharp-shinned hawk (n) | Accipiter striatus |
| Cooper's hawk (n) | Accipiter cooperii |
| Northern goshawk (n) | Accipiter gentilis |
| Red-shouldered hawk | Buteo lineatus |
| Broad-winged hawk | Buteo platypterus |
| Swainson's hawk (n) | Buteo swainsoni |
| Red-tailed hawk (n) | Buteo jamaicensis |
| Ferruginous hawk (n) | Buteo regalis |
| Rough-legged hawk | Buteo lagopus |
| Golden eagle (n) | Aquila chrysaetos |
| American kestrel (n) | Falco sparverius |
| Merlin (n) | Falco columbarius |
| Peregrine falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus |
| Prairie falcon | Falco mexicanus |
| Phasianidae | |
| Gray partridge (n) | Perdix perdix |
| Chukar (n) | Alectoris chukar |
| Ring-necked pheasant (n) | Phasianus colchicus |
| Blue grouse (n) | Dendragapus obscurus |
| White-tailed ptarmigan (n) | Lagopus leucurus |
| Sage grouse (n) | Centrocercus urophasianus |
| Greater prairie-chicken (n) | Tympanuchus cupido |
| Sharp-tailed grouse (n) | Tympanuchus phasianellus |
| Wild turkey (n) | Meleagris gallopavo |
| Northern bobwhite (n) | Colinus virginianus |
| Scaled quail | Callipepla squamata |
| Rallidae | |
| Yellow rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis |
| Black rail | Laterallus jamaicensis |
| King rail | Rallus elegans |
| Virginia rail (n) | Rallus limicola |
| Sora (n) | Porzana carolina |
| Common moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| American coot (n) | Fulica americana |
| Gruiidae | |
| Sandhill crane | Grus canadensis |
| Common crane | Grus grus |
| Whooping crane | Grus americana |
| Charadriidae | |
| Black-bellied plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Lesser Golden-plover | Pluvialis dominica |
| Snowy plover | Charadrius alexandrinus |
| Semipalmated plover | Charadrius semipalmatus |
| Piping plover (n) | Charadrius melodus |
| Killdeer (n) | Charadrius vociferus |
| Mountain plover (n) | Charadrius montanus |
| Recurvirostridae | |
| Black-necked stilt (n) | Himantopus mexicanus |
| American avocet (n) | Recurvirostra americana |
| Scolopacidae | |
| Greater yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca |
| Lesser yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes |
| Solitary sandpiper | Tringa solitaria |
| Willet | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
| Spotted sandpiper | Actitis macularia |
| Upland sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda |
| Eskimo curlew | Numenius borealis |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| Long-billed curlew (n) | Numenius americanus |
| Hudsonian godwit | Limosa haemastica |
| Marbled godwit | Limosa fedoa |
| Ruddy turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| Red knot | Calidris canutus |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| Semipalmated sandpiper | Calidris pusilla |
| Western sandpiper | Calidris mauri |
| Least sandpiper | Calidris minutilla |
| White-rumped sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis |
| Baird's sandpiper | Calidris bairdii |
| Pectoral sandpiper | Calidris melanotos |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| Stilt sandpiper | Calidris himantopus |
| Buff-breasted sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax |
| Short-billed dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus |
| Long-billed dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus |
| Common snipe (n) | Gallinago gallinago |
| American woodcock (n) | Scolopax minor |
| Wilson's phalarope (n) | Phalaropus tricolor |
| Red-necked phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| Red phalarope | Phalaropus fulicaria |
| Laridae | |
| Pomarine jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus |
| Parasitic jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| Long-tailed jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus |
| Laughing gull | Larus atricilla |
| Franklin's gull | Larus pipixcan |
| Little gull | Larus minutus |
| Bonaparte's gull | Larus philadelphia |
| Mew gull | Larus canus |
| Ring-billed gull (n) | Larus delawarensis |
| California gull (n) | Larus californicus |
| Herring gull | Larus argentatus |
| Thayer's gull | Larus thayeri |
| Glaucous gull | Larus hyperboreus |
| Black-legged kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla |
| Ross' gull | Rhodosthethia rosea |
| Sabine's gull | Xema sabini |
| Caspian tern (n) | Sterna caspia |
| Common tern | Sterna hirundo |
| Forster's tern (n) | Sterna forsteri |
| Least tern (n) | Sterna antillarum |
| Black tern (n) | Childonias niger |
| Columbidae | |
| Rock dove (n) | Columba livia |
| Band-tailed pigeon (n) | Columba fasciata |
| White-winged dove | Zenaida asiatica |
| Mourning dove (n) | Zenaida macroura |
| Inca dove | Columbina inca |
| Cuculidae | |
| Black-billed cuckoo (n) | Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
| Yellow-billed cuckoo (n) | Coccyzus americanus |
| Tytonidae | |
| Barn owl (n) | Tyto alba |
| Strigidae | |
| Flammulated owl | Otus flammeolus |
| Eastern screech-owl (n) | Otus asio |
| Great horned owl (n) | Bubo virginianus |
| Snowy owl | Nyctea scandiaca |
| Northern pygmy-owl | Glaucidium gnoma |
| Burrowing owl (n) | Athene cunicularia |
| Spotted owl | Strix occidentalis |
| Barred owl | Strix varia |
| Great gray owl | Strix nebulosa |
| Long-eared owl (n) | Asio otus |
| Short-eared owl (n) | Asio flammeus |
| Northern saw-whet owl | Aegolius acadicus |
| Caprimulgidae | |
| Common nighthawk (n) | Chordeiles minor |
| Poorwill (n) | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii |
| Apodidae | |
| Black swift | Cypseloides niger |
| Chimney swift (n) | Chaetura pelagica |
| White-throated swift | Aeronautes saxatalis |
| Trochilidae | |
| Ruby-throated hummingbird (n) | Archilochus colubris |
| Black-chinned hummingbird | Archilochus alexandri |
| Calliope hummingbird | Stellula calliope |
| Broad-tailed hummingbird (n) | Selasphorus platycercus |
| Rufous hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus |
| Alcedinidae | |
| Belted kingfisher (n) | Ceryle alcyon |
| Picidae | |
| Lewis' woodpecker (n) | Melanerpes lewis |
| Red-headed woodpecker (n) | Melanerpes erythrocephalus |
| Red-bellied woodpecker (n) | Melanerpes carolinus |
| Yellow-bellied sapsucker (n) | Sphyrapicus varius |
| Red-naped sapsucker (n) | Sphyrapicus nuchalis |
| Williamson's sapsucker (n) | Sphyrapicus thyroides |
| Downy woodpecker (n) | Picoides pubescens |
| Hairy woodpecker (n) | Picoides villosus |
| Three-toed woodpecker (n) | Picoides tridactylus |
| Northern flicker (n) | Colaptes auratus |
| Tyrannidae | |
| Olive-sided flycatcher (n) | Contopus borealis |
| Western wood-pewee (n) | Contopus sordidulus |
| Eastern wood-pewee (n) | Contopus virens |
| Yellow-bellied flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris |
| Alder flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum |
| Willow flycatcher (n) | Empidonax traillii |
| Least flycatcher | Empidonax minimus |
| Hammond's flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii |
| Dusky flycatcher (n) | Empidonax oberholseri |
| Cordilleran flycatcher | Empidonax difficilis |
| Eastern phoebe (n) | Sayornis phoebe |
| Says' phoebe (n) | Sayornis sayi |
| Vermillion flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus |
| Ash-throated flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens |
| Great crested flycatcher (n) | Myiarchus crinitus |
| Cassin's kingbird (n) | Tyrannus vociferans |
| Western kingbird (n) | Tyrannus verticalis |
| Eastern kingbird (n) | Tyrannus tyrannus |
| Scissor-tailed flycatcher (n) | Tyrannus forficatus |
| Alaudidae | |
| Horned lark (n) | Eremophila alpestris |
| Hirundinidae | |
| Purple martin (n) | Progne subis |
| Tree swallow (n) | Tachycineta bicolor |
| Violet-green swallow (n) | Tachycineta thalassina |
| Northern rough-winged swallow (n) | Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
| Bank swallow (n) | Riparia riparia |
| Cliff swallow (n) | Hirundo pyrrhonota |
| Barn swallow (n) | Hirundo rustica |
| Corvidae | |
| Gray jay | Perisoreus canadensis |
| Steller's jay (n) | Cyanocitta stelleri |
| Blue jay (n) | Cyanocitta cristata |
| Scrub jay | Aphelocoma coerulescens |
| Pinyon jay (n) | Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus |
| Clark's nutcracker (n) | Nucifraga columbiana |
| Black-billed magpie (n) | Pica pica |
| American crow (n) | Corvus brachyrhynchos |
| Chihuahuan raven (n) | Corvus cryptoleucus |
| Common raven | Corvus corax |
| Paridae | |
| Black-capped chickadee (n) | Parus atricapillus |
| Mountain chickadee (n) | Parus gambeli |
| Plain titmouse | Parus inornatus |
| Tufted titmouse | Parus bicolor |
| Aegithalidae | |
| Bushtit | Psaltiparus minimus |
| Sittidae | |
| Red-breasted nuthatch (n) | Sitta canadensis |
| White-breasted nuthatch (n) | Sitta carolinensis |
| Pygmy nuthatch (n) | Sitta pygmaea |
| Certhidae | |
| Brown creeper | Certhia americana |
| Troglodytidae | |
| Rock wren (n) | Salpinctes obsoletus |
| Canyon wren (n) | Catherpes mexicanus |
| Carolina wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus |
| Bewick's wren (n) | Thryomanes bewickii |
| House wren (n) | Troglodytes aedon |
| Winter wren | Troglodytes troglodytes |
| Sedge wren (n) | Cistothorus platensis |
| Marsh wren (n) | Cistothorus palustris |
| Cinclidae | |
| American dipper (n) | Cinclus mexicanus |
| Muscicapidae | |
| Golden-crowned kinglet (n) | Regulus satrapa |
| Ruby-crowned kinglet | Regulus calendula |
| Blue-gray gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea |
| Eastern bluebird (n) | Sialia sialis |
| Western bluebird (n) | Sialia mexicana |
| Mountain bluebird (n) | Sialia currucoides |
| Townsend's solitaire (n) | Myadestes townsendi |
| Veery (n) | Catharus fuscescens |
| Gray-cheeked thrush | Catharus minimus |
| Swainson's thrush (n) | Catharus ustulatus |
| Hermit thrush (n) | Catharus guttatus |
| Wood thrush (n) | Hylocichla mustelina |
| American robin (n) | Turdus migratorius |
| Varied thrush | Ixoreus naevius |
| Mimidae | |
| Gray catbird (n) | Dumetella carolinensis |
| Northern mockingbird (n) | Mimus polyglottos |
| Sage thrasher (n) | Oreoscoptes montanus |
| Brown thrasher (n) | Toxostoma rufum |
| Curve-billed thrasher | Toxostoma curvirostre |
| Motacillidae | |
| American pipit (n) | Anthus spinoletta |
| Sprague's pipit | Anthus spragueii |
| Bombycillidae | |
| Bohemian waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus |
| Cedar waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum |
| Ptilogonatidae | |
| Phainopepla | Phainopepla nitens |
| Laniidae | |
| Northern shrike | Lanius excubitor |
| Loggerhead shrike (n) | Lanius ludovicianus |
| Sturnidae | |
| European starling (n) | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Vireonidae | |
| White-eyed vireo | Vireo griseus |
| Bell's vireo (n) | Vireo bellii |
| Solitary vireo (n) | Vireo solitarius |
| Yellow-throated vireo (n) | Vireo flavifrons |
| Warbling vireo (n) | Vireo gilvus |
| Philadelphia vireo | Vireo philadelphicus |
| Red-eyed vireo (n) | Vireo olivaceus |
| Emberizidae | |
| Subfamily Parulinae | |
| Blue-winged warbler | Vermivora pinus |
| Golden-winged warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera |
| Tennessee warbler | Vermivora peregrina |
| Orange-crowned warbler | Vermivora celata |
| Nashville warbler | Vermivora ruficapilla |
| Virginia's warbler (n) | Vermivora virginiae |
| Northern parula | Parula americana |
| Yellow warbler (n) | Dendroica petechia |
| Chestnut-sided warbler | Dendroica pensylvanica |
| Magnolia warbler | Dendroica magnolia |
| Cape may warbler | Dendroica tigrina |
| Black-throated blue warbler | Dendroica caerulescens |
| Yellow-rumped warbler (n) | Dendroica coronata |
| Black-throated gray warbler | Dendroica nigrescens |
| Townsend's warbler | Dendroica townsendi |
| Black-throated green warbler | Dendroica virens |
| Blackburnian warbler | Dendroica fusca |
| Yellow-throated warbler | Dendroica dominica |
| Pine warbler | Dendroica pinus |
| Prairie warbler | Dendroica discolor |
| Palm warbler | Dendroica palmarum |
| Bay-breasted warbler | Dendroica castanea |
| Blackpoll warbler | Dendroica striata |
| Cerulean warbler | Dendroica cerulea |
| Black-and-white warbler | Mniotilta varia |
| American redstart | Setophaga ruticilla |
| Prothonotary warbler | Protonotaria citrea |
| Worm-eating warbler | Helmitheros vermivorus |
| Swainson's warbler | Limnothlypis swainsonii |
| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapillus |
| Northern waterthrush | Seiurus noveboracensis |
| Louisiana waterthrush | Seiurus motacilla |
| Kentucky warbler | Oporornis formosus |
| Connecticut warbler | Oporornis agilis |
| Mourning warbler | Oporornis philadelphia |
| MacGillivray's warbler | Oporornis tolmiei |
| Common yellowthroat (n) | Geothlypis trichas |
| Hooded warbler | Wilsonia citrina |
| Wilson's warbler | Wilsonia pusilla |
| Canada warbler | Wilsonia canadensis |
| Yellow-breasted chat (n) | Icteria virens |
| Subfamily Thraupinae | |
| Hepatic tanager | Piranga flava |
| Summer tanager | Piranga rubra |
| Scarlet tanager (n) | Piranga olivacea |
| Western tanager (n) | Piranga ludoviciana |
| Subfamily Cardinalinae | |
| Northern cardinal (n) | Cardinalis cardinalis |
| Rose-breasted grosbeak (n) | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
| Black-headed grosbeak (n) | Pheucticus melanocephalus |
| Blue grosbeak (n) | Guiraca caerulea |
| Lazuli bunting (n) | Passerina amoena |
| Indigo bunting (n) | Passerina cyanea |
| Painted bunting | Passerina ciris |
| Dickcissel (n) | Spiza americana |
| Subfamily Emberizinae | |
| Green-tailed towhee (n) | Pipilo chlorurus |
| Rufous-sided towhee (n) | Pipilo erythrophthalmus |
| Brown towhee | Pipilo fuscus |
| Cassin's sparrow (n) | Aimophila cassinii |
| American tree sparrow | Spizella arborea |
| Chipping sparrow (n) | Spizella passerina |
| Clay-colored sparrow | Spizella pallida |
| Brewer's sparrow (n) | Spizella breweri |
| Field sparrow (n) | Spizella pusilla |
| Vesper sparrow (n) | Pooecetes gramineus |
| Lark sparrow (n) | Chondestes grammacus |
| Black-throated sparrow | Amphispiza bilineata |
| Sage sparrow | Amphispiza belli |
| Lark bunting (n) | Calamospiza melanocorys |
| Savannah sparrow (n) | Passerculus sandwichensis |
| Baird's sparrow | Ammodramus bairdii |
| Grasshopper sparrow (n) | Ammodramus savannarum |
| Henslow's sparrow | Ammodramus henslowi |
| Le Conte's sparrow | Ammospiza leconteii |
| Fox sparrow | Passerella iliaca |
| Song sparrow (n) | Melospiza melodia |
| Lincoln's sparrow (n) | Melospiza lincolnii |
| Swamp sparrow | Melospiza georgiana |
| White-throated sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis |
| Golden-crowned sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla |
| White-crowned sparrow (n) | Zonotrichia leucophyrs |
| Harris' sparrow | Zonotrichia querula |
| Dark-eyed junco (n) | Junco hyemalis |
| McCown's longspur (n) | Calcarius mccownii |
| Lapland longspur | Calcarius lapponicus |
| Chestnut-collared longspur (n) | Calcarius ornatus |
| Snow bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis |
| Subfamily Icterinae | |
| Bobolink (n) | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
| Red-winged blackbird (n) | Agelaius phoeniceus |
| Eastern meadowlark (n) | Sturnella magna |
| Western meadowlark (n) | Sturnella neglecta |
| Yellow-headed blackbird (n) | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
| Rusty blackbird | Euphagus carolinus |
| Brewer's blackbird (n) | Euphagus cyanocephalus |
| Great-tailed grackle (n) | Quiscalus mexicanus |
| Common grackle (n) | Quiscalus quiscula |
| Brown-headed cowbird (n) | Molothrus ater |
| Orchard oriole (n) | Icterus spurius |
| Northern oriole (n) | Icterus galbula |
| Scott's oriole | Icterus parisorum |
| Fringillidae | |
| Rosy finch (n) | Leucosticte arcota |
| Pine grosbeak (n) | Pinicola enucleator |
| Purple finch | Carpodacus purpureus |
| Cassin's finch (n) | Carpodacus cassinii |
| House finch (n) | Carpodacus mexicanus |
| Red crossbill (n) | Loxia curvirostra |
| White-winged crossbill | Loxia leucoptera |
| Common redpoll | Carduelis flammea |
| Pine siskin (n) | Carduelis pinus |
| Lesser goldfinch (n) | Carduelis psaltria |
| American goldfinch (n) | Carduelis tristis |
| Evening grosbeak | Coccothraustes vespertinus |
| Passeridae | |
| House sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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