Chris West: Lower 48 USA Life List ABA, All records Record(s) 1 to 682 of 682 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis 20/06/2009 Rio Rico Rd, Rio Rico, AZ 2 Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 10/09/2009 High Island, TX 3 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens Cape May, NJ 4 Ross's Goose Anser rossii 5 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Yes 18/03/2020 Rochester, MA 7 Brant Branta bernicla 8 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Yes 18/03/2020 Rochester, MA 9 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii 10 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 11 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 12 Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator 13 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 14 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Yes 12/11/2013 Columbia County, WI 15 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata 16 Wood Duck Aix sponsa 17 Garganey Spatula querquedula Yes 02/04/2014 Crex Meadows 18 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 19 Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, AZ 20 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 21 Gadwall Mareca strepera 22 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 05/12/2009 Lighthouse ponds, Cape May, Cape May county, NJ 23 American Wigeon Mareca americana 24 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 25 Mexican Duck Anas diazi 26 American Black Duck Anas rubripes 27 Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula 28 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 29 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca 30 Canvasback Aythya valisineria 31 Redhead Aythya americana 32 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 33 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Yes 08/01/2018 Colvill Park, Redwing, MN 34 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 35 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 36 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 28/11/2011 Harbor behind the Discovery World museum, Milwaukee, WI 37 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 05/12/2009 Cape May Point, Cape May, Cape May county, NJ 38 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Moraine Lake, Banff NP, Alberta, CAN 39 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 40 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi 41 Black Scoter Melanitta americana 42 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Cape May, NJ 43 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 44 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 45 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Rocky Mountain NP 46 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 47 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 48 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 49 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 50 Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula 51 Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus Orange, California 52 Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus 53 Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata Portal, AZ 54 California Quail Callipepla californica OC, CA 55 Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii Portal, AZ 56 Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae 17/05/2009 Portal, AZ Seen May 29th '09 57 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo 58 Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus 59 Spruce Grouse Canachites canadensis 60 White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucura Medicine Bow Curve, Trail Ridge Rd, Rocky Mountain National Park 61 Greater Sage-Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus 25/04/2015 Waunita Hot Springs lek 62 Gunnison Sage-Grouse Centrocercus minimus 25/04/2015 Waunita Hot Springs lek 63 Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus 64 Sooty Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus 65 Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus Pierre, SD 66 Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido Pierre, SD 67 Lesser Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus 26/04/2016 68 Gray Partridge Perdix perdix Green Bay, WI 69 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 70 Chukar Alectoris chukar 71 American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Yes 16/03/1996 FL 72 Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus 73 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 74 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 75 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 76 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis High Island, TX 77 Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Cape May, NJ 78 Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii OC, CA 79 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 80 Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata 81 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto 82 Inca Dove Columbina inca 83 Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina 84 Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti Yes 19/06/2009 Paton's Yard, Patagonia, AZ 85 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi 86 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica 87 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 88 Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus 89 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus 90 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus 91 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis 92 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor 93 Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis 08/09/2009 Choke Canyon State Park, TX 94 Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii 95 Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis 96 Buff-collared Nightjar Antrostomus ridgwayi Yes 29/05/2009 California Gulch 97 Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus 98 Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae 99 Black Swift Cypseloides niger 100 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 101 Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi 102 White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis 103 Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii Yes 22/09/2007 Beloit, WI 104 Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens 105 Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii Yes 12/08/2009 Spirit Tree Inn B&B, Harshaw Creek Rd, Patagonia, Santa Cruz County, AZ 106 Blue-throated Mountain-Gem Lampornis clemenciae 107 Lucifer Hummingbird Calothorax lucifer 108 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 109 Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri 110 Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna 111 Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae 112 Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope 113 Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus 114 Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin 115 Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus 116 Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris 117 White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis Yes 15/07/2008 Beatty's, Huachuca's, Sierra Vista, AZ 118 Violet-crowned Hummingbird Ramosomyia violiceps 119 Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina Yes 29/05/2009 Beatty's, Miller Canyon, Sierra Vista, AZ 120 Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis 121 Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus 122 King Rail Rallus elegans Cape May, NJ Heard only 123 Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans 124 Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Cape May, NJ 125 Sora Porzana carolina WI 126 Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata 127 American Coot Fulica americana 128 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus FL 129 Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis Cape May, NJ 130 Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis Cape May, NJ Heard only 131 Limpkin Aramus guarauna Lake Ocheechobee, FL 132 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis 133 Common Crane Grus grus Yes 02/02/2012 Grand Island, NE 134 Whooping Crane Grus americana Necedah NWR, WI 135 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus 136 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana 137 American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus 138 Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani 139 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola 140 American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica 141 Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva 27/06/2009 Twin Lakes, Wilcox, AZ 142 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 143 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 144 Piping Plover Charadrius melodus 145 Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia 146 Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus Pawnee Grasslands, CO 147 Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus 148 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda 149 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 150 Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus 151 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica 152 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa 153 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 154 Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala 155 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 28/08/2009 Fiddler's Cove, San Diego, CA 156 Red Knot Calidris canutus 157 Surfbird Calidris virgata 28/08/2009 Fiddler's Cove, San Diego, CA 158 Ruff Calidris pugnax Yes 24/05/2008 Green Lake County, WI 159 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 12/08/2018 Horicon Marsh 160 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus 161 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Yes 14/05/2006 Heislerville WMA, NJ 162 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 23/06/2017 Whidbey Island, WA 163 Sanderling Calidris alba 164 Dunlin Calidris alpina 165 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 166 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 167 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 168 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 169 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 170 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 171 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 172 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 173 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus 174 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 175 American Woodcock Scolopax minor 176 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata 177 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 178 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 179 Wandering Tattler Tringa incana 29/08/2009 Little corona city beach, Orange, CA 180 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 181 Willet Tringa semipalmata 182 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Yes 29/03/2013 Goose Pond, Linton, IN 183 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 184 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 185 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 186 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 07/11/2010 South Metro Pier, Milwaukee, WI 187 Great Skua Stercorarius skua Yes 15/09/2018 Bar Harbor, ME 188 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki 31/08/2009 Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA 189 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus 31/08/2009 Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA 190 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus New Jersey 191 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus 31/08/2009 Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA 192 Dovekie Alle alle 03/03/2020 193 Common Murre Uria aalge 31/08/2009 Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA 194 Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia 195 Razorbill Alca torda 196 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 197 Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba 31/08/2009 Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA 198 Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus 31/08/2009 Random Cliff, 18 miles north of Santa Cruz, CA 199 Scripps's Murrelet Synthliboramphus scrippsi 200 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus 19/11/2009 Tiscornia Park, St Joseph, MI 201 Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus 31/08/2009 Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA 202 Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata 31/08/2009 Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA 203 Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 01/07/2016 Eastern Egg Rock 204 Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata 05/08/2017 Neah Bay, WA 205 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata 31/08/2009 Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA 206 Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus Yes 31/08/2017 Carkeek Park, Seattle, WA 207 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 14/11/2009 New Buffalo beach, New Buffalo, Berrien county, MI 208 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 05/12/2009 Bree-Zee Lee marina, Cape May, Cape May county, NJ 209 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 20/09/2008 WI Point 210 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 211 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Yes 10/12/2011 Maryland 212 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Yes 19/11/2009 Tiscornia Park, St Joseph, MI 213 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 21/11/2010 Cherry Creek State Park reservoir, Denver, CO 214 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla 215 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan 216 Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris Yes 24/11/2011 Ashtabula, OH 217 Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni 218 Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus 219 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 220 Western Gull Larus occidentalis 221 Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens Yes 28/08/2009 Salton Sea, Mecca, CA 222 California Gull Larus californicus 223 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 224 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 23/03/2009 County V, Okee Bay, Lodi, Columbia County, WI thayeri 225 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 05/03/2005 La Crosse. WI 226 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 10/09/2007 La Crosse, WI 227 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens 03/01/2012 Duluth, MN 228 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 229 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 230 Least Tern Sternula antillarum 231 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 232 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 233 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 234 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Yes 22/05/2016 Manitowoc Impoundment 235 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 236 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 237 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 05/12/2009 3 Oaks settling ponds, Three Oaks, Berrien County, MI 238 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri 239 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus 240 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 241 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans 242 Black Skimmer Rynchops niger 243 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata 20/09/2008 WI Point, Superior, WI 244 Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica 31/08/2009 Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA 245 Common Loon Gavia immer 246 Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis 04/05/2016 Cordell Bank 247 Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes 31/08/2009 Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA 248 Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 249 Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Hydrobates furcatus 31/08/2009 Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA 250 Leach's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 251 Ashy Storm-Petrel Hydrobates homochroa 31/08/2009 Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA 252 Black Storm-Petrel Hydrobates melania 31/08/2009 Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA 253 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 31/08/2009 Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA 254 Murphy's Petrel Pterodroma ultima Yes 04/05/2016 Cordell Bank 255 Hawaiian Petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis Yes 04/05/2016 Cordell Bank 256 Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii Yes 257 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 12/09/2009 Cameron Parish, LA 258 Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri 31/08/2009 Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA 259 Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris 13/09/2020 Westport, WA offshore 260 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 31/08/2009 Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA 261 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 16/07/2016 262 Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus 31/08/2009 Monterey Bay, Monterey, CA 263 Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes Yes 13/09/2009 Monterey, CA 264 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 04/08/2018 Scarborough Marsh, Portland, ME 265 Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri 266 Wood Stork Mycteria americana Mycanopy, FL 267 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens 09/09/2009 Port Aransas, TX 268 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 16/12/2013 Corpus Christi 269 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus FL 270 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga FL 271 Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus OC, CA 272 Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus 01/09/2009 Cannery Row, Monterey, CA 273 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Cape May, NJ 274 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum 275 Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum High Island, TX 276 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 277 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis 278 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Bong RA, Southeast WI 279 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Cape May 280 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias IL 281 Great Egret Ardea alba 282 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Yes 04/08/2018 Scarborough Marsh, Portland, ME 283 Snowy Egret Egretta thula FL 284 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea FL 285 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Florida 286 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens Florida 287 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Florida 288 Green Heron Butorides virescens WI 289 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax FL 290 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea FL 291 White Ibis Eudocimus albus FL 292 Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber Yes 11/03/1998 FL 293 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus FL 294 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi FL 295 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja FL 296 California Condor Gymnogyps californianus 23/06/2009 Kolob Plateau, Zion National Park, Utah 297 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 298 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 299 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 300 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus High Island, TX 301 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus 302 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 303 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius 304 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 305 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 306 American Goshawk Accipiter atricapillus 307 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus 308 Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis 08/05/2009 Elkhart, KS My #2 Nemesis bird at last! 309 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis 12/12/2013 Lake Toho, Kissimee, FL 310 Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus 31/05/2009 Sunflower, AZ 311 Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga Yes 21/12/2018 Portland, ME 312 Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus Sweetwater, Tucson, AZ 313 White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus 09/09/2009 Port Aransas, TX 314 Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus AZ 315 Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus 316 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus 317 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus 11/05/2009 Portal, AZ 318 Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni 319 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus Cave Creek Canyon, Portal, AZ 320 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 321 Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus 322 Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis ND from the train on the way to Minot 323 Barn Owl Tyto alba 324 Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus 20/05/2009 Pinery Campground, Portal, AZ Heard only 325 Whiskered Screech-Owl Megascops trichopsis 326 Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii 327 Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio 328 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 329 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus 330 Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula 01/03/2009 Lindstrom Dr, Sax-Zim Bog, Cotton, MN 331 Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma 332 Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi 333 Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia 334 Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis 335 Barred Owl Strix varia 336 Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa 28/12/2010 Hwy 16, Hibbing, St Louis County, MN 337 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 05/02/2011 Goose Lake Prairie SP, IL 338 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 339 Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus 02/02/2013 Scenic Hwy 61, Duluth, MN 340 Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus 341 Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans 342 Eared Quetzal Euptilotis neoxenus Yes 30/05/2009 Echo Park, Echo Canyon trail, Chiricahua National Monument. 343 Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata 16/12/2013 344 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 345 Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana 09/09/2009 Port Aransas, TX 346 Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis 347 Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus 348 Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus 349 Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis 350 Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons 09/05/2009 Palo Duro SP, Amarillo, TX 351 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 352 Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus 353 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 354 Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis 355 Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber 356 American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis 01/03/2009 McDavitt Rd, Sax-Zim Bog, Cotton, MN 357 Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus 01/03/2009 McDavitt Rd, Sax-Zim Bog, Cotton, MN 358 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 359 Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii 360 Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris 361 Red-cockaded Woodpecker Dryobates borealis 14/09/2009 Alexandria, LA 362 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 363 White-headed Woodpecker Dryobates albolarvatus 364 Arizona Woodpecker Dryobates arizonae 365 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 366 Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides 367 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 368 Crested Caracara Caracara plancus High Island, TX Crested Caracara (cheriway). 369 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 370 Merlin Falco columbarius 371 Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis Yes 06/11/2015 TX 372 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus 06/02/2015 Superior, WI 373 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 374 Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus Yellowstone NP, WY 375 Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus Chicago 376 Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday 377 Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus 378 White-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus 379 Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis 380 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 381 Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis 382 Gray-collared Becard Pachyramphus major Yes 05/06/2009 Bridge @ South Fork, Cave Creek Canyon, Portal, AZ 383 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe 29/05/2009 Patagonia Lake State Park 384 Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer 385 Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens 386 Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus 387 Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus 388 Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus 17/12/2013 Texas 389 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris 390 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus 391 Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii 392 Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans 393 Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris 394 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis 395 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 396 Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis 23/04/2011 Ripley's Believe it or Not, St Augustine, FL 397 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus 398 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi 399 Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax 11/05/2009 Portal, AZ 400 Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus 401 Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens 402 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris 403 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens 404 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum 405 Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii 406 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus 407 Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii 408 Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii 409 Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri 410 Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis Also Cordilleran Flycatcher (occidentalis) 411 Buff-breasted Flycatcher Empidonax fulvifrons 412 Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 413 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 414 Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya 415 Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus 416 White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus 417 Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii 418 Gray Vireo Vireo vicinior 31/05/2009 Sunflower, AZ 419 Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni Portal, AZ 420 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons 421 Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii 422 Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius 423 Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus 424 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus 425 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 426 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 427 Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus 428 Northern Shrike Lanius borealis 429 Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis 430 Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas 08/09/2009 Choke Canyon SP, Beeville, TX 431 Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus 432 Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri 433 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 434 Florida Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens 435 Island Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma insularis 03/09/2009 Prisoner's Cove, Santa Cruz Island, Ventura, CA 436 California Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica 437 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii 438 Mexican Jay Aphelocoma wollweberi 439 Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana 440 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia 441 Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttalli 01/09/2009 HIghway 58 & 101, Santa Margarita, CA 442 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Also Northwestern Crow (caurinus) 443 Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus 444 Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus 445 Common Raven Corvus corax 446 Verdin Auriparus flaviceps 447 Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis 448 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 449 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli 450 Mexican Chickadee Poecile sclateri 451 Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens 30/08/2009 Cerro Alto State Park, Santa Margarita, CA 452 Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus 28/02/2009 Sax-zim Bog, Meadowland, MN 453 Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi 454 Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus 455 Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi 456 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 457 Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus 09/05/2009 Palo Duro SP, Amarillo, TX 458 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 08/05/2016 Victoria 459 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 460 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia 461 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor 462 Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina 463 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis 464 Purple Martin Progne subis 465 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 466 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota 467 Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva 07/09/2009 Carlsbad Caverns, NP, Carlsbad, NM 468 Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus 469 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus 470 Wrentit Chamaea fasciata Orange, California 471 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula 472 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa 473 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Banff, Canada 474 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 475 Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens 476 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 477 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 478 Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea 479 Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla 480 Brown Creeper Certhia americana 481 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 482 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura 483 California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica 484 Black-capped Gnatcatcher Polioptila nigriceps Yes 29/05/2009 Florida Canyon, AZ 485 Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus 486 Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus 487 Sinaloa Wren Thryophilus sinaloa Yes 30/05/2009 Patagonia-sonoita Creek preserve, Patagonia, AZ 488 Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus 489 Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii 490 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 491 House Wren Troglodytes aedon 492 Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus 493 Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis 494 Sedge Wren Cistothorus stellaris 495 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 496 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 497 Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre 498 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 499 Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre 09/09/2009 Choke Canyon SP, TX 500 Bendire's Thrasher Toxostoma bendirei 501 California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum 502 LeConte's Thrasher Toxostoma lecontei 503 Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale 504 Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus 505 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 506 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 507 American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus 508 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 509 Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana 510 Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides 511 Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi 512 Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis Yes 18/07/2009 Ramsey Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Sierra Vista, AZ 513 Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris Yes 20/07/2010 Spearfish canyon, Black Hills, SD Insane location for this 4th US record. 514 Veery Catharus fuscescens 515 Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus 516 Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli 517 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus 518 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus 519 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 520 Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi Yes 13/12/2013 Sabal Palm, TX 521 American Robin Turdus migratorius 522 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius 523 Aztec Thrush Ridgwayia pinicola Yes 09/08/2009 Ramsey Canyon preserve, Huachuca Mountains, Sierra Vista, AZ 524 Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus 14/05/2009 Portal, AZ 525 Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata 526 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 527 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 528 American Pipit Anthus rubescens 529 Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii 530 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 531 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator 28/02/2009 12:30pm, Blue Spruce Rd, Sax-zim Bog, Meadowland, MN 532 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis 533 Black Rosy-Finch Leucosticte atrata 534 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch Leucosticte australis Medicine Bow Curve, Trail Ridge Rd, Rocky Mountain National Park 535 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 536 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 537 Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii 538 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 539 Hoary Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 01/03/2009 Morse's feeders, Blue Spruce Rd, Sax-Zim Bog, Meadowlands, MN 540 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 541 Cassia Crossbill Loxia sinesciuris 542 White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera 03/01/2009 Roselawn Cemetary, Monona WI 543 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 544 Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria 545 Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei 546 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 547 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus 548 Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus 549 Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus 30/04/2010 Intersection of Cuba Valley and Schumacher Roads, Northern Dane County, WI 600th ABA lifer! 550 Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii 551 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 552 Rufous-winged Sparrow Peucaea carpalis 553 Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii 554 Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii 555 Bachman's Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis 556 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum 557 Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus 558 Five-striped Sparrow Amphispizopsis quinquestriata Yes 31/05/2009 California Gulch, AZ 559 Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata 560 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus 561 Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys 562 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 563 Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida 564 Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis 565 Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla 566 Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri 567 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca 568 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 569 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 570 Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus 571 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 572 Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla 20/04/2009 Jane Addams trail, 150 yds south of Scioto Mills Rd, Cedarville, IL Arrived shortly before 10:00 on Mon morning, spent less than 15 minutes looking before we found it. Life bird #529!! Awesome bird! 573 Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula 03/01/2010 Harrington Beach, SP, Ozaukee County, WI 574 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 575 Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis 576 Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus 577 LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii 578 Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima 579 Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni 580 Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta 581 Baird's Sparrow Centronyx bairdii 582 Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii 583 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 584 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 585 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 586 Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana 587 Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca 588 Abert's Towhee Melozone aberti 589 California Towhee Melozone crissalis 590 Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps 591 Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus 592 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus 593 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus 594 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens 595 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus 596 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus 597 Chihuahuan Meadowlark Sturnella lilianae 598 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 599 Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta 600 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius 601 Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus 602 Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii 603 Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis 14/12/2013 604 Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda 08/09/2009 Choke Canyon SP, Beeville, TX 605 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 606 Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum 607 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 608 Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor 609 Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis Yes 610 Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus 611 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 612 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus 613 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus 614 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 615 Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major 616 Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 617 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla 618 Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum 619 Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla 620 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis 621 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera 622 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera 623 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 624 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea 625 Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii 626 Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa Yes 14/05/2009 Portal, AZ 627 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina 628 Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata 629 Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae 630 Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla 631 Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae 10/05/2009 Bosque Del Apache NWR 632 Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis 633 MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei 634 Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia 635 Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa 636 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 637 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina 638 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla 639 Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii 21/05/2010 Friendship, Central Adams County, WI Lifer 601! Excellent looks. :D 640 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina 641 Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea 642 Northern Parula Setophaga americana 643 Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi Yes 14/12/2013 Edinburg, TX 644 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia 645 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea 646 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca 647 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia 648 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica 649 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata 650 Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens 651 Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum 652 Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus 653 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata 654 Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica 655 Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor 656 Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae 657 Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens 658 Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi 659 Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis 660 Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia 18/03/2014 Balcones Canyonlands NWR 661 Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens 662 Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons 29/05/2009 Florida Canyon, AZ 663 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis 664 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla 665 Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons 666 Painted Redstart Myioborus pictus 667 Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus Yes 18/05/2013 Southwest Research Station, Chiricahuas 668 Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava 669 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 670 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea 671 Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana 672 Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata Yes 16/07/2008 Madera Canyon, Green Valley, AZ 500th lifer!!! 673 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 674 Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus 675 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 676 Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus 677 Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea 678 Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena 679 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 680 Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor 681 Painted Bunting Passerina ciris 09/05/2009 Palo Duro SP, Amarillo, TX Finally!! After 15 years of hard searching, I finally nailed my #1 nemesis bird!!!!!! Great looks and photos of both male and female birds! 682 Dickcissel Spiza americana