Life List - 286 Birds & Counting

Did you know North America has 854 species, from backyard favorites to the latest rarities.
***Notes my latest Life Bird added to my List.

Ducks, Geese, Swans (29)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan 
Trumpeter Swan
Mute Swan
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Wood Duck
Mallard
Mottled Duck
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
American Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler 
Blue-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
 
Partridge, Grouse, Turkeys (7)
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Sharp-tailed Grouse

Loons  (1)
Common Loon

Grebes (6)
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Western Grebe

Frigatebirds (1) 
Magnificent Frigatebird

Pelicans (2)
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican 

Darters (1)
Anhinga

Cormorants (1)
Double-crested Cormorant

Bitterns, Herons,  Egrets (12)
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Green Heron
Tricolored Heron
Little Blue Heron
Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron

Storks,  Flamingos,   (2)
Wood Stork
American Flamingo
 
Ibises, Spoonbills (4)
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill

Vultures (2)
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture

Hawkes, Kites, Eagles (15)
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
Snail Kite
Northern Harrier
Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
 
Caracaras, Falcons (5)
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Prairie Falcon
Peregrine Falcon

Limpkins (1)
Limpkin

Rails, Gallinules, Coots (5)
Virginia Rail
Sora
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot

Canes (1)
Sandhill Crane

Plovers, Oystercatchers (3)
Killdeer
Piping Plover
American Oystercatcher

Avocets, Stilts (2)
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt

Sandpipers, Phalaropes, Allies (21)
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher 
Short-billed Dowitcher
Ruddy Turnstone
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Red-necked Phalarope
Wilson's Phalarope
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
  
Gulls, Terns (12)
Franklin's Gull
Herring Gull
Laughing Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Ring-billed Gull  
Thayer's Gull
Black Tern
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
 
Pigeons, Doves (4)
Rock Dove (Pigeon)
Eurasian Collard Dove
Mourning Dove
​White-winged Dove

Parrots (2)
Black-hooded Parakeet 
Monk Parakeet

Cuckoos, Roadrunners (1)
Black-billed Cuckoo

Owls  (9)
Barn Owl
Burrowing Owl
Great Gray Owl
Great Horned Owl
Long-eared Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Short-eared Owl
Snowy Owl

Goatsuckers (1)
Common Nighthawk

Nightjars (1)
Eastern Whip-poor-will

Swifts (1)
Chimney Swift

Hummingbirds (2)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird

Kingfishers (1) 
Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers, Sapsuckers (7)
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Flycatchers (10)
Alder Flycatcher 
Great Crested Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee 
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Cassin's Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
​
Shrikes (2)
Loggerhead Shrike 
Northern Shrike

Vireos (4)
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
 
Crows, Jays, Magpies (7)
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
Blue Jay
Florida Scrub-Jay
Gray Jay
  
Larks (1)
Horned Lark

Swallows (6)
Purple Martin
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
  
Chickadees (2)
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Chickadee

Nuthatches (3)
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper

Wrens (5)
​Carolina Wren
House Wren 
Marsh Wren
Sedge Wren
Winter Wren

Kinglets (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Mockingbirds, Thrushes (9)
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin 
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Veery
Hermit Thrush 
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush

Starlings (1)
European Starling

Waxwings (2)
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
 
Pipits (1)
American Pipit

Warblers (21)
American Redstart
Black-and-White Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler 
Blackpoll Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Canada Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Palm Warbler
Ovenbird
Pine Warbler
Tennessee Warbler 
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler 
Common Yellowthroat

Tanagers , Towhees (3)
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager***
Spotted Towhee

Sparrows, Longspurs (18) 
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow 
Clay-colored Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Swamp Sparrow
Lapland Longspur

Grosbeaks,  Cardinals, Buntings,  Dickcissels (6)
Evening Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Snow Bunting
Dickcissel
 
Blackbirds (11)
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole

Finches  & Crossbills (7) 
American Goldfinch
House Finch
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll

Old World Sparrow (1)
House Sparrow