Scientific Names of Birds

Cackling Goose

Branta hutchinsii

Lesser Scaup

Aythya affinis

Bufflehead

Bucephala albeola

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Wood Duck

Aix sponsa

Blue-winged Teal

Spatula discors

American Wigeon

Mareca americana

Ruddy Duck

Oxyura jamaicensis

Wild Turkey

Meleagris gallopavo

Ruffled Grouse

Bonasa umbellus

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

Black-billed cuckoo

Coccyzus erthropthalmus

Common Nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

Chimney Swift

Chaetura pelagica

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

Sora

Porzana carolina

American Coot

Fulica americana

Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

American woodcock

Scolopax minor

American herring gull

Larus smithsonianus

Franklin’s gull

Leucophaeus pipixcan

Common Loon

Gavia immer

American white pelican

Pelecanus erthrorhynchos

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Western Cattle-egret

Ardea ibis

Great blue heron

Ardea herodias

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Sharp-skinned hawk

Accipiter striatus

Broad-winged hawk

Buteo platypterus

Red-tailed hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged hawk

Buteo lagopus

Eastern Screech Owl

Megascops asio

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

Barred Owl

Strix varia

Long eared owl

Asio otus

Northern saw-whet owl

Aegolius acadicus

Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

Norther Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Red-headed woodpecker

Melanerpes erthrocephalus

Red bellied woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

Downy woodpecker

Dryobates pubescens

Yellow bellied sapsucker

Sphyrapicus varius

American kestrel

Falco sparverius

Eastern kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Red-eyed vireo

Vireo olivaceus

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Black-billed magpie

Pica hudsonia

Black-capped chickadee

Poecile atricapillus

Horned Lark

Eremophila alpestris

Tree swallow

Tachycineta bicolor

Barn swallow

Hirundo rustica

Golden-crowned kinglet

Regulus satrapa

Cedar waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

White-breasted nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

Northern house wren

Troglodytes aedon

Gray catbird

Dumetella carolinensis

Brown thrasher

Toxostoma rufum

European starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Hermit thrush

Catharus guttatus

Wood thrush

Hylocichla mustelina

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

House sparrow

Passer domesticus

Evening grosbeak

Hesperiphona vespertina

Purple finch

Haemorhous purpureus

American goldfinch

Spinus tristis

Chipping sparrow

Spizella passerina

Field sparrow

Spizella pusilla

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

White throated sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

Song sparrow

Melospiza melodia

Eastern towhee

Pipilo erthrophthalmus

Yellow-headed blackbird

Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Eastern meadowlark

Sturnella magna

Baltimore oriole

Icterus galbula

Red-winged blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Common grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

Brown-headed cowbird

Molothrus ater

Ovenbird

Seiurus aurocapilla

Northern yellow warbler

Setophaga aestiva

Yellow rumped warbler

Setophaga coronata

Common yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichae

Scarlet tanager

Piranga olivacea

Northern cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

Rose-breasted grosbeak

Pheucticus ludovicianus

Indigo bunting

Passerina cyanea