CU Science Olympiad 2026

Black-bellied Whistling-duck

Snow Goose

Canada Goose

Trumpeter Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Green-winged Teal

Canvasback

Hooded Merganser

World Quail (Phasianidae)

*Ring-necked Pheasant

Ruffed Grouse

Wild Turkey

New World Quail (Odontophoridae)

Northern Bobwhite

Loons (Gaviidae)

Red-throated Loon

Common Loon

Grebes (Podicipedidae)

Pied-billed Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Albatrosses (Diomedeidae)

Laysan Albatross

(Procellariidae)

Northern Fulmar

Pelicans (Pelecanidae)

American White Pelican

American Bittern

Great Blue Heron

Snowy Egret

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night-heron

Ibises and Spoonbills

(Threskiornithidae)

Roseate Spoonbill

Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)

Double-crested Cormorant

Darters (Anhingidae)

Anhinga

Frigatebirds (Fregatidae)

Magnificent Frigatebird

Deep-water Waders (Ciconiidae)

Wood Stork

Crested Caracara

American Kestrel

Peregrine Falcon

Osprey (Pandionidae)

Osprey

(Accipitridae)

Bald Eagle

Northern Harrier

Cooper’s Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Golden Eagle

New World Vultures (Cathartidae)

Turkey Vulture

California Condor

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae)

Clapper Rail

Sora

Purple Gallinule

American Coot

Cranes (Gruidae)

Whooping Crane

American Golden-Plover

Killdeer

Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)

American Oystercatcher

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

(Scolopacidae)

Spotted Sandpiper

Ruddy Turnstone

Dunlin

Wilson’s Snipe

American Woodcock

Laughing Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Least Tern

Caspian Tern

Black Tern

Black Skimmer

Common Murre

Tufted Puffin

Mourning Dove

Common Ground-Dove

*Rock Pigeon

(Cuculidae)

Black-billed Cuckoo

Greater Roadrunner

Barn Owls (Tytonidae)

Barn Owl

Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Great Horned Owl

Snowy Owl

Barred Owl

Screech Owl

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