CHECKLIST Thunder Bay Distr. Checklist - 343 species LOONS Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon Common Loon GREBES Pied-billed Grebe Red-necked Grebe Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Western Grebe SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS Northern Fulmar PELICANS American White Pelican CORMORANTS Double-crested Cormorant HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS Great Blue Heron Great Egret Tricolored Heron Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Least Bittern American Bittern DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS Mute Swan Tundra Swan Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Ross's Goose Canada Goose Brant Wood Duck Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon Gadwall Green-winged Teal Mallard American Black Duck Northern Pintail Garganey Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Tufted Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Harlequin Duck Long-tailed Duck Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Common Merganser Ruddy Duck NEW WORLD VULTURES Turkey Vulture OSPREY Osprey HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk Broad-winged Hawk Swainson's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Golden Eagle FALCONS AND CARACARAS Crested Caracara American Kestrel Merlin Gyrfalcon Peregrine Falcon GROUSE, PTARMIGAN, PRAIRIE-CHICKENS Spruce Grouse Willow Ptarmigan Ruffed Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Greater Prairie-Chicken PHEASANTS AND PARTRIDGES Gray Partridge Ring-necked Pheasant CRANES Sandhill Crane RAILS, GALLINULES AND COOTS Yellow Rail Virginia Rail Sora Common Moorhen American Coot AVOCETS AND STILTS American Avocet PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS American Golden-Plover Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Piping Plover SANDPIPERS American Woodcock Wilson's Snipe Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Hudsonian Godwit Marbled Godwit Whimbrel Upland Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Willet Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Dunlin Purple Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope JAEGERS AND SKUAS Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger GULLS Ring-billed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Iceland Gull Thayer's Gull Herring Gull Bonaparte's Gull Franklin's Gull Little Gull Ivory Gull TERNS Caspian Tern Common Tern Forster's Tern Black Tern PIGEONS AND DOVES Rock Dove Band-tailed Pigeon Mourning Dove White-winged Dove Passenger Pigeon Common Ground-Dove CUCKOOS Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Groove-billed Ani OWLS Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Barred Owl Great Gray Owl Northern Hawk Owl Burrowing Owl Boreal Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl NIGHTJARS Common Nighthawk Whip-poor-will SWIFTS Chimney Swift HUMMINGBIRDS Green Violet-ear Ruby-throated Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird KINGFISHERS Belted Kingfisher WOODPECKERS Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Three-toed Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker TYRANT FLYCATCHERS Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Say's Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Tropical Kingbird Western Kingbird Eastern Kingbird Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Fork-tailed Flycatcher LARKS Horned Lark SWALLOWS Purple Martin Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow WAGTAILS AND PIPITS American Pipit Sprague's Pipit KINGLETS Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet WAXWINGS Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing WRENS Rock Wren Carolina Wren Bewick's Wren Winter Wren House Wren Sedge Wren Marsh Wren MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Sage Thrasher Brown Thrasher THRUSHES Eastern Bluebird Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin Varied Thrush GNATCATCHERS Blue-gray Gnatcatcher OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS Northern Wheatear CHICKADEES AND TITS Black-capped Chickadee Boreal Chickadee NUTHATCHES Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch CREEPERS Brown Creeper SHRIKES Loggerhead Shrike Northern Shrike CROWS AND JAYS Gray Jay Blue Jay Black-billed Magpie Clark's Nutcracker American Crow Common Raven STARLINGS European Starling VIREOS AND ALLIES White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo WOOD WARBLERS Blue-winged Warbler Golden-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Virginia's Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Connecticut Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat TANAGERS AND ALLIES Scarlet Tanager Summer Tanager Western Tanager SPARROWS, TOWHEES, JUNCOS Eastern Towhee Spotted Towhee Cassin's Sparrow American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lark Sparrow Black-throated Sparrow Lark Bunting Savannah Sparrow Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Le Conte's Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow Harris's Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Lapland Longspur Smith's Longspur Chestnut-collared Longspur Snow Bunting SALTATORS, CARDINALS AND ALLIES Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Black-headed Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting Indigo Bunting Painted Bunting Dickcissel BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, GRACKLES, ETC. Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole Bullock's Oriole Orchard Oriole Scott's Oriole FINCHES, SISKINS, CROSSBILLS Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Pine Grosbeak Purple Finch House Finch Red Crossbill White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Hoary Redpoll Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak OLD WORLD SPARROWS House Sparrow