Thunder Bay District
Bird 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

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