| in the American Ornithologists' Union Checklists 1886 - 2025 | 
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| Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus | Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus | Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus | Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus | Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus | Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus | Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus | ||||||||
| Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus | Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus | Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus | Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus | Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus | Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus | Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus | ||||||||
| Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudatus | Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudatus | Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudatus | Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudatus | Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudatus | Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudatus | Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudatus | ||||||||
| Skua Megalestris skua | Skua Megalestris skua | Skua Megalestris skua | RQ+ | Northern Skua Catharacta skua | LQ- | Skua Catharacta skua | Q+ | Great Skua Catharacta skua | Great Skua Catharacta skua | 2000: Genus Skua merged into Stercorarius | ||||
|  |  |  | Chilean Skua Catharacta chilensis | L |  |  |  | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki | South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki | ||||||||
| Glaucous Gull Larus glaucus | Glaucous Gull Larus glaucus | LR | Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus | Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus | Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus | Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus | Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus | |||||||
|  | Point Barrow Gull Larus barrovianus | L |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||
| Iceland Gull Larus leucopterus | Iceland Gull Larus leucopterus | Iceland Gull Larus leucopterus | Iceland Gull Larus leucopterus | R | Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides | Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides | Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides | |||||||
| Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens | Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens | Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens | Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens | Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens | Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens | Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens | ||||||||
| Kumlien's Gull Larus kumlieni | Kumlien's Gull Larus kumlieni | Kumlien's Gull Larus kumlieni | A |  |  |  |  | |||||||
| Nelson's Gull Larus nelsoni | Nelson's Gull Larus nelsoni | Nelson's Gull Larus nelsoni | A |  |  |  |  | |||||||
| Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus | Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus | Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus | Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus | Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus | Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus | Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus | ||||||||
| Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus | Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus | Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus | Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus | Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus | Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus | Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus | ||||||||
| Western Gull Larus occidentalis | Western Gull Larus occidentalis | Western Gull Larus occidentalis | Western Gull Larus occidentalis | Western Gull Larus occidentalis | S | Western Gull Larus occidentalis | Western Gull Larus occidentalis | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | S | Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens | Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens | |||||||
|  |  |  | Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus | Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus | Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus | Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus | ||||||||
| Pallas's Gull Larus cachinnans | L |  |  |  |  |  | S | Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans | AC ec | |||||
| Herring Gull Larus argentatus | L | Herring Gull Larus argentatus | L | Herring Gull Larus argentatus | L | Herring Gull Larus argentatus | Herring Gull Larus argentatus | S | Herring Gull Larus argentatus | S | Herring Gull Larus argentatus | |||
|  | Vega Gull Larus vegae | L |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||
| Siberian Gull Larus affinis | Siberian Gull Larus affinis | Siberian Gull Larus affinis | L |  |  |  |  | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | S | Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri | Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri | |||||||
| California Gull Larus californicus | California Gull Larus californicus | California Gull Larus californicus | California Gull Larus californicus | California Gull Larus californicus | California Gull Larus californicus | California Gull Larus californicus | ||||||||
| Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis | Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis | Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis | Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis | Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis | Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis | Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis | ||||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Band-tailed Gull Larus belcheri | Band-tailed Gull Larus belcheri | AC fl | |||||||
|  |  |  |  | Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris | A |  | Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris | AC na | ||||||
| Mew Gull Larus canus | Mew Gull Larus canus | Mew Gull Larus canus | LQc | Short-billed Gull Larus canus | Qc | Mew Gull Larus canus | Mew Gull Larus canus | Mew Gull Larus canus | ||||||
| Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus | Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus | Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus | L |  |  |  |  | |||||||
|  |  |  | Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus | Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus | Q+ | Common Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus | Q- | Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus | ||||||
| Laughing Gull Larus atricilla | Laughing Gull Larus atricilla | Laughing Gull Larus atricilla | Laughing Gull Larus atricilla | Laughing Gull Larus atricilla | Laughing Gull Larus atricilla | Laughing Gull Larus atricilla | ||||||||
| Franklin's Gull Larus franklinii | Franklin's Gull Larus franklinii | Zi | Franklin's Gull Larus franklini | R | Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan | Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan | Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan | Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan | ||||||
| Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia | Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia | Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia | Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia | Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia | Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia | Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia | ||||||||
|  | Little Gull Larus minutus | Little Gull Larus minutus | Little Gull Larus minutus | Little Gull Larus minutus | Little Gull Larus minutus | Little Gull Larus minutus | ||||||||
| Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni | Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni | Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni | Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni | Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni | Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni | Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni | ||||||||
| Ivory Gull Gavia alba | Ivory Gull Gavia alba | R | Ivory Gull Pagophila alba | Ivory Gull Pagophila alba | R | Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea | Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea | Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea | ||||||
| Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla | Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla | Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla | Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla | Q+ | Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla | Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla | Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla | |||||||
| Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris | Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris | Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris | Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris | Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris | Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris | Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris | ||||||||
| Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea | Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea | Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea | Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea | Qs | Ross' Gull Rhodostethia rosea | Ross' Gull Rhodostethia rosea | Qs | Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea | ||||||
| Sabine's Gull Xema sabinii | Sabine's Gull Xema sabinii | Zi | Sabine's Gull Xema sabini | Sabine's Gull Xema sabini | Sabine's Gull Xema sabini | Sabine's Gull Xema sabini | Sabine's Gull Xema sabini | |||||||
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| Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica | Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica | Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica | Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica | Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica | R | Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica | Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica | |||||||
| Trudeau's Tern Sterna trudeaui | Trudeau's Tern Sterna trudeaui | Trudeau's Tern Sterna trudeaui | Trudeau's Tern Sterna trudeaui | Trudeau's Tern Sterna trudeaui | A |  |  | |||||||
| Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri | Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri | Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri | Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri | Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri | Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri | Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri | ||||||||
| Common Tern Sterna hirundo | Common Tern Sterna hirundo | Common Tern Sterna hirundo | Common Tern Sterna hirundo | Common Tern Sterna hirundo | Common Tern Sterna hirundo | Common Tern Sterna hirundo | ||||||||
| Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea | Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea | Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea | Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea | Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea | Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea | Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea | ||||||||
| Roseate Tern Sterna dougalli | Roseate Tern Sterna dougalli | Roseate Tern Sterna dougalli | Roseate Tern Sterna dougalli | Zi | Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii | Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii | Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii | |||||||
| Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica | Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica | Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica | Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica | Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica | Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica | Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica | ||||||||
| Sooty Tern Sterna fuliginosa | Sooty Tern Sterna fuliginosa | R | Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata | Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata | Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata | Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata | Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata | |||||||
| Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus | Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus | Z | Bridled Tern Sterna anaetheta | Z | Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus | Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus | Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus | Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus | ||||||
| Least Tern Sterna antillarum | Least Tern Sterna antillarum | Least Tern Sterna antillarum | Least Tern Sterna antillarum | R | Least Tern Sterna albifrons | R | Least Tern Sterna antillarum | Least Tern Sterna antillarum | Split from Old World S. albifrons | |||||
| Royal Tern Sterna maxima | Royal Tern Sterna maxima | Royal Tern Sterna maxima | R | Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus | Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus | R | Royal Tern Sterna maxima | Royal Tern Sterna maxima | ||||||
| Elegant Tern Sterna elegans | Elegant Tern Sterna elegans | Elegant Tern Sterna elegans | R | Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans | Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans | R | Elegant Tern Sterna elegans | Elegant Tern Sterna elegans | ||||||
| Cabot's Tern Sterna sandvicensis | Cabot's Tern Sterna sandvicensis | Cabot's Tern Sterna sandvicensis | R | Cabot's Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis | Qc | Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis | R | Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis | Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis | |||||
| Caspian Tern Sterna tschegrava | Caspian Tern Sterna tschegrava | R | Caspian Tern Sterna caspia | R | Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia | Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia | R | Caspian Tern Sterna caspia | Caspian Tern Sterna caspia | |||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex | Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex | AC berm | |||||||
| Black Tern Hydrochelidon nigra | Black Tern Hydrochelidon nigra | Black Tern Hydrochelidon nigra | R | Black Tern Chlidonias nigra | Z | Black Tern Chlidonias niger | Black Tern Chlidonias niger | Black Tern Chlidonias niger | ||||||
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus | AC ec | |||||||
| White-winged Black Tern Hydrochelidon leucoptera | White-winged Black Tern Hydrochelidon leucoptera | White-winged Black Tern Hydrochelidon leucoptera | RQ- | White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucoptera | ZQ+ | White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus | Q- | White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus | White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus | AC na | ||||
| Noddy Anous stolidus | Noddy Anous stolidus | Noddy Anous stolidus | E | Noddy Tern Anous stolidus | Noddy Tern Anous stolidus | E | Brown Noddy Anous stolidus | Brown Noddy Anous stolidus | ||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Black Noddy Anous minutus | Black Noddy Anous minutus | AC fl, tx | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | White Tern Gygis alba | White Tern Gygis alba | AC berm | |||||||
| Black Skimmer Rynchops nigra | Black Skimmer Rynchops nigra | Black Skimmer Rynchops nigra | Black Skimmer Rynchops nigra | Black Skimmer Rynchops nigra | Z | Black Skimmer Rynchops niger | Black Skimmer Rynchops niger | |||||||
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| Great Auk Plautus impennis | Great Auk Plautus impennis | Great Auk Plautus impennis | Great Auk Plautus impennis | R | Great Auk Pinguinus impennis | Great Auk Pinguinus impennis | Great Auk Pinguinus impennis | Extinct | ||||||
| Razor-billed Auk Alca torda | Razor-billed Auk Alca torda | Razor-billed Auk Alca torda | Razor-billed Auk Alca torda | E | Razorbill Alca torda | Razorbill Alca torda | Razorbill Alca torda | |||||||
| Murre Uria troile | Murre Uria troile | Murre Uria troile | R | Murre Uria aalge | Q+ | Common Murre Uria aalge | Common Murre Uria aalge | Common Murre Uria aalge | ||||||
| Brunnich's Murre Uria lomvia | Brunnich's Murre Uria lomvia | Brunnich's Murre Uria lomvia | Brunnich's Murre Uria lomvia | Qc | Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia | Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia | Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia | |||||||
| Dovekie Alle alle | Dovekie Alle alle | Dovekie Alle alle | Dovekie Alle alle | R | Dovekie Plautus alle | R | Dovekie Alle alle | Dovekie Alle alle | ||||||
| Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle | Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle | Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle | L | Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle | Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle | Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle | Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle | |||||||
| Mandt's Guillemot Cepphus mandtii | Mandt's Guillemot Cepphus mandtii | Zi | Mandt's Guillemot Cepphus mandti | L |  |  |  |  | ||||||
| Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba | Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba | Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba | Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba | Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba | Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba | Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba | ||||||||
| Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus | Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus | Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus | Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus | Z | Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratum | Z | Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus | S | Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus | |||||
|  |  |  |  |  |  | S | Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix | AC na | ||||||
| Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus kittlitzii | Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus kittlitzii | R | Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris | Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris | Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris | Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris | Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris | |||||||
| Xantus's Murrelet Brachyramphus hypoleucus | Xantus's Murrelet Brachyramphus hypoleucus | Xantus's Murrelet Brachyramphus hypoleucus | R | Xantus's Murrelet Endomychura hypoleuca | Qs | Xantus' Murrelet Endomychura hypoleuca | R | Xantus' Murrelet Synthliboramphus hypoleucus | Qs | Xantus's Murrelet Synthliboramphus hypoleucus | ||||
| Craveri's Murrelet Brachyramphus craveri | Craveri's Murrelet Brachyramphus craveri | Zi | Craveri's Murrelet Brachyramphus craverii | RZi | Craveri's Murrelet Endomychura craveri | Craveri's Murrelet Endomychura craveri | R | Craveri's Murrelet Synthliboramphus craveri | Craveri's Murrelet Synthliboramphus craveri | |||||
| Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus | L | Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus | Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus | Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus | Z | Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquum | Z | Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus | Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus | |||||
| Temminck's Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume | L |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||
| Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Z | Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleutica | Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleutica | Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleutica | |||||||
| Paroquet Auklet Cyclorrhynchus psittaculus | Paroquet Auklet Cyclorrhynchus psittaculus | R | Paroquet Auklet Phaleris psittacula | R | Paroquet Auklet Cyclorrhynchus psittacula | Esp | Parakeet Auklet Cyclorrhynchus psittacula | Parakeet Auklet Cyclorrhynchus psittacula | R | Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula | ||||
| Crested Auklet Simorhynchus cristatellus | Crested Auklet Simorhynchus cristatellus | R | Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella | Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella | Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella | Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella | Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella | |||||||
| Least Auklet Simorhynchus pusillus | Least Auklet Simorhynchus pusillus | R | Least Auklet Aethia pusilla | Least Auklet Aethia pusilla | Least Auklet Aethia pusilla | Least Auklet Aethia pusilla | Least Auklet Aethia pusilla | |||||||
| Whiskered Auklet Simorhynchus pygmaeus | Whiskered Auklet Simorhynchus pygmaeus | R | Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea | Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea | Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea | Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea | Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea | |||||||
| Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata | Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata | Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata | Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata | Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata | Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata | Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata | ||||||||
| Puffin Fratercula arctica | Puffin Fratercula arctica | Puffin Fratercula arctica | Q+ | Common Puffin Fratercula arctica | Common Puffin Fratercula arctica | Qc | Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica | Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica | ||||||
| Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata | Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata | Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata | Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata | Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata | Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata | Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata | ||||||||
| Tufted Puffin Lunda cirrhata | Tufted Puffin Lunda cirrhata | Tufted Puffin Lunda cirrhata | Tufted Puffin Lunda cirrhata | Tufted Puffin Lunda cirrhata | R | Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata | Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata | |||||||
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| White-crowned Pigeon Columba leucocephala | White-crowned Pigeon Columba leucocephala | White-crowned Pigeon Columba leucocephala | White-crowned Pigeon Columba leucocephala | White-crowned Pigeon Columba leucocephala | White-crowned Pigeon Columba leucocephala | White-crowned Pigeon Columba leucocephala | ||||||||
|  |  | Scaled Pigeon Columba squamosa | Scaled Pigeon Columba squamosa | Qc | Scaly-naped Pigeon Columba squamosa | Scaly-naped Pigeon Columba squamosa | Scaly-naped Pigeon Columba squamosa | AC fl | ||||||
| Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata | Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata | Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata | Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata | Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata | Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata | Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata | ||||||||
| Red-billed Pigeon Columba flavirostris | Red-billed Pigeon Columba flavirostris | Red-billed Pigeon Columba flavirostris | Red-billed Pigeon Columba flavirostris | Red-billed Pigeon Columba flavirostris | Red-billed Pigeon Columba flavirostris | Red-billed Pigeon Columba flavirostris | mexborder | |||||||
|  |  |  | Rock Dove Columba livia | Rock Dove Columba livia | Rock Dove Columba livia | Rock Dove Columba livia | ||||||||
| Zenaida Dove Zenaida zenaida | Zenaida Dove Zenaida zenaida | Zenaida Dove Zenaida zenaida | Zenaida Dove Zenaida zenaida | R | Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita | Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita | Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita | |||||||
| White-winged Dove Melopelia leucoptera | White-winged Dove Melopelia leucoptera | R | White-winged Dove Melopelia asiatica | White-winged Dove Melopelia asiatica | R | White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica | White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica | White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica | ||||||
| Mourning Dove Zenaidura macroura | Mourning Dove Zenaidura macroura | Mourning Dove Zenaidura macroura | Mourning Dove Zenaidura macroura | Mourning Dove Zenaidura macroura | SR | Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura | Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | S | Socorro Dove Zenaida graysoni | Socorro Dove Zenaida graysoni | Extirpated | ||||||
| Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius | Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius | Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius | Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius | Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius | Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius | Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius | Extinct | |||||||
|  |  |  | Chinese Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis | RQ- | Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis | Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis | Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis | Intr | ||||||
|  |  |  | Ringed Turtle Dove Streptopelia risoria | Ringed Turtle Dove Streptopelia risoria | Ringed Turtle Dove Streptopelia risoria | Ringed Turtle Dove Streptopelia risoria | Intr | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis | AC ak | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  |  | European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur | AC fl | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto | Intr | |||||||
| Ground Dove Columbigallina passerina | Ground Dove Columbigallina passerina | R | Ground Dove Chaemepelia passerina | R | Ground Dove Columbigallina passerina | Ground Dove Columbigallina passerina | RE | Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina | Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina | |||||
| Inca Dove Scardafella inca | Inca Dove Scardafella inca | Inca Dove Scardafella inca | Inca Dove Scardafella inca | Inca Dove Scardafella inca | R | Inca Dove Columbina inca | Inca Dove Columbina inca | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti | Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti | mexborder | |||||||
| White-fronted Dove Engyptila albifrons | R | White-fronted Dove Leptotila fulviventris | White-fronted Dove Leptotila fulviventris | White-fronted Dove Leptotila fulviventris | R | White-fronted Dove Leptotila verreauxi | QC | White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi | White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi | |||||
| Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon martinica | Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon martinica | R | Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia | Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia | Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia | Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia | Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia | AC fl | ||||||
|  | Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana | Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana | Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana | Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana | Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana | Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana | AC tx, fl | |||||||
| Blue-headed Quail-Dove Starnoenas cyanocephala | Blue-headed Quail-Dove Starnoenas cyanocephala | Blue-headed Quail-Dove Starnoenas cyanocephala | A |  |  |  |  | |||||||
| Parrots, Parakeets and Budgerigar Return to Top of Page | ||||||||||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus | Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus | Intr | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri | Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri | Intr | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus | Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus | Intr | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Green Parakeet Aratinga holochlora | Green Parakeet Aratinga holochlora | mexborder | |||||||
| Carolina Paroquet Conurus carolinensis | Carolina Paroquet Conurus carolinensis | R | Carolina Paroquet Conuropsis carolinensis | Carolina Paroquet Conuropsis carolinensis | E | Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis | Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis | Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis | Extinct | |||||
|  |  | Thick-billed Parrot Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha | Thick-billed Parrot Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha | Thick-billed Parrot Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha | Thick-billed Parrot Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha | Thick-billed Parrot Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha | Intr | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Canary-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus | Qc | White-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus | Intr | ||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis | Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis | mexborder | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Yellow-headed Parrot Amazona oratrix | Yellow-headed Parrot Amazona oratrix | Intr | |||||||
| Cuckoos, Anis and Roadrunner Return to Top of Page | ||||||||||||||
|  |  |  | Himalaya Cuckoo Cuculus optatus | RQc | Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus | Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus | Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus | AC ak | ||||||
|  | Kamchatkan Cuckoo Cuculus canorus | Qc | Kamchatka Cuckoo Cuculus canorus | Qc | Baker's Cuckoo Cuculus canorus | A |  | Qc | Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus | Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus | AC ak | |||
| Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor | Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor | Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor | Qc | Maynard's Cuckoo Coccyzus minor | Qc | Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor | Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor | Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor | ||||||
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus | ||||||||
| Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythrophthalmus | Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythrophthalmus | Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythrophthalmus | Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythrophthalmus | Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythrophthalmus | Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythrophthalmus | Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythrophthalmus | ||||||||
| Road-runner Geococcyx californianus | Road-runner Geococcyx californianus | Road-runner Geococcyx californianus | Road-runner Geococcyx californianus | H- | Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus | Q+ | Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus | Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus | ||||||
| Ani Crotophaga ani | Ani Crotophaga ani | Ani Crotophaga ani | Q+ | Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani | Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani | Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani | Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani | |||||||
| Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris | Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris | Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris | Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris | Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris | Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris | Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris | ||||||||
| Owls Return to Top of Page | ||||||||||||||
| American Barn Owl Strix pratincola | American Barn Owl Strix pratincola | RQ- | Barn Owl Aluco pratincola | R | Barn Owl Tyto alba | Barn Owl Tyto alba | Q+ | Common Barn Owl Tyto alba | Q- | Barn Owl Tyto alba | ||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Oriental Scops-Owl Otus sunia | Oriental Scops-Owl Otus sunia | AC ak | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | S | Western Screech-Owl Otus kennicottii | Western Screech-Owl Otus kennicottii | Split from Otus asio | ||||||
|  |  | Xantus's Screech Owl Otus xantusi | L |  |  |  |  | |||||||
| Screech Owl Megascops asio | Screech Owl Megascops asio | RS | Screech Owl Otus asio | L | Screech Owl Otus asio | Screech Owl Otus asio | SE | Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio | Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio | |||||
|  |  | S | Spotted Screech Owl Otus trichopsis | Spotted Screech Owl Otus trichopsis | Qc | Whiskered Owl Otus trichopsis | E | Whiskered Screech-Owl Otus trichopsis | Whiskered Screech-Owl Otus trichopsis | mexborder | ||||
| Flammulated Screech Owl Megascops flammeolus | Z | Flammulated Screech Owl Megascops flammeola | Flammulated Screech Owl Otus flammeolus | Flammulated Screech Owl Otus flammeolus | Q- | Flammulated Owl Otus flammeolus | Flammulated Owl Otus flammeolus | Flammulated Owl Otus flammeolus | ||||||
| Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus | Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus | Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus | Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus | Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus | Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus | Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus | ||||||||
| Snowy Owl Nyctea nyctea | Snowy Owl Nyctea nyctea | Snowy Owl Nyctea nyctea | Snowy Owl Nyctea nyctea | R | Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca | Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca | Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca | |||||||
| Hawk Owl Surnia ulula | Hawk Owl Surnia ulula | Q+ | European Hawk Owl Surnia ulula | Q- | Hawk Owl Surnia ulula | Hawk Owl Surnia ulula | E | Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula | Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula | |||||
| Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma | Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma | Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma | L | Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma | Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma | E | Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma | Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma | ||||||
|  | Hoskin's Pygmy Owl Glaucidium hoskinsii | Zi | Hoskin's Pygmy Owl Glaucidium hoskinsi | L |  |  |  |  | ||||||
| Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium phalaenoides | Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium phalaenoides | Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium phaloenoides | R | Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum | Q- | Ferruginous Owl Glaucidium brasilianum | E | Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum | Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum | |||||
| Elf Owl Micropallas whitneyi | Elf Owl Micropallas whitneyi | Elf Owl Micropallas whitneyi | Elf Owl Micropallas whitneyi | R | Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi | Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi | Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi | |||||||
| Burrowing Owl Speotyto cunicularia | Burrowing Owl Speotyto cunicularia | Burrowing Owl Speotyto cunicularia | Burrowing Owl Speotyto cunicularia | Burrowing Owl Speotyto cunicularia | R | Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia | Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata | AC tx | |||||||
| Barred Owl Syrnium nebulosum | Barred Owl Syrnium nebulosum | R | Barred Owl Strix varia | Barred Owl Strix varia | Barred Owl Strix varia | Barred Owl Strix varia | Barred Owl Strix varia | |||||||
| Spotted Owl Syrnium occidentale | Spotted Owl Syrnium occidentale | R | Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis | Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis | Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis | Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis | Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis | |||||||
| Great Gray Owl Ulula cinerea | R | Great Gray Owl Scotiaptex cinerea | R | Great Gray Owl Scotiaptex nebulosa | Great Gray Owl Scotiaptex nebulosa | R | Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa | Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa | Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa | |||||
| American Long-eared Owl Asio wilsonianus | American Long-eared Owl Asio wilsonianus | Q- | Long-eared Owl Asio wilsonianus | Long-eared Owl Asio wilsonianus | R | Long-eared Owl Asio otus | Long-eared Owl Asio otus | Long-eared Owl Asio otus | ||||||
| Short-eared Owl Asio accipitrinus | Short-eared Owl Asio accipitrinus | R | Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus | Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus | Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus | Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus | Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus | |||||||
| Richardson's Owl Nyctala tengmalmi | Richardson's Owl Nyctala tengmalmi | R | Richardson's Owl Cryptoglaux funerea | Richardson's Owl Cryptoglaux funerea | RQc | Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus | Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus | Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus | ||||||
| Saw-whet Owl Nyctala acadica | Saw-whet Owl Nyctala acadica | R | Saw-whet Owl Cryptoglaux acadica | Saw-whet Owl Cryptoglaux acadica | R | Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus | Q+ | Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus | Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus | |||||
| Goatsuckers, Nighthawks, Nightjars and Poorwills Return to Top of Page | ||||||||||||||
| Chick-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis | Chick-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis | Chick-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis | Chick-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis | R | Chick-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis | Chick-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis | Chick-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Buff-collared Nightjar Caprimulgus ridgwayi | mexborder | |||||||
| Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus | Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus | Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus | Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus | R | Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus | Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus | Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus | Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus | AC ak | |||||||
| Poor-will Phalaenoptilus nuttallii | Poor-will Phalaenoptilus nuttallii | Zi | Poor-will Phalaenoptilus nuttalli | Poor-will Phalaenoptilus nuttalli | Zi | Poor-will Phalaenoptilus nuttallii | Q+H- | Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii | Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii | |||||
| Parauque Nyctidromus albicollis | Q+ | Merrill's Parauque Nyctidromus albicollis | Merrill's Parauque Nyctidromus albicollis | Esp | Merrill's Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis | Q- | Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis | Q+ | Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis | Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis | ||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii | Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii | AC fl | |||||||
| Nighthawk Chordeiles virginianus | Nighthawk Chordeiles virginianus | Nighthawk Chordeiles virginianus | R | Nighthawk Chordeiles minor | Q+ | Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor | Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor | Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor | ||||||
| Texan Nighthawk Chordeiles texensis | R | Texan Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis | Qc | Texas Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis | Texas Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis | Qc | Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis | Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis | Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis | |||||