| in the American Ornithologists' Union Checklists 1886 - 2025 | 
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| Blackbirds Bobolink Buntings, New World Buntings, Old World Canary Cardinal Cowbirds | Crossbills Dickcissel Finches Goldfinches Grackles Grassquits Grosbeaks | Juncos Longspurs Orioles Pyrrhuloxia Redpolls Rosy Finches Seedeater | Siskins Snow Buntings Sparrows, New World Sparrows, Old World Tanagers Towhees | |
| Orioles, Blackbirds, Cowbirds, Grackles, Bobolink, O.W. Sparrows Return to Top of Page | ||||||||||||||
|  |  |  | English Sparrow Passer domesticus | Qc | House Sparrow Passer domesticus | House Sparrow Passer domesticus | House Sparrow Passer domesticus | |||||||
|  |  |  | European Tree Sparrow Passer montanus | European Tree Sparrow Passer montanus | Qc | Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus | Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus | Intr mo | ||||||
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Orange Bishop Euplectes franciscanus | Intr ca | |||||||
| Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus | ||||||||
| Meadowlark Sturnella magna | Meadowlark Sturnella magna | S | Meadowlark Sturnella magna | Q+ | Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna | Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna | Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna | Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna | ||||||
|  |  | S | Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta | Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta | Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta | Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta | Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta | |||||||
| Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | ||||||||
| Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus | Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus | Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus | LE | Red-wing Agelaius phoeniceus | E | Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus | Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus | Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus | ||||||
| Bicolored Blackbird Agelaius gubernator | Bicolored Blackbird Agelaius gubernator | E | Bicolored Red-wing Agelaius gubernator | L |  |  |  |  | ||||||
| Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor | Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor | E | Tricolored Red-wing Agelaius tricolor | Tricolored Red-wing Agelaius tricolor | E | Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor | Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor | Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor | ||||||
|  |  |  |  | Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis | Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis | Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis | AC fl | |||||||
| Troupial Icteris icturus | Troupial Icteris icturus | A |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri | Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri | AC az, tx | |||||||
| Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius | Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius | Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius | Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius | Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius | Orchard Oriole Icteris spurius | Orchard Oriole Icteris spurius | ||||||||
| Audubon's Oriole Icteris audubonii | Audubon's Oriole Icteris audubonii | R | Audubon's Oriole Icteris melanocephalus | Audubon's Oriole Icteris melanocephalus | RQc | Black-headed Oriole Icteris graduacauda | Qc | Audubon's Oriole Icteris graduacauda | Audubon's Oriole Icteris graduacauda | name in use in Oriolus | ||||
|  |  |  |  | Spot-breasted Oriole Icteris pectoralis | Spot-breasted Oriole Icteris pectoralis | Spot-breasted Oriole Icteris pectoralis | Intr | |||||||
| Hooded Oriole Icteris cucullatus | Hooded Oriole Icteris cucullatus | Qc | Sennett's Oriole Icteris cucullatus | Qc | Hooded Oriole Icteris cucullatus | Hooded Oriole Icteris cucullatus | Hooded Oriole Icteris cucullatus | Hooded Oriole Icteris cucullatus | ||||||
|  |  |  |  | Lichtenstein's Oriole Icteris gularis | Qc | Altamira Oriole Icteris gularis | Altamira Oriole Icteris gularis | mexborder | ||||||
|  |  |  |  | Scarlet-headed Oriole Icteris pustulatus | Qc | Streak-backed Oriole Icteris pustulatus | Streak-backed Oriole Icteris pustulatus | AC az, ca | ||||||
| Scott's Oriole Icteris parisorum | Scott's Oriole Icteris parisorum | Scott's Oriole Icteris parisorum | Scott's Oriole Icteris parisorum | Scott's Oriole Icteris parisorum | Scott's Oriole Icteris parisorum | Scott's Oriole Icteris parisorum | ||||||||
| Baltimore Oriole Icteris galbula | Baltimore Oriole Icteris galbula | Baltimore Oriole Icteris galbula | Baltimore Oriole Icteris galbula | Baltimore Oriole Icteris galbula | LQc | Northern Oriole Icteris galbula | SQc | Baltimore Oriole Icteris galbula | ||||||
| Bullock's Oriole Icteris bullocki | Bullock's Oriole Icteris bullocki | Bullock's Oriole Icteris bullocki | Bullock's Oriole Icteris bullocki | Zi | Bullock's Oriole Icteris bullockii | L |  | S | Bullock's Oriole Icteris bullockii | |||||
| Rusty Blackbird Scolecophagus carolinus | Rusty Blackbird Scolecophagus carolinus | R | Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus | Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus | Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus | Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus | Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus | |||||||
| Brewer's Blackbird Scolecophagus cyanocephalus | Brewer's Blackbird Scolecophagus cyanocephalus | R | Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus | Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus | Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus | Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus | Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus | |||||||
| Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major | Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major | LR | Boat-tailed Grackle Megaquiscalus major | R | Boat-tailed Grackle Cassidix mexicanus | Boat-tailed Grackle Cassidix mexicanus | SRQc | Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus | Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus | |||||
| Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus macrourus | Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus macrourus | L |  |  |  | SRQc | Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major | Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major | ||||||
| Purple Grackle Quiscalus quiscula | Purple Grackle Quiscalus quiscula | Purple Grackle Quiscalus quiscula | Purple Grackle Quiscalus quiscula | Qc | Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula | Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula | Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula | |||||||
| Cowbird Molothrus ater | Cowbird Molothrus ater | Cowbird Molothrus ater | Cowbird Molothrus ater | Q+ | Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater | Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater | Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater | |||||||
| Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus | RQc | Red-eyed Cowbird Callothrus robustus | R | Red-eyed Cowbird Tangavius aeneus | Red-eyed Cowbird Tangavius aeneus | Qc | Bronzed Cowbird Tangavius aeneus | R | Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus | Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus | ||||
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis | invader | newly invasive species, southern US | ||||||
| Tanagers, Grosbeaks, Cardinal, Buntings and Pyrrhuloxia Return to Top of Page | ||||||||||||||
| Blue-headed Euphonia Euphonia elegantissima | Blue-headed Euphonia Euphonia elegantissima | A |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||
|  | Gray's Tanager Piranga rubriceps | A |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||
| Louisiana Tanager Piranga ludoviciana | Louisiana Tanager Piranga ludoviciana | Qc | Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana | Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana | Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana | Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana | Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana | |||||||
| Scarlet Tanager Piranga erythromelas | Scarlet Tanager Piranga erythromelas | Scarlet Tanager Piranga erythromelas | Scarlet Tanager Piranga erythromelas | R | Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea | Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea | Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea | |||||||
| Hepatic Tanager Piranga hepatica | Hepatic Tanager Piranga hepatica | Hepatic Tanager Piranga hepatica | R | Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava | Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava | Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava | Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava | |||||||
| Summer Tanager Piranga rubra | Summer Tanager Piranga rubra | Summer Tanager Piranga rubra | Summer Tanager Piranga rubra | Summer Tanager Piranga rubra | Summer Tanager Piranga rubra | Summer Tanager Piranga rubra | ||||||||
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata | mexborder | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Stripe-headed Tanager Spindalis zena | Stripe-headed Tanager Spindalis zena | AC fl | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Crimson-collared Grosbeak Rhodothraupis celaeno | mexborder | |||||||
| Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis | Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis | Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis | R | Cardinal Richmondena cardinalis | Cardinal Richmondena cardinalis | RQ+ | Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis | Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis | ||||||
| Texan Cardinal Pyrrhuloxia sinuata | Texan Cardinal Pyrrhuloxia sinuata | E | Arizona Pyrrhuloxia Pyrrhuloxia sinuata | Arizona Pyrrhuloxia Pyrrhuloxia sinuata | Q- | Pyrrhuloxia Pyrrhuloxia sinuata | R | Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus | Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus | |||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysopeplus | Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysopeplus | AC az | |||||||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak Habia ludoviciana | Rose-breasted Grosbeak Habia ludoviciana | R | Rose-breasted Grosbeak Zamelodia ludoviciana | R | Rose-breasted Grosbeak Hedymeles ludovicianus | R | Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus | Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus | Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus | |||||
| Black-headed Grosbeak Habia melanocephala | Black-headed Grosbeak Habia melanocephala | R | Black-headed Grosbeak Zamelodia melanocephala | R | Black-headed Grosbeak Hedymeles melanocephalus | R | Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus | Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus | Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus | |||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina | Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina | AC tx, La | |||||||
| Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea | Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea | Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea | Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea | Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea | Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea | Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea | ||||||||
| Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea | Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea | Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea | Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea | Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea | Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea | Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea | ||||||||
| Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena | Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena | Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena | Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena | Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena | Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena | Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena | ||||||||
| Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor | Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor | Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor | Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor | Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor | Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor | Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor | ||||||||
| Painted Bunting Passerina ciris | Painted Bunting Passerina ciris | Painted Bunting Passerina ciris | Painted Bunting Passerina ciris | Painted Bunting Passerina ciris | Painted Bunting Passerina ciris | Painted Bunting Passerina ciris | ||||||||
| Grassquit Euetheia bicolor | Grassquit Euetheia bicolor | R | Grassquit Tiaris bicolor | Q+ | Bahama Grassquit Tiaris bicolor | Qc | Black-faced Grassquit Tiaris bicolor | Black-faced Grassquit Tiaris bicolor | Black-faced Grassquit Tiaris bicolor | AC fl | ||||
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivacea | AC fl, tx | |||||||
|  | Melodius Grassquit Euetheia canora | R | Melodius Grassquit Tiaris canora | Melodius Grassquit Tiaris canora | Melodius Grassquit Tiaris canora | Qc | Cuban Grassquit Tiaris canora | A |  | |||||
| Dickcissel Spiza americana | Dickcissel Spiza americana | Dickcissel Spiza americana | Dickcissel Spiza americana | Dickcissel Spiza americana | Dickcissel Spiza americana | Dickcissel Spiza americana | ||||||||
|  |  |  | Brambling Fringilla montifringilla | Brambling Fringilla montifringilla | Brambling Fringilla montifringilla | Brambling Fringilla montifringilla | AC na | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs | Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs | AC na | |||||||
|  |  |  | Japanese Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes | Q- | Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes | Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes | Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes | AC ak | ||||||
| Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertina | Z | Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus | R | Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina | Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina | Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina | R | Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus | Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus | |||||
| Canary, Finches, Grassquits, Dickcissel and Seedeater Return to Top of Page | ||||||||||||||
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Common Canary Serinus canaria | Intr berm | |||||||
| Cassin's Bullfinch Pyrrhula cassini | Cassin's Bullfinch Pyrrhula cassini | Cassin's Bullfinch Pyrrhula cassini | R | Cassin's Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Q- | Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Q+ | Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula | AC ak | ||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus | Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus | AC ak | |||||||
| Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus | Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus | Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus | Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus | Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus | Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus | Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus | ||||||||
| Cassin's Purple Finch Carpodacus cassini | Cassin's Purple Finch Carpodacus cassini | Cassin's Purple Finch Carpodacus cassini | Cassin's Purple Finch Carpodacus cassini | Q-Zi | Cassin's Finch Carpodacus cassinii | Cassin's Finch Carpodacus cassinii | Cassin's Finch Carpodacus cassinii | |||||||
| House Finch Carpodacus frontalis | R | House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus | House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus | House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus | House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus | L | House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus | House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus | ||||||
|  |  | McGregor's House Finch Carpodacus mcgregori | McGregor's House Finch Carpodacus mcgregori | McGregor's House Finch Carpodacus mcgregori | L |  |  | |||||||
| Guadalupe House Finch Carpodacus amplus | Guadalupe House Finch Carpodacus amplus | Guadalupe House Finch Carpodacus amplus | Guadalupe House Finch Carpodacus amplus | Guadalupe House Finch Carpodacus amplus | L |  |  | |||||||
| Morellet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti | Qc | Sharpe's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti | Sharpe's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti | Sharpe's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti | RQc | White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola | White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola | White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola | mexborder | |||||
| Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator | Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator | Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator | Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator | Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator | Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator | Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator | ||||||||
| Siskin, Goldfinches, Crossbills, Redpolls and Rosy Finches Return to Top of Page | ||||||||||||||
| Aleutian Leucosticte Leucosticte griseonucha | Aleutian Leucosticte Leucosticte griseonucha | E | Aleutian Rosy Finch Leucosticte griseonucha | Aleutian Rosy Finch Leucosticte griseonucha | L |  |  |  | ||||||
| Gray-crowned Leucosticte Leucosticte tephrocotis | Gray-crowned Leucosticte Leucosticte tephrocotis | E | Gray-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis | Gray-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis | L | Gray-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis | L |  | S | Gray-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis | ||||
| Black Leucosticte Leucosticte atrata | Black Leucosticte Leucosticte atrata | E | Black Rosy Finch Leucosticte atrata | Black Rosy Finch Leucosticte atrata | Black Rosy Finch Leucosticte atrata | LQ- | Rosy Finch Leucosticte atrata | SQ+ | Black Rosy Finch Leucosticte atrata | |||||
| Brown-capped Leucosticte Leucosticte australis | Brown-capped Leucosticte Leucosticte australis | E | Brown-capped Rosy Finch Leucosticte australis | Brown-capped Rosy Finch Leucosticte australis | Brown-capped Rosy Finch Leucosticte australis | L |  | S | Brown-capped Rosy Finch Leucosticte australis | |||||
|  |  |  | Brittish Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis | Qc | European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis | European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis | European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis | Intr berm | ||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Oriental Greenfinch Carduelis sinica | Oriental Greenfinch Carduelis sinica | AC ak | |||||||
| Greenland Redpoll Acanthis hornemannii | Greenland Redpoll Acanthis hornemannii | Zi | Greenland Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni | Qc | Hoary Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni | Hoary Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni | R | Hoary Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni | Hoary Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni | |||||
| Redpoll Acanthis linaria | Redpoll Acanthis linaria | Redpoll Acanthis linaria | Redpoll Acanthis linaria | RQ+ | Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea | R | Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea | Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea | ||||||
| Pine Siskin Spinus pinus | Pine Siskin Spinus pinus | Pine Siskin Spinus pinus | Pine Siskin Spinus pinus | Pine Siskin Spinus pinus | R | Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus | Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus | |||||||
| Black-headed Goldfinch Spinus notatus | Black-headed Goldfinch Spinus notatus | Black-headed Goldfinch Spinus notatus | A |  |  |  | Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus | AC na | ||||||
| American Goldfinch Spinus tristis | American Goldfinch Spinus tristis | RQ- | Goldfinch Astragalinus tristis | R | Goldfinch Spinus tristis | Q+ | American Goldfinch Spinus tristis | R | American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis | American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis | ||||
| Arkansas Goldfinch Spinus psaltria | Arkansas Goldfinch Spinus psaltria | R | Arkansas Goldfinch Astragalinus psaltria | R | Arkansas Goldfinch Spinus psaltria | Qc | Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria | R | Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria | Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria | ||||
| Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei | Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei | R | Lawrence's Goldfinch Astragalinus lawrencei | R | Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei | Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei | R | Lawrence's Goldfinch Carduelis lawrencei | Lawrence's Goldfinch Carduelis lawrencei | |||||
| American Crossbill Loxia curvirostra | American Crossbill Loxia curvirostra | Q- | Crossbill Loxia curvirostra | Q+ | Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra | Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra | Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra | Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra | ||||||
| White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera | White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera | White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera | White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera | White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera | White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera | White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera | ||||||||
| New World Sparrows, Juncos and Towhees Return to Top of Page | ||||||||||||||
| Texas Sparrow Embernagra rufivirgata | Texas Sparrow Embernagra rufivirgata | R | Texas Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus | Texas Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus | QcZ | Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgata | Z | Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus | Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus | |||||
| Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus | Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus | R | Green-tailed Towhee Oreospiza chlorura | R | Green-tailed Towhee Oberholseria chlorura | R | Green-tailed Towhee Chlorura chlorura | R | Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus | Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus | ||||
| Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus | LQ+ | Rufous-sided Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Rufous-sided Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus | SQc | Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus | ||||||
| Arctic Towhee Pipilo maculatus | Arctic Towhee Pipilo maculatus | Arctic Towhee Pipilo maculatus | Arctic Towhee Pipilo maculatus | L |  |  | SQc | Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus | ||||||
| Guadalupe Towhee Pipilo consobrinus | Guadalupe Towhee Pipilo consobrinus | Guadalupe Towhee Pipilo consobrinus | Guadalupe Towhee Pipilo consobrinus | L |  |  |  | |||||||
| Canyon Towhee Pipilo fuscus | Canyon Towhee Pipilo fuscus | S | Canyon Towhee Pipilo fuscus | L | Canyon Towhee Pipilo fuscus | Qc | Brown Towhee Pipilo fuscus | Brown Towhee Pipilo fuscus | SQc | Canyon Towhee Pipilo fuscus | ||||
|  |  | S | California Towhee Pipilo crissalis | L |  |  |  | S | California Towhee Pipilo crissalis | |||||
| Abert's Towhee Pipilo aberti | Abert's Towhee Pipilo aberti | Abert's Towhee Pipilo aberti | Abert's Towhee Pipilo aberti | Abert's Towhee Pipilo aberti | Abert's Towhee Pipilo aberti | Abert's Towhee Pipilo aberti | ||||||||
| Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys | Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys | Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys | Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys | Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys | Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys | Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys | ||||||||
| Ipswich Sparrow Ammodramus princeps | Ipswich Sparrow Ammodramus princeps | R | Ipswich Sparrow Passerculus princeps | Ipswich Sparrow Passerculus princeps | Ipswich Sparrow Passerculus princeps | L |  |  | ||||||
| Sandwich Sparrow Ammodramus sandwichensis | Sandwich Sparrow Ammodramus sandwichensis | RQc | Aelutian Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis | Q- | Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis | L | Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis | L | Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis | Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis | ||||
| Belding's Marsh Sparrow Ammodramus beldingi | Belding's Marsh Sparrow Ammodramus beldingi | RQ- | Belding's Sparrow Passerculus beldingi | Belding's Sparrow Passerculus beldingi | L |  |  |  | ||||||
| Large-billed Sparrow Ammodramus rostratus | Large-billed Sparrow Ammodramus rostratus | Large-billed Sparrow Passerculus rostratus | Large-billed Sparrow Passerculus rostratus | L |  |  |  | |||||||
| Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum | ||||||||
| Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii | Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii | Zi | Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus bairdi | Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus bairdi | Zi | Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii | Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii | Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii | ||||||
| Leconte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii | Leconte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii | RZi | Leconte's Sparrow Passerherbalus lecontei | R | Leconte's Sparrow Passerherbalus caudacutus | Qc | Le Conte's Sparrow Passerherbalus caudacutus | RZi | Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii | Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii | 1790 priority issue | |||
| Henslow's Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii | Henslow's Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii | RZi | Henslow's Sparrow Passerherbalus henslowi | Henslow's Sparrow Passerherbalus henslowi | Zi | Henslow's Sparrow Passerherbalus henslowii | R | Henslow's Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii | Henslow's Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii | |||||
| Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus caudacutus | Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus caudacutus | RS | Sharp-tailed Sparrow Passerherbalus caudacutus | LR | Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta | Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta | R | Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus caudacutus | SQ+ | Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus caudacutus | ||||
|  |  | S | Nelson's Sparrow Passerherbalus nelsoni | L |  |  |  | SRQ+ | Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus nelsoni | |||||
| Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus | Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus | R | Seaside Sparrow Passerherbalus maritimus | R | Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima | Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima | RL | Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus | Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus | |||||
| Dusky Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus nigrescens | Dusky Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus nigrescens | R | Dusky Seaside Sparrow Passerherbalus nigrescens | R | Dusky Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza nigrescens | Dusky Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza nigrescens | L |  |  | |||||
|  |  |  | Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza mirabilis | Q- | Cape Sable Sparrow Ammospiza mirabilis | L |  |  | ||||||
| Vesper Sparrow Poocaetes gramineus | Vesper Sparrow Poocaetes gramineus | R | Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus | Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus | Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus | Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus | Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus | |||||||
| Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus | Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus | Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus | Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus | Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus | Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus | Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus | ||||||||
| Rufous-winged Sparrow Peucaea carpalis | Rufous-winged Sparrow Peucaea carpalis | R | Rufous-winged Sparrow Aimophila carpalis | Rufous-winged Sparrow Aimophila carpalis | Rufous-winged Sparrow Aimophila carpalis | Rufous-winged Sparrow Aimophila carpalis | Rufous-winged Sparrow Aimophila carpalis | |||||||
| Rufous-crowned Sparrow Peucaea ruficeps | Rufous-crowned Sparrow Peucaea ruficeps | R | Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps | Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps | Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps | Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps | Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps | |||||||
| Pine-woods Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis | Pine-woods Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis | Pine-woods Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis | Pine-woods Sparrow Aimophila aestivalis | Qc | Bachman's Sparrow Aimophila aestivalis | Bachman's Sparrow Aimophila aestivalis | Bachman's Sparrow Aimophila aestivalis | |||||||
| Arizona Sparrow Peucaea arizonae | Arizona Sparrow Peucaea arizonae | LRQc | Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii | Botteri's Sparrow Aimophila botterii | Botteri's Sparrow Aimophila botterii | Botteri's Sparrow Aimophila botterii | Botteri's Sparrow Aimophila botterii | |||||||
| Mexican Sparrow Peucaea mexicana | Mexican Sparrow Peucaea mexicana | L |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||
| Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassini | Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassini | Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassini | Cassin's Sparrow Aimophila cassini | Zi | Cassin's Sparrow Aimophila cassinii | Cassin's Sparrow Aimophila cassinii | Cassin's Sparrow Aimophila cassinii | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Five-striped Sparrow Amphispiza quinquestriata | R | Five-striped Sparrow Aimophila quinquestriata | AC az | ||||||
| Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata | Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata | Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata | Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata | Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata | Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata | Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata | ||||||||
| Bell's Sparrow Amphispiza belli | Bell's Sparrow Amphispiza belli | S | Bell's Sparrow Amphispiza belli | Bell's Sparrow Amphispiza belli | LQc | Sage Sparrow Amphispiza belli | Sage Sparrow Amphispiza belli | Sage Sparrow Amphispiza belli | ||||||
|  |  | S | Sage Sparrow Amphispiza nevadensis | Sage Sparrow Amphispiza nevadensis | L |  |  |  | ||||||
| White-winged Junco Junco aikeni | White-winged Junco Junco aikeni | White-winged Junco Junco aikeni | White-winged Junco Junco aikeni | White-winged Junco Junco aikeni | L |  |  | |||||||
| Pink-sided Junco Junco annectens | Pink-sided Junco Junco annectens | L |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||
|  | Ridgway's Junco Junco ridgwayi | L |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||
|  | Townsend's Junco Junco townsendi | L |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||
| Slate-colored Junco Junco hyemalis | Slate-colored Junco Junco hyemalis | L | Slate-colored Junco Junco hyemalis | S | Slate-colored Junco Junco hyemalis | Slate-colored Junco Junco hyemalis | LQc | Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis | Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis | |||||
| Gray-headed Junco Junco caniceps | Gray-headed Junco Junco caniceps | L |  | S | Gray-headed Junco Junco caniceps | Gray-headed Junco Junco caniceps | L |  |  | |||||
|  |  |  | S | Oregon Junco Junco oreganus | L | Oregon Junco Junco oreganus | L |  |  | |||||
|  |  |  | S | Pink-sided Junco Junco mearnsi | L |  |  |  | ||||||
| Guadalupe Junco Junco insularis | Guadalupe Junco Junco insularis | Guadalupe Junco Junco insularis | Guadalupe Junco Junco insularis | Guadalupe Junco Junco insularis | L |  |  | |||||||
| Arizona Junco Junco cinereus | R | Arizona Junco Junco phaeonotus | L | Arizona Junco Junco phaeonotus | S | Arizona Junco Junco phaeonotus | Qc | Mexican Junco Junco phaeonotus | LQc | Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus | Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus | |||
| Baird's Junco Junco bairdi | Baird's Junco Junco bairdi | L |  | S | Baird's Junco Junco bairdi | Baird's Junco Junco bairdi | L |  |  | |||||
| Tree Sparrow Spizella monticola | Tree Sparrow Spizella monticola | Tree Sparrow Spizella monticola | R | Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea | Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea | Q+ | American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea | American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea | ||||||
| Chipping Sparrow Spizella socialis | Chipping Sparrow Spizella socialis | R | Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina | Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina | Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina | Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina | Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina | |||||||
| Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida | Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida | Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida | Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida | Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida | Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida | Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida | ||||||||
| Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri | Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri | Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri | Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri | Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri | Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri | Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri | ||||||||
| Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla | Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla | Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla | Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla | Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla | Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla | Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla | ||||||||
| Worthen's Sparrow Spizella wortheni | Worthen's Sparrow Spizella wortheni | Worthen's Sparrow Spizella wortheni | Worthen's Sparrow Spizella wortheni | Worthen's Sparrow Spizella wortheni | Worthen's Sparrow Spizella wortheni | Worthen's Sparrow Spizella wortheni | AC nm | known in US only from type, 1884 | ||||||
| Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrigularis | Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrigularis | R | Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis | Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis | Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis | Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis | Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis | |||||||
| Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula | Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula | Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula | Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula | Qs | Harris' Sparrow Zonotrichia querula | Harris' Sparrow Zonotrichia querula | Qs | Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula | ||||||
| White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys | L | White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys | White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys | White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys | White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys | White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys | White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys | |||||||
| Intermediate Sparrow Zonotrichia intermedia | L |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||
| Gambel's Sparrow Zonotrichia gambeli | L |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||
| Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia coronata | Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia coronata | Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia coronata | Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia coronata | R | Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla | Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla | Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla | |||||||
| White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis | White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis | White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis | White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis | White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis | White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis | White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis | ||||||||
| Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca | Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca | Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca | Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca | Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca | Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca | Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca | ||||||||
| Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolni | Zi | Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii | Zi | Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolni | Zi | Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii | Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii | Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii | Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii | |||||
| Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana | Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana | Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana | Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana | Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana | Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana | Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana | ||||||||
| Song Sparrow Melospiza fasciata | Song Sparrow Melospiza fasciata | LR | Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia | Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia | Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia | Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia | Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia | |||||||
|  | Bischoff's Song Sparrow Melospiza insignis | L |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||
| Aleutian Song Sparrow Melospiza cinerea | Aleutian Song Sparrow Melospiza cinerea | L |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||
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| McCown's Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii | McCown's Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii | Zi | McCown's Longspur Rhynchophanes mccowni | McCown's Longspur Rhynchophanes mccowni | Zi | McCown's Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii | R | McCown's Longspur Calcarius mccownii | McCown's Longspur Calcarius mccownii | |||||
| Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus | Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus | Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus | Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus | Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus | Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus | Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus | ||||||||
| Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus | Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus | Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus | Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus | Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus | Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus | Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus | ||||||||
| Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus | Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus | Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus | Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus | Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus | Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus | Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus | ||||||||
| Snowflake Plectrophenax nivalis | Snowflake Plectrophenax nivalis | E | Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis | Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis | Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis | Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis | Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis | |||||||
| McKay's Snowflake Plectrophenax hyperboreus | McKay's Snowflake Plectrophenax hyperboreus | E | McKay's Snow Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus | McKay's Snow Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus | Q- | McKay's Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus | McKay's Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus | McKay's Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus | ||||||
|  |  |  | Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica | Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica | Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica | Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica | AC ak, wc | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos | AC ak | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla | Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla | AC ak, ca | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola | AC ak | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Gray Bunting Emberiza variabilis | Gray Bunting Emberiza variabilis | AC ak | |||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Pallas' Reed-Bunting Emberiza pallasi | EQs | Pallas' Bunting Emberiza pallasi | AC ak | ||||||
|  |  |  |  |  | Common Reed-Bunting Emberiza schoenoclus | E | Reed Bunting Emberiza schoenoclus | AC ak | ||||||