2021 NATIONAL BIRD LIST

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Kingdom – ANIMALIA ORDER: Pelecaniformes ORDER: Gruiformes

Phylum – CHORDATA Pelicans (Pelecanidae) Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae)
American White Pelican Clapper Rail
Subphylum – VERTEBRATA Bitterns, Herons, and Allies (Ardeidae) Sora
Class - AVES American Bittern Purple Gallinule
Family Group (Family Name) Great Blue Heron American Coot
Common Name Snowy Egret Cranes (Gruidae)
Green Heron Whooping Crane
ORDER: Anseriformes Black-crowned Night-heron
Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Anatidae) Ibises and Spoonbills ORDER: Charadriiformes
Black-bellied Whistling-duck (Threskiornithidae) Lapwings and Plovers (Charadriidae)
Snow Goose Roseate Spoonbill American Golden-Plover
Canada Goose Killdeer
Trumpeter Swan ORDER: Suliformes Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)
Wood Duck Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae) American Oystercatcher
Mallard Double-crested Cormorant Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae)
Northern Shoveler Darters (Anhingidae) Black-necked Stilt
Green-winged Teal Anhinga American Avocet
Canvasback Frigatebirds (Fregatidae) Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies
Hooded Merganser Magnificent Frigatebird (Scolopacidae)
Spotted Sandpiper
ORDER: Galliformes ORDER: Ciconiiformes Ruddy Turnstone
Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old Deep-water Waders (Ciconiidae) Dunlin
World Quail (Phasianidae) Wood Stork Wilson’s Snipe
*Ring-necked Pheasant American Woodcock
Ruffed Grouse ORDER: Falconiformes Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (Laridae)
Wild Turkey Caracaras and Falcons (Falconidae) Laughing Gull
New World Quail (Odontophoridae) Crested Caracara Ring-billed Gull
Northern Bobwhite American Kestrel Herring Gull
Peregrine Falcon Least Tern
ORDER: Gaviiformes Caspian Tern
Loons (Gaviidae) ORDER: Accipitriformes Black Tern
Red-throated Loon Osprey (Pandionidae) Black Skimmer
Common Loon Osprey Auks, Murres, and Puffins (Alcidae)
Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies Common Murre
ORDER: Podicipediformes (Accipitridae) Tufted Puffin
Grebes (Podicipedidae) Bald Eagle
Pied-billed Grebe Northern Harrier ORDER: Columbiformes
Red-necked Grebe Cooper’s Hawk Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Red-tailed Hawk Mourning Dove
ORDER: Procellariiformes Golden Eagle Common Ground-Dove
Albatrosses (Diomedeidae) *Rock Pigeon
Laysan Albatross ORDER: Cathartiformes
Shearwaters and Petrels New World Vultures (Cathartidae) ORDER: Cuculiformes
(Procellariidae) Turkey Vulture Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis
Northern Fulmar California Condor (Cuculidae)
Black-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner

1) Special Characters: indicates vocalizations that may be tested & * indicates an introduced, widespread Species
2) The taxonomic scheme is based upon the 7th edition Checklist of North American Birds, American Ornithologists’ Union, and www.allaboutbirds.org
Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology.
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 2021 NATIONAL BIRD LIST
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ORDER: Strigiformes Horned Lark Chipping Sparrow

Barn Owls (Tytonidae) Swallows (Hirundinidae) Dark-eyed Junco
Barn Owl Purple Martin Longspurs and Buntings (Calcariidae)
Typical Owls (Strigidae) Cliff Swallow Lapland Longspur
Great Horned Owl Barn Swallow Snow Bunting
Snowy Owl Chickadees and Titmice (Paridae) Cardinals and Allies (Cardinalidae)
Barred Owl Black-capped Chickadee Northern Cardinal
Screech Owl Tufted Titmouse Indigo Bunting
Nuthatches (Sittidae) Painted Bunting
ORDER: Caprimulgiformes Red-breasted Nuthatch Scarlet Tanager
Nightjars and Allies (Caprimulgidae) White-breasted Nuthatch Blackbirds (Icteridae)
Chuck-will’s-widow Creepers (Certhiidae) Bobolink
Common Nighthawk Brown Creeper Red-winged Blackbird
Wrens (Troglodytidae) Western Meadowlark
ORDER: Apodiformes Cactus Wren Yellow-headed Blackbird
Swifts (Apodidae) Marsh Wren Common Grackle
Chimney Swift Carolina Wren Brown-headed Cowbird
Hummingbirds (Trochilidae) Dippers (Cinclidae) Baltimore Oriole
Ruby-throated Hummingbird American Dipper Fringillids and Allies (Fringillidae)
Kinglets (Regulidae) Red Crossbill
ORDER: Coraciiformes Golden-crowned Kinglet American Goldfinch
Kingfishers (Alcedinidae) Ruby-crowned Kinglet Evening Grosbeak
Belted Kingfisher Gnatcatchers (Polioptilidae) House Finch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Pine Siskin
ORDER: Piciformes Thrushes (Turdidae) Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
Woodpeckers and Allies (Picidae) Eastern Bluebird *House Sparrow
Red-headed Woodpecker Wood Thrush Old World Starlings (Sturnidae)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker American Robin *European Starling
Downy Woodpecker Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Northern Flicker (Mimidae)
Pileated Woodpecker Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
ORDER: Passeriformes Brown Thrasher
Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae) Waxwings (Bombycillidae)
Olive-sided Flycatcher Cedar Waxwing
Eastern Phoebe Wood-Warblers (Parulidae)
Vermilion Flycatcher Yellow Warbler
Great Crested Flycatcher Magnolia Warbler
Eastern Kingbird Yellow-rumped Warbler
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Black-throated Green Warbler
Shrikes (Laniidae) Black-and-white Warbler
Loggerhead Shrike American Redstart
Vireos (Vireonidae) Ovenbird
Warbling Vireo Kentucky Warbler
Red-eyed Vireo Common Yellowthroat
Jays and Crows (Corvidae) New World Sparrow
Steller’s Jay (Passerellidae)
Blue Jay Spotted Towhee
Black-billed Magpie Black-chinned Sparrow
American Crow Lark Sparrow
Common Raven Harris’s Sparrow
Larks (Alaudidae) White-crowned Sparrow

1) Special Characters: indicates vocalizations that may be tested & * indicates an introduced, widespread Species
2) The taxonomic scheme is based upon the 7th edition Checklist of North American Birds, American Ornithologists’ Union, and www.allaboutbirds.org
Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology.
©2021-B38