Birds in Georgia Part 2

BIRDS
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COMMON
STARLING
STURNUS VULGARIS
EASTERN
BLUEBIRD
SIALIA SIALI
DESCRIPTION: Male bluebirds have a bright head, back,

and wings. Their breast is a brownish red. Females are
lighter with gray on the head and back and some blue
on their wings and tail. In females, the breast is usually
lighter in color than in males, and is more orange.
MOUNTAIN
BLUEBIRD
SIALIA CURRUCOIDES
DESCRIPTION: An adult male is bright turquoise-blue

above and somewhat lighter blue underneath but with
a white lower belly. An adult female has duller blue
wings and tail, grey breast, grey crown, throat and back.
VEERY
CATHARUS FUSCESCENS
DESCRIPTION: Veeries have pink legs and a poorly

defined eye ring. Birds in the eastern portions of the
species' breeding range are more cinnamon on the
upper parts; western birds are more olive-brown.
GREY-CHEEKED
THRUSH
CATHARUS MINIMUS
BICKNELL'S
THRUSH
CATHARUS BICKNELLI
DESCRIPTION: The underparts are off-white with gray

on the flanks; the breast is off-white with buffy wash,
showing dusky spots that becomes more diffuse toward
the sides and the lower breast. They have pink legs, a
faint grey eye ring, and gray cheeks.
SWAINSON'S
THRUSH
CATHARUS USTULATUS
DESCRIPTION: This thrush has the white-dark-white

underwing pattern characteristic of Catharus thrushes.
Adults are brown on the upperparts.
HERMIT THRUSH
CATHARUS GUTTATUS
DESCRIPTION: Adults are mainly brown on the

upperparts, with reddish tails. The underparts are white
with dark spots on the breast and grey or brownish
flanks. They have pink legs and a white eye ring. Birds in
the east are more olive-brown on the upperparts;
western birds are more grey-brown.
WOOD THRUSH
HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA
DESCRIPTION: The crown, nape, and upper back are

cinnamon-brown, while the back wings, and tail are a
slightly duller brown. The breast and belly are white
with large dark brown spots on the breast, sides, and
flanks. It has white eye rings and pink legs. Other
brownish thrushes have finer spotting on the breast
AMERICAN ROBIN
TURDUS MIGRATORIUS
VARIED THRUSH
IXOREUS NAEVIU
DESCRIPTION: In general, varied thrushes feature

intense orange and black feathers. Adult males exhibit
medium orange with a curved gray pattern at the
breasts and throats, with grayish-blue tail ends, scruffs,
and crowns.
CHIMNEY SWIFT
CHAETURA PELAGICA
DESCRIPTION: This is a medium-sized swift, measuring

from 12 to 15 cm (4.7 to 5.9 in) in length, with a
wingspan of 27 to 30 cm (11 to 12 in) and a weight
ranging from 17 to 30 g (0.60 to 1.06 oz). The sexes are
identical in plumage, though males average slightly
heavier than females.
NORTHERN
WHEATEAR
OENANTHE OENANTH
DESCRIPTION: Both sexes have a white rump and tail,

with a black inverted T-pattern at the end of the tail.
HOUSE SPARROW
PASSER DOMESTICUS
BUFF-BELLIED
PIPIT
ANTHUS RUBESCENS
DESCRIPTION: The rubescens subspecies (or American

pipit) has lightly streaked grey-brown upperparts and is
diffusely streaked below on the buff breast and flanks.
The belly is whitish, the bill and legs are dark. The
japonicus subspecies (or Japanese pipit) is darker above
and has bolder black streaking on its whiter underparts;
its legs have a reddish hue.
SPRAGUE'S PIPIT
ANTHUS SPRAGUEII
EVENING
GROSBEAK
(HESPERIPHONA VESPERTINA
HOUSE FINCH
HAEMORHOUS MEXICANUS
DESCRIPTION:Adults have a long, square-tipped brown

tail and are a brown or dull-brown color across the back
with some shading into deep gray on the wing feathers.
Breast and belly feathers may be streaked; the flanks
usually are. In most cases, adult males' heads, necks and
shoulders are reddish
COMMON REDPOLL
ACANTHIS FLAMMEA
DESCRIPTION: The common redpoll is a small

brownish-grey finch with dark streaks and a bright red
patch on its forehead. It has a black bib and two pale
stripes on the wings.
PURPLE FINCH
HAEMORHOUS PURPUREUS
DESCRIPTION: Adults have a short forked brown tail

and brown wings. Adult males are raspberry red on the
head, breast, back and rump; their back is streaked.
RED CROSSBILL
LOXIA CURVIROSTRA
DESCRIPTION: Crossbills are characterized by the

mandibles crossing at their tips, which gives the group
its English name. Using their crossed mandibles for
leverage, crossbills are able to efficiently separate the
scales of conifer cones and extract the seeds on which
they feed.
TWO-BARRED
CROSSBILL
LOXIA LEUCOPTERA
PINE SISKIN
SPINUS PINUS
DESCRIPTION: Adults are brown on the upperparts and

pale on the underparts, with heavy streaking
throughout. They have short forked tails. Their bills are
conical like most finches but are more elongated and
slender than those of other co-occurring finches.
AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH
SPINUS TRISTIS
LAPLAND
LONGSPUR
CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS
DESCRIPTION: The Lapland longspur is a robust bird,

with a thick yellow seed-eater's bill. The summer male
has a black head and throat, white eyestripe, chestnut
nape, white underparts, and a heavily streaked black-
grey back.
SMITH'S
LONGSPUR
CALCARIUS PICTUS
DESCRIPTION:These birds have short cone-shaped bills,

streaked backs, and dark tails with white outer
rectrices. In breeding state plumage (mostly formed by
worn basic plumage), the male has a pumpkin-orange
throat, nape, and underparts contrasting with an
intricate black-and-white face pattern.
THICK-BILLED
LONGSPUR
RHYNCHOPHANES MCCOWNII
DESCRIPTION: It has a large cone-shaped bill, a
streaked back, a rust-coloured shoulder and a white
tail with a dark tip. In breeding plumage, the male has
a white throat and underparts, a grey face and nape
and a black crown. Breeding females are largely gray,
with a pale bill and rusty tinged median coverts and
scapulars.
SNOW BUNTING
PLECTROPHENAX NIVALIS
DESCRIPTION: The bill is yellow with a

black tip, and is all black in summer for
males. The plumage is white in the
underparts and the wings and back have
black and white on them. The female and
male have a different plumage.
SPOTTED
SANDPIPER
ACTITIS MACULARIU
DESCRIPTION: Adults have short yellowish legs

and an orange bill with a dark tip. The body is
brown on top and white underneath with black
spots.
BACHMAN'S
SPARROW
PEUCAEA AESTIVALIS
DESCRIPTION: Adults are greyish brown above,

and have a whitish (pale morph) or straw-brown
(intermediate morph) head and underparts, and
the contrast between head and body makes it
easy to separate from similar species with good
views.
GRASSHOPPER
SPARROW
AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM
DESCRIPTION: Adults have upperparts streaked with

brown, grey, black and white; they have a light brown
breast, a white belly and a short brown tail. Their face is
light brown with a white eye ring and a dark brown
crown with a central narrow light stripe.
LARK SPARROW
CHONDESTES GRAMMACUS
DESCRIPTION:The lark sparrow is distinctive. Adults

have a typically sparrow-like dark-streaked brown
back, and white underparts except for a dark central
spot.
LARK BUNTING
CALAMOSPIZA MELANOCORYS
DESCRIPTION: Lark buntings are small songbirds,

with a short, thick, bluish bill. There is a large patch
of white on the wings and they have a relatively
short tail with white tips at the end of the feathers.
CHIPPING
SPARROW
SPIZELLA PASSERINA
DESCRIPTION: Adults in alternate (breeding)

plumage have a reddish cap, a nearly white
supercilium, and a black trans-ocular line (running
through the eye).
CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW
SPIZELLA PALLID
DESCRIPTION: Adults have light brown

upperparts and pale underparts, with darker
streaks on the back. They have a pale crown stripe
on a dark brown crown, a white line over the eyes,
a dark line through the eyes, a light brown cheek
patch and brown wings with wing bars.
FIELD SPARROW
SPIZELLA PUSILLA
DESCRIPTION: Adults have brown upperparts, a buffy

breast, a white belly, two whitish wing bars and a dark-
brown forked tail. They have a grey face, a rusty crown,
a white eye ring and a pink bill.
FOX SPARROW
PASSERELLA ILIACA
DESCRIPTION: Adults are among the largest

sparrows, heavily spotted and streaked
underneath. All feature a messy central breast spot
though it is less noticeable on the thick billed and
slate-colored varieties.
AMERICAN TREE
SPARROW
SPIZELLOIDES ARBOREA
DESCRIPTION: Adults have a rusty cap and grey

underparts with a small dark spot on the breast. They
have a rusty back with lighter stripes, brown wings
with white bars and a slim tail. Their face is grey with
a rusty line through the eye. Their flanks are splashed
with light brown.
DARK-EYED JUNCO
DARK-EYED JUNCO
DESCRIPTION: Adult dark-eyed juncos generally

have gray heads, necks, and breasts, gray or brown
backs and wings, and a white belly, but show a
confusing amount of variation in plumage details.
WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROW
ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS
DESCRIPTION: Adults have black and white stripes on

their head, a gray face, brown streaked upper parts and
a long tail. The wings are brown with bars and the
underparts are gray. Their bill is pink or yellow.
HARRIS'S
SPARROW
ZONOTRICHIA QUERULA
WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW
ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS
VESPER SPARROW
POOECETES GRAMINEUS
DESCRIPTION: Adults have light brown upper-parts

and light under-parts, both with darker streaking. There
are three features that are unique to the Vesper
Sparrow.
LECONTE'S
SPARROW
AMMOSPIZA LECONTEII
DESCRIPTION: LeConte's sparrow is a small sparrow

with a relatively large head, short grey bill and short
pointed tail. It has a buffy yellow-orange face with
grey cheeks, and a dark brown crown with a white
central stripe. The nape of the neck is lilac grey with
chestnut streaks, and the back is streaked with
brown and beige. Its belly is off white, while the
breast and sides are a buffy orange-yellow with dark
brown streaks. The feet and legs are a brownish-
pink colour.
SEASIDE
SPARROW
STERCORARIUS LONGICAUDUS
DESCRIPTION: Adults have brownish upperparts with

gray on the crown and nape, and a grayish-buff-
colored breast with dark streaks; they have a dark face
with gray cheeks, a white throat, and a short, pointed
tail. Birds show a small yellow streak just above the
eye.
NELSON'S
SPARROW
AMMOSPIZA NELSONI
DESCRIPTION: Adults have brownish upperparts with

gray on the crown and nape, a cream-colored breast
with light or indistinct streaking and a white throat and
belly; they have an orange face with gray cheeks and a
short pointed tail.
SALTMARSH
SPARROW
AMMOSPIZA CAUDACUTA
DESCRIPTION: Adults have brownish upperparts with a

gray nape, white throat and belly, and pale orange
breast and sides with brown streaking. The face is
orange with gray cheeks, a gray median crown stripe,
brown lateral crown stripes, and a brown eyeline.
HENSLOW'S
SPARROW
CENTRONYX HENSLOWII
DESCRIPTION: Adults have streaked brown upperparts

with a light brown breast with streaks, a white belly and
a white throat. They have a pale stripe on the crown
with a dark stripe on each side, an olive face and neck,
rust-coloured wings and a short dark forked tail.
SAVANNAH
SPARROW
SAVANNAH SPARROW
DESCRIPTION: This species has a typically sparrow-like

dark-streaked brown back, and whitish underparts with
brown or blackish breast and flank streaking. It has
whitish crown and supercilium stripes, sometimes with
some yellow (more often near the beak). The cheeks are
brown and the throat white.
SONG SPARROW
MELOSPIZA MELODIA
DESCRIPTION: Adult song sparrows have brown

upperparts with dark streaks on the back and are
white underneath with dark streaking and a dark
brown spot in the middle of the breast. They have a
brown cap and a long brown rounded tail. Their
face is gray with a brown streak through each eye.
LINCOLN'S
SPARROW
MELOSPIZA LINCOLNII
DESCRIPTION: Adults have dark-streaked olive-brown

upperparts and a light brown breast with fine streaks,
a white belly, and a white throat. They have a brown
cap with a grey stripe in the middle, olive-brown wings,
and a narrow tail. Their face is grey with brown cheeks,
a buffy mustache, and a brown line through the eye
with a narrow eye ring.
SWAMP SPARROW
MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA
DESCRIPTION: Adults have streaked rusty, buff and

black upperparts with an unstreaked gray breast,
light belly and a white throat. The wings are
strikingly rusty. Most males and a few females have
rust-colored caps. Their face is gray with a dark line
through the eye. They have a short bill and fairly
long legs.
SPOTTED TOWHEE
PIPILO MACULATUS
DESCRIPTION: It has a long, dark, fan-shaped tail

with white corners on the end. It has a round body
(similar to New World sparrows) with bright red
eyes and dull pink legs.
EASTERN TOWHEE
PIPILO ERYTHROPHTHALMU
DESCRIPTION: Adults have rufous sides, a white

belly, and a long dark tail with white edges. The
eyes are red, white for birds in the southeast. Males
have a black head, upper body, and tail; these
parts are brown in the female.
YELLOW-
BREASTED CHAT
ALLE ALLE
YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD
XANTHOCEPHALUS XANTHOCEPHAL
DESCRIPTION:Yellow-headed blackbirds[3] are

considered to be relatively large blackbirds with large,
yellow heads. Their name derives from the Greek word
for yellow, xanthous, and the word for head, cephalus.
Adults have a pointed bill.
BOBOLINK
DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS
DESCRIPTION: dult males are mostly black with

creamy napes and white scapulars, lower backs,
and rumps. Adult females are mostly light brown
with black streaks on the back and flanks, and
dark stripes on the head; their wings and tails are
darker.
EASTERN
MEADOWLARK
STURNELLA MAGNA
DESCRIPTION: They have a long pointed bill; the

head is striped with light brown and black.
ORCHARD ORIOLE
ORCHARD ORIOLE
DESCRIPTION: The adult female and the juvenile of

both subspecies have olive-green on the upper
parts and yellowish on the breast and belly.
BULLOCK'S
ORIOLE
ICTERUS BULLOCKII
DESCRIPTION: Adults have a pointed bill with a

straight culmen. In adult males, the tail is long,
square, and jet black. All exposed skin is black, as
are the claws and bill, though the base of the lower
mandible lightens to bluish-gray.
BALTIMORE
ORIOLE
BALTIMORE ORIOLE
DESCRIPTION:The adult male is orange on the

underparts shoulder patch and rump, with some
birds appearing a very deep flaming orange and
others appearing yellowish-orange.
SCOTT'S ORIOLE
ICTERUS PARISORUM
RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRD
AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS
SHINY COWBIRD
MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSI
DESCRIPTION: Males are all black with a purple-

blue iridescence. The female is smaller, with dull
brown plumage that is sometimes paler on the
underparts.
BROWN-HEADED
COWBIRD
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD
DESCRIPTION: The brown-headed cowbird is

typical for an icterid in general shape, but is
distinguished by its finch-like head and beak and
smaller size. The adult male is iridescent black in
color with a brown head. The adult female is
slightly smaller and is dull grey with a pale throat
and very fine streaking on the underparts.
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
RUSTY BLACKBIRD
DESCRIPTION: Adults have a pointed bill and a

pale yellow eye. They have black plumage with
faint green and purple gloss; the female is greyer.
"Rusty" refers to the brownish winter plumage.
BREWER'S
BLACKBIRD
EUPHAGUS CYANOCEPHALUS
DESCRIPTION: Adult males have black plumage

with an iridescent purple head and neck and
glossy bluish-green highlights on the rest of the
body. The feet and legs are black and the eye is
bright yellow. The female is brownish-grey with
slight hints of the male's iridescence.
COMMON GRACKLE
QUISCALUS QUISCULA
DESCRIPTION: Adults have a long, dark bill, pale

yellowish eyes, and a long tail; their feathers appear
black with purple, green, or blue iridescence on the
head, and primarily bronze sheen in the body
plumage.
BOAT-TAILED
GRACKLE
QUISCALUS MAJOR
DESCRIPTION: Young males are black but lack the

adult's iridescence. Immature females are duller
versions of the adult female and have blotches or
spots on the breast. The eye color of the boat-
tailed grackle varies with range. Gulf Coast and
inland birds have dark eyes, whereas Atlantic birds
have pale eyes
OVENBIRD
SEIURUS AUROCAPILLA
DESCRIPTION: They have olive-brown upperparts

and white underparts heavily streaked with black;
the flanks have an olive hue. A white ring surrounds
the eyes, and a black stripe runs below the cheek.
WORM-EATING
WARBLER
WORM-EATING WARBLER
DESCRIPTION: Hatch year/second year birds have

rusty tips on tertials that wear off by March of the
following year. Juveniles can be distinguished by
duskier head markings, and cinnamon wingbars.
LOUISIANA
WATERTHRUSH
PARKESIA MOTACILLA
NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH
PARKESIA NOVEBORACENSI
DESCRIPTION: The bill is pointed and dark. The

throat is lightly streaked brown to black with
heavier streaking continuing onto the breast and
flanks. The back is evenly brown. Sexes are
morphologically similar. Young birds have buff,
rather than white underparts.
GOLDEN-WINGED
WARBLER
VERMIVORA CHRYSOPTER
DESCRIPTION: The male has black throat, black

ear patch bordered in white, and a yellow crown
and wing patch. Females appear similar to males,
with a light gray throat and light gray ear patches.
In both sexes, extensive white on the tail is
conspicuous from below. Underparts are grayish
white and the bill is long and slender.
BLUE-WINGED
WARBLER
VERMIVORA CYANOPTERA
DESCRIPTION: The common name blue-winged

warbler refers to the bluish-gray color of the wings
that contrast with the bright yellow body of the
male.
BLACK-AND-
WHITE WARBLER
MNIOTILTA VARIA
DESCRIPTION: True to their name, black-and-white

warblers are black and white in colour. Both sexes
have black and white crowns with a white eyebrow,
black streaking on a white belly, black wings with
two white wing bars, a black tail, a black-and-white
streaked back, streaky undertail coverts, and grey-
black legs and feet.
PROTHONOTARY
WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
DESCRIPTION: It has an olive-coloured back with

blue-grey wings and tail, yellow underparts, a
relatively long pointed bill, and black legs. The adult
male has a bright orange-yellow head. Females and
immature birds are duller and have a yellow head.
SWAINSON'S
WARBLER
LIMNOTHLYPIS SWAINSONII
DESCRIPTION: They are a plain olive-brown above

and pale yellow-white below. They have a whitish
eyebrow stripe that runs above their eye, and the top
of their head is a rusty brown.
TENNESSEE
WARBLER
TENNESSEE WARBLER
DESCRIPTION: The flight feathers are brownish-

black. It has a slate gray neck, crown and eyeline. The
underside is a gray-white. The female is similar to the
male, but is much duller and is tinged with yellow
and olive overall, especially on the underside.
ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER
LEIOTHLYPIS CELATA
DESCRIPTION: The orange-crowned warbler has

olive-grey upperparts, yellowish underparts with
faint streaking and a thin pointed bill. It has a faint
line over each eye and a faint broken eye ring.
NASHVILLE
WARBLER
LEIOTHLYPIS RUFICAPILLA
DESCRIPTION: Both male and female Nashville

warblers have a gray head fading into a greenish
back and wings, a white belly and a yellow throat
and breast. They have a complete white eye ring,
no wing bars, and a thin pointed black bill. Adult
males have a rusty brown patch on their crown,
which is usually hard to see and often covered by
gray feathers. Males will raise it slightly when
agitated. Females and immature birds have a
duller olive-grey head, and less bold yellow on
their throat.
VIRGINIA'S
WARBLER
LEIOTHLYPIS VIRGINIAE
DESCRIPTION: It is mainly gray in color, with a lighter

colored under-belly and a white eye ring. The rump
and undertail coverts are yellow. They also have a
yellow patch on their breast and a partially hidden
dark reddish crest.
CONNECTICUT
WARBLER
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
DESCRIPTION: This species has light yellow

underparts and olive upper-parts; they have a light
eye ring, pink legs, a long tail, and a thin pointed bill.
Males have a grey hood; female and immatures are
more brown and have a whitish throat.
MACGILLIVRAY'S
WARBLER
GEOTHLYPIS TOLMIEI
DESCRIPTION: Adult MacGillivray's warblers are an

olive-green color on their upperparts and dull yellow
below.
MOURNING
WARBLER
GEOTHLYPIS PHILADELPHIA
DESCRIPTION: Mourning warblers are small

songbird with yellow underparts, olive-green
upperparts, a thin pointed bill and pink legs. Adult
males have a gray hood, black lores and a black
patch on the throat and breast. In the fall, this
pattern becomes less bright and harder to
distinguish from similar species.
KENTUCKY
WARBLER
GEOTHLYPIS FORMOS
DESCRIPTION: Adult Kentucky warblers are mostly

an olive-green in color on their back and nape, and a
brilliant yellow below from their throat to their belly.
They have a small tinge of black on their crown, and
a large black mask with a yellow pattern that runs
from the beak and encircles the eyes, resembling a
pair of spectacles.
COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT
GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS
DESCRIPTION: Common yellowthroats are small

songbirds that have olive backs, wings and tails,
yellow throats and chests, and white bellies. Adult
males have black face masks which stretch from the
sides of the neck across the eyes and forehead, which
are bordered above with white or gray.
HOODED WARBLER
SETOPHAGA CITRINA
DESCRIPTION: It has a plain olive/green-brown

back, and yellow underparts. Their outer rectrices
have whitish vanes.
AMERICAN
REDSTART
SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA
DESCRIPTION: Their breast sides are also orange,

with the rest of their underparts white. In their other
plumages, American redstarts display green in their
upperparts, along with black central tails and grey
heads. The orange patches of the breeding males are
replaced by yellow in the plumages of the females
and young birds.
KIRTLAND'S
WARBLER
SETOPHAGA KIRTLANDII
DESCRIPTION: Male Kirtland's warblers have bluish-

grey upper body parts, with dark streaks on the back,
yellow bellies, and dark streaks on the flanks and
sides.
CAPE MAY
WARBLER
SETOPHAGA TIGRINA
DESCRIPTION: The adult male Cape May warbler has

a brown back, yellowish rump and dark brown
crown. The underparts are yellow streaked with
black, giving rise to the bird's scientific name. The
throat and nape are bright yellow and the face has a
striking chestnut patch framed in yellow with a black
eyestripe.
CERULEAN
WARBLER
SETOPHAGA CERULEA
DESCRIPTION: The beak and legs of the cerulean

warbler vary in color depending on an individual's
age and sex. Adult males have a black beak, with the
lower half a slightly lighter dark grey.
NORTHERN
PARULA
SETOPHAGA AMERICA
DESCRIPTION: This species has mainly blue-gray

upper parts, with a greenish back patch and two
white wing bars. The breast is yellowish shading
into the white belly.
MAGNOLIA
WARBLER
SETOPHAGA MAGNOLI
DESCRIPTION: The breeding males often have white,

gray, and black backs with yellow on the sides;
yellow and black-striped stomachs; white, gray, and
black foreheads and beaks; distinct black tails with
white stripes on the underside; and defined white
patches on their wings, called wing bars.
BAY-BREASTED
WARBLER
SETOPHAGA CASTANEA
DESCRIPTION: Adult males in breeding plumage are

primarily grayish above, with two white wing bars,
dark streaks on the back, and a creamy neck patch.
The face is black, and the crown, throat, and sides are
a dark chestnut color.
BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLER
SETOPHAGA FUSCA
DESCRIPTION: The underparts of these birds are

white, and are tinged with yellow and streaked
black. The head is strongly patterned in yellow and
black, with a flaming-orange throat.
AMERICAN
YELLOW WARBLER
SETOPHAGA PETECHIA
DESCRIPTION: In all, the remiges and rectrices are

blackish olive with yellow edges, sometimes
appearing as an indistinct wing-band on the former.
The eyes and the short thin beak are dark, while the
feet are lighter or darker olive-buff.
CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER
P H A E T H O N A E T H E R E U S
DESCRIPTION: Their underparts are white, with

chestnut flanks, and they also have two white wing
bars. The adult females resemble washed-out
versions of the summer male, and in particular, the
females lack the strong head pattern, and also have
little to no chestnut coloring on their flanks.
BLACKPOLL
WARBLER
SETOPHAGA STRIATA
DESCRIPTION: Their underparts are white with

black streaks, and they display two white wing bars.
The adult females essentially resemble washed-out
versions of the summer males, and in particular, the
females lack the strong head patterns, and their
crowns and faces are shades of gray. Another
outstanding physical characteristic of the species are
the bright orange, pink legs.
BLACK-THROATED
BLUE WARBLER
SETOPHAGA CAERULESCE
DESCRIPTION: The adult male has white underparts

with a black throat, face and flanks. The upperparts
are deep blue. The immature male is similar, but
with greener upperparts. The female has olive-brown
upperparts and light yellow underparts with darker
wings and tail, gray crown and brown patches on the
cheek.
PALM WARBLER
SETOPHAGA PALMARUM
PINE WARBLER
SETOPHAGA PINU
DESCRIPTION: These birds have white bellies,

two white wing bars, dark legs and thin, relatively
long pointed bills; they have yellowish
'spectacles' around their eyes. Adult males have
olive upperparts and bright yellow throats and
breasts; females and immatures display
upperparts which are olive-brown.
YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLER
SETOPHAGA CORONATA
YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER
SETOPHAGA DOMINICA
DESCRIPTION: Their throats are yellow, and the

remainder of their underparts are white, and are
streaked with black on the flanks. Their heads are
strongly patterned in black and white, with a long
supercilium
PRAIRIE WARBLER
SETOPHAGA DISCOLOR
DESCRIPTION: These birds have yellow underparts

with dark streaks on the flanks, and olive overparts
with rusty streaks on the back; they have a yellow
line above the eye, a dark line through it, and a
yellow spot below it. These birds have black legs,
long tails, two pale wing bars, and thin pointed bills.
Coloring is duller in female and immatures.
BLACK-THROATED
GRAY WARBLER
SETOPHAGA NIGRESCENS
DESCRIPTION: The adult male is striped with black

on the crown, throat, and below the eye, and has
white around its chin and above its eye. The adult
female has more dingy plumage on its head, with a
white throat and dark gray cheeks.
TOWNSEND'S
WARBLER
SETOPHAGA TOWNSENDI
DESCRIPTION: Townsend's warbler has a yellow face

with a black stripe across its cheeks extending into
an ear patch, a thin pointed bill, two white wing bars,
olive upperparts with black streaks on their backs
and flanks, and a white belly.
BLACK-THROATED
GREEN WARBLER
SETOPHAGA VIREN
DESCRIPTION: It has an olive-green crown, a yellow

face with olive markings, a thin pointed bill, white
wing bars, an olive-green back and pale underparts
with black streaks on the flanks. Adult males have a
black throat and upper breast; females have a pale
throat and black markings on their breast.
CANADA WARBLER
CARDELLINA CANADENSIS
DESCRIPTION: The chest, throat and belly of the

bird is yellow, and its back is dark grey. It has no
wingbars or tail spots, but the underside of the tail
is white. It has a yellow line in front of its eye in the
direction of the beak, but the most striking facial
feature is the white eyerings or "spectacles."
WILSON'S
WARBLER
CARDELLINA PUSILLA
DESCRIPTION: It has a plain green-brown back and yellow underparts. The male has a small black cap.
RED-FACED
WARBLER
CARDELLINA RUBRIFRONS
DESCRIPTION: The face, neck, and upper breast are

all bright red, while the crown and sides of the head
are black. The spot on the back of the head where
the black crown and gray back meet is sometimes
speckled gray, or sometimes plain white.
PAINTED
REDSTART
MYIOBORUS PICTU
DESCRIPTION: The adult is mostly black, with a

bright red lower breast and belly, large white wing
patches, white outer tail feathers and white
crescents below its eyes. The bill and legs are
blackish
SUMMER TANAGER
PIRANGA RUBRA
DESCRIPTION: Adult males are rose red and similar

in appearance to the hepatic tanager, although the
latter has a dark bill; females are orangish on the
underparts and olive on top, with olive-brown wings
and tail. As with all other birds, all red and orange
colorations are acquired through their diet.
SCARLET TANAGER
PIRANGA OLIVACEA
DESCRIPTION: Adults of both sexes have pale, horn-

colored, fairly stout, and smooth-textured bills. Adult
males are crimson-red with black wings and tail.
WESTERN
TANAGER
PIRANGA LUDOVICIAN
DESCRIPTION: Adults have pale, stout pointed bills,

yellow underparts, and light wing bars. Adult males
have a bright red face and a yellow nape, shoulder,
and rump, with black upper back, wings, and tail; in
non-breeding plumage, the head has no more than a
reddish cast and the body has an olive tinge.
NORTHERN
CARDINAL
CARDINALIS CARDINALIS
DESCRIPTION: It has a distinctive crest on the head

and a mask on the face which is black in the male
and gray in the female. The male is a vibrant red,
while the female is a reddish olive color.
ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK
PHEUCTICUS LUDOVICIANUS
DESCRIPTION: The adult male in breeding plumage

has a black head, wings, back, and tail, and a bright
rose-red patch on its breast; the wings have two
white patches and rose-red linings. Its underside and
rump are white
BLACK-HEADED
GROSBEAK
PHEUCTICUS MELANOCEPHALUS
DESCRIPTION: The black-headed grosbeak is similar

in size to a common starling. As per its name, the
male has a black head, and black wings and tail with
prominent white patches. Its breast is dark to tawny
orange in color, and its belly is yellow. The female has
a brown head, neck, and back with sparrow-like
black streaks
BLUE GROSBEAK
PASSERINA CAERULEA
DESCRIPTION: The male blue grosbeak is deep blue,

with both black and brown on its wings. The female
is mostly brown. Both sexes are distinguished by
their large, deep bill and double wing bars
INDIGO BUNTING
PASSERINA CYANEA
DESCRIPTION: The wings and tail are black with

cerulean blue edges. In fall and winter plumage, the
male has brown edges to the blue body and head
feathers, which overlap to make the bird appear
mostly brown. The adult female is brown on the
upperparts and lighter brown on the underparts.
LAZULI BUNTING
PASSERINA AMOENA
PAINTED BUNTING
PASSERINA CIRIS
DESCRIPTION: Painted bunting eggs are pale blue-

white speckled or spotted with brown.
DICKCISSEL
PHAETHON AETHEREUS
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BIRDS

DESCRIPTION: Male bluebirds have a bright head, back,

DESCRIPTION: An adult male is bright turquoise-blue

DESCRIPTION: Veeries have pink legs and a poorly

DESCRIPTION: The underparts are off-white with gray

DESCRIPTION: This thrush has the white-dark-white

DESCRIPTION: Adults are mainly brown on the

DESCRIPTION: The crown, nape, and upper back are

DESCRIPTION: In general, varied thrushes feature

DESCRIPTION: This is a medium-sized swift, measuring

DESCRIPTION: Both sexes have a white rump and tail,

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DESCRIPTION: The Lapland longspur is a robust bird,

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DESCRIPTION: The bill is yellow with a

DESCRIPTION: Adults have short yellowish legs

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DESCRIPTION: Adults in alternate (breeding)

DESCRIPTION: Adults have light brown

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DESCRIPTION: Adults have brownish upperparts with

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DESCRIPTION: Adults have a long, dark bill, pale

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