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Species Numbers, Common Names, Alpha Codes and Recommended Band
Sizes
AOUs 500.0 - 599.0
| SPECIES | COMMON NAME | ALPHA CODE | BAND SIZE |
| 500.0 | Tricolored Blackbird | TRBL | 2 |
| 500.1 | Tawny-shouldered Blackbird | TSBL | 1B 1A |
| 500.2 | Yellow-shouldered Blackbird | YSBL | 2 |
| 501.0 | Eastern Meadowlark | EAME | M 3, F 2 3 |
| 501.1 | Western Meadowlark | WEME | M 3, F 2 3 |
| 503.0 | Audubon's Oriole | AUOR | 2 |
| 503.1 | Altamira Oriole | ALOR | 3 |
| 503.2 | Spot-breasted Oriole | SPOO | 2 |
| 504.0 | Scott's Oriole | SCOR | 1A |
| 504.1 | Black-vented Oriole | BVOR | 2 |
| 504.2 | Black-cowled Oriole | BCOR | 1A 2 |
| 505.0 | Hooded Oriole | HOOR | 1A 1B |
| 505.1 | Streak-backed Oriole | STRO | 1A |
| 506.0 | Orchard Oriole | OROR | 1B |
| 507.0 | Baltimore Oriole | BAOR | 1A |
| 507.8 | Baltimore x Bullock's Oriole Hybrid | BBOH | 1A |
| 508.0 | Bullock's Oriole | BUOR | 1A |
| 509.0 | Rusty Blackbird | RUBL | 2 |
| 510.0 | Brewer's Blackbird | BRBL | 2 |
| 511.0 | Common Grackle | COGR | 3 3B |
| 512.0 | Great-tailed Grackle | GTGR | M 4, F 3 |
| 513.0 | Boat-tailed Grackle | BTGR | M 4, F 3 |
| 513.1 | Greater Antillean Grackle | GAGR | 3 |
| 514.0 | Evening Grosbeak | EVGR | 1A 2 |
| 514.1 | Brambling | BRAM | 1B 1 |
| 514.2 | Hawfinch | HAWF | 1A 2 |
| 514.3 | Common Chaffinch | COCH | 1B 1 |
| 515.0 | Pine Grosbeak | PIGR | 1A |
| 516.0 | Eurasian Bullfinch | EUBU | 1B 1A |
| 516.1 | Common Rosefinch | CORO | 1B 1 |
| 517.0 | Purple Finch | PUFI | 1 1B |
| 518.0 | Cassin's Finch | CAFI | 1B 1 |
| 519.0 | House Finch | HOFI | 1B 1 |
| 521.0 | Red Crossbill | RECR | 1B |
| 522.0 | White-winged Crossbill | WWCR | 1B |
| 524.0 | Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch | GCRF | 1B |
| 525.0 | Black Rosy-Finch | BLRF | 1B |
| 526.0 | Brown-capped Rosy-Finch | BCRF | 1B |
| 526.1 | European Goldfinch | EUGO | 0 |
| 526.2 | Oriental Greenfinch | ORGR | 0 1 |
| 527.0 | Hoary Redpoll | HORE | 0 0A |
| 527.6 | Unknown Redpoll | UNRE | 0 |
| 528.0 | Common Redpoll | CORE | 0 0A |
| 529.0 | American Goldfinch | AMGO | 0 0A 1 |
| 530.0 | Lesser Goldfinch | LEGO | 0A 0 |
| 531.0 | Lawrence's Goldfinch | LAGO | 0 |
| 532.1 | Red Siskin | RESI | 0 |
| 533.0 | Pine Siskin | PISI | 0 0A |
| 533.1 | Common Canary | COCA | 1 |
| 533.2 | Yellow-fronted Canary | YFCA | 0 |
| 534.0 | Snow Bunting | SNBU | 1A 1B |
| 535.0 | McKay's Bunting | MKBU | 1B |
| 535.1 | Rustic Bunting | RUBU | 1 |
| 535.2 | Little Bunting | LIBU | 1 |
| 535.3 | Gray Bunting | GRBU | 1B |
| 535.4 | Pallas's Bunting | PALB | 1 |
| 535.5 | Reed Bunting | REBU | 1 |
| 536.0 | Lapland Longspur | LALO | 1B |
| 537.0 | Smith's Longspur | SMLO | 1 |
| 538.0 | Chestnut-collared Longspur | CCLO | 1 |
| 539.0 | McCown's Longspur | MCLO | 1 |
| 540.0 | Vesper Sparrow | VESP | 1B 1 |
| 541.0 | Ipswich Sparrow | IPSP | 1B |
| 542.0 | Savannah Sparrow | SAVS | 1 |
| 543.0 | Belding's Savannah Sparrow | BSSP | 1 |
| 544.0 | Large-billed Sparrow | LBSP | 1 |
| 545.0 | Baird's Sparrow | BAIS | 1 |
| 546.0 | Grasshopper Sparrow | GRSP | 1 |
| 546.4 | Florida Grasshopper Sparrow | FGSP | 1 |
| 547.0 | Henslow's Sparrow | HESP | 0 1 |
| 548.0 | Le Conte's Sparrow | LCSP | 1 |
| 549.0 | Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow | SSTS | 1 1B |
| 549.1 | Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow | NSTS | 1 1B |
| 549.9 | Sharp-tailed Sparrow | STSP | 1 1B |
| 550.0 | Seaside Sparrow | SESP | 1B |
| 551.1 | Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow | CSSS | 1B |
| 552.0 | Lark Sparrow | LASP | 1B |
| 553.0 | Harris's Sparrow | HASP | 1A |
| 554.0 | White-crowned Sparrow | WCSP | 1B |
| 554.1 | Eastern White-crowned Sparrow | EWCS | 1B |
| 554.6 | Mountain White-crowned Sparrow | MWCS | 1B |
| 554.7 | Puget Sound White-crowned Sparrow | PSWS | 1B |
| 555.0 | Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow | GWCS | 1B |
| 556.0 | Nuttall's White-crowned Sparrow | NWCS | 1B |
| 557.0 | Golden-crowned Sparrow | GCSP | 1B 1A |
| 558.0 | White-throated Sparrow | WTSP | 1B |
| 558.1 | Rufous-collared Sparrow | RUFS | 0 |
| 558.6 | Zonotrichia Sparrow Hybrid (includes Junco x Zonotrichia) | ZSHY | 1B 1A 1 (v) |
| 559.0 | American Tree Sparrow | ATSP | 0 1 |
| 560.0 | Chipping Sparrow | CHSP | 0 0A |
| 561.0 | Clay-colored Sparrow | CCSP | 0 |
| 562.0 | Brewer's Sparrow | BRSP | 0 1 0A |
| 563.0 | Field Sparrow | FISP | 0 1 0A |
| 564.0 | Worthen's Sparrow | WOSP | 0 |
| 565.0 | Black-chinned Sparrow | BCSP | 0 1 |
| 566.0 | White-winged Junco | WWJU | 1 |
| 567.0 | Slate-colored Junco | SCJU | 0 1 |
| 567.1 | Oregon Junco | ORJU | 0 1 |
| 567.7 | Unidentified Dark-eyed Junco | UDEJ | 0 1 |
| 569.0 | Gray-headed Junco | GHJU | 0 1 |
| 570.0 | Yellow-eyed Junco | YEJU | 1 |
| 573.0 | Black-throated Sparrow | BTSP | 1 |
| 574.0 | Sage Sparrow | SAGS | 1 |
| 574.2 | Five-striped Sparrow | FSSP | 1B |
| 575.0 | Bachman's Sparrow | BACS | 1 |
| 576.0 | Botteri's Sparrow | BOSP | 1 |
| 578.0 | Cassin's Sparrow | CASP | 1 |
| 579.0 | Rufous-winged Sparrow | RWSP | 0 |
| 580.0 | Rufous-crowned Sparrow | RCSP | 1 1B |
| 581.0 | Song Sparrow | SOSP | 1B 1 |
| 583.0 | Lincoln's Sparrow | LISP | 1 0 |
| 584.0 | Swamp Sparrow | SWSP | 1 |
| 585.0 | Fox Sparrow | FOSP | 1A 1B |
| 586.0 | Olive Sparrow | OLSP | 1 1B |
| 586.1 | Saffron Finch | SAFI | 1 |
| 587.0 | Eastern Towhee | EATO | M 2 1A, F 1A 2 |
| 587.6 | Unknown Rufous-sided Towhee | URST | 2 1A |
| 588.0 | Spotted Towhee | SPTO | 1A 2 |
| 590.0 | Green-tailed Towhee | GTTO | 1B 1A | 590.6 | Hybrid Towhee | HYTO | 1B 1A |
| 591.0 | Canyon Towhee | CANT | 2 1A |
| 591.1 | California Towhee | CALT | 2 1A |
| 592.0 | Abert's Towhee | ABTO | 1A 2 |
| 592.2 | Red-crested Cardinal | RCCA | 2 |
| 592.3 | Yellow-billed Cardinal | YBCA | 1A 1B |
| 593.0 | Northern Cardinal | NOCA | 1A 2 |
| 594.0 | Pyrrhuloxia | PYRR | 1A |
| 595.0 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | RBGR | 1A 2 |
| 596.0 | Black-headed Grosbeak | BHGR | 1A |
| 596.1 | Yellow Grosbeak | YEGR | 2 1A |
| 597.0 | Blue Grosbeak | BLGR | 1B |
| 597.1 | Blue Bunting | BLBU | 1B 1 |
| 598.0 | Indigo Bunting | INBU | 1 |
| 598.6 | Indigo x Lazuli Bunting Hybrid | ILBH | 1 |
| 599.0 | Lazuli Bunting | LAZB | 1 |
(v)For all hybrid codes the
suspected parentage (or parent if only one is obvious) must be recorded as a
remark on the banding schedules (e.g. Mallard x Pintail(?); BWTE x NOSH; MYWA
x ? etc.)