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Species Numbers, Common Names, Alpha Codes and Recommended Band Sizes
AOUs 600.0 - 699.0

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SPECIES COMMON NAME ALPHA CODE BAND SIZE
600.0 Varied Bunting VABU 1
601.0 Painted Bunting PABU 1
602.0 White-collared Seedeater WCSE 0
602.1 Puerto Rican Bullfinch PUEB 1B 1
602.2 Lesser Antillean Bullfinch LESB 1B 1
603.0 Black-faced Grassquit BFGR 0A
603.1 Cuban Grassquit CUGR 0
603.2 Yellow-faced Grassquit YFGR 1 0
604.0 Dickcissel DICK 1B
605.0 Lark Bunting LARB 1A
606.1 Antillean Euphonia ANEU 0 1
607.0 Western Tanager WETA 1B
607.1 Flame-colored Tanager FCTA 1A 
608.0 Scarlet Tanager SCTA 1B
609.0 Hepatic Tanager HETA 1A
610.0 Summer Tanager SUTA 1A 1B
610.1 Stripe-headed Tanager SHTA 1B 1A
610.2 Puerto Rican Tanager PRTA 1B
611.0 Purple Martin PUMA 1A 2
611.2 Gray-breasted Martin GBMA 1A
612.0 Cliff Swallow CLSW 1(l)
612.1 Cave Swallow CASW 1(l)
613.0 Barn Swallow BARS 0 1 (l)
614.0 Tree Swallow TRES 1(l)
615.0 Violet-green Swallow VGSW 1
615.1 Bahama Swallow BAHS 1
616.0 Bank Swallow BANS 0
617.0 Northern Rough-winged Swallow NRWS 0
618.0 Bohemian Waxwing BOWA 1A
619.0 Cedar Waxwing CEDW 1B
620.0 Phainopepla PHAI 1B
621.0 Northern Shrike NSHR 2
621.1 Brown Shrike BRSH 2 1A
622.0 Loggerhead Shrike LOSH 1A
622.1 Kauai O'o KAOO 2
622.3 Bishop's O'o BIOO 3
622.6 Japanese White-eye JAWE 0A 0
623.0 Black-whiskered Vireo BWVI 1
624.0 Red-eyed Vireo REVI 1 0
625.0 Yellow-green Vireo YGVI 1
626.0 Philadelphia Vireo PHVI 0 0A
627.0 Warbling Vireo WAVI 0 1
628.0 Yellow-throated Vireo YTVI 1
629.0 Blue-headed Vireo BHVI 1
629.1 Plumbeous Vireo PLVI 1
629.2 Cassin's Vireo CAVI 1
629.9 Solitary Vireo SOVI 1
630.0 Black-capped Vireo BCVI 0 1
631.0 White-eyed Vireo WEVI 0 0A
632.0 Hutton's Vireo HUVI 0
633.0 Bell's Vireo BEVI 0
633.1 Puerto Rican Vireo PRVI 1
633.4 Least Bell's Vireo LBVI 0
634.0 Gray Vireo GRVI 1
635.0 Bananaquit BANA 0
636.0 Black-and-White Warbler BAWW 0 0A 1
636.6 Hybrid Warbler HYWA 0 0A 1 (v)
637.0 Prothonotary Warbler PROW 0
638.0 Swainson's Warbler SWWA 1
639.0 Worm-eating Warbler WEWA 1 0
641.0 Blue-winged Warbler BWWA 0A 0
641.2 Brewster's Warbler BRWA 0A 0
641.3 Lawrence's Warbler LAWA 0A 0
642.0 Golden-winged Warbler GWWA 0A 0
643.0 Lucy's Warbler LUWA 0A
644.0 Virginia's Warbler VIWA 0A
645.0 Nashville Warbler NAWA 0A 0
646.0 Orange-crowned Warbler OCWA 0 0A
647.0 Tennessee Warbler TEWA 0A 0
647.1 Colima Warbler COLW 1
648.0 Northern Parula NOPA 0A 0
649.0 Tropical Parula TRPA 0A
650.0 Cape May Warbler CMWA 0 0A 1
651.0 Olive Warbler OLWA 0
652.0 Yellow Warbler YWAR 0 0A 1
654.0 Black-throated Blue Warbler BTBW 0 0A
655.0 Myrtle Warbler MYWA 0 1 0A
655.6 Unknown Yellow-rumped Warbler UYRW 0 1 0A
656.0 Audubon's Warbler AUWA 0 1 0A
657.0 Magnolia Warbler MAWA 0A 0
658.0 Cerulean Warbler CERW 0A 0
658.1 Elfin Woods Warbler EWWA 0A
659.0 Chestnut-sided Warbler CSWA 0A 0
660.0 Bay-breasted Warbler BBWA 0 1 0A
661.0 Blackpoll Warbler BLPW 0 1 0A
662.0 Blackburnian Warbler BLBW 0 0A
663.0 Yellow-throated Warbler YTWA 0A 0
663.4 Sutton's Warbler SUWA 0A
664.0 Grace's Warbler GRWA 0A
664.1 Adelaide's Warbler ADWA 0A
665.0 Black-throated Gray Warbler BTYW 0A 0
666.0 Golden-cheeked Warbler GCWA 0A
667.0 Black-throated Green Warbler BTNW 0A 0
668.0 Townsend's Warbler TOWA 0A 0
668.6 Townsend's X Hermit Warbler Hybrid THWH 0A 0
669.0 Hermit Warbler HEWA 0A
670.0 Kirtland's Warbler KIWA 1
671.0 Pine Warbler PIWA 0 0A
672.0 Western Palm Warbler WPWA 0 0A
672.9 Yellow Palm Warbler YPWA 0 0A
673.0 Prairie Warbler PRAW 0A 0
674.0 Ovenbird OVEN 1 0
675.0 Northern Waterthrush NOWA 1 0
676.0 Louisiana Waterthrush LOWA 1
677.0 Kentucky Warbler KEWA 1
678.0 Connecticut Warbler CONW 1
679.0 Mourning Warbler MOWA 0 1
680.0 MacGillivray's Warbler MGWA 1 0
681.0 Common Yellowthroat COYE 0 1 0A
682.1 Gray-crowned Yellowthroat GCYE 1
683.0 Yellow-breasted Chat YBCH 1B 1A 2 (w)
684.0 Hooded Warbler HOWA 0 1
685.0 Wilson's Warbler WIWA 0A 0
686.0 Canada Warbler CAWA 0 0A
687.0 American Redstart AMRE 0A 0
688.0 Painted Redstart PARE 0A
688.1 Fan-tailed Warbler FTWA 1B 1
688.2 House Sparrow HOSP 1B
688.3 Eurasian Tree Sparrow ETSP 1 1B
689.0 Slate-throated Redstart SLAR 0A
690.0 Red-faced Warbler RFWA 0A
692.0 Golden-crowned Warbler GOLW 1 0
692.1 Rufous-capped Warbler RCWA 1
694.0 White Wagtail WHWA 1
695.1 Black-backed Wagtail BWAG 1
696.0 Yellow Wagtail YWAG 1
696.1 Gray Wagtail GRAW 1
697.0 American Pipit AMPI 1
698.1 Pechora Pipit PEPI 1
698.3 Olive Tree-Pipit OLTP 1
699.0 Red-throated Pipit RTPI 1

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Footnote:

(l) Use larger size on nestlings.
(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.)
(w) Yellow-breasted Chat - size 1A-1B in east, size 2 in west.