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Species Numbers, Common Names, Alpha Codes and Recommended Band Sizes
AOUs 700.0 - 798.0

SPECIES COMMON NAME ALPHA CODE BAND SIZE
700.0 Sprague's Pipit SPPI 1
701.0 American Dipper AMDI 2 1A
702.0 Sage Thrasher SATH 1B 1A
703.0 Northern Mockingbird NOMO 2 1A
703.1 Bahama Mockingbird BAMO 2 1A 
703.2 Tropical Mockingbird TRMO 2 1A
704.0 Gray Catbird GRCA 1A
705.0 Brown Thrasher BRTH 2 3
706.0 Long-billed Thrasher LBTH 2
707.0 Curve-billed Thrasher CBTH 3
708.0 Bendire's Thrasher BETH 2
710.0 California Thrasher CATH 3
711.0 Le Conte's Thrasher LCTH 2
711.1 Pearly-eyed Thrasher PETH 2
712.0 Crissal Thrasher CRTH 2
713.0 Cactus Wren CACW 1B 1A
715.0 Rock Wren ROWR 1 0
717.0 Canyon Wren CANW 1
718.0 Carolina Wren CARW 1B
719.0 Bewick's Wren BEWR 1
721.0 House Wren HOWR 0 0A
722.0 Winter Wren WIWR 0A 0
724.0 Sedge Wren SEWR 0A 0
725.0 Marsh Wren MAWR 1
726.0 Brown Creeper BRCR 0A 0
726.1 Red-whiskered Bulbul RWBU 1B 1A
726.2 Red-vented Bulbul RVBU 2
727.0 White-breasted Nuthatch WBNU 1B 1
728.0 Red-breasted Nuthatch RBNU 0 1
729.0 Brown-headed Nuthatch BHNU 0
730.0 Pygmy Nuthatch PYNU 0
731.0 Eastern Tufted Titmouse ETTI 1B
732.0 Black-crested Titmouse BCTI 1B
733.0 Oak Titmouse OATI 1
733.1 Juniper Titmouse JUTI 1
734.0 Bridled Titmouse BRTI 1
734.1 Varied Tit VATI 1B 1
735.0 Black-capped Chickadee BCCH 0 1
735.6 Hybrid Chickadee HYCH 0 1 0A (v)
736.0 Carolina Chickadee CACH 0 0A 1
737.0 Mexican Chickadee MECH 0
738.0 Mountain Chickadee MOCH 0 0A
739.0 Siberian Tit SITI 1 0
740.0 Boreal Chickadee BOCH 0 0A
741.0 Chestnut-backed Chickadee CBCH 0 0A
742.0 Wrentit WREN 1
742.1 Red-billed Leiothrix RBLE 1B
742.2 Melodius Laughing-Thrush MELT 2
742.3 Greater Necklaced Laughing-Thrush GNLT 2
742.4 Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush OBNT 1B
743.0 Bushtit BUSH 0A
746.0 Verdin VERD 0A
746.1 Japanese Bush-Warbler JABW M1 F0
746.2 Millerbird MILL 0A
747.0 Arctic Warbler ARWA 0A
747.1 Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler MIGW 0A
747.3 Wood Warbler WOWA 0A
747.4 Dusky Warbler DUWA 0A
747.5 Lanceolated Warbler LANW 0
748.0 Golden-crowned Kinglet GCKI 0A
749.0 Ruby-crowned Kinglet RCKI 0A
749.1 Siberian Accentor SIAC 0A
751.0 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher BGGN 0A
752.0 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher BTGN 0A
753.0 California Gnatcatcher CAGN 0A
753.1 Black-capped Gnatcatcher BCGN 0A
754.0 Townsend's Solitaire TOSO 1B
754.1 Omao (Hawaiian Thrush OMAO 1A
754.2 Puaiohi (Small Kauai Thrush) PUAI 1A
754.3 Kamao (Large Kauai Thrush) KAMA 1A
754.5 Oloma'o (Molokai Thrush) OLOM 1A
755.0 Wood Thrush WOTH 1A
756.0 Veery VEER 1B
757.0 Gray-cheeked Thrush GCTH 1B
757.1 Bicknell's Thrush BITH 1B
757.9 Gray-cheeked/Bicknell' s Thrush GCBT 1B
758.0 Swainson's Thrush SWTH 1B
759.0 Hermit Thrush HETH 1B 1
760.0 Redwing REDW 2 1A
761.0 American Robin AMRO 2
761.2 Fieldfare FIEL 2
761.3 Eye Browed Thrush EBTH 2
761.4 Dusky Thrush DUTH 2
762.1 Clay-colored Robin CCRO 2
762.2 Rufous-backed Robin RBRO 2
762.3 Red-legged Thrush RLTH 2
763.0 Varied Thrush VATH 2
763.1 Aztec Thrush AZTH 2
764.0 Bluethroat BLUE 1
764.1 Siberian Rubythroat SIRU 1B 1
764.2 Red-flanked Bluetail RFBL 0
765.0 Northern Wheatear NOWH 1B
766.0 Eastern Bluebird EABL 1B 1
767.0 Western Bluebird WEBL 1B
767.6 Hybrid Bluebird  HYBL 1B 1A 1 (v)
768.0 Mountain Bluebird MOBL 1B 1A
769.0 White-rumped Shama WRSH 2 1A
770.0 Elepaio ELEP 1A
771.0 Red-breasted Flycatcher RBFL 0
772.0 Siberian Flycatcher SIFL 0
773.0 Gray-spotted Flycatcher GSFL 0 1
774.0 Laysan Finch LAFI 1A
775.0 Nihoa Finch NIFI 1B 1A
776.0 O'u OU 2
777.0 Palila PALI 1A
781.0 Maui Parrotbill MAPA 1B 1A
782.0 Hawaii Amakihi HAAM 1
782.1 Oahu Amakihi OAAM 1 1B 1A
783.0 Kauai Amakihi KAAM 1 1B 1A
784.0 Anianiau ANIA 0 1
787.0 Greater Akialoa GREA 1
788.0 Nukupuu NUKU 1
789.0 Akiapolaau AKIP 1A
790.0 Kauai Creeper KACR 0 1
791.0 Hawaii Creeper HCRE 0 1
792.0 Maui Creeper MACR 1 1
793.0 Molokai Creeper MOCR 0 1
794.0 Oahu Creeper OACR 0 1
795.0 Akepa AKEP 0
796.0 Akekee AKEK 0 1 1B
798.0 Iiwi IIWI 1B

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(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.)