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Species Alpha Code* Safe date start** Safe date end Habitat
ORDER: ANSERIFORMES
FAMILY: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Swans)
  Canada Goose  CANG / /  
  Wood Duck  WODU / /  
  Blue-winged Teal  BWTE / /  
  Mallard  MALL / /  
  Hooded Merganser  HOME / /  
ORDER: GALLIFORMES
FAMILY: Odontophoridae (New World Quails)
  Northern Bobwhite  NOBO / /  
FAMILY: Phasianidae (Partidges, Grouse, Turkey, and Old World Quail)
  Wild Turkey  WITU / /  
  Ruffed Grouse  RUGR / /  
ORDER: PODICIPEDIFORMES
FAMILY: Podicipedidae (Grebes)
  Pied-billed Grebe  PBGR / /  
ORDER: CICONIIFORMES
FAMILY: Ardeidae (Herons, Bitterns, and allies)
  Least Bittern  LEBI / /  
  Great Blue Heron  GBHE / /  
  Great Egret  GREG / /  
  Little Blue Heron  LBHE / /  
  Cattle Egret  CAEG / /  
  Green Heron  GRHE / /  
  Black-crowned Night-Heron  BCNH / /  
  Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  YCNH / /  
FAMILY: Cathartidae (New World Vultures)
  Black Vulture  BLVU / /  
  Turkey Vulture  TUVU / /  
ORDER: FALCONIFORMES
FAMILY: Accipitridae (Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies)
  Osprey  OSPR / /  
  Northern Harrier  NOHA / /  
  Sharp-shinned Hawk  SSHA / /  
  Cooper's Hawk  COHA / /  
  Bald Eagle  BAEA / /  
  Mississippi Kite  MIKI / /  
  Red-shouldered Hawk  RSHA / /  
  Broad-winged Hawk  BWHA / /  
  Red-tailed Hawk  RTHA / /  
FAMILY: Falconidae (Falcons and Caracaras)
  American Kestrel  AMKE / /  
ORDER: GRUIFORMES
FAMILY: Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots)
  King Rail  KIRA / /  
  Common Gallinule  COGA / /  
ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES
FAMILY: Charadriidae (Lapwings and Plovers)
  Killdeer  KILL / /  
FAMILY: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies)
  American Woodcock  AMWO / /  
  Spotted Sandpiper  SPSA / /  
FAMILY: Laridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
  Least Tern  LETE / /  
ORDER: COLUMBIFORMES
FAMILY: Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves)
  Rock Pigeon  ROPI / /  
  Mourning Dove  MODO / /  
ORDER: CUCULIFORMES
FAMILY: Cuculidae (Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis)
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo  YBCU / /  
  Black-billed Cuckoo  BBCU / /  
ORDER: STRIGIFORMES
FAMILY: Tytonidae (Barn Owls)
  Barn Owl  BANO / /  
FAMILY: Strigidae (Typical Owls)
  Eastern Screech-Owl  EASO / /  
  Great Horned Owl  GHOW / /  
  Barred Owl  BADO / /  
  Short-eared Owl  SEOW / /  
ORDER: CAPRIMULGIFORMES
FAMILY: Caprimulgidae (Nighthawks and Allies)
  Common Nighthawk  CONI / /  
  Chuck-will's-widow  CWWI / /  
  unid. Mexican / Eastern Whip-poor-will  WPWI / /  
ORDER: APODIFORMES
FAMILY: Apodidae (Swifts)
  Chimney Swift  CHSW / /  
FAMILY: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
  Ruby-throated Hummingbird  RTHU / /  
ORDER: CORACIIFORMES
FAMILY: Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)
  Belted Kingfisher  BEKI / /  
ORDER: PICIFORMES
FAMILY: Picidae (Woodpeckers and Allies)
  Red-headed Woodpecker  RHWO / /  
  Red-bellied Woodpecker  RBWO / /  
  Downy Woodpecker  DOWO / /  
  Red-cockaded Woodpecker  RCWO / /  
  Hairy Woodpecker  HAWO / /  
  (Yellow-shafted Flicker) Northern Flicker  YSFL / /  
  Pileated Woodpecker  PIWO / /  
ORDER: PASSERIFORMES
FAMILY: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)
  Great Crested Flycatcher  GCFL / /  
  Eastern Kingbird  EAKI / /  
  Eastern Wood-Pewee  EAWP / /  
  Acadian Flycatcher  ACFL / /  
  Willow Flycatcher  WIFL / /  
  Least Flycatcher  LEFL / /  
  Eastern Phoebe  EAPH / /  
FAMILY: Vireonidae (Vireos)
  White-eyed Vireo  WEVI / /  
  Bell's Vireo  BEVI / /  
  Yellow-throated Vireo  YTVI / /  
  Blue-headed Vireo  BHVI / /  
  Warbling Vireo  WAVI / /  
  Red-eyed Vireo  REVI / /  
FAMILY: Laniidae (Shrikes)
  Loggerhead Shrike  LOSH / /  
FAMILY: Corvidae (Crows and Jays)
  Blue Jay  BLJA / /  
  American Crow  AMCR / /  
  Fish Crow  FICR / /  
  Common Raven  CORA / /  
FAMILY: Paridae (Chickadees and Titmice)
  Carolina Chickadee  CACH / /  
  Tufted Titmouse  TUTI / /  
FAMILY: Alaudidae (Larks)
  Horned Lark  HOLA / /  
FAMILY: Hirundinidae (Swallows)
  Bank Swallow  BANS / /  
  Tree Swallow  TRES / /  
  Northern Rough-winged Swallow  NRWS / /  
  Purple Martin  PUMA / /  
  Barn Swallow  BARS / /  
  Cliff Swallow  CLSW / /  
FAMILY: Bombycillidae (Waxwings and Allies)
  Cedar Waxwing  CEDW / /  
FAMILY: Sittidae (Nuthatches)
  White-breasted Nuthatch  WBNU / /  
FAMILY: Certhiidae (Creepers)
  Brown Creeper  BRCR / /  
FAMILY: Sylviidae (Gnatcatchers and Old World Warblers)
  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  BGGN / /  
FAMILY: Troglodytidae (Wrens)
  Bewick's Wren  BEWR / /  
  Carolina Wren  CARW / /  
  House Wren  HOWR / /  
  Sedge Wren  SEWR / /  
FAMILY: Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers)
  Gray Catbird  GRCA / /  
  Brown Thrasher  BRTH / /  
  Northern Mockingbird  NOMO / /  
FAMILY: Sturnidae (Starlings)
  European Starling  EUST / /  
FAMILY: Turdidae (Thrushes)
  Eastern Bluebird  EABL / /  
  Veery  VEER / /  
  Wood Thrush  WOTH / /  
  American Robin  AMRO / /  
FAMILY: Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)
  House Sparrow  HOSP / /  
FAMILY: Fringillidae (Fringilline and Cardueline Finches)
  House Finch  HOFI / /  
  Pine Siskin  PISI / /  
  American Goldfinch  AMGO / /  
FAMILY: Emberizidae (Emberizids)
  Bachman's Sparrow  BACS / /  
  Grasshopper Sparrow  GRSP / /  
  Lark Sparrow  LASP / /  
  Chipping Sparrow  CHSP / /  
  Field Sparrow  FISP / /  
  (Slate-colored Junco) Dark-eyed Junco  SCJU / /  
  Vesper Sparrow  VESP / /  
  Henslow's Sparrow  HESP / /  
  Savannah Sparrow  SAVS / /  
  Song Sparrow  SOSP / /  
  Eastern Towhee  EATO / /  
FAMILY: Parulidae (Wood-warblers)
  Yellow-breasted Chat  YBCH / /  
FAMILY: Icteridae (Blackbirds and Orioles)
  Bobolink  BOBO / /  
  Eastern Meadowlark  EAME / /  
  Orchard Oriole  OROR / /  
  Baltimore Oriole  BAOR / /  
  Red-winged Blackbird  RWBL / /  
  Brown-headed Cowbird  BHCO / /  
  Common Grackle  COGR / /  
FAMILY: Parulidae (Wood-warblers)
  Ovenbird  OVEN / /  
  Worm-eating Warbler  WEWA / /  
  Louisiana Waterthrush  LOWA / /  
  Golden-winged Warbler  GWWA / /  
  Blue-winged Warbler  BWWA / /  
  Black-and-white Warbler  BAWW / /  
  Prothonotary Warbler  PROW / /  
  Swainson's Warbler  SWWA / /  
  Kentucky Warbler  KEWA / /  
  Common Yellowthroat  COYE / /  
  Hooded Warbler  HOWA / /  
  American Redstart  AMRE / /  
  Cerulean Warbler  CERW / /  
  Northern Parula  NOPA / /  
  Blackburnian Warbler  BLBW / /  
  Yellow Warbler  YEWA / /  
  Chestnut-sided Warbler  CSWA / /  
  Black-throated Blue Warbler  BTBW / /  
  Pine Warbler  PIWA / /  
  Yellow-throated Warbler  YTWA / /  
  Prairie Warbler  PRAW / /  
  Black-throated Green Warbler  BTNW / /  
  Canada Warbler  CAWA / /  
FAMILY: Thraupidae (Tanagers)
  Summer Tanager  SUTA / /  
  Scarlet Tanager  SCTA / /  
FAMILY: Cardinalidae (Cardinals, Saltators, and Allies)
  Northern Cardinal  NOCA / /  
  Rose-breasted Grosbeak  RBGR / /  
  Blue Grosbeak  BLGR / /  
  Indigo Bunting  INBU / /  
  Dickcissel  DICK / /  
 
* Alpha Codes are also known as 'banding codes' (not AOU codes, which are numeric)
** Safe dates represent a window when a singing male is assumed not to be in migration, and therefore on territory. Some atlases do not use safe dates, because they prefer (given present knowledge) not to assume migration or territorial status of all individuals. Safe dates generally apply to the Possible breeding category only when used.
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