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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 / /  
  Trumpeter Swan  TRUS / /  
  Wood Duck  WODU / /  
  Blue-winged Teal  BWTE / /  
  Cinnamon Teal  CITE / /  
  Northern Shoveler  NSHO / /  
  Gadwall  GADW / /  
  American Wigeon  AMWI / /  
  Mallard  MALL / /  
  American Black Duck  ABDU / /  
  Northern Pintail  NOPI / /  
  Green-winged Teal  GWTE / /  
  Canvasback  CANV / /  
  Redhead  REDH / /  
  Ring-necked Duck  RNDU / /  
  Lesser Scaup  LESC / /  
  Harlequin Duck  HADU / /  
  Bufflehead  BUFF / /  
  Common Goldeneye  COGO / /  
  Barrow's Goldeneye  BAGO / /  
  Hooded Merganser  HOME / /  
  Common Merganser  COME / /  
  Ruddy Duck  RUDU / /  
ORDER: GALLIFORMES
FAMILY: Odontophoridae (New World Quails)
  Mountain Quail  MOUQ / /  
  Northern Bobwhite  NOBO / /  
  California Quail  CAQU / /  
FAMILY: Phasianidae (Partidges, Grouse, Turkey, and Old World Quail)
  Wild Turkey  WITU / /  
  Ruffed Grouse  RUGR / /  
  Spruce Grouse  SPGR / /  
  White-tailed Ptarmigan  WTPT / /  
  Greater Sage-Grouse  GRSG / /  
  unid. Dusky Grouse / Sooty Grouse  UDSG / /  
  Sharp-tailed Grouse  STGR / /  
  Gray Partridge  GRAP / /  
  Ring-necked Pheasant  RNEP / /  
  Chukar  CHUK / /  
ORDER: GAVIIFORMES
FAMILY: Gaviidae (Loons)
  Common Loon  COLO / /  
ORDER: PODICIPEDIFORMES
FAMILY: Podicipedidae (Grebes)
  Pied-billed Grebe  PBGR / /  
  Horned Grebe  HOGR / /  
  Red-necked Grebe  RNGR / /  
  Eared Grebe  EAGR / /  
  Western Grebe  WEGR / /  
  Clark's Grebe  CLGR / /  
ORDER: PROCELLARIIFORMES
FAMILY: Hydrobatidae (Storm-Petrels)
  Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel  FTSP / /  
  Leach's Storm-Petrel  LESP / /  
ORDER: PELECANIFORMES
FAMILY: Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)
  Brandt's Cormorant  BRAC / /  
  Pelagic Cormorant  PECO / /  
  Double-crested Cormorant  DCCO / /  
FAMILY: Pelecanidae (Pelicans)
  American White Pelican  AWPE / /  
ORDER: CICONIIFORMES
FAMILY: Ardeidae (Herons, Bitterns, and allies)
  American Bittern  AMBI / /  
  Great Blue Heron  GBHE / /  
  Great Egret  GREG / /  
  Green Heron  GRHE / /  
  Black-crowned Night-Heron  BCNH / /  
FAMILY: Cathartidae (New World Vultures)
  Turkey Vulture  TUVU / /  
ORDER: FALCONIFORMES
FAMILY: Accipitridae (Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies)
  Osprey  OSPR / /  
  White-tailed Kite  WTKI / /  
  Golden Eagle  GOEA / /  
  Northern Harrier  NOHA / /  
  Sharp-shinned Hawk  SSHA / /  
  Cooper's Hawk  COHA / /  
  Northern Goshawk  NOGO / /  
  Bald Eagle  BAEA / /  
  Swainson's Hawk  SWHA / /  
  Red-tailed Hawk  RTHA / /  
  Ferruginous Hawk  FEHA / /  
FAMILY: Falconidae (Falcons and Caracaras)
  American Kestrel  AMKE / /  
  Merlin  MERL / /  
  Peregrine Falcon  PEFA / /  
  Prairie Falcon  PRFA / /  
ORDER: GRUIFORMES
FAMILY: Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots)
  Virginia Rail  VIRA / /  
  Sora  SORA / /  
  American Coot  AMCO / /  
FAMILY: Gruidae (Cranes)
  Sandhill Crane  SACR / /  
ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES
FAMILY: Recurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets)
  Black-necked Stilt  BNST / /  
  American Avocet  AMAV / /  
FAMILY: Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers)
  Black Oystercatcher  BLOY / /  
FAMILY: Charadriidae (Lapwings and Plovers)
  Killdeer  KILL / /  
  Snowy Plover  SNPL / /  
FAMILY: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies)
  Upland Sandpiper  UPSA / /  
  Long-billed Curlew  LBCU / /  
  Wilson's Snipe  WISN / /  
  Spotted Sandpiper  SPSA / /  
  Wilson's Phalarope  WIPH / /  
FAMILY: Alcidae (Auks, Murres, and Puffins)
  Common Murre  COMU / /  
  Pigeon Guillemot  PIGU / /  
  Marbled Murrelet  MAMU / /  
  Ancient Murrelet  ANMU / /  
  Cassin's Auklet  CAAU / /  
  Rhinoceros Auklet  RHAU / /  
  Tufted Puffin  TUPU / /  
FAMILY: Laridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
  Ring-billed Gull  RBGU / /  
  Western Gull  WEGU / /  
  California Gull  CAGU / /  
  Glaucous-winged Gull  GWGU / /  
  Caspian Tern  CATE / /  
  Black Tern  BLTE / /  
  Arctic Tern  ARTE / /  
  Forster's Tern  FOTE / /  
ORDER: COLUMBIFORMES
FAMILY: Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves)
  Rock Pigeon  ROPI / /  
  Band-tailed Pigeon  BTPI / /  
  Mourning Dove  MODO / /  
ORDER: STRIGIFORMES
FAMILY: Tytonidae (Barn Owls)
  Barn Owl  BANO / /  
FAMILY: Strigidae (Typical Owls)
  Flammulated Owl  FLOW / /  
  Western Screech-Owl  WESO / /  
  Great Horned Owl  GHOW / /  
  Northern Pygmy-Owl  NOPO / /  
  Burrowing Owl  BUOW / /  
  Spotted Owl  SPOW / /  
  Barred Owl  BADO / /  
  Great Gray Owl  GGOW / /  
  Long-eared Owl  LEOW / /  
  Short-eared Owl  SEOW / /  
  Boreal Owl  BOOW / /  
  Northern Saw-whet Owl  NSWO / /  
ORDER: CAPRIMULGIFORMES
FAMILY: Caprimulgidae (Nighthawks and Allies)
  Common Nighthawk  CONI / /  
  Common Poorwill  COPO / /  
ORDER: APODIFORMES
FAMILY: Apodidae (Swifts)
  Black Swift  BLSW / /  
  Vaux's Swift  VASW / /  
  White-throated Swift  WTSW / /  
FAMILY: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
  Black-chinned Hummingbird  BCHU / /  
  Anna's Hummingbird  ANHU / /  
  Calliope Hummingbird  CAHU / /  
  Rufous Hummingbird  RUHU / /  
ORDER: CORACIIFORMES
FAMILY: Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)
  Belted Kingfisher  BEKI / /  
ORDER: PICIFORMES
FAMILY: Picidae (Woodpeckers and Allies)
  Lewis's Woodpecker  LEWO / /  
  Acorn Woodpecker  ACWO / /  
  Williamson's Sapsucker  WISA / /  
  Red-naped Sapsucker  RNSA / /  
  Red-breasted Sapsucker  RBSA / /  
  American Three-toed Woodpecker  ATTW / /  
  Black-backed Woodpecker  BBWO / /  
  Downy Woodpecker  DOWO / /  
  Hairy Woodpecker  HAWO / /  
  White-headed Woodpecker  WHWO / /  
  (Red-shafted Flicker) Northern Flicker  RSFL / /  
  Pileated Woodpecker  PIWO / /  
ORDER: PASSERIFORMES
FAMILY: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)
  Ash-throated Flycatcher  ATFL / /  
  Western Kingbird  WEKI / /  
  Eastern Kingbird  EAKI / /  
  Olive-sided Flycatcher  OSFL / /  
  Western Wood-Pewee  WEWP / /  
  Willow Flycatcher  WIFL / /  
  Least Flycatcher  LEFL / /  
  Hammond's Flycatcher  HAFL / /  
  Gray Flycatcher  GRFL / /  
  Dusky Flycatcher  DUFL / /  
  unid. Cordilleran / Pacific-slope Flycatcher  UCPF / /  
  Say's Phoebe  SAPH / /  
FAMILY: Vireonidae (Vireos)
  Hutton's Vireo  HUVI / /  
  Cassin's Vireo  CAVI / /  
  Warbling Vireo  WAVI / /  
  Red-eyed Vireo  REVI / /  
FAMILY: Laniidae (Shrikes)
  Loggerhead Shrike  LOSH / /  
FAMILY: Corvidae (Crows and Jays)
  Canada Jay  CAJA / /  
  Steller's Jay  STJA / /  
  unid. California Scrub-Jay / Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay  WESJ / /  
  Clark's Nutcracker  CLNU / /  
  Black-billed Magpie  BBMA / /  
  unid. American Crow / Fish Crow  UAFC / /  
  Common Raven  CORA / /  
FAMILY: Paridae (Chickadees and Titmice)
  Black-capped Chickadee  BCCH / /  
  Mountain Chickadee  MOCH / /  
  Chestnut-backed Chickadee  CBCH / /  
  Boreal Chickadee  BOCH / /  
FAMILY: Alaudidae (Larks)
  Eurasian Skylark  EUSK / /  
  Horned Lark  HOLA / /  
FAMILY: Hirundinidae (Swallows)
  Bank Swallow  BANS / /  
  Tree Swallow  TRES / /  
  Violet-green Swallow  VGSW / /  
  Northern Rough-winged Swallow  NRWS / /  
  Purple Martin  PUMA / /  
  Barn Swallow  BARS / /  
  Cliff Swallow  CLSW / /  
FAMILY: Aegithalidae (Bushtits and Long-tailed Tits)
  Bushtit  BUSH / /  
FAMILY: Regulidae (Kinglets)
  Ruby-crowned Kinglet  RCKI / /  
  Golden-crowned Kinglet  GCKI / /  
FAMILY: Bombycillidae (Waxwings and Allies)
  Bohemian Waxwing  BOWA / /  
  Cedar Waxwing  CEDW / /  
FAMILY: Sittidae (Nuthatches)
  Red-breasted Nuthatch  RBNU / /  
  White-breasted Nuthatch  WBNU / /  
  Pygmy Nuthatch  PYNU / /  
FAMILY: Certhiidae (Creepers)
  Brown Creeper  BRCR / /  
FAMILY: Troglodytidae (Wrens)
  Rock Wren  ROWR / /  
  Canyon Wren  CANW / /  
  Bewick's Wren  BEWR / /  
  House Wren  HOWR / /  
  unid. Pacific Wren / Winter Wren  UPWW / /  
  Marsh Wren  MAWR / /  
FAMILY: Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers)
  Gray Catbird  GRCA / /  
  Sage Thrasher  SATH / /  
  Northern Mockingbird  NOMO / /  
FAMILY: Sturnidae (Starlings)
  European Starling  EUST / /  
FAMILY: Cinclidae (Dippers)
  American Dipper  AMDI / /  
FAMILY: Turdidae (Thrushes)
  Western Bluebird  WEBL / /  
  Mountain Bluebird  MOBL / /  
  Townsend's Solitaire  TOSO / /  
  Veery  VEER / /  
  Swainson's Thrush  SWTH / /  
  Hermit Thrush  HETH / /  
  American Robin  AMRO / /  
  Varied Thrush  VATH / /  
FAMILY: Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)
  House Sparrow  HOSP / /  
FAMILY: Motacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits)
  American Pipit  AMPI / /  
FAMILY: Fringillidae (Fringilline and Cardueline Finches)
  Evening Grosbeak  EVGR / /  
  Pine Grosbeak  PIGR / /  
  Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch  GCRF / /  
  House Finch  HOFI / /  
  Purple Finch  PUFI / /  
  Cassin's Finch  CAFI / /  
  Red Crossbill  RECR / /  
  White-winged Crossbill  WWCR / /  
  Pine Siskin  PISI / /  
  Lesser Goldfinch  LEGO / /  
  American Goldfinch  AMGO / /  
FAMILY: Emberizidae (Emberizids)
  Grasshopper Sparrow  GRSP / /  
  Black-throated Sparrow  BTSP / /  
  Lark Sparrow  LASP / /  
  Chipping Sparrow  CHSP / /  
  Clay-colored Sparrow  CCSP / /  
  Brewer's Sparrow  BRSP / /  
  Fox Sparrow  FOSP / /  
  (Oregon Junco) Dark-eyed Junco  ORJU / /  
  White-crowned Sparrow  WCSP / /  
  Golden-crowned Sparrow  GCSP / /  
  unid. Sagebrush Sparrow / Bell's Sparrow  USBS / /  
  Vesper Sparrow  VESP / /  
  Savannah Sparrow  SAVS / /  
  Song Sparrow  SOSP / /  
  Lincoln's Sparrow  LISP / /  
  Green-tailed Towhee  GTTO / /  
  Spotted Towhee  SPTO / /  
FAMILY: Parulidae (Wood-warblers)
  Yellow-breasted Chat  YBCH / /  
FAMILY: Icteridae (Blackbirds and Orioles)
  Yellow-headed Blackbird  YHBL / /  
  Bobolink  BOBO / /  
  Western Meadowlark  WEME / /  
  Bullock's Oriole  BUOR / /  
  Red-winged Blackbird  RWBL / /  
  Brown-headed Cowbird  BHCO / /  
  Brewer's Blackbird  BRBL / /  
FAMILY: Parulidae (Wood-warblers)
  Northern Waterthrush  NOWA / /  
  Orange-crowned Warbler  OCWA / /  
  Nashville Warbler  NAWA / /  
  MacGillivray's Warbler  MGWA / /  
  Common Yellowthroat  COYE / /  
  American Redstart  AMRE / /  
  Yellow Warbler  YEWA / /  
  (unid. Myrtle/Audubon's) Yellow-rumped Warbler  UYRW / /  
  Black-throated Gray Warbler  BTYW / /  
  Townsend's Warbler  TOWA / /  
  Hermit Warbler  HEWA / /  
  Wilson's Warbler  WIWA / /  
FAMILY: Thraupidae (Tanagers)
  Western Tanager  WETA / /  
FAMILY: Cardinalidae (Cardinals, Saltators, and Allies)
  Black-headed Grosbeak  BHGR / /  
  Lazuli Bunting  LAZB / /  
 
* 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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