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Species Information

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Species Alpha Code* Safe date start** Safe date end Habitat
  American Black Duck  ABDU / /  
  Acadian Flycatcher  ACFL / /  
  Alder Flycatcher  ALFL / /  
  American Bittern  AMBI / /  
  American Coot  AMCO / /  
  American Crow  AMCR / /  
  American Goldfinch  AMGO / /  
  American Kestrel  AMKE / /  
  American Oystercatcher  AMOY / /  
  American Redstart  AMRE / /  
  American Robin  AMRO / /  
  American Woodcock  AMWO / /  
  Arctic Tern  ARTE / /  
  Barred Owl  BADO / /  
  Barn Owl  BANO / /  
  Bank Swallow  BANS / /  
  Baltimore Oriole  BAOR / /  
  Barn Swallow  BARS / /  
  Black-and-white Warbler  BAWW / /  
  Black-billed Cuckoo  BBCU / /  
  Black-capped Chickadee  BCCH / /  
  Black-crowned Night-Heron  BCNH / /  
  Belted Kingfisher  BEKI / /  
  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  BGGN / /  
  Brown-headed Cowbird  BHCO / /  
  Blue-headed Vireo  BHVI / /  
  Blackburnian Warbler  BLBW / /  
  Blue Jay  BLJA / /  
  Blackpoll Warbler  BLPW / /  
  Black Skimmer  BLSK / /  
  Bobolink  BOBO / /  
  Brown Creeper  BRCR / /  
  Brown Thrasher  BRTH / /  
  Brewster's Warbler (Golden-winged x Blue-winged)  BRWA / /  
  Black-throated Blue Warbler  BTBW / /  
  Black-throated Green Warbler  BTNW / /  
  Broad-winged Hawk  BWHA / /  
  Blue-winged Teal  BWTE / /  
  Blue-winged Warbler  BWWA / /  
  Cattle Egret  CAEG / /  
  Canada Goose  CANG / /  
  Carolina Wren  CARW / /  
  Canada Warbler  CAWA / /  
  Cedar Waxwing  CEDW / /  
  Cerulean Warbler  CERW / /  
  Chipping Sparrow  CHSP / /  
  Chimney Swift  CHSW / /  
  Clapper Rail  CLRA / /  
  Cliff Swallow  CLSW / /  
  Common Eider  COEI / /  
  Common Gallinule  COGA / /  
  Common Grackle  COGR / /  
  Cooper's Hawk  COHA / /  
  Common Loon  COLO / /  
  Common Merganser  COME / /  
  Common Nighthawk  CONI / /  
  Common Raven  CORA / /  
  Common Tern  COTE / /  
  Common Yellowthroat  COYE / /  
  Chestnut-sided Warbler  CSWA / /  
  Chuck-will's-widow  CWWI / /  
  Double-crested Cormorant  DCCO / /  
  Downy Woodpecker  DOWO / /  
  Eastern Bluebird  EABL / /  
  Eastern Kingbird  EAKI / /  
  Eastern Meadowlark  EAME / /  
  Eastern Phoebe  EAPH / /  
  Eastern Screech-Owl  EASO / /  
  Eastern Towhee  EATO / /  
  Eastern Wood-Pewee  EAWP / /  
  European Starling  EUST / /  
  Evening Grosbeak  EVGR / /  
  Fish Crow  FICR / /  
  Field Sparrow  FISP / /  
  Gadwall  GADW / /  
  Great Black-backed Gull  GBBG / /  
  Great Blue Heron  GBHE / /  
  Great Crested Flycatcher  GCFL / /  
  Golden-crowned Kinglet  GCKI / /  
  Great Horned Owl  GHOW / /  
  Glossy Ibis  GLIB / /  
  Gray Catbird  GRCA / /  
  Great Egret  GREG / /  
  Green Heron  GRHE / /  
  Grasshopper Sparrow  GRSP / /  
  Green-winged Teal  GWTE / /  
  Golden-winged Warbler  GWWA / /  
  Hairy Woodpecker  HAWO / /  
  Herring Gull  HERG / /  
  Henslow's Sparrow  HESP / /  
  Hermit Thrush  HETH / /  
  House Finch  HOFI / /  
  Horned Lark  HOLA / /  
  Hooded Merganser  HOME / /  
  House Sparrow  HOSP / /  
  Hooded Warbler  HOWA / /  
  House Wren  HOWR / /  
  Indigo Bunting  INBU / /  
  Killdeer  KILL / /  
  King Rail  KIRA / /  
  Laughing Gull  LAGU / /  
  Lawrence's Warbler (Golden-winged x Blue-winged)  LAWA / /  
  Little Blue Heron  LBHE / /  
  Least Bittern  LEBI / /  
  Least Flycatcher  LEFL / /  
  Long-eared Owl  LEOW / /  
  Least Sandpiper  LESA / /  
  Leach's Storm-Petrel  LESP / /  
  Least Tern  LETE / /  
  Louisiana Waterthrush  LOWA / /  
  Mallard  MALL / /  
  Magnolia Warbler  MAWA / /  
  Marsh Wren  MAWR / /  
  Mourning Dove  MODO / /  
  Mourning Warbler  MOWA / /  
  Mute Swan  MUSW / /  
  (Myrtle Warbler) Yellow-rumped Warbler  MYWA / /  
  Nashville Warbler  NAWA / /  
  Northern Bobwhite  NOBO / /  
  Northern Cardinal  NOCA / /  
  Northern Goshawk  NOGO / /  
  Northern Harrier  NOHA / /  
  Northern Mockingbird  NOMO / /  
  Northern Parula  NOPA / /  
  Northern Pintail  NOPI / /  
  Northern Waterthrush  NOWA / /  
  Northern Rough-winged Swallow  NRWS / /  
  Northern Shoveler  NSHO / /  
  Northern Saw-whet Owl  NSWO / /  
  Orchard Oriole  OROR / /  
  Olive-sided Flycatcher  OSFL / /  
  Osprey  OSPR / /  
  Ovenbird  OVEN / /  
  Pied-billed Grebe  PBGR / /  
  Piping Plover  PIPL / /  
  Pine Siskin  PISI / /  
  Pine Warbler  PIWA / /  
  Pileated Woodpecker  PIWO / /  
  Prairie Warbler  PRAW / /  
  Purple Finch  PUFI / /  
  Purple Martin  PUMA / /  
  Rose-breasted Grosbeak  RBGR / /  
  Red-breasted Merganser  RBME / /  
  Red-breasted Nuthatch  RBNU / /  
  Red-bellied Woodpecker  RBWO / /  
  Ruby-crowned Kinglet  RCKI / /  
  Red Crossbill  RECR / /  
  Red-eyed Vireo  REVI / /  
  Red-headed Woodpecker  RHWO / /  
  Ringed Kingfisher  RIKI / /  
  Ring-necked Duck  RNDU / /  
  Ring-necked Pheasant  RNEP / /  
  Rock Pigeon  ROPI / /  
  Roseate Tern  ROST / /  
  Red-shouldered Hawk  RSHA / /  
  Red-tailed Hawk  RTHA / /  
  Ruby-throated Hummingbird  RTHU / /  
  Rusty Blackbird  RUBL / /  
  Ruddy Duck  RUDU / /  
  Ruffed Grouse  RUGR / /  
  Red-winged Blackbird  RWBL / /  
  Saltmarsh Sparrow  SALS / /  
  Savannah Sparrow  SAVS / /  
  (Slate-colored Junco) Dark-eyed Junco  SCJU / /  
  Scarlet Tanager  SCTA / /  
  Short-eared Owl  SEOW / /  
  Seaside Sparrow  SESP / /  
  Sedge Wren  SEWR / /  
  Snowy Egret  SNEG / /  
  Sora  SORA / /  
  Song Sparrow  SOSP / /  
  Spotted Sandpiper  SPSA / /  
  Sharp-shinned Hawk  SSHA / /  
  Swamp Sparrow  SWSP / /  
  Swainson's Thrush  SWTH / /  
  Tennessee Warbler  TEWA / /  
  Tree Swallow  TRES / /  
  Tricolored Heron  TRHE / /  
  Tufted Titmouse  TUTI / /  
  Turkey Vulture  TUVU / /  
  Upland Sandpiper  UPSA / /  
  unid. Pacific Wren / Winter Wren  UPWW / /  
  Veery  VEER / /  
  Vesper Sparrow  VESP / /  
  Virginia Rail  VIRA / /  
  Warbling Vireo  WAVI / /  
  White-breasted Nuthatch  WBNU / /  
  White-eyed Vireo  WEVI / /  
  Worm-eating Warbler  WEWA / /  
  Willow Flycatcher  WIFL / /  
  Willet  WILL / /  
  Wilson's Phalarope  WIPH / /  
  Wilson's Snipe  WISN / /  
  Wild Turkey  WITU / /  
  Wood Duck  WODU / /  
  Wood Thrush  WOTH / /  
  unid. Mexican / Eastern Whip-poor-will  WPWI / /  
  White-throated Sparrow  WTSP / /  
  Yellow-breasted Chat  YBCH / /  
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo  YBCU / /  
  Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  YBFL / /  
  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  YBSA / /  
  Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  YCNH / /  
  Yellow Warbler  YEWA / /  
  (Yellow-shafted Flicker) Northern Flicker  YSFL / /  
  Yellow-throated Vireo  YTVI / /  
 
* 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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