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Species Information

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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 / /  
  American Black Duck  ABDU / /  
  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 / /  
  Ring-necked Pheasant  RNEP / /  
ORDER: PODICIPEDIFORMES
FAMILY: Podicipedidae (Grebes)
  Pied-billed Grebe  PBGR / /  
ORDER: CICONIIFORMES
FAMILY: Ardeidae (Herons, Bitterns, and allies)
  American Bittern  AMBI / /  
  Least Bittern  LEBI / /  
  Great Blue Heron  GBHE / /  
  Green Heron  GRHE / /  
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 / /  
  American Goshawk  AGOS / /  
  Bald Eagle  BAEA / /  
  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 / /  
  Virginia Rail  VIRA / /  
  Sora  SORA / /  
  Common Gallinule  COGA / /  
ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES
FAMILY: Charadriidae (Lapwings and Plovers)
  Killdeer  KILL / /  
FAMILY: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies)
  Upland Sandpiper  UPSA / /  
  American Woodcock  AMWO / /  
  Wilson's Snipe  WISN / /  
  Spotted Sandpiper  SPSA / /  
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 / /  
  Long-eared Owl  LEOW / /  
  Northern Saw-whet Owl  NSWO / /  
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 / /  
  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  YBSA / /  
  Downy Woodpecker  DOWO / /  
  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 / /  
  Olive-sided Flycatcher  OSFL / /  
  Eastern Wood-Pewee  EAWP / /  
  Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  YBFL / /  
  Acadian Flycatcher  ACFL / /  
  Alder Flycatcher  ALFL / /  
  Willow Flycatcher  WIFL / /  
  Least Flycatcher  LEFL / /  
  Eastern Phoebe  EAPH / /  
FAMILY: Vireonidae (Vireos)
  White-eyed Vireo  WEVI / /  
  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 / /  
  Black-capped Chickadee  BCCH / /  
  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: Regulidae (Kinglets)
  Golden-crowned Kinglet  GCKI / /  
FAMILY: Bombycillidae (Waxwings and Allies)
  Cedar Waxwing  CEDW / /  
FAMILY: Sittidae (Nuthatches)
  Red-breasted Nuthatch  RBNU / /  
  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 / /  
  unid. Pacific Wren / Winter Wren  UPWW / /  
  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 / /  
  Swainson's Thrush  SWTH / /  
  Hermit Thrush  HETH / /  
  Wood Thrush  WOTH / /  
  American Robin  AMRO / /  
FAMILY: Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)
  House Sparrow  HOSP / /  
FAMILY: Fringillidae (Fringilline and Cardueline Finches)
  House Finch  HOFI / /  
  Purple Finch  PUFI / /  
  Pine Siskin  PISI / /  
  American Goldfinch  AGOL / /  
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 / /  
  White-throated Sparrow  WTSP / /  
  Vesper Sparrow  VESP / /  
  Henslow's Sparrow  HESP / /  
  Savannah Sparrow  SAVS / /  
  Song Sparrow  SOSP / /  
  Swamp Sparrow  SWSP / /  
  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 / /  
  Northern Waterthrush  NOWA / /  
  Golden-winged Warbler  GWWA / /  
  Blue-winged Warbler  BWWA / /  
  Brewster's Warbler (Golden-winged x Blue-winged)  BRWA / /  
  Black-and-white Warbler  BAWW / /  
  Prothonotary Warbler  PROW / /  
  Swainson's Warbler  SWWA / /  
  Nashville Warbler  NAWA / /  
  Mourning Warbler  MOWA / /  
  Kentucky Warbler  KEWA / /  
  Common Yellowthroat  COYE / /  
  Hooded Warbler  HOWA / /  
  American Redstart  AMRE / /  
  Cerulean Warbler  CERW / /  
  Northern Parula  NOPA / /  
  Magnolia Warbler  MAWA / /  
  Blackburnian Warbler  BLBW / /  
  Yellow Warbler  YEWA / /  
  Chestnut-sided Warbler  CSWA / /  
  Black-throated Blue Warbler  BTBW / /  
  Pine Warbler  PIWA / /  
  (unid. Myrtle / Audubon's) Yellow-rumped Warbler  UYRW / /  
  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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