BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA Taxonomic List
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BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA, No. 1-716, Volume 1-18, sorted taxonomically using the page number from CHECKLIST OF BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA, 7th ed., American Ornithologists' Union. 1998. The decimal number is the position of the description on the page. Taxonomic terms have been changed when needed to match the CHECKLIST. Use your browser's "Find" function to locate any term in this table.
Page |
Order |
Family |
Genus & species |
Common Name |
BNA No. |
| 003.1 | Gaviiformes | Gaviidae | Gavia stellata | Red-throated Loon | 513 |
|
003.2 |
Gaviiformes |
Gaviidae |
Gavia arctica |
Arctic Loon |
657 |
|
004.1 |
Gaviiformes |
Gaviidae |
Gavia pacifica |
Pacific Loon |
657 |
004.2 |
Gaviiformes |
Gaviidae |
Gavia immer |
Common Loon |
313 |
005.1 |
Gaviiformes |
Gaviidae |
Gavia adamsii |
Yellow-billed Loon |
121 |
006.1 |
Podicipediformes |
Podicipedidae |
Tachybaptus dominicus |
Least Grebe |
24 |
| 006.2 | Podicipediformes |
Podicipedidae |
Podilymbus podiceps | Pied-billed Grebe | 410 |
| 007.1 | Podicipediformes | Podicipedidae | Podiceps auritus | Horned Grebe | 505 |
| 007.2 | Podicipediformes | Podicipedidae | Podiceps grisegena | Red-necked Grebe | 465 |
| 008.1 |
Podicipediformes |
Podicipedidae |
Podiceps nigricollis | Eared Grebe | 433 |
008.2 |
Podicipediformes |
Podicipedidae |
Aechmophorus occidentalis |
Western Grebe |
26 |
009.1 |
Podicipediformes |
Podicipedidae |
Aechmophorus clarkii |
Clark's Grebe |
26 |
011.2 |
Procellariiformes |
Diomedeidae |
Phoebastria immutabilis Genus on cover: Diomedea |
Laysan Albatross |
66 |
011.3 |
Procellariiformes |
Diomedeidae |
Phoebastria nigripes Genus on cover: Diomedea |
Black-footed Albatross |
65 |
| 012.2 | Procellariiformes | Procellariidae | Fulmarus glacialis | Northern Fulmar | 361 |
015.1 |
Procellariiformes |
Procellariidae |
Pterodroma phaeopygia |
Dark-rumped Petrel |
345 |
| 015.3 | Procellariiformes | Procellariidae | Pterodroma hypoleuca | Bonin Petrel | 385 |
016.3 |
Procellariiformes |
Procellariidae |
Bulweria bulwerii |
Bulwer's Petrel |
281 |
019.1 |
Procellariiformes |
Procellariidae |
Puffinus pacificus |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater |
305 |
| 020.2 | Procellariiformes | Procellariidae | Puffinus nativitatis | Christmas Shearwater | 561 |
020.3 |
Procellariiformes |
Procellariidae |
Puffinus puffinus |
Manx Shearwater |
257 |
021.1 |
Procellariiformes |
Procellariidae |
Puffinus auricularis |
Townsend's and Newell's Shearwater |
297 |
| 021.2 | Procellariiformes | Procellariidae | Puffinus opisthomelas | Black-vented Shearwater | 521 |
| 023.3 | Procellariiformes | Hydrobatidae | Oceanodroma furcata | Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel | 569 |
024.1 |
Procellariiformes |
Hydrobatidae |
Oceanodroma leucorhoa |
Leach's Storm-Petrel |
233 |
024.2 |
Procellariiformes |
Hydrobatidae |
Oceanodroma homochroa |
Ashy Storm-Petrel |
185 |
|
025.1 |
Procellariiformes |
Hydrobatidae |
Oceanodroma castro |
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel |
673 |
| 025.3 | Procellariiformes | Hydrobatidae | Oceanodroma melania | Black Storm-Petrel | 577 |
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026.1 |
Procellariiformes |
Hydrobatidae |
Oceanodroma tristrami |
Tristram's Storm-Petrel |
673 |
026.3 |
Pelecaniformes |
Phaethontidae |
Phaethon lepturus |
White-tailed Tropicbird |
353 |
027.2 |
Pelecaniformes |
Phaethontidae |
Phaethon rubricauda |
Red-tailed Tropicbird |
43 |
028.1 |
Pelecaniformes |
Sulidae |
Sula dactylatra |
Masked Booby |
73 |
|
029.2 |
Pelecaniformes |
Sulidae |
Sula leucogaster |
Brown Booby |
649 |
029.3 |
Pelecaniformes |
Sulidae |
Sula sula |
Red-footed Booby |
241 |
| 030.1 | Pelecaniformes | Sulidae | Morus bassanus | Northern Gannet | 693 |
031.1 |
Pelecaniformes |
Pelecanidae |
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
American White Pelican |
57 |
| 031.2 | Pelecaniformes | Pelecanidae | Pelecanus occidentalis | Brown Pelican | 609 |
| 032.1 | Pelecaniformes | Phalacrocoracidae | Phalacrocorax penicillatus | Brandt's Cormorant | 362 |
032.2 |
Pelecaniformes |
Phalacrocoracidae |
Phalacrocorax brasilianus |
Neotropic Cormorant |
137 |
| 032.3 | Pelecaniformes | Phalacrocoracidae | Phalacrocorax auritus | Double-crested Cormorant | 441 |
| 033.1 | Pelecaniformes | Phalacrocoracidae | Phalacrocorax carbo | Great Cormorant | 553 |
| 033.2 | Pelecaniformes | Phalacrocoracidae | Phalacrocorax urile | Red-faced Cormorant | 617 |
034.1 |
Pelecaniformes |
Phalacrocoracidae |
Phalacrocorax pelagicus |
Pelagic Cormorant |
282 |
| 034.2 | Pelecaniformes | Anhingidae | Anhinga anhinga | Anhinga | 522 |
| 035.1 | Pelecaniformes | Fregatidae | Fregata magnificens | Magnificent Frigatebird | 601 |
| 035.2 | Pelecaniformes | Fregatidae | Fregata minor | Great Frigatebird | 681 |
036.3 |
Ciconiiformes |
Ardeidae |
Botaurus lentiginosus |
American Bittern |
18 |
037.2 |
Ciconiiformes |
Ardeidae |
Ixobrychus exilis |
Least Bittern |
17 |
039.1 |
Ciconiiformes |
Ardeidae |
Ardea herodias |
Great Blue Heron |
25 |
| 040.3 | Ciconiiformes | Ardeidae | Ardea alba | Great Egret | 570 |
| 042.1 | Ciconiiformes | Ardeidae | Egretta thula | Snowy Egret | 489 |
042.2 |
Ciconiiformes |
Ardeidae |
Egretta caerulea |
Little Blue Heron |
145 |
043.1 |
Ciconiiformes |
Ardeidae |
Egretta tricolor |
Tricolored Heron |
306 |
| 043.2 | Ciconiiformes | Ardeidae | Egretta rufescens | Reddish Egret | 633 |
044.1 |
Ciconiiformes |
Ardeidae |
Bubulcus ibis |
Cattle Egret |
113 |
044.2 |
Ciconiiformes |
Ardeidae |
Butorides virescens |
Green Heron |
129 |
046.2 |
Ciconiiformes |
Ardeidae |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
Black-crowned Night-heron |
74 |
046.3 |
Ciconiiformes |
Ardeidae |
Nyctanassa violacea |
Yellow-crowned Night-heron |
161 |
047.2 |
Ciconiiformes |
Threskiornithidae |
Eudocimus albus |
White Ibis |
9 |
| 048.2 | Ciconiiformes | Threskiornithidae | Plegadis falcinellus | Glossy Ibis | 545 |
049.1 |
Ciconiiformes |
Threskiornithidae |
Plegadis chihi |
White-faced Ibis |
130 |
| 050.2 | Ciconiiformes | Threskiornithidae | Ajaia ajaja | Roseate Spoonbill | 490 |
| 051.2 | Ciconiiformes | Ciconiidae | Mycteria americana | Wood Stork | 409 |
| 052.1 | Ciconiiformes | Cathartidae | Coragyps atratus | Black Vulture | 411 |
052.2 |
Ciconiiformes On cover: Falconiformes |
Cathartidae |
Cathartes aura |
Turkey Vulture |
339 |
| 053.1 | Ciconiiformes | Cathartidae | Gymnogyps californianus | California Condor | 610 |
| 055.2 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Dendrocygna autumanlis | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | 578 |
| 056.2 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Dendrocygna bicolor | Fulvous Whistling-Duck | 562 |
057.2 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Anser albifrons |
Greater White-fronted Goose |
131 |
058.1 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Chen canagica |
Emperor Goose |
97 |
| 058.2 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Chen caerulescens | Snow Goose | |
059.1 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Chen rossii |
Ross' Goose |
162 |
| 059.2 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Branta canadensis | Canada Goose | 682 |
| 060.1 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Branta sandvicensis | Hawaiian Goose (Nene) | 434 |
060.2 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Branta bernicla |
Brant |
337 |
062.1 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Cygnus olor |
Mute Swan |
273 |
062.2 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Cygnus buccinator |
Trumpeter Swan |
105 |
062.3 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Cygnus columbianus |
Tundra Swan |
89 |
065.1 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Aix sponsa |
Wood Duck |
169 |
066.1 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Anas strepera |
Gadwall |
283 |
| 067.1 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Anas americana | American Wigeon | 401 |
| 068.1 | Aneriformes | Anatidae | Anas rubripes | American Black Duck | 481 |
|
068.2 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Anas platyrhynchos |
Mallard |
658 |
069.1 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Anas fulvigula |
Mottled Duck |
81 |
| 069.2 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Anas wyvilliana | Hawaiian Duck | 694 |
069.3 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Anas laysanensis |
Laysan Duck |
242 |
| 070.1 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Anas discors | Blue-winged Teal | 625 |
070.2 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Anas cyanoptera |
Cinnamon Teal |
209 |
071.1 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Anas clypeata |
Northern Shoveler |
217 |
071.3 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Anas acuta |
Northern Pintail |
163 |
073.1 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Anas crecca |
Green-winged Teal |
193 |
|
074.1 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Aythya valisineria |
Canvasback |
659 |
| 074.2 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Aythya americana | Redhead | 695 |
075.2 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Aythya collaris |
Ring-necked Duck |
329 |
|
076.1 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Aythya marila |
Greater Scaup |
650 |
076.2 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Aythya affinis |
Lesser Scaup |
338 |
| 077.1 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Polysticta stelleri | Steller's Eider | 571 |
| 077.2 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Somateria Fischeri | Spectacled Eider | 547 |
| 077.3 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Somateria spectabilis | King Eider | 491 |
| 078.1 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Somateria mollissima | Common Eider | 546 |
| 079.1 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Histrionicus histrionicus | Harlequin Duck | 466 |
079.2 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Camptorhynchus labradorius |
Labrador Duck |
307 |
| 079.3 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Melanitta perspicillata | Surf Scoter | 363 |
080.1 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Melanitta fusca |
White-winged Scoter |
274 |
081.1 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Melanitta nigra |
Black Scoter |
177 |
|
081.2 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Clangula hyemalis |
Long-tailed Duck Check-list: Oldsquaw |
651 |
082.1 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Bucephala albeola |
Bufflehead |
67 |
082.2 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Bucephala clangula |
Common Goldeneye |
170 |
| 083.1 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Bucephala islandica | Barrow's Goldeneye | 548 |
084.1 |
Anseriformes |
Anatidae |
Lophodytes cucullatus |
Hooded Merganser |
98 |
| 084.2 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Mergus merganser | Common Merganser | 442 |
| 085.1 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Mergus serrator | Red-breasted Merganser | 443 |
| 085.2 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Nomonyx dominica | Masked Duck | 393 |
| 086.1 | Anseriformes | Anatidae | Oxyura jamaicensis | Ruddy Duck | 696 |
| 087.1 | Falconiformes | Accipitridae | Pandion haliaetus | Osprey | 683 |
088.1 |
Falconiformes |
Accipitridae |
Elanoides forficatus |
Swallow-tailed Kite |
138 |
089.1 |
Falconiformes |
Accipitridae |
Elanus leucurus |
White-tailed Kite |
178 |
089.2 |
Falconiformes |
Accipitridae |
Rostrhamus sociabilis |
Snail Kite |
171 |
| 090.3 | Falconiformes | Accipitridae | Ictinia mississippiensis | Mississippi Kite | 402 |
| 091.2 | Falconiformes | Accipitridae | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | 506 |
092.3 |
Falconiformes |
Accipitridae |
Circus cyaneus |
Northern Harrier |
210 |
| 093.3 | Falconiformes |
Accipitridae | Accipiter striatus |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 482 |
094.1 |
Falconiformes |
Accipitridae |
Accipiter cooperii |
Cooper's Hawk |
75 |
095.1 |
Falconiformes |
Accipitridae |
Accipiter gentilis |
Northern Goshawk |
298 |
|
097.1 |
Falconiformes |
Accipitridae |
Astruina nitida |
Gray Hawk |
652 |
097.2 |
Falconiformes |
Accipitridae |
Buteogallus anthracinus |
Common Black-hawk |
122 |
098.3 |
Falconiformes |
Accipitridae |
Parabuteo unicinctus |
Harris' Hawk |
146 |
099.3 |
Falconiformes |
Accipitridae |
Buteo lineatus |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
107 |
100.2 |
Falconiformes |
Accipitridae |
Buteo platypterus |
Broad-winged Hawk |
218 |
|
100.3 |
Falconiformes |
Accipitridae |
Buteo brachyurus |
Short-tailed Hawk |
674 |
101.1 |
Falconiformes |
Accipitridae |
Buteo swainsoni |
Swainson's Hawk |
265 |
101.2 |
Falconiformes |
Accipitridae |
Buteo albicaudatus |
White-tailed Hawk |
30 |
| 101.3 | Falconiformes | Accipitridae | Buteo albonotatus | Zone-tailed Hawk | 529 |
| 102.1 | Falconiformes | Accipitridae | Buteo solitarius | Hawaiian Hawk | 523 |
102.2 |
Falconiformes |
Accipitridae |
Buteo jamaicensis |
Red-tailed Hawk |
52 |
102.3 |
Falconiformes |
Accipitridae |
Buteo regalis |
Ferruginous Hawk |
172 |
|
103.1 |
Falconiformes |
Accipitridae |
Buteo lagopus |
Rough-legged Hawk |
641 |
| 104.1 | Falconiformes | Accipitridae | Aquila chrysaetos | Golden Eagle | 684 |
106.3 |
Falconiformes |
Falconidae |
Caracara plancus |
Crested Caracara |
249 |
| 108.2 | Falconiformes | Falconidae | Falco sparverius | American Kestrel | 602 |
109.1 |
Falconiformes |
Falconidae |
Falco columbarius |
Merlin |
44 |
| 109.3 | Falconiformes | Falconidae | Falco femoralis | Aplomado Falcon | 549 |
110.3 |
Falconiformes |
Falconidae |
Falco rusticolus |
Gyrfalcon |
114 |
|
111.1 |
Falconiformes |
Falconidae |
Falco peregrinus |
Peregrine Falcon |
660 |
111.2 |
Falconiformes |
Falconidae |
Falco mexicanus |
Prairie Falcon |
346 |
| 112.1 | Galliformes | Cracidae | Ortalis vetula | Plain Chachalaca | 550 |
114.4 |
Galliformes |
Phasianidae |
Alectoris chukar |
Chukar |
258 |
| 115.1 | Galliformes | Phasianidae | Francolinus pondicerianus | Gray Francolin | 396 |
| 115.2 | Galliformes | Phasianidae | Francolinus francolinus | Black Francolin | 395 |
| 115.3 | Galliformes | Phasianidae | Francolinus erckelii | Erckel's Francolin | 394 |
116.1 |
Galliformes |
Phasianidae |
Tetraogallus himalayensis |
Himalayan Snowcock |
328 |
116.2 |
Galliformes |
Phasianidae |
Perdix perdix |
Gray Partridge |
58 |
| 117.3 | Galliformes | Phasianidae | Phasianus colchicus | Ring-necked Pheasant | 572 |
| 118.1 | Galliformes | Phasianidae | Pavo cristatus | Common Peafowl | 377 |
| 118.2 | Galliformes | Phasianidae | Bonasa umbellus | Ruffed Grouse | 515 |
| 119.1 | Galliformes | Phasianidae | Centrocercus urophasianus | Sage Grouse | 425 |
119.2 |
Galliformes |
Phasianidae |
Falcipennis canadensis |
Spruce Grouse |
5 |
| 119.3 | Galliformes | Phasianidae | Logopus lagopus | Willow Ptarmigan | 369 |
120.1 |
Galliformes |
Phasianidae |
Lagopus mutus |
Rock Ptarmigan |
51 |
120.2 |
Galliformes |
Phasianidae |
Lagopus leucurus |
White-tailed Ptarmigan |
68 |
121.1 |
Galliformes |
Phasianidae |
Dendragapus obscurus |
Blue Grouse |
15 |
121.2 |
Galliformes |
Phasianidae |
Tympanuchus phasianellus |
Sharp-tailed Grouse |
354 |
121.3 |
Galliformes |
Phasianidae |
Tympanuchus cupido |
Greater Prairie-chicken |
36 |
| 122.1 | Galliformes | Phasianidae | Tympanuchus pallidicinctus | Lesser Prairie-chicken | 364 |
122.2 |
Galliformes |
Phasianidae |
Meleagris gallopavo |
Wild Turkey |
22 |
| 124.2 | Galliformes | Odontophoridae | Oreortyx pictus | Mountain Quail | 457 |
124.3 |
Galliformes |
Odontophoridae On cover: Phasianidae |
Callipepla squamata |
Scaled Quail |
106 |
| 125.1 | Galliformes | Odontophoridae | Callipepla california | California Quail | 473 |
125.2 |
Galliformes |
Odontophoridae |
Callipepla gambelii |
Gambel's Quail |
321 |
| 125.4 | Galliformes | Odontophoridae | Colinus virginianus | Northern Bobwhite | 397 |
| 128.2 | Galliformes | Odontophoridae | Cyrtonyx montezumae | Montezuma Quail | 524 |
129.1 |
Gruiformes |
Rallidae |
Coturnicops noveboracensis |
Yellow Rail |
139 |
130.4 |
Gruiformes |
Rallidae |
Laterallus jamaicensis |
Black Rail |
123 |
131.2 |
Gruiformes |
Rallidae |