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Species Alpha Code* Safe date start** Safe date end Habitat
ORDER: ANSERIFORMES
FAMILY: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Swans)
  Canada Goose  CANG5 / 1 6 / 1 
  Wood Duck  WODU / /  
  Blue-winged Teal  BWTE / /  
  Cinnamon Teal  CITE / /  
  Northern Shoveler  NSHO / /  
  Gadwall  GADW / /  
  American Wigeon  AMWI / /  
  Mallard  MALL5 / 1 7 / 31 
  Northern Pintail  NOPI / /  
  Green-winged Teal  GWTE / /  
  Redhead  REDH / /  
  Ring-necked Duck  RNDU / /  
  Lesser Scaup  LESC / /  
  Common Goldeneye  COGO / /  
  Hooded Merganser  HOME / /  
  Common Merganser  COME / /  
  Ruddy Duck  RUDU / /  
ORDER: GALLIFORMES
FAMILY: Odontophoridae (New World Quails)
  Northern Bobwhite  NOBO / /  
  Scaled Quail  SCQU5 / 15 7 / 31 
  Gambel's Quail  GAQU5 / 15 7 / 31 
  Montezuma Quail  MONQ / /  
FAMILY: Phasianidae (Partidges, Grouse, Turkey, and Old World Quail)
  Wild Turkey  WITU / /  
  unid. Dusky Grouse / Sooty Grouse  UDSG / /  
  Lesser Prairie-Chicken  LEPC / /  
  Ring-necked Pheasant  RNEP5 / 15 7 / 15 
  Chukar  CHUK / /  
ORDER: GAVIIFORMES
FAMILY: Gaviidae (Loons)
  Common Loon  COLO / /  
ORDER: PODICIPEDIFORMES
FAMILY: Podicipedidae (Grebes)
  Pied-billed Grebe  PBGR5 / 1 7 / 31 
  Eared Grebe  EAGR6 / 1 7 / 31 
  Western Grebe  WEGR6 / 1 7 / 31 
  Clark's Grebe  CLGR / /  
ORDER: PELECANIFORMES
FAMILY: Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)
  Double-crested Cormorant  DCCO / /  
  Neotropic Cormorant  NECO / /  
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 / /  
  Snowy Egret  SNEG / /  
  Cattle Egret  CAEG / /  
  Green Heron  GRHE / /  
  Black-crowned Night-Heron  BCNH5 / 1 6 / 30 
FAMILY: Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills)
  White-faced Ibis  WFIB / /  
FAMILY: Cathartidae (New World Vultures)
  Turkey Vulture  TUVU / /  
ORDER: FALCONIFORMES
FAMILY: Accipitridae (Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies)
  Osprey  OSPR / /  
  Golden Eagle  GOEA5 / 1 6 / 30 
  Northern Harrier  NOHA / /  
  Sharp-shinned Hawk  SSHA / /  
  Cooper's Hawk  COHA5 / 1 6 / 30 
  Northern Goshawk  NOGO5 / 15 7 / 15 
  Bald Eagle  BAEA / /  
  Mississippi Kite  MIKI / /  
  Common Black Hawk  COBH / /  
  Harris's Hawk  HASH / /  
  Swainson's Hawk  SWHA6 / 1 6 / 30 
  Zone-tailed Hawk  ZTHA5 / 15 6 / 30 
  Red-tailed Hawk  RTHA / /  
  Ferruginous Hawk  FEHA5 / 1 6 / 15 
FAMILY: Falconidae (Falcons and Caracaras)
  American Kestrel  AMKE5 / 15 7 / 15 
  Peregrine Falcon  PEFA / /  
  Prairie Falcon  PRFA5 / 1 6 / 15 
ORDER: GRUIFORMES
FAMILY: Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots)
  Virginia Rail  VIRA / /  
  Sora  SORA / /  
  Common Gallinule  COGA / /  
  American Coot  AMCO5 / 1 7 / 31 
ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES
FAMILY: Recurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets)
  Black-necked Stilt  BNST / /  
  American Avocet  AMAV / /  
FAMILY: Charadriidae (Lapwings and Plovers)
  Killdeer  KILL5 / 1 7 / 15 
  Mountain Plover  MOPL / /  
  Snowy Plover  SNPL / /  
FAMILY: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies)
  Whimbrel  WHIM / /  
  Long-billed Curlew  LBCU / /  
  White-rumped Sandpiper  WRSA / /  
  Wilson's Snipe  WISN / /  
  Spotted Sandpiper  SPSA / /  
  Lesser Yellowlegs  LEYE / /  
  Greater Yellowlegs  GRYE / /  
  Wilson's Phalarope  WIPH / /  
  Red-necked Phalarope  RNPH / /  
FAMILY: Laridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
  Franklin's Gull  FRGU / /  
  Ring-billed Gull  RBGU / /  
  Least Tern  LETE / /  
  Forster's Tern  FOTE / /  
ORDER: COLUMBIFORMES
FAMILY: Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves)
  Rock Pigeon  ROPI3 / 1 7 / 31 
  Band-tailed Pigeon  BTPI / /  
  Eurasian Collared-Dove  EUCD / /  
  Inca Dove  INDO / /  
  Common Ground Dove  CGDO / /  
  White-winged Dove  WWDO / /  
  Mourning Dove  MODO5 / 15 7 / 31 
ORDER: CUCULIFORMES
FAMILY: Cuculidae (Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis)
  Greater Roadrunner  GRRO5 / 1 6 / 30 
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo  YBCU / /  
ORDER: STRIGIFORMES
FAMILY: Tytonidae (Barn Owls)
  Barn Owl  BANO5 / 1 6 / 30 
FAMILY: Strigidae (Typical Owls)
  Flammulated Owl  FLOW / /  
  Western Screech-Owl  WESO / /  
  Great Horned Owl  GHOW3 / 1 7 / 15 
  Northern Pygmy-Owl  NOPO / /  
  Elf Owl  ELOW / /  
  Burrowing Owl  BUOW6 / 1 7 / 15 
  Spotted Owl  SPOW / /  
  Barred Owl  BADO / /  
  Long-eared Owl  LEOW5 / 1 6 / 30 
  Northern Saw-whet Owl  NSWO / /  
ORDER: CAPRIMULGIFORMES
FAMILY: Caprimulgidae (Nighthawks and Allies)
  Lesser Nighthawk  LENI / /  
  Common Nighthawk  CONI / /  
  Common Poorwill  COPO / /  
  unid. Mexican / Eastern Whip-poor-will  WPWI / /  
ORDER: APODIFORMES
FAMILY: Apodidae (Swifts)
  White-throated Swift  WTSW5 / 15 7 / 15 
FAMILY: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
  Black-chinned Hummingbird  BCHU6 / 1 6 / 30 
  Calliope Hummingbird  CAHU / /  
  Rufous Hummingbird  RUHU / /  
  Broad-tailed Hummingbird  BTHU6 / 1 6 / 30 
  Broad-billed Hummingbird  BBIH / /  
  Violet-crowned Hummingbird  VCHU / /  
ORDER: CORACIIFORMES
FAMILY: Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)
  Belted Kingfisher  BEKI / /  
ORDER: PICIFORMES
FAMILY: Picidae (Woodpeckers and Allies)
  Lewis's Woodpecker  LEWO6 / 1 6 / 30 
  Red-headed Woodpecker  RHWO / /  
  Acorn Woodpecker  ACWO5 / 15 7 / 15 
  Gila Woodpecker  GIWO / /  
  Williamson's Sapsucker  WISA5 / 15 7 / 15 
  Red-naped Sapsucker  RNSA5 / 15 7 / 15 
  American Three-toed Woodpecker  ATTW / /  
  Downy Woodpecker  DOWO / /  
  Ladder-backed Woodpecker  LBWO5 / 1 6 / 30 
  Hairy Woodpecker  HAWO5 / 15 7 / 15 
  (unid. Red/Yellow Shafted) Northern Flicker  UNFL5 / 1 7 / 15 
  (Yellow-shafted Flicker) Northern Flicker  YSFL5 / 1 7 / 15 
  (Red-shafted Flicker) Northern Flicker  RSFL5 / 1 7 / 15 
ORDER: PASSERIFORMES
FAMILY: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)
  Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet  NOBT / /  
  Dusky-capped Flycatcher  DCFL / /  
  Ash-throated Flycatcher  ATFL5 / 15 7 / 15 
  Brown-crested Flycatcher  BCFL / /  
  Cassin's Kingbird  CAKI5 / 15 7 / 15 
  Thick-billed Kingbird  TBKI / /  
  Western Kingbird  WEKI5 / 15 7 / 15 
  Eastern Kingbird  EAKI / /  
  Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  STFL / /  
  Olive-sided Flycatcher  OSFL / /  
  Greater Pewee  GRPE / /  
  Western Wood-Pewee  WEWP6 / 1 6 / 30 
  Willow Flycatcher  WIFL / /  
  Hammond's Flycatcher  HAFL / /  
  Gray Flycatcher  GRFL / /  
  Dusky Flycatcher  DUFL / /  
  Cordilleran Flycatcher  COFL6 / 15 7 / 15 
  Black Phoebe  BLPH5 / 1 6 / 30 
  Say's Phoebe  SAPH5 / 1 6 / 30 
  Vermilion Flycatcher  VEFL5 / 15 6 / 15 
FAMILY: Vireonidae (Vireos)
  White-eyed Vireo  WEVI / /  
  Bell's Vireo  BEVI / /  
  Gray Vireo  GRVI / /  
  Hutton's Vireo  HUVI / /  
  Plumbeous Vireo  PLVI6 / 1 6 / 30 
  Warbling Vireo  WAVI6 / 1 6 / 30 
  Red-eyed Vireo  REVI / /  
FAMILY: Laniidae (Shrikes)
  Loggerhead Shrike  LOSH / /  
FAMILY: Corvidae (Crows and Jays)
  Canada Jay  CAJA / /  
  Pinyon Jay  PIJA / /  
  Steller's Jay  STJA5 / 15 7 / 15 
  Blue Jay  BLJA / /  
  unid. California Scrub-Jay / Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay  WESJ5 / 15 6 / 15 
  Mexican Jay  MEJA / /  
  Clark's Nutcracker  CLNU / /  
  Black-billed Magpie  BBMA5 / 1 6 / 15 
  American Crow  AMCR / /  
  Chihuahuan Raven  CHRA5 / 15 6 / 30 
  Common Raven  CORA5 / 15 6 / 30 
FAMILY: Remizidae (Verdin and Penduline Tits)
  Verdin  VERD6 / 1 6 / 30 
FAMILY: Paridae (Chickadees and Titmice)
  Black-capped Chickadee  BCCH / /  
  Mountain Chickadee  MOCH6 / 1 7 / 15 
  Bridled Titmouse  BRTI / /  
  Juniper Titmouse  JUTI5 / 15 6 / 15 
FAMILY: Alaudidae (Larks)
  Horned Lark  HOLA5 / 1 6 / 15 
FAMILY: Hirundinidae (Swallows)
  Tree Swallow  TRES / /  
  Violet-green Swallow  VGSW6 / 1 6 / 30 
  Northern Rough-winged Swallow  NRWS / /  
  Purple Martin  PUMA5 / 15 6 / 15 
  Barn Swallow  BARS5 / 15 7 / 15 
  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)
  Cedar Waxwing  CEDW / /  
FAMILY: Ptilogonatidae (Silky-flycatchers)
  Phainopepla  PHAI / /  
FAMILY: Sittidae (Nuthatches)
  Red-breasted Nuthatch  RBNU / /  
  White-breasted Nuthatch  WBNU5 / 15 6 / 15 
  Pygmy Nuthatch  PYNU5 / 15 6 / 15 
FAMILY: Certhiidae (Creepers)
  Brown Creeper  BRCR / /  
FAMILY: Sylviidae (Gnatcatchers and Old World Warblers)
  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  BGGN5 / 15 6 / 30 
  Black-tailed Gnatcatcher  BTGN / /  
FAMILY: Troglodytidae (Wrens)
  Rock Wren  ROWR5 / 15 6 / 30 
  Canyon Wren  CANW6 / 1 6 / 30 
  Cactus Wren  CACW5 / 1 6 / 30 
  Bewick's Wren  BEWR5 / 15 7 / 15 
  House Wren  HOWR6 / 1 7 / 15 
FAMILY: Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers)
  Gray Catbird  GRCA / /  
  Curve-billed Thrasher  CBTH5 / 1 6 / 30 
  Bendire's Thrasher  BETH / /  
  Crissal Thrasher  CRTH / /  
  Sage Thrasher  SATH / /  
  Northern Mockingbird  NOMO5 / 15 7 / 15 
FAMILY: Sturnidae (Starlings)
  European Starling  EUST5 / 1 6 / 15 
FAMILY: Cinclidae (Dippers)
  American Dipper  AMDI5 / 1 7 / 15 
FAMILY: Turdidae (Thrushes)
  Eastern Bluebird  EABL / /  
  Western Bluebird  WEBL5 / 15 7 / 15 
  Mountain Bluebird  MOBL5 / 1 6 / 15 
  Townsend's Solitaire  TOSO / /  
  Hermit Thrush  HETH6 / 1 7 / 15 
  Wood Thrush  WOTH / /  
  American Robin  AMRO5 / 15 7 / 15 
  Varied Thrush  VATH / /  
FAMILY: Peucedramidae (Olive Warbler)
  Olive Warbler  OLWA / /  
FAMILY: Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)
  House Sparrow  HOSP4 / 1 7 / 15 
FAMILY: Motacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits)
  American Pipit  AMPI / /  
FAMILY: Fringillidae (Fringilline and Cardueline Finches)
  Evening Grosbeak  EVGR6 / 15 7 / 15 
  Pine Grosbeak  PIGR / /  
  House Finch  HOFI5 / 15 6 / 15 
  Cassin's Finch  CAFI / /  
  Red Crossbill  RECR / /  
  Pine Siskin  PISI6 / 15 7 / 15 
  Lesser Goldfinch  LEGO6 / 15 7 / 15 
  American Goldfinch  AMGO / /  
FAMILY: Emberizidae (Emberizids)
  Cassin's Sparrow  CASP / /  
  Grasshopper Sparrow  GRSP / /  
  Black-throated Sparrow  BTSP5 / 1 7 / 15 
  Lark Sparrow  LASP5 / 15 6 / 30 
  Lark Bunting  LARB / /  
  Chipping Sparrow  CHSP6 / 1 6 / 30 
  Black-chinned Sparrow  BCSP / /  
  Field Sparrow  FISP / /  
  Brewer's Sparrow  BRSP / /  
  (Oregon Junco) Dark-eyed Junco  ORJU / /  
  (Pink-sided Junco) Dark-eyed Junco  PSJU / /  
  (Gray-headed Junco) Dark-eyed Junco  GHJU / /  
  (unid. race) Dark-eyed Junco  UDEJ / /  
  Yellow-eyed Junco  YEJU / /  
  White-crowned Sparrow  WCSP / /  
  White-throated Sparrow  WTSP / /  
  unid. Sagebrush Sparrow / Bell's Sparrow  USBS / /  
  Vesper Sparrow  VESP / /  
  Savannah Sparrow  SAVS / /  
  Song Sparrow  SOSP / /  
  Lincoln's Sparrow  LISP / /  
  Canyon Towhee  CANT6 / 1 6 / 30 
  Abert's Towhee  ABTO / /  
  Rufous-crowned Sparrow  RCSP / /  
  Green-tailed Towhee  GTTO6 / 15 7 / 15 
  Spotted Towhee  SPTO6 / 1 7 / 15 
FAMILY: Parulidae (Wood-warblers)
  Yellow-breasted Chat  YBCH6 / 1 7 / 15 
FAMILY: Icteridae (Blackbirds and Orioles)
  Yellow-headed Blackbird  YHBL5 / 15 6 / 15 
  Bobolink  BOBO / /  
  Eastern Meadowlark  EAME / /  
  Western Meadowlark  WEME / /  
  Orchard Oriole  OROR / /  
  Hooded Oriole  HOOR / /  
  Bullock's Oriole  BUOR6 / 1 7 / 15 
  Scott's Oriole  SCOR6 / 1 7 / 15 
  Red-winged Blackbird  RWBL5 / 15 6 / 30 
  Bronzed Cowbird  BROC / /  
  Brown-headed Cowbird  BHCO6 / 1 6 / 30 
  Brewer's Blackbird  BRBL5 / 15 6 / 15 
  Common Grackle  COGR5 / 15 6 / 30 
  Great-tailed Grackle  GTGR5 / 15 6 / 30 
FAMILY: Parulidae (Wood-warblers)
  Orange-crowned Warbler  OCWA / /  
  Lucy's Warbler  LUWA / /  
  Nashville Warbler  NAWA / /  
  Virginia's Warbler  VIWA6 / 1 6 / 30 
  MacGillivray's Warbler  MGWA / /  
  Mourning Warbler  MOWA / /  
  Common Yellowthroat  COYE / /  
  Yellow Warbler  YEWA6 / 1 6 / 30 
  Chestnut-sided Warbler  CSWA / /  
  (Myrtle Warbler) Yellow-rumped Warbler  MYWA / /  
  (Audubon's Warbler) Yellow-rumped Warbler  AUWA / /  
  (unid. Myrtle/Audubon's) Yellow-rumped Warbler  UYRW / /  
  Grace's Warbler  GRWA / /  
  Black-throated Gray Warbler  BTYW / /  
  Townsend's Warbler  TOWA / /  
  Wilson's Warbler  WIWA / /  
  Red-faced Warbler  RFWA / /  
  Painted Redstart  PARE / /  
FAMILY: Thraupidae (Tanagers)
  Hepatic Tanager  HETA / /  
  Summer Tanager  SUTA / /  
  Western Tanager  WETA6 / 1 7 / 15 
FAMILY: Cardinalidae (Cardinals, Saltators, and Allies)
  Northern Cardinal  NOCA / /  
  Pyrrhuloxia  PYRR / /  
  Rose-breasted Grosbeak  RBGR / /  
  Black-headed Grosbeak  BHGR6 / 1 7 / 15 
  Blue Grosbeak  BLGR6 / 1 7 / 15 
  Lazuli Bunting  LAZB / /  
  Indigo Bunting  INBU / /  
  Varied Bunting  VABU / /  
  Dickcissel  DICK / /  
FAMILY: Fringillidae (Fringilline and Cardueline Finches)
  Lesser Goldfinch (Black-backed Lesser Goldfinch)  BBLG6 / 15 7 / 15 
  Lesser Goldfinch (Green-backed Lesser Goldfinch)  GBLG6 / 15 7 / 15 
 
* 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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