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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 / /  
  Mottled Duck  MODU / /  
  Hooded Merganser  HOME / /  
  Ruddy Duck  RUDU / /  
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 / /  
ORDER: PODICIPEDIFORMES
FAMILY: Podicipedidae (Grebes)
  Pied-billed Grebe  PBGR / /  
ORDER: PELECANIFORMES
FAMILY: Anhingidae (Anhingas)
  Anhinga  ANHI / /  
FAMILY: Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)
  Double-crested Cormorant  DCCO / /  
FAMILY: Pelecanidae (Pelicans)
  Brown Pelican  BRPE / /  
ORDER: CICONIIFORMES
FAMILY: Ciconiidae (Storks and Allies)
  Wood Stork  WOST / /  
FAMILY: Ardeidae (Herons, Bitterns, and allies)
  Least Bittern  LEBI / /  
  Great Blue Heron  GBHE / /  
  Great Egret  GREG / /  
  Snowy Egret  SNEG / /  
  Little Blue Heron  LBHE / /  
  Tricolored Heron  TRHE / /  
  Cattle Egret  CAEG / /  
  Green Heron  GRHE / /  
  Black-crowned Night-Heron  BCNH / /  
  Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  YCNH / /  
FAMILY: Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills)
  White Ibis  WHIB / /  
  Glossy Ibis  GLIB / /  
FAMILY: Cathartidae (New World Vultures)
  Black Vulture  BLVU / /  
  Turkey Vulture  TUVU / /  
ORDER: FALCONIFORMES
FAMILY: Accipitridae (Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies)
  Osprey  OSPR / /  
  Swallow-tailed Kite  STKI / /  
  Sharp-shinned Hawk  SSHA / /  
  Cooper's Hawk  COHA / /  
  Bald Eagle  BAEA / /  
  Mississippi Kite  MIKI / /  
  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 / /  
  Clapper Rail  CLRA / /  
  Common Gallinule  COGA / /  
  American Coot  AMCO / /  
  Purple Gallinule  PUGA / /  
  Black Rail  BLRA / /  
ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES
FAMILY: Recurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets)
  Black-necked Stilt  BNST / /  
FAMILY: Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers)
  American Oystercatcher  AMOY / /  
FAMILY: Charadriidae (Lapwings and Plovers)
  Killdeer  KILL / /  
  Wilson's Plover  WIPL / /  
FAMILY: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies)
  American Woodcock  AMWO / /  
  Spotted Sandpiper  SPSA / /  
  Willet  WILL / /  
FAMILY: Laridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
  Laughing Gull  LAGU / /  
  Least Tern  LETE / /  
  Gull-billed Tern  GBTE / /  
  Caspian Tern  CATE / /  
  Roseate Tern  ROST / /  
  Common Tern  COTE / /  
  Forster's Tern  FOTE / /  
  Sandwich Tern  SATE / /  
  Black Skimmer  BLSK / /  
ORDER: COLUMBIFORMES
FAMILY: Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves)
  Rock Pigeon  ROPI / /  
  African Collared-Dove (a.k.a. Ringed Turtle-Dove)  AFCD / /  
  Common Ground Dove  CGDO / /  
  Mourning Dove  MODO / /  
ORDER: PSITTACIFORMES
FAMILY: Psittacidae (Lories, Parakeets, Macaws, and Parrots)
  Monk Parakeet  MOPA / /  
ORDER: CUCULIFORMES
FAMILY: Cuculidae (Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis)
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo  YBCU / /  
ORDER: STRIGIFORMES
FAMILY: Tytonidae (Barn Owls)
  Barn Owl  BANO / /  
FAMILY: Strigidae (Typical Owls)
  Eastern Screech-Owl  EASO / /  
  Great Horned Owl  GHOW / /  
  Barred Owl  BADO / /  
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 / /  
  Downy Woodpecker  DOWO / /  
  Red-cockaded Woodpecker  RCWO / /  
  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 / /  
  Gray Kingbird  GRAK / /  
  Eastern Wood-Pewee  EAWP / /  
  Acadian Flycatcher  ACFL / /  
  Willow Flycatcher  WIFL / /  
  Eastern Phoebe  EAPH / /  
FAMILY: Vireonidae (Vireos)
  White-eyed Vireo  WEVI / /  
  Yellow-throated Vireo  YTVI / /  
  Blue-headed Vireo  BHVI / /  
  Philadelphia Vireo  PHVI / /  
  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 / /  
  Tufted Titmouse  TUTI / /  
FAMILY: Alaudidae (Larks)
  Horned Lark  HOLA / /  
FAMILY: Hirundinidae (Swallows)
  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 / /  
  Brown-headed Nuthatch  BHNU / /  
FAMILY: Sylviidae (Gnatcatchers and Old World Warblers)
  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  BGGN / /  
FAMILY: Troglodytidae (Wrens)
  Carolina Wren  CARW / /  
  House Wren  HOWR / /  
  Marsh Wren  MAWR / /  
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 / /  
  Wood Thrush  WOTH / /  
  American Robin  AMRO / /  
FAMILY: Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)
  House Sparrow  HOSP / /  
FAMILY: Fringillidae (Fringilline and Cardueline Finches)
  House Finch  HOFI / /  
  Red Crossbill  RECR / /  
  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 / /  
  Seaside Sparrow  SESP / /  
  Song Sparrow  SOSP / /  
  Eastern Towhee  EATO / /  
FAMILY: Parulidae (Wood-warblers)
  Yellow-breasted Chat  YBCH / /  
FAMILY: Icteridae (Blackbirds and Orioles)
  Eastern Meadowlark  EAME / /  
  Orchard Oriole  OROR / /  
  Baltimore Oriole  BAOR / /  
  Red-winged Blackbird  RWBL / /  
  Brown-headed Cowbird  BHCO / /  
  Common Grackle  COGR / /  
  Boat-tailed Grackle  BTGR / /  
FAMILY: Parulidae (Wood-warblers)
  Ovenbird  OVEN / /  
  Worm-eating Warbler  WEWA / /  
  Louisiana Waterthrush  LOWA / /  
  Black-and-white Warbler  BAWW / /  
  Prothonotary Warbler  PROW / /  
  Swainson's Warbler  SWWA / /  
  Kentucky Warbler  KEWA / /  
  Common Yellowthroat  COYE / /  
  Hooded Warbler  HOWA / /  
  American Redstart  AMRE / /  
  Cerulean Warbler  CERW / /  
  Northern Parula  NOPA / /  
  Yellow Warbler  YEWA / /  
  Chestnut-sided Warbler  CSWA / /  
  Black-throated Blue Warbler  BTBW / /  
  Pine Warbler  PIWA / /  
  Yellow-throated Warbler  YTWA / /  
  Prairie Warbler  PRAW / /  
  Black-throated Green Warbler  BTNW / /  
FAMILY: Thraupidae (Tanagers)
  Summer Tanager  SUTA / /  
  Scarlet Tanager  SCTA / /  
FAMILY: Cardinalidae (Cardinals, Saltators, and Allies)
  Northern Cardinal  NOCA / /  
  Blue Grosbeak  BLGR / /  
  Indigo Bunting  INBU / /  
  Painted Bunting  PABU / /  
  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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