Species List of North-Central B.C. Birds

• Common Loon
• Red-throated Loon
• Pacific Loon
• Yellow-billed Loon

GREBES

• Pied-billed Grebe
• Horned Grebe
• Red-necked Grebe
• Eared Grebe
• Western Grebe

PELICANS

• Am. White Pelican

CORMORANTS

• Double-crested Cormorant

BITTERNS & HERONS

• American Bittern
• Great Blue Heron
• Cattle Egret
• Great Egret

CRANES

• Sandhill Crane

SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS

• Trumpeter Swan
• Tundra Swan
• Canada Goose
• Greater White-fronted Goose
• Snow Goose
• Ross's Goose
• Wood Duck
• Mallard
• Gadwall
• American Wigeon
• Eurasian Wigeon
• Cinnamon Teal
• Green-winged Teal
• Blue-winged Teal
• Northern Shoveler
• Northern Pintail
• Canvasback
• Redhead
• Ring-necked Duck
• Ruddy Duck
• Greater Scaup
• Lesser Scaup
• Common Eider
• Surf Scoter
• White-winged Scoter
• Black Scoter
• Harlequin Duck
• Oldsquaw
• Common Goldeneye
• Barrow's Goldeneye
• Bufflehead
• Common Merganser
• Red-breasted Merganser
• Hooded Merganser

RAILS & COOTS

• Virginia Rail
• Sora
• American Coot

PLOVERS

• Black-bellied Plover
• American Golden-Plover
• Pacific Golden-Plover
• Semipalmated Plover
• Killdeer

SANDPIPERS

• Hudsonian Godwit
• Whimbrel
• Long-billed Curlew
• Willet
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Stilt Sandpiper
• Solitary Sandpiper
• Spotted Sandpiper
• Ruddy Turnstone
• Black Turnstone
• Red Knot
• Dunlin
• Sanderling
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Western Sandpiper
• Least Sandpiper
• White-rumped Sandpiper
• Baird's Sandpiper
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Upland Sandpiper
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper
• Short-billed Dowitcher
• Long-billed Dowitcher
• Common Snipe
• Wilson's Phalarope
• Red-necked Phalarope

JAEGERS, GULLS & TERNS

• Pomarine Jaeger (h)
• Parasitic Jaeger
• Long-tailed Jaeger
• Franklin's Gull
• Bonaparte's Gull
• Mew Gull
• Ring-billed Gull
• California Gull
• Herring Gull
• Thayer's Gull
• Glaucous Gull
• Sabine's Gull
• Ivory Gull (h)
• Caspian Tern
• Common Tern
• Arctic Tern
• Forster's Tern
• Black Tern

• Rock Dove
• Band-tailed Pigeon
• Mourning Dove

GROUSE

• Spruce Grouse
• Blue Grouse
• Willow Ptarmigan
• Rock Ptarmigan
• White-tailed Ptarmigan
• Ruffed Grouse
• Sharp-tailed Grouse

VULTURES

• Turkey Vulture

HAWKS & EAGLES

• Osprey
• Bald Eagle
• Golden Eagle
• Northern Harrier
• Northern Goshawk
• Cooper's Hawk
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Swainson's Hawk
• Rough-legged Hawk
• Broad-winged Hawk

FALCONS

• Prairie Falcon (h)
• Peregrine Falcon
• Merlin
• American Kestrel
• Gyrfalcon

OWLS

• Great Horned Owl
• Barred Owl
• Great Gray Owl
• Northern Saw-whet Owl
• Northern Pygmy-Owl
• Boreal Owl
• Northern Hawk Owl
• Snowy Owl
• Short-eared Owl
• Long-eared Owl

GOATSUCKERS

• Common Nighthawk

SWIFTS

• Black Swift
• Vaux's Swift

HUMMINGBIRDS

• Rufous Hummingbird
• Anna's Hummingbird
• Calliope Hummingbird

KINGFISHERS

• Belted Kingfisher

WOODPECKERS

• Pileated Woodpecker
• Northern Flicker
• Lewis's Woodpecker
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• Red-naped Sapsucker
• Red-breasted Sapsucker
• Downy Woodpecker
• Hairy Woodpecker
• Three-toed Woodpecker
• Black-backed Woodpecker

FLYCATCHERS

• Western Kingbird
• Eastern Kingbird
• Great Crested Flycatcher (h)
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (1)
• Olive-sided Flycatcher
• Western Wood-Pewee
• Eastern Phoebe
• Say's Phoebe
• Pacific-slope Flycatcher
• Hammond's Flycatcher
• Dusky Flycatcher
• Willow Flycatcher
• Alder Flycatcher
• Least Flycatcher
• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

LARKS

• Horned Lark

SWALLOWS

• Tree Swallow
• Violet-green Swallow
• N. Rough-winged Swallow
• Bank Swallow
• Cliff Swallow
• Barn Swallow

JAYS, MAGPIES & CROWS

• Gray Jay
• Steller's Jay
• Blue Jay
• Clark's Nutcracker
• American Crow
• Common Raven
• Black-billed Magpie

TITMICE

• Black-capped Chickadee
• Chestnut-backed Chickadee
• Mountain Chickadee
• Boreal Chickadee

NUTHATCHES

• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• White-breasted Nuthatch

• Brown Creeper

WRENS

• House Wren
• Winter Wren
• Marsh Wren

DIPPERS

• American Dipper

KINGLETS

• Golden-crowned Kinglet
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet

THRUSHES

• Western Bluebird (h)
• Mountain Bluebird
• Townsend's Solitaire
• Veery
• Swainson's Thrush
• Hermit Thrush
• American Robin
• Varied Thrush

MIMIDS

• Northern Mockingbird

PIPITS

• American Pipit

WAXWINGS

• Bohemian Waxwing
• Cedar Waxwing

SHRIKES

• Northern Shrike

STARLINGS

• European Starling

VIREOS

• Cassin's Vireo
• Warbling Vireo
• Red-eyed Vireo

WOOD-WARBLERS

• Tennessee Warbler
• Orange-crowned Warbler
• Yellow Warbler
• Chestnut-sided Warbler
• Magnolia Warbler
• Cape May Warbler
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Townsend's Warbler
• Palm Warbler
• Blackpoll Warbler
• Black-and-white Warbler
• American Redstart
• Ovenbird
• Northern Waterthrush
• MacGillivray's Warbler
• Common Yellowthroat
• Wilson's Warbler

TANAGERS & GROSBEAKS

• Western Tanager
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak
• Black-headed Grosbeak
• Lazuli Bunting

SPARROWS, JUNCOS & ALLIES

• Song Sparrow
• Fox Sparrow
• Savannah Sparrow
• Lincoln's Sparrow
• American Tree Sparrow
• Chipping Sparrow
• Clay-colored Sparrow
• Brewer's Sparrow
• Vesper Sparrow
• Lark Sparrow
• Le Conte's Sparrow
• Swamp Sparrow
• White-throated Sparrow
• Harris's Sparrow
• White-crowned Sparrow
• Golden-crowned Sparrow
• Dark-eyed Junco
• Lapland Longspur
• Snow Bunting

ICTERIDS

• Bobolink
• Western Meadowlark
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Yellow-headed Blackbird
• Rusty Blackbird
• Brewer's Blackbird
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Baltimore Oriole (h)

FINCHES & ALLIES

• House Finch
• Purple Finch
• Cassin's Finch
• Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
• Pine Grosbeak
• Common Redpoll
• Hoary Redpoll
• Red Crossbill
• White-winged Crossbill
• Pine Siskin
• American Goldfinch
• Evening Grosbeak
• Brambling
• House Sparrow

OTHERS:

TOTALS: 271
plus 6 hypotheticals