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Alabama wildlife

Birds of Alabama, with their seasons and habitats.

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269 birds

  1. Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescensSummer
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  2. Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumMigratory
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  3. American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaMigratory
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  4. American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter and migratory
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  5. American Black DuckAnas rubripesYear-round
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  6. American CootFulica americanaYear-round
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  7. American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosYear-round
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  8. American GoldfinchCarduelis tristisYear-round
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  9. American KestrelFalco sparveriusYear-round
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  10. American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatusYear-round
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  11. American PipitAnthus rubescensWinter and migratory
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  12. American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer and migratory
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  13. American RobinTurdus migratoriusYear-round. 72 fruit and seed plants
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  14. American Tree SparrowSpizella arboreaWinter
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  15. American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchosWinter and migratory
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  16. American WigeonAnas americanaWinter
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  17. American WoodcockScolopax minorYear-round
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  18. AnhingaAnhinga anhingaYear-round
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  19. Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalisYear-round
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  20. Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusYear-round
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  21. Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaYear-round and migratory
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  22. Bank SwallowRiparia ripariaMigratory
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  23. Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer
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  24. Barred OwlStrix variaYear-round
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  25. Bay-breasted WarblerDendroica castaneaMigratory
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  26. Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonYear-round
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  27. Black SkimmerRynchops nigerYear-round
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  28. Black TernChlidonias nigerMigratory
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  29. Black VultureCoragyps atratusYear-round
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  30. Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta variaYear-round and migratory
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  31. Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter
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  32. Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusMigratory
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  33. Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxYear-round
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  34. Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanusSummer
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  35. Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescensMigratory
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  36. Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virensSummer and migratory
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  37. Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fuscaMigratory
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  38. Blackpoll WarblerDendroica striataMigratory
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  39. Blue GrosbeakPasserina caeruleaSummer
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  40. Blue JayCyanocitta cristataYear-round
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  41. Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaYear-round
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  42. Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusYear-round and migratory
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  43. Blue-winged TealAnas discorsWinter and migratory
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  44. Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinusSummer and migratory
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  45. Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus majorYear-round
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  46. BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusMigratory
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  47. Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter
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  48. Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusWinter and migratory
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  49. Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer
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  50. Brown CreeperCerthia americanaWinter
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  51. Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalisYear-round
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  52. Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufumYear-round
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  53. Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus aterYear-round
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  54. Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusillaYear-round
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  55. Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensisWinter
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  56. BuffleheadBucephala albeolaWinter
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  57. Canada GooseBranta canadensisYear-round
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  58. Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensisMigratory
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  59. CanvasbackAythya valisineriaWinter and migratory
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  60. Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrinaMigratory
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  61. Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensisYear-round
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  62. Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusYear-round
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  63. Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiaSummer and migratory
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  64. Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumYear-round. 45 fruit and seed plants
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  65. Cerulean WarblerDendroica ceruleaSummer and migratory
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  66. Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanicaMigratory
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  67. Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaSummer
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  68. Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaYear-round
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  69. Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensisSummer
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  70. Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaSummer and migratory
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  71. Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter
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  72. Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaYear-round
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  73. Common Ground-doveColumbina passerinaYear-round
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  74. Common LoonGavia immerWinter and migratory
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  75. Common NighthawkChordeiles minorSummer
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  76. Common TernSterna hirundoWinter and migratory
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  77. Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasYear-round
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  78. Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilisMigratory
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  79. Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperiiYear-round
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  80. Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisWinter
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  81. DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer and migratory
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  82. Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritusWinter and migratory
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  83. Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescensYear-round
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  84. DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter and migratory
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  85. Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisYear-round. 32 fruit and seed plants
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  86. Eastern Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis carolinensisYear-round
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  87. Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannusSummer
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  88. Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebeYear-round
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  89. Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioYear-round
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  90. Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmusYear-round
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  91. Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virensSummer
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  92. Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaoctoYear-round
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  93. Eurasian WigeonAnas penelopeWinter
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  94. European StarlingSturnus vulgarisYear-round
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  95. Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinusWinter
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  96. Field SparrowSpizella pusillaYear-round
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  97. Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusYear-round
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  98. Forster's TernSterna forsteriYear-round and migratory
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  99. Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter
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  100. GadwallAnas streperaWinter
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  101. Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
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  102. Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapaWinter
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  103. Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraMigratory
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  104. Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarumYear-round
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  105. Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisYear-round
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  106. Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensisSummer
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  107. Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasYear-round
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  108. Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer
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  109. Great EgretArdea albaYear-round and migratory
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  110. Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusYear-round
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  111. Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter and migratory
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  112. Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter and migratory
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  113. Green HeronButorides virescensYear-round
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  114. Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaYear-round
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  115. Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosusYear-round
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  116. Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowiiWinter
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  117. Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter
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  118. Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusYear-round
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  119. Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrinaSummer
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  120. Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter
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  121. Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisYear-round
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  122. House FinchCarpodacus mexicanusYear-round
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  123. House SparrowPasser domesticusYear-round
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  124. Indigo BuntingPasserina cyaneaSummer
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  125. Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosusSummer
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  126. KilldeerCharadrius vociferusYear-round
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  127. King RailRallus elegansYear-round
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  128. Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter
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  129. Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer
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  130. Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricillaYear-round
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  131. Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteiiWinter and migratory
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  132. Least BitternIxobrychus exilisSummer
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  133. Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusMigratory
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  134. Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter
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  135. Least TernSternula antillarumSummer
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  136. Lesser ScaupAythya affinisWinter
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  137. Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter and migratory
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  138. Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter and migratory
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  139. Little Blue HeronEgretta caeruleaYear-round and migratory
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  140. Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter
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  141. Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusYear-round
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  142. Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter
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  143. Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter
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  144. Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacillaSummer
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  145. Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnoliaMigratory
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  146. MallardAnas platyrhynchosYear-round
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  147. Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter
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  148. Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisYear-round and migratory
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  149. MerlinFalco columbariusWinter and migratory
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  150. Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensisSummer
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  151. Mottled DuckAnas fulvigulaYear-round
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  152. Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraYear-round
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  153. Mourning WarblerOporornis philadelphiaMigratory
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  154. Nashville WarblerVermivora ruficapillaMigratory
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  155. Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoniWinter
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  156. Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianusYear-round
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  157. Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisYear-round. 18 fruit and seed plants
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  158. Northern FlickerColaptes auratusYear-round
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  159. Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosYear-round
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  160. Northern ParulaParula americanaSummer
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  161. Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter and migratory
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  162. Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennisYear-round
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  163. Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter
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  164. Northern ShovelerAnas clypeataWinter and migratory
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  165. Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensisMigratory
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  166. Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celataWinter and migratory
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  167. Orchard OrioleIcterus spuriusSummer
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  168. OspreyPandion haliaetusYear-round
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  169. OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer and migratory
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  170. Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer
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  171. Palm WarblerDendroica palmarumWinter and migratory
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  172. Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter
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  173. Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusMigratory
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  174. Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsYear-round
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  175. Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusYear-round
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  176. Pine SiskinCarduelis pinusWinter
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  177. Pine WarblerDendroica pinusYear-round
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  178. Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter
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  179. Prairie WarblerDendroica discolorSummer
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  180. Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer
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  181. Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureusWinter
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  182. Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicaSummer
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  183. Purple MartinProgne subisSummer
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  184. Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraYear-round
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  185. Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter
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  186. Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusYear-round
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  187. Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter and migratory
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  188. Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisWinter
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  189. Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealisYear-round
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  190. Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusYear-round
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  191. Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusYear-round
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  192. Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisYear-round
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  193. Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusYear-round
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  194. Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensYear-round and migratory
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  195. RedheadAythya americanaWinter
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  196. Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter and migratory
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  197. Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisWinter
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  198. Rock PigeonColumba liviaYear-round
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  199. Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusMigratory
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  200. Royal TernThalasseus maximusYear-round
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  201. Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendulaWinter
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  202. Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer
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  203. Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter and migratory
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  204. Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter
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  205. Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusYear-round
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  206. Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufusWinter
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  207. Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusWinter
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  208. SanderlingCalidris albaWinter
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  209. Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisYear-round
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  210. Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisWinter
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  211. Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer and migratory
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  212. Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimusYear-round
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  213. Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter and migratory
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  214. Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusYear-round
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  215. Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter
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  216. Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter
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  217. Snow GooseChen caerulescensWinter
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  218. Snowy EgretEgretta thulaYear-round and migratory
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  219. Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosusYear-round
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  220. Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaMigratory
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  221. Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaYear-round
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  222. SoraPorzana carolinaWinter and migratory
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  223. Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusWinter and migratory
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  224. Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusMigratory
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  225. Summer TanagerPiranga rubraSummer
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  226. Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter
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  227. Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusMigratory
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  228. Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsoniiSummer
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  229. Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatusSummer
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  230. Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter
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  231. Tennessee WarblerVermivora peregrinaMigratory
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  232. Thayer's GullLarus thayeriWinter
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  233. Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorYear-round and migratory
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  234. Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolorYear-round
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  235. Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorYear-round
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  236. Turkey VultureCathartes auraYear-round
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  237. Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaMigratory
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  238. VeeryCatharus fuscescensMigratory
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  239. Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter
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  240. Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter
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  241. Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter
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  242. Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter and migratory
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  243. Western Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus nivosusWinter
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  244. White IbisEudocimus albusYear-round
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  245. White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisYear-round
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  246. White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter
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  247. White-eyed VireoVireo griseusYear-round
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  248. White-faced IbisPlegadis chihiYear-round
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  249. White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisWinter
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  250. White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaWinter
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  251. Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoYear-round
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  252. WilletTringa semipalmataYear-round
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  253. Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer and migratory
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  254. Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsoniaSummer
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  255. Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicataWinter
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  256. Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusillaMigratory
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  257. Wood DuckAix sponsaYear-round
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  258. Wood StorkMycteria americanaWinter
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  259. Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelinaSummer. 29 fruit and seed plants
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  260. Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorumSummer and migratory
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  261. Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensisWinter
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  262. Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisMigratory
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  263. Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter
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  264. Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusSummer
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  265. Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virensSummer
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  266. Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violaceaYear-round and migratory
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  267. Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronataWinter
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  268. Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifronsSummer
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  269. Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominicaYear-round
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Seasons and counties: known range in the USGS range maps (2001), not sighting records. Summer and winter include year-round birds.