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Arkansas wildlife

Birds of Arkansas, with their seasons and habitats.

Type
Season
Habitat
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255 birds

  1. Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescensSummer
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  2. Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumMigratory
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  3. American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusMigratory
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  4. American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter
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  5. American CootFulica americanaWinter
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  6. American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosYear-round
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  7. American GoldfinchCarduelis tristisYear-round
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  8. American KestrelFalco sparveriusYear-round
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  9. American PipitAnthus rubescensWinter and migratory
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  10. American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer
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  11. American RobinTurdus migratoriusYear-round. 72 fruit and seed plants
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  12. American Tree SparrowSpizella arboreaWinter
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  13. American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchosWinter
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  14. American WigeonAnas americanaWinter and migratory
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  15. American WoodcockScolopax minorYear-round
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  16. AnhingaAnhinga anhingaSummer
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  17. Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalisYear-round
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  18. Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusYear-round
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  19. Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer and migratory
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  20. Bank SwallowRiparia ripariaSummer and migratory
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  21. Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer
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  22. Barred OwlStrix variaYear-round
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  23. Bay-breasted WarblerDendroica castaneaMigratory
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  24. Bell's VireoVireo belliiSummer
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  25. Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonYear-round
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  26. Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickiiYear-round
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  27. Black TernChlidonias nigerMigratory
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  28. Black VultureCoragyps atratusYear-round
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  29. Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta variaSummer and migratory
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  30. Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalisSummer
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  31. Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer and migratory
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  32. Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxYear-round
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  33. Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanusMigratory
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  34. Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virensSummer and migratory
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  35. Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fuscaMigratory
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  36. Blackpoll WarblerDendroica striataMigratory
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  37. Blue GrosbeakPasserina caeruleaSummer
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  38. Blue JayCyanocitta cristataYear-round
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  39. Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaSummer
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  40. Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter and migratory
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  41. Blue-winged TealAnas discorsWinter and migratory
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  42. Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinusSummer and migratory
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  43. BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusMigratory
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  44. Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter and migratory
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  45. Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusWinter and migratory
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  46. Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer
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  47. Brown CreeperCerthia americanaYear-round
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  48. Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufumYear-round
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  49. Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus aterYear-round
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  50. Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusillaYear-round
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  51. BuffleheadBucephala albeolaWinter
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  52. Canada GooseBranta canadensisYear-round
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  53. Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensisMigratory
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  54. CanvasbackAythya valisineriaWinter
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  55. Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrinaMigratory
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  56. Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensisYear-round
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  57. Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusYear-round
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  58. Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiaMigratory
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  59. Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumYear-round. 48 fruit and seed plants
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  60. Cerulean WarblerDendroica ceruleaSummer and migratory
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  61. Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatusMigratory
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  62. Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanicaMigratory
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  63. Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaSummer
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  64. Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaYear-round
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  65. Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensisSummer
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  66. Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaMigratory
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  67. Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaSummer and migratory
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  68. Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter
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  69. Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaYear-round
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  70. Common Ground-doveColumbina passerinaYear-round
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  71. Common LoonGavia immerMigratory
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  72. Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter
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  73. Common NighthawkChordeiles minorSummer
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  74. Common TernSterna hirundoMigratory
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  75. Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer
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  76. Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilisMigratory
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  77. Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperiiYear-round
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  78. Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisWinter
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  79. DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer
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  80. Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritusYear-round and migratory
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  81. Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescensYear-round
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  82. DunlinCalidris alpinaMigratory
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  83. Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollisMigratory
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  84. Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisYear-round. 29 fruit and seed plants
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  85. Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannusSummer
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  86. Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebeYear-round
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  87. Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioYear-round
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  88. Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmusYear-round
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  89. Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virensSummer
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  90. Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaoctoYear-round
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  91. European StarlingSturnus vulgarisYear-round
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  92. Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinusWinter
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  93. Field SparrowSpizella pusillaYear-round
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  94. Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusYear-round
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  95. Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter and migratory
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  96. Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter
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  97. Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanMigratory
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  98. GadwallAnas streperaWinter
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  99. Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter
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  100. Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapaWinter
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  101. Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraMigratory
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  102. Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarumYear-round
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  103. Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer
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  104. Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasYear-round
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  105. Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer
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  106. Great EgretArdea albaYear-round and migratory
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  107. Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusYear-round
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  108. Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanusYear-round
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  109. Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusYear-round
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  110. Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsMigratory
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  111. Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaMigratory
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  112. Green HeronButorides virescensSummer
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  113. Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosusYear-round
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  114. Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querulaWinter
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  115. Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowiiYear-round
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  116. Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter
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  117. Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusYear-round
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  118. Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrinaSummer
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  119. Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter and migratory
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  120. Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisYear-round
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  121. House FinchCarpodacus mexicanusYear-round
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  122. House SparrowPasser domesticusYear-round
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  123. Indigo BuntingPasserina cyaneaSummer
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  124. Interior Least TernSternula antillarum athalassosSummer
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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. Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteiiWinter
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  131. Least BitternIxobrychus exilisSummer
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  132. Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusMigratory
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  133. Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter and migratory
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  134. Least TernSternula antillarumSummer and migratory
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  135. Lesser ScaupAythya affinisWinter
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  136. Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter and migratory
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  137. Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter
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  138. Little Blue HeronEgretta caeruleaSummer and migratory
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  139. Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusYear-round
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  140. Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter
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  141. Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacillaSummer
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  142. Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnoliaMigratory
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  143. MallardAnas platyrhynchosYear-round
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  144. Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisMigratory
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  145. MerlinFalco columbariusMigratory
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  146. Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensisSummer
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  147. Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraYear-round
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  148. Mourning WarblerOporornis philadelphiaMigratory
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  149. Nashville WarblerVermivora ruficapillaMigratory
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  150. Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoniMigratory
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  151. Neotropic CormorantPhalacrocorax brasilianusSummer
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  152. Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianusYear-round
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  153. Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisYear-round. 19 fruit and seed plants
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  154. Northern FlickerColaptes auratusYear-round
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  155. Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosYear-round
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  156. Northern ParulaParula americanaSummer
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  157. Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter
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  158. Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennisSummer
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  159. Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter
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  160. Northern ShovelerAnas clypeataWinter and migratory
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  161. Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensisMigratory
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  162. Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celataWinter and migratory
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  163. Orchard OrioleIcterus spuriusSummer
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  164. OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer and migratory
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  165. OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer and migratory
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  166. Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer
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  167. Palm WarblerDendroica palmarumMigratory
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  168. Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusMigratory
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  169. Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsYear-round
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  170. Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusYear-round
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  171. Pine SiskinCarduelis pinusWinter
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  172. Pine WarblerDendroica pinusYear-round
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  173. Prairie WarblerDendroica discolorSummer and migratory
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  174. Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer
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  175. Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureusWinter
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  176. Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicaSummer
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  177. Purple MartinProgne subisSummer
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  178. Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter
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  179. Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusYear-round
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  180. Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorMigratory
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  181. Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisWinter
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  182. Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealisYear-round
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  183. Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusYear-round
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  184. Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusYear-round
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  185. Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisYear-round
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  186. Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusYear-round
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  187. RedheadAythya americanaWinter
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  188. Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter
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  189. Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisWinter and migratory
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  190. Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicusYear-round
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  191. Rock PigeonColumba liviaYear-round
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  192. Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusMigratory
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  193. Ross's GooseChen rossiiMigratory
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  194. Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter
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  195. Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendulaWinter
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  196. Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer
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  197. Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter and migratory
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  198. Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusYear-round
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  199. Rufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficepsYear-round
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  200. Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusWinter
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  201. SanderlingCalidris albaMigratory
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  202. Sandhill CraneGrus canadensisMigratory
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  203. Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisWinter and migratory
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  204. Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer and migratory
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  205. Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer
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  206. Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusMigratory
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  207. Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter
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  208. Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter
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  209. Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictusWinter
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  210. Snow GooseChen caerulescensWinter
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  211. Snowy EgretEgretta thulaSummer and migratory
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  212. Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter
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  213. Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaMigratory
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  214. Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaYear-round
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  215. SoraPorzana carolinaMigratory
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  216. Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusSummer and migratory
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  217. Spotted TowheePipilo maculatusWinter
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  218. Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueiiWinter and migratory
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  219. Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusMigratory
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  220. Summer TanagerPiranga rubraSummer
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  221. Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusMigratory
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  222. Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsoniiSummer
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  223. Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter
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  224. Tennessee WarblerVermivora peregrinaMigratory
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  225. Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorSummer and migratory
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  226. Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorYear-round
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  227. Turkey VultureCathartes auraYear-round
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  228. Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaMigratory
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  229. VeeryCatharus fuscescensMigratory
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  230. Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter and migratory
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  231. Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter
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  232. Western SandpiperCalidris mauriMigratory
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  233. White IbisEudocimus albusYear-round
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  234. White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisYear-round
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  235. White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter
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  236. White-eyed VireoVireo griseusSummer
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  237. White-faced IbisPlegadis chihiMigratory
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  238. White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisWinter
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  239. Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoYear-round
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  240. Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer and migratory
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  241. Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorMigratory
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  242. Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicataWinter
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  243. Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusillaMigratory
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  244. Wood DuckAix sponsaYear-round
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  245. Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelinaSummer. 20 fruit and seed plants
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  246. Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorumSummer and migratory
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  247. Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisMigratory
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  248. Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter
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  249. Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusSummer
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  250. Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virensSummer
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  251. Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violaceaSummer
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  252. Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalusMigratory
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  253. Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronataWinter
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  254. Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifronsSummer
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  255. Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominicaSummer
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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.