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Louisiana wildlife

Birds of Louisiana, with their seasons and habitats.

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301 birds

  1. Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescensSummer and migratory
    Birds
  2. Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumMigratory
    Birds
  3. American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter and migratory
    Birds
  4. American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter and migratory
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  5. American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter
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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 tristisWinter
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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
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  12. American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer and migratory
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  13. American RobinTurdus migratoriusYear-round. 56 fruit and seed plants
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  14. American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchosWinter
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  15. American WigeonAnas americanaWinter
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  16. American WoodcockScolopax minorYear-round
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  17. AnhingaAnhinga anhingaYear-round
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  18. Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalisYear-round
    Birds
  19. Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusYear-round
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  20. Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer and migratory
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  21. Bank SwallowRiparia ripariaMigratory
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  22. Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer
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  23. Barred OwlStrix variaYear-round
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  24. Bay-breasted WarblerDendroica castaneaMigratory
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  25. Bell's VireoVireo belliiSummer
    Birds
  26. Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonYear-round
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  27. Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickiiSummer
    Birds
  28. Black RailLaterallus jamaicensisWinter
    Birds
  29. Black SkimmerRynchops nigerYear-round
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  30. Black TernChlidonias nigerMigratory
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  31. Black VultureCoragyps atratusYear-round
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  32. Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta variaYear-round and migratory
    Birds
  33. Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter
    Birds
  34. Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalisYear-round
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  35. Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusMigratory
    Birds
  36. Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandriSummer
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  37. Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxYear-round
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  38. Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanusYear-round and migratory
    Birds
  39. Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virensMigratory
    Birds
  40. Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fuscaMigratory
    Birds
  41. Blackpoll WarblerDendroica striataMigratory
    Birds
  42. Blue GrosbeakPasserina caeruleaSummer
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  43. Blue JayCyanocitta cristataYear-round
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  44. Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaYear-round
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  45. Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter and migratory
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  46. Blue-winged TealAnas discorsYear-round and migratory
    Birds
  47. Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinusMigratory
    Birds
  48. Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus majorYear-round
    Birds
  49. BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusMigratory
    Birds
  50. Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter
    Birds
  51. Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusWinter
    Birds
  52. Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer
    Birds
  53. Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneusYear-round
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  54. Brown CreeperCerthia americanaWinter
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  55. Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalisYear-round
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  56. Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufumYear-round
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  57. Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus aterYear-round
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  58. Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusillaYear-round
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  59. Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensisWinter
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  60. BuffleheadBucephala albeolaWinter
    Birds
  61. Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaWinter
    Birds
  62. Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter
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  63. Canada GooseBranta canadensisYear-round
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  64. Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensisMigratory
    Birds
  65. CanvasbackAythya valisineriaWinter
    Birds
  66. Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrinaMigratory
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  67. Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensisYear-round
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  68. Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusYear-round
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  69. Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiaYear-round and migratory
    Birds
  70. Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter. 31 fruit and seed plants
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  71. Cerulean WarblerDendroica ceruleaSummer and migratory
    Birds
  72. Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanicaMigratory
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  73. Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaSummer
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  74. Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaYear-round
    Birds
  75. Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensisSummer
    Birds
  76. Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaMigratory
    Birds
  77. Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaSummer and migratory
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  78. Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter
    Birds
  79. Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaYear-round
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  80. Common Ground-doveColumbina passerinaYear-round
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  81. Common LoonGavia immerWinter and migratory
    Birds
  82. Common NighthawkChordeiles minorSummer
    Birds
  83. Common TernSterna hirundoYear-round and migratory
    Birds
  84. Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasYear-round
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  85. Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperiiYear-round
    Birds
  86. Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisWinter
    Birds
  87. DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer and migratory
    Birds
  88. Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritusYear-round
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  89. Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescensYear-round
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  90. DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter and migratory
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  91. Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter
    Birds
  92. Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisYear-round. 30 fruit and seed plants
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  93. Eastern Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis carolinensisYear-round
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  94. Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannusSummer
    Birds
  95. Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebeYear-round
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  96. Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioYear-round
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  97. Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmusYear-round
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  98. Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virensSummer and migratory
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  99. Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaoctoYear-round
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  100. Eurasian WigeonAnas penelopeWinter
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  101. European StarlingSturnus vulgarisYear-round
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  102. Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinusWinter
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  103. Field SparrowSpizella pusillaYear-round
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  104. Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusYear-round
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  105. Forster's TernSterna forsteriYear-round
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  106. Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter
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  107. Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanMigratory
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  108. Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolorSummer
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  109. GadwallAnas streperaWinter
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  110. Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
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  111. Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusYear-round
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  112. Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapaWinter
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  113. Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraMigratory
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  114. Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarumYear-round
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  115. Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisYear-round
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  116. Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasYear-round
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  117. Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer
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  118. Great EgretArdea albaYear-round
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  119. Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusYear-round
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  120. Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanusYear-round
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  121. Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusYear-round
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  122. Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter
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  123. Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter and migratory
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  124. Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter and migratory
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  125. Green HeronButorides virescensYear-round
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  126. Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaYear-round
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  127. Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosusYear-round
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  128. Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querulaWinter
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  129. Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowiiWinter
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  130. Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter
    Birds
  131. Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusYear-round
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  132. Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrinaSummer and migratory
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  133. Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter
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  134. Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisYear-round
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  135. House FinchCarpodacus mexicanusYear-round
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  136. House SparrowPasser domesticusYear-round
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  137. Inca DoveColumbina incaYear-round
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  138. Indigo BuntingPasserina cyaneaSummer
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  139. Interior Least TernSternula antillarum athalassosSummer
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  140. Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosusSummer and migratory
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  141. KilldeerCharadrius vociferusYear-round
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  142. King RailRallus elegansYear-round
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  143. Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter
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  144. Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer
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  145. Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricillaYear-round
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  146. Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteiiWinter
    Birds
  147. Least BitternIxobrychus exilisSummer
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  148. Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusMigratory
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  149. Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter
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  150. Least TernSternula antillarumSummer and migratory
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  151. Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter
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  152. Lesser ScaupAythya affinisWinter
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  153. Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter and migratory
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  154. Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter
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  155. Little Blue HeronEgretta caeruleaYear-round
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  156. Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter
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  157. Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusYear-round
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  158. Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanusWinter
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  159. Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter
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  160. Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter
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  161. Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacillaSummer and migratory
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  162. Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificensWinter
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  163. Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnoliaMigratory
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  164. MallardAnas platyrhynchosYear-round
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  165. Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter
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  166. Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisYear-round and migratory
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  167. MerlinFalco columbariusWinter and migratory
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  168. Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensisSummer and migratory
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  169. Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusYear-round
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  170. Mottled DuckAnas fulvigulaYear-round
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  171. Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraYear-round
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  172. Mourning WarblerOporornis philadelphiaMigratory
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  173. Nashville WarblerVermivora ruficapillaMigratory
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  174. Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoniWinter and migratory
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  175. Neotropic CormorantPhalacrocorax brasilianusYear-round
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  176. Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianusYear-round
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  177. Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisYear-round. 13 fruit and seed plants
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  178. Northern FlickerColaptes auratusYear-round
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  179. Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosYear-round
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  180. Northern ParulaParula americanaSummer
    Birds
  181. Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter
    Birds
  182. Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennisYear-round
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  183. Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter
    Birds
  184. Northern ShovelerAnas clypeataWinter and migratory
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  185. Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensisMigratory
    Birds
  186. Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celataWinter
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  187. Orchard OrioleIcterus spuriusSummer
    Birds
  188. OspreyPandion haliaetusYear-round and migratory
    Birds
  189. OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaMigratory
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  190. Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer
    Birds
  191. Palm WarblerDendroica palmarumWinter and migratory
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  192. Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter
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  193. Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter
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  194. Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusMigratory
    Birds
  195. Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsYear-round
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  196. Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusYear-round
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  197. Pine SiskinCarduelis pinusWinter
    Birds
  198. Pine WarblerDendroica pinusYear-round
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  199. Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter
    Birds
  200. Prairie WarblerDendroica discolorSummer and migratory
    Birds
  201. Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaYear-round
    Birds
  202. Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureusWinter
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  203. Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicaSummer
    Birds
  204. Purple MartinProgne subisSummer
    Birds
  205. Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter
    Birds
  206. Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter
    Birds
  207. Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusYear-round
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  208. Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter and migratory
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  209. Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisWinter
    Birds
  210. Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealisYear-round
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  211. Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusYear-round
    Birds
  212. Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusYear-round
    Birds
  213. Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisYear-round
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  214. Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusYear-round
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  215. Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensYear-round and migratory
    Birds
  216. RedheadAythya americanaWinter
    Birds
  217. Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter
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  218. Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisWinter
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  219. Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicusYear-round
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  220. Rock PigeonColumba liviaYear-round
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  221. Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusMigratory
    Birds
  222. Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajajaYear-round
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  223. Ross's GooseChen rossiiWinter and migratory
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  224. Royal TernThalasseus maximusYear-round
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  225. Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendulaWinter
    Birds
  226. Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer
    Birds
  227. Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter and migratory
    Birds
  228. Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter
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  229. Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufusWinter
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  230. Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusWinter
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  231. SanderlingCalidris albaWinter and migratory
    Birds
  232. Sandhill CraneGrus canadensisWinter
    Birds
  233. Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisYear-round
    Birds
  234. Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisWinter
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  235. Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaMigratory
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  236. Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer
    Birds
  237. Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimusYear-round
    Birds
  238. Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter and migratory
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  239. Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter
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  240. Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter
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  241. Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter
    Birds
  242. Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictusWinter
    Birds
  243. Snow GooseChen caerulescensWinter
    Birds
  244. Snowy EgretEgretta thulaYear-round and migratory
    Birds
  245. Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosusYear-round
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  246. Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaMigratory
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  247. Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter
    Birds
  248. Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatusSummer
    Birds
  249. SoraPorzana carolinaWinter and migratory
    Birds
  250. Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusWinter and migratory
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  251. Spotted TowheePipilo maculatusWinter
    Birds
  252. Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueiiWinter
    Birds
  253. Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter and migratory
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  254. Summer TanagerPiranga rubraSummer
    Birds
  255. Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter
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  256. Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusMigratory
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  257. Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsoniiSummer
    Birds
  258. Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatusSummer
    Birds
  259. Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter
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  260. Tennessee WarblerVermivora peregrinaMigratory
    Birds
  261. Thayer's GullLarus thayeriWinter
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  262. Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorYear-round and migratory
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  263. Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolorYear-round
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  264. Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorYear-round
    Birds
  265. Turkey VultureCathartes auraYear-round
    Birds
  266. Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaMigratory
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  267. VeeryCatharus fuscescensMigratory
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  268. Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter
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  269. Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter
    Birds
  270. Western Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia hypugaeaWinter
    Birds
  271. Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter
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  272. Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter and migratory
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  273. Western Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus nivosusWinter
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  274. White IbisEudocimus albusYear-round
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  275. White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisYear-round
    Birds
  276. White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter
    Birds
  277. White-eyed VireoVireo griseusYear-round
    Birds
  278. White-faced IbisPlegadis chihiYear-round and migratory
    Birds
  279. White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisWinter
    Birds
  280. White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaWinter
    Birds
  281. Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoYear-round
    Birds
  282. WilletTringa semipalmataYear-round
    Birds
  283. Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiMigratory
    Birds
  284. Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorMigratory
    Birds
  285. Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsoniaYear-round
    Birds
  286. Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicataWinter
    Birds
  287. Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusillaWinter and migratory
    Birds
  288. Wood DuckAix sponsaYear-round
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  289. Wood StorkMycteria americanaWinter
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  290. Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelinaSummer and migratory. 22 fruit and seed plants
    Birds
  291. Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorumSummer and migratory
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  292. Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensisWinter
    Birds
  293. Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisMigratory
    Birds
  294. Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter
    Birds
  295. Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusSummer
    Birds
  296. Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virensSummer and migratory
    Birds
  297. Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violaceaYear-round
    Birds
  298. Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalusMigratory
    Birds
  299. Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronataWinter
    Birds
  300. Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifronsSummer and migratory
    Birds
  301. 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.