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Mississippi wildlife

Birds of Mississippi, with their seasons and habitats.

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283 birds

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