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A
Acadian Flycatcher
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Empidonax virescens
Acorn Woodpecker
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Melanerpes formicivorus
Alder Flycatcher
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Empidonax alnorum
American Avocet
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Recurvirostra americana
American Bittern
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Botaurus lentiginosus
American Black Duck
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Anas rubripes
American Coot
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Fulica americana
American Crow
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Corvus brachyrhynchos
American Dipper
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Cinclus mexicanus
American Golden-Plover
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Pluvialis dominica
American Goldfinch
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Carduelis tristis
American Kestrel
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Falco sparverius
American Pipit
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Anthus rubescens
American Redstart
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Setophaga ruticilla
American Robin
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Turdus migratorius
American Tree Sparrow
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Spizella arborea
American White Pelican
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Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American Wigeon
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Anas americana
American Woodcock
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Scolopax minor
Ancient Murrelet
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Synthliboramphus antiquus
Anhinga
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Anhinga anhinga
Ash-throated Flycatcher
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Myiarchus cinerascens
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Baird's Sandpiper
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Calidris bairdii
Baird's Sparrow
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Ammodramus bairdii
Bald Eagle
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Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Baltimore Oriole
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Icterus galbula
Band-tailed Pigeon
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Patagioenas fasciata
Bank Swallow
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Riparia riparia
Barn Owl
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Tyto alba
Barn Swallow
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Hirundo rustica
Barred Owl
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Strix varia
Barrow's Goldeneye
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Bucephala islandica
Bay-breasted Warbler
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Dendroica castanea
Bean Goose
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Anser fabalis
Bell's Vireo
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Vireo bellii
Belted Kingfisher
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Megaceryle alcyon
Bewick's Wren
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Thryomanes bewickii
Black Rail
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Laterallus jamaicensis
Black Scoter
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Melanitta nigra
Black Tern
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Chlidonias niger
Black Vulture
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Coragyps atratus
Black-and-white Warbler
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Mniotilta varia
Black-backed Woodpecker
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Picoides arcticus
Black-bellied Plover
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Pluvialis squatarola
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
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Dendrocygna autumnalis
Black-billed Cuckoo
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Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Black-billed Magpie
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Pica hudsonia
Blackburnian Warbler
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Dendroica fusca
Black-capped Chickadee
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Poecile atricapillus
Black-capped Vireo
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Vireo atricapilla
Black-crowned Night-Heron
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Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-headed Grosbeak
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Pheucticus melanocephalus
Black-headed Gull
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Larus ridibundus
Black-legged Kittiwake
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Rissa tridactyla
Black-necked Stilt
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Himantopus mexicanus
Blackpoll Warbler
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Dendroica striata
Black-throated Blue Warbler
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Dendroica caerulescens
Black-throated Gray Warbler
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Dendroica nigrescens
Black-throated Green Warbler
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Dendroica virens
Black-throated Sparrow
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Amphispiza bilineata
Blue Grosbeak
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Passerina caerulea
Blue Jay
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Cyanocitta cristata
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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Polioptila caerulea
Blue-headed Vireo
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Vireo solitarius
Blue-winged Teal
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Anas discors
Blue-winged Warbler
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Vermivora pinus
Bobolink
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Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Bohemian Waxwing
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Bombycilla garrulus
Bonaparte's Gull
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Larus philadelphia
Boreal Owl
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Aegolius funereus
Brant
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Branta bernicla
Brewer's Blackbird
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Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brewer's Sparrow
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Spizella breweri
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
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Selasphorus platycercus
Broad-winged Hawk
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Buteo platypterus
Brown Creeper
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Certhia americana
Brown Pelican
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Pelecanus occidentalis
Brown Thrasher
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Toxostoma rufum
Brown-headed Cowbird
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Molothrus ater
Brown-headed Nuthatch
- Sitta pusilla
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
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Tryngites subruficollis
Bufflehead
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Bucephala albeola
Bullock's Oriole
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Icterus bullockii
Burrowing Owl
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Athene cunicularia
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Cackling Goose
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Branta hutchinsii
California Gull
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Larus californicus
Calliope Hummingbird
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Stellula calliope
Canada Goose
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Branta canadensis
Canada Warbler
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Wilsonia canadensis
Canvasback
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Aythya valisineria
Canyon Wren
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Catherpes mexicanus
Cape May Warbler
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Dendroica tigrina
Carolina Chickadee
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Poecile carolinensis
Carolina Parakeet
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Conuropsis carolinensis
Carolina Wren
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Thryothorus ludovicianus
Caspian Tern
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Sterna caspia
Cassin's Finch
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Carpodacus cassinii
Cassin's Kingbird
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Tyrannus vociferans
Cassin's Sparrow
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Aimophila cassinii
Cassin's Vireo
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Vireo cassinii
Cattle Egret
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Bubulcus ibis
Cave Swallow
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Petrochelidon fulva
Cedar Waxwing
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Bombycilla cedrorum
Cerulean Warbler
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Dendroica cerulea
Chestnut-collared Longspur
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Calcarius ornatus
Chestnut-sided Warbler
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Dendroica pensylvanica
Chihuahuan Raven
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Corvus cryptoleucus
Chimney Swift
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Chaetura pelagica
Chipping Sparrow
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Spizella passerina
Chuck-will's-widow
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Caprimulgus carolinensis
Cinnamon Teal
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Anas cyanoptera
Clapper Rail
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Rallus longirostris
Clark's Grebe
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Aechmophorus clarkii
Clark's Nutcracker
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Nucifraga columbiana
Clay-colored Sparrow
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Spizella pallida
Cliff Swallow
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Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Common Crane
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Grus grus
Common Eider
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Somateria mollissima
Common Goldeneye
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Bucephala clangula
Common Grackle
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Quiscalus quiscula
Common Ground-Dove
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Columbina passerina
Common Loon
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Gavia immer
Common Merganser
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Mergus merganser
Common Moorhen
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Gallinula chloropus
Common Nighthawk
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Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill
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Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Common Raven
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Corvus corax
Common Redpoll
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Carduelis flammea
Common Snipe
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Gallinago gallinago
Common Tern
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Sterna hirundo
Common Yellowthroat
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Geothlypis trichas
Connecticut Warbler
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Oporornis agilis
Cooper's Hawk
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Accipiter cooperii
Cordilleran Flycatcher
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Empidonax occidentalis
Curlew Sandpiper
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Calidris ferruginea
Curve-billed Thrasher
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Toxostoma curvirostre
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Dark-eyed Junco
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Junco hyemalis
Dickcissel
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Spiza americana
Double-crested Cormorant
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Phalacrocorax auritus
Downy Woodpecker
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Picoides pubescens
Dunlin
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Calidris alpina
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Eared Grebe
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Podiceps nigricollis
Eastern Bluebird
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Sialia sialis
Eastern Kingbird
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Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern Meadowlark
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Sturnella magna
Eastern Phoebe
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Sayornis phoebe
Eastern Screech-Owl
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Megascops asio
Eastern Towhee
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Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Eastern Wood-Pewee
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Contopus virens
Emperor Goose
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Chen canagica
Eskimo Curlew
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Numenius borealis
Eurasian Collared-Dove
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Streptopelia decaocto
Eurasian Wigeon
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Anas penelope
European Starling
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Sturnus vulgaris
Evening Grosbeak
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Coccothraustes vespertinus
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Ferruginous Hawk
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Buteo regalis
Field Sparrow
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Spizella pusilla
Forster's Tern
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Sterna forsteri
Fox Sparrow
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Passerella iliaca
Franklin's Gull
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Larus pipixcan
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Gadwall
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Anas strepera
Garganey
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Anas querquedula
Glaucous Gull
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Larus hyperboreus
Glaucous-winged Gull
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Larus glaucescens
Golden Eagle
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Aquila chrysaetos
Golden-crowned Kinglet
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Regulus satrapa
Golden-crowned Sparrow
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Zonotrichia atricapilla
Golden-winged Warbler
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Vermivora chrysoptera
Grasshopper Sparrow
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Ammodramus savannarum
Gray Catbird
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Dumetella carolinensis
Gray Jay
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Perisoreus canadensis
Gray Partridge
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Perdix perdix
Gray-cheeked Thrush
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Catharus minimus
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
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Leucosticte tephrocotis
Great Black-backed Gull
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Larus marinus
Great Blue Heron
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Ardea herodias
Great Crested Flycatcher
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Myiarchus crinitus
Great Egret
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Ardea alba
Great Gray Owl
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Strix nebulosa
Great Horned Owl
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Bubo virginianus
Greater Prairie-Chicken
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Tympanuchus cupido
Greater Scaup
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Aythya marila
Greater White-fronted Goose
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Anser albifrons
Greater Yellowlegs
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Tringa melanoleuca
Great-tailed Grackle
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Quiscalus mexicanus
Green Heron
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Butorides virescens
Green-tailed Towhee
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Pipilo chlorurus
Green-winged Teal
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Anas crecca
Groove-billed Ani
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Crotophaga sulcirostris
Gyrfalcon
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Falco rusticolus
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Hairy Woodpecker
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Picoides villosus
Hammond's Flycatcher
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Empidonax hammondii
Harlequin Duck
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Histrionicus histrionicus
Harris's Hawk
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Parabuteo unicinctus
Harris's Sparrow
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Zonotrichia querula
Henslow's Sparrow
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Ammodramus henslowii
Hermit Thrush
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Catharus guttatus
Herring Gull
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Larus argentatus
Hoary Redpoll
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Carduelis hornemanni
Hooded Merganser
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Lophodytes cucullatus
Hooded Warbler
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Wilsonia citrina
Horned Grebe
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Podiceps auritus
Horned Lark
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Eremophila alpestris
House Finch
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Carpodacus mexicanus
House Sparrow
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Passer domesticus
House Wren
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Troglodytes aedon
Hudsonian Godwit
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Limosa haemastica
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Iceland Gull
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Larus glaucoides
Inca Dove
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Columbina inca
Indigo Bunting
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Passerina cyanea
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Kentucky Warbler
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Oporornis formosus
Killdeer
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Charadrius vociferus
King Eider
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Somateria spectabilis
King Rail
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Rallus elegans
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Lapland Longspur
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Calcarius lapponicus
Lark Bunting
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Calamospiza melanocorys
Lark Sparrow
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Chondestes grammacus
Laughing Gull
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Larus atricilla
Lazuli Bunting
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Passerina amoena
Le Conte's Sparrow
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Ammodramus leconteii
Least Bittern
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Ixobrychus exilis
Least Flycatcher
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Empidonax minimus
Least Sandpiper
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Calidris minutilla
Least Tern
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Sterna antillarum
Lesser Black-backed Gull
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Larus fuscus
Lesser Goldfinch
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Carduelis psaltria
Lesser Prairie-Chicken
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Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
Lesser Scaup
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Aythya affinis
Lesser Yellowlegs
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Tringa flavipes
Lewis's Woodpecker
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Melanerpes lewis
Lincoln's Sparrow
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Melospiza lincolnii
Little Blue Heron
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Egretta caerulea
Little Gull
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Larus minutus
Loggerhead Shrike
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Lanius ludovicianus
Long-billed Curlew
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Numenius americanus
Long-billed Dowitcher
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Limnodromus scolopaceus
Long-eared Owl
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Asio otus
Long-tailed Duck
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Clangula hyemalis
Long-tailed Jaeger
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Stercorarius longicaudus
Louisiana Waterthrush
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Seiurus motacilla
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MacGillivray's Warbler
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Oporornis tolmiei
Magnolia Warbler
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Dendroica magnolia
Mallard
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Anas platyrhynchos
Marbled Godwit
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Limosa fedoa
Marsh Wren
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Cistothorus palustris
McCown's Longspur
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Calcarius mccownii
Merlin
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Falco columbarius
Mew Gull
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Larus canus
Mississippi Kite
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Ictinia mississippiensis
Mottled Duck
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Anas fulvigula
Mountain Bluebird
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Sialia currucoides
Mountain Chickadee
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Poecile gambeli
Mountain Plover
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Charadrius montanus
Mourning Dove
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Zenaida macroura
Mourning Warbler
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Oporornis philadelphia
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Nashville Warbler
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Vermivora ruficapilla
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
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Ammodramus nelsoni
Neotropic Cormorant
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Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Northern Bobwhite
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Colinus virginianus
Northern Cardinal
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Cardinalis cardinalis
Northern Flicker
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Colaptes auratus
Northern Goshawk
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Accipiter gentilis
Northern Harrier
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Circus cyaneus
Northern Hawk Owl
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Surnia ulula
Northern Mockingbird
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Mimus polyglottos
Northern Parula
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Parula americana
Northern Pintail
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Anas acuta
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
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Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Northern Saw-whet Owl
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Aegolius acadicus
Northern Shoveler
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Anas clypeata
Northern Shrike
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Lanius excubitor
Northern Waterthrush
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Seiurus noveboracensis
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Olive-sided Flycatcher
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Contopus cooperi
Orange-crowned Warbler
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Vermivora celata
Orchard Oriole
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Icterus spurius
Osprey
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Pandion haliaetus
Ovenbird
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Seiurus aurocapilla
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Pacific Loon
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Gavia pacifica
Painted Bunting
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Passerina ciris
Palm Warbler
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Dendroica palmarum
Parasitic Jaeger
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Stercorarius parasiticus
Passenger Pigeon
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Ectopistes migratorius
Pectoral Sandpiper
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Calidris melanotos
Peregrine Falcon
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Falco peregrinus
Phainopepla
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Phainopepla nitens
Philadelphia Vireo
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Vireo philadelphicus
Pied-billed Grebe
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Podilymbus podiceps
Pileated Woodpecker
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Dryocopus pileatus
Pine Grosbeak
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Pinicola enucleator
Pine Siskin
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Carduelis pinus
Pine Warbler
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Dendroica pinus
Pinyon Jay
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Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Piping Plover
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Charadrius melodus
Plumbeous Vireo
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Vireo plumbeus
Pomarine Jaeger
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Stercorarius pomarinus
Prairie Falcon
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Falco mexicanus
Prairie Warbler
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Dendroica discolor
Prothonotary Warbler
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Protonotaria citrea
Purple Finch
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Carpodacus purpureus
Purple Gallinule
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Porphyrio martinica
Purple Martin
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Progne subis
Pygmy Nuthatch
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Sitta pygmaea
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Red Crossbill
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Loxia curvirostra
Red Knot
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Calidris canutus
Red Phalarope
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Phalaropus fulicarius
Red-bellied Woodpecker
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Melanerpes carolinus
Red-breasted Merganser
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Mergus serrator
Red-breasted Nuthatch
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Sitta canadensis
Red-eyed Vireo
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Vireo olivaceus
Redhead
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Aythya americana
Red-headed Woodpecker
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Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Red-naped Sapsucker
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Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Red-necked Grebe
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Podiceps grisegena
Red-necked Phalarope
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Phalaropus lobatus
Red-shouldered Hawk
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Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk
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Buteo jamaicensis
Red-throated Loon
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Gavia stellata
Red-winged Blackbird
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Agelaius phoeniceus
Ring-billed Gull
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Larus delawarensis
Ring-necked Duck
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Aythya collaris
Ring-necked Pheasant
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Phasianus colchicus
Rock Dove
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Columba livia
Rock Wren
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Salpinctes obsoletus
Roseate Spoonbill
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Platalea ajaja
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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Pheucticus ludovicianus
Ross's Goose
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Chen rossii
Ross's Gull
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Rhodostethia rosea
Rough-legged Hawk
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Buteo lagopus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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Regulus calendula
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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Archilochus colubris
Ruddy Duck
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Oxyura jamaicensis
Ruddy Turnstone
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Arenaria interpres
Ruff
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Philomachus pugnax
Ruffed Grouse
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Bonasa umbellus
Rufous Hummingbird
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Selasphorus rufus
Rusty Blackbird
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Euphagus carolinus
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Sabine's Gull
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Xema sabini
Sage Grouse
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Centrocercus urophasianus
Sage Sparrow
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Amphispiza belli
Sage Thrasher
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Oreoscoptes montanus
Sanderling
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Calidris alba
Sandhill Crane
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Grus canadensis
Savannah Sparrow
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Passerculus sandwichensis
Say's Phoebe
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Sayornis saya
Scarlet Tanager
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Piranga olivacea
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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Tyrannus forficatus
Scott's Oriole
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Icterus parisorum
Sedge Wren
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Cistothorus platensis
Semipalmated Plover
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Charadrius semipalmatus
Semipalmated Sandpiper
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Calidris pusilla
Sharp-shinned Hawk
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Accipiter striatus
Sharp-tailed Grouse
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Tympanuchus phasianellus
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
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Calidris acuminata
Short-billed Dowitcher
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Limnodromus griseus
Short-eared Owl
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Asio flammeus
Smith's Longspur
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Calcarius pictus
Snow Bunting
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Plectrophenax nivalis
Snow Goose
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Chen caerulescens
Snowy Egret
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Egretta thula
Snowy Owl
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Bubo scandiacus
Snowy Plover
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Charadrius alexandrinus
Solitary Sandpiper
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Tringa solitaria
Song Sparrow
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Melospiza melodia
Sora
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Porzana carolina
Spotted Sandpiper
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Actitis macularius
Spotted Towhee
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Pipilo maculatus
Sprague's Pipit
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Anthus spragueii
Steller's Jay
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Cyanocitta stelleri
Stilt Sandpiper
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Calidris himantopus
Summer Tanager
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Piranga rubra
Surf Scoter
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Melanitta perspicillata
Swainson's Hawk
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Buteo swainsoni
Swainson's Thrush
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Catharus ustulatus
Swainson's Warbler
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Limnothlypis swainsonii
Swallow-tailed Kite
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Elanoides forficatus
Swamp Sparrow
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Melospiza georgiana
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Tennessee Warbler
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Vermivora peregrina
Thayer's Gull
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Larus glaucoides
Three-toed Woodpecker
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Picoides tridactylus
Townsend's Solitaire
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Myadestes townsendi
Townsend's Warbler
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Dendroica townsendi
Tree Swallow
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Tachycineta bicolor
Tricolored Heron
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Egretta tricolor
Trumpeter Swan
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Cygnus buccinator
Tufted Titmouse
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Baeolophus bicolor
Tundra Swan
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Cygnus columbianus
Turkey Vulture
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Cathartes aura
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Upland Sandpiper
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Bartramia longicauda
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Varied Thrush
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Ixoreus naevius
Veery
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Catharus fuscescens
Vermilion Flycatcher
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Pyrocephalus rubinus
Vesper Sparrow
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Pooecetes gramineus
Violet-green Swallow
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Tachycineta thalassina
Virginia Rail
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Rallus limicola
Virginia's Warbler
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Vermivora virginiae
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Warbling Vireo
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Vireo gilvus
Western Bluebird
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Sialia mexicana
Western Grebe
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Aechmophorus occidentalis
Western Kingbird
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Tyrannus verticalis
Western Meadowlark
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Sturnella neglecta
Western Sandpiper
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Calidris mauri
Western Tanager
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Piranga ludoviciana
Western Wood-Pewee
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Contopus sordidulus
Whimbrel
–
Numenius phaeopus
Whip-poor-will
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Caprimulgus vociferus
White-breasted Nuthatch
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Sitta carolinensis
White-crowned Sparrow
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Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-eyed Vireo
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Vireo griseus
White-faced Ibis
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Plegadis chihi
White-rumped Sandpiper
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Calidris fuscicollis
White-tailed Kite
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Elanus leucurus
White-throated Sparrow
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Zonotrichia albicollis
White-throated Swift
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Aeronautes saxatalis
White-winged Crossbill
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Loxia leucoptera
White-winged Dove
–
Zenaida asiatica
White-winged Scoter
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Melanitta fusca
Whooping Crane
–
Grus americana
Wild Turkey
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Meleagris gallopavo
Willet
–
Tringa semipalmata
Williamson's Sapsucker
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Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Willow Flycatcher
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Empidonax traillii
Wilson's Phalarope
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Phalaropus tricolor
Wilson's Warbler
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Wilsonia pusilla
Winter Wren
–
Troglodytes troglodytes
Wood Duck
–
Aix sponsa
Wood Stork
–
Mycteria americana
Wood Thrush
–
Hylocichla mustelina
Worm-eating Warbler
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Helmitheros vermivorum
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Yellow Rail
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Coturnicops noveboracensis
Yellow Warbler
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Dendroica petechia
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
–
Empidonax flaviventris
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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Sphyrapicus varius
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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Coccyzus americanus
Yellow-billed Loon
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Gavia adamsii
Yellow-breasted Chat
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Icteria virens
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
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Nyctanassa violacea
Yellow-headed Blackbird
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Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Yellow-rumped Warbler
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Dendroica coronata
Yellow-throated Vireo
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Vireo flavifrons
Yellow-throated Warbler
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Dendroica dominica
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