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  Year-round Birds - All

Common NameGenus + Specific EpithetSeason - Abundance Status
4-Letter
Species Code
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Species Information Page
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in Family Group list
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Swans, Geese and Ducks
mallMallardAnas platyrhynchosYear-round Bird - Common
Upland Game Birds
scquScaled QuailCallipepla squamataYear-round Bird - Rare
Grebes
Pigeons and Doves
ropiRock PigeonColumba liviaYear-round Bird - Less Common
eucdEurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaoctoYear-round Bird - Common
Cuckoos and their Allies
Nightjars, Nighthawks and Swifts
Hummingbirds
Gruiformes: Coots, Cranes and Rails
Smaller Wading Birds
Gulls, Terns and Skimmers
Medium to Large Waterbirds: Pelicans and their Allies
Long-legged Wading Birds
gbheGreat Blue HeronArdea herodiasYear-round Bird - Uncommon
Diurnal Raptors: Vultures, Eagles and Hawks
goeaGolden EagleAquila chrysaetosYear-round Bird - Rare
sshaSharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusYear-round Bird - Uncommon
cohaCooper’s HawkAccipiter cooperiiYear-round Bird - Less Common
rthaRed-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisYear-round Bird - Common
Nocturnal Raptors: Owls
ghowGreat Horned OwlBubo virginianusYear-round Bird - Rare
Kingfishers
bekiBelted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonYear-round Bird - Less Common
Woodpeckers
lewoLewis’s WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisYear-round Bird - Uncommon
dowoDowny WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensYear-round Bird - Less Common
hawoHairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosusYear-round Bird - Uncommon
noflNorthern FlickerColaptes auratusYear-round Bird - Common
Falcons
amkeAmerican KestrelFalco sparveriusYear-round Bird - Less Common
prfaPrairie FalconFalco mexicanusYear-round Bird - Rare
Tyrant Flycatchers
Shrikes and Vireos
Jays, Crows and their Allies
pijaPinyon JayGymnorhinus cyanocephalusYear-round Bird - Rare
wosjWoodhouse’s Scrub-jayAphelocoma woodhouseiiYear-round Bird - Uncommon
bbmaBlack-billed MagpiePica hudsoniaYear-round Bird - Common
amcrAmerican CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosYear-round Bird - Less Common
coraCommon RavenCorvus coraxYear-round Bird - Common
Larks
Swallows
Chickadees and their Allies
bcchBlack-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillusYear-round Bird - Common
mochMountain ChickadeePoecile gambeliYear-round Bird - Less Common
bushBushtitPsaltriparus minimusYear-round Bird - Uncommon
Nuthatches and Creepers
wbnuWhite-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisYear-round Bird - Less Common
Wrens
bewrBewick’s WrenThryomanes bewickiiYear-round Bird - Uncommon
Gnatcatchers
Dippers
Kinglets
Thrushes and their Allies
weblWestern BluebirdSialia mexicanaYear-round Bird - Less Common
moblMountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesYear-round Bird - Rare
amroAmerican RobinTurdus migratoriusYear-round Bird - Common
Mimids "Mimic Thrushes"
Starlings and Mynas
eustEuropean StarlingSturnus vulgarisYear-round Bird - Common
Waxwings
cedwCedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumYear-round Bird - Uncommon
European Passerines
hospHouse SparrowPasser domesticusYear-round Bird - Less Common
Wagtails and Pipits
Finches
evgrEvening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinusYear-round Bird - Less Common
hofiHouse FinchHaemorhous mexicanusYear-round Bird - Common
pisiPine SiskinSpinus pinusYear-round Bird - Less Common
amgoAmerican GoldfinchSpinus tristisYear-round Bird - Common
Sparrows and their Allies
sospSong SparrowMelospiza melodiaYear-round Bird - Common
cantCanyon TowheeMelozone fuscaYear-round Bird - Rare
sptoSpotted TowheePipilo maculatusYear-round Bird - Less Common
Chats
Icterids: Blackbirds, Orioles and their Allies
rwblRed-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusYear-round Bird - Common
gtgrGreat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanusYear-round Bird - Less Common
Wood-Warblers
Tanagers
Grosbeaks (Cardinalidae)
Buntings