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List of birds of Missouri

October 28, 2023

This list of birds of Missouri includes species documented in the U.S. state of Missouri and accepted by the Missouri Birding Society (MBS). As of July 2021, there are 437 species included in the official list.[1] Of them, 54 are classed as accidental, 31 are classed as casual, 11 are classed as provisional (see below), seven have been introduced to North America, four are extinct and one might be, and three have been extirpated.

The eastern bluebird is the state bird of Missouri.

This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 62nd Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS).[2] Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.

Unless otherwise noted, all species listed below are considered to occur regularly in Missouri as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. The following codes are used to annotate some species:

  • (A) Accidental - "1-4 records; occasionally observed" per the ASM
  • (C) Casual - "5-15 records; occasionally observed" per the ASM
  • (I) Introduced - Species established in North America as a result of human action
  • (E) Extinct - a recent species that no longer exists
  • (Ex) Extirpated - a species no longer found in Missouri but which continues to exist elsewhere
  • (P) Provisional - "one or more records that meet acceptance criteria, but either (a) no definitive state record (i.e., specimen, diagnostic photograph or audio, or multiple acceptable documentations); or (b) provenance uncertain" per the ASM

Ducks, geese, and waterfowl edit

 
American black duck
 
Bufflehead

Order: Anseriformes   Family: Anatidae

The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.

New World quail edit

Order: Galliformes   Family: Odontophoridae

The New World quails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits.

Pheasants, grouse, and allies edit

Order: Galliformes   Family: Phasianidae

Phasianidae consists of the pheasants and their allies including the partridges, grouse, turkeys, and old world quail. These are terrestrial species, variable in size but generally plump, with broad, relatively short wings. Many species are gamebirds or have been domesticated as a food source for humans.

Flamingos edit

Order: Phoenicopteriformes   Family: Phoenicopteridae

Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) feet in height, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume and, uniquely, are used upside-down.

Grebes edit

 
Pied-billed grebe

Order: Podicipediformes   Family: Podicipedidae

Grebes are small to medium-large freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land.

Pigeons and doves edit

Order: Columbiformes   Family: Columbidae

Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.

Cuckoos edit

Order: Cuculiformes   Family: Cuculidae

Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners, and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails, and strong legs.

Nightjars and allies edit

Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Caprimulgidae

Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds that usually nest on the ground. They have long wings, short legs, and very short bills. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is cryptically colored to resemble bark or leaves.

Swifts edit

Order: Apodiformes   Family: Apodidae

The swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have very long, swept-back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang.

Hummingbirds edit

Order: Apodiformes   Family: Trochilidae

Hummingbirds are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backwards.

Rails, gallinules, and coots edit

 
Virginia rail

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Rallidae

Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots, and gallinules. The most typical family members occupy dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, making them difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers.

Limpkin edit

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Aramidae

The limpkin is an odd bird that looks like a large rail, but is skeletally closer to the cranes.

Cranes edit

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Gruidae

Cranes are large, long-legged, and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances".

Stilts and avocets edit

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds which includes the avocets and stilts. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills.

Plovers and lapwings edit

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Charadriidae

The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short thick necks, and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water.

Sandpipers and allies edit

 
Marbled godwit
 
Spotted sandpiper

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae

Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers, and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Different lengths of legs and bills enable multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.

Skuas and jaegers edit

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Stercorariidae

Skuas and jaegers are in general medium to large birds, typically with gray or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They have longish bills with hooked tips and webbed feet with sharp claws. They look like large dark gulls, but have a fleshy cere above the upper mandible. They are strong, acrobatic fliers.

Gulls, terns, and skimmers edit

 
Ring-billed gull
 
Forster's tern

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Laridae

Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds and includes gulls, terns, kittiwakes, and skimmers. They are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet.

Loons edit

 
Common loon

Order: Gaviiformes   Family: Gaviidae

Loons are aquatic birds the size of a large duck, to which they are unrelated. Their plumage is largely gray or black, and they have spear-shaped bills. Loons swim well and fly adequately, but are almost hopeless on land, because their legs are placed towards the rear of the body.

Northern storm-petrels edit

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Hydrobatidae

The storm-petrels are the smallest seabirds, relatives of the petrels, feeding on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like.

Storks edit

Order: Ciconiiformes   Family: Ciconiidae

Storks are large, heavy, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long stout bills and wide wingspans. They lack the powder down that other wading birds such as herons, spoonbills, and ibises use to clean off fish slime. Storks lack a pharynx and are mute.

Frigatebirds edit

Order: Suliformes   Family: Fregatidae

Frigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black, or black and white, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have colored inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week.

Boobies and gannets edit

Order: Suliformes   Family: Sulidae

The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Both groups are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish.

Anhingas edit

Order: Suliformes   Family: Anhingidae

Anhingas are cormorant-like water birds with very long necks and long, straight beaks. They are fish eaters which often swim with only their neck above the water.

Cormorants and shags edit

Order: Suliformes   Family: Phalacrocoracidae

Cormorants are medium-to-large aquatic birds, usually with mainly dark plumage and areas of colored skin on the face. The bill is long, thin and sharply hooked. Their feet are four-toed and webbed.

Pelicans edit

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Pelecanidae

Pelicans are very large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. Like other birds in the order Pelecaniformes, they have four webbed toes.

Herons, egrets, and bitterns edit

 
Black-crowned night-heron

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Ardeidae

The family Ardeidae contains the herons, egrets, and bitterns. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more secretive. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises, and spoonbills.

Ibises and spoonbills edit

 
White-faced ibis

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Threskiornithidae

The family Threskiornithidae includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings. Their bodies tend to be elongated, the neck more so, with rather long legs. The bill is also long, decurved in the case of the ibises, straight and distinctively flattened in the spoonbills.

New World vultures edit

Order: Cathartiformes   Family: Cathartidae

The New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures, but superficially resemble them because of convergent evolution. Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carcasses.

Osprey edit

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Pandionidae

Pandionidae is a family of fish-eating birds of prey possessing a very large, powerful hooked beak for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. The family is monotypic.

Hawks, eagles, and kites edit

 
Bald eagle

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Accipitridae

Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures. These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight.

Barn-owls edit

Order: Strigiformes   Family: Tytonidae

Barn-owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons.

Owls edit

Order: Strigiformes   Family: Strigidae

The typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk.

Kingfishers edit

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Alcedinidae

Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails.

Woodpeckers edit

Order: Piciformes   Family: Picidae

Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails, and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks.

Falcons and caracaras edit

Order: Falconiformes   Family: Falconidae

Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey, notably the falcons and caracaras. They differ from hawks, eagles, and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons.

New World and African parrots edit

Order: Psittaciformes   Family: Psittacidae

Parrots are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak. Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and they have a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two to the back. Most of the more than 150 species in this family are found in the New World.

Tyrant flycatchers edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Tyrannidae

 
Acadian flycatcher

Tyrant flycatchers are Passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers, but are more robust and have stronger bills. They do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds. Most, but not all, are rather plain. As the name implies, most are insectivorous.

Vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Vireonidae

The vireos are a group of small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are typically greenish in color and resemble wood-warblers apart from their heavier bills.

Shrikes edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Laniidae

Shrikes are passerine birds known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A shrike's beak is hooked, like that of a typical bird of prey.

Crows, jays, and magpies edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Corvidae

The family Corvidae includes crows, ravens, jays, choughs, magpies, treepies, nutcrackers, and ground jays. Corvids are above average in size among the Passeriformes, and some of the larger species show high levels of intelligence.

Tits, chickadees, and titmice edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Paridae

The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects.

Larks edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Alaudidae

Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds.

Swallows edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Hirundinidae

The family Hirundinidae is a group of passerines characterized by their adaptation to aerial feeding. These adaptations include a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings, and short bills with a wide gape. The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base.

Kinglets edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Regulidae

The kinglets are a small family of birds which resemble the titmice. They are very small insectivorous birds in the genus Regulus. The adults have colored crowns, giving rise to their name.

Waxwings edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Bombycillidae

The waxwings are a group of birds with soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and cedar waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter.

Nuthatches edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Sittidae

Nuthatches are small woodland birds. They have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first, unlike other birds which can only go upwards. Nuthatches have big heads, short tails, and powerful bills and feet.

Treecreepers edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Certhiidae

Treecreepers are small woodland birds, brown above and white below. They have thin pointed down-curved bills, which they use to extricate insects from bark. They have stiff tail feathers, like woodpeckers, which they use to support themselves on vertical trees.

Gnatcatchers edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Polioptilidae

These dainty birds resemble Old World warblers in their structure and habits, moving restlessly through the foliage seeking insects. The gnatcatchers are mainly soft bluish gray in color and have the typical insectivore's long sharp bill. Many species have distinctive black head patterns (especially males) and long, regularly cocked, black-and-white tails.

Wrens edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Troglodytidae

Wrens are small and inconspicuous birds, except for their loud songs. They have short wings and thin down-turned bills. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous.

Mockingbirds and thrashers edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Mimidae

The mimids are a family of passerine birds that includes thrashers, mockingbirds, tremblers, and the New World catbirds. These birds are notable for their vocalization, especially their remarkable ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. The species tend towards dull grays and browns in their appearance.

Starlings edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Sturnidae

Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds with strong feet. Their flight is strong and direct and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country, and they eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen.

Thrushes and allies edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Turdidae

The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs.

Old World sparrows edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passeridae

Old World sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small plump brownish or grayish birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects.

Wagtails and pipits edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Motacillidae

Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws, and pipits. They are slender ground-feeding insectivores of open country.

Finches, euphonias, and allies edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Fringillidae

Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have strong beaks, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well.

Longspurs and snow buntings edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Calcariidae

The Calcariidae are a group of passerine birds that were traditionally grouped with the New World sparrows, but differ in a number of respects and are usually found in open grassy areas.

New World sparrows edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passerellidae

 
Henslow's sparrow

Until 2017, these species were considered part of the family Emberizidae. Most of the species are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many of these have distinctive head patterns.

Yellow-breasted chat edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Icteriidae

This species was historically placed in the wood-warblers (Parulidae) but nonetheless most authorities were unsure if it belonged there. It was placed in its own family in 2017.

Troupials and allies edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Icteridae

The icterids are a group of small to medium-sized, often colorful passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red.

New World warblers edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Parulidae

The wood warblers are a group of small often colorful passerine birds restricted to the New World. Most are arboreal, but some are more terrestrial. Most members of this family are insectivores.

Cardinals and allies edit

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cardinalidae

The Cardinalidae are a family of robust seed-eating birds with strong bills. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinct plumage.

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Annotated Checklist of Missouri Birds". Missouri Birding Society. July 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "Check-list of North and Middle American Birds". American Ornithological Society. June 29, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  4. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

See also edit

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This list of birds of Missouri includes species documented in the U S state of Missouri and accepted by the Missouri Birding Society MBS As of July 2021 there are 437 species included in the official list 1 Of them 54 are classed as accidental 31 are classed as casual 11 are classed as provisional see below seven have been introduced to North America four are extinct and one might be and three have been extirpated The eastern bluebird is the state bird of Missouri This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check list of North and Middle American Birds 7th edition through the 62nd Supplement published by the American Ornithological Society AOS 2 Common and scientific names are also those of the Check list except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them Unless otherwise noted all species listed below are considered to occur regularly in Missouri as permanent residents summer or winter visitors or migrants The following codes are used to annotate some species A Accidental 1 4 records occasionally observed per the ASM C Casual 5 15 records occasionally observed per the ASM I Introduced Species established in North America as a result of human action E Extinct a recent species that no longer exists Ex Extirpated a species no longer found in Missouri but which continues to exist elsewhere P Provisional one or more records that meet acceptance criteria but either a no definitive state record i e specimen diagnostic photograph or audio or multiple acceptable documentations or b provenance uncertain per the ASMContents 1 Ducks geese and waterfowl 2 New World quail 3 Pheasants grouse and allies 4 Flamingos 5 Grebes 6 Pigeons and doves 7 Cuckoos 8 Nightjars and allies 9 Swifts 10 Hummingbirds 11 Rails gallinules and coots 12 Limpkin 13 Cranes 14 Stilts and avocets 15 Plovers and lapwings 16 Sandpipers and allies 17 Skuas and jaegers 18 Gulls terns and skimmers 19 Loons 20 Northern storm petrels 21 Storks 22 Frigatebirds 23 Boobies and gannets 24 Anhingas 25 Cormorants and shags 26 Pelicans 27 Herons egrets and bitterns 28 Ibises and spoonbills 29 New World vultures 30 Osprey 31 Hawks eagles and kites 32 Barn owls 33 Owls 34 Kingfishers 35 Woodpeckers 36 Falcons and caracaras 37 New World and African parrots 38 Tyrant flycatchers 39 Vireos shrike babblers and erpornis 40 Shrikes 41 Crows jays and magpies 42 Tits chickadees and titmice 43 Larks 44 Swallows 45 Kinglets 46 Waxwings 47 Nuthatches 48 Treecreepers 49 Gnatcatchers 50 Wrens 51 Mockingbirds and thrashers 52 Starlings 53 Thrushes and allies 54 Old World sparrows 55 Wagtails and pipits 56 Finches euphonias and allies 57 Longspurs and snow buntings 58 New World sparrows 59 Yellow breasted chat 60 Troupials and allies 61 New World warblers 62 Cardinals and allies 63 Notes 64 References 65 See alsoDucks geese and waterfowl edit nbsp American black duck nbsp BuffleheadOrder Anseriformes Family AnatidaeThe family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck like waterfowl such as geese and swans These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils Black bellied whistling duck Dendrocygna autumnalis Fulvous whistling duck Dendrocygna bicolor Snow goose Anser caerulescens Ross s goose Anser rossii Greater white fronted goose Anser albifrons Brant Branta bernicla C Barnacle goose Branta leucopsis P provenance uncertain Cackling goose Branta hutchinsii Canada goose Branta canadensis Mute swan Cygnus olor I Trumpeter swan Cygnus buccinator Tundra swan Cygnus columbianus Wood duck Aix sponsa Garganey Spatula querquedula A Blue winged teal Spatula discors Cinnamon teal Spatula cyanoptera Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata Gadwall Mareca strepera Eurasian wigeon Mareca penelope C American wigeon Mareca americana Mallard Anas platyrhynchos American black duck Anas rubripes Mottled duck Anas fulvigula C Northern pintail Anas acuta Green winged teal Anas crecca Canvasback Aythya valisineria Redhead Aythya americana Ring necked duck Aythya collaris Greater scaup Aythya marila Lesser scaup Aythya affinis Harlequin duck Histrionicus histrionicus C Surf scoter Melanitta perspicillata White winged scoter Melanitta deglandi Black scoter Melanitta americana Long tailed duck Clangula hyemalis Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Common goldeneye Bucephala clangula Barrow s goldeneye Bucephala islandica C Smew Mergellus albellus A Hooded merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Common merganser Mergus merganser Red breasted merganser Mergus serrator Ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensisNew World quail editOrder Galliformes Family OdontophoridaeThe New World quails are small plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World but named for their similar appearance and habits Northern bobwhite Colinus virginianusPheasants grouse and allies editOrder Galliformes Family PhasianidaePhasianidae consists of the pheasants and their allies including the partridges grouse turkeys and old world quail These are terrestrial species variable in size but generally plump with broad relatively short wings Many species are gamebirds or have been domesticated as a food source for humans Wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo Ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus Greater prairie chicken Tympanuchus cupido Lesser prairie chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus P Ring necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus I Flamingos editOrder Phoenicopteriformes Family PhoenicopteridaeFlamingos are gregarious wading birds usually 3 to 5 feet 0 9 to 1 5 m feet in height found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres Flamingos filter feed on shellfish and algae Their oddly shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume and uniquely are used upside down American flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber P provenance uncertain Grebes edit nbsp Pied billed grebeOrder Podicipediformes Family PodicipedidaeGrebes are small to medium large freshwater diving birds They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers However they have their feet placed far back on the body making them quite ungainly on land Pied billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps Horned grebe Podiceps auritus Red necked grebe Podiceps grisegena Eared grebe Podiceps nigricollis Western grebe Aechmorphorus occidentalis Clark s grebe Aechmorphorus clarkii C Pigeons and doves editOrder Columbiformes Family ColumbidaePigeons and doves are stout bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere Rock pigeon Columba livia I Band tailed pigeon Patagioenas fasciata A Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto I Passenger pigeon Ectopistes migratorius E Inca dove Columbina inca C Common ground dove Columbina passerina C White winged dove Zenaida asiatica Mourning dove Zenaida macrouraCuckoos editOrder Cuculiformes Family CuculidaeCuculidae includes cuckoos roadrunners and anis These birds are of variable size with slender bodies long tails and strong legs Groove billed ani Crotophaga sulcirostris C Greater roadrunner Geococcyx californianus Yellow billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Black billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmusNightjars and allies editOrder Caprimulgiformes Family CaprimulgidaeNightjars are medium sized nocturnal birds that usually nest on the ground They have long wings short legs and very short bills Most have small feet of little use for walking and long pointed wings Their soft plumage is cryptically colored to resemble bark or leaves Common nighthawk Chordeiles minor Common poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii A Chuck will s widow Antrostomus carolinensis Eastern whip poor will Antrostomus vociferusSwifts editOrder Apodiformes Family ApodidaeThe swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground perching instead only on vertical surfaces Many swifts have very long swept back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang Chimney swift Chaetura pelagica White throated swift Aeronautes saxatalis A Hummingbirds editOrder Apodiformes Family TrochilidaeHummingbirds are small birds capable of hovering in mid air due to the rapid flapping of their wings They are the only birds that can fly backwards Mexican violetear Colibri thalassinus A Rivoli s hummingbird Eugenes fulgens A Ruby throated hummingbird Archilochus colubris Black chinned hummingbird Archilochus alexandri A Anna s hummingbird Calypte anna C Calliope hummingbird Selasphorus calliope A Rufous hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Allen s hummingbird Selasphorus sasin A Broad tailed hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus A Broad billed hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris A Rails gallinules and coots edit nbsp Virginia railOrder Gruiformes Family RallidaeRallidae is a large family of small to medium sized birds which includes the rails crakes coots and gallinules The most typical family members occupy dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes swamps or rivers In general they are shy and secretive birds making them difficult to observe Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces They tend to have short rounded wings and to be weak fliers King rail Rallus elegans Virginia rail Rallus limicola Sora Porzana carolina Common gallinule Gallinula galeata American coot Fulica americana Purple gallinule Porphyrio martinicus Yellow rail Coturnicops noveboracensis Black rail Laterallus jamaicensis C Limpkin editOrder Gruiformes Family AramidaeThe limpkin is an odd bird that looks like a large rail but is skeletally closer to the cranes Limpkin Aramus guarauna A Cranes editOrder Gruiformes Family GruidaeCranes are large long legged and long necked birds Unlike the similar looking but unrelated herons cranes fly with necks outstretched not pulled back Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or dances Sandhill crane Antigone canadensis Whooping crane Grus americana C Stilts and avocets editOrder Charadriiformes Family RecurvirostridaeRecurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds which includes the avocets and stilts The avocets have long legs and long up curved bills The stilts have extremely long legs and long thin straight bills Black necked stilt Himantopus mexicanus American avocet Recurvirostra americanaPlovers and lapwings editOrder Charadriiformes Family CharadriidaeThe family Charadriidae includes the plovers dotterels and lapwings They are small to medium sized birds with compact bodies short thick necks and long usually pointed wings They are found in open country worldwide mostly in habitats near water Black bellied plover Pluvialis squatarola American golden plover Pluvialis dominica Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Semipalmated plover Charadrius semipalmatus Piping plover Charadrius melodus Wilson s plover Charadrius wilsonia A Snowy plover Charadrius nivosus Mountain plover Charadrius montanus P Sandpipers and allies edit nbsp Marbled godwit nbsp Spotted sandpiperOrder Charadriiformes Family ScolopacidaeScolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium sized shorebirds including the sandpipers curlews godwits shanks tattlers woodcocks snipes dowitchers and phalaropes The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil Different lengths of legs and bills enable multiple species to feed in the same habitat particularly on the coast without direct competition for food Upland sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Eskimo curlew Numenius borealis E Long billed curlew Numenius americanus C Hudsonian godwit Limosa haemastica Marbled godwit Limosa fedoa Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres Red knot Calidris canutus Ruff Calidris pugnax Sharp tailed sandpiper Calidris acuminata P Stilt sandpiper Calidris himantopus Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea A Red necked stint little stint Calidris ruficollis Calidris minuta A Sanderling Calidris alba Dunlin Calidris alpina Baird s sandpiper Calidris bairdii Least sandpiper Calidris minutilla White rumped sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Buff breasted sandpiper Calidris subruficollis Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos Semipalmated sandpiper Calidris pusilla Western sandpiper Calidris mauri Short billed dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Long billed dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus American woodcock Scolopax minor Wilson s snipe Gallinago delicata Spotted sandpiper Actitis macularius Solitary sandpiper Tringa solitaria Lesser yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Willet Tringa semipalmata Greater yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Wilson s phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Red necked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Red phalarope Phalaropus fulicariusSkuas and jaegers editOrder Charadriiformes Family StercorariidaeSkuas and jaegers are in general medium to large birds typically with gray or brown plumage often with white markings on the wings They have longish bills with hooked tips and webbed feet with sharp claws They look like large dark gulls but have a fleshy cere above the upper mandible They are strong acrobatic fliers Pomarine jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus C Parasitic jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus A Long tailed jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus C Gulls terns and skimmers edit nbsp Ring billed gull nbsp Forster s ternOrder Charadriiformes Family LaridaeLaridae is a family of medium to large seabirds and includes gulls terns kittiwakes and skimmers They are typically gray or white often with black markings on the head or wings They have stout longish bills and webbed feet Black legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Ivory gull Pagophila eburnea A Sabine s gull Xema sabini Bonaparte s gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Black headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus A Little gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Ross s gull Rhodostethia rosea A Laughing gull Leucophaeus atricilla Franklin s gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Short billed gull Larus brachyrhynchus A Ring billed gull Larus delawarensis California gull Larus californicus Herring gull Larus argentatus Iceland gull Larus glaucoides Lesser black backed gull Larus fuscus Slaty backed gull Larus schistisagus A Glaucous winged gull Larus glaucescens A Glaucous gull Larus hyperboreus Great black backed gull Larus marinus Sooty tern Onychoprion fuscata A Least tern Sternula antillarum Caspian tern Hydroprogne caspia Black tern Chlidonias niger Common tern Sterna hirundo Forster s tern Sterna forsteri Black skimmer Rynchops niger A Loons edit nbsp Common loonOrder Gaviiformes Family GaviidaeLoons are aquatic birds the size of a large duck to which they are unrelated Their plumage is largely gray or black and they have spear shaped bills Loons swim well and fly adequately but are almost hopeless on land because their legs are placed towards the rear of the body Red throated loon Gavia stellata Pacific loon Gavia pacifica Common loon Gavia immer Yellow billed loon Gavia adamsii A Northern storm petrels editOrder Procellariiformes Family HydrobatidaeThe storm petrels are the smallest seabirds relatives of the petrels feeding on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface typically while hovering The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat like Band rumped storm petrel Hydrobates castro A Storks editOrder Ciconiiformes Family CiconiidaeStorks are large heavy long legged long necked wading birds with long stout bills and wide wingspans They lack the powder down that other wading birds such as herons spoonbills and ibises use to clean off fish slime Storks lack a pharynx and are mute Wood stork Mycteria americana C Frigatebirds editOrder Suliformes Family FregatidaeFrigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans They are large black or black and white with long wings and deeply forked tails The males have colored inflatable throat pouches They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface Having the largest wingspan to body weight ratio of any bird they are essentially aerial able to stay aloft for more than a week Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens A Boobies and gannets editOrder Suliformes Family SulidaeThe sulids comprise the gannets and boobies Both groups are medium large coastal seabirds that plunge dive for fish Brown booby Sula leucogaster A Anhingas editOrder Suliformes Family AnhingidaeAnhingas are cormorant like water birds with very long necks and long straight beaks They are fish eaters which often swim with only their neck above the water Anhinga Anhinga anhingaCormorants and shags editOrder Suliformes Family PhalacrocoracidaeCormorants are medium to large aquatic birds usually with mainly dark plumage and areas of colored skin on the face The bill is long thin and sharply hooked Their feet are four toed and webbed Double crested cormorant Nannopterum auritum Neotropic cormorant Nannopterum brasilianumPelicans editOrder Pelecaniformes Family PelecanidaePelicans are very large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak Like other birds in the order Pelecaniformes they have four webbed toes American white pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis C Herons egrets and bitterns edit nbsp Black crowned night heronOrder Pelecaniformes Family ArdeidaeThe family Ardeidae contains the herons egrets and bitterns Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more secretive Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted unlike other long necked birds such as storks ibises and spoonbills American bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Least bittern Ixobrychus exilis Great blue heron Ardea herodias Great egret Ardea alba Snowy egret Egretta thula Little blue heron Egretta caerulea Tricolored heron Egretta tricolor Reddish egret Egretta rufescens P Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis Green heron Butorides virescens Black crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax Yellow crowned night heron Nyctanassa violaceaIbises and spoonbills edit nbsp White faced ibisOrder Pelecaniformes Family ThreskiornithidaeThe family Threskiornithidae includes the ibises and spoonbills They have long broad wings Their bodies tend to be elongated the neck more so with rather long legs The bill is also long decurved in the case of the ibises straight and distinctively flattened in the spoonbills White ibis Eudocimus albus Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus White faced ibis Plegadis chihi Roseate spoonbill Platalea ajaja C New World vultures editOrder Cathartiformes Family CathartidaeThe New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures but superficially resemble them because of convergent evolution Like the Old World vultures they are scavengers However unlike Old World vultures which find carcasses by sight New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carcasses Black vulture Coragyps atratus Turkey vulture Cathartes auraOsprey editOrder Accipitriformes Family PandionidaePandionidae is a family of fish eating birds of prey possessing a very large powerful hooked beak for tearing flesh from their prey strong legs powerful talons and keen eyesight The family is monotypic Osprey Pandion haliaetusHawks eagles and kites edit nbsp Bald eagleOrder Accipitriformes Family AccipitridaeAccipitridae is a family of birds of prey which includes hawks eagles kites harriers and Old World vultures These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey strong legs powerful talons and keen eyesight White tailed kite Elanus leucurus A Swallow tailed kite Elanoides forficatus C Ex 3 Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Northern harrier Circus hudsonius Sharp shinned hawk Accipiter striatus Cooper s hawk Accipiter cooperii American goshawk Accipiter atricapillus Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Mississippi kite Ictinia mississippiensis Harris s hawk Parabuteo unicinctus A Red shouldered hawk Buteo lineatus Broad winged hawk Buteo platypterus Swainson s hawk Buteo swainsoni Red tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis Rough legged hawk Buteo lagopus Ferruginous hawk Buteo regalis C Barn owls editOrder Strigiformes Family TytonidaeBarn owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart shaped faces They have long strong legs with powerful talons Barn owl Tyto albaOwls editOrder Strigiformes Family StrigidaeThe typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey They have large forward facing eyes and ears a hawk like beak and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk Eastern screech owl Megascops asio Great horned owl Bubo virginianus Snowy owl Bubo scandiacus Burrowing owl Athene cunicularia Ex 4 Barred owl Strix varia Long eared owl Asio otus Short eared owl Asio flammeus Northern saw whet owl Aegolius acadicusKingfishers editOrder Coraciiformes Family AlcedinidaeKingfishers are medium sized birds with large heads long pointed bills short legs and stubby tails Belted kingfisher Megaceryle alcyonWoodpeckers editOrder Piciformes Family PicidaeWoodpeckers are small to medium sized birds with chisel like beaks short legs stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward while several species have only three toes Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks Lewis s woodpecker Melanerpes lewis A Red headed woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus Red bellied woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Yellow bellied sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Black backed woodpecker Picoides arcticus P Downy woodpecker Dryobates pubescens Red cockaded woodpecker Dryobates borealis Ex Hairy woodpecker Dryobates villosus Northern flicker Colaptes auratus Pileated woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Ivory billed woodpecker Campephilus principalis E See this species article for the controversy surrounding it Falcons and caracaras editOrder Falconiformes Family FalconidaeFalconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey notably the falcons and caracaras They differ from hawks eagles and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons Crested caracara Caracara plancus A American kestrel Falco sparverius Merlin Falco columbarius Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus C Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus Prairie falcon Falco mexicanusNew World and African parrots editOrder Psittaciformes Family PsittacidaeParrots are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and they have a generally erect stance All parrots are zygodactyl having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two to the back Most of the more than 150 species in this family are found in the New World Carolina parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis E Tyrant flycatchers editOrder Passeriformes Family Tyrannidae nbsp Acadian flycatcherTyrant flycatchers are Passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America They superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers but are more robust and have stronger bills They do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds Most but not all are rather plain As the name implies most are insectivorous Great crested flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Tropical kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus A Western kingbird Tyrannus verticalis Eastern kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Gray kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis A Scissor tailed flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus Fork tailed flycatcher Tyrannus savana A Olive sided flycatcher Contopus cooperi Western wood pewee Contopus sordidulus A Eastern wood pewee Contopus virens Yellow bellied flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Acadian flycatcher Empidonax virescens Alder flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii Least flycatcher Empidonax minimus Eastern phoebe Sayornis phoebe Say s phoebe Sayornis saya Vermilion flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus C Vireos shrike babblers and erpornis editOrder Passeriformes Family VireonidaeThe vireos are a group of small to medium sized passerine birds They are typically greenish in color and resemble wood warblers apart from their heavier bills White eyed vireo Vireo griseus Bell s vireo Vireo bellii Yellow throated vireo Vireo flavifrons Blue headed vireo Vireo solitarius Philadelphia vireo Vireo philadelphicus Warbling vireo Vireo gilvus Red eyed vireo Vireo olivaceusShrikes editOrder Passeriformes Family LaniidaeShrikes are passerine birds known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns A shrike s beak is hooked like that of a typical bird of prey Loggerhead shrike Lanius ludovicianus Northern shrike Lanius borealisCrows jays and magpies editOrder Passeriformes Family CorvidaeThe family Corvidae includes crows ravens jays choughs magpies treepies nutcrackers and ground jays Corvids are above average in size among the Passeriformes and some of the larger species show high levels of intelligence Canada jay Perisoreus canadensis P Blue jay Cyanocitta cristata Clark s nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana A Black billed magpie Pica hudsonia A American crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Fish crow Corvus ossifragus Common raven Corvus corax Ex Tits chickadees and titmice editOrder Passeriformes Family ParidaeThe Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills Some have crests They are adaptable birds with a mixed diet including seeds and insects Carolina chickadee Poecile carolinensis Black capped chickadee Poecile atricapilla Tufted titmouse Baeolophus bicolorLarks editOrder Passeriformes Family AlaudidaeLarks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights Most larks are fairly dull in appearance Their food is insects and seeds Horned lark Eremophila alpestrisSwallows editOrder Passeriformes Family HirundinidaeThe family Hirundinidae is a group of passerines characterized by their adaptation to aerial feeding These adaptations include a slender streamlined body long pointed wings and short bills with a wide gape The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking and the front toes are partially joined at the base Bank swallow Riparia riparia Tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor Violet green swallow Tachycineta thalassina P Northern rough winged swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis Purple martin Progne subis Barn swallow Hirundo rustica Cliff swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Cave swallow Petrochelidon fulva A Kinglets editOrder Passeriformes Family RegulidaeThe kinglets are a small family of birds which resemble the titmice They are very small insectivorous birds in the genus Regulus The adults have colored crowns giving rise to their name Ruby crowned kinglet Corthylio calendula Golden crowned kinglet Regulus satrapaWaxwings editOrder Passeriformes Family BombycillidaeThe waxwings are a group of birds with soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers In the Bohemian and cedar waxwings these tips look like sealing wax and give the group its name These are arboreal birds of northern forests They live on insects in summer and berries in winter Bohemian waxwing Bombycilla garrulus C Cedar waxwing Bombycilla cedrorumNuthatches editOrder Passeriformes Family SittidaeNuthatches are small woodland birds They have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first unlike other birds which can only go upwards Nuthatches have big heads short tails and powerful bills and feet Red breasted nuthatch Sitta canadensis White breasted nuthatch Sitta carolinensis Brown headed nuthatch Sitta pusilla Ex Treecreepers editOrder Passeriformes Family CerthiidaeTreecreepers are small woodland birds brown above and white below They have thin pointed down curved bills which they use to extricate insects from bark They have stiff tail feathers like woodpeckers which they use to support themselves on vertical trees Brown creeper Certhia americanaGnatcatchers editOrder Passeriformes Family PolioptilidaeThese dainty birds resemble Old World warblers in their structure and habits moving restlessly through the foliage seeking insects The gnatcatchers are mainly soft bluish gray in color and have the typical insectivore s long sharp bill Many species have distinctive black head patterns especially males and long regularly cocked black and white tails Blue gray gnatcatcher Polioptila caeruleaWrens editOrder Passeriformes Family TroglodytidaeWrens are small and inconspicuous birds except for their loud songs They have short wings and thin down turned bills Several species often hold their tails upright All are insectivorous Rock wren Salpinctes obsoletus C House wren Troglodytes aedon Winter wren Troglodytes hiemalis Sedge wren Cistothorus platensis Marsh wren Cistothorus palustris Carolina wren Thryothorus ludovicianus Bewick s wren Thryomanes bewickiiMockingbirds and thrashers editOrder Passeriformes Family MimidaeThe mimids are a family of passerine birds that includes thrashers mockingbirds tremblers and the New World catbirds These birds are notable for their vocalization especially their remarkable ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors The species tend towards dull grays and browns in their appearance Gray catbird Dumetella carolinensis Brown thrasher Toxostoma rufum Sage thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus A Northern mockingbird Mimus polyglottosStarlings editOrder Passeriformes Family SturnidaeStarlings are small to medium sized passerine birds with strong feet Their flight is strong and direct and they are very gregarious Their preferred habitat is fairly open country and they eat insects and fruit Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen European starling Sturnus vulgaris I Thrushes and allies editOrder Passeriformes Family TurdidaeThe thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively in the Old World They are plump soft plumaged small to medium sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores often feeding on the ground Many have attractive songs Eastern bluebird Sialia sialis Mountain bluebird Sialia currucoides C Townsend s solitaire Myadestes townsendi Veery Catharus fuscescens Gray cheeked thrush Catharus minimus Swainson s thrush Catharus ustulatus Hermit thrush Catharus guttatus Wood thrush Hylocichla mustelina American robin Turdus migratorius Varied thrush Ixoreus naeviusOld World sparrows editOrder Passeriformes Family PasseridaeOld World sparrows are small passerine birds In general sparrows tend to be small plump brownish or grayish birds with short tails and short powerful beaks Sparrows are seed eaters but they also consume small insects House sparrow Passer domesticus I Eurasian tree sparrow Passer montanus I Wagtails and pipits editOrder Passeriformes Family MotacillidaeMotacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails They include the wagtails longclaws and pipits They are slender ground feeding insectivores of open country American pipit Anthus rubescens Sprague s pipit Anthus spragueiiFinches euphonias and allies editOrder Passeriformes Family FringillidaeFinches are seed eating passerine birds that are small to moderately large and have strong beaks usually conical and in some species very large All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings and most sing well Evening grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus Pine grosbeak Pinicola enucleator C Black rosy finch Leucosticte atrata A House finch Haemorhous mexicanus native to the southwestern U S introduced in the east Purple finch Haemorhous purpureus Common redpoll Acanthis flammea Hoary redpoll Acanthis hornemanni A Red crossbill Loxia curvirostra White winged crossbill Loxia leucoptera Pine siskin Spinus pinus Lesser goldfinch Spinus psaltria C American goldfinch Spinus tristisLongspurs and snow buntings editOrder Passeriformes Family CalcariidaeThe Calcariidae are a group of passerine birds that were traditionally grouped with the New World sparrows but differ in a number of respects and are usually found in open grassy areas Lapland longspur Calcarius lapponicus Chestnut collared longspur Calcarius ornatus Smith s longspur Calcarius pictus Thick billed longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii A Snow bunting Plectrophenax nivalisNew World sparrows editOrder Passeriformes Family Passerellidae nbsp Henslow s sparrowUntil 2017 these species were considered part of the family Emberizidae Most of the species are known as sparrows but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae Many of these have distinctive head patterns Cassin s sparrow Peucaea cassinii P Bachman s sparrow Peucaea aestivalis C Grasshopper sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Black throated sparrow Amphispiza bilineata A Lark sparrow Chondestes grammacus Lark bunting Calamospiza melanocorys C Chipping sparrow Spizella passerina Clay colored sparrow Spizella pallida Field sparrow Spizella pusilla Fox sparrow Passerella iliaca American tree sparrow Spizelloides arborea Dark eyed junco Junco hyemalis White crowned sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Golden crowned sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla A Harris s sparrow Zonotrichia querula White throated sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Vesper sparrow Pooecetes gramineus LeConte s sparrow Ammospiza leconteii Nelson s sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni Baird s sparrow Centronyx bairdii P Henslow s sparrow Centronyx henslowii Savannah sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Song sparrow Melospiza melodia Lincoln s sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Swamp sparrow Melospiza georgiana Green tailed towhee Pipilo chlorurus C Spotted towhee Pipilo maculatus Eastern towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmusYellow breasted chat editOrder Passeriformes Family IcteriidaeThis species was historically placed in the wood warblers Parulidae but nonetheless most authorities were unsure if it belonged there It was placed in its own family in 2017 Yellow breasted chat Icteria virensTroupials and allies editOrder Passeriformes Family IcteridaeThe icterids are a group of small to medium sized often colorful passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackles New World blackbirds and New World orioles Most species have black as a predominant plumage color often enlivened by yellow orange or red Yellow headed blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Eastern meadowlark Sturnella magna Western meadowlark Sturnella neglecta Orchard oriole Icterus spurius Hooded oriole Icterus cucullatus A Bullock s oriole Icterus bullockii A Baltimore oriole Icterus galbula Red winged blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Bronzed cowbird Molothrus aeneus A Brown headed cowbird Molothrus ater Rusty blackbird Euphagus carolinus Brewer s blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus Common grackle Quiscalus quiscula Great tailed grackle Quiscalus mexicanusNew World warblers editOrder Passeriformes Family ParulidaeThe wood warblers are a group of small often colorful passerine birds restricted to the New World Most are arboreal but some are more terrestrial Most members of this family are insectivores Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Worm eating warbler Helmitheros vermivorum Louisiana waterthrush Parkesia motacilla Northern waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Bachman s warbler Vermivora bachmanii E Golden winged warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Blue winged warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Black and white warbler Mniotilta varia Prothonotary warbler Protonotaria citrea Swainson s warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii Tennessee warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Orange crowned warbler Leiothlypis celata Nashville warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla Connecticut warbler Oporornis agilis MacGillivray s warbler Geothlypis tolmiei A Mourning warbler Geothlypis philadelphia Kentucky warbler Geothlypis formosa Common yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Hooded warbler Setophaga citrina American redstart Setophaga ruticilla Kirtland s warbler Setophaga kirtlandii A Cape May warbler Setophaga tigrina Cerulean warbler Setophaga cerulea Northern parula Setophaga americana Magnolia warbler Setophaga magnolia Bay breasted warbler Setophaga castanea Blackburnian warbler Setophaga fusca Yellow warbler Setophaga petechia Chestnut sided warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Blackpoll warbler Setophaga striata Black throated blue warbler Setophaga caerulescens Palm warbler Setophaga palmarum Pine warbler Setophaga pinus Yellow rumped warbler Setophaga coronata Yellow throated warbler Setophaga dominica Prairie warbler Setophaga discolor Townsend s warbler Setophaga townsendi A Hermit warbler Setophaga occidentalis A Golden cheeked warbler Setophaga chrysoparia A Black throated green warbler Setophaga virens Canada warbler Cardellina canadensis Wilson s warbler Cardellina pusillaCardinals and allies editOrder Passeriformes Family CardinalidaeThe Cardinalidae are a family of robust seed eating birds with strong bills They are typically associated with open woodland The sexes usually have distinct plumage Summer tanager Piranga rubra Scarlet tanager Piranga olivacea Western tanager Piranga ludoviciana C Northern cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Rose breasted grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Black headed grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus Blue grosbeak Passerina caerulea Lazuli bunting Passerina amoena Indigo bunting Passerina cyanea Painted bunting Passerina ciris Dickcissel Spiza americanaNotes editReferences edit Annotated Checklist of Missouri Birds Missouri Birding Society July 2021 Retrieved August 11 2021 Check list of North and Middle American Birds American Ornithological Society June 29 2021 Retrieved August 9 2021 NatureServe Explorer 2 0 explorer natureserve org Retrieved 13 November 2022 NatureServe Explorer 2 0 explorer natureserve org Retrieved 16 November 2022 See also editList of birds Lists of birds by region List of birds of North America Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of birds of Missouri amp oldid 1166107498, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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