The Montrose Primer

Waterfowl (36)

• Tundra Swan [C]
• Trumpeter Swan [A]
• Mute Swan [R]
• Greater White-fronted Goose [A]
• Snow Goose [C]
• Ross's Goose [A]
• Brant [A]
• Canada Goose [R]
• Cackling Goose [C]
• Wood Duck [R]
• Green-winged Teal [R]
• American Black Duck [R]
• Mallard [R]
• Northern Pintail [R]
• Blue-winged Teal [R]
• Northern Shoveler [R]
• Gadwall [R]
• American Wigeon [R]
• Canvasback [R]
• Redhead [R]
• Ring-necked Duck [R]
• Greater Scaup [R]
• Lesser Scaup [R]
• King Eider [A]
• Harlequin Duck [C]
• Long-tailed Duck [C]
• Black Scoter [R]
• Surf Scoter [R]
• White-winged Scoter [R]
• Common Goldeneye [R]
• Barrow's Goldeneye [A]
• Bufflehead [R]
• Hooded Merganser [R]
• Common Merganser [R]
• Red-breasted Merganser [R]
• Ruddy Duck [R]

Loons (3)

• Red-throated Loon [R]
• Pacific Loon [A]
• Common Loon [R]

Grebes (5)

• Pied-billed Grebe [R]
• Horned Grebe [R]
• Red-necked Grebe [C]
• Eared Grebe [C]
• Western Grebe [A]

Pelicaniforms (4)

• American White Pelican [A]
• Brown Pelican [A]
• Double-crested Cormorant [R]
• Magnificent Frigatebird [A]

Herons (12)

• American Bittern [R]
• Least Bittern [C]
• Great Blue Heron [R]
• Great Egret [R]
• Snowy Egret [A]
• Little Blue Heron [C]
• Tricolored Heron [A]
• Reddish Egret [A]
• Cattle Egret [C]
• Green Heron [R]
• Black-crowned Night-Heron [R]
• Yellow-crowned Night-Heron [C]

Diurnal Birds of Prey (15)

• Turkey Vulture [R]
• Mississippi Kite [A]
• Osprey [R]
• Bald Eagle [A]
• Golden Eagle [A]
• Northern Harrier [R]
• Sharp-shinned Hawk [C]
• Cooper's Hawk [R]
• Northern Goshawk [A]
• Red-tailed Hawk [R]
• Rough-legged Hawk [A]
• Red-shouldered Hawk [A]
• Swainson's Hawk [A]
• American Kestrel [R]
• Merlin [R]
• Peregrine Falcon [R]

Gallinaceous Birds (1)

• Ring-necked Pheasant [A]

Rails, Cranes (9)

• Yellow Rail [A]
• Black Rail [A]
• King Rail [C]
• Virginia Rail [R]
• Sora [R]
• Purple Gallinule [A]
• Common Moorhen [A]
• American Coot [R]
• Sandhill Crane [C]

Plovers (6)

• Black-bellied Plover [R]
• American Golden-Plover [R]
• Snowy Plover [A]
• Semipalmated Plover [R]
• Piping Plover [R]
• Killdeer [R]

Sandpipers (30)

• American Avocet [R]
• Greater Yellowlegs [R]
• Lesser Yellowlegs [R]

• Solitary Sandpiper [R]
• Willet [R]
• Spotted Sandpiper [R]
• Upland Sandpiper [C]
• Whimbrel [R]
• Hudsonian Godwit [A]
• Marbled Godwit [C]
• Ruddy Turnstone [R]
• Red Knot [R]
• Sanderling [R]
• Semipalmated Sandpiper [R]
• Western Sandpiper [C]
• Least Sandpiper [R]
• White-rumped Sandpiper [R]
• Baird's Sandpiper [R]
• Pectoral Sandpiper [R]
• Purple Sandpiper [C]
• Dunlin [R]
• Stilt Sandpiper [R]
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper [R]
• Short-billed Dowitcher [R]
• Long-billed Dowitcher [A]
• Wilson's Snipe [R]
• American Woodcock [R]
• Wilson's Phalarope [C]
• Red-necked Phalarope [A]
• Red Phalarope [A]

Jaegers (1)

• Parasitic Jaeger [C]

Gulls (19)

• Laughing Gull [R]
• Franklin's Gull [R]
• Little Gull [A]
• Ross's Gull [A]
• Black-headed Gull [A]
• Bonaparte's Gull [R]
• Mew Gull [A]
• Ring-billed Gull [R]
• California Gull [C]
• Herring Gull [R]
• Thayer's Gull [R]
• Iceland Gull [R]
• Glaucous Gull [R]
• Lesser Black-backed Gull [R]
• Great Black-backed Gull [R]
• Black-legged Kittiwake [A]
• Sabine's Gull [A]
• Ivory Gull [A]
• Black-tailed Gull [A]

Terns (7)

• Caspian Tern [R]
• Royal Tern [A]
• Sandwich Tern [A]
• Common Tern [R]
• Forster's Tern [R]
• Least Tern [A]
• Black Tern [C]

Columbids (4)

• Rock Pigeon [R]
• Eurasian Collared-Dove [C]
• Mourning Dove [R]
• White-winged Dove [C]

Parrots (1)

• Monk Parakeet [C]

Cuckoos (3)

• Black-billed Cuckoo [R]
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo [R]
• Groove-billed Ani [A]

Owls (7)

• Barn Owl [A]
• Great Horned Owl [R]
• Snowy Owl [C]
• Burrowing Owl [A]
• Long-eared Owl [R]
• Short-eared Owl [R]
• Northern Saw-whet Owl [C]

Nightjars (2)

• Common Nighthawk [R]
• Whip-poor-will [C]

Swifts (1)

• Chimney Swift [R]

Hummingbirds (1)

• Ruby-throated Hummingbird [R]

Kingfishers (1)

• Belted Kingfisher [R]

Woodpeckers (6)

• Red-headed Woodpecker [R]
• Red-bellied Woodpecker [R]
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker [R]
• Downy Woodpecker [R]
• Hairy Woodpecker [C]
• Northern Flicker [R]

Flycatchers (14)

• Olive-sided Flycatcher [R]
• Eastern Wood-Pewee [R]
• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher [R]
• Acadian Flycatcher [C]

• Alder Flycatcher [R]
• Willow Flycatcher [R]
• Least Flycatcher [R]
• Eastern Phoebe [R]
• Say's Phoebe [A]
• Ash-throated Flycatcher [A]
• Great Crested Flycatcher [R]
• Western Kingbird [C]
• Eastern Kingbird [R]
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher [A]

Shrikes (2)

• Northern Shrike [C]
• Loggerhead Shrike [A]

Vireos (7)

• White-eyed Vireo [C]
• Bell's Vireo [A]
• Blue-headed Vireo [R]
• Yellow-throated Vireo [R]
• Warbling Vireo [R]
• Philadelphia Vireo [R]
• Red-eyed Vireo [R]

Corvids (3)

• Blue Jay [R]
• American Crow [R]
• Fish Crow [A]

Larks (1)

• Horned Lark [R]

Swallows (6)

• Purple Martin [R]
• Tree Swallow [R]
• Northern Rough-winged Swallow [R]
• Bank Swallow [R]
• Cliff Swallow [R]
• Barn Swallow [R]

Parids (2)

• Black-capped Chickadee [R]
• Tufted Titmouse [A]

Creepers (1)

• Brown Creeper [R]

Nuthatches (2)

• Red-breasted Nuthatch [R]
• White-breasted Nuthatch [R]

Wrens (7)

• Rock Wren [A]
• Carolina Wren [C]
• Bewick's Wren [A]
• House Wren [R]
• Winter Wren [R]
• Sedge Wren [R]
• Marsh Wren [R]

Kinglets (2)

• Golden-crowned Kinglet [R]
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet [R]

Gnatcatchers (1)

• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher [R]

Thrushes (9)

• Eastern Bluebird [R]
• Townsend's Solitaire [A]
• Veery [R]
• Gray-cheeked Thrush [R]
• Swainson's Thrush [R]
• Hermit Thrush [R]
• Wood Thrush [R]
• American Robin [R]
• Varied Thrush [A]

Mimids (3)

• Gray Catbird [R]
• Northern Mockingbird [R]
• Brown Thrasher [R]
• Sage Thrasher* [A]

Pipits (1)

• American Pipit [R]

Waxwings (1)

• Cedar Waxwing [R]

Starlings (1)

• European Starling [R]

Warblers (39)

• Blue-winged Warbler [R]
• Golden-winged Warbler [R]
• Tennessee Warbler [R]
• Orange-crowned Warbler [R]
• Nashville Warbler [R]
• Northern Parula [R]
• Yellow Warbler [R]
• Chestnut-sided Warbler [R]
• Magnolia Warbler [R]
• Cape May Warbler [R]
• Black-throated Blue Warbler [R]

• Yellow-rumped Warbler [R]
• Black-throated Green Warbler [R]
• Townsend's Warbler [A]
• Blackburnian Warbler [R]
• Yellow-throated Warbler [C]
• Grace's Warbler [A]
• Pine Warbler [R]
• Kirtland's Warbler [A]
• Prairie Warbler [C]
• Palm Warbler [R]
• Bay-breasted Warbler [R]
• Blackpoll Warbler [R]
• Cerulean Warbler [C]
• Black-and-white Warbler [R]
• American Redstart [R]
• Prothonotary Warbler [C]
• Worm-eating Warbler [A]
• Ovenbird [R]
• Northern Waterthrush [R]
• Louisiana Waterthrush [A]
• Kentucky Warbler [C]
• Connecticut Warbler [R]
• Mourning Warbler [R]
• Common Yellowthroat [R]
• Hooded Warbler [R]
• Wilson's Warbler [R]
• Canada Warbler [R]
• Yellow-breasted Chat [R]

Tanagers (2)

• Summer Tanager [C]
• Scarlet Tanager [R]

Sparrows (27)

• Green-tailed Towhee [A]
• Eastern Towhee [R]
• Spotted Towhee [A]
• American Tree Sparrow [R]
• Chipping Sparrow [R]
• Clay-colored Sparrow [R]
• Field Sparrow [R]
• Vesper Sparrow [R]
• Lark Sparrow [R]
• Lark Bunting [A]
• Savannah Sparrow [R]
• Grasshopper Sparrow [R]
• Henslow's Sparrow [R]
• LeConte's Sparrow [R]
• Nelson's Sparrow [R]
• Fox Sparrow [R]
• Song Sparrow [R]
• Lincoln's Sparrow [R]
• Swamp Sparrow [R]
• White-throated Sparrow [R]
• Golden-crowned Sparrow [A]
• White-crowned Sparrow [R]
• Harris's Sparrow [R]
• Dark-eyed Junco [R]
• Lapland Longspur [R]
• Smith's Longspur [A]
• Snow Bunting [R]

Cardinals (6)

• Northern Cardinal [R]
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak [R]
• Blue Grosbeak [A]
• Indigo Bunting [R]
• Painted Bunting [A]
• Dickcissel [R]

Blackbirds (9)

• Bobolink [R]
• Red-winged Blackbird [R]
• Eastern Meadowlark [R]
• Western Meadowlark [A]
• Yellow-headed Blackbird [R]
• Rusty Blackbird [R]
• Brewer's Blackbird [A]
• Common Grackle [R]
• Brown-headed Cowbird [R]

Orioles (2)

• Orchard Oriole [R]
• Baltimore Oriole [R]

Finches (8)

• Purple Finch [R]
• House Finch [R]
• Red Crossbill [A]
• Common Redpoll [C]
• Hoary Redpoll [A]
• Pine Siskin [R]
• American Goldfinch [R]
• Evening Grosbeak [A]

Old World Sparrows (2)

• House Sparrow [R]
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow [A]

Total: 334 species

Exotics: (not included in total)

• Budgerigar
• Cockatiel
• Eurasian Jay
• Hooded Crow
• Great Tit
• European Goldfinch
• European Greenfinch
• Orange Bishop
• Peach-faced Lovebird