2000 Summary - Stuart Healy, Western U.S. Bird Guide

Location	Species Seen	Unique Species	Birding Days
Arizona	329	125	204
California	257	63	16
Colorado	51	1	3
Maine	37	9	5
Massachusetts	28	4	2
New Hampshire	4	0	2
New Mexico	23	0	3
Utah	10	0	1

421 species recorded 227 birding days in 8 states	A Z	C A	C O	M E	M A	N H	N M	U T
DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL (35)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	x
Greater White-fronted Goose	x
Snow Goose	x	x
Ross's Goose	x
Brant					x
Canada Goose	x	x	x	x	x
Mute Swan					x
Wood Duck	x	x
Gadwall	x	x	x		x
Eurasian Wigeon	x
American Wigeon	x	x
American Black Duck				x	x
Mallard	x	x	x	x	x
Blue-winged Teal	x	x
Cinnamon Teal	x	x
Northern Shoveler	x	x
Northern Pintail	x	x
Green-winged Teal	x	x	x
Canvasback	x	x
Redhead	x	x	x
Ring-necked Duck	x	x	x
Greater Scaup	x				x
Lesser Scaup	x	x
King Eider				x
Common Eider				x	x
Harlequin Duck				x	x
Surf Scoter		x		x
White-winged Scoter				x	x
Black Scoter				x
Long-tailed Duck				x	x
Bufflehead	x			x	x
Common Goldeneye				x	x
Common Merganser	x	x	x
Red-breasted Merganser		x		x	x
Ruddy Duck	x	x
NEW WORLD QUAIL (5)
Mountain Quail		x
Scaled Quail	x						x
California Quail		x
Gambel's Quail	x	x					x
Montezuma Quail	x
PHEASANTS, GROUSE, AND ALLIES (4)
Greater Sage-Grouse		x
Dusky Grouse	x
Sooty Grouse		x
Wild Turkey	x
LOONS (2)
Pacific Loon				x
Common Loon	x			x	x
GREBES (7)
Least Grebe	x
Pied-billed Grebe	x	x
Horned Grebe				x	x
Red-necked Grebe				x
Eared Grebe	x	x
Western Grebe	x	x
Clark's Grebe	x	x
SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS (3)
Pink-footed Shearwater		x
Sooty Shearwater		x
Black-vented Shearwater		x
STORKS (1)
Wood Stork		x
CORMORANTS AND SHAGS (5)
Brandt's Cormorant		x
Neotropic Cormorant	x
Double-crested Cormorant	x	x		x
Great Cormorant				x
Pelagic Cormorant		x
PELICANS (2)
American White Pelican	x	x	x
Brown Pelican		x
HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS (11)
American Bittern	x
Least Bittern	x
Great Blue Heron	x	x						x
Great Egret	x	x
Snowy Egret	x	x
Little Blue Heron		x
Tricolored Heron	x
Reddish Egret		x
Cattle Egret	x	x					x
Green Heron	x	x
Black-crowned Night-Heron	x	x
IBISES AND SPOONBILLS (1)
White-faced Ibis	x	x
NEW WORLD VULTURES (2)
Black Vulture	x
Turkey Vulture	x	x					x	x
OSPREY (1)
Osprey	x	x
HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES (17)
White-tailed Kite	x	x
Mississippi Kite	x
Bald Eagle	x
Northern Harrier	x	x
Sharp-shinned Hawk	x	x
Cooper's Hawk	x	x
Northern Goshawk	x
Common Black-Hawk	x
Harris's Hawk	x
Red-shouldered Hawk		x
Gray Hawk	x
Swainson's Hawk	x		x				x
Zone-tailed Hawk	x
Red-tailed Hawk	x	x		x			x
Ferruginous Hawk	x
Rough-legged Hawk				x
Golden Eagle	x	x
FALCONS (4)
American Kestrel	x	x	x					x
Merlin	x
Peregrine Falcon	x	x
Prairie Falcon	x	x
RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS (5)
Clapper Rail		x
Virginia Rail	x	x
Sora	x	x
Common Moorhen	x	x
American Coot	x	x
CRANES (1)
Sandhill Crane	x
PLOVERS (5)
Black-bellied Plover		x
Snowy Plover		x
Semipalmated Plover	x	x
Killdeer	x	x	x
Mountain Plover	x
OYSTERCATCHERS (1)
Black Oystercatcher		x
STILTS AND AVOCETS (2)
Black-necked Stilt	x	x
American Avocet	x	x
SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES (27)
Spotted Sandpiper	x	x	x
Solitary Sandpiper	x
Wandering Tattler		x
Greater Yellowlegs	x	x
Willet	x	x
Lesser Yellowlegs	x	x
Whimbrel		x
Long-billed Curlew	x	x
Hudsonian Godwit	x
Marbled Godwit		x
Ruddy Turnstone		x
Black Turnstone		x
Surfbird		x
Red Knot		x
Sanderling		x
Western Sandpiper	x	x
Least Sandpiper	x	x
White-rumped Sandpiper	x
Baird's Sandpiper	x
Pectoral Sandpiper		x
Purple Sandpiper				x
Dunlin		x
Short-billed Dowitcher		x
Long-billed Dowitcher	x	x
Wilson's Snipe	x
Wilson's Phalarope	x	x
Red-necked Phalarope		x
GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS (21)
Sabine's Gull	x
Bonaparte's Gull	x	x
Laughing Gull	x	x
Franklin's Gull		x
Heermann's Gull		x
Ring-billed Gull	x	x		x	x	x
Western Gull		x
Yellow-footed Gull		x
California Gull		x	x
Herring Gull		x		x	x	x
Iceland Gull					x
Great Black-backed Gull				x	x
Least Tern	x
Gull-billed Tern		x
Caspian Tern	x	x
Black Tern	x	x
Common Tern		x
Forster's Tern		x
Royal Tern		x
Elegant Tern		x
Black Skimmer		x
SKUAS AND JAEGERS (2)
Pomarine Jaeger		x
Parasitic Jaeger		x
AUKS, MURRES, AND PUFFINS (5)
Common Murre		x
Razorbill					x
Black Guillemot				x
Pigeon Guillemot		x
Marbled Murrelet		x
PIGEONS AND DOVES (8)
Rock Pigeon	x	x		x	x	x
Band-tailed Pigeon	x	x
Spotted Dove		x
White-winged Dove	x	x
Mourning Dove	x	x					x
Inca Dove	x	x
Common Ground-Dove	x	x
Ruddy Ground-Dove	x
CUCKOOS (2)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	x
Greater Roadrunner	x	x
BARN-OWLS (1)
Barn Owl	x						x
OWLS (9)
Flammulated Owl	x
Western Screech-Owl	x
Whiskered Screech-Owl	x
Great Horned Owl	x	x
Northern Pygmy-Owl	x
Elf Owl	x
Burrowing Owl	x	x
Spotted Owl	x
Short-eared Owl	x
NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES (4)
Lesser Nighthawk	x	x
Common Nighthawk	x		x
Common Poorwill	x
Mexican Whip-poor-will	x
SWIFTS (2)
Vaux's Swift	x	x
White-throated Swift	x	x	x
HUMMINGBIRDS (14)
Magnificent Hummingbird	x
Blue-throated Hummingbird	x
Lucifer Hummingbird	x
Black-chinned Hummingbird	x	x
Anna's Hummingbird	x	x
Costa's Hummingbird	x	x
Broad-tailed Hummingbird	x		x
Rufous Hummingbird	x	x
Allen's Hummingbird		x
Calliope Hummingbird	x
Broad-billed Hummingbird	x
Berylline Hummingbird	x
Violet-crowned Hummingbird	x
White-eared Hummingbird	x
TROGONS (1)
Elegant Trogon	x
KINGFISHERS (2)
Belted Kingfisher	x	x
Green Kingfisher	x
WOODPECKERS (17)
Lewis's Woodpecker	x	x
Acorn Woodpecker	x	x
Gila Woodpecker	x	x
Williamson's Sapsucker	x	x
Red-naped Sapsucker	x
Red-breasted Sapsucker		x
Ladder-backed Woodpecker	x	x
Nuttall's Woodpecker		x
Downy Woodpecker	x	x
Hairy Woodpecker	x	x
Arizona Woodpecker	x
White-headed Woodpecker		x
American Three-toed Woodpecker	x
Black-backed Woodpecker		x
Northern Flicker	x	x
Gilded Flicker	x
Pileated Woodpecker		x
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (24)
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet	x
Olive-sided Flycatcher	x	x
Greater Pewee	x
Western Wood-Pewee	x	x	x
Eastern Wood-Pewee	x
Willow Flycatcher	x	x
Least Flycatcher	x
Hammond's Flycatcher	x	x
Gray Flycatcher	x
Dusky Flycatcher	x	x
Pacific-slope Flycatcher	x	x
Cordilleran Flycatcher	x		x
Buff-breasted Flycatcher	x
Black Phoebe	x	x
Say's Phoebe	x	x					x
Vermilion Flycatcher	x
Dusky-capped Flycatcher	x
Ash-throated Flycatcher	x
Brown-crested Flycatcher	x
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher	x
Tropical Kingbird	x
Cassin's Kingbird	x	x
Thick-billed Kingbird	x
Western Kingbird	x	x						x
TITYRAS AND ALLIES (1)
Rose-throated Becard	x
SHRIKES (1)
Loggerhead Shrike	x	x					x
VIREOS (6)
Bell's Vireo	x
Gray Vireo	x
Plumbeous Vireo	x
Cassin's Vireo	x	x
Hutton's Vireo	x	x
Warbling Vireo	x	x	x
CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES (13)
Gray Jay	x
Pinyon Jay	x	x					x
Steller's Jay	x	x
Blue Jay				x	x
Island Scrub-Jay		x
Western Scrub-Jay	x	x
Mexican Jay	x
Black-billed Magpie		x	x
Yellow-billed Magpie		x
Clark's Nutcracker	x	x	x
American Crow	x	x	x	x	x
Chihuahuan Raven	x						x
Common Raven	x	x	x	x
LARKS (1)
Horned Lark	x	x	x	x				x
SWALLOWS (7)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	x	x
Purple Martin	x
Tree Swallow	x	x	x
Violet-green Swallow	x	x
Bank Swallow	x
Barn Swallow	x	x	x				x
Cliff Swallow	x	x	x
CHICKADEES AND TITS (7)
Black-capped Chickadee				x
Mountain Chickadee	x	x	x
Mexican Chickadee	x
Chestnut-backed Chickadee		x
Bridled Titmouse	x
Oak Titmouse		x
Juniper Titmouse	x	x
PENDULINE-TITS (1)
Verdin	x	x
LONG-TAILED TITS (1)
Bushtit	x	x
NUTHATCHES (3)
Red-breasted Nuthatch	x	x
White-breasted Nuthatch	x	x
Pygmy Nuthatch	x	x
CREEPERS (1)
Brown Creeper	x	x
WRENS (6)
Cactus Wren	x	x					x
Rock Wren	x	x	x
Canyon Wren	x	x
Bewick's Wren	x	x
House Wren	x	x	x
Marsh Wren	x	x
GNATCATCHERS (4)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	x	x
California Gnatcatcher		x
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher	x	x
Black-capped Gnatcatcher	x
DIPPERS (1)
American Dipper	x	x
KINGLETS (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet	x	x	x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	x	x	x
THRUSHES AND ALLIES (9)
Eastern Bluebird	x
Western Bluebird	x	x
Mountain Bluebird	x
Townsend's Solitaire	x	x	x
Swainson's Thrush	x	x
Hermit Thrush	x	x	x
Rufous-backed Robin	x
American Robin	x	x	x					x
Aztec Thrush	x
OLD WORLD WARBLERS (1)
Wrentit		x
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS (8)
Gray Catbird	x
Northern Mockingbird	x	x		x			x
Sage Thrasher	x	x
Bendire's Thrasher	x						x
Curve-billed Thrasher	x
California Thrasher		x
Crissal Thrasher	x
Le Conte's Thrasher	x	x
STARLINGS (1)
European Starling	x	x		x	x	x		x
WAGTAILS AND PIPITS (2)
American Pipit	x		x
Sprague's Pipit	x
WAXWINGS (1)
Cedar Waxwing	x	x
SILKY-FLYCATCHERS (1)
Phainopepla	x	x
OLIVE WARBLER (1)
Olive Warbler	x
LONGSPURS AND ALLIES (3)
Lapland Longspur	x
Chestnut-collared Longspur	x
McCown's Longspur	x
NEW WORLD WARBLERS (22)
Orange-crowned Warbler	x	x
Nashville Warbler	x	x
Virginia's Warbler	x
Lucy's Warbler	x
Northern Parula	x
Yellow Warbler	x	x	x
Yellow-rumped Warbler	x	x
Black-throated Gray Warbler	x	x
Townsend's Warbler	x	x
Hermit Warbler	x	x
Grace's Warbler	x
Blackpoll Warbler		x
Black-and-white Warbler	x	x
American Redstart	x	x
Northern Waterthrush	x	x
MacGillivray's Warbler	x	x	x
Common Yellowthroat	x	x
Wilson's Warbler	x	x
Red-faced Warbler	x
Painted Redstart	x
Rufous-capped Warbler	x
Yellow-breasted Chat	x
BUNTINGS, SPARROWS AND ALLIES (30)
Green-tailed Towhee	x	x	x
Spotted Towhee	x	x						x
Rufous-crowned Sparrow	x	x
Canyon Towhee	x
California Towhee		x
Abert's Towhee	x	x
Rufous-winged Sparrow	x
Botteri's Sparrow	x
Cassin's Sparrow	x
Chipping Sparrow	x	x	x
Clay-colored Sparrow	x
Brewer's Sparrow	x	x
Black-chinned Sparrow	x
Vesper Sparrow	x	x	x
Lark Sparrow	x	x
Five-striped Sparrow	x
Black-throated Sparrow	x	x					x
Sage Sparrow	x	x						x
Lark Bunting	x
Savannah Sparrow	x	x	x	x
Grasshopper Sparrow	x
Baird's Sparrow	x
Fox Sparrow		x
Song Sparrow	x	x	x		x
Lincoln's Sparrow	x	x
Swamp Sparrow	x
White-throated Sparrow	x
White-crowned Sparrow	x	x	x
Dark-eyed Junco	x	x
Yellow-eyed Junco	x
CARDINALS AND ALLIES (11)
Hepatic Tanager	x
Summer Tanager	x	x
Western Tanager	x	x
Northern Cardinal	x
Pyrrhuloxia	x
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	x
Black-headed Grosbeak	x	x
Blue Grosbeak	x
Lazuli Bunting	x
Indigo Bunting	x
Varied Bunting	x
TROUPIALS AND ALLIES (12)
Red-winged Blackbird	x	x	x
Tricolored Blackbird		x
Eastern Meadowlark	x						x
Western Meadowlark	x	x	x
Yellow-headed Blackbird	x	x
Brewer's Blackbird	x	x	x
Great-tailed Grackle	x	x					x
Bronzed Cowbird	x
Brown-headed Cowbird	x	x
Hooded Oriole	x
Bullock's Oriole	x						x
Scott's Oriole	x						x
SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES (10)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch			x
Pine Grosbeak		x	x
Cassin's Finch	x	x	x
House Finch	x	x			x		x
Red Crossbill	x
Pine Siskin	x		x
Lesser Goldfinch	x	x
Lawrence's Goldfinch	x
American Goldfinch	x	x		x
Evening Grosbeak	x	x
OLD WORLD SPARROWS (1)
House Sparrow	x	x		x	x		x	x
421 species recorded 227 birding days in 8 states	A Z	C A	C O	M E	M A	N H	N M	U T

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