2001 Summary - Stuart Healy, Western U.S. Bird Guide

Location	Species Seen	Unique Species	Birding Days
Arizona	340	82	206
California	206	23	18
Colorado	129	5	10
Idaho	108	4	5
Montana	22	0	2
Nevada	61	0	3
New Mexico	28	0	2
Oregon	119	5	6
Texas	189	58	9
Utah	50	0	2
Wyoming	154	4	9

470 species recorded 255 birding days in 11 states	A Z	C A	C O	I D	M T	N V	N M	O R	T X	U T	W Y
DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL (35)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	x
Fulvous Whistling-Duck									x
Greater White-fronted Goose	x					x		x
Snow Goose	x	x
Ross's Goose	x
Brant		x						x
Canada Goose	x	x	x	x	x	x		x		x	x
Trumpeter Swan								x			x
Wood Duck	x	x		x
Gadwall	x	x		x		x		x	x	x	x
Eurasian Wigeon	x	x
American Wigeon	x	x		x	x	x		x		x	x
Mallard	x	x	x	x	x	x		x			x
Mottled Duck									x
Blue-winged Teal	x								x		x
Cinnamon Teal	x	x	x	x							x
Northern Shoveler	x	x		x		x		x	x	x	x
Northern Pintail	x	x	x	x		x		x			x
Green-winged Teal	x	x	x	x				x		x	x
Canvasback	x	x						x			x
Redhead	x					x		x	x	x	x
Ring-necked Duck	x	x						x	x		x
Greater Scaup	x	x						x	x		x
Lesser Scaup	x	x		x				x			x
Harlequin Duck		x						x			x
Surf Scoter		x						x
White-winged Scoter								x
Black Scoter		x						x
Bufflehead	x	x		x		x		x			x
Common Goldeneye	x	x				x		x			x
Barrow's Goldeneye	x										x
Hooded Merganser	x
Common Merganser	x	x	x	x	x	x					x
Red-breasted Merganser	x	x						x	x
Ruddy Duck	x	x		x		x		x	x	x	x
NEW WORLD QUAIL (4)
Scaled Quail	x
California Quail		x		x				x
Gambel's Quail	x	x	x
Montezuma Quail	x
PHEASANTS, GROUSE, AND ALLIES (8)
Chukar				x
Ring-necked Pheasant				x
Ruffed Grouse											x
Greater Sage-Grouse											x
White-tailed Ptarmigan			x
Dusky Grouse	x										x
Sharp-tailed Grouse				x
Wild Turkey	x	x							x
LOONS (3)
Pacific Loon		x						x
Common Loon	x	x				x		x			x
Yellow-billed Loon								x
GREBES (6)
Pied-billed Grebe	x	x	x			x		x	x		x
Horned Grebe		x						x
Red-necked Grebe		x						x
Eared Grebe	x	x		x		x					x
Western Grebe	x	x	x	x		x		x		x	x
Clark's Grebe	x	x	x	x		x					x
SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS (1)
Northern Fulmar		x
CORMORANTS AND SHAGS (4)
Brandt's Cormorant		x						x
Neotropic Cormorant	x								x
Double-crested Cormorant	x	x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Pelagic Cormorant		x						x
ANHINGAS (1)
Anhinga									x
PELICANS (2)
American White Pelican	x	x	x	x		x		x	x	x	x
Brown Pelican	x	x							x
HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS (12)
American Bittern	x
Least Bittern	x								x
Great Blue Heron	x	x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Great Egret	x	x		x				x	x	x
Snowy Egret	x	x	x			x			x	x
Little Blue Heron	x								x
Tricolored Heron	x								x
Reddish Egret	x								x
Cattle Egret	x	x							x
Green Heron	x	x							x
Black-crowned Night-Heron	x	x	x						x		x
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron									x
IBISES AND SPOONBILLS (3)
White Ibis									x
White-faced Ibis	x	x		x					x
Roseate Spoonbill									x
NEW WORLD VULTURES (2)
Black Vulture	x								x
Turkey Vulture	x	x	x	x			x	x	x	x	x
OSPREY (1)
Osprey	x	x	x	x		x		x		x	x
HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES (18)
White-tailed Kite	x	x							x
Mississippi Kite	x
Bald Eagle	x			x				x			x
Northern Harrier	x	x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Sharp-shinned Hawk	x		x	x							x
Cooper's Hawk	x	x	x					x
Northern Goshawk	x
Common Black-Hawk	x
Harris's Hawk	x
Red-shouldered Hawk		x							x
Broad-winged Hawk	x								x
Gray Hawk	x
Swainson's Hawk	x		x	x			x		x		x
Zone-tailed Hawk	x
Red-tailed Hawk	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x		x
Ferruginous Hawk	x	x	x								x
Rough-legged Hawk	x	x
Golden Eagle	x		x					x			x
FALCONS (5)
Crested Caracara	x
American Kestrel	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x		x	x
Merlin	x	x			x
Peregrine Falcon	x	x		x				x			x
Prairie Falcon	x		x	x						x
RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS (5)
Clapper Rail		x
Virginia Rail	x	x
Sora	x	x		x					x		x
Common Moorhen	x								x
American Coot	x	x	x	x		x		x	x		x
CRANES (1)
Sandhill Crane	x			x				x			x
PLOVERS (9)
Black-bellied Plover		x						x	x
American Golden-Plover									x
Greater Sand-Plover		x
Snowy Plover	x	x							x
Wilson's Plover									x
Semipalmated Plover	x	x						x	x
Piping Plover									x
Killdeer	x	x	x	x		x		x	x		x
Mountain Plover	x		x								x
OYSTERCATCHERS (2)
American Oystercatcher									x
Black Oystercatcher		x						x
STILTS AND AVOCETS (2)
Black-necked Stilt	x	x							x	x
American Avocet	x	x	x	x					x	x	x
SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES (25)
Spotted Sandpiper	x	x							x		x
Solitary Sandpiper	x			x
Wandering Tattler		x
Greater Yellowlegs	x	x		x				x	x	x
Willet	x	x						x	x		x
Lesser Yellowlegs	x	x		x					x		x
Whimbrel		x							x
Long-billed Curlew	x	x							x		x
Marbled Godwit		x		x					x	x	x
Ruddy Turnstone		x							x
Black Turnstone		x						x
Surfbird		x
Red Knot									x
Sanderling		x						x	x
Semipalmated Sandpiper									x
Western Sandpiper	x	x		x		x		x	x
Least Sandpiper	x	x				x		x	x
Baird's Sandpiper	x			x
Pectoral Sandpiper				x
Dunlin	x								x
Short-billed Dowitcher		x
Long-billed Dowitcher	x	x	x	x		x			x	x
Wilson's Snipe	x	x									x
Wilson's Phalarope	x									x	x
Red-necked Phalarope	x	x		x
GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS (23)
Sabine's Gull	x	x				x
Bonaparte's Gull	x
Laughing Gull	x	x							x
Franklin's Gull	x	x		x						x	x
Heermann's Gull		x
Mew Gull								x
Ring-billed Gull	x	x	x	x		x		x	x	x	x
Western Gull		x						x
Yellow-footed Gull		x
California Gull	x	x	x			x		x		x	x
Herring Gull	x	x				x		x	x
Glaucous-winged Gull		x
Glaucous Gull		x
Least Tern	x								x
Gull-billed Tern									x
Caspian Tern	x	x		x					x		x
Black Tern	x	x									x
Common Tern	x			x					x
Forster's Tern	x	x		x					x		x
Royal Tern									x
Sandwich Tern									x
Elegant Tern	x	x
Black Skimmer		x							x
SKUAS AND JAEGERS (1)
Parasitic Jaeger	x
AUKS, MURRES, AND PUFFINS (2)
Common Murre		x
Pigeon Guillemot								x
PIGEONS AND DOVES (9)
Rock Pigeon	x	x	x	x		x		x		x	x
Band-tailed Pigeon	x	x	x				x
Eurasian Collared-Dove	x		x						x
Spotted Dove		x
White-winged Dove	x								x
Mourning Dove	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x	x	x
Inca Dove	x								x
Common Ground-Dove	x	x
Ruddy Ground-Dove	x
CUCKOOS (2)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	x								x
Greater Roadrunner	x						x
BARN-OWLS (1)
Barn Owl	x
OWLS (9)
Western Screech-Owl	x
Whiskered Screech-Owl	x
Great Horned Owl	x		x	x					x
Northern Pygmy-Owl	x
Elf Owl	x
Burrowing Owl	x	x	x
Spotted Owl	x
Barred Owl									x
Short-eared Owl	x
NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES (4)
Lesser Nighthawk	x
Common Nighthawk	x		x	x					x		x
Common Poorwill	x
Mexican Whip-poor-will	x
SWIFTS (3)
Black Swift			x
Chimney Swift									x
White-throated Swift	x		x							x	x
HUMMINGBIRDS (14)
Magnificent Hummingbird	x
Blue-throated Hummingbird	x
Lucifer Hummingbird	x
Ruby-throated Hummingbird									x
Black-chinned Hummingbird	x		x						x
Anna's Hummingbird	x	x
Costa's Hummingbird	x
Broad-tailed Hummingbird	x		x								x
Rufous Hummingbird	x	x
Calliope Hummingbird	x										x
Broad-billed Hummingbird	x
Berylline Hummingbird	x
Violet-crowned Hummingbird	x
White-eared Hummingbird	x
TROGONS (1)
Elegant Trogon	x
KINGFISHERS (1)
Belted Kingfisher	x	x	x	x	x			x	x		x
WOODPECKERS (21)
Lewis's Woodpecker	x	x						x
Red-headed Woodpecker									x
Acorn Woodpecker	x	x						x
Gila Woodpecker	x
Golden-fronted Woodpecker									x
Red-bellied Woodpecker									x
Williamson's Sapsucker	x		x
Red-naped Sapsucker	x	x	x	x							x
Red-breasted Sapsucker		x
Ladder-backed Woodpecker	x								x
Nuttall's Woodpecker		x
Downy Woodpecker	x	x						x	x		x
Hairy Woodpecker	x	x	x	x				x	x		x
Arizona Woodpecker	x
Red-cockaded Woodpecker									x
White-headed Woodpecker		x
American Three-toed Woodpecker	x										x
Black-backed Woodpecker											x
Northern Flicker	x	x	x	x		x		x			x
Gilded Flicker	x
Pileated Woodpecker								x	x
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (28)
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet	x
Olive-sided Flycatcher	x										x
Greater Pewee	x
Western Wood-Pewee	x		x	x			x				x
Eastern Wood-Pewee									x
Acadian Flycatcher									x
Willow Flycatcher	x										x
Hammond's Flycatcher	x		x								x
Gray Flycatcher	x		x								x
Dusky Flycatcher	x		x								x
Pacific-slope Flycatcher	x
Cordilleran Flycatcher	x		x					x			x
Buff-breasted Flycatcher	x
Black Phoebe	x	x
Eastern Phoebe	x								x
Say's Phoebe	x	x	x	x		x	x				x
Vermilion Flycatcher	x
Dusky-capped Flycatcher	x
Ash-throated Flycatcher	x		x						x		x
Great Crested Flycatcher									x
Brown-crested Flycatcher	x
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher	x
Tropical Kingbird	x
Cassin's Kingbird	x	x					x
Thick-billed Kingbird	x
Western Kingbird	x		x				x			x	x
Eastern Kingbird			x						x		x
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher									x
SHRIKES (1)
Loggerhead Shrike	x	x	x			x	x		x
VIREOS (10)
White-eyed Vireo									x
Bell's Vireo	x
Black-capped Vireo									x
Gray Vireo	x		x
Yellow-throated Vireo									x
Plumbeous Vireo	x		x								x
Cassin's Vireo	x	x
Hutton's Vireo	x	x
Warbling Vireo	x	x	x								x
Red-eyed Vireo									x
CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES (13)
Gray Jay	x	x	x								x
Pinyon Jay	x		x
Steller's Jay	x	x	x	x	x			x
Blue Jay			x						x
Western Scrub-Jay	x	x	x				x	x	x
Mexican Jay	x						x
Black-billed Magpie	x		x	x	x	x		x		x	x
Yellow-billed Magpie		x
Clark's Nutcracker	x	x	x	x				x			x
American Crow	x	x	x	x				x	x		x
Fish Crow									x
Chihuahuan Raven	x						x
Common Raven	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
LARKS (1)
Horned Lark	x	x	x	x		x	x		x		x
SWALLOWS (7)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	x		x
Purple Martin	x								x
Tree Swallow	x	x	x	x					x		x
Violet-green Swallow	x		x				x			x	x
Bank Swallow	x										x
Barn Swallow	x	x	x	x		x		x	x	x	x
Cliff Swallow	x		x				x		x	x	x
CHICKADEES AND TITS (10)
Carolina Chickadee									x
Black-capped Chickadee		x		x							x
Mountain Chickadee	x	x	x	x							x
Mexican Chickadee	x
Chestnut-backed Chickadee		x						x
Bridled Titmouse	x
Oak Titmouse		x
Juniper Titmouse	x		x								x
Tufted Titmouse									x
Black-crested Titmouse									x
PENDULINE-TITS (1)
Verdin	x	x				x
LONG-TAILED TITS (1)
Bushtit	x	x	x			x			x
NUTHATCHES (4)
Red-breasted Nuthatch	x	x		x				x			x
White-breasted Nuthatch	x	x	x					x
Pygmy Nuthatch	x	x
Brown-headed Nuthatch									x
CREEPERS (1)
Brown Creeper	x	x	x								x
WRENS (8)
Cactus Wren	x
Rock Wren	x	x	x								x
Canyon Wren	x	x		x				x	x	x
Carolina Wren									x
Bewick's Wren	x	x
House Wren	x	x	x						x		x
Pacific Wren		x						x
Marsh Wren	x	x		x		x		x	x	x	x
GNATCATCHERS (3)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	x	x	x						x
California Gnatcatcher		x
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher	x
DIPPERS (1)
American Dipper	x	x	x								x
KINGLETS (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet	x	x		x				x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	x	x	x	x				x	x		x
THRUSHES AND ALLIES (9)
Eastern Bluebird	x								x
Western Bluebird	x	x		x				x
Mountain Bluebird	x		x	x	x			x		x	x
Townsend's Solitaire	x		x	x				x			x
Swainson's Thrush	x										x
Hermit Thrush	x	x		x				x			x
Rufous-backed Robin	x
American Robin	x	x	x	x		x		x	x		x
Varied Thrush								x
OLD WORLD WARBLERS (1)
Wrentit		x						x
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS (9)
Gray Catbird	x			x					x
Northern Mockingbird	x	x	x				x		x
Sage Thrasher	x							x			x
Brown Thrasher			x						x
Bendire's Thrasher	x
Curve-billed Thrasher	x
California Thrasher		x
Crissal Thrasher	x
Le Conte's Thrasher	x
STARLINGS (1)
European Starling	x	x	x	x	x	x		x	x		x
WAGTAILS AND PIPITS (2)
American Pipit	x	x	x			x		x			x
Sprague's Pipit	x
WAXWINGS (1)
Cedar Waxwing	x			x				x			x
SILKY-FLYCATCHERS (1)
Phainopepla	x
OLIVE WARBLER (1)
Olive Warbler	x
LONGSPURS AND ALLIES (2)
Chestnut-collared Longspur	x		x
McCown's Longspur	x		x								x
NEW WORLD WARBLERS (36)
Blue-winged Warbler									x
Tennessee Warbler									x
Orange-crowned Warbler	x	x		x					x
Nashville Warbler	x	x
Virginia's Warbler	x						x
Lucy's Warbler	x
Northern Parula									x
Yellow Warbler	x								x	x	x
Cape May Warbler		x
Yellow-rumped Warbler	x	x	x	x	x	x		x	x		x
Black-throated Gray Warbler	x	x					x				x
Golden-cheeked Warbler									x
Black-throated Green Warbler									x
Townsend's Warbler	x	x		x				x	x
Hermit Warbler	x	x
Blackburnian Warbler			x
Yellow-throated Warbler									x
Grace's Warbler	x
Pine Warbler									x
Prairie Warbler									x
Blackpoll Warbler									x
Black-and-white Warbler									x
American Redstart	x								x
Prothonotary Warbler									x
Swainson's Warbler									x
Northern Waterthrush									x
Louisiana Waterthrush	x
Kentucky Warbler									x
MacGillivray's Warbler	x	x		x							x
Common Yellowthroat	x	x	x	x		x		x	x		x
Hooded Warbler									x
Wilson's Warbler	x		x	x							x
Red-faced Warbler	x
Painted Redstart	x
Rufous-capped Warbler	x
Yellow-breasted Chat	x								x
BUNTINGS, SPARROWS AND ALLIES (32)
Green-tailed Towhee	x										x
Spotted Towhee	x	x	x	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		x				x	x	x
Brewer's Sparrow	x		x								x
Field Sparrow									x
Black-chinned Sparrow	x
Vesper Sparrow	x			x						x	x
Lark Sparrow	x		x						x
Five-striped Sparrow	x
Black-throated Sparrow	x		x
Sage Sparrow	x	x									x
Lark Bunting	x		x								x
Savannah Sparrow	x	x		x		x		x	x	x	x
Grasshopper Sparrow	x		x
Baird's Sparrow	x
Seaside Sparrow									x
Fox Sparrow	x	x						x			x
Song Sparrow	x	x	x	x		x		x			x
Lincoln's Sparrow	x	x	x	x				x	x		x
Swamp Sparrow	x								x
White-throated Sparrow	x								x
White-crowned Sparrow	x	x	x	x	x	x		x	x		x
Golden-crowned Sparrow	x	x						x
Dark-eyed Junco	x	x	x	x				x			x
Yellow-eyed Junco	x
CARDINALS AND ALLIES (14)
Hepatic Tanager	x
Summer Tanager	x								x
Scarlet Tanager									x
Western Tanager	x		x								x
Northern Cardinal	x								x
Pyrrhuloxia	x
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	x								x
Black-headed Grosbeak	x		x							x	x
Blue Grosbeak	x		x
Lazuli Bunting	x		x
Indigo Bunting	x								x
Varied Bunting	x
Painted Bunting									x
Dickcissel			x
TROUPIALS AND ALLIES (17)
Bobolink									x
Red-winged Blackbird	x	x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Tricolored Blackbird		x
Eastern Meadowlark	x						x		x
Western Meadowlark	x	x	x	x		x		x			x
Yellow-headed Blackbird	x	x								x	x
Brewer's Blackbird	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x		x	x
Common Grackle			x						x
Boat-tailed Grackle									x
Great-tailed Grackle	x	x				x	x		x
Bronzed Cowbird	x								x
Brown-headed Cowbird	x		x		x				x	x	x
Orchard Oriole			x						x
Hooded Oriole	x
Bullock's Oriole	x		x				x				x
Baltimore Oriole									x
Scott's Oriole	x
SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES (12)
Black Rosy-Finch	x										x
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch			x
Pine Grosbeak											x
Purple Finch		x
Cassin's Finch	x	x						x			x
House Finch	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x	x	x
Red Crossbill	x	x		x				x			x
Pine Siskin	x	x	x	x				x		x	x
Lesser Goldfinch	x	x	x			x			x
Lawrence's Goldfinch	x
American Goldfinch	x	x		x							x
Evening Grosbeak	x
OLD WORLD SPARROWS (1)
House Sparrow	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x		x
470 species recorded 255 birding days in 11 states	A Z	C A	C O	I D	M T	N V	N M	O R	T X	U T	W Y

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