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Number of species: 429 Images of 429 species
Number of globally threatened species: 5
Number of introduced species: 7
Date last reviewed: 2007-11-17
See also: http://moumn.org/lists.html
GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae
Red-throated Loon	*Gavia stellata*
Pacific Loon	*Gavia pacifica*	Rare/Accidental
Common Loon	*Gavia immer*
Yellow-billed Loon	*Gavia adamsii*	Rare/Accidental
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
Pied-billed Grebe	*Podilymbus podiceps*
Red-necked Grebe	*Podiceps grisegena*
Horned Grebe	*Podiceps auritus*
Eared Grebe	*Podiceps nigricollis*
Western Grebe	*Aechmophorus occidentalis*
Clark's Grebe	*Aechmophorus clarkii*
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
American White Pelican	*Pelecanus erythrorhynchos*
PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Double-crested Cormorant	*Phalacrocorax auritus*
Neotropic Cormorant	*Phalacrocorax brasilianus*	Rare/Accidental
PELECANIFORMES: Fregatidae
Magnificent Frigatebird	*Fregata magnificens*	Rare/Accidental
CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae
Great Blue Heron	*Ardea herodias*
Great Egret	*Ardea alba*
Tricolored Heron	*Egretta tricolor*	Rare/Accidental
Little Blue Heron	*Egretta caerulea*
Snowy Egret	*Egretta thula*
Cattle Egret	*Bubulcus ibis*
Green Heron	*Butorides virescens*
Black-crowned Night-Heron	*Nycticorax nycticorax*
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	*Nyctanassa violacea*
Least Bittern	*Ixobrychus exilis*
American Bittern	*Botaurus lentiginosus*
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
Wood Stork	*Mycteria americana*	Rare/Accidental
CICONIIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
White Ibis	*Eudocimus albus*	Rare/Accidental
Glossy Ibis	*Plegadis falcinellus*	Rare/Accidental
White-faced Ibis	*Plegadis chihi*	Rare/Accidental
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
Fulvous Whistling-Duck	*Dendrocygna bicolor*	Rare/Accidental
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	*Dendrocygna autumnalis*	Rare/Accidental
Mute Swan	*Cygnus olor*	Introduced species
Trumpeter Swan	*Cygnus buccinator*
Tundra Swan	*Cygnus columbianus*
Greater White-fronted Goose	*Anser albifrons*
Snow Goose	*Chen caerulescens*
Ross's Goose	*Chen rossii*
Brant	*Branta bernicla*	Rare/Accidental
Cackling Goose	*Branta hutchinsii*
Canada Goose	*Branta canadensis*
Wood Duck	*Aix sponsa*
Eurasian Wigeon	*Anas penelope*	Rare/Accidental
American Wigeon	*Anas americana*
Gadwall	*Anas strepera*
Green-winged Teal	*Anas carolinensis*
Mallard	*Anas platyrhynchos*
American Black Duck	*Anas rubripes*
Northern Pintail	*Anas acuta*
Garganey	*Anas querquedula*	Rare/Accidental
Blue-winged Teal	*Anas discors*
Cinnamon Teal	*Anas cyanoptera*	Rare/Accidental
Northern Shoveler	*Anas clypeata*
Canvasback	*Aythya valisineria*
Redhead	*Aythya americana*
Ring-necked Duck	*Aythya collaris*
Greater Scaup	*Aythya marila*
Lesser Scaup	*Aythya affinis*
Common Eider	*Somateria mollissima*	Rare/Accidental
King Eider	*Somateria spectabilis*	Rare/Accidental
Harlequin Duck	*Histrionicus histrionicus*
Long-tailed Duck	*Clangula hyemalis*
Black Scoter	*Melanitta nigra*
Surf Scoter	*Melanitta perspicillata*
White-winged Scoter	*Melanitta fusca*
Common Goldeneye	*Bucephala clangula*
Barrow's Goldeneye	*Bucephala islandica*	Rare/Accidental
Bufflehead	*Bucephala albeola*
Smew	*Mergellus albellus*	Rare/Accidental
Hooded Merganser	*Lophodytes cucullatus*
Red-breasted Merganser	*Mergus serrator*
Common Merganser	*Mergus merganser*
Ruddy Duck	*Oxyura jamaicensis*
FALCONIFORMES: Cathartidae
Black Vulture	*Coragyps atratus*	Rare/Accidental
Turkey Vulture	*Cathartes aura*
FALCONIFORMES: Pandionidae
Osprey	*Pandion haliaetus*
FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae
Swallow-tailed Kite	*Elanoides forficatus*	Rare/Accidental
White-tailed Kite	*Elanus leucurus*	Rare/Accidental
Mississippi Kite	*Ictinia mississippiensis*	Rare/Accidental
Bald Eagle	*Haliaeetus leucocephalus*
Northern Harrier	*Circus cyaneus*
Sharp-shinned Hawk	*Accipiter striatus*
Cooper's Hawk	*Accipiter cooperii*
Northern Goshawk	*Accipiter gentilis*
Red-shouldered Hawk	*Buteo lineatus*
Broad-winged Hawk	*Buteo platypterus*
Swainson's Hawk	*Buteo swainsoni*
Red-tailed Hawk	*Buteo jamaicensis*
Ferruginous Hawk	*Buteo regalis*	Near-threatened
Rough-legged Hawk	*Buteo lagopus*
Golden Eagle	*Aquila chrysaetos*
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Crested Caracara	*Caracara cheriway*	Rare/Accidental
American Kestrel	*Falco sparverius*
Merlin	*Falco columbarius*
Gyrfalcon	*Falco rusticolus*	Rare/Accidental
Prairie Falcon	*Falco mexicanus*
Peregrine Falcon	*Falco peregrinus*
GALLIFORMES: Meleagrididae
Wild Turkey	*Meleagris gallopavo*
GALLIFORMES: Tetraonidae
Spruce Grouse	*Falcipennis canadensis*
Willow Ptarmigan	*Lagopus lagopus*	Rare/Accidental
Rock Ptarmigan	*Lagopus muta*	Rare/Accidental
Ruffed Grouse	*Bonasa umbellus*
Sharp-tailed Grouse	*Tympanuchus phasianellus*
Greater Prairie-chicken	*Tympanuchus cupido*	Vulnerable
GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae
Northern Bobwhite	*Colinus virginianus*	Extirpated Near-threatened
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Grey Partridge	*Perdix perdix*	Introduced species
Ring-necked Pheasant	*Phasianus colchicus*	Introduced species
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae
Sandhill Crane	*Grus canadensis*
Whooping Crane	*Grus americana*	Rare/Accidental Endangered
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
Yellow Rail	*Coturnicops noveboracensis*
Black Rail	*Laterallus jamaicensis*	Rare/Accidental
King Rail	*Rallus elegans*	Rare/Accidental
Virginia Rail	*Rallus limicola*
Sora	*Porzana carolina*
Purple Gallinule	*Porphyrio martinica*	Rare/Accidental
Common Moorhen	*Gallinula chloropus*
American Coot	*Fulica americana*
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
Black Necked Stilt	*Himantopus mexicanus*	Rare/Accidental
American Avocet	*Recurvirostra americana*
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
American Golden-Plover	*Pluvialis dominica*
Black-bellied plover	*Pluvialis squatarola*
Semipalmated Plover	*Charadrius semipalmatus*
Wilson's Plover	*Charadrius wilsonia*	Rare/Accidental
Killdeer	*Charadrius vociferus*
Piping Plover	*Charadrius melodus*	Near-threatened
Snowy Plover	*Charadrius alexandrinus*	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
American Woodcock	*Scolopax minor*
Wilson's Snipe	*Gallinago delicata*
Short-billed Dowitcher	*Limnodromus griseus*
Long-billed Dowitcher	*Limnodromus scolopaceus*
Hudsonian Godwit	*Limosa haemastica*
Marbled Godwit	*Limosa fedoa*
Eskimo Curlew	*Numenius borealis*	Extirpated Critically endangered (possibly extinct)
Whimbrel	*Numenius phaeopus*
Long-billed Curlew	*Numenius americanus*	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Upland Sandpiper	*Bartramia longicauda*
Spotted Sandpiper	*Actitis macularius*
Solitary Sandpiper	*Tringa solitaria*
Greater Yellowlegs	*Tringa melanoleuca*
Willet	*Tringa semipalmatus*
Lesser Yellowlegs	*Tringa flavipes*
Ruddy Turnstone	*Arenaria interpres*
Red Knot	*Calidris canutus*
Sanderling	*Calidris alba*
Semipalmated Sandpiper	*Calidris pusilla*
Western Sandpiper	*Calidris mauri*	Rare/Accidental
Least Sandpiper	*Calidris minutilla*
White-rumped Sandpiper	*Calidris fuscicollis*
Baird's Sandpiper	*Calidris bairdii*
Pectoral Sandpiper	*Calidris melanotos*
Curlew Sandpiper	*Calidris ferruginea*	Rare/Accidental
Dunlin	*Calidris alpina*
Purple Sandpiper	*Calidris maritima*	Rare/Accidental
Stilt Sandpiper	*Calidris himantopus*
Buff-breasted Sandpipe	*Tryngites subruficollis*	Near-threatened
Ruff	*Philomachus pugnax*	Rare/Accidental
Wilson's Phalarope	*Phalaropus tricolor*
Red-necked Phalarope	*Phalaropus lobatus*
Red Phalarope	*Phalaropus fulicarius*	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
Mew Gull	*Larus canus*	Rare/Accidental
Ring-billed Gull	*Larus delawarensis*
California Gull	*Larus californicus*	Rare/Accidental
Great Black-backed Gull	*Larus marinus*	Rare/Accidental
Glaucous-winged Gull	*Larus glaucescens*	Rare/Accidental
Glaucous Gull	*Larus hyperboreus*
Iceland Gull	*Larus glaucoides*	Rare/Accidental
Thayer's Gull	*Larus thayeri*
Lesser Black-backed Gull	*Larus fuscus*	Rare/Accidental
American Herring Gull	*Larus smithsonianus*
Black-headed Gull	*Larus ridibundus*	Rare/Accidental
Bonaparte's Gull	*Larus philadelphia*
Laughing Gull	*Larus atricilla*	Rare/Accidental
Franklin's Gull	*Larus pipixcan*
Little Gull	*Larus minutus*
Ivory Gull	*Pagophila eburnea*	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Ross' Gull	*Rhodostethia rosea*	Rare/Accidental
Sabine's Gull	*Xema sabini*	Rare/Accidental
Black-legged Kittiwake	*Rissa tridactyla*	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Sternidae
Least Tern	*Sternula antillarum*	Rare/Accidental
Caspian Tern	*Hydroprogne caspia*
Black Tern	*Chlidonias niger*
Arctic Tern	*Sterna paradisaea*	Rare/Accidental
Common Tern	*Sterna hirundo*
Forster's Tern	*Sterna forsteri*
Sandwich Tern	*Thalasseus sandvicensis*	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae
Pomarine Jaeger	*Stercorarius pomarinus*	Rare/Accidental
Parasitic Jaeger	*Stercorarius parasiticus*
Long-tailed Jaeger	*Stercorarius longicaudus*	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Alcidae
Dovekie	*Alle alle*	Rare/Accidental
Ancient Murrelet	*Synthliboramphus antiquus*	Rare/Accidental
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon	*Columba livia*	Introduced species
Band-tailed Pigeon	*Patagioenas fasciata*	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Collared-Dove	*Streptopelia decaocto*	Introduced species
Mourning Dove	*Zenaida macroura*
White-winged Dove	*Zenaida asiatica*	Rare/Accidental
Common Ground-Dove	*Columbina passerina*	Rare/Accidental
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
Black-billed Cuckoo	*Coccyzus erythropthalmus*
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	*Coccyzus americanus*
Groove-billed Ani	*Crotophaga sulcirostris*