Family Flashcards
Podicipedidae
Pied-billed grebe, Red-necked grebe
Pelecanidae
American white pelican
Ardeidae
Great blue heron, American bittern
Anatidae
Mallard, Redhead, Common merganser (female), Canvasback, Tundra swan, Hooded merganser (male), Wood duck, Bufflehead, Lesser scaup, Green-winged teal, Common goldeneye
Accipitridae
Cooper’s hawk, Bald eagle (immature), Red-tailed hawk, Red-shouldered hawk, Swainson’s hawk
Pandionidae
Osprey
Falconidae
Peregrine falcon, American kestrel
Phasianidae
Ruffed grouse, Ring-necked pheasant, Sharp-tailed grouse (female), Rock ptarmigan, Indian peafowl (male)
Odontophoridae
Northern bobwhite
Rallidae
Sora, Virginia Rail, American coot, Common gallinule (juvenile)
Procellariidae
Sooty shearwater
Charadriidae
Killdeer
Scolopacidae
Greater yellowlegs, Lesser yellowlegs, Wilson’s Phalarope
Laridae
Common tern, Herring gull (immature), Ring-billed gull
Columbidae
Mourning dove, Rock dove/ Pigeon
Cuculidae
Black-billed cuckoo
Strigidae
Barred owl, Snowy owl, Northern saw-whet owl, Great horned owl, Eastern screech owl (red and yellow phase)
Caprimulgidae
Common nighthawk, Eastern whip-poor-will
Apodidae
Chimney swift
Trochilidae
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Alcedinidae
Belted kingfisher
Picidae
Northern flicker (yellow), Red-headed woodpecker, Hairy woodpecker, Downy woodpecker, Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Pileated woodpecker, Red-bellied woodpecker
Tyrannidae
Eastern phoebe, Great crested flycatcher, Eastern kingbird
Alaudidae
Horned lark