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Cracidae

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Guans, chachalacas, curassows

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Odontophoridae

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Quails Mountain quail California quali

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Phasianidae

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Pheasants, grouse, etc Ring-necked pheasant Ruffed grouse Sooty grouse Wild turkey

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Gaviidae

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Loons Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon Common Loon

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Spheniscidae

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Penguins

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Podicipedidae

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Grebes Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Western Grebe

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Diomedeidae

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Albatrosses

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Procellariidae

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Shearwaters and petrels Sooty Shearwater

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Hydrobatidae

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Storm-petrels

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Ciconiidae

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Storks

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Sulidae

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Boobies and gannets

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Phalacrocoracidae

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Cormorants Brandt’s Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant Pelagic Cormorant

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Pelecanidae

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Pelicans Brown Pelican

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Ardeidae

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Herons, egrets, bitterns American Bittern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron

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Threskiornithidae

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Ibises and spoonbills White-faced Ibis

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Cathartidae

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Vultures Turkey Vulture

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Pandionidae

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Osprey

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Accipitridae

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Hawks, Eagles, kites Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Red-tailed Hawk

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Rallidae

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Rails, gallinules, coots Virginia Rail Sora American Coot

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Gruidae

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Cranes Sandhill Crane

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Recurvirostridae

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Stilts and avocets Black-necked Stilt American Avocet

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Haematopodidae

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Oystercatchers Black Oystercatcher

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Charadriidae

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Plovers and lapwings Black-bellied Plover Killdeer

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Scolopacidae

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Sandpipers and allies Spotted Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Sanderling Dunlin Least Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson’s Snipe

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Alcidae
Auks, murres, puffins Common Murre Pigeon Guillemot Marbled Murrelet
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Laridae
Gulls, terns, skimmers Ring-billed Gull Western Gull California Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Caspian Tern
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Columbidae
Pigeons and doves Rock Pigeon Band-tailed Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove
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Cuculidae
Cuckoos
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Tytonidae
Barn owls Barn Owl
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Strigidae
Owls Western Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Northern Pygmy-Owl Spotted Owl Barred Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl
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Caprimulgidae
Nightjars and allies Common Nighthawk Common Poorwill
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Apodidae
Swifts Vaux's Swift
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Trochilidae
Hummingbirds Anna's Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird
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Trogonidae
Trogons
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Momotidae
Motmots
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Alcedinidae
Kingfishers Belted Kingfisher
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Ramphastidae
Toucans
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Picidae
Woodpeckers Acorn Woodpecker Red-breasted Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker
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Falconidae
Falcons and caracaras American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon
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Psittacidae
Parrots
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Tyrannidae
Tyrant flycatchers (Suborder tyranni) Western Wood-Pewee Willow Flycatcher Pacific-slope Flycatcher Black Phoebe Western Kingbird
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Laniidae
Shrikes Loggerhead Shrike Northern Shrike
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Vireonidae
Vireos Hutton's Vireo
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Corvidae
Crows, Jays, magpies Gray Jay Steller's Jay Western Scrub-Jay Black-billed Magpie American Crow Common Raven
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Alaudidae
Larks Horned Lark
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Hirundinidae
Swallows Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow
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Paridae
Chickadees and tits Black-capped Chickadee Chestnut-backed Chickadee
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Aegithalidae
Long-tailed tits Bushtit
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Sittidae
Nuthatches Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Pygmy Nuthatch
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Certhiidae
Creepers Brown Creeper
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Troglodytidae
Wrens Rock Wren House Wren Pacific Wren Marsh Wren Bewick's Wren
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Cinclidae
Dippers American Dipper
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Regulidae
Kinglets Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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Sylvidae
Old world warblers Wrentit
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Turdidae
Thrushes and allies Western Bluebird Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush American Robin Varied Thrush
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Mimidae
Mockingbirds and thrashers Sage Thrasher Northern Mockingbird
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Sturnidae
Starlings European Starling
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Motacillidae
Wagtails and pipits American Pipit
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Bombycillidae
Waxwings Cedar Waxwing
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Calcariidae
Longspurs and snow buntings Snow Bunting
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Parulidae
New world warblers Orange-crowned Warbler Common Yellowthroat Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler Townsend's Warbler Hermit Warbler Wilson's Warbler
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Emberizidae
Buntings, sparrows, allies Spotted Towhee Chipping Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco
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Cardinalidae
Cardinals and allies Western Tanager Black-headed Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting
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Icteridae
Blackbird like... Troupials and allies Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Bullock's Oriole
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Fringillidae
Siskins, crossbills, allies House Finch Purple Finch Red Crossbill Pine Siskin Lesser Goldfinch American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak
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Passeridae
Old world sparrows House Sparrow
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Anatidae
Ducks, geese etc Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Cackling Goode Canada Goose Tundra Swan Wood Duck Gadwall Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon Mallard Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Green-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Surf Scoter Black Scoter Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye

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