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== Tanagers == | == Tanagers == | ||
Revision as of 01:04, 19 January 2011
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BIRDS
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Note: The information from a brochure of the INWR's bird populations (circa 2009) was modified by Dave Malak, who added the Latin names.[1] Dave's photos are not linked in the document, but included throughout the page(s) on birds here. Some images may have gender identifyers in their descriptions using the symbols ♀ and ♂
Contents
Swans, Geese, & Ducks
- Greater White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
- Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Brant (Branta bernicla)
- Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
- Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
- Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
- Gadwell (Anas strepera)
- American Wigeon (Anas americana)
- American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
- Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Blue-Winged Teal (Anas discors)
- Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
- Green Winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
- Redhead (Aytha americana)
- Ring-Necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
- Surf Scooter (Melanitta perspicillata)
- White-Winged Scooter (Melanitta fusca)
- Black Scooter (Melanitta nigra)
- Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
- Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
- Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
- Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Tanagers
- Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
Sparrows & Towhees
- Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
- American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea)
- Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
- Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
- Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
- Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii)
- Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
- White-Throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
- White-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Dark-Eyed Junko (Junko hyemalis)
- Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
- Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Cardinals, Grosbeaks & Allies
- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
- Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
Blackbirds & Orioles
- Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
- Red-Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
- Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
- Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
- Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
- Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
Finches
- Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
- Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
- House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
- Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
- Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus)
- American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
- Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)
Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
