(this list has not been completely updated since February 2001, and does not include all of the approximately 70 new species I have gotten since then in Texas, Mexico, and Arizona. I will fix up this page with columns very soon, so that you don't go blind trying to read this************************************
Key:
# = seen in U.S. and Europe
* = seen in Europe only
+ = seen in Mexico only
GREBES
Western Grebe
Clark’s Grebe
Great Crested Grebe *
Horned (Slavonian) Grebe #
Eared (Black-necked) Grebe
Little Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Brown Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Masked Booby
Red-billed Tropicbird
Magnificent Frigatebird
Pygmy Cormorant
Great Cormorant *
Double-crested Cormorant
Brandt’s Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Neotropical Cormorant +
Purple Heron
Squacco Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron #
Grey Heron
Green Heron
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Little Egret
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Reddish Egret
Little Blue Heron
Boat-billed Heron +
American Bittern
European Bittern
Least Bittern
Little Bittern
Common) Spoonbill
Roseate Spoonbill +
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
White Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
ACCIPITRIDAE
Bald Eagle
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla *
Booted Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo *
Red-shouldered Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Gray Hawk
Harris’ Hawk
Great Black Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Crested Caracara
Peregrine Falcon
American Kestrel
European Kestrel *
Red-footed Falcon
Hobby
Prairie Falcon
Bat Falcon
Merlin
Goshawk
Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus *
Levant Sparrowhawk A.brevipes
Cooper’s Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Black Kite
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
Marsh Harrier C. aeruginosus *
Montagu’s Harrier C. pygargus *
Egyptian Vulture
COLUMBIDAE: DOVES, PIGEONS
Rock Dove #
European Turtle Dove *
Eurasian Collared Dove *
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Wood Pigeon
Stock Dove *
Spotted Dove
Mourning Dove
CUCULIFORMES
Common Cuckoo *
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Groove-billed Ani
Squirrel Cuckoo
STRIGIDAE, TYTONIDAE: OWLS
Great Horned Owl
Spotted Owl
Burrowing Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Great Grey Owl
Western Screech Owl
Eastern Screech Owl
Flammulated Owl
Saw-whet Owl
Northern (Mountain) Pygmy Owl
Elf Owl
Barn Owl
CAPRIMULGIDAE
Common Nighthawk
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Paraque
Chuck-will's Widow
APODIDAE
Pallid Swift
(Common) Swift *
Alpine Swift
Vaux’s Swift
Black Swift
White-throated Swift
Chimney Swift
CORVIDs & their ALLIES
(Eurasian) Jay
Western Scrub Jay
Island Scrub Jay
Gray-breasted (Mexican) Jay
Gray (Canada) Jay
Black-throated Magpie-Jay +
Steller’s Jay
Pinyon Jay
San Blas Jay +
Brown Jay
Green Jay
American Crow
Sinaloa Crow +
Tamaulipas Crow
Raven #
Chihuahuan Raven
Hooded Crow
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw *
Rook *
Alpine Chough *
Clark’s Nutcracker
American Magpie Pica hudsonia
European Magpie Pica pica
Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttalli
Golden Oriole
(European) Starling
HIRUNDINIDAE: SWALLOWS
Bank Swallow (Sand Martin)
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Barn) Swallow
Tree Swallow
Crag Martin
House Martin
FINCHES
Red Crossbill
Bullfinch
House Finch
Purple Finch
Linnet
Cassin’s Finch
Pine Siskin
Lawrence’s Goldfinch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
European Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Serin
House Sparrow
Italian Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Chaffinch
ESTABLISHED NON-NATIVES
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
Nutmeg Mannikin Lonchura punctulata
Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
Lilac-crowned Amazon Am. finschi
Mitred Parakeet Aratinga mitrata
Red-masked Parakeet A. erythrogonys
Blue-crowned Parakeet A. acuticauda
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri
White-winged Parakeet B. versicolurus