American Pipit  [Anthus rubescens]
The Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens) is a small passerine bird. It has two distinctive subspecies: The American Pipit, A. r. rubescens, breeds in northern North America, extending further south in mountainous areas. The Japanese Pipit, A. r. japonicu...
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American Tree Creeper  [Certhia americana]
The Brown Creeper (Certhia americana), also known as the American Tree Creeper, is a small songbird, the only North American member of the treecreeper family Certhiidae.Adults are brown on the upperparts with light spotting, resembling a piece of tree bar...
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American Wigeon  [Anas americana]
The American Wigeon (also American Widgeon or Baldpate), Anas americana is a species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Anas. It is a common and widespread duck which breeds in northwestern North America. It is the New World counterpart of the Eurasian...
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Baird's Sparrow  [Ammodramus bairdii]
These birds have a large bill, a large flat head and a short forked tail. They have brown upper parts and white underparts, with streaking on the back, breast, and flanks. The face, nape, and crown stripe are yellowish.Their breeding habitat is tall grass...
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Black-capped Gnatcatcher  [Polioptila nigriceps]
The Black-capped Gnatcatcher, Polioptila nigriceps, is a very small songbird.Adults are blue-grey on the upperparts with white underparts, with a long slender bill and a long black tail with white outer tailbands on the uppertail. The undertail is extensi...
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Brewer's Sparrow  [Spizella breweri]
Spizella breweri is a small, slim species of American sparrow in the family Emberizidae.Adults have grey-brown backs and brown crowns, both with dark streaks, and a pale eye-ring. Their wings are brown with light wing bars and the underparts are pale grey...
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Bridled Titmouse  [Baeolophus wollweberi]
The Bridled Titmouse, Baeolophus wollweberi, is a small songbird, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae.These birds have grey upperparts and white underparts with a white face with black striping, a grey crest, a black throat, and a short stout bill....
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Cactus Wren  [Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus]
The Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) is the largest North American wren, and is 18-23 cm (7-9 inches) long.Unlike the smaller wrens, the Cactus Wren is easily seen. It has the loud voice characteristic of wrens. The Cactus Wren is much less s...
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Canyon Towhee  [Pipilo fuscus]
The Canyon Towhee or Brown Towhee, Pipilo fuscus, is a bird of the family Emberizidae. It is native to lower-lying areas from Arizona, southern Colorado, and western Texas south to northwestern Oaxaca, Mexico, mostly avoiding the coasts.The taxonomy of th...
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Cassin's Finch  [Carpodacus cassinii]
The Cassin's Finch, Carpodacus cassinii, is a medium-sized finch of the Rosefinch genus.Adults have a short forked brown tail and brown wings. They have a longer bill than the Purple Finch. Adult males are raspberry red on the head, breast, back and rump;...
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Dark-eyed Junco  [Junco hyemalis]
The Dark-eyed Junco, (Junco hyemalis), is the best-known species of junco, a genus of small American sparrows.Adults are generally grey on top with a white belly. The white outer tail feathers flash distinctively in flight. The bill is usually pinkish. Th...
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Desert Tarantula  [Aphonopelma chalcodes]
Desert Tarantulas (Aphonopelma chalcodes; Family Theraphasidae) are large, interesting spiders that live in the Southwestern deserts from California to New Mexico. They eat insects, other spiders, small lizards, and probably anything else they can catch....
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Dusky Flycatcher  [Empidonax oberholseri]
The Dusky Flycatcher, Empidonax oberholseri, is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.Adults have olive-grey upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a noticeable medium-width white eye ring, white...
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Eastern Bluebird  [Sialia sialis]
The Eastern Bluebird, Sialia sialis, is a medium-sized thrush found in open woodlands, farmlands and orchards.Adults have a white belly. Adult males are bright blue on top and have a reddish brown throat and breast. Adult females have lighter blue wings a...
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Eastern Meadowlark  [Sturnella magna]
The Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna, is a medium-sized icterid bird, very similar in appearance to the Western Meadowlark. It occurs from eastern North America to South America, where is is also most widespread in the east.Adults have yellow underpart...
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Golden-crowned Kinglet  [Regulus satrapa]
The Golden-crowned Kinglet, Regulus satrapa, is a very small songbird.Adults are olive-grey on the upperparts with white underparts, with thin bills and short tails. They have white wing bars, a black stripe through the eyes and a yellow crown surrounded...
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Grasshopper Sparrow  [Ammodramus savannarum]
The Grasshopper Sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum, is a small sparrow. The Ammodramus genus of 11 species inhabit grasslands and marshes.Adults have upperparts streaked with brown, grey, black and white; they have a light brown breast, a white belly and a sh...
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Green-tailed Towhee  [Pipilo chlorurus]
The Green-tailed Towhee, Pipilo chlorurus, is the smallest towhee, but is still one of the larger members of the "American sparrow" family Emberizidae.Its breeding range covers most of the interior Western United States, with a winter range in Mexico and...
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Hepatic Tanager  [Piranga flava]
The Hepatic Tanager, Piranga flava, is a medium-sized songbird of the Tanager family, Thraupidae. It is one of five Tanagers found in North America.The habits of the Hepatic Tanager are similar to those of the Western Tanager.Its range includes Arizona, N...
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Hermit Thrush  [Catharus guttatus]
The Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) is a medium-sized North American thrush. It is not very closely related to the other North American migrant species of Catharus, but rather to the Mexican Russet Nightingale-thrush (Winker & Pruett, 2006).This species...
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Horned Lark  [Eremophila alpestris]
The Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris), called the Horned Lark in North America, breeds across much of North America from the high Arctic south to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, northernmost Europe and Asia and in the mountains of southeast Europe. There is a...
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Lark Bunting  [Calamospiza melanocorys]
The Lark Bunting, Calamospiza melanocorys, is a medium-sized sparrow. It is monotypic, the only member of the genus Calamospiza (Bonaparte, 1838).These birds have a large pale bill and a pale wing patch. Adult males in breeding plumage are black except fo...
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Mountain Plover  [Charadrius montanus]
The Mountain Plover is a medium-sized ground bird in the plover family. It is misnamed, as it lives on level land. Unlike most plovers, it is usually not found near bodies of water or even on wet soil; it prefers dry habitat with short grass (usually due...
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Northern Jacana  [Jacana spinosa]
The Northern Jacana [Jacana spinosa] is a wader which is a resident breeder from coastal Mexico to western Panama, and on Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola. It sometimes breeds in Texas, USA.The jacanas are a group of wetland birds, which are identifiable by t...
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Pygmy Nuthatch  [Sitta pygmaea]
The Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) is a tiny songbird, about 10 cm (4 inches) long and about 10 grams in weight. It ranges from southern British Columbia south through various discontinuous parts of the western U.S.–(northwest U.S., Sierra Nevada range, s...
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Red-breasted Nuthatch  [Sitta canadensis]
The Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, is a small songbird.Adults have blue-grey upperparts with reddish underparts; they have a white face with a black stripe through the eyes, a white throat, a straight grey bill and a black crown. This bird is sm...
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Red-naped Sapsucker  [Sphyrapicus nuchalis]
The Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) is a medium-sized woodpecker.Adults have a black head with a red forehead, white stripes and a red spot on the nape; they have a white lower belly and rump. They have a yellow breast and upper belly. They are...
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet  [Regulus calendula]
The Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) is a very small songbird.Adults are olive-grey on the upperparts with light underparts, with a thin black bill and a short tail. They have white wing bars and a white broken eye ring. The adult male has a red p...
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Rufous-winged Sparrow  [Aimophila carpalis]
The Rufous-winged Sparrow, Aimophila carpalis, is a slender sparrow with a gray face and a brown streak which extends behind the eyes. The back is brown with darker streaks, while the belly is pale gray. The wings and crown are rust colored. The sparrow h...
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Snow Goose  [Chen caerulescens]
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) is a North American species of goose. Its name derives from the typically white plumage. The genus of this bird is disputed. The American Ornithologists' Union and BirdLife International for example place this species and th...
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Verdin  [Auriparus flaviceps]
The Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps) is a species of penduline tit. It is the only species in the genus Auriparus, and the only species in the family to be found in the New World.The Verdin is a very small bird. At 4.5 inches in length, it rivals the Bushtit...
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White-breasted Nuthatch  [Sitta carolinensis]
The White-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis, is a small songbird.The adult birds are about 155 millimeters (6 inches) long. In the adult male the cap and a band on the upper mantle are black. The rest of the upper parts are a pale blue-gray. The wing...
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White-tailed Kite  [Elanus leucurus]
The White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) is an elanid kite found in western North America and parts of South America. It was formerly known as the Black-shouldered Kite.The earliest name for this bird was the White-tailed Kite, and it was given the systema...
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Wild Turkey  [Meleagris gallopavo]
The Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is native to North America and is the heaviest member of the Galliformes. It is one of two species of turkey, the other being the Ocellated Turkey, found in Central and South America. Adult Wild Turkeys have a small,...
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Wilson's Snipe  [Gallinago delicata]
The Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) is a small, stocky shorebird.Their breeding habitat is marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows in Canada and the northern United States. They nest in a well-hidden location on the ground.The eastern population migrate...
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Yellow-eyed Junco  [Junco phaeonotus]
The Yellow-eyed Junco, Junco phaeonotus, is a species of junco, a genus of small American sparrows. It is the only North American junco with yellow eyes. Alternate names include Mexican Junco, Baird's Junco, Chiapas Junco, and Guatemala Junco.Its range is...
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