LIFE LIST OF BIRDS – UPDATED -  07-21-2008

 

This is my life list of world-wide birds, all birds sited and identified by me in the field.  I started keeping a bird life list in 1992, my goal is to photograph every species that I see.  Please click on this link for BIRD PICTURES... - Taxanomy now formated to comply with Clements Checklist of Birds of the World...

 

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  Family Gaviidae (Loons)

 

Common Loon - Gavia immer

 

  Family Podicipedidae (Grebes)

 

Australasian Grebe - Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 

Black-necked (Eared) Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis 

Western Grebe - Aechmophorus occidentalis

Clark's Grebe - Aechmophorus clarkii 

Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps 

Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus 

 

  Family Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)

 

Black-footed Albatross - Diomedea nigripes 

Laysan Albatross - Diomedea immutabilis 

 

  Family Procellariidae (Shearwaters and Petrels)

 

Northern Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis 

Pink-footed Shearwater - Puffinus creatopus 

Sooty Shearwater - Puffinus griseus 

Manx Shearwater - Puffinus puffinus 

Wedge-tailed Shearwater - Puffinus pacificus 

 

  Family Hydrobatidae (Storm-Petrels)

 

Least Storm-Petrel - Oceanodroma microsoma 

Black Storm-Petrel - Oceanodroma melania 

 

Family Phaethontidae (Tropicbirds)

 

Red-tailed Tropicbird - Phaethon rubricauda 

White-tailed Tropicbird - Phaethon lepturus

 

Family Pelecanidae (Pelicans)

 

Australian Pelican - Pelecanus conspicillatus 

American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 

Great White Pelican - Pelecanus onocrotalus 

Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis 

 

  Family Sulidae (Gannets and Boobies)

 

Northern Gannet - Morus bassanus

Red-footed Booby - Sula sula 

 

  Family Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)

 

Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus 

Little Pied Cormorant - Phalacrocorax melanoleucos 

Little Black Cormorant - Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 

Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus

Brandt's Cormorant - Phalacrocorax penicillatus 

Pelagic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax pelagicus 

Pied Cormorant - Phalacrocorax varius 

Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo 

 

  Family Anhingidae (Anhingas and Darters)

 

Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga 

Australian Darter - Anhinga novaehollandiae 

 

  Family Fregatidae (Frigatebirds)

 

Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens 

Great Frigatebird - Fregata minor 

 

  Family Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets and Bitterns)

 

White-faced Heron - Egretta novaehollandiae 

Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea 

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta 

Snowy Egret - Egretta thula 

Pacific Reef-Egret - Egretta sacra 

Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor 

Reddish Egret - Egretta rufescens 

Pied Heron - Egretta picata

Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias 

Pacific Heron - Ardea pacifica 

Great-billed Heron - Ardea sumatrana 

Gray Heron - Ardea cinerea 

Great Egret - Casmerodius albus 

Intermediate Egret - Mesophoyx intermedia 

Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis 

Striated Heron - Butorides striatus 

Green Heron - Butorides virescens 

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea 

Black-crowned Night-Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax 

Rufous Night-Heron - Nycticorax caledonicus 

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron - Tigrisoma mexicanum 

Least Bittern - Ixobrychus exilis 

Black Bittern - Dupetor flavicollis 

American Bittern - Botaurus lentiginosus 

 

  Family Ciconiidae (Storks)

 

Black-necked Stork - Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus 

Wood Stork - Mycteria americana 

 

  Family Threskiornithidae (Ibis and Spoonbills)

 

White Ibis - Eudocimus albus 

Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus 

White-faced Ibis - Plegadis chihi 

Roseate Spoonbill - Ajaia ajaja 

Australian Ibis - Threskiornis molucca 

Straw-necked Ibis - Threskiornis spinicollis 

Royal Spoonbill - Platalea regia 

 

  Family Anatidae (Ducks, Geese and Swans)

 

Magpie Goose - Anseranas semipalmata 

Plumed Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna eytoni 

Wandering Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna arcuata

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis 

Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis 

Black Swan - Cygnus atratus 

Trumpeter Swan - Cygnus buccinator 

Brant -  Branta bernicla 

Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 

Barnacle Goose - Branta leucopsis 

Nene - Branta sandvicensis 

Red-breasted Goose - Branta ruficollis 

Radjah Shelduck - Tadorna radjah 

Ruddy Shelduck - Tadorna ferruginea 

Green Pygmy-goose - Nettapus pulchellus

Wood Duck - Aix sponsa 

Maned Duck - Chenonetta jubata 

Gadwall - Anas strepera 

American Wigeon - Anas americana 

Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 

American Black Duck – Anas rubripes

Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors 

Chestnut Teal - Anas castanea 

Pacific Black Duck - Anas superciliosa 

Cinnamon Teal - Anas cyanoptera 

Northern Pintail - Anas acuta 

Common (Green Winged) Teal - Anas crecca 

Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata 

Red-crested Pochard - Netta rufina 

Common Pochard - Aythya ferina 

Canvasback - Aythya valisineria 

Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris 

Black Scoter - Melanitta nigra 

Surf Scoter - Melanitta perspicillata 

Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula 

Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola 

Smew - Mergellus albellus 

Mute Swan - Cygnus olor 

Pink-footed Goose - Anser brachyrhynchus 

Greylag Goose - Anser anser 

Bar-headed Goose - Anser indicus 

Greater White-fronted Goose - Anser albifrons 

Snow Goose - Anser caerulescens 

Ross's Goose - Anser rossii 

Greater Scaup - Aythya marila 

Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis 

Tufted Duck - Aythya fuligula 

Common Eider - Somateria mollissima 

Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator

 

  Family Cathartidae (New World Vultures)

 

Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus 

Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura 

 

  Family Pandionidae (Osprey)

 

Osprey - Pandion haliaetus 

 

  Family Acciptridae (Hawks, Eagles and Kites)

 

Black-shouldered Kite - Elanus axillaris 

White-tailed Kite - Elanus leucurus 

Swallow-tailed Kite - Elanoides forficatus 

Black Kite - Milvus migrans 

Whistling Kite - Haliastur sphenurus 

Brahminy Kite - Haliastur indus 

White-bellied Fish-Eagle - Haliaeetus leucogaster 

Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus 

Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus 

Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus 

Cooper's Hawk - Accipiter cooperii 

Northern Goshawk - Accipiter gentilis 

Harris's Hawk - Parabuteo unicinctus 

Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus 

Swainson's Hawk - Buteo swainsoni 

Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis 

Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus

Ferruginous Hawk - Buteo regalis 

Rough-legged Hawk - Buteo lagopus 

Zone-tailed Hawk - Buteo albonotatus 

Wedge-tailed Eagle - Aquila audex 

Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos 

Grey Hawk – Buteo nitidus  

Roadside Hawk - Buteo magnirostris 

Short-tailed Hawk - Buteo brachyurus 

 

  Family Falconidae (Falcons and Caracaras)

 

Crested Caracara - Polyborus plancus 

Australian Kestrel - Falco cenchroides 

American Kestrel - Falco sparverius 

Merlin - Falco columbarius 

Gyrfalcon - Falco rusticolus 

Prairie Falcon - Falco mexicanus

Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus 

Brown Falcon - Falco berigora

 

  Family Megapodiidae (Megapodes)

 

Australian Brush-turkey - Alectura lathami 

Orange-footed Scrubfowl - Megapodius reinwardt 

 

  Family Meleagridae (Turkeys)

 

Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo 

 

  Family Odontophoridae (New World Quail)

 

California Quail - Callipepla californica  

Gambel's Quail - Callipepla gambelii 

Mountain Quail - Oreortyx pictus 

Montezuma Quail - Cyrtonyx montezumae 

Northern Bobwhite - Colinus virginianus 

 

  Family Phasianidae (Pheasants and Partdiges)

 

Red Junglefowl - Gallus gallus 

Common Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus 

 

  Family Gruidae (Cranes)

 

Sandhill Crane - Grus canadensis 

Brolga - Grus rubicunda 

 

  Family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules and Coots)

 

Black Rail - Laterallus jamaicensis 

Buff-banded Rail - Gallirallus philippensis 

Sora - Porzana carolina 

White-browed Crake - Porzana cinerea

Purple Swamphen - Porphyrio porphyrio 

Purple Gallinule - Porphyrio martinicus 

Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus 

Dusky Moorhen - Gallinula tenebrosa 

American Coot - Fulica americana 

Eurasian (Common) Coot - Fulica atra 

Clapper Rail - Rallus longirostris 

 

  Family Otididae (Bustards)

 

Australian Bustard - Ardeotis australis 

 

  Family Jacanidae  

 

Comb-crested Jacana - Irediparra gallinacea 

 

  Family Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers)

 

Black Oystercatcher - Haematopus bachmani 

Pied Oystercatcher - Haematopus longirostris

American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus 

Sooty Oystercatcher - Haematopus fuliginosus 

 

  Family Recurvirostridae (Avocets and Stilts)

 

Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus 

Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus 

American Avocet - Recurvirostra americana 

 

  Family Burhinidae  

 

Bush Thick-knee  Burhinus grallarius 

 

  Family Glareolidae  

 

Australian Pratincole - Stiltia isabella 

 

  Family Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)

 

Snowy Plover - Charadrius alexandrinus

Pacific Golden-Plover - Pluvialis fulva 

Black-bellied (Grey) Plover - Pluvialis squatarola 

Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus 

Wilson's Plover - Charadrius wilsonia 

Mountain Plover - Charadrius montanus 

Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus 

Masked Lapwing - Vanellus miles 

Black-fronted Dotterel - Elseyornis melanops 

Red-kneed Dotterel - Erythrogonys cinctus

 

  Family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)

 

Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago 

Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa

Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica

Marbled Godwit - Limosa fedoa 

Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus 

Long-billed Curlew - Numenius americanus 

Far Eastern Curlew - Numenius madagascariensis 

Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos

Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularia 

Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola

Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca 

Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes 

Wandering Tattler - Tringa incana 

Gray-tailed Tattler - Tringa brevipes

Willet - Catoptrophorus semipalmatus 

Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres 

Black Turnstone - Arenaria melanocephala 

Short-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus griseus 

Long-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceus 

Surfbird - Aphriza virgata 

Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri 

Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla 

Rock Sandpiper - Calidris ptilocnemis 

Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea 

Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla 

Baird's Sandpiper - Calidris bairdii 

Stilt Sandpiper - Micropalama himantopus 

Dunlin - Calidris alpine

Red Knot - Calidris canutus 

Sanderling - Calidris alba 

Red-necked Phalarope - Phalaropus lobatus 

 

  Family Laridae (Gulls)

 

Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis 

California Gull - Larus californicus 

Glaucous-winged Gull - Larus glaucescens 

Western Gull - Larus occidentalis

Yellow-footed Gull - Larus livens 

Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus

Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus 

Silver Gull - Larus novaehollandiae 

Bonaparte's Gull - Larus philadelphia 

Laughing Gull - Larus atricilla 

Eurasian Herring Gull - Larus argentatus 

American Herring Gull – Larus smithsonianus

Common Black-headed Gull - Larus ridibundus 

Heermann's Gull - Larus heermanni  

Mew Gull - Larus canus 

Black-legged Kittiwake - Rissa tridactyla 

 

  Family Sternidae (Terns)

 

Black Noddy - Anous minutus 

Gull-billed Tern - Gelochelidon nilotica

Caspian Tern - Hydroprogne caspia 

Whiskered Tern - Chlidonias hybridus

Common Tern - Sterna hirundo 

Great Crested-Tern - Sterna bergii 

Royal Tern - Sterna maxima 

Elegant Tern - Sterna elegans 

Least Tern - Sterna antillarum 

Sooty Tern - Sterna fuscata 

Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri 

 

  Family Stercordariidae (Jaegers and Skuas)

 

Parasitic Jaeger - Stercorarius parasiticus 

 

  Family Rynchopidae (Skimmers)

 

Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger 

 

  Family Alcidae (Auks, Mures, and Puffins)

 

Common Murre - Uria aalge 

 

  Family Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves)

 

Rock Pigeon - Columba livia 

White-crowned Pigeon - Columba leucocephala 

Band-tailed Pigeon - Columba fasciata 

Topknot Pigeon - Lopholaimus antarcticus 

Spotted Dove - Streptopelia chinensis  

Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto 

Brown Cuckoo-Dove - Macropygia phasianella 

Emerald Dove - Chalcophaps indica 

Common Bronzewing - Phaps chalcoptera 

Crested Pigeon - Geophaps lophotes 

Partridge Pigeon  - Geophaps smithii

Diamond Dove - Geopelia cuneata

Peaceful Dove - Geopelia placida 

Bar-shouldered Dove - Geopelia humeralis

Zebra Dove - Geopelia striata 

Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 

White-winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica 

Inca Dove - Columbina inca 

Common Ground-Dove - Columbina passerina 

Common Wood-Pigeon - Columba palumbus 

Torresian Imperial-Pigeon - Ducula spilorrhoa

Wompoo Fruit-Dove - Ptilinopus magnificus

 

  Family Cacatuidae (Cockatoos)

 

Galah - Eolophus roseicapillus 

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo - Cacatua galerita 

Little Corella - Cacatua sanguinea

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo - Calyptorhynchus banksii 

 

  Family Psittacidae (Parrots)

 

Northern Rosella - Platycercus venustus

Pale-headed Rosella - Platycercus adscitus 

Crimson Rosella - Platycercus elegans  

Scaly-breasted Lorikeet - Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus

Rainbow Lorikeet - Trichoglossus haematodus 

Red-winged Parrot - Aprosmictus erythropterus 

Port Lincoln Parrot - Barnardius zonarius 

Red-rumped Parrot - Psephotus haematonotus 

Scarlet Macaw - Ara macao 

White-fronted Parrot - Amazona albifrons 

Red-crowned Parrot - Amazona viridigenalis 

 

Family Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

 

Shining Bronze-Cuckoo - Chrysococcyx lucidus

Greater Roadrunner - Geococcyx californianus 

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanus

Groove-billed Ani - Crotophaga sulcirostris 

Pheasant Coucal - Centropus phasianinus

 

  Family Tytonidae (Barn Owls)

 

Barn Owl - Tyto alba 

 

  Family Strigidae (Typical Owls)

 

Western Screech-Owl - Otus kennicottii 

Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus 

Long-eared Owl - Asio otus 

Burrowing Owl - Speotyto cunicularia 

Barred Owl - Strix varia 

 

  Family Aegothelidae (Owlet-Nightjars)

 

Australian Owlet-Nightjar - Aegotheles cristatus 

 

  Family Podargidae (Frogmouts)