North American Breeding Bird Survey 1966 - 2015 Analysis

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===== select species === Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Wood Duck Aix sponsa Gadwall Anas strepera American Wigeon Anas americana American Black Duck Anas rubripes Mallard (all forms) Anas platyrhynchos Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Northern Pintail Anas acuta Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Canvasback Aythya valisineria Redhead Aythya americana Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Common Merganser Mergus merganser Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata California Quail Callipepla californica Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Chukar Alectoris chukar Gray Partridge Perdix perdix Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus Greater Sage-Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus Sooty Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Common Loon Gavia immer Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Western & Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis /clar Wood Stork Mycteria americana Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus Anhinga Anhinga anhinga American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Great Blue Heron (all forms)Ardea herodias Great Egret Ardea alba Snowy Egret Egretta thula Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Green Heron Butorides virescens Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea White Ibis Eudocimus albus Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Osprey Pandion haliaetus Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni Red-tailed Hawk (all forms)Buteo jamaicensis Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway American Kestrel Falco sparverius Merlin Falco columbarius Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris King Rail Rallus elegans Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Sora Porzana carolina Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata American Coot Fulica americana Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus American Avocet Recurvirostra americana Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Willet Tringa semipalmata Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata American Woodcock Scolopax minor Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Western Gull Larus occidentalis California Gull Larus californicus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Least Tern Sternula antillarum Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Black Tern Chlidonias niger Common Tern Sterna hirundo Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Black Skimmer Rynchops niger Rock Pigeon Columba livia Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Inca Dove Columbina inca Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris Barn Owl Tyto alba Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Barred Owl Strix varia Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis Eastern Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus Black Swift Cypseloides niger Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber Yellow-bellied Sapsucker SppSphyrapicus varius / nuchalis / Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris Nuttall's Woodpecker Picoides nuttallii Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus Red-cockaded Woodpecker Picoides borealis White-headed Woodpecker Picoides albolarvatus American Three-toed WoodpeckPicoides dorsalis Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus Northern Flicker Colaptes auratuss Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Alder & Willow Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum / traillii Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri Cordilleran & Pacific-sl FlyEmpidonax difficilis / occident Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii Gray Vireo Vireo vicinior Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttalli American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Northwestern Crow Corvus caurinus Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus Common Raven Corvus corax Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Purple Martin Progne subis Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina Northern Rough-winged SwalloStelgidopteryx serripennis Bank Swallow Riparia riparia Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi Tufted & Black-crest. TitmouBaeolophus bicolor / atricrista Verdin Auriparus flaviceps Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla Brown Creeper Certhia americana Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii House Wren Troglodytes aedon Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula Wrentit Chamaea fasciata Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi Veery Catharus fuscescens Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina American Robin Turdus migratorius Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre Bendire's Thrasher Toxostoma bendirei Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale Le Conte's Thrasher Toxostoma lecontei European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus McCown's Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata Lucy's Warbler Oreothlypis luciae Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla Virginia's Warbler Oreothlypis virginiae Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea Northern Parula Setophaga americana Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus Yellow-rumped Warb (all formSetophaga coronata Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca California Towhee Melozone crissalis Abert's Towhee Melozone aberti Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii Bachman's Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata Sage Sparrow Amphispiza belli Sage/Bells Sparrow (lumped) Amphispiza belli Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii Henslow's Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii Nelson's Sparrow Ammodramus nelsoni Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Dark-eyed Junco (all forms) Junco hyemalis Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Painted Bunting Passerina ciris Dickcissel Spiza americana Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus Cassin's Finch Carpodacus cassinii House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Pine Siskin Spinus pinus Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei American Goldfinch Spinus tristis Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus