Birds of Alberta
Summer Residents:
Order Gaviiformes
Loons (Family Gaviidae):
- Common Loon
- Pacific Loon
- Red-throated Loon
- Yellow-billed Loon
Order Podicipediformes
Grebes (Family Podicipedidae):
- Clark's Grebe
- Eared Grebe
- Horned Grebe
- Pie-billed Grebe
- Red-necked Grebe
- Western Grebe
Order Pelecaniformes
Pelicans (Family Pelecanidae):
Cormorants (Family Phalacrocoracidae)
Order Ciconiiformes
Herons (Family Ardeidae):
- American Bittern
- Great Blue Heron
- Black-crowned Night-Heron
Ibises (Family Threskiornithidae)
Order Anseriformes
Waterfowl (Family Anatidae)
- Barrow's Goldeneye Duck
- Bufflehead Duck
- Canvasback Duck
- Common Goldeneye Duck
- Common Merganser Duck
- Gadwall Duck
- Harlequin Duck
- Hooded Merganser Duck
- Mallard Duck
- Northern Pintail Duck
- Red-breasted Merganser Duck
- Redhead Duck
- Ring-necked Duck
- Ruddy Duck
- Surf Scoter Duck
- White-winged Scoter Duck
- Lesser Scaup
- Northern Shoveler
- Trumpeter Swan
- Blue-winged Teal
- Cinnamon Teal
- Green-winged Teal
- American Wigeon
Order Falconiformes
Hawks and Eagles (Family Accipitridae)
- Bald Eagle
- Golden Eagle
- Northern Harrier
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Cooper's Hawk
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Swainson's Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Ferruginous Hawk
Vultures (Family Cathartidae)
Falcons (Family Falconidae):
- American Kestrel
- Peregrine Falcon
- Prairie Falcon
Osprey (Family Pandionidae):
Order Gruiformes
Rails and Coots (Family Rallidae):
- American Coot
- Virginia Rail
- Yellow Rail
- Sora
Cranes (Family Gruidae)
- Sandhill Crane
- Whooping Crane
Order Charadriiformes
Plovers (Family Charadriidae)
- Killdeer
- American Golden-Plover
- Black-bellied Plover
- Mountain Plover
- Piping Plover
- Semipalmated Plover
Avocets and Stilts (Family Recurvirostridae)
- American Avocet
- Black-necked Stilt
Sandpipers (Family Scolopacidae)
- Eskimo Curlew
- Long-billed Curlew
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Marbled Godwit
- Wilson's Phalarope
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Upland Sandpiper
- Common Snipe
- Willet
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Lesser Yellowlegs
Gulls (Family Laridae)
- Franklin's Gull
- Bonaparte's Gull
- Ring-billed Gull
- California Gull
- Herring Gull
- Caspian Tern
- Common Tern
- Forster's Tern
- Black Tern
Order Cuculiformes
Cuckoos (Family Cuculidae)
Order Columbiformes
Doves (Family Columbidae)
Order Strigiformes
Owls (Family Strigidae)
- Burrowing Owl
- Long-Eared Owl
Order Caprimulgiformes
Nightjars (Family Caprimulgidae)
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Poorwill
Order Apodiformes
Swifts (Family Apodidae)
Hummingbirds (Family Trochilidae)
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Calliope Hummingbird
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Rufous Hummingbird
Order Coraciiformes
Kingfishers (Family Alcedinidae)
Order Piciformes
Woodpeckers (Family Picidae)
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Red-naped Sapsucker
- Northern Flicker
Order Passeriformes
(The most numerous of all the orders of birds)
Flycatchers (Family Tyrannidae)
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Western Wood-Pewee
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Alder Flycatcher
- Willow Flycatcher
- Least Flycatcher
- Hammond's Flycatcher
- Dusky Flycatcher
- Cordilleran Flycatcher
- Eastern Phoebe
- Say's Phoebe
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Eastern Kingbird
- Western Kingbird
Shrikes (Family Laniidae)
Vireos (Family Vireonidae)
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Cassin's Vireo
- Warbling Vireo
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Red-eyed Vireo
Crows and Jays (Family Corvidae)
Larks (Family Alaudidae)
Swallows (Family Hirundidae)
- Purple Martin
- Tree Swallow
- Violet-green Swallow
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Bank Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Cliff Swallow
Wrens (Family Troglodytidae)
- Rock Wren
- House Wren
- Winter Wren
- Sedge Wren
- Marsh Wren
Kinglets (Family Regulidae)
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Bluebirds and Thrushes (Family Turnidae)
- Mountain Bluebird
- Western Bluebird
- American Robin
(Turdus migratorius)
- Townsend's Solitaire
- Gray-cheeked Thrush
- Hermit Thrush
- Swainson's Thrush
- Varied Thrush
- Veery
Starlings (Family Sturnidae)
Mimic Thrushes (Family Mimidae)
- Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird
- Brown Thrasher
Pipits (Family Motacillidae)
- American Pipit
- Sprague's Pipit
Waxwings (Family Bombycillidae)
Warblers (Family Parulidae)
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Ovenbird
- American Redstart
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Black-and-white Warbler
- Black-throated Warbler
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Canada Warbler
- Cape May Warbler
- Connecticut Warbler
- MacGillivray's Warbler
- Mourning Warbler
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Palm Warbler
- Tennessee Warbler
- Townsend's Warbler
- Wilson's Warbler
- Yellow Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Northern Waterthrush
- Common Yellowthroat
Tanagers (Family Thraupidae)
Sparrows (Family Emberizidae)
- Spotted Towhee
- American Tree Sparrow
- Chipping Sparrow
- Clay-colored Sparrow
- Brewer's Sparrow
- Timerline Sparrow
- Vesper Sparrow
- Lark Sparrow
- Lark Bunting
- Savannah Sparrow
- Baird's Sparrow
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- Le Conte's Sparrow
- Nelson Sharp-tailed Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Swamp Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
- McCown's Longspur
- Chestnut-collared Longspur
Buntings and Grosbeaks (Family Cardinalidae)
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Black-headed Grosbeak
- Lazuli Bunting
Blackbirds (Family Icteridae)
- Bobolink
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Western Meadowlard
- Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Brewers Blackbird
- Common Grackle
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Baltimore Oriole
- Bullock's Oriole
Finches (Family Fringillidae)
- Purple Finch
- Cassin's Finch
- American Goldfinch
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