Birds of Alberta
Accidental/Vagrant
(outside their range when seen in Alberta):
Order Gaviiformes
Loons (Family Gaviidae):
- Yellow-billed Loon
Order Ciconiiformes
Herons (Family Ardeidae):
- Cattle Egret
- Great Egret
- Snowy Egret
Order Anseriformes
Waterfowl (Family Anatidae)
- Brant
- American Black Duck
Order Charadriiformes
Sandpipers (Family Scolopacidae)
- Ruff/Reeve
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Gulls (Family Laridae)
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Glaucous-winged Gull
Order Piciformes
Woodpeckers (Family Picidae)
- Lewis's Woodpecker
- Red-headed Woodpecker
Order Passeriformes
(The most numerous of all the orders of birds)
Warblers (Family Parulidae)
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
Buntings and Grosbeaks (Family Cardinalidae)
- Northern Cardinal
- Indigo Bunting