Life List for principalis (369)
(Includes 3 sightings at 3 locations in 1 state)
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Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Anatidae)
Taiga Bean-Goose Tundra Bean-Goose Pink-footed Goose Lesser White-fronted Goose Emperor Goose Ross's Goose Barnacle Goose Trumpeter Swan Whooper Swan Muscovy Duck | Falcated Duck Eurasian Wigeon Spot-billed Duck White-cheeked Pintail Garganey Baikal Teal Common Pochard Tufted Duck | Steller's Eider Spectacled Eider King Eider Harlequin Duck Labrador Duck Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Barrow's Goldeneye Smew Masked Duck |
Curassows and Guans (Cracidae)
| Plain Chachalaca |
Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail (Phasianidae)
| Chukar Himalayan Snowcock Gray Partridge Greater Sage-Grouse | Gunnison Sage-Grouse Willow Ptarmigan Rock Ptarmigan White-tailed Ptarmigan Dusky Grouse | Sooty Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Greater Prairie-Chicken Lesser Prairie-Chicken |
New World Quail (Odontophoridae)
| Mountain Quail Scaled Quail | California Quail | Montezuma Quail |
Loons (Gaviidae)
Arctic Loon | Pacific Loon | Yellow-billed Loon |
Grebes (Podicipedidae)
| Least Grebe | Red-necked Grebe Western Grebe | Clark's Grebe |
Albatrosses (Diomedeidae)
| Yellow-nosed Albatross Shy Albatross Black-browed Albatross | Light-mantled Albatross Wandering Albatross Laysan Albatross | Black-footed Albatross Short-tailed Albatross |
Shearwaters and Petrels (Procellariidae)
| Northern Fulmar Great-winged Petrel Herald Petrel Murphy's Petrel Mottled Petrel Bermuda Petrel Black-capped Petrel Galapagos/Hawaiian Petrel Fea's/Zino's Petrel | Cook's Petrel Stejneger's Petrel Bulwer's Petrel Parkinson's Petrel Streaked Shearwater Cory's Shearwater Cape Verde Shearwater Pink-footed Shearwater Flesh-footed Shearwater | Greater Shearwater Wedge-tailed Shearwater Buller's Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Short-tailed Shearwater Manx Shearwater Black-vented Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater Little Shearwater |
Storm-Petrels (Hydrobatidae)
| Wilson's Storm-Petrel White-faced Storm-Petrel European Storm-Petrel Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Ringed Storm-Petrel Leach's Storm-Petrel Ashy Storm-Petrel | Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel Black Storm-Petrel Least Storm-Petrel |
Tropicbirds (Phaethontidae)
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Red-billed Tropicbird | Red-tailed Tropicbird |
Boobies and Gannets (Sulidae)
| Masked Booby Blue-footed Booby | Brown Booby Red-footed Booby |
Pelicans (Pelecanidae)
Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
| Brandt's Cormorant | Great Cormorant | Red-faced Cormorant Pelagic Cormorant |
Darters (Anhingidae)
Frigatebirds (Fregatidae)
| Magnificent Frigatebird | Great Frigatebird | Lesser Frigatebird |
Bitterns, Herons, and Allies (Ardeidae)
Yellow Bittern Gray Heron Intermediate Egret | Chinese Egret Little Egret Western Reef-Heron | Chinese Pond-Heron |
Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
Storks (Ciconiidae)
| Jabiru |
Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae)
| Greater Flamingo |
New World Vultures (Cathartidae)
| California Condor |
Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies (Accipitridae)
Snail Kite White-tailed Eagle Steller's Sea-Eagle | Crane Hawk Common Black-Hawk Roadside Hawk Gray Hawk | Short-tailed Hawk White-tailed Hawk Zone-tailed Hawk |
Caracaras and Falcons (Falconidae)
| Collared Forest-Falcon Eurasian Kestrel | Red-footed Falcon Eurasian Hobby Aplomado Falcon | Gyrfalcon |
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae)
| Yellow Rail Black Rail Corn Crake King Rail | Paint-billed Crake Spotted Rail | Eurasian Coot |
Limpkins (Aramidae)
| Limpkin |
Cranes (Gruidae)
| Common Crane | Whooping Crane |
Thick-knees (Burhinidae)
| Double-striped Thick-knee |
Lapwings and Plovers (Charadriidae)
| Northern Lapwing European Golden-Plover Pacific Golden-Plover Lesser Sand-Plover | Greater Sand-Plover Collared Plover Common Ringed Plover | Little Ringed Plover Mountain Plover Eurasian Dotterel |
Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Black Oystercatcher |
Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae)
| Black-winged Stilt |
Jacanas (Jacanidae)
| Northern Jacana |
Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies (Scolopacidae)
| Terek Sandpiper Common Sandpiper Green Sandpiper Gray-tailed Tattler Wandering Tattler Spotted Redshank Common Greenshank Marsh Sandpiper Wood Sandpiper Common Redshank Upland Sandpiper Little Curlew Eskimo Curlew Bristle-thighed Curlew Far Eastern Curlew Slender-billed Curlew | Eurasian Curlew Black-tailed Godwit Bar-tailed Godwit Black Turnstone Surfbird Great Knot Red-necked Stint Little Stint Temminck's Stint Long-toed Stint White-rumped Sandpiper | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Purple Sandpiper Rock Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Spoon-billed Sandpiper Broad-billed Sandpiper Ruff Jack Snipe Common Snipe Pin-tailed Snipe Eurasian Woodcock Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope |
Pratincoles (Glareolidae)
| Oriental Pratincole |
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (Laridae)
Franklin's Gull Little Gull Black-headed Gull Heermann's Gull Gray-hooded Gull Belcher's Gull Black-tailed Gull Mew Gull California Gull Yellow-legged Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull | Slaty-backed Gull Yellow-footed Gull Western Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Glaucous Gull Kelp Gull Sabine's Gull Swallow-tailed Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Red-legged Kittiwake Ross's Gull Ivory Gull Brown Noddy Black Noddy Sooty Tern Bridled Tern | Aleutian Tern Large-billed Tern Black Tern White-winged Tern Whiskered Tern Roseate Tern Arctic Tern Elegant Tern Black Skimmer |
Skuas and Jaegers (stercorariidae)
| Great Skua South Polar Skua | Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger | Long-tailed Jaeger |
Auks, Murres, and Puffins (Alcidae)
| Dovekie Common Murre Thick-billed Murre Razorbill Great Auk Black Guillemot Pigeon Guillemot Long-billed Murrelet | Marbled Murrelet Kittlitz's Murrelet Xantus's Murrelet Craveri's Murrelet Ancient Murrelet Cassin's Auklet Parakeet Auklet Least Auklet | Whiskered Auklet Crested Auklet Rhinoceros Auklet Atlantic Puffin Horned Puffin Tufted Puffin |
Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Scaly-naped Pigeon White-crowned Pigeon Red-billed Pigeon Band-tailed Pigeon Oriental Turtle-Dove European Turtle-Dove | Spotted Dove Zenaida Dove Passenger Pigeon | Ruddy Ground-Dove White-tipped Dove Key West Quail-Dove Ruddy Quail-Dove |
Lories, Parakeets, Macaws, and Parrots (Psittacidae)
| Budgerigar Carolina Parakeet | Green Parakeet Thick-billed Parrot White-winged Parakeet | Red-crowned Parrot |
Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis (Cuculidae)
| Common Cuckoo Oriental Cuckoo | Mangrove Cuckoo | Smooth-billed Ani Groove-billed Ani |
Barn Owls (Tytonidae)
Typical Owls (Strigidae)
| Flammulated Owl Oriental Scops-Owl Western Screech-Owl Whiskered Screech-Owl | Northern Hawk Owl Northern Pygmy-Owl Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Elf Owl Burrowing Owl Mottled Owl Spotted Owl | Great Gray Owl Stygian Owl Short-eared Owl Boreal Owl |
Goatsuckers (Caprimulgidae)
| Lesser Nighthawk Antillean Nighthawk | Common Pauraque Common Poorwill | Buff-collared Nightjar Gray Nightjar |
Swifts (Apodidae)
| Black Swift White-collared Swift | Vaux's Swift White-throated Needletail Common Swift | Fork-tailed Swift Antillean Palm-Swift |
Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
| Green Violet-ear Green-breasted Mango White-eared Hummingbird Xantus's Hummingbird Buff-bellied Hummingbird Cinnamon Hummingbird | Violet-crowned Hummingbird Blue-throated Hummingbird Magnificent Hummingbird Plain-capped Starthroat Bahama Woodstar Lucifer Hummingbird Black-chinned Hummingbird | Costa's Hummingbird Bumblebee Hummingbird Broad-tailed Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Allen's Hummingbird |
Trogons (Trogonidae)
| Eared Quetzal |
Hoopoes (Upupidae)
| Eurasian Hoopoe |
Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
| Ringed Kingfisher | Green Kingfisher |
Woodpeckers and Allies (Picidae)
| Eurasian Wryneck Lewis's Woodpecker Acorn Woodpecker Golden-fronted Woodpecker | Red-breasted Sapsucker Great Spotted Woodpecker Nuttall's Woodpecker Arizona Woodpecker | White-headed Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker Gilded Flicker Ivory-billed Woodpecker |
Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
| Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Greenish Elaenia Caribbean Elaenia Tufted Flycatcher Western Wood-Pewee Cuban Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Hammond's Flycatcher | Dusky Flycatcher Pacific-slope Flycatcher Cordilleran Flycatcher Dusky-capped Flycatcher Ash-throated Flycatcher Nutting's Flycatcher Brown-crested Flycatcher La Sagra's Flycatcher Great Kiskadee Social Flycatcher | Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Piratic Flycatcher Variegated Flycatcher Tropical Kingbird Couch's Kingbird Thick-billed Kingbird Gray Kingbird Fork-tailed Flycatcher Rose-throated Becard Masked Tityra |
Shrikes (Laniidae)
| Brown Shrike | Northern Shrike |
Vireos (Vireonidae)
Thick-billed Vireo Black-capped Vireo | Plumbeous Vireo Cassin's Vireo Hutton's Vireo Philadelphia Vireo | Yellow-green Vireo Black-whiskered Vireo Yucatan Vireo |
Jays and Crows (Corvidae)
| Gray Jay Green Jay Brown Jay Florida Scrub-Jay Island Scrub-Jay | Mexican Jay Pinyon Jay Black-billed Magpie Yellow-billed Magpie Eurasian Jackdaw | Northwestern Crow Tamaulipas Crow Chihuahuan Raven |
Larks (Alaudidae)
| Sky Lark |
Swallows (Hirundinidae)
Cuban Martin Gray-breasted Martin Southern Martin Brown-chested Martin | Mangrove Swallow Bahama Swallow | Common House-Martin |
Chickadees and Titmice (Paridae)
Mexican Chickadee | Boreal Chickadee Gray-headed Chickadee | Oak Titmouse Juniper Titmouse Black-crested Titmouse |
Verdin (Remizidae)
Bushtits (Aegithalidae)
Nuthatches (Sittidae)
Creepers (Certhiidae)
Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Dippers (Cinclidae)
| American Dipper |
Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
| Red-whiskered Bulbul |
Kinglets (Regulidae)
Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers (Sylviidae)
| Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler Lanceolated Warbler Willow Warbler Wood Warbler Dusky Warbler | Yellow-browed Warbler Pallas's Warbler Arctic Warbler Lesser Whitethroat | California Gnatcatcher Black-capped Gnatcatcher |
Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
| Narcissus Flycatcher Mugimaki Flycatcher Taiga Flycatcher | Dark-sided Flycatcher Gray-streaked Flycatcher Asian Brown Flycatcher | Spotted Flycatcher |
Thrushes (Turdidae)
| Siberian Rubythroat Bluethroat Siberian Blue Robin Red-flanked Bluetail Northern Wheatear Stonechat Western Bluebird | Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush Gray-cheeked Thrush Bicknell's Thrush Eurasian Blackbird Eyebrowed Thrush | Dusky Thrush Fieldfare Redwing Clay-colored Robin White-throated Robin Aztec Thrush |
Babblers (Timaliidae)
| Wrentit |
Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)
Bahama Mockingbird Sage Thrasher | Long-billed Thrasher Bendire's Thrasher | California Thrasher Crissal Thrasher Blue Mockingbird |
Starlings (Sturnidae)
Accentors (Prunellidae)
| Siberian Accentor |
Wagtails and Pipits (Motacillidae)
| Eastern Yellow Wagtail Citrine Wagtail Gray Wagtail White Wagtail | Tree Pipit Olive-backed Pipit Pechora Pipit Red-throated Pipit | Sprague's Pipit |
Waxwings (Bombycillidae)
| Bohemian Waxwing |
Silky-flycatchers (Ptilogonatidae)
Olive Warbler (Peucedramidae)
| Olive Warbler |
Wood-Warblers (Parulidae)
Bananaquits (Incertae Sedis)
| Bananaquit |
Tanagers (Thraupidae)
| Hepatic Tanager | Flame-colored Tanager Western Spindalis |
Emberizids (Emberizidae)
| White-collared Seedeater Yellow-faced Grassquit Black-faced Grassquit Olive Sparrow Canyon Towhee California Towhee Cassin's Sparrow Bachman's Sparrow Botteri's Sparrow Five-striped Sparrow | Worthen's Sparrow Black-chinned Sparrow Sage Sparrow Lark Bunting Baird's Sparrow Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Seaside Sparrow | Golden-crowned Sparrow Yellow-eyed Junco McCown's Longspur Chestnut-collared Longspur Pine Bunting Little Bunting Rustic Bunting Yellow-throated Bunting Yellow-breasted Bunting Gray Bunting Pallas's Bunting Reed Bunting McKay's Bunting |
Cardinals, Saltators, and Allies (Cardinalidae)
| Crimson-collared Grosbeak Yellow Grosbeak | Black-headed Grosbeak Blue Bunting |
Blackbirds (Icteridae)
Tricolored Blackbird Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Yellow-headed Blackbird | Shiny Cowbird Bronzed Cowbird Black-vented Oriole Hooded Oriole | Streak-backed Oriole Bullock's Oriole Spot-breasted Oriole Altamira Oriole Audubon's Oriole Scott's Oriole |
Fringilline and Cardueline Finches and Allies (Fringillidae)
| Common Chaffinch Brambling Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Black Rosy-Finch Brown-capped Rosy-Finch Pine Grosbeak Common Rosefinch | Red Crossbill Common Redpoll Hoary Redpoll Eurasian Siskin | Lesser Goldfinch Lawrence's Goldfinch Oriental Greenfinch Eurasian Bullfinch Evening Grosbeak Hawfinch |
Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow |