eBird Field Checklist
Alberta, CA
ebird.org/region/CA-AB
346 species (+115 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year
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Waterfowl
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow/Ross's Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Tundra Bean-Goose
Cackling Goose
Snow x Cackling Goose (hybrid)
Canada Goose
Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Snow x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Cackling/Canada Goose
Black Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter/Tundra Swan
swan sp.
goose sp.
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid)
Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Eurasian/American Wigeon
Mallard
Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid)
Northern Pintail
Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Redhead x Lesser Scaup (hybrid)
Redhead x scaup sp. (hybrid)
Ring-necked Duck x scaup sp. (hybrid)
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead x Common Goldeneye (hybrid)
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common x Barrow's Goldeneye (hybrid)
Common/Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser (hybrid)
goldeneye sp. x Hooded Merganser (hybrid)
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
Greater Sage-Grouse
Dusky Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
White-tailed Ptarmigan
Willow Ptarmigan
Spruce Grouse
grouse sp.
Gray Partridge
Golden Pheasant
Ring-necked Pheasant
Chukar
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Black-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Swifts
Black Swift
Vaux's Swift
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Ruby-throated x Rufous Hummingbird (hybrid)
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Virginia Rail
Sora
American Coot
Yellow Rail
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Snowy Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
godwit sp.
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Franklin's Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
American Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
California Gull
American Herring x California Gull (hybrid)
Glaucous-winged Gull
American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Iceland Gull
American Herring/Iceland Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
tern sp.
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Western x Clark's Grebe (hybrid)
Western/Clark's Grebe
grebe sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
loon sp.
Cormorants and Anhingas
Double-crested Cormorant
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
American Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
heron sp.
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes sp.
Osprey
Golden Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
American Goshawk
Cooper's Hawk/American Goshawk
Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Golden/Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Western Screech-Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Snowy Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
owl sp.
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied x Red-naped Sapsucker (hybrid)
Yellow-bellied/Red-naped Sapsucker
sapsucker sp.
Lewis's Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
American Three-toed/Black-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
large falcon sp.
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatoos
Little Corella
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Budgerigar
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Hammond's/Dusky Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
new world flycatcher sp.
Vireos
Cassin's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Cassin's/Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Philadelphia/Red-eyed Vireo
vireo sp.
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Loggerhead/Northern Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Canada Jay
Pinyon Jay
Steller's Jay
Blue Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
Common Raven
crow/raven sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
chickadee sp.
Larks
Horned Lark
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Treecreepers
Brown Creeper
Wrens
Rock Wren
Northern House Wren
Pacific Wren
Winter Wren
Pacific/Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
wren sp.
Dippers
American Dipper
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
bluebird sp.
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
American Robin
thrush sp.
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Bohemian/Cedar Waxwing
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
House Finch
Purple Finch
House/Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
Purple/Cassin's Finch
Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
crossbill sp.
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin x American Goldfinch (hybrid)
finch sp.
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Smith's Longspur
Thick-billed Longspur
longspur sp.
Snow Bunting
New World Sparrows
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Spizella sp.
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia sp.
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Baird's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's x Baltimore Oriole (hybrid)
Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
MacGillivray's/Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Townsend's x Black-throated Green Warbler (hybrid)
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Rose-breasted/Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.