Checklist for Alabama, US

eBird Field Checklist

Alabama, US

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487 species (+164 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Cassowaries and Emu

Emu

Waterfowl

Plumed Whistling-Duck

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

West Indian Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

whistling-duck sp.

Snow Goose

Ross's Goose

Snow x Ross's Goose (hybrid)

Snow/Ross's Goose

Graylag Goose

Swan Goose

Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)

Greater White-fronted Goose

Snow x Greater White-fronted Goose (hybrid)

Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)

Brant

Barnacle Goose

Cackling Goose

Canada Goose

Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose (hybrid)

Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)

Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)

Snow x Canada Goose (hybrid)

Cackling/Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Black Swan

Trumpeter Swan

Tundra Swan

swan sp.

goose sp.

Egyptian Goose

Ruddy Shelduck

Ruddy x Common Shelduck (hybrid)

Muscovy Duck

Ringed Teal

Wood Duck

Mandarin Duck

Garganey

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

Northern Shoveler x Gadwall (hybrid)

Eurasian Wigeon

American Wigeon

Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)

Mallard

Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)

Wood Duck x Mallard (hybrid)

Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid)

American Black Duck

Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)

Mottled Duck

Mallard x Mottled Duck (hybrid)

Mallard/Mottled Duck

White-cheeked Pintail

Northern Pintail

Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)

Green-winged Teal

teal sp.

dabbling duck sp.

Red-crested Pochard

Rosy-billed Pochard

Canvasback

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

Redhead x Ring-necked Duck (hybrid)

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Greater/Lesser Scaup

Aythya sp.

Harlequin Duck

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter

Surf/Black Scoter

scoter sp.

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Ruddy Duck

duck sp.

waterfowl sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Northern Bobwhite

California Quail

Wild Turkey

Ruffed Grouse

Ring-necked Pheasant

Indian Peafowl

Red Junglefowl

Chukar

Flamingos

American Flamingo

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Eared Grebe

Western Grebe

Western/Clark's Grebe

grebe sp.

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

White-crowned Pigeon

Band-tailed Pigeon

Passenger Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dove

African Collared-Dove

Inca Dove

Common Ground Dove

White-winged Dove

Mourning Dove

pigeon/dove sp.

Cuckoos

Groove-billed Ani

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Mangrove Cuckoo

Black-billed Cuckoo

Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus sp.

Nightjars

Lesser Nighthawk

Common Nighthawk

nighthawk sp.

Chuck-will's-widow

Eastern Whip-poor-will

Antrostomus sp.

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Black Swift

Chimney Swift

Vaux's Swift

Hummingbirds

Mexican Violetear

Rivoli's Hummingbird

Blue-throated Mountain-gem

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird

Costa's Hummingbird

Calliope Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Allen's Hummingbird

Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Selasphorus sp.

Broad-billed Hummingbird

White-eared Hummingbird

Buff-bellied Hummingbird

hummingbird sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

King Rail

Clapper Rail

King/Clapper Rail

large rail sp.

Virginia Rail

Rallus sp.

Sora

Common Gallinule

American Coot

Purple Gallinule

Yellow Rail

Black Rail

rail/crake sp.

Limpkin

Cranes

Sandhill Crane

Whooping Crane

Shorebirds

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

American Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.

Killdeer

Semipalmated Plover

Piping Plover

Wilson's Plover

Mountain Plover

Snowy Plover

small plover sp.

plover sp.

Upland Sandpiper

Whimbrel

Long-billed Curlew

Hudsonian Godwit

Marbled Godwit

godwit sp.

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher

American Woodcock

Wilson's Snipe

snipe sp.

Wilson's Phalarope

Red Phalarope

Red-necked Phalarope

Red/Red-necked Phalarope

Spotted Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Lesser Yellowlegs

Willet

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa sp.

Ruddy Turnstone

Red Knot

Ruff

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Curlew Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Sanderling

Dunlin

Purple Sandpiper

Baird's Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper

peep sp.

Calidris sp.

Scolopacidae sp.

large shorebird sp.

shorebird sp.

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger

South Polar Skua

jaeger sp.

Alcids

Razorbill

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Little Gull

Black-legged Kittiwake

Ivory Gull

Sabine's Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Gray Gull

Laughing Gull

Franklin's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Kelp x Herring Gull (hybrid)

Great Black-backed Gull

Glaucous Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)

California Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)

Iceland Gull

Larus sp.

gull sp.

Black Skimmer

Brown Noddy

Sooty Tern

Bridled Tern

Sooty/Bridled Tern

Least Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Black Tern

Forster's Tern

Arctic Tern

Common Tern

Forster's/Common Tern

Sterna sp.

Sandwich Tern

Sandwich x Elegant Tern (hybrid)

Royal Tern

large tern sp.

tern sp.

gull/tern sp.

Tropicbirds

Red-billed Tropicbird

Loons

Red-throated Loon

Pacific Loon

Common Loon

loon sp.

Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Leach's Storm-Petrel

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped)

storm-petrel sp.

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Black-capped Petrel

Cory's Shearwater

Great Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Manx Shearwater

Audubon's Shearwater

shearwater sp.

Storks

Wood Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Magnificent Frigatebird

frigatebird sp.

Northern Gannet

Brown Booby

Masked Booby

booby sp.

sulid sp.

Cormorants and Anhingas

Anhinga

Great Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant

Neotropic Cormorant

Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant

cormorant sp.

Pelicans

American White Pelican

Brown Pelican

pelican sp.

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

American Bittern

Least Bittern

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron

Little Blue Heron

Tricolored Heron

Reddish Egret

Snowy Egret

Little Blue Heron x Snowy Egret (hybrid)

Green Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Great Blue Heron

heron sp.

white egret sp.

White Ibis

Glossy Ibis

White-faced Ibis

Glossy x White-faced Ibis (hybrid)

Glossy/White-faced Ibis

ibis sp.

Roseate Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

new world vulture sp.

Osprey

White-tailed Kite

Swallow-tailed Kite

Golden Eagle

Mississippi Kite

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk

American Goshawk

Accipiter sp.

Bald Eagle

Golden/Bald Eagle

Harris's Hawk

White-tailed Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

Short-tailed Hawk

Swainson's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk

Buteo sp.

hawk sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

Flammulated Owl

Eastern Screech-Owl

Snowy Owl

Great Horned Owl

Burrowing Owl

Barred Owl

Long-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl

owl sp.

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Yellow-bellied x Red-naped Sapsucker (hybrid)

sapsucker sp.

Red-headed Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Red-cockaded Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Downy/Hairy Woodpecker

Ivory-billed Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Crested Caracara

American Kestrel

Merlin

Peregrine Falcon

Prairie Falcon

small falcon sp.

falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Cockatoos

Cockatiel

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Budgerigar

Rosy-faced Lovebird

Monk Parakeet

Carolina Parakeet

Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Acadian Flycatcher

Alder Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)

Least Flycatcher

Hammond's Flycatcher

Dusky Flycatcher

Western Flycatcher

Empidonax sp.

Eastern Phoebe

Say's Phoebe

Vermilion Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Brown-crested Flycatcher

La Sagra's Flycatcher

Myiarchus sp.

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Couch's Kingbird

Tropical/Couch's Kingbird

Cassin's Kingbird

Western Kingbird

yellow-bellied kingbird sp.

Eastern Kingbird

Gray Kingbird

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus sp.

new world flycatcher sp.

Vireos

White-eyed Vireo

Bell's Vireo

Yellow-throated Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

Plumbeous Vireo

Philadelphia Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Philadelphia/Red-eyed Vireo

Yellow-green Vireo

Black-whiskered Vireo

Red-eyed/Black-whiskered Vireo

vireo sp.

Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Blue Jay

Eurasian Jay

Clark's Nutcracker

American Crow

Fish Crow

crow sp.

Common Raven

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Carolina Chickadee

chickadee sp.

Tufted Titmouse

Larks

Horned Lark

Martins and Swallows

Bank Swallow

Tree Swallow

Purple Martin

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Cave Swallow

Cliff/Cave Swallow

swallow sp.

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet

Nuthatches

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Red-breasted Nuthatch

nuthatch sp.

Treecreepers

Brown Creeper

Gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Wrens

Rock Wren

House Wren

Winter Wren

Sedge Wren

Marsh Wren

Carolina Wren

Bewick's Wren

wren sp.

Starlings and Mynas

European Starling

Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

Sage Thrasher

Northern Mockingbird

Thrushes

Eastern Bluebird

Varied Thrush

Veery

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Catharus sp.

Wood Thrush

American Robin

thrush sp.

Old World Flycatchers

Northern Wheatear

Waxwings

Cedar Waxwing

Weavers and Allies

Northern Red Bishop

Estrildids

Scaly-breasted Munia

Tricolored Munia

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail

White Wagtail

American Pipit

Sprague's Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Evening Grosbeak

House Finch

Purple Finch

House/Purple Finch

Common Redpoll

Red Crossbill

White-winged Crossbill

Pine Siskin

Lesser Goldfinch

American Goldfinch

finch sp.

Longspurs and Snow Buntings

Lapland Longspur

Chestnut-collared Longspur

Smith's Longspur

longspur sp.

Snow Bunting

New World Sparrows

Bachman's Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Spizella sp.

Lark Sparrow

Lark Bunting

American Tree Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

White-crowned Sparrow

Harris's Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

White-crowned/White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia sp.

Vesper Sparrow

LeConte's Sparrow

Seaside Sparrow

Nelson's Sparrow

Ammospiza sp.

Savannah Sparrow

Henslow's Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

Lincoln's/Swamp Sparrow

Green-tailed Towhee

Spotted Towhee

Eastern Towhee

new world sparrow sp.

Yellow-breasted Chat

Blackbirds

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Bobolink

Western Meadowlark

Eastern Meadowlark

Western/Eastern Meadowlark

Orchard Oriole

Hooded Oriole

Orchard/Hooded Oriole

Bullock's Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole

new world oriole sp.

Red-winged Blackbird

Shiny Cowbird

Bronzed Cowbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Shiny/Brown-headed Cowbird

Rusty Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Rusty/Brewer's Blackbird

Common Grackle

Boat-tailed Grackle

Great-tailed Grackle

grackle sp.

blackbird sp.

Wood-Warblers

Ovenbird

Worm-eating Warbler

Louisiana Waterthrush

Northern Waterthrush

Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush

Bachman's Warbler

Golden-winged Warbler

Blue-winged Warbler

Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid)

Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)

Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid)

Black-and-white Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler

Swainson's Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Virginia's Warbler

Connecticut Warbler

MacGillivray's Warbler

Mourning Warbler

Kentucky Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Hooded Warbler

American Redstart

Kirtland's Warbler

Cape May Warbler

Cerulean Warbler

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Palm Warbler

Pine Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Townsend's Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Setophaga sp.

Canada Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

Painted Redstart

new world warbler sp.

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies

Summer Tanager

Scarlet Tanager

Summer/Scarlet Tanager

Western Tanager

tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Black-headed Grosbeak

Rose-breasted/Black-headed Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

Lazuli Bunting

Indigo Bunting

Painted Bunting

Passerina sp.

Dickcissel

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.