Checklist for Michigan, US

eBird Field Checklist

Michigan, US

ebird.org/region/US-MI

481 species (+247 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Rheas

Lesser Rhea

Waterfowl

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

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

Pink-footed Goose

Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)

Brant

Barnacle Goose

Cackling Goose

Ross's x Cackling Goose (hybrid)

Canada Goose

Swan Goose x Canada Goose (hybrid)

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

Trumpeter/Tundra Swan

Whooper Swan

Trumpeter x Whooper Swan (hybrid)

swan sp.

goose sp.

Egyptian Goose

Ruddy Shelduck

Muscovy Duck

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

Gadwall x American Wigeon (hybrid)

Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)

Eurasian/American Wigeon

Mallard

Wood Duck x Mallard (hybrid)

Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid)

American Wigeon x Mallard (hybrid)

Mallard/Mexican Duck

American Black Duck

Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)

Mallard/American Black Duck

White-cheeked Pintail

Northern Pintail

Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)

Green-winged Teal

Anas sp.

teal sp.

dabbling duck sp.

Canvasback

Redhead

Canvasback x Redhead (hybrid)

Ring-necked Duck

Redhead x Ring-necked Duck (hybrid)

Tufted Duck

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Ring-necked Duck x Lesser Scaup (hybrid)

Ring-necked Duck x scaup sp. (hybrid)

Greater/Lesser Scaup

Aythya sp.

King Eider

Common Eider

King/Common Eider

eider sp.

Harlequin Duck

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter

Surf/Black Scoter

scoter sp.

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Bufflehead x Common Goldeneye (hybrid)

Barrow's Goldeneye

Common x Barrow's Goldeneye (hybrid)

Common/Barrow's Goldeneye

Smew

Hooded Merganser

Bufflehead x Hooded Merganser (hybrid)

Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser (hybrid)

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Common/Red-breasted Merganser

merganser sp.

Ruddy Duck

duck sp.

waterfowl sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Northern Bobwhite

new world quail sp.

Wild Turkey

Ruffed Grouse

Sharp-tailed Grouse

Greater Prairie-Chicken

Spruce Grouse

Ruffed/Spruce Grouse

grouse sp.

Golden Pheasant

Ring-necked Pheasant

Green Pheasant

Ring-necked/Green Pheasant

Silver Pheasant

Indian Peafowl

pheasant sp.

Red Junglefowl

Chukar

Flamingos

American Flamingo

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Eared Grebe

Horned/Eared Grebe

Podiceps sp.

Western Grebe

Western/Clark's Grebe

grebe sp.

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Band-tailed Pigeon

Passenger Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dove

African Collared-Dove

Eurasian x African Collared-Dove (hybrid)

Eurasian/African Collared-Dove

Streptopelia sp.

Inca Dove

Common Ground Dove

Common/Ruddy Ground Dove

White-winged Dove

Mourning Dove

pigeon/dove sp.

Cuckoos

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Black-billed Cuckoo

Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus sp.

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Nightjars

Common Nighthawk

nighthawk sp.

Chuck-will's-widow

Eastern Whip-poor-will

Antrostomus sp.

nightjar sp.

Swifts

White-collared Swift

Chimney Swift

Chaetura sp.

swift sp.

Hummingbirds

Mexican Violetear

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird

Costa's Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird

Selasphorus sp.

Broad-billed Hummingbird

White-eared Hummingbird

Berylline Hummingbird

hummingbird sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

King Rail

Virginia Rail

King/Virginia Rail

Rallus sp.

Sora

Common Gallinule

American Coot

Purple Gallinule

moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.

Yellow Rail

Black Rail

rail/crake sp.

Limpkin

Cranes

Sandhill Crane

Whooping Crane

Shorebirds

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

American/Pacific Golden-Plover (Lesser Golden-Plover)

golden-plover sp.

Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.

Killdeer

Semipalmated Plover

Piping Plover

Southern Lapwing

lapwing sp.

Wilson's Plover

Snowy Plover

small plover sp.

plover sp.

Upland Sandpiper

Whimbrel

Eskimo Curlew

Long-billed Curlew

Bar-tailed Godwit

Hudsonian Godwit

Marbled Godwit

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher

American Woodcock

Wilson's Snipe

Common/Wilson's Snipe

Wilson's Phalarope

Red Phalarope

Red-necked Phalarope

Red/Red-necked Phalarope

phalarope sp.

Spotted Sandpiper

Common/Spotted Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Common Redshank

Lesser Yellowlegs

Willet

Spotted Redshank

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

Purple/Rock 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

Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger

jaeger sp.

jaeger/skua sp.

Alcids

Ancient Murrelet

alcid sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Little Gull

Ross's Gull

Black-legged Kittiwake

Ivory Gull

Sabine's Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Black-headed Gull

Laughing Gull

Franklin's Gull

Laughing/Franklin's Gull

Heermann's Gull

Short-billed Gull

Common/Short-billed Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Laughing x Ring-billed Gull (hybrid)

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Herring x Great Black-backed Gull (hybrid)

Glaucous Gull

Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)

Great Black-backed x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)

Herring/Lesser Black-backed Gull

California Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Slaty-backed Gull

Iceland Gull

Herring/Iceland Gull

white-winged gull sp.

Larus sp.

gull sp.

Black Skimmer

Least Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Black Tern

White-winged Tern

Forster's Tern

Arctic Tern

Common Tern

Forster's/Common Tern

Common/Arctic Tern

Sterna sp.

Royal Tern

tern sp.

gull/tern sp.

Loons

Red-throated Loon

Pacific Loon

Arctic/Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Yellow-billed Loon

loon sp.

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Great Shearwater

Manx Shearwater

Storks

Wood Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Magnificent Frigatebird

Lesser Frigatebird

frigatebird sp.

Northern Gannet

Cormorants and Anhingas

Anhinga

Double-crested Cormorant

Great/Double-crested Cormorant

Neotropic Cormorant

Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant

cormorant sp.

Pelicans

American White Pelican

Brown Pelican

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

Snowy Egret

Little Blue Heron x Snowy Egret (hybrid)

Green Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Great Blue Heron

Ardea sp.

heron sp.

white egret sp.

White Ibis

Glossy Ibis

White-faced Ibis

Glossy/White-faced Ibis

ibis sp.

Roseate Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes sp.

Osprey

Swallow-tailed Kite

Golden Eagle

Mississippi Kite

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk

American Goshawk

Cooper's Hawk/American Goshawk

Accipiter sp.

Bald Eagle

Golden/Bald Eagle

Harris's Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

Red-shouldered/Broad-winged Hawk

Short-tailed Hawk

Swainson's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-shouldered x Red-tailed Hawk (hybrid)

Rough-legged Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk

Buteo sp.

Buteo/eagle sp.

hawk sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

Eastern Screech-Owl

Snowy Owl

Great Horned Owl

Northern Hawk Owl

Burrowing Owl

Barred Owl

Great Gray Owl

Long-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Long-eared/Short-eared Owl

Asio sp.

Boreal Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl

owl sp.

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Yellow-bellied/Red-naped Sapsucker

sapsucker sp.

Lewis's Woodpecker

Red-headed Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

American Three-toed Woodpecker

Black-backed Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Red-cockaded Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Downy/Hairy Woodpecker

Dryobates sp.

Pileated Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Crested Caracara

American Kestrel

Merlin

Gyrfalcon

Peregrine Falcon

Prairie Falcon

large falcon sp.

small falcon sp.

falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Cockatoos

Cockatiel

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Budgerigar

Monk Parakeet

Pacific Parrotlet

parakeet sp.

parrot sp.

Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Eastern Wood-Pewee

pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Acadian Flycatcher

Alder Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)

Least Flycatcher

Hammond's Flycatcher

Empidonax sp.

Eastern Phoebe

Say's Phoebe

Vermilion Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus sp.

Variegated Flycatcher

Tropical Kingbird

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

Cassin's/Blue-headed Vireo

Plumbeous Vireo

solitary vireo sp.

Philadelphia Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Philadelphia/Red-eyed Vireo

vireo sp.

Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike

Northern Shrike

Loggerhead/Northern Shrike

shrike sp.

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Canada Jay

Blue Jay

jay sp.

Red-billed Blue-Magpie

Black-billed Magpie

American Crow

Fish Crow

American/Fish Crow

Pied Crow

crow sp.

Common Raven

crow/raven sp.

corvid sp.

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Carolina Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee

Boreal Chickadee

chickadee sp.

Tufted Titmouse

Larks

Horned Lark

Martins and Swallows

Bank Swallow

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Purple Martin

new world martin sp. (Progne sp.)

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Barn x Cliff Swallow (hybrid)

Cave Swallow

Cliff/Cave Swallow

Petrochelidon sp.

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

Gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Wrens

Rock Wren

House Wren

Winter Wren

Pacific/Winter Wren

Sedge Wren

Marsh Wren

Sedge/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

mimid sp.

Thrushes

Eastern Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird

Townsend's Solitaire

Varied Thrush

Veery

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Catharus sp.

Wood Thrush

American Robin

thrush sp.

Old World Flycatchers

Northern Wheatear

Waxwings

Bohemian Waxwing

Cedar Waxwing

Bohemian/Cedar Waxwing

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

House/Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

White Wagtail

American Pipit

Sprague's Pipit

pipit sp.

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Common Chaffinch

Brambling

Evening Grosbeak

Pine Grosbeak

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

House Finch

Purple Finch

House/Purple Finch

Cassin's Finch

Haemorhous sp.

European Greenfinch

Common Redpoll

Hoary Redpoll

Common/Hoary Redpoll

Red Crossbill

White-winged Crossbill

crossbill sp.

European Goldfinch

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

new world goldfinch sp.

Spinus sp.

Acanthis/Spinus sp.

finch sp.

Longspurs and Snow Buntings

Lapland Longspur

Chestnut-collared Longspur

Smith's Longspur

Thick-billed Longspur

longspur sp.

Snow Bunting

New World Sparrows

Bachman's Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow

Chipping x Clay-colored Sparrow (hybrid)

Field Sparrow

Brewer's Sparrow

Spizella sp.

Black-throated Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Lark Bunting

American Tree Sparrow

Spizella sp./American Tree Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Harris's Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco x White-throated Sparrow (hybrid)

White-crowned/White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia sp.

Sagebrush Sparrow

Vesper Sparrow

LeConte's Sparrow

Nelson's Sparrow

Nelson's/Saltmarsh Sparrow (Sharp-tailed 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

Spotted/Eastern Towhee (Rufous-sided Towhee)

towhee sp.

new world sparrow sp.

Yellow-breasted Chat

Blackbirds

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Bobolink

Western Meadowlark

Eastern Meadowlark

Western/Eastern Meadowlark

Orchard Oriole

Hooded Oriole

Bullock's Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

new world oriole sp.

Red-winged Blackbird

Red-winged/Tricolored Blackbird

Shiny Cowbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Rusty Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Rusty/Brewer's Blackbird

Common Grackle

Boat-tailed/Great-tailed Grackle

grackle sp.

blackbird sp.

Wood-Warblers

Ovenbird

Worm-eating Warbler

Louisiana Waterthrush

Northern Waterthrush

Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush

Golden-winged Warbler

Blue-winged Warbler

Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid)

Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)

Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid)

Golden-winged/Blue-winged Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler

Swainson's Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Lucy's Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Virginia's Warbler

Leiothlypis sp.

Connecticut Warbler

Mourning Warbler

Connecticut/MacGillivray's/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

Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Palm Warbler

Pine Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Blue-winged x Prairie Warbler (hybrid)

Yellow x Prairie Warbler (hybrid)

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Townsend's Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Setophaga sp.

Canada Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

new world warbler sp.

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies

Hepatic Tanager

Summer Tanager

Hepatic/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

Lazuli x Indigo Bunting (hybrid)

Lazuli/Indigo Bunting

Painted Bunting

Passerina sp.

Dickcissel

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.