Checklist for Montana, US

eBird Field Checklist

Montana, US

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450 species (+214 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Waterfowl

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

Snow 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

Branta sp.

Mute Swan

Trumpeter Swan

Tundra Swan

Trumpeter/Tundra Swan

Whooper Swan

swan sp.

goose sp.

Egyptian Goose

Muscovy Duck

Wood Duck

Mandarin Duck

Baikal Teal

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)

Cinnamon Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)

Gadwall

Northern Shoveler x Gadwall (hybrid)

Eurasian Wigeon

American Wigeon

Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)

Eurasian/American Wigeon

Mallard

Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)

Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid)

American Wigeon x Mallard (hybrid)

Mexican Duck

Mallard x Mexican Duck (hybrid)

American Black Duck

Northern Pintail

Gadwall x Northern Pintail (hybrid)

Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)

Green-winged Teal

Mallard x Green-winged Teal (hybrid)

Northern Pintail x Green-winged Teal (hybrid)

Anas sp.

teal sp.

dabbling duck sp.

Canvasback

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

Redhead x Ring-necked Duck (hybrid)

Tufted Duck

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Redhead x Lesser Scaup (hybrid)

Greater/Lesser Scaup

Aythya sp.

Harlequin Duck

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Stejneger's Scoter

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

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

Scaled Quail

California Quail

Gambel's Quail

California/Gambel's Quail

Wild Turkey

Ruffed Grouse

Greater Sage-Grouse

Dusky Grouse

Sharp-tailed Grouse

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Spruce Grouse

grouse sp.

Gray Partridge

Ring-necked Pheasant

Ring-necked/Green Pheasant

Indian Peafowl

Chukar

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Eared Grebe

Horned/Eared Grebe

Podiceps sp.

Western Grebe

Clark's Grebe

Western x Clark's Grebe (hybrid)

Western/Clark's Grebe

grebe sp.

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Columba sp.

Band-tailed Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dove

African Collared-Dove

Streptopelia sp.

Inca Dove

White-winged Dove

Mourning Dove

pigeon/dove sp.

Cuckoos

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Black-billed Cuckoo

Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Nightjars

Common Nighthawk

Common Poorwill

Swifts

Black Swift

Chimney Swift

Vaux's Swift

Chimney/Vaux's Swift

White-throated Swift

large swift sp.

swift sp.

Hummingbirds

Rivoli's Hummingbird

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird

Costa's Hummingbird

Calliope Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Rufous x Broad-tailed Hummingbird (hybrid)

Selasphorus sp.

hummingbird sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

large rail sp.

Virginia Rail

Sora

American Coot

Yellow Rail

rail/crake sp.

Cranes

Sandhill Crane

Whooping Crane

crane sp.

Shorebirds

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

Pacific Golden-Plover

golden-plover sp.

Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.

Killdeer

Semipalmated Plover

Piping Plover

Mountain Plover

Snowy Plover

plover sp.

Upland Sandpiper

Whimbrel

Long-billed Curlew

curlew sp.

Hudsonian Godwit

Marbled Godwit

godwit sp.

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson's Snipe

Wilson's Phalarope

Red Phalarope

Red-necked Phalarope

Red/Red-necked Phalarope

phalarope sp.

Spotted Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Wood 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

jaeger sp.

Alcids

Long-billed Murrelet

Ancient Murrelet

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Little Gull

Ross's Gull

Black-legged Kittiwake

Ivory Gull

Sabine's Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Franklin's Gull

Heermann's Gull

Short-billed Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Western Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Glaucous Gull

Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

California Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)

Glaucous x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)

Iceland Gull

Herring/Iceland Gull

Larus sp.

gull sp.

Least Tern

Caspian Tern

Black Tern

Forster's Tern

Arctic Tern

Common Tern

Forster's/Common Tern

Common/Arctic Tern

Sterna sp.

tern sp.

gull/tern sp.

Loons

Red-throated Loon

Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Yellow-billed Loon

Common/Yellow-billed Loon

loon sp.

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Manx Shearwater

Cormorants and Anhingas

Double-crested Cormorant

Neotropic Cormorant

cormorant sp.

Pelicans

American White Pelican

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

American Bittern

Least Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron

Little Blue Heron

Tricolored Heron

Snowy Egret

Green Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Great Blue Heron

heron sp.

white egret sp.

Glossy Ibis

White-faced Ibis

Glossy x White-faced Ibis (hybrid)

Glossy/White-faced Ibis

ibis sp.

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

White-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

Swainson's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

Red-tailed x Rough-legged Hawk (hybrid)

Ferruginous Hawk

Buteo sp.

Buteo/eagle sp.

hawk sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

Flammulated Owl

Western Screech-Owl

Eastern Screech-Owl

screech-owl sp.

Snowy Owl

Great Horned Owl

Northern Hawk Owl

Northern Pygmy-Owl

Burrowing Owl

Barred Owl

Great Gray Owl

Long-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Long-eared/Short-eared Owl

Boreal Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl

owl sp.

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher

kingfisher sp.

Woodpeckers

Williamson's Sapsucker

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

Melanerpes sp.

American Three-toed Woodpecker

Black-backed Woodpecker

American Three-toed/Black-backed Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Downy/Hairy Woodpecker

White-headed 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

Scarlet Macaw

Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Western Wood-Pewee

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee

pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Alder Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)

Least Flycatcher

Hammond's Flycatcher

Gray Flycatcher

Dusky Flycatcher

Hammond's/Dusky Flycatcher

Gray/Dusky Flycatcher

Western Flycatcher

Empidonax sp.

Eastern Phoebe

Say's Phoebe

Vermilion Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus sp.

Cassin's Kingbird

Western Kingbird

Cassin's/Western Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

new world flycatcher sp.

Vireos

White-eyed Vireo

Bell's Vireo

Yellow-throated Vireo

Cassin's Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

Cassin's/Blue-headed Vireo

Plumbeous Vireo

Cassin's/Plumbeous Vireo

solitary vireo sp.

Philadelphia Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

vireo sp.

Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike

Northern Shrike

Loggerhead/Northern Shrike

shrike sp.

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Canada Jay

Pinyon Jay

Steller's Jay

Blue Jay

California Scrub-Jay

jay sp.

Black-billed Magpie

Clark's Nutcracker

American Crow

crow sp.

Common Raven

crow/raven sp.

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Black-capped Chickadee

Mountain Chickadee

Black-capped x Mountain Chickadee (hybrid)

Black-capped/Mountain Chickadee

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Boreal Chickadee

chickadee sp.

Larks

Horned Lark

Martins and Swallows

Bank Swallow

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Tree/Violet-green Swallow

Tachycineta sp.

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

Pygmy Nuthatch

Red-breasted Nuthatch

nuthatch sp.

Treecreepers

Brown Creeper

Gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Wrens

Rock Wren

Canyon Wren

House Wren

Pacific Wren

Pacific/Winter Wren

Sedge Wren

Marsh Wren

Carolina Wren

Bewick's Wren

wren sp.

Dippers

American Dipper

Starlings and Mynas

European Starling

Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers

Gray Catbird

Curve-billed Thrasher

Brown Thrasher

Sage Thrasher

Northern Mockingbird

Thrushes

Eastern Bluebird

Western Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird

bluebird sp.

Townsend's Solitaire

Varied Thrush

Veery

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Catharus sp.

Wood Thrush

American Robin

Fieldfare

thrush sp.

Waxwings

Bohemian Waxwing

Cedar Waxwing

Bohemian/Cedar Waxwing

Accentors

Siberian Accentor

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

House/Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

American Pipit

Sprague's Pipit

pipit sp.

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Brambling

Evening Grosbeak

Pine Grosbeak

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Black Rosy-Finch

rosy-finch sp.

House Finch

Purple Finch

House/Purple Finch

Cassin's Finch

Purple/Cassin's Finch

Haemorhous sp.

Common Redpoll

Hoary Redpoll

Common/Hoary Redpoll

Red Crossbill

White-winged Crossbill

crossbill sp.

Pine Siskin

Lesser Goldfinch

American Goldfinch

new world goldfinch sp.

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

Cassin's Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow

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

Zonotrichia sp.

Sagebrush Sparrow

Vesper Sparrow

LeConte's Sparrow

Nelson's Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Baird's Sparrow

Grasshopper/Baird's Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

Lincoln's/Swamp Sparrow

Green-tailed Towhee

Spotted Towhee

Green-tailed x Spotted Towhee (hybrid)

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 x Eastern Meadowlark (hybrid)

Western/Eastern Meadowlark

Orchard Oriole

Hooded Oriole

Bullock's Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

Bullock's x Baltimore Oriole (hybrid)

Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole

Scott's Oriole

new world oriole sp.

Red-winged Blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Shiny/Brown-headed Cowbird

Rusty Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Rusty/Brewer's Blackbird

Common Grackle

Great-tailed Grackle

Common x Great-tailed Grackle (hybrid)

grackle sp.

blackbird sp.

Wood-Warblers

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Golden-winged Warbler

Blue-winged Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Virginia's Warbler

Leiothlypis sp.

Connecticut Warbler

MacGillivray's Warbler

Mourning Warbler

MacGillivray's/Mourning Warbler

Kentucky Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Hooded Warbler

American Redstart

Cape May 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

Prairie Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Northern Parula x Black-throated Gray Warbler (hybrid)

Yellow-rumped x Black-throated Gray Warbler (hybrid)

Townsend's Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Townsend's x Black-throated Green Warbler (hybrid)

Setophaga sp.

Canada Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

new world warbler sp.

sparrow/warbler sp. (trilling song)

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies

Summer Tanager

Scarlet Tanager

Western Tanager

tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)

Northern Cardinal

Pyrrhuloxia

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Black-headed Grosbeak

Rose-breasted x Black-headed Grosbeak (hybrid)

Rose-breasted/Black-headed Grosbeak

Pheucticus sp.

Blue Grosbeak

Lazuli Bunting

Indigo Bunting

Lazuli x Indigo Bunting (hybrid)

Lazuli/Indigo Bunting

Painted Bunting

Passerina sp.

Dickcissel

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.