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Crossley Guide Species List

Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Allen's Hummingbird
Alpine Swift
Altamira Oriole
American Avocet
American Bittern
American Black Duck
American Coot
American Crow
American Dipper
American Golden-Plover
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Oystercatcher
American Pipit
American Redstart
American Robin
American Three-toed Woodpecker
American Tree Sparrow
American White Pelican
American Wigeon
American Woodcock
Ancient Murrelet
Anhinga
Anna's Hummingbird
Antillean Nighthawk
Aplomado Falcon
Arctic Loon
Arctic Tern
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Atlantic Puffin
Audubon's Oriole
Audubon's Shearwater
Bachman's Sparrow
Bahama Mockingbird
Baikal Teal
Baird's Sandpiper
Baird's Sparrow
Bald Eagle
Balearic Shearwater
Baltimore Oriole
Bananaquit
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Band-tailed Pigeon
Bank Swallow
Bar-tailed Godwit
Barn Owl
Barn Swallow
Barnacle Goose
Barred Owl
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bay-breasted Warbler
Bearded Reedling
Bell's Vireo
Belted Kingfisher
Bermuda Petrel
Bewick's Tundra Swan
Bewick's Wren
Bicknell's Thrush
Black Grouse
Black Guillemot
Black Phoebe
Black Rail
Black Redstart
Black Scoter
Black Skimmer
Black Tern
Black Vulture
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-backed Woodpecker
Black-bellied Plover
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Black-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Magpie
Black-capped Chickadee
Black-capped Petrel
Black-capped Vireo
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Black-crested Titmouse
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black-faced Grassquit
Black-headed Grosbeak
Black-headed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Black-necked Stilt
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Gull
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Sparrow
Black-whiskered Vireo
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Blue Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
Blue Jay
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-throated Hummingbird
Blue-winged Teal
Blue-winged Warbler
Boat-tailed Grackle
Bobolink
Bohemian Waxwing
Bonaparte's Gull
Boreal Chickadee
Boreal Owl
Botteri's Sparrow
Brambling
Brant
Brewer's Blackbird
Brewer's Sparrow
Bridled Tern
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Broad-winged Hawk
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown Booby
Brown Creeper
Brown Jay
Brown Noddy
Brown Pelican
Brown Thrasher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Brown-headed Cowbird
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Budgerigar
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Bufflehead
Bullock's Oriole
Burrowing Owl
Bushtit
Cackling Goose
Cactus Wren
California Condor
California Gull
Calliope Hummingbird
Canada Goose
Canada Warbler
Canvasback
Canyon Towhee
Canyon Wren
Cape May Warbler
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Carrion Crow
Caspian Gull
Caspian Tern
Cassin's Finch
Cassin's Kingbird
Cassin's Sparrow
Cattle Egret
Cave Swallow
Cedar Waxwing
Cerulean Warbler
Cetti's Warbler
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Chihuahuan Raven
Chimney Swift
Chipping Sparrow
Chuck-will's-widow
Cinnamon Teal
Cirl Bunting
Clapper Rail
Clark's Grebe
Clark's Nutcracker
Clay-colored Sparrow
Clay-colored Thrush
Cliff Swallow
Coal Tit
Cockatiel
Common Black Hawk
Common Buzzard
Common Chaffinch
Common Crane
Common Cuckoo
Common Eider
Common Gallinule
Common Goldeneye
Common Grackle
Common Grasshopper-Warbler
Common Greenshank
Common Ground-Dove
Common House-Martin
Common Kingfisher
Common Loon
Common Merganser
Common Murre
Common Nighthawk
Common Nightingale
Common Pauraque
Common Pochard
Common Poorwill
Common Quail
Common Raven
Common Redpoll
Common Redshank
Common Redstart
Common Ringed Plover
Common Rosefinch
Common Sandpiper
Common Scoter
Common Shelduck
Common Snipe
Common Swift
Common Tern
Common Wood-Pigeon
Common Yellowthroat
Connecticut Warbler
Cooper's Hawk
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Corn Bunting
Corn Crake
Cory's Shearwater
Couch's Kingbird
Crested Caracara
Crested Tit
Crimson-collared Grosbeak
Curlew Sandpiper
Curve-billed Thrasher
Dark-eyed Junco
Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed)
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided)
Dartford Warbler
Dickcissel
Double-crested Cormorant
Dovekie
Downy Woodpecker
Dunlin
Dunnock
Dusky Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Greenlet
Eared Grebe
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Screech-Owl
Eastern Spot-billed Duck
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Egyptian Goose
Elegant Tern
Elf Owl
Emperor Goose
Eurasian Blackbird
Eurasian Blackcap
Eurasian Blue Tit
Eurasian Bullfinch
Eurasian Capercaillie
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Eurasian Coot
Eurasian Curlew
Eurasian Dotterel
Eurasian Green Woodpecker
Eurasian Hobby
Eurasian Hoopoe
Eurasian Jackdaw
Eurasian Jay
Eurasian Kestrel
Eurasian Linnet
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
Eurasian Nightjar
Eurasian Nuthatch
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Eurasian Reed-Warbler
Eurasian Siskin
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Spoonbill
Eurasian Thick-knee
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Eurasian Treecreeper
Eurasian Wigeon
Eurasian Woodcock
Eurasian Wryneck
European Bee-eater
European Golden-Plover
European Goldfinch
European Greenfinch
European Honey-buzzard
European Pied Flycatcher
European Robin
European Shag
European Starling
European Stonechat
European Storm-Petrel
European Turtle-Dove
Evening Grosbeak
Falcated Duck
Fea's Petrel
Ferruginous Duck
Ferruginous Hawk
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Field Sparrow
Fieldfare
Firecrest
Fish Crow
Florida Scrub-Jay
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Forster's Tern
Fox Sparrow
Franklin's Gull
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Gadwall
Garden Warbler
Garganey
Glaucous Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glossy Ibis
Goldcrest
Golden Eagle
Golden Pheasant
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Warbler
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Golden-winged Warbler
Grasshopper Sparrow
Gray Catbird
Gray Flycatcher
Gray Hawk
Gray Heron
Gray Jay
Gray Kingbird
Gray Partridge
Gray Vireo
Gray Wagtail
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Graylag Goose
Great Bittern
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Blue Heron
Great Bustard
Great Cormorant
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Crested Grebe
Great Egret
Great Gray Owl
Great Horned Owl
Great Kiskadee
Great Shearwater
Great Skua
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Great-tailed Grackle
Greater Pewee
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Greater Roadrunner
Greater Sage-Grouse
Greater Scaup
Greater Short-toed Lark
Greater White-fronted Goose
Greater Whitethroat
Greater Yellowlegs
Green Heron
Green Jay
Green Kingfisher
Green Parakeet
Green Sandpiper
Green Violetear
Green-breasted Mango
Green-tailed Towhee
Green-winged Teal
Groove-billed Ani
Gull-billed Tern
Gyrfalcon
Hairy Woodpecker
Hammond's Flycatcher
Harlequin Duck
Harris's Hawk
Harris's Sparrow
Heermann's Gull
Henslow's Sparrow
Hepatic Tanager
Herald Petrel
Hermit Thrush
Hermit Warbler
Herring Gull
Hoary Redpoll
Hooded Crow
Hooded Merganser
Hooded Oriole
Hooded Warbler
Hook-billed Kite
Horned Grebe
Horned Lark
House Finch
House Sparrow
House Wren
Hudsonian Godwit
Hutton's Vireo
Iceland Gull
Inca Dove
Indigo Bunting
Ivory Gull
Jack Snipe
Kelp Gull
Kentucky Warbler
Killdeer
King Eider
King Rail
Kirtland's Warbler
La Sagra's Flycatcher
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Lapland Longspur
Lark Bunting
Lark Sparrow
Laughing Gull
Lazuli Bunting
Le Conte's Sparrow
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Least Bittern
Least Flycatcher
Least Grebe
Least Sandpiper
Least Tern
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Goldfinch
Lesser Nighthawk
Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Lesser Sand-Plover
Lesser Scaup
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Lesser Whitethroat
Lesser Yellowlegs
Lewis's Woodpecker
Limpkin
Lincoln's Sparrow
Little Blue Heron
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Little Gull
Little Owl
Little Ringed Plover
Little Stint
Little Tern
Loggerhead Shrike
Long-billed Curlew
Long-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Murrelet
Long-billed Thrasher
Long-eared Owl
Long-tailed Duck
Long-tailed Jaeger
Long-tailed Tit
Louisiana Waterthrush
MacGillivray's Warbler
Magnificent Frigatebird
Magnificent Hummingbird
Magnolia Warbler
Mallard
Mangrove Cuckoo
Manx Shearwater
Marbled Godwit
Marsh Tit
Marsh Warbler
Marsh Wren
Masked Booby
Masked Duck
McCown's Longspur
Meadow Pipit
Mediterranean Gull
Melodious Warbler
Merlin
Mew Gull
Mexican Duck
Mississippi Kite
Mistle Thrush
Mitred Parakeet
Monk Parakeet
Montagu's Harrier
Montezuma Quail
Mottled Duck
Mountain Bluebird
Mountain Plover
Mourning Dove
Mourning Warbler
Muscovy Duck
Mute Swan
Nanday Parakeet
Nashville Warbler
Nelson's Sparrow
Neotropic Cormorant
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Northern Bobwhite
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Fulmar
Northern Gannet
Northern Goshawk
Northern Harrier
Northern Hawk Owl
Northern Jacana
Northern Lapwing
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Parula
Northern Pintail
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Northern Shoveler
Northern Shrike
Northern Waterthrush
Northern Wheatear
Olive Sparrow
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Orchard Oriole
Osprey
Ovenbird
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pacific Loon
Painted Bunting
Painted Redstart
Palm Warbler
Parasitic Jaeger
Parrot Crossbill
Pectoral Sandpiper
Peregrine Falcon
Phainopepla
Philadelphia Vireo
Pied Avocet
Pied-billed Grebe
Pileated Woodpecker
Pine Grosbeak
Pine Siskin
Pine Warbler
Pink-footed Goose
Pinyon Jay
Piping Plover
Plain Chachalaca
Plumbeous Vireo
Pomarine Jaeger
Prairie Falcon
Prairie Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Purple Finch
Purple Gallinule
Purple Heron
Purple Martin
Purple Sandpiper
Pygmy Nuthatch
Pyrrhuloxia
Razorbill
Red Crossbill
Red Kite
Red Knot
Red Phalarope
Red-backed Shrike
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-billed Chough
Red-billed Pigeon
Red-billed Tropicbird
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Red-crested Pochard
Red-crowned Parrot
Red-eyed Vireo
Red-footed Booby
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-legged Partridge
Red-masked Parakeet
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-necked Grebe
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Stint
Red-rumped Swallow
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-throated Loon
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-winged Blackbird
Reddish Egret
Redhead
Redwing
Reed Bunting
Ring Ouzel
Ring-billed Gull
Ring-necked Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ringed Kingfisher
Rock Pigeon
Rock Pipit
Rock Ptarmigan
Rock Wren
Rook
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rose-throated Becard
Roseate Spoonbill
Roseate Tern
Ross's Goose
Ross's Gull
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Rough-legged Hawk
Royal Tern
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ruddy Duck
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Ruffed Grouse
Rufous Hummingbird
Rufous-capped Warbler
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Sabine's Gull
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Sanderling
Sandhill Crane
Sandwich Tern
Savannah Sparrow
Say's Phoebe
Scaled Quail
Scarlet Tanager
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Scott's Oriole
Scottish Crossbill
Seaside Sparrow
Sedge Warbler
Sedge Wren
Semipalmated Plover
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Shiny Cowbird
Short-billed Dowitcher
Short-eared Owl
Short-tailed Hawk
Sky Lark
Slaty-backed Gull
Smew
Smith's Longspur
Smooth-billed Ani
Snail Kite
Snow Bunting
Snow Goose
Snowy Egret
Snowy Owl
Snowy Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Song Sparrow
Song Thrush
Sooty Shearwater
Sooty Tern
Sora
South Polar Skua
Spectacled Eider
Spot-breasted Oriole
Spotted Crake
Spotted Flycatcher
Spotted Redshank
Spotted Sandpiper
Spotted Towhee
Sprague's Pipit
Spruce Grouse
Steller's Eider
Steller's Jay
Stilt Sandpiper
Stock Dove
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Summer Tanager
Surf Scoter
Swainson's Hawk
Swainson's Thrush
Swainson's Warbler
Swallow-tailed Kite
Swamp Sparrow
Taiga Bean-Goose
Tamaulipas Crow
Tawny Owl
Temminck's Stint
Tennessee Warbler
Thayer's Gull
Thick-billed Murre
Thick-billed Vireo
Townsend's Solitaire
Townsend's Warbler
Tree Pipit
Tree Swallow
Tricolored Heron
Tropical Kingbird
Tropical Parula
Trumpeter Swan
Tufted Duck
Tufted Titmouse
Tundra Swan
Tundra Swan (Whistling)
Turkey Vulture
Twite
Upland Sandpiper
Varied Bunting
Varied Thrush
Vaux's Swift
Veery
Verdin
Vermilion Flycatcher
Vesper Sparrow
Violet-green Swallow
Virginia Rail
Virginia's Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Water Pipit
Water Rail
Western Grebe
Western Kingbird
Western Meadowlark
Western Sandpiper
Western Scrub-Jay
Western Spindalis
Western Swamphen
Western Tanager
Western Wood-Pewee
Western Yellow Wagtail
Whimbrel
Whinchat
White Ibis
White Stork
White Wagtail
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-cheeked Pintail
White-collared Seedeater
White-collared Swift
White-crowned Pigeon
White-crowned Sparrow
White-eared Hummingbird
White-eyed Parakeet
White-eyed Vireo
White-faced Ibis
White-faced Storm-Petrel
White-rumped Sandpiper
White-tailed Hawk
White-tailed Kite
White-tailed Tropicbird
White-throated Dipper
White-throated Robin
White-throated Sparrow
White-throated Swift
White-tipped Dove
White-winged Crossbill
White-winged Dove
White-winged Parakeet
White-winged Scoter
White-winged Tern
Whooper Swan
Whooping Crane
Wild Turkey
Willet (Eastern)
Willet (Western)
Willow Flycatcher
Willow Ptarmigan
Willow Ptarmigan (Red Grouse)
Willow Tit
Willow Warbler
Wilson's Phalarope
Wilson's Plover
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Wilson's Warbler
Winter Wren
Wood Duck
Wood Lark
Wood Sandpiper
Wood Stork
Wood Thrush
Wood Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Yellow Rail
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Loon
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-browed Warbler
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Yellow-green Vireo
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Yellow-legged Gull
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Vireo
Yellow-throated Warbler
Yellowhammer
Zone-tailed Hawk

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