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Chapter Outline
- Description of Aves
- Classification of Aves
- Palaeognathae
- Neognathae
- Neoaves
- Terrestrornithes
- Raptores
- Coccyges
- Trogones
- Incessores
- Picoclamatores
- Passeriformes
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The order Passeriformes is so large, with so many families, that it gets a page of its own.
- FAMILY ACANTHISITTIDAE - NEW ZEALAND WRENS
- FAMILY ACANTHIZIDAE
- FAMILY BOMBYCILLIDAE
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Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
Kansas, 4/3/2020
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- FAMILY CERTHIIDAE
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Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
Kansas, 5/2/2012
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- FAMILY CINCLIDAE
- FAMILY CLIMACTERIDAE
- FAMILY CONOPOPHAGIDAE
- FAMILY COTINGIDAE
- Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana) - SCZ - 2021
- FAMILY CRACTICIDAE
- FAMILY DENDROCOLAPTIDAE
- FAMILY EURYLAIMIDAE
- FAMILY FORMICARIIDAE
- FAMILY FURNARIIDAE
- FAMILY HYPOCOLIDAE
- FAMILY MALURIDAE
- FAMILY MENURIDAE
- FAMILY MIMIDAE
- Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) - Dinwoody Valley, Wind River Range - 9/14/2017
- FAMILY MOHOIDAE
- FAMILY MUSCICAPIDAE
- Snowy-Headed Robin Chat (Cossypha niveicapilla) - SCZ - 2021
- FAMILY PARDALOTIDAE
- FAMILY PARIDAE
- Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) - Kansas (Perry Lake)
- Black-Capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) - Kansas (Perry Lake)
- FAMILY PASSERELLIDAE
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Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)
Konza Prairie, 6/3/2018
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- Dark-Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) - Kansas, New Mexico - 3/16/2021
- Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) - New Mexico (Bandalier NM) - 8/28/2020
- Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) - Kansas - 5/15/2021
- White-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) - Kansas, Colorado - 5/1/2022
- FAMILY PETROICIDAE
- FAMILY PHILEPITTIDAE
- FAMILY PICATHARTIDAE
- FAMILY PIPRIDAE
- FAMILY PITTIDAE
- FAMILY PTILONORHYNCHIDAE
- FAMILY PYCNONOTIDAE
- FAMILY RHABDORNITHIDAE
- FAMILY RHINOCRYPTIDAE
- FAMILY SITTIDAE
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White-Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
Perry Lake, 3/3/2017
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Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)
Bandalier NM, 8/28/2020
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- Red-Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) - Yellowstone - 9/17/2017
- FAMILY STENOSTIRIDAE
- FAMILY STURNIDAE
- Violet-Backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster) - SCZ - 2018
- Golden-Breasted Starling (Cosmopsarus regius) - SCZ & Omaha Zoos - 2021
- Emerald Starling (Lamprotornis iris) - SCZ - 2019
- Bali Mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi) - Albuquerque Zoo - 2020
- Grosbeak Starling (Scissirostrum dubium) - SCZ - 2019
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) - Kansas - 3/16/2021
- FAMILY THAMNOPHILIDAE
- FAMILY THRAUPIDAE
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Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
Perry Lake, Kansas, 5/22/2021
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- Black-Faced Dacnis (Dacnis lineata) - SCZ - 2021
- Red-Capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis) - SCZ - 2019
- Blue-Gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) - SCZ - 2019
- FAMILY TIMALIIDAE
- FAMILY TURDIDAE
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Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
Perry Lake, Kansas
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- Chestnut-Backed Thrush (Geokichla dohertyi) - SCZ - 2021
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius) - Kansas - 2017
- FAMILY TYRANNIDAE
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Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Perry Lake, 5/23/2021
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- Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) - Kansas (Kanopolis Lake) - 5/1/2022
- Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) - Kansas (Perry Lake) - 7/15/2023
- Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) - Kansas (Wilson Lake) - 9/26/2022
- SUPERFAMILY CORVOIDEA
- FAMILY AEGITHALIDAE
- FAMILY CALLAEATIDAE
- FAMILY CAMPEPHAGIDAE
- FAMILY CINCLOSOMATIDAE
- FAMILY CORCORACIDAE
- FAMILY CORVIDAE
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Western Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
Oregon
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Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
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Raven (Corvus corax)
Yellowstone, 9/19/2017
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Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
Colorado
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- White-Breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus) - SCZ - 2021
- White-Necked Raven (Corvus albicollis) - Albuquerque Zoo - 2020
- Northwestern Crow (Corvus caurinus) - Olympic, Glacier Bay
- Chihuahuan Raven (Corvus cryptoleucus) - Big Bend, Carlsbad, White Sands
- Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) - Everglades, Assateague Island
- Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) - Widespread
- Azure-Winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus) - Denver Zoo
- Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) - Trips 1, 4, 6, 7 & 9
- Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) - Yosemite (Lower Lee Vining CG) - 10/18/2023
- Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) - Colorado, New Mexico
- Black-Billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) - Sinks Canyon, Wind River Range - 7/24/2016
- Yellow-Billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli) - Yosemite
- Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) - Yosemite, RMNP
- Red-Billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha) - St. Louis Zoo - 2022
- FAMILY DICRURIDAE
- FAMILY IRENIDAE
- Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella) - SCZ - 2021
- FAMILY LANIIDAE
- FAMILY MALACONOTIDAE
- FAMILY MONARCHIDAE
- FAMILY ORTHONYCHIDAE
- FAMILY PACHYCEPHALIDAE
- FAMILY PARADISAEIDAE
- FAMILY PLATYSTEIRIDAE
- FAMILY PRIONOPIDAE
- FAMILY VANGIDAE
- FAMILY VIREONIDAE
- SUPERFAMILY MELIPHAGIDES
- FAMILY MELIPHAGIDAE
- Bluefaced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) - SCZ - 2018
- SUPERFAMILY PASSEROIDEA
- FAMILY DICAEIDAE
- FAMILY ESTRILDIDAE
- Cut-Throat Finch (Amadina fasciata) - Omaha Zoo - 2016
- FAMILY FRINGILLIDAE
- SUBFAMILY CARDUELINAE
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Cassin's Finch (Haemorhous cassinii)
St. Elmo, CO, 6/29/2019
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House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
Oregon
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Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
Colorado, 6/30/2019
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Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)
St. Elmo, CO, 6/29/2019
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- Brown-Capped Rosy Finch (Leucosticte australis) - RMNP - 9/21/2017
- American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) - Kansas - 5/1/2022
- SUBFAMILY EMBERIZINAE
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Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
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Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, 6/19/2018
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- Red-Legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) - SCZ - 2021
- Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) - Kansas (Perry Lake) - 8/3/2020
- FAMILY ICTERIDAE
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Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
Perry Lake, 5/23/2021
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Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
Baker Wetlands, 5/24/2017
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- Red-Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) - Cheyenne Bottoms - 5/2/2022
- Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) - California (Eastern Sierra) - 10/13/2023
- Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus) - Omaha Zoo - 2021
- Scott's Oriole (Icterus parisorum) - Omaha Zoo - 2021
- Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) - Missouri (Loess Bluff NWR) - 5/19/2020
- Meadowlark (Sturnella) - Konza - 6/3/2018
- Yellow-Headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) - Cheyenne Bottoms - 5/2/2022
- FAMILY MELANOCHARITIDAE
- FAMILY MOTACILLIDAE
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American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
Rocky Mountain National Park, 9/21/2017
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- FAMILY NECTARINIIDAE
- FAMILY PARAMYTHIIDAE
- FAMILY PARULIDAE - NEW WORLD WARBLERS
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Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
New Mexico, 8/29/2020
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Yellow-Rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
Rocky Mountain National Park, 9/22/2017
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- FAMILY PASSERIDAE - OLD WORLD SPARROWS
All species of Old World Sparrows in the U.S., while quite common, were introduced.
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) - Kansas - 3/16/2021
- FAMILY PLOCEIDAE
- White-Headed Buffalo Weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli) - Omaha & St. Louis Zoo - 2022
- Yellow-Crowned Bishop (Euplectes afer) - Omaha Zoo - 2016
- Bishop Weavers (Euplectes) - Omaha Zoo - 2016
- Black-Headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus) - Omaha Zoo - 2021
- Chestnut Weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus) - Omaha Zoo - 2016
- SUPERFAMILY SYLVIOIDEA
- FAMILY ALAUDIDAE
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Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, 9/15/2021
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- FAMILY CETTIIDAE
- Japanese Bush-Warbler (Horornis diphone) - Haleakala NP (non-native, common)
- FAMILY CISTICOLIDAE
- Oriole Warbler (Hypergerus atriceps) - SCZ - 2021
- FAMILY HIRUNDINIDAE - SWALLOWS
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Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
5/14/2019
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Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Baker Wetlands, 5/5/2018
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- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) - Widespread
- Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) - Big Bend, Carlsbad
- Purple Martin (Progne subis) - Kansas (Baker Wetlands), Arkansas - 4/12/2021
- Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) - Widespread
- Southern Rough-Winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis) - Florida Keys, Great Basin, Redwoods
- Northern Rough-Winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) - Widespread
- Violet-Green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) - Mono Lake
- FAMILY LEIOTHRICHIDAE
- Hwamei (Garrulax canorus) - Haleakala NP (non-native), San Diego Zoo
- White-Crested Laughing Thrush (Garrulax leucolophus) - Omaha Zoo - 2017
- FAMILY PYCNONOTIDAE
- Arctic Warbler (Seicercus borealis) - Bering LB & Denali
- Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus) - SCZ - 2019
- White-Cheeked Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis) - St. Louis Zoo - 2022
- Collared Finch-Billed Bulbul (Spizixos semitorques) - SCZ - 2019
- FAMILY SYLVIIDAE
- Ruby-Crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) - Widespread
- Golden-Crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) - Widespread
- FAMILY TIMALIIDAE
- Taiwan Yuhina (Yuhina brunneiceps) - SCZ - 2018
- FAMILY ZOSTEROPIDAE
- Haleakala NP (non-native, abundant), Denver Zoo
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