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Checklist of Minnesota Birds   -  Regular Species Part 1
     314 Regular Species
 
  Species   Species   Species
DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS IBISES GULLS & TERNS
    Greater White-fronted Goose     White-faced Ibis     Bonaparte's Gull
    Snow Goose NEW WORLD VULTURES     Little Gull **
    Ross's Goose **     Turkey Vulture     Franklin's Gull
    Cackling Goose OSPREY     Ring-billed Gull
    Canada Goose     Osprey     Herring Gull
    Mute Swan ** HAWKS & EAGLES     Thayer's Gull
    Trumpeter Swan     Bald Eagle     Iceland Gull **
    Tundra Swan     Northern Harrier     Lesser Black-backed Gull **
    Wood Duck     Sharp-shinned Hawk     Glaucous Gull
    Gadwall     Cooper's Hawk     Great Black-backed Gull **
    American Wigeon     Northern Goshawk     Caspian Tern
    American Black Duck     Red-shouldered Hawk     Black Tern
    Mallard     Broad-winged Hawk     Common Tern
    Blue-winged Teal     Swainson's Hawk     Forster's Tern
    Cinnamon Teal     Red-tailed Hawk JAEGERS
    Northern Shoveler     Rough-legged Hawk     Parasitic Jaeger **
    Northern Pintail     Golden Eagle PIGEONS & DOVES
    Green-winged Teal FALCONS     Rock Pigeon
    Canvasback     American Kestrel     Eurasian Collared Dove
    Redhead     Merlin     Mourning Dove
    Ring-necked Duck     Peregrine Falcon CUCKOOS
    Greater Scaup     Prairie Falcon **     Yellow-billed Cuckoo
    Lesser Scaup RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS     Black-billed Cuckoo
    Harlequin Duck **     Yellow Rail OWLS
    Surf Scoter     Virginia Rail     Eastern Screech-Owl
    White-winged Scoter     Sora     Great Horned Owl
    Black Scoter     Common Moorhen **     Snowy Owl
    Long-tailed Duck     American Coot     Northern Hawk Owl
    Bufflehead CRANES     Barred Owl
    Common Goldeneye     Sandhill Crane     Great Gray Owl
    Hooded Merganser PLOVERS     Long-eared Owl
    Common Merganser     Black-bellied Plover     Short-eared Owl
    Red-breasted Merganser     American Golden-Plover     Boreal Owl **
    Ruddy Duck     Semipalmated Plover     Northern Saw-whet Owl
PARTRIDGE, GROUSE, TURKEY     Piping Plover ** GOATSUCKERS
    Gray Partridge     Killdeer     Common Nighthawk
    Ring-necked Pheasant AVOCETS     Eastern Whip-poor-will
    Ruffed Grouse     American Avocet SWIFTS
    Spruce Grouse SANDPIPERS & ALLIES     Chimney Swift
    Sharp-tailed Grouse     Spotted Sandpiper HUMMINGBIRD
    Greater Prairie-Chicken     Solitary Sandpiper     Ruby-throated Hummingbird
    Wild Turkey     Greater Yellowlegs KINGFISHERS
LOONS     Willet     Belted Kingfisher
    Red-throated Loon **     Lesser Yellowlegs WOODPECKERS
    Pacific Loon **     Upland Sandpiper     Red-headed Woodpecker
    Common Loon     Whimbrel **     Red-bellied Woodpecker
GREBES     Hudsonian Godwit     Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
    Pied-billed Grebe     Marbled Godwit     Downy Woodpecker
    Horned Grebe     Ruddy Turnstone     Hairy Woodpecker
    Red-necked Grebe     Red Knot **     Am Three-toed Woodpecker **
    Eared Grebe     Sanderling     Black-backed Woodpecker
    Western Grebe     Semipalmated Sandpiper     Northern Flicker
    Clark's Grebe **     Least Sandpiper     Pileated Woodpecker
CORMORANTS     White-rumped Sandpiper

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
    Double-crested Cormorant     Baird's Sandpiper     Olive-sided Flycatcher
PELICANS     Pectoral Sandpiper     Eastern Wood-Pewee
    American White Pelican     Dunlin     Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
HERONS, BITTERNS & ALLIES     Stilt Sandpiper     Acadian Flycatcher **
    American Bittern     Buff-breasted Sandpiper     Alder Flycatcher
    Least Bittern     Short-billed Dowitcher     Willow Flycatcher
    Great Blue Heron     Long-billed Dowitcher     Least Flycatcher
    Great Egret     Wilson's Snipe     Eastern Phoebe
    Snowy Egret     American Woodcock     Great Crested Flycatcher
    Little Blue Heron **     Wilson's Phalarope     Western Kingbird
    Cattle Egret     Red-necked Phalarope     Eastern Kingbird
    Green Heron  

SHRIKES
    Black-crowned Night-Heron       Loggerhead Shrike
    Yellow-crowned Night-Heron **       Northern Shrike

 ** Please report/document sightings of these more rare and hard to find species

 

Checklist of Minnesota Birds  -  Regular Species Part 2
 
  Species   Species   Species
VIREOS MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS     Chipping Sparrow
    White-eyed Vireo **     Gray Catbird     Clay-colored Sparrow
    Bell's Vireo **     Northern Mockingbird **     Field Sparrow
    Yellow-throated Vireo     Brown Thrasher     Vesper Sparrow
    Blue-headed Vireo  STARLINGS     Lark Sparrow
    Warbling Vireo     European Starling     Savannah Sparrow
    Philadelphia Vireo PIPITS     Grasshopper Sparrow
    Red-eyed Vireo     American Pipit     Henslow's Sparrow **
JAYS & CROWS WAXWINGS     Le Conte's Sparrow
    Gray Jay     Bohemian Waxwing     Nelson's Sparrow
    Blue Jay     Cedar Waxwing     Fox Sparrow
    Black-billed Magpie LONGSPURS     Song Sparrow
    American Crow     Lapland Longspur     Lincoln's Sparrow
    Common Raven     Chestnut-collared Longspur     Swamp Sparrow
LARKS     Smith's Longspur     White-throated Sparrow
    Horned Lark     Snow Bunting     Harris's Sparrow
SWALLOWS WOOD-WARBLERS     White-crowned Sparrow
    Purple Martin     Blue-winged Warbler     Dark-eyed Junco
    Tree Swallow     Golden-winged Warbler  CARDINALS & ALLIES
    Northern Rough-winged Swallow     Tennessee Warbler     Summer Tanager **
    Bank Swallow     Orange-crowned Warbler     Scarlet Tanager
    Cliff Swallow     Nashville Warbler     Western Tanager **
    Barn Swallow     Northern Parula     Northern Cardinal
CHICKADEES & TITMICE     Yellow Warbler     Rose-breasted Grosbeak
    Black-capped Chickadee     Chestnut-sided Warbler     Blue Grosbeak
    Boreal Chickadee     Magnolia Warbler     Indigo Bunting
    Tufted Titmouse **     Cape May Warbler     Dickcissel
NUTHATCHES     Black-throated Blue Warbler  BLACKBIRDS
    Red-breasted Nuthatch     Yellow-rumped Warbler     Bobolink
    White-breasted Nuthatch     Black-throated Green Warbler     Red-winged Blackbird
CREEPERS     Blackburnian Warbler     Eastern Meadowlark
    Brown Creeper      Pine Warbler     Western Meadowlark
WRENS     Palm Warbler     Yellow-headed Blackbird
    Carolina Wren **     Bay-breasted Warbler     Rusty Blackbird
    House Wren     Blackpoll Warbler     Brewer's Blackbird
    Winter Wren     Cerulean Warbler     Common Grackle
    Sedge Wren     Black-and-white Warbler     Great-tailed Grackle
    Marsh Wren      American Redstart     Brown-headed Cowbird
GNATCATCHERS     Prothonotary Warbler     Orchard Oriole
    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     Ovenbird     Baltimore Oriole
KINGLETS     Northern Waterthrush FINCHES
    Golden-crowned Kinglet     Louisiana Waterthrush     Pine Grosbeak
    Ruby-crowned Kinglet     Kentucky Warbler **     Purple Finch
THRUSHES     Connecticut Warbler     House Finch
    Eastern Bluebird     Mourning Warbler     Red Crossbill
    Mountain Bluebird **     Common Yellowthroat     White-winged Crossbill
    Townsend's Solitaire **     Hooded Warbler **     Common Redpoll
    Veery     Wilson's Warbler     Hoary Redpoll
    Gray-cheeked Thrush     Canada Warbler     Pine Siskin
    Swainson's Thrush     Yellow-breasted Chat **     American Goldfinch
    Hermit Thrush SPARROWS & ALLIES     Evening Grosbeak
    Wood Thrush     Spotted Towhee OLD WORLD SPARROWS
    American Robin     Eastern Towhee     House Sparrow
    Varied Thrush **     American Tree Sparrow  

 ** Please report/document sightings of these more rare and hard to find species
 
 

Checklist of Minnesota Birds  -  Casual Species - (42 Species) **
 
Black-bellied Whistling Duck Long-billed Curlew Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Brant Western Sandpiper Rock Wren
Eurasian Wigeon Ruff Sage Thrasher
King Eider Red Phalarope Sprague's Pipit
Barrow's Goldeneye Black-legged Kittiwake Yellow-throated Warbler
Neotropic Cormorant Sabine's Gull Prairie Warbler
Tricolored Heron Black-headed Gull Worm-eating Warbler
Black Vulture California Gull Black-throated Sparrow
Swallow-tailed Kite Least Tern Lark Bunting
Mississippi Kite Arctic Tern Black-headed Grosbeak
Ferruginous Hawk Pomarine Jaeger Lazuli Bunting
Gyrfalcon White-winged Dove Painted Bunting
Snowy Plover Burrowing Owl Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Black-necked Stilt Say's Phoebe Eurasian Tree Sparrow

 ** Please report/document sightings of these more rare and hard to find species


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