. . . other viewing opportunities at Colony Farm Regional Park . . . more information on Colony Farm Regional Park
. . . list of available bird checklists
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. . . other viewing opportunities at Colony Farm Regional Park . . . more information on Colony Farm Regional Park
. . . list of available bird checklists |
 May 2002 - The taxonomic order, common names and four-letter codes included in this web version of the Colony Farm Regional Park Bird Checklist published in 1996 have been updated using the 7th edition of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) Check-List of North American Birds (AOU 1998) and its supplement (AOU 2000). |
| The following is a list of the bird species that may be observed in at Colony Farm Regional Park. The status of each species is indicated by an abundance level in each of four seasons. The standard four letter code is shown for each species.
The checklist area includes Colony Farm Regional Park, and the Coquitlam River Wildlife Management Area.
Explanation of Symbols Seasonal Occurrence
Relative Abundance
Other Symbols
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| Code | * | Species | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter |
| RTLO | Red-throated Loon | ca | r | r | ||
| COLO | Common Loon | r | ||||
| PBGR | Pied-billed Grebe | u | u | u | ||
| HOGR | Horned Grebe | r | ||||
| RNGR | Red-necked Grebe | ca | r | |||
| WEGR | Western Grebe | u | u | |||
| DCCO | Double-crested Cormorant | ca | u | u | ||
| AMBI | American Bittern | r | r | r | r | |
| GBHE | * | Great Blue Heron | c | c | c | c |
| CAEG | Cattle Egret | ca | ca | |||
| GRHE | Green Heron | u | u | |||
| BCNH | Black-crowned Night-Heron | ca | ||||
| TUVU | Turkey Vulture | r | r | |||
| GWFG | Greater White-fronted Goose | ca | r | |||
| SNGO | Snow Goose | ca | ca | |||
| CAGO | * | Canada Goose | c | c | c | c |
| TUSW | Tundra Swan | ca | ||||
| WODU | * | Wood Duck | c | c | c | c |
| GADW | Gadwall | u | u | u | u | |
| EUWI | Eurasian Wigeon | r | ||||
| AMWI | American Wigeon | f | f | c | ||
| MALL | * | Mallard | c | c | c | c |
| BTWE | * | Blue-winged Teal | u | u | ||
| CITE | * | Cinnamon Teal | u | u | ||
| NOSL | Northern Shoveler | ca | ca | |||
| NOPI | Northern Pintail | ca | u | |||
| GWTE | Green-winged Teal | r | c | c | ||
| CANV | Canvasback | r | ||||
| RNDU | Ring-necked Duck | ca | r | |||
| GRSC | Greater Scaup | u | ||||
| LESC | Lesser Scaup | ca | u | |||
| BUFF | Bufflehead | r | c | c | ||
| COGO | Common Goldeneye | r | u | |||
| BAGO | Barrow's Goldeneye | r | ||||
| HOME | Hooded Merganser | u | c | c | ||
| COME | * | Common Merganser | u | u | f | |
| OSPR | Osprey | u | u | u | ||
| BAEA | * | Bald Eagle | u | u | c | c |
| NOHA | Northern Harrier | u | u | c | c | |
| SSHA | Sharp-shinned Hawk | r | r | u | ||
| COHA | Cooper's Hawk | r | u | u | ||
| RTHA | * | Red-tailed Hawk | c | c | c | c |
| RLHA | Rough-legged Hawk | ca | u | u | ||
| AMKE | * | American Kestrel | r | r | r | r |
| MERL | Merlin | r | r | r | r | |
| PEFA | Peregrine Falcon | r | r | |||
| RNPH | * | Ring-necked Pheasant [I] | c | c | c | c |
| VIRA | Virginia Rail | ca | ca | |||
| SORA | Sora | ca | ||||
| AMCO | American Coot | ca | ca | u | ||
| KILL | * | Killdeer | r | f | r | r |
| LEYE | Lesser Yellowlegs | r | ||||
| SPSA | Spotted Sandpiper | r | u | r | ||
| LBCU | Long-billed Curlew | ca | ||||
| PESA | Pectoral Sandpiper | ca | r | |||
| LBDO | Long-billed Dowitcher | r | ||||
| COSN | Common Snipe | u | u | u | ||
| MEGU | Mew Gull | c | u | u | ||
| RBGU | Ring-billed Gull | ca | ||||
| CAGU | California Gull | ca | ||||
| HEGU | Herring Gull | ca | ||||
| THGU | Thayer's Gull | ca | ||||
| GWGU | Glaucous-winged Gull | c | c | c | c | |
| CATE | Caspian Tern | ca | ||||
| RODO | * | Rock Dove [I] | c | c | c | c |
| BTPI | Band-tailed Pigeon | c | ||||
| MODO | Mourning Dove | r | r | r | ||
| BNOW | * | Barn Owl | r | r | r | r |
| GHOW | * | Great Horned Owl | r | r | ||
| SEOW | Short-eared Owl | u | u | |||
| CONI | Common Nighthawk | r | ||||
| BLSW | Black Swift | r | u | |||
| VASW | Vaux's Swift | u | f | |||
| RUHU | * | Rufous Hummingbird | c | c | ||
| BEKI | Belted Kingfisher | r | r | u | u | |
| RBSA | Red-breasted Sapsucker | u | u | |||
| DOWO | * | Downy Woodpecker | c | c | c | c |
| HAWO | Hairy Woodpecker | u | u | u | u | |
| NOFL | Northern Flicker | c | u | c | c | |
| PIWO | * | Pileated Woodpecker | u | u | u | u |
| OSFL | Olive-sided Flycatcher | r | u | |||
| WWPE | * | Western Wood-Pewee | u | u | ca | |
| WIFL | * | Willow Flycatcher | c | c | r | |
| LEFL | Least Flycatcher | ca | ||||
| HAFL | Hammond's Flycatcher | r | ||||
| PSFL | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | r | u | r | ||
| WEKI | * | Western Kingbird | r | f | ||
| EAKI | * | Eastern Kingbird | r | c | ||
| NOSH | Northern Shrike | r | u | u | ||
| LOSH | Loggerhead Shrike | ca | ||||
| CAVI | Cassin's Vireo | r | ||||
| HUVI | Hutton's Vireo | ca | ||||
| WAVI | * | Warbling Vireo | ca | f | ||
| REVI | * | Red-eyed Vireo | u | |||
| STJA | Steller's Jay | u | u | u | u | |
| NOCR | * | Northwestern Crow | c | c | c | c |
| CORA | Common Raven | u | u | c | c | |
| TRSW | * | Tree Swallow | c | c | ||
| VGSW | * | Violet-green Swallow | c | c | r | |
| NRWS | * | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | c | c | ||
| BKSW | Bank Swallow | ca | ||||
| BASW | * | Barn Swallow | c | c | r | |
| CLSW | Cliff Swallow | u | f | r | ||
| BCCH | * | Black-capped Chickadee | c | c | c | c |
| CBCH | Chestnut-backed Chickadee | r | ||||
| BUSH | * | Bushtit | c | c | c | c |
| RBNU | Red-breasted Nuthatch | u | ||||
| BRCR | Brown Creeper | u | u | u | u | |
| BEWR | * | Bewick's Wren | c | c | c | c |
| WIWR | Winter Wren | u | u | r | u | |
| MAWR | * | Marsh Wren | c | c | c | c |
| GCKI | Golden-crowned Kinglet | u | r | c | c | |
| RCKI | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | u | u | |||
| MOBL | Mountain Bluebird | r | ||||
| TOSO | Townsend's Solitaire | ca | ||||
| SWTH | * | Swainson's Thrush | c | c | ca | |
| AMRO | * | American Robin | c | c | u | u |
| VATH | Varied Thrush | r | u | |||
| GRCA | Gray Catbird | ca | ||||
| EUST | * | European Starling [I] | c | c | c | c |
| AMPI | American Pipit | f | ||||
| BOWA | Bohemian Waxwing | ca | ||||
| CEWA | * | Cedar Waxwing | f | c | u | |
| OCWA | Orange-crowned Warbler | u | u | u | ||
| YEWA | * | Yellow Warbler | c | c | f | |
| YRWA | Yellow-rumped Warbler | u | u | |||
| BTGW | Black-throated Gray Warbler | ca | ca | ca | ||
| MACW | MacGillivray's Warbler | r | ||||
| COYE | * | Common Yellowthroat | c | c | f | |
| WIWA | Wilson's Warbler | u | ca | |||
| WETA | Western Tanager | ca | ca | ca | ||
| SPTO | * | Spotted Towhee | c | c | c | c |
| ATSP | American Tree Sparrow | ca | ||||
| SAVS | * | Savannah Sparrow | c | c | r | |
| FOSP | Fox Sparrow | ca | r | u | ||
| SOSP | * | Song Sparrow | c | c | c | c |
| LISP | Lincoln's Sparrow | ca | ca | |||
| WTSP | White-throated Sparrow | ca | ||||
| WCSP | White-crowned Sparrow | u | u | r | ||
| GCSP | Golden-crowned Sparrow | r | ca | ca | ||
| DEJU | Dark-eyed Junco | f | u | |||
| BHGR | * | Black-headed Grosbeak | c | c | ca | |
| RWBL | * | Red-winged Blackbird | c | c | c | c |
| WEME | Western Meadowlark | ca | ||||
| YHBL | Yellow-headed Blackbird | ca | ||||
| BRBL | Brewer's Blackbird | r | ca | |||
| BHCO | * | Brown-headed Cowbird | c | c | ||
| BUOR | * | Bullock's Oriole | u | u | ||
| PUFI | Purple Finch | r | r | r | ||
| HOFI | * | House Finch | f | f | f | f |
| RECR | Red Crossbill | r | ca | r | r | |
| PISI | Pine Siskin | r | ca | c | c | |
| AMGO | * | American Goldfinch | f | c | c | r |
| EVGR | Evening Grosbeak | ca | u | |||
| HOSP | * | House Sparrow [I] | u | u | u | u |