. . . other viewing opportunities at the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary . . . more information on the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary
. . . list of available bird checklists
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. . . other viewing opportunities at the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary . . . more information on the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary
. . . list of available bird checklists |
 May 2002 - The taxonomic order, common names and four-letter codes included in this web version of the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary Bird Checklist published in 1995 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 have been observed at the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary. 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.
Explanation of Symbols Seasonal Occurrence
Relative Abundance
Other Symbols
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| Code | * | Species | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter |
| RTLO | Red-throated Loon + | f | r | u | f | |
| PALO | Pacific Loon + | c | r | u | u | |
| COLO | Common Loon + | f | u | f | f | |
| PBGR | * | Pied-billed Grebe | f | f | f | f |
| HOGR | Horned Grebe + | c | r | f | f | |
| RNGR | Red-necked Grebe + | r | r | r | ||
| EAGR | Eared Grebe | r | r | |||
| WEGR | * | Western Grebe + | f | f | c | f |
| DCCO | Double-crested Cormorant | c | f | c | c | |
| BRCO | Brandt's Cormorant + | ca | ca | ca | ca | |
| PECO | Pelagic Cormorant + | r | r | r | r | |
| AMBI | * | American Bittern | f | f | f | f |
| GBHE | Great Blue Heron | c | c | c | c | |
| GREG | Great Egret | r | r | r | r | |
| CAEG | Cattle Egret | ca | u | r | ||
| GRHE | Green Heron | r | r | f | ||
| BCNH | Black-crowned Night-Heron | f | r | f | f | |
| TUVU | Turkey Vulture | u | f | u | ca | |
| GWFG | Greater White-fronted Goose | u | r | f | u | |
| EMGO | Emperor Goose | ac | ca | ca | ||
| SNGO | Snow Goose | a | ca | a | a | |
| ROGO | Ross's Goose | ca | ca | ca | ||
| CAGO | * | Canada Goose | a | a | a | a |
| BRAN | Brant | u | r | r | ||
| MUSW | Mute Swan [I] | r | r | r | r | |
| TRUS | Trumpeter Swan | c | r | f | c | |
| TUSW | Tundra Swan | u | r | f | f | |
| WODU | * | Wood Duck | f | f | f | f |
| GADW | * | Gadwall | a | a | a | c |
| EUWI | Eurasian Wigeon | f | r | f | f | |
| AMWI | * | American Wigeon | a | f | a | a |
| ABDU | * | American Black Duck [I] | ca | ca | ca | ca |
| MALL | * | Mallard | a | a | a | a |
| BTWE | * | Blue-winged Teal | f | f | f | r |
| CITE | * | Cinnamon Teal | f | c | c | u |
| NOSL | * | Northern Shoveler | a | f | a | a |
| NOPI | * | Northern Pintail | a | f | a | a |
| GWTE | Green-winged Teal | a | f | a | a | |
| CANV | Canvasback | c | r | f | f | |
| REDH | Redhead | r | r | r | r | |
| RNDU | Ring-necked Duck | r | u | r | r | |
| TUDU | Tufted Duck | ca | ca | ca | ||
| GRSC | Greater Scaup | f | r | u | u | |
| LESC | Lesser Scaup | c | r | c | c | |
| SUSC | Surf Scoter + | u | r | f | f | |
| WWSC | White-winged Scoter + | f | r | u | u | |
| BLSC | Black Scoter + | r | r | r | r | |
| LTDU | Long-tailed Duck + | u | r | u | u | |
| BUFF | Bufflehead | c | r | c | c | |
| COGO | Common Goldeneye | c | u | c | c | |
| SMEW | Smew | ac | r | |||
| HOME | Hooded Merganser | f | u | f | f | |
| COME | Common Merganser | c | u | c | c | |
| RBME | Red-breasted Merganser + | f | ca | f | f | |
| RUDU | Ruddy Duck | u | r | u | u | |
| OSPR | Osprey | u | u | f | r | |
| WTKI | White-tailed Kite | ac | ac | |||
| BAEA | Bald Eagle | c | f | c | c | |
| NOHA | * | Northern Harrier | c | c | c | c |
| SSHA | Sharp-shinned Hawk | f | u | f | f | |
| COHA | * | Cooper's Hawk | f | f | f | f |
| NOGO | Northern Goshawk | u | u | u | ||
| RTHA | * | Red-tailed Hawk | c | c | c | c |
| RLHA | Rough-legged Hawk | f | ca | f | f | |
| GOEA | Golden Eagle | u | r | r | r | |
| AMKE | American Kestrel | u | r | u | u | |
| MERL | Merlin | f | u | f | f | |
| PEFA | Peregrine Falcon | f | r | f | f | |
| GYRF | Gyrfalcon | r | r | r | ||
| PRFA | Prairie Falcon | ca | ca | ca | ||
| RNPH | * | Ring-necked Pheasant [I] | c | c | c | c |
| CAQU | * | California Quail [I] | ca | ca | ca | ca |
| VIRA | * | Virginia Rail | f | f | f | f |
| SORA | * | Sora | u | f | u | |
| AMCO | * | American Coot | a | u | a | a |
| SACR | Sandhill Crane | r | r | r | ||
| BBPL | Black-bellied Plover | c | u | c | c | |
| AGPL | American Golden-Plover | u | r | f | r | |
| SEPL | Semipalmated Plover | f | r | f | r | |
| KILL | * | Killdeer | c | c | c | f |
| BLOY | Black Oystercatcher + | r | r | r | r | |
| BNST | Black-necked Stilt | u | u | r | r | |
| AMAV | American Avocet | ca | r | ca | ||
| GRYE | Greater Yellowlegs | c | u | c | u | |
| LEYE | Lesser Yellowlegs | f | u | c | r | |
| SPRE | Spotted Redshank | ca | ca | |||
| SOSA | Solitary Sandpiper | u | r | f | ||
| SPSA | * | Spotted Sandpiper | f | f | f | u |
| UPSA | Upland Sandpiper | ca | ||||
| WHIM | Whimbrel | u | r | u | ca | |
| LBCU | Long-billed Curlew | r | r | r | r | |
| HUGO | Hudsonian Godwit | ca | ca | u | ||
| BTGO | Bar-tailed Godwit | ac | ||||
| MAGO | Marbled Godwit | ca | ca | r | ||
| RUTU | Ruddy Turnstone | r | r | |||
| BLTU | Black Turnstone | r | r | |||
| REKN | Red Knot | r | ca | r | ||
| SAND | Sanderling | r | r | r | r | |
| SESA | Semipalmated Sandpiper | u | f | f | ||
| WESA | Western Sandpiper | c | c | f | r | |
| TEST | Temminck's Stint | ac | ||||
| LESA | Least Sandpiper | c | c | f | ca | |
| BASA | Baird's Sandpiper | r | f | f | ||
| PESA | Pectoral Sandpiper | u | f | f | ||
| SHSA | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | u | ||||
| DUNL | Dunlin | a | u | c | c | |
| STSA | Stilt Sandpiper | ca | ca | r | ||
| BBSA | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | r | r | r | ||
| RUFF | Ruff | ca | ca | r | ||
| SBDO | Short-billed Dowitcher | f | u | c | ||
| LBDO | Long-billed Dowitcher | a | u | a | u | |
| COSN | * | Common Snipe | f | u | f | f |
| WIPH | Wilson's Phalarope | u | u | u | ||
| RNPL | Red-necked Phalarope | r | ca | u | ||
| REPH | Red Phalarope | ac | ||||
| PAJA | Parasitic Jaeger + | ca | r | |||
| FRGU | Franklin's Gull | r | r | u | ||
| BOGU | Bonaparte's Gull | f | u | u | r | |
| MEGU | Mew Gull | c | u | f | c | |
| RBGU | Ring-billed Gull | f | c | f | u | |
| CAGU | California Gull | u | u | r | r | |
| HEGU | Herring Gull | u | ca | u | u | |
| THGU | Thayer's Gull | u | ca | u | u | |
| WEGU | Western Gull | ca | ||||
| GWGU | * | Glaucous-winged Gull | c | c | c | c |
| GLGU | Glaucous Gull | r | ca | r | ||
| CATE | Caspian Tern | u | f | f | ||
| COTE | Common Tern + | u | r | u | ||
| BLTE | Black Tern | r | u | |||
| MAMU | Marbled Murrelet + | r | r | r | r | |
| RODO | * | Rock Dove [I] | a | c | a | a |
| BTPI | Band-tailed Pigeon | u | u | u | r | |
| MODO | * | Mourning Dove | u | f | u | r |
| BNOW | Barn Owl | ca | ||||
| WSOW | Western Screech-Owl | ca | ||||
| GHOW | * | Great Horned Owl | f | f | f | f |
| SNOW | Snowy Owl | u | u | u | ||
| BDOW | Barred Owl | r | r | r | ||
| LEOW | * | Long-eared Owl | u | r | u | u |
| SEOW | * | Short-eared Owl | f | r | f | c |
| NSWO | Northern Saw-whet Owl | f | r | f | c | |
| CONI | Common Nighthawk | r | f | u | ||
| BLSW | Black Swift | u | f | u | ||
| VASW | Vaux's Swift | u | f | u | ||
| ANHU | Anna's Hummingbird | ac | ||||
| CAHU | Calliope Hummingbird | ac | ||||
| RUHU | * | Rufous Hummingbird | c | c | f | |
| BEKI | Belted Kingfisher | f | f | f | u | |
| LEWO | Lewis's Woodpecker | ca | ca | |||
| RNSA | Red-naped Sapsucker | ac | ||||
| RBSA | Red-breasted Sapsucker | u | r | f | ||
| DOWO | * | Downy Woodpecker | c | c | c | c |
| HAWO | Hairy Woodpecker | r | r | r | r | |
| TTWO | Three-toed Woodpecker | ac | ||||
| NOFL | Northern Flicker | c | u | c | c | |
| PIWO | Pileated Woodpecker | r | r | r | r | |
| OSFL | Olive-sided Flycatcher | f | u | r | ||
| WWPE | Western Wood-Pewee | f | f | f | ||
| WIFL | * | Willow Flycatcher | f | f | u | |
| HAFL | Hammond's Flycatcher | u | u | u | ||
| PSFL | * | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | f | f | u | |
| EAPH | Eastern Phoebe | ac | ||||
| SAPH | Say's Phoebe | ca | r | ca | ||
| WEKI | Western Kingbird | r | u | r | ||
| EAKI | Eastern Kingbird | r | u | r | ||
| NOSH | Northern Shrike | f | f | f | ||
| CAVI | Cassin's Vireo | u | u | u | ||
| HUVI | Hutton's Vireo | r | u | u | ca | |
| WAVI | Warbling Vireo | f | f | f | ||
| PHVI | Philadelphia Vireo | ac | ||||
| REVI | Red-eyed Vireo | u | u | u | ||
| STJA | Steller's Jay | u | u | u | u | |
| BLJA | Blue Jay | ca | ||||
| BBMA | Black-billed Magpie | ac | ca | |||
| NOCR | * | Northwestern Crow | c | c | c | c |
| CORA | Common Raven | u | r | u | u | |
| HOLA | Horned Lark | r | r | |||
| PUMA | Purple Martin | ca | ||||
| TRSW | * | Tree Swallow | c | c | c | |
| VGSW | Violet-green Swallow | c | f | f | ||
| NRWS | * | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | f | f | f | |
| BKSW | Bank Swallow | r | ca | u | ||
| BASW | * | Barn Swallow | a | a | c | r |
| CLSW | * | Cliff Swallow | c | c | c | ca |
| BCCH | * | Black-capped Chickadee | a | c | a | a |
| MOCH | Mountain Chickadee | r | u | u | ||
| CBCH | Chestnut-backed Chickadee | r | r | r | r | |
| BUSH | * | Bushtit | c | c | c | c |
| RBNU | * | Red-breasted Nuthatch | c | f | c | c |
| BRCR | * | Brown Creeper | c | f | c | c |
| BEWR | * | Bewick's Wren | c | c | c | c |
| HOWR | House Wren | r | r | u | ac | |
| WIWR | Winter Wren | f | u | f | f | |
| MAWR | * | Marsh Wren | c | c | c | f |
| GCKI | * | Golden-crowned Kinglet | c | u | c | f |
| RCKI | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | f | ca | f | u | |
| MOBL | Mountain Bluebird | r | r | |||
| TOSO | Townsend's Solitaire | r | r | |||
| VEER | Veery | ac | ||||
| SWTH | * | Swainson's Thrush | f | f | u | |
| HETH | Hermit Thrush | f | r | f | r | |
| AMRO | * | American Robin | a | a | a | c |
| VATH | Varied Thrush | f | r | u | f | |
| NOMO | Northern Mockingbird | ca | ca | |||
| EUST | * | European Starling [I] | c | c | c | a |
| CRMY | Crested Myna [I] | ac | ac | ac | ac | |
| AMPI | American Pipit | f | r | f | u | |
| BOWA | Bohemian Waxwing | u | u | f | ||
| CEWA | * | Cedar Waxwing | f | c | f | u |
| OCWA | Orange-crowned Warbler | c | u | f | r | |
| NAWA | Nashville Warbler | u | r | u | ac | |
| YEWA | * | Yellow Warbler | c | f | f | |
| CSWA | Chestnut-sided Warbler | ac | ||||
| YRWA | * | Yellow-rumped Warbler | c | f | c | u |
| BTGW | Black-throated Gray Warbler | u | u | u | ||
| TOWA | Townsend's Warbler | f | r | u | ca | |
| HEWA | Hermit Warbler | ac | ||||
| BTNW | Black-throated Green Warbler | ac | ||||
| PAWA | Palm Warbler | r | r | ca | ac | |
| BAWW | Black-and-white Warbler | ca | ca | |||
| AMRE | American Redstart | r | r | ca | ||
| NOWA | Northern Waterthrush | ca | r | r | ac | |
| MACW | MacGillivray's Warbler | u | r | r | ||
| COYE | * | Common Yellowthroat | f | f | f | ca |
| WIWA | Wilson's Warbler | c | f | c | ||
| WETA | * | Western Tanager | f | f | f | |
| SPTO | * | Spotted Towhee | c | f | c | c |
| ATSP | American Tree Sparrow | u | u | u | ||
| CHSP | Chipping Sparrow | u | r | u | ||
| CCSP | Clay-colored Sparrow | ac | ac | |||
| VESP | Vesper Sparrow | ac | ac | |||
| SAVS | * | Savannah Sparrow | c | c | f | u |
| FOSP | Fox Sparrow | c | r | f | c | |
| SOSP | * | Song Sparrow | a | c | a | a |
| LISP | Lincoln's Sparrow | u | ca | f | u | |
| SWSP | Swamp Sparrow | u | r | u | u | |
| WTSP | White-throated Sparrow | u | u | r | ||
| HASP | Harris's Sparrow | r | r | r | ||
| WCSP | White-crowned Sparrow | c | u | c | c | |
| GCSP | Golden-crowned Sparrow | c | ca | c | c | |
| DEJU | Dark-eyed Junco | c | u | c | c | |
| LALO | Lapland Longspur | u | u | u | ||
| SNBU | Snow Bunting | u | u | u | ||
| BHGR | * | Black-headed Grosbeak | f | f | f | |
| BOBO | Bobolink | ca | ||||
| RWBL | * | Red-winged Blackbird | a | a | a | c |
| WEME | Western Meadowlark | u | r | u | ||
| YHBL | Yellow-headed Blackbird | u | u | u | r | |
| RUBL | Rusty Blackbird | ac | ca | ca | ||
| BRBL | * | Brewer's Blackbird | c | c | f | f |
| COGR | Common Grackle | ac | ||||
| BHCO | * | Brown-headed Cowbird | f | c | f | r |
| BUOR | * | Bullock's Oriole | u | f | r | |
| BRAM | Brambling | ac | ca | ac | ||
| PIGR | Pine Grosbeak | ca | ca | ca | ||
| PUFI | Purple Finch | c | u | f | f | |
| HOFI | * | House Finch | c | c | f | f |
| RECR | Red Crossbill | u | u | u | u | |
| CORE | Common Redpoll | r | r | r | ||
| PISI | Pine Siskin | f | u | f | f | |
| AMGO | * | American Goldfinch | f | c | f | u |
| EVGR | Evening Grosbeak | u | u | u | u | |
| HOSP | * | House Sparrow [I] | f | f | f | f |