Birds of Washington County

This guide covers all birds seen in Washington County, OR. From common backyard birds to vagrants. This guide is composed of data from Inaturalist, Ebird, and OBOL.

Cliff Swallow 1
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple Martin 2
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 3
Hirundo rustica
American Barn Swallow 4
Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
Tree Swallow 5
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 6
Tachycineta thalassina
Bank Swallow 7
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Rusty Blackbird 9
Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird 10
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Molothrus ater
Bullock's Oriole 11
Icterus bullockii
Western Meadowlark 12
Sturnella neglecta
Red-winged Blackbird 13
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 4
Lanius borealis
Northern Shrike 14
Lanius excubitor
Black-capped Chickadee 15
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 8
Poecile gambeli
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 16
Poecile rufescens
House Sparrow 17
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 18
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 19
Sitta carolinensis
Slender-billed White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis aculeata
European Starling 20
Sturnus vulgaris
House Wren 8
Troglodytes aedon
Pacific Wren 21
Troglodytes pacificus
Bewick's Wren 12
Thryomanes bewickii
Marsh Wren 5
Cistothorus palustris
American Robin 22
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 10
Catharus guttatus
Swainson's Thrush 23
Catharus ustulatus
Western Bluebird 10
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 4
Myadestes townsendi
Varied Thrush 24
Ixoreus naevius
Olive-sided Flycatcher 25
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 26
Contopus sordidulus
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 4
Empidonax difficilis
Hammond's Flycatcher 27
Empidonax hammondii
Dusky Flycatcher 8
Empidonax oberholseri
Willow Flycatcher 28
Empidonax traillii
Black Phoebe 6
Sayornis nigricans
Say's Phoebe 28
Sayornis saya
Cassin's Vireo 8
Vireo cassinii
Warbling Vireo 29
Vireo gilvus
Hutton's Vireo 10
Vireo huttoni
Red-eyed Vireo 12
Vireo olivaceus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 30
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 31
Regulus satrapa
Lapland Longspur 32
Calcarius lapponicus
Wrentit 33
Chamaea fasciata
Dark-eyed Junco 34
Junco hyemalis
Alaskan Oregon Junco
Junco hyemalis oreganus
Vesper Sparrow 12
Pooecetes gramineus
Lincoln's Sparrow 35
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 10
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 36
Spizella passerina
Fox Sparrow 37
Passerella iliaca
White-throated Sparrow 39
Zonotrichia albicollis
Golden-crowned Sparrow 40
Zonotrichia atricapilla
White-crowned Sparrow 41
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Spotted Towhee 42
Pipilo maculatus
Savannah Sparrow 43
Passerculus sandwichensis
Yellow-breasted Chat 16
Icteria virens
Northern Mockingbird 28
Mimus polyglottos
Lazuli Bunting 16
Passerina amoena
Black-headed Grosbeak 12
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western Tanager 8
Piranga ludoviciana
American Pipit 8
Anthus rubescens
Wilson's Warbler 44
Cardellina pusilla
Yellow-rumped Warbler 45
Setophaga coronata
Audubon's Warbler 46
Setophaga coronata auduboni
Myrtle Warbler 47
Setophaga coronata coronata
Black-throated Gray Warbler 12
Setophaga nigrescens
Hermit Warbler 48
Setophaga occidentalis
Yellow Warbler 49
Setophaga petechia
Townsend's Warbler 50
Setophaga townsendi
Orange-crowned Warbler 37
Oreothlypis celata
Nashville Warbler 51
Oreothlypis ruficapilla
MacGillivray's Warbler 11
Geothlypis tolmiei
Common Yellowthroat 52
Geothlypis trichas
Bushtit 53
Psaltriparus minimus
Horned Lark 54
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 55
Bombycilla cedrorum
Bohemian Waxwing 5
Bombycilla garrulus
Brown Creeper 56
Certhia americana
American Dipper 12
Cinclus mexicanus
California Scrub-Jay 28
Aphelocoma californica
American Crow 57
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 58
Corvus corax
Steller's Jay 59
Cyanocitta stelleri
Canada Jay 60
Perisoreus canadensis
Clark's Nutcracker 61
Nucifraga columbiana
Red Crossbill 62
Loxia curvirostra
White-winged Crossbill 63
Loxia leucoptera
Pine Siskin 64
Spinus pinus
Lesser Goldfinch 12
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 65
Spinus tristis
House Finch 66
Haemorhous mexicanus
Purple Finch 14
Haemorhous purpureus

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