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Common Birds of the Palouse

Common and widespread birds of the Palouse region. Many of these are year round residents and regularly found in towns, farms, and yards throughout the region.

Canada Goose 1
Branta canadensis
Mallard 2
Anas platyrhynchos
Great Blue Heron 3
Ardea herodias
Cooper's Hawk 4
Accipiter cooperii
Red-tailed Hawk 5
Buteo jamaicensis
Ring-necked Pheasant 6
Phasianus colchicus
California Quail 7
Callipepla californica
Killdeer 8
Charadrius vociferus
Rock Pigeon 9
Columba livia
Eurasian Collared Dove 10
Streptopelia decaocto
Mourning Dove 11
Zenaida macroura
Great Horned Owl 12
Bubo virginianus
American Kestrel 13
Falco sparverius
Northern Flicker 14
Colaptes auratus
Downy Woodpecker 15
Picoides pubescens
Black-chinned Hummingbird 16
Archilochus alexandri
Barn Swallow 17
Hirundo rustica
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 18
Sitta canadensis
Black-billed Magpie 19
Pica hudsonia
American Crow 20
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 21
Corvus corax
House Wren 16
Troglodytes aedon
American Robin 22
Turdus migratorius
Cedar Waxwing 23
Bombycilla cedrorum
European Starling 24
Sturnus vulgaris
Chipping Sparrow 25
Spizella passerina
Song Sparrow 26
Melospiza melodia
Dark-eyed Junco 26
Junco hyemalis
Red-winged Blackbird 27
Agelaius phoeniceus
Brewer's Blackbird 28
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 16
Molothrus ater
American Goldfinch 29
Spinus tristis
House Finch 30
Haemorhous mexicanus
House Sparrow 31
Passer domesticus

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