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.

All 35

Barn Swallow ¹
Hirundo rustica

Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus

Red-breasted Nuthatch ²
Sitta canadensis

Black-billed Magpie ³
Pica hudsonia

American Crow ⁴
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven ⁵
Corvus corax

House Wren ⁶
Troglodytes aedon

American Robin ⁷
Turdus migratorius

Cedar Waxwing ⁸
Bombycilla cedrorum

European Starling ⁹
Sturnus vulgaris

Chipping Sparrow ¹⁰
Spizella passerina

Song Sparrow ¹¹
Melospiza melodia

Dark-eyed Junco ¹¹
Junco hyemalis

Red-winged Blackbird ¹²
Agelaius phoeniceus

Brewer's Blackbird ¹³
Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird ⁶
Molothrus ater

American Goldfinch ¹⁴
Spinus tristis

House Finch ¹⁵
Haemorhous mexicanus

House Sparrow ¹⁶
Passer domesticus

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Common Birds of the Palouse

Barn Swallow 1 Hirundo rustica

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus

Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 Sitta canadensis

Black-billed Magpie 3 Pica hudsonia

American Crow 4 Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven 5 Corvus corax

House Wren 6 Troglodytes aedon

American Robin 7 Turdus migratorius

Cedar Waxwing 8 Bombycilla cedrorum

European Starling 9 Sturnus vulgaris

Chipping Sparrow 10 Spizella passerina

Song Sparrow 11 Melospiza melodia

Dark-eyed Junco 11 Junco hyemalis

Red-winged Blackbird 12 Agelaius phoeniceus

Brewer's Blackbird 13 Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird 6 Molothrus ater

American Goldfinch 14 Spinus tristis

House Finch 15 Haemorhous mexicanus

House Sparrow 16 Passer domesticus