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Birds of Western Massachusetts

Canada Goose 1
Branta canadensis
Mute Swan 2
Cygnus olor
Gadwall 3
Mareca strepera
Northern Pintail 4
Anas acuta
American Black Duck 5
Anas rubripes
Wood Duck 6
Aix sponsa
Mallard 7
Anas platyrhynchos
Green-winged Teal 8
Anas crecca
Blue-winged Teal 9
Spatula discors
Northern Shoveler 9
Spatula clypeata
Ring-necked Duck 9
Aythya collaris
Lesser Scaup 10
Aythya affinis
Common Goldeneye 11
Bucephala clangula
Common Merganser 3
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 12
Mergus serrator
Hooded Merganser 13
Lophodytes cucullatus
Ruffed Grouse 14
Bonasa umbellus
Common Pheasant 15
Phasianus colchicus
Wild Turkey 16
Meleagris gallopavo
Northern Bobwhite 17
Colinus virginianus
Common Loon 18
Gavia immer
Pied-billed Grebe 19
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 20
Phalacrocorax auritus
Great Blue Heron 21
Ardea herodias
Tricolored Heron 18
Egretta tricolor
Little Blue Heron 22
Egretta caerulea
Black-crowned Night Heron 23
Nycticorax nycticorax
Great Egret 21
Ardea alba
Green Heron 5
Butorides virescens
Least Bittern 24
Ixobrychus exilis
American Bittern 25
Botaurus lentiginosus
Turkey Vulture 26
Cathartes aura
Bald Eagle 27
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Black Vulture 28
Coragyps atratus
Sharp-shinned Hawk 29
Accipiter striatus
Osprey 30
Pandion haliaetus
Cooper's Hawk 31
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 32
Accipiter gentilis
Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius
Rough-legged Buzzard 33
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 34
Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk 35
Buteo platypterus
American Kestrel 36
Falco sparverius
American Coot 37
Fulica americana
Merlin 38
Falco columbarius
Common Gallinule 39
Gallinula galeata
Virginia Rail 40
Rallus limicola
Sora 21
Porzana carolina
Killdeer 41
Charadrius vociferus
Willet 18
Tringa semipalmata
Spotted Sandpiper 42
Actitis macularius
Upland Sandpiper 18
Bartramia longicauda
Wilson's Snipe 43
Gallinago delicata
American Woodcock 18
Scolopax minor
Laughing Gull 44
Leucophaeus atricilla
Herring Gull 45
Larus argentatus
Great Black-backed Gull 46
Larus marinus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 47
Coccyzus americanus
Mourning Dove 48
Zenaida macroura
Rock Dove 49
Columba livia
Ring-billed Gull 50
Larus delawarensis
Black-billed Cuckoo 18
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Short-eared Owl 9
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 18
Asio otus
Eastern Screech-Owl 51
Megascops asio
Great Horned Owl 52
Bubo virginianus
Barred Owl 53
Strix varia
Barn Owl 54
Tyto alba
Northern Saw-whet Owl 9
Aegolius acadicus
Common Nighthawk 24
Chordeiles minor
Eastern Whip-poor-will 55
Antrostomus vociferus
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 56
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 24
Chaetura pelagica
Belted Kingfisher 29
Megaceryle alcyon
Red-headed Woodpecker 57
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 18
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker 58
Picoides pubescens
Red-bellied Woodpecker 59
Melanerpes carolinus
Hairy Woodpecker 60
Picoides villosus
Northern Flicker 61
Colaptes auratus
Black-backed Woodpecker 58
Picoides arcticus
Pileated Woodpecker 62
Dryocopus pileatus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 63
Contopus cooperi
Eastern Wood-Pewee 18
Contopus virens
Acadian Flycatcher 64
Empidonax virescens
Least Flycatcher 65
Empidonax minimus
Willow Flycatcher 38
Empidonax traillii
Alder Flycatcher 66
Empidonax alnorum
Eastern Phoebe 67
Sayornis phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher 18
Myiarchus crinitus
Northern Shrike 36
Lanius borealis
Eastern Kingbird 68
Tyrannus tyrannus
White-eyed Vireo 69
Vireo griseus
Yellow-throated Vireo 38
Vireo flavifrons
Blue-headed Vireo 64
Vireo solitarius
Red-eyed Vireo 25
Vireo olivaceus
Warbling Vireo 13
Vireo gilvus
Blue Jay 70
Cyanocitta cristata
Common Raven 71
Corvus corax
American Crow 72
Corvus brachyrhynchos

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