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High Line Canal - Bird Guide

This is a guide to probable common birds on the High Line Canal.
Note, this guide was created from baseline data collected from areas near to or on the High Line Canal. There may be some inaccurate data.

Alder Flycatcher 1
Empidonax alnorum
American Crow 2
Corvus brachyrhynchos
American Dipper 3
Cinclus mexicanus
American Goldfinch 4
Spinus tristis
American Kestrel 5
Falco sparverius
American Redstart 6
Setophaga ruticilla
American Robin 7
Turdus migratorius
American Tree Sparrow 8
Spizelloides arborea
Band-tailed Pigeon 9
Patagioenas fasciata
Bank swallow 10
Riparia riparia
Belted Kingfisher 11
Megaceryle alcyon
Black Phoebe 12
Sayornis nigricans
Black-billed Magpie 13
Pica hudsonia
Black-chinned Hummingbird 14
Archilochus alexandri
Black-headed Grosbeak 3
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Blue Grosbeak 15
Passerina caerulea
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 16
Polioptila caerulea
Blue-winged Warbler 17
Vermivora cyanoptera
Bohemian Waxwing 18
Bombycilla garrulus
Brewer's Blackbird 17
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 5
Selasphorus platycercus
Brown Creeper 19
Certhia americana
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 16
Leucosticte australis
Brown-headed Cowbird 16
Molothrus ater
Bullock's Oriole 16
Icterus bullockii
Bushtit 20
Psaltriparus minimus
Calliope Hummingbird 21
Selasphorus calliope
Canada Warbler 22
Cardellina canadensis
Canyon Wren 23
Catherpes mexicanus
Cape May Warbler 12
Setophaga tigrina
Chipping Sparrow 24
Spizella passerina
Clark's Nutcracker 25
Nucifraga columbiana
Clay-colored Sparrow 16
Spizella pallida
Cliff Swallow 26
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Common Goldeneye 9
Bucephala clangula
Common Grackle 27
Quiscalus quiscula
Common Nighthawk 3
Chordeiles minor
Common Raven 28
Corvus corax
Common Redpoll 29
Acanthis flammea
Common Yellowthroat 30
Geothlypis trichas
Cordilleran Flycatcher 16
Empidonax occidentalis
Dark-eyed Junco 31
Junco hyemalis
Double-crested Cormorant 32
Phalacrocorax auritus
Downy Woodpecker 33
Picoides pubescens
Eastern Bluebird 34
Sialia sialis
Eastern Kingbird 35
Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern Phoebe 36
Sayornis phoebe
Eurasian collared-dove 37
Streptopelia decaocto
European Starling 38
Sturnus vulgaris
Evening Grosbeak 39
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden-crowned Sparrow 40
Zonotrichia atricapilla
Gray Catbird 16
Dumetella carolinensis
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 15
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Green-tailed Towhee 16
Pipilo chlorurus
Green-winged Teal 41
Anas crecca
Hairy Woodpecker 42
Picoides villosus
Harris's Sparrow 43
Zonotrichia querula
Horned Grebe 12
Podiceps auritus
Horned Lark 44
Eremophila alpestris
House Finch 45
Haemorhous mexicanus
House Sparrow 46
Passer domesticus
House Wren 16
Troglodytes aedon
Indigo Bunting 47
Passerina cyanea
Lark Bunting 16
Calamospiza melanocorys
Lark Sparrow 15
Chondestes grammacus
Lazuli Bunting 48
Passerina amoena
Least Flycatcher 49
Empidonax minimus
Lesser Goldfinch 3
Spinus psaltria
Loggerhead Shrike 3
Lanius ludovicianus
MacGillivray's Warbler 23
Geothlypis tolmiei
Mountain Bluebird 15
Sialia currucoides
Mourning Dove 50
Zenaida macroura
Mourning Warbler 21
Geothlypis philadelphia
Northern Flicker 51
Colaptes auratus
Northern Harrier 21
Circus hudsonius
Northern Mockingbird 52
Mimus polyglottos
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 16
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Northern Shrike 5
Lanius borealis
Olive-sided Flycatcher 53
Contopus cooperi
Orange-crowned Warbler 11
Oreothlypis celata
Pied-billed Grebe 54
Podilymbus podiceps
Pine Siskin 55
Spinus pinus
Plumbeous Vireo 16
Vireo plumbeus
Pygmy Nuthatch 54
Sitta pygmaea
Red-eyed Vireo 56
Vireo olivaceus
Red-naped Sapsucker 57
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Red-winged Blackbird 58
Agelaius phoeniceus
Rock Dove 59
Columba livia
Rock Wren 16
Salpinctes obsoletus
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 60
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 61
Regulus calendula
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 62
Archilochus colubris
Rufous Hummingbird 63
Selasphorus rufus
Sage Thrasher 21
Oreoscoptes montanus
Say's Phoebe 52
Sayornis saya
Song Sparrow 31
Melospiza melodia
Spotted Towhee 64
Pipilo maculatus
Steller's Jay 65
Cyanocitta stelleri
Swainson's Thrush 66
Catharus ustulatus
Swallow-tailed Kite 16
Elanoides forficatus

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