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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 Redstart 5
Setophaga ruticilla
American Robin 6
Turdus migratorius
American Tree Sparrow 7
Spizelloides arborea
Bank swallow 8
Riparia riparia
Black Phoebe 9
Sayornis nigricans
Black-billed Magpie 10
Pica hudsonia
Black-headed Grosbeak 3
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Blue Grosbeak 11
Passerina caerulea
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 12
Polioptila caerulea
Blue-winged Warbler 13
Vermivora cyanoptera
Bohemian Waxwing 14
Bombycilla garrulus
Brewer's Blackbird 13
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown Creeper 15
Certhia americana
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 12
Leucosticte australis
Brown-headed Cowbird 12
Molothrus ater
Bullock's Oriole 12
Icterus bullockii
Bushtit 16
Psaltriparus minimus
Canada Warbler 17
Cardellina canadensis
Canyon Wren 18
Catherpes mexicanus
Cape May Warbler 9
Setophaga tigrina
Chipping Sparrow 19
Spizella passerina
Clark's Nutcracker 20
Nucifraga columbiana
Clay-colored Sparrow 12
Spizella pallida
Cliff Swallow 21
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Common Grackle 22
Quiscalus quiscula
Common Raven 23
Corvus corax
Common Redpoll 24
Acanthis flammea
Common Yellowthroat 25
Geothlypis trichas
Cordilleran Flycatcher 12
Empidonax occidentalis
Dark-eyed Junco 26
Junco hyemalis
Eastern Bluebird 27
Sialia sialis
Eastern Kingbird 28
Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern Phoebe 29
Sayornis phoebe
European Starling 30
Sturnus vulgaris
Evening Grosbeak 31
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden-crowned Sparrow 32
Zonotrichia atricapilla
Gray Catbird 12
Dumetella carolinensis
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 11
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Green-tailed Towhee 12
Pipilo chlorurus
Harris's Sparrow 33
Zonotrichia querula
Horned Lark 34
Eremophila alpestris
House Finch 35
Haemorhous mexicanus
House Sparrow 36
Passer domesticus
House Wren 12
Troglodytes aedon
Indigo Bunting 37
Passerina cyanea
Lark Bunting 12
Calamospiza melanocorys
Lark Sparrow 11
Chondestes grammacus
Lazuli Bunting 38
Passerina amoena
Least Flycatcher 39
Empidonax minimus
Lesser Goldfinch 3
Spinus psaltria
Loggerhead Shrike 3
Lanius ludovicianus
MacGillivray's Warbler 18
Geothlypis tolmiei
Mountain Bluebird 11
Sialia currucoides
Mourning Warbler 40
Geothlypis philadelphia
Northern Mockingbird 41
Mimus polyglottos
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Northern Shrike 42
Lanius borealis
Olive-sided Flycatcher 43
Contopus cooperi
Orange-crowned Warbler 44
Oreothlypis celata
Pine Siskin 45
Spinus pinus
Plumbeous Vireo 12
Vireo plumbeus
Pygmy Nuthatch 46
Sitta pygmaea
Red-eyed Vireo 47
Vireo olivaceus
Red-winged Blackbird 48
Agelaius phoeniceus
Rock Wren 12
Salpinctes obsoletus
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 49
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 50
Regulus calendula
Sage Thrasher 40
Oreoscoptes montanus
Say's Phoebe 41
Sayornis saya
Song Sparrow 26
Melospiza melodia
Spotted Towhee 51
Pipilo maculatus
Steller's Jay 52
Cyanocitta stelleri
Swainson's Thrush 53
Catharus ustulatus
Thick-billed Kingbird 40
Tyrannus crassirostris
Townsend's Solitaire 42
Myadestes townsendi
Tree Swallow 14
Tachycineta bicolor
Vesper Sparrow 12
Pooecetes gramineus
Violet-green Swallow 9
Tachycineta thalassina
Virginia's Warbler 12
Oreothlypis virginiae
Warbling Vireo 54
Vireo gilvus
Western Bluebird 13
Sialia mexicana
Western Kingbird 38
Tyrannus verticalis
Western Meadowlark 3
Sturnella neglecta
Western Scrub Jay 55
Aphelocoma californica
Western Tanager 12
Piranga ludoviciana
White-crowned Sparrow 56
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Willow Flycatcher 41
Empidonax traillii
Wilson's Warbler 57
Cardellina pusilla
Wood Thrush 58
Hylocichla mustelina
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 12
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Worm-eating Warbler 12
Helmitheros vermivorum
Yellow Warbler 59
Setophaga petechia
Yellow-breasted Chat 38
Icteria virens
Yellow-headed Blackbird 60
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Yellow-rumped Warbler 61
Setophaga coronata
Yellow-throated Warbler 62
Setophaga dominica

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