Birds of Montana

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Montana Species Snapshot
All Montana Bird Species
Montana Natural Heritage Program.
Retrieved on May 27, 2018, from http://mtnhp.org/SpeciesSnapshot/

American Avocet 1
Recurvirostra americana
American Golden-Plover 2
Pluvialis dominica
American Woodcock 3
Scolopax minor
Ancient Murrelet 4
Synthliboramphus antiquus
Arctic Tern 5
Sterna paradisaea
Baird's Sandpiper 6
Calidris bairdii
Black Tern 7
Chlidonias niger
Black Turnstone 8
Arenaria melanocephala
Black-bellied Plover 9
Pluvialis squatarola
Black-legged Kittiwake 10
Rissa tridactyla
Black-necked Stilt 8
Himantopus mexicanus
Bonaparte's Gull 11
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 3
Calidris subruficollis
California Gull 12
Larus californicus
Caspian Tern 13
Hydroprogne caspia
Common Tern 14
Sterna hirundo
Curlew Sandpiper 15
Calidris ferruginea
Dunlin 16
Calidris alpina
Forster's Tern 17
Sterna forsteri
Franklin's Gull 18
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Glaucous Gull 19
Larus hyperboreus
Glaucous-winged Gull 20
Larus glaucescens
Great Black-backed Gull 21
Larus marinus
Greater Yellowlegs 11
Tringa melanoleuca
Herring Gull 22
Larus argentatus
Hudsonian Godwit 23
Limosa haemastica
Iceland Gull 24
Larus glaucoides
Killdeer 25
Charadrius vociferus
Laughing Gull 26
Leucophaeus atricilla
Least Sandpiper 27
Calidris minutilla
Least Tern 28
Sternula antillarum
Lesser Black-backed Gull 29
Larus fuscus
Lesser Yellowlegs 30
Tringa flavipes
Little Gull 31
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Long-billed Curlew 32
Numenius americanus
Long-billed Dowitcher 33
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Long-billed Murrelet 34
Brachyramphus perdix
Long-tailed Jaeger 35
Stercorarius longicaudus
Marbled Godwit 36
Limosa fedoa
Mew Gull 37
Larus canus
Mountain Plover 9
Charadrius montanus
Parasitic Jaeger 9
Stercorarius parasiticus
Pectoral Sandpiper 15
Calidris melanotos
Piping Plover 38
Charadrius melodus
Pomarine Jaeger 39
Stercorarius pomarinus
Purple Sandpiper 15
Calidris maritima
Red Knot 11
Calidris canutus
Red Phalarope 15
Phalaropus fulicarius
Red-necked Phalarope 32
Phalaropus lobatus
Ring-billed Gull 40
Larus delawarensis
Ross's Gull 41
Rhodostethia rosea
Ruddy Turnstone 42
Arenaria interpres
Sabine's Gull 3
Xema sabini
Sanderling 43
Calidris alba
Semipalmated Plover 44
Charadrius semipalmatus
Semipalmated Sandpiper 43
Calidris pusilla
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 3
Calidris acuminata
Short-billed Dowitcher 45
Limnodromus griseus
Snowy Plover 32
Charadrius nivosus
Solitary Sandpiper 11
Tringa solitaria
Spotted Sandpiper 46
Actitis macularius
Stilt Sandpiper 47
Calidris himantopus
Upland Sandpiper 3
Bartramia longicauda
Western Gull 6
Larus occidentalis
Western Sandpiper 48
Calidris mauri
Whimbrel 15
Numenius phaeopus
White-rumped Sandpiper 3
Calidris fuscicollis
Willet 3
Tringa semipalmata
Wilson's Phalarope 49
Phalaropus tricolor
Wilson's Snipe 50
Gallinago delicata

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