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King County Bird Guide

A guide to identifying the wide variety of birds in King County of Washington State.

Sora 1
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 2
Rallus limicola
American Coot 3
Fulica americana
Grey Partridge 4
Perdix perdix
Ruffed Grouse 5
Bonasa umbellus
White-tailed Ptarmigan 6
Lagopus leucura
Ring-necked Pheasant 7
Phasianus colchicus
Indian Peafowl 8
Pavo cristatus
Dusky Grouse 9
Dendragapus obscurus
California Quail 10
Callipepla californica
Belted Kingfisher 11
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 12
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Dove 13
Columba livia
Band-tailed Pigeon 14
Patagioenas fasciata
Mourning Dove 15
Zenaida macroura
Brown Booby 16
Sula leucogaster
Rock Sandpiper 17
Calidris ptilocnemis
Red Knot 18
Calidris canutus
Sanderling 19
Calidris alba
Western Sandpiper 20
Calidris mauri
Dunlin 21
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 19
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 22
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 23
Calidris melanotos
Short-billed Dowitcher 24
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 25
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Greater Yellowlegs 18
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 26
Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel 23
Numenius phaeopus
Long-billed Curlew 1
Numenius americanus
Common Snipe 27
Gallinago gallinago
Black Turnstone 14
Arenaria melanocephala
Eared Grebe 28
Podiceps nigricollis
Horned Grebe 18
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 29
Podiceps grisegena
Clark's Grebe 18
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 1
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 30
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 31
Phalacrocorax auritus
Brandt's Cormorant 1
Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Pelagic Cormorant 32
Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Brown Pelican 33
Pelecanus occidentalis
Large White-headed Gulls 34
Larus
Western Gull 35
Larus occidentalis
Heermann's Gull
Larus heermanni
Mew Gull 36
Larus canus
Iceland Gull 37
Larus glaucoides
Ring-billed Gull 38
Larus delawarensis
Slaty-backed Gull 39
Larus schistisagus
Herring Gull 40
Larus argentatus
California Gull 41
Larus californicus
Glaucous-winged Gull 42
Larus glaucescens
Pigeon Guillemot 1
Cepphus columba
Arctic Tern 2
Sterna paradisaea
Common Tern 43
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 44
Chlidonias niger
Common Murre 1
Uria aalge
Marbled Murrelet 45
Brachyramphus marmoratus
Rhinoceros Auklet 11
Cerorhinca monocerata
Swallow-tailed Gull 46
Creagrus furcatus
Common Loon 9
Gavia immer
Red-throated Loon 47
Gavia stellata
Typical Falcons 48
Falco
Prairie Falcon 49
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 50
Falco peregrinus
Gyrfalcon 51
Falco rusticolus
American Kestrel 52
Falco sparverius
Merlin 49
Falco columbarius
Crested Caracara 53
Caracara cheriway
Turkey Vulture 54
Cathartes aura
California Condor 55
Gymnogyps californianus
Killdeer 56
Charadrius vociferus
Semipalmated Plover 57
Charadrius semipalmatus
Black Oystercatcher 1
Haematopus bachmani
American Avocet 58
Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover 59
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden Plover 60
Pluvialis dominica
Pacific Golden Plover 61
Pluvialis fulva
Great Blue Heron 1
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 62
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret 59
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 63
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 64
Botaurus lentiginosus
Golden Eagle 65
Aquila chrysaetos
Accipiters 66
Accipiter
Sharp-shinned Hawk 11
Accipiter striatus
Northern Goshawk 67
Accipiter gentilis
Cooper's Hawk 68
Accipiter cooperii
Circus cyaneus 49
Swainson's Hawk 69
Buteo swainsoni
Rough-legged Hawk 70
Buteo lagopus
Red-tailed Hawk 71
Buteo jamaicensis
Bald Eagle 72
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Anna's Hummingbird 59
Calypte anna
Rufous Hummingbird 71
Selasphorus rufus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 9
Archilochus alexandri
Vaux's Swift 49
Chaetura vauxi
Black Swift 73
Cypseloides niger
Trumpeter Swan 74
Cygnus buccinator
Tundra Swan 75
Cygnus columbianus

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