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King County Bird Guide

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

Mallard 1
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 2
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 3
Anas crecca
Cinnamon Teal 4
Anas cyanoptera
Gadwall 5
Anas strepera
Goldeneyes and Bufflehead 6
Bucephala
Common Goldeneye 7
Bucephala clangula
Bufflehead 8
Bucephala albeola
Barrow's Goldeneye 7
Bucephala islandica
Red-breasted Merganser 9
Mergus serrator
Common Merganser 5
Mergus merganser
Greylag Goose 10
Anser anser
Greater White-fronted Goose 11
Anser albifrons
White-winged Scoter 12
Melanitta fusca
Surf Scoter 13
Melanitta perspicillata
Ring-necked Duck 8
Aythya collaris
Tufted Duck 8
Aythya fuligula
Greater Scaup 14
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 15
Aythya affinis
Redhead 16
Aythya americana
Canvasback 17
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 18
Oxyura jamaicensis
Brant 19
Branta bernicla
Canada Goose 20
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 21
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 22
Lophodytes cucullatus
Harlequin Duck 23
Histrionicus histrionicus
Muscovy Duck 24
Cairina moschata
Long-tailed Duck 25
Clangula hyemalis
Bushtit 26
Psaltriparus minimus
Horned Lark 27
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 28
Bombycilla cedrorum
Bohemian Waxwing 8
Bombycilla garrulus
Brown Creeper 29
Certhia americana
Canyon Wren 30
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 17
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 17
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 31
Thryomanes bewickii
Marsh Wren 8
Cistothorus palustris
American Dipper 31
Cinclus mexicanus
Common Raven 32
Corvus corax
Northwestern Crow 33
Corvus caurinus
American Crow 34
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Steller's Jay 35
Cyanocitta stelleri
Canada Jay 36
Perisoreus canadensis
Clark's Nutcracker 18
Nucifraga columbiana
Lincoln's Sparrow 37
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 38
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 39
Spizella passerina
Brewer's Sparrow 30
Spizella breweri
Clay-colored Sparrow 17
Spizella pallida
Fox Sparrow 40
Passerella iliaca
White-crowned Sparrow 41
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Harris's Sparrow 42
Zonotrichia querula
White-throated Sparrow 43
Zonotrichia albicollis
Golden-crowned Sparrow 44
Zonotrichia atricapilla
Baltimore Oriole 45
Icterus galbula
Bullock's Oriole 17
Icterus bullockii
Spotted Towhee 46
Pipilo maculatus
Western Meadowlark 31
Sturnella neglecta
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 47
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Common Yellowthroat 48
Geothlypis trichas
Red-winged Blackbird 49
Agelaius phoeniceus
Pine Grosbeak 50
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 51
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Western Tanager 17
Piranga ludoviciana
Savannah Sparrow 52
Passerculus sandwichensis
Brambling 53
Fringilla montifringilla
Dark-eyed Junco 54
Junco hyemalis
Grasshopper Sparrow 31
Ammodramus savannarum
Vesper Sparrow 31
Pooecetes gramineus
Lazuli Bunting 55
Passerina amoena
American Redstart 56
Setophaga ruticilla
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 57
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-headed Grosbeak 31
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Brewer's Blackbird 58
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 17
Molothrus ater
Red Crossbill 59
Loxia curvirostra
White-winged Crossbill 60
Loxia leucoptera
Yellow-headed Blackbird 4
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Cliff Swallow 61
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple Martin 27
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 62
Hirundo rustica
Violet-green Swallow 23
Tachycineta thalassina
Tree Swallow 8
Tachycineta bicolor
Bank Swallow 63
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 17
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Northern Shrike 64
Lanius excubitor
Loggerhead Shrike 31
Lanius ludovicianus
American Robin 65
Turdus migratorius
Swainson's Thrush 66
Catharus ustulatus
Hermit Thrush 58
Catharus guttatus
Veery 67
Catharus fuscescens
Mountain Bluebird 31
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 58
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 68
Myadestes townsendi
American Pipit 17
Anthus rubescens
House Sparrow 69
Passer domesticus
White-breasted Nuthatch 70
Sitta carolinensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 71
Sitta pygmaea

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