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King County Bird Guide

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

Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Sitta canadensis
European Starling 2
Sturnus vulgaris
Long-tailed Mockingbird 3
Mimus longicaudatus
Northern Mockingbird 4
Mimus polyglottos
Sage Thrasher 5
Oreoscoptes montanus
Western Wood-Pewee 6
Contopus sordidulus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 7
Contopus cooperi
Empidonax Flycatchers 8
Empidonax
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 9
Empidonax difficilis
Willow Flycatcher 4
Empidonax traillii
Dusky Flycatcher 10
Empidonax oberholseri
Gray Flycatcher 10
Empidonax wrightii
Hammond's Flycatcher 8
Empidonax hammondii
Eastern Kingbird 11
Tyrannus tyrannus
Western Kingbird 12
Tyrannus verticalis
Say's Phoebe 4
Sayornis saya
Red-eyed Vireo 13
Vireo olivaceus
Hutton's Vireo 14
Vireo huttoni
Cassin's Vireo 10
Vireo cassinii
Warbling Vireo 15
Vireo gilvus
American Three-toed Woodpecker 16
Picoides dorsalis
Black-backed Woodpecker 17
Picoides arcticus
Pileated Woodpecker 18
Dryocopus pileatus
Lewis's Woodpecker 19
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 20
Colaptes auratus
Red-breasted Sapsucker 19
Sphyrapicus ruber
Common Nighthawk 13
Chordeiles minor
Western Screech-Owl 21
Megascops kennicottii
Northern Pygmy-Owl 22
Glaucidium gnoma
Barred Owl 23
Strix varia
Spotted Owl 24
Strix occidentalis
Great Horned Owl 25
Bubo virginianus
Long-eared Owl 10
Asio otus
Short-eared Owl 26
Asio flammeus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 26
Aegolius acadicus
Barn Owl 27
Tyto alba
Cackling Goose 9
Branta hutchinsii
Spotted Sandpiper 28
Actitis macularius
Sooty Grouse 9
Dendragapus fuliginosus
Lapland Longspur 29
Calcarius lapponicus
Osprey 30
Pandion haliaetus
Snow Bunting 31
Plectrophenax nivalis
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 32
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 33
Regulus satrapa
Northern Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis caurina
Domestic Goose 34
Anser anser domesticus
Feral Pigeon 35
Columba livia domestica
American Green-winged Teal 36
Anas crecca carolinensis
Audubon's Warbler 37
Setophaga coronata auduboni
North American Osprey 38
Pandion haliaetus carolinensis
Northern Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis
Oregon Junco [oreganus]
Junco hyemalis oreganus
Myrtle Warbler 39
Setophaga coronata coronata
Black Scoter 16
Melanitta americana
Spruce Grouse 40
Falcipennis canadensis
Great Egret 41
Ardea alba
Wandering Tattler 13
Tringa incana
Wilson's Snipe 42
Gallinago delicata
Wilson's Phalarope 22
Phalaropus tricolor
Bonaparte's Gull 43
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Franklin's Gull 44
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Caspian Tern 45
Hydroprogne caspia
Snowy Owl 46
Bubo scandiacus
Black-capped Chickadee 47
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 10
Poecile gambeli
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 12
Poecile rufescens
Pacific Wren 48
Troglodytes pacificus
Varied Thrush 49
Ixoreus naevius
Orange-crowned Warbler 50
Oreothlypis celata
Nashville Warbler 51
Oreothlypis ruficapilla
MacGillivray's Warbler 52
Geothlypis tolmiei
Yellow Warbler 53
Setophaga petechia
Yellow-rumped Warbler 54
Setophaga coronata
Black-throated Gray Warbler 13
Setophaga nigrescens
Townsend's Warbler 55
Setophaga townsendi
Hermit Warbler 56
Setophaga occidentalis
Wilson's Warbler 57
Cardellina pusilla
Common Redpoll 58
Acanthis flammea
Hoary Redpoll 58
Acanthis hornemanni
Pine Siskin 59
Spinus pinus
American Goldfinch 60
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 13
Haemorhous cassinii
House Finch 61
Haemorhous mexicanus
Purple Finch 62
Haemorhous purpureus
Calliope Hummingbird 5
Selasphorus calliope
Domestic Muscovy Duck 63
Cairina moschata domestica
Black Brant 64
Branta bernicla nigricans
Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii
Tule Goose
Anser albifrons elgasi
Domestic Duck 65
Anas platyrhynchos domesticus
Northwest Coast Heron 66
Ardea herodias fannini
Red-shafted Flicker 20
Colaptes auratus cafer
Black Merlin
Falco columbarius suckleyi
Olympic Gull 67
Larus glaucescens × occidentalis
Puget Sound White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys pugetensis
Surfbird 12
Calidris virgata
American Barn Swallow 9
Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis 68
Progne subis arboricola 69
Northern Mallard 13
Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos

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