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King County Bird Guide

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

Bushtit 1
Psaltriparus minimus
Horned Lark 2
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 3
Bombycilla cedrorum
Bohemian Waxwing 4
Bombycilla garrulus
Brown Creeper 5
Certhia americana
Canyon Wren 6
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 7
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 7
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 8
Thryomanes bewickii
Marsh Wren 4
Cistothorus palustris
American Dipper 8
Cinclus mexicanus
Common Raven 9
Corvus corax
Northwestern Crow 10
Corvus caurinus
American Crow 11
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Steller's Jay 12
Cyanocitta stelleri
Canada Jay 13
Perisoreus canadensis
Clark's Nutcracker 14
Nucifraga columbiana
Lincoln's Sparrow 15
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 16
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 17
Spizella passerina
Brewer's Sparrow 6
Spizella breweri
Clay-colored Sparrow 7
Spizella pallida
Fox Sparrow 18
Passerella iliaca
White-crowned Sparrow 19
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Harris's Sparrow 20
Zonotrichia querula
White-throated Sparrow 21
Zonotrichia albicollis
Golden-crowned Sparrow 22
Zonotrichia atricapilla
Baltimore Oriole 23
Icterus galbula
Bullock's Oriole 7
Icterus bullockii
Spotted Towhee 24
Pipilo maculatus
Western Meadowlark 8
Sturnella neglecta
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 25
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Common Yellowthroat 26
Geothlypis trichas
Red-winged Blackbird 27
Agelaius phoeniceus
Pine Grosbeak 28
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 29
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Western Tanager 7
Piranga ludoviciana
Savannah Sparrow 30
Passerculus sandwichensis
Brambling 31
Fringilla montifringilla
Dark-eyed Junco 32
Junco hyemalis
Grasshopper Sparrow 8
Ammodramus savannarum
Vesper Sparrow 8
Pooecetes gramineus
Lazuli Bunting 33
Passerina amoena
American Redstart 34
Setophaga ruticilla
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 35
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-headed Grosbeak 8
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Brewer's Blackbird 36
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Molothrus ater
Red Crossbill 37
Loxia curvirostra
White-winged Crossbill 38
Loxia leucoptera
Yellow-headed Blackbird 39
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Cliff Swallow 40
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple Martin 2
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 41
Hirundo rustica
Violet-green Swallow 42
Tachycineta thalassina
Tree Swallow 4
Tachycineta bicolor
Bank Swallow 43
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 7
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Northern Shrike 44
Lanius excubitor
Loggerhead Shrike 8
Lanius ludovicianus
American Robin 45
Turdus migratorius
Swainson's Thrush 46
Catharus ustulatus
Hermit Thrush 36
Catharus guttatus
Veery 47
Catharus fuscescens
Mountain Bluebird 8
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 36
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 48
Myadestes townsendi
American Pipit 7
Anthus rubescens
House Sparrow 49
Passer domesticus
White-breasted Nuthatch 50
Sitta carolinensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 51
Sitta pygmaea
Red-breasted Nuthatch 52
Sitta canadensis
European Starling 53
Sturnus vulgaris
Long-tailed Mockingbird 54
Mimus longicaudatus
Northern Mockingbird 55
Mimus polyglottos
Sage Thrasher 56
Oreoscoptes montanus
Western Wood-Pewee 57
Contopus sordidulus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 58
Contopus cooperi
Empidonax Flycatchers 59
Empidonax
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 48
Empidonax difficilis
Willow Flycatcher 55
Empidonax traillii
Dusky Flycatcher 7
Empidonax oberholseri
Gray Flycatcher 7
Empidonax wrightii
Hammond's Flycatcher 59
Empidonax hammondii
Eastern Kingbird 60
Tyrannus tyrannus
Western Kingbird 33
Tyrannus verticalis
Say's Phoebe 55
Sayornis saya
Red-eyed Vireo 8
Vireo olivaceus
Hutton's Vireo 36
Vireo huttoni
Cassin's Vireo 7
Vireo cassinii
Warbling Vireo 61
Vireo gilvus
Lapland Longspur 62
Calcarius lapponicus
Snow Bunting 63
Plectrophenax nivalis
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 64
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 65
Regulus satrapa
Audubon's Warbler 66
Setophaga coronata auduboni
Oregon Junco [oreganus]
Junco hyemalis oreganus
Myrtle Warbler 67
Setophaga coronata coronata
Black-capped Chickadee 16
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 7
Poecile gambeli

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