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Birds of the Okanagan-Similkameen

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen is a very large (just over 10,000 square km) area with a great deal of natural diversity in both habitat and species. The habitats range from endangered native grasslands and sagebrush scrub, Ponderosa pine meadows, to high sub-alpine. ...more ↓

Cooper's Hawk 1
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 3
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Buteo jamaicensis
Western Red-tailed Hawk 5
Buteo jamaicensis calurus
Swainson's Hawk 6
Buteo swainsoni
Bald Eagle 7
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Barn Swallow 8
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 9
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 10
Tachycineta thalassina
Bank Swallow 11
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Brewer's Blackbird 13
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 12
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 14
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bullock's Oriole 12
Icterus bullockii
Western Meadowlark 15
Sturnella neglecta
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 17
Lanius borealis
Black-capped Chickadee 18
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 12
Poecile gambeli
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 19
Poecile rufescens
House Sparrow 20
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 6
Sitta canadensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 21
Sitta pygmaea
European Starling 22
Sturnus vulgaris
Canyon Wren 23
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 12
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 12
Troglodytes aedon
Pacific Wren 24
Troglodytes pacificus
Marsh Wren 9
Cistothorus palustris
American Robin 25
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 26
Catharus guttatus
Swainson's Thrush 27
Catharus ustulatus
Mountain Bluebird 15
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 26
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 17
Myadestes townsendi
Varied Thrush 28
Ixoreus naevius
Western Wood-Pewee 29
Contopus sordidulus
Dusky Flycatcher 12
Empidonax oberholseri
Willow Flycatcher 30
Empidonax traillii
Gray Flycatcher 12
Empidonax wrightii
Eastern Kingbird 31
Tyrannus tyrannus
Western Kingbird 19
Tyrannus verticalis
Say's Phoebe 30
Sayornis saya
Cassin's Vireo 12
Vireo cassinii
Warbling Vireo 32
Vireo gilvus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 33
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 34
Regulus satrapa
Dark-eyed Junco 35
Junco hyemalis
Vesper Sparrow 15
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 36
Chondestes grammacus
Song Sparrow 18
Melospiza melodia
Brewer's Sparrow 23
Spizella breweri
Clay-colored Sparrow 12
Spizella pallida
Chipping Sparrow 37
Spizella passerina
White-throated Sparrow 38
Zonotrichia albicollis
Golden-crowned Sparrow 39
Zonotrichia atricapilla
White-crowned Sparrow 40
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Spotted Towhee 41
Pipilo maculatus
Yellow-breasted Chat 19
Icteria virens
Gray Catbird 12
Dumetella carolinensis
Sage Thrasher 42
Oreoscoptes montanus
Lazuli Bunting 19
Passerina amoena
Black-headed Grosbeak 15
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western Tanager 12
Piranga ludoviciana
Wilson's Warbler 43
Cardellina pusilla
Yellow-rumped Warbler 44
Setophaga coronata
Yellow Warbler 45
Setophaga petechia
Townsend's Warbler 46
Setophaga townsendi
Nashville Warbler 47
Oreothlypis ruficapilla
Horned Lark 48
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 49
Bombycilla cedrorum
Bohemian Waxwing 9
Bombycilla garrulus
American Dipper 15
Cinclus mexicanus
American Crow 50
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 51
Corvus corax
Steller's Jay 13
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 52
Pica hudsonia
Canada Jay 53
Perisoreus canadensis
Clark's Nutcracker 54
Nucifraga columbiana
Red Crossbill 55
Loxia curvirostra
Pine Siskin 56
Spinus pinus
American Goldfinch 57
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 15
Haemorhous cassinii
House Finch 58
Haemorhous mexicanus
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 36
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Pine Grosbeak 59
Pinicola enucleator

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