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 ↓

Barn Swallow ¹
Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow ²
Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow ³
Tachycineta thalassina

Bank Swallow ⁴
Riparia riparia

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ⁵
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Brewer's Blackbird ⁶
Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird ⁵
Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird ⁷
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bullock's Oriole ⁵
Icterus bullockii

Western Meadowlark ⁸
Sturnella neglecta

Red-winged Blackbird ⁹
Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike ¹⁰
Lanius borealis

Black-capped Chickadee ¹¹
Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee ⁵
Poecile gambeli

Chestnut-backed Chickadee ¹²
Poecile rufescens

House Sparrow ¹³
Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch ¹⁴
Sitta canadensis

Pygmy Nuthatch ¹⁵
Sitta pygmaea

European Starling ¹⁶
Sturnus vulgaris

Canyon Wren ¹⁷
Catherpes mexicanus

Rock Wren ⁵
Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren ⁵
Troglodytes aedon

Pacific Wren ¹⁸
Troglodytes pacificus

Marsh Wren ²
Cistothorus palustris

American Robin ¹⁹
Turdus migratorius

Hermit Thrush ²⁰
Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush ²¹
Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird ⁸
Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird ²⁰
Sialia mexicana

Townsend's Solitaire ¹⁰
Myadestes townsendi

Varied Thrush ²²
Ixoreus naevius

Western Wood-Pewee ²³
Contopus sordidulus

Dusky Flycatcher ⁵
Empidonax oberholseri

Willow Flycatcher ²⁴
Empidonax traillii

Gray Flycatcher ⁵
Empidonax wrightii

Eastern Kingbird ²⁵
Tyrannus tyrannus

Western Kingbird ¹²
Tyrannus verticalis

Say's Phoebe ²⁴
Sayornis saya

Cassin's Vireo ⁵
Vireo cassinii

Warbling Vireo ²⁶
Vireo gilvus

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ²⁷
Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet ²⁸
Regulus satrapa

Dark-eyed Junco ²⁹
Junco hyemalis

Vesper Sparrow ⁸
Pooecetes gramineus

Lark Sparrow ³⁰
Chondestes grammacus

Song Sparrow ¹¹
Melospiza melodia

Brewer's Sparrow ¹⁷
Spizella breweri

Clay-colored Sparrow ⁵
Spizella pallida

Chipping Sparrow ³¹
Spizella passerina

White-throated Sparrow ³²
Zonotrichia albicollis

Golden-crowned Sparrow ³³
Zonotrichia atricapilla

White-crowned Sparrow ³⁴
Zonotrichia leucophrys

Spotted Towhee ³⁵
Pipilo maculatus

Yellow-breasted Chat ¹²
Icteria virens

Gray Catbird ⁵
Dumetella carolinensis

Sage Thrasher ³⁶
Oreoscoptes montanus

Lazuli Bunting ¹²
Passerina amoena

Black-headed Grosbeak ⁸
Pheucticus melanocephalus

Western Tanager ⁵
Piranga ludoviciana

Wilson's Warbler ³⁷
Cardellina pusilla

Yellow-rumped Warbler ³⁸
Setophaga coronata

Yellow Warbler ³⁹
Setophaga petechia

Townsend's Warbler ⁴⁰
Setophaga townsendi

Nashville Warbler ⁴¹
Oreothlypis ruficapilla

Horned Lark ⁴²
Eremophila alpestris

Cedar Waxwing ⁴³
Bombycilla cedrorum

Bohemian Waxwing ²
Bombycilla garrulus

American Dipper ⁸
Cinclus mexicanus

American Crow ⁴⁴
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven ⁴⁵
Corvus corax

Steller's Jay ⁶
Cyanocitta stelleri

Black-billed Magpie ⁴⁶
Pica hudsonia

Canada Jay ⁴⁷
Perisoreus canadensis

Clark's Nutcracker ⁴⁸
Nucifraga columbiana

Red Crossbill ⁴⁹
Loxia curvirostra

Pine Siskin ⁵⁰
Spinus pinus

American Goldfinch ⁵¹
Spinus tristis

Cassin's Finch ⁸
Haemorhous cassinii

House Finch ⁵²
Haemorhous mexicanus

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch ³⁰
Leucosticte tephrocotis

Pine Grosbeak ⁵³
Pinicola enucleator

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Birds of the Okanagan-Similkameen

Barn Swallow 1 Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow 2 Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow 3 Tachycineta thalassina

Bank Swallow 4 Riparia riparia

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5 Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Brewer's Blackbird 6 Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird 5 Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird 7 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bullock's Oriole 5 Icterus bullockii

Western Meadowlark 8 Sturnella neglecta

Red-winged Blackbird 9 Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike 10 Lanius borealis

Black-capped Chickadee 11 Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee 5 Poecile gambeli

Chestnut-backed Chickadee 12 Poecile rufescens

House Sparrow 13 Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch 14 Sitta canadensis

Pygmy Nuthatch 15 Sitta pygmaea

European Starling 16 Sturnus vulgaris

Canyon Wren 17 Catherpes mexicanus

Rock Wren 5 Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren 5 Troglodytes aedon

Pacific Wren 18 Troglodytes pacificus

Marsh Wren 2 Cistothorus palustris

American Robin 19 Turdus migratorius

Hermit Thrush 20 Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush 21 Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird 8 Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird 20 Sialia mexicana

Townsend's Solitaire 10 Myadestes townsendi

Varied Thrush 22 Ixoreus naevius

Western Wood-Pewee 23 Contopus sordidulus

Dusky Flycatcher 5 Empidonax oberholseri

Willow Flycatcher 24 Empidonax traillii

Gray Flycatcher 5 Empidonax wrightii

Eastern Kingbird 25 Tyrannus tyrannus

Western Kingbird 12 Tyrannus verticalis

Say's Phoebe 24 Sayornis saya

Cassin's Vireo 5 Vireo cassinii

Warbling Vireo 26 Vireo gilvus

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 27 Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet 28 Regulus satrapa

Dark-eyed Junco 29 Junco hyemalis

Vesper Sparrow 8 Pooecetes gramineus

Lark Sparrow 30 Chondestes grammacus

Song Sparrow 11 Melospiza melodia

Brewer's Sparrow 17 Spizella breweri

Clay-colored Sparrow 5 Spizella pallida

Chipping Sparrow 31 Spizella passerina

White-throated Sparrow 32 Zonotrichia albicollis

Golden-crowned Sparrow 33 Zonotrichia atricapilla

White-crowned Sparrow 34 Zonotrichia leucophrys

Spotted Towhee 35 Pipilo maculatus

Yellow-breasted Chat 12 Icteria virens

Gray Catbird 5 Dumetella carolinensis

Sage Thrasher 36 Oreoscoptes montanus

Lazuli Bunting 12 Passerina amoena

Black-headed Grosbeak 8 Pheucticus melanocephalus

Western Tanager 5 Piranga ludoviciana

Wilson's Warbler 37 Cardellina pusilla

Yellow-rumped Warbler 38 Setophaga coronata

Yellow Warbler 39 Setophaga petechia

Townsend's Warbler 40 Setophaga townsendi

Nashville Warbler 41 Oreothlypis ruficapilla

Horned Lark 42 Eremophila alpestris

Cedar Waxwing 43 Bombycilla cedrorum

Bohemian Waxwing 2 Bombycilla garrulus

American Dipper 8 Cinclus mexicanus

American Crow 44 Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven 45 Corvus corax

Steller's Jay 6 Cyanocitta stelleri

Black-billed Magpie 46 Pica hudsonia

Canada Jay 47 Perisoreus canadensis

Clark's Nutcracker 48 Nucifraga columbiana

Red Crossbill 49 Loxia curvirostra

Pine Siskin 50 Spinus pinus

American Goldfinch 51 Spinus tristis

Cassin's Finch 8 Haemorhous cassinii

House Finch 52 Haemorhous mexicanus