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Guide to the Birds of West Virginia

These are all the birds that have been observed on INaturalist in West Virginia.

Redhead 1
Aythya americana
Canvasback 2
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 3
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 4
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 5
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 6
Lophodytes cucullatus
Muscovy Duck 7
Cairina moschata
Long-tailed Duck 8
Clangula hyemalis
Horned Lark 9
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 10
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 11
Certhia americana
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Polioptila caerulea
Carolina Wren 12
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 2
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 13
Thryomanes bewickii
Sedge Wren 2
Cistothorus platensis
Marsh Wren 14
Cistothorus palustris
Fish Crow 13
Corvus ossifragus
Common Raven 15
Corvus corax
American Crow 16
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue Jay 17
Cyanocitta cristata
Northern Cardinal 18
Cardinalis cardinalis
Lincoln's Sparrow 19
Melospiza lincolnii
Swamp Sparrow 20
Melospiza georgiana
Song Sparrow 21
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 22
Spizella passerina
Field Sparrow 19
Spizella pusilla
Fox Sparrow 23
Passerella iliaca
White-crowned Sparrow 24
Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated Sparrow 25
Zonotrichia albicollis
Orchard Oriole 26
Icterus spurius
Baltimore Oriole 27
Icterus galbula
Eastern Towhee 28
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Eastern Meadowlark 13
Sturnella magna
Common Grackle 29
Quiscalus quiscula
Yellow-throated Warbler 30
Dendroica dominica
Common Yellowthroat 31
Geothlypis trichas
Red-winged Blackbird 32
Agelaius phoeniceus
Pine Grosbeak 33
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 34
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Bachman's Warbler 35
Vermivora bachmanii
Golden-winged Warbler 36
Vermivora chrysoptera
Summer Tanager 37
Piranga rubra
Scarlet Tanager 38
Piranga olivacea
Savannah Sparrow 39
Passerculus sandwichensis
Dark-eyed Junco 40
Junco hyemalis
Grasshopper Sparrow 13
Ammodramus savannarum
Vesper Sparrow 13
Pooecetes gramineus
Painted Bunting 41
Passerina ciris
Indigo Bunting 42
Passerina cyanea
Yellow-breasted Chat 43
Icteria virens
American Redstart 44
Setophaga ruticilla
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 45
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-and-white Warbler 46
Mniotilta varia
Rusty Blackbird 47
Euphagus carolinus
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Molothrus ater
Red Crossbill 48
Loxia curvirostra
White-winged Crossbill 49
Loxia leucoptera
Connecticut Warbler 50
Oporornis agilis
Swainson's Warbler 13
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Lark Sparrow 51
Chondestes grammacus
Bobolink 52
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Dickcissel 2
Spiza americana
Prothonotary Warbler 20
Protonotaria citrea
Cliff Swallow 53
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple Martin 9
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 54
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 14
Tachycineta bicolor
Bank Swallow 55
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Northern Shrike 56
Lanius excubitor
Loggerhead Shrike 13
Lanius ludovicianus
American Robin 57
Turdus migratorius
Swainson's Thrush 58
Catharus ustulatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush 59
Catharus minimus
Hermit Thrush 21
Catharus guttatus
Veery 60
Catharus fuscescens
Eastern Bluebird 61
Sialia sialis
Wood Thrush 62
Hylocichla mustelina
Tufted Titmouse 63
Baeolophus bicolor
American Pipit 2
Anthus rubescens
House Sparrow 64
Passer domesticus
White-breasted Nuthatch 65
Sitta carolinensis
Red-breasted Nuthatch 66
Sitta canadensis
European Starling 67
Sturnus vulgaris
Northern Mockingbird 52
Mimus polyglottos
Brown Thrasher 68
Toxostoma rufum
Gray Catbird 2
Dumetella carolinensis
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Myiarchus crinitus
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Contopus virens
Olive-sided Flycatcher 69
Contopus cooperi
Least Flycatcher 20
Empidonax minimus
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 2
Empidonax flaviventris
Willow Flycatcher 52
Empidonax traillii
Alder Flycatcher 70
Empidonax alnorum
Acadian Flycatcher 19
Empidonax virescens
Eastern Kingbird 71
Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern Phoebe 72
Sayornis phoebe
Philadelphia Vireo 59
Vireo philadelphicus
Yellow-throated Vireo 52
Vireo flavifrons

Edited by William Harmon

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