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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.

Red-eyed Vireo 1
Vireo olivaceus
Warbling Vireo 2
Vireo gilvus
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Vireo solitarius
White-eyed Vireo 4
Vireo griseus
Pileated Woodpecker 5
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Melanerpes carolinus
Northern Flicker 7
Colaptes auratus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8
Sphyrapicus varius
Carolina Parakeet 9
Conuropsis carolinensis
Common Nighthawk 1
Chordeiles minor
Eastern Screech-Owl 10
Megascops asio
Barred Owl 11
Strix varia
Great Horned Owl 12
Bubo virginianus
Long-eared Owl 13
Asio otus
Short-eared Owl 14
Asio flammeus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 14
Aegolius acadicus
Barn Owl 15
Tyto alba
Cackling Goose 16
Branta hutchinsii
Ovenbird 17
Seiurus aurocapilla
Spotted Sandpiper 18
Actitis macularius
Worm-eating Warbler 13
Helmitheros vermivorum
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Parkesia motacilla
Northern Waterthrush 19
Parkesia noveboracensis
Blue Grosbeak 20
Passerina caerulea
Blue-winged Warbler 21
Vermivora cyanoptera
Lapland Longspur 22
Calcarius lapponicus
Osprey 23
Pandion haliaetus
Snow Bunting 24
Plectrophenax nivalis
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 25
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 26
Regulus satrapa
Black Scoter 1
Melanitta americana
Great Egret 27
Ardea alba
Common Gallinule 28
Gallinula galeata
Willet 13
Tringa semipalmata
Wilson's Snipe 29
Gallinago delicata
Bonaparte's Gull 30
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Laughing Gull 31
Leucophaeus atricilla
Sooty Tern 32
Onychoprion fuscatus
Caspian Tern 33
Hydroprogne caspia
Snowy Owl 34
Bubo scandiacus
Carolina Chickadee 35
Poecile carolinensis
Black-capped Chickadee 36
Poecile atricapillus
Winter Wren 13
Troglodytes hiemalis
Tennessee Warbler 37
Oreothlypis peregrina
Orange-crowned Warbler 38
Oreothlypis celata
Nashville Warbler 39
Oreothlypis ruficapilla
Mourning Warbler 40
Geothlypis philadelphia
Kentucky Warbler 41
Geothlypis formosa
Hooded Warbler 42
Setophaga citrina
Cape May Warbler 43
Setophaga tigrina
Cerulean Warbler 13
Setophaga cerulea
Northern Parula 44
Setophaga americana
Magnolia Warbler 45
Setophaga magnolia
Bay-breasted Warbler 46
Setophaga castanea
Blackburnian Warbler 47
Setophaga fusca
Yellow Warbler 48
Setophaga petechia
Chestnut-sided Warbler 49
Setophaga pensylvanica
Blackpoll Warbler 50
Setophaga striata
Palm Warbler 51
Setophaga palmarum
Pine Warbler 1
Setophaga pinus
Yellow-rumped Warbler 52
Setophaga coronata
Yellow-throated Warbler 53
Setophaga dominica
Prairie Warbler 54
Setophaga discolor
Black-throated Green Warbler 35
Setophaga virens
Canada Warbler 55
Cardellina canadensis
Wilson's Warbler 56
Cardellina pusilla
Common Redpoll 57
Acanthis flammea
Hoary Redpoll 57
Acanthis hornemanni
Pine Siskin 58
Spinus pinus
American Goldfinch 59
Spinus tristis
Chuck-will's-widow 60
Antrostomus carolinensis
Eastern Whip-poor-will 61
Antrostomus vociferus
House Finch 62
Haemorhous mexicanus
Purple Finch 19
Haemorhous purpureus
Black-throated Blue Warbler 63
Setophaga caerulescens
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 13
Calidris subruficollis
American Tree Sparrow 64
Spizelloides arborea
American Wigeon 14
Mareca americana
Sandhill Crane 61
Antigone canadensis
Snow Goose 65
Anser caerulescens
Ross's Goose 66
Anser rossii
Blue-winged Teal 14
Spatula discors
Northern Shoveler 33
Spatula clypeata
Gadwall 1
Mareca strepera
Eurasian Wigeon 43
Mareca penelope
Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius
Northern Shrike 16
Lanius borealis
Downy Woodpecker 67
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 68
Dryobates villosus
Henslow's Sparrow 69
Centronyx henslowii
White-winged Scoter 70
Melanitta deglandi
American Black Duck × Mallard 71
Anas rubripes × platyrhynchos

Edited by William Harmon

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