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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.

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

Edited by William Harmon

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