Birds of Alberta

Summer Residents:

Order Gaviiformes

Loons (Family Gaviidae):

• Common Loon
• Pacific Loon
• Red-throated Loon
• Yellow-billed Loon

Order Podicipediformes

Grebes (Family Podicipedidae):

• Clark's Grebe
• Eared Grebe
• Horned Grebe
• Pie-billed Grebe
• Red-necked Grebe
• Western Grebe

Order Pelecaniformes

Pelicans (Family Pelecanidae):

• American White Pelican

Cormorants (Family Phalacrocoracidae)

• Double-crested Cormorant

Order Ciconiiformes

Herons (Family Ardeidae):

• American Bittern
• Great Blue Heron
• Black-crowned Night-Heron

Ibises (Family Threskiornithidae)

• White-faced Ibis

Order Anseriformes

Waterfowl (Family Anatidae)

• Barrow's Goldeneye Duck
• Bufflehead Duck
• Canvasback Duck
• Common Goldeneye Duck
• Common Merganser Duck
• Gadwall Duck
• Harlequin Duck
• Hooded Merganser Duck
• Mallard Duck
• Northern Pintail Duck
• Red-breasted Merganser Duck
• Redhead Duck
• Ring-necked Duck
• Ruddy Duck
• Surf Scoter Duck
• White-winged Scoter Duck
• Lesser Scaup
• Northern Shoveler
• Trumpeter Swan
• Blue-winged Teal
• Cinnamon Teal
• Green-winged Teal
• American Wigeon

Order Falconiformes

Hawks and Eagles (Family Accipitridae)

• Bald Eagle
• Golden Eagle
• Northern Harrier
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Cooper's Hawk
• Broad-winged Hawk
• Swainson's Hawk
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Ferruginous Hawk

Vultures (Family Cathartidae)

• Turkey Vulture

Falcons (Family Falconidae):

• American Kestrel
• Peregrine Falcon
• Prairie Falcon

Osprey (Family Pandionidae):

• Osprey

Order Gruiformes

Rails and Coots (Family Rallidae):

• American Coot 
• Virginia Rail
• Yellow Rail
• Sora

Cranes (Family Gruidae)

• Sandhill Crane
• Whooping Crane

Order Charadriiformes

Plovers (Family Charadriidae)

• Killdeer
• American Golden-Plover
• Black-bellied Plover
• Mountain Plover
• Piping Plover
• Semipalmated Plover

Avocets and Stilts (Family Recurvirostridae)

• American Avocet
• Black-necked Stilt

Sandpipers (Family Scolopacidae)

• Eskimo Curlew
• Long-billed Curlew
• Short-billed Dowitcher
• Marbled Godwit
• Wilson's Phalarope
• Solitary Sandpiper
• Spotted Sandpiper
• Upland Sandpiper
• Common Snipe
• Willet
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Lesser Yellowlegs

Gulls (Family Laridae)

• Franklin's Gull
• Bonaparte's Gull
• Ring-billed Gull
• California Gull
• Herring Gull
• Caspian Tern
• Common Tern
• Forster's Tern
• Black Tern

Order Cuculiformes

Cuckoos (Family Cuculidae)

• Black-billed Cuckoo

Order Columbiformes

Doves (Family Columbidae)

• Mourning Dove

Order Strigiformes

Owls (Family Strigidae)

• Burrowing Owl
• Long-Eared Owl

Order Caprimulgiformes

Nightjars (Family Caprimulgidae)

• Common Nighthawk
• Common Poorwill

Order Apodiformes

Swifts (Family Apodidae)

• Black Swift
• Vaux's Swift

Hummingbirds (Family Trochilidae)

• Black-chinned Hummingbird
• Calliope Hummingbird
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• Rufous Hummingbird

Order Coraciiformes

Kingfishers (Family Alcedinidae)

• Belted Kingfisher

Order Piciformes

Woodpeckers (Family Picidae)

• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
• Red-naped Sapsucker
• Northern Flicker

Order Passeriformes

(The most numerous of all the orders of birds)

Flycatchers (Family Tyrannidae)

• Olive-sided Flycatcher
• Western Wood-Pewee
• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
• Alder Flycatcher
• Willow Flycatcher
• Least Flycatcher
• Hammond's Flycatcher
• Dusky Flycatcher
• Cordilleran Flycatcher
• Eastern Phoebe
• Say's Phoebe
• Great Crested Flycatcher
• Eastern Kingbird
• Western Kingbird

Shrikes (Family Laniidae)

• Loggerhead Shrike

Vireos (Family Vireonidae)

• Blue-headed Vireo
• Cassin's Vireo
• Warbling Vireo
• Philadelphia Vireo
• Red-eyed Vireo

Crows and Jays (Family Corvidae)

• American Crow

Larks (Family Alaudidae)

• Horned Lark

Swallows (Family Hirundidae)

• Purple Martin
• Tree Swallow
• Violet-green Swallow
• Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• Bank Swallow
• Barn Swallow
• Cliff Swallow

Wrens (Family Troglodytidae)

• Rock Wren
• House Wren
• Winter Wren
• Sedge Wren
• Marsh Wren

Kinglets (Family Regulidae)

• Golden-crowned Kinglet
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Bluebirds and Thrushes (Family Turnidae)

• Mountain Bluebird
• Western Bluebird
• American Robin   (Turdus migratorius)
• Townsend's Solitaire
• Gray-cheeked Thrush
• Hermit Thrush
• Swainson's Thrush
• Varied Thrush
• Veery

Starlings (Family Sturnidae)

• European Starling

Mimic Thrushes (Family Mimidae)

• Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird
• Brown Thrasher

Pipits (Family Motacillidae)

• American Pipit
• Sprague's Pipit

Waxwings (Family Bombycillidae)

• Cedar Waxwing

Warblers (Family Parulidae)

• Yellow-breasted Chat
• Ovenbird
• American Redstart
• Bay-breasted Warbler
• Black-and-white Warbler
• Black-throated Warbler
• Blackburnian Warbler
• Blackpoll Warbler
• Canada Warbler
• Cape May Warbler
• Connecticut Warbler
• MacGillivray's Warbler
• Mourning Warbler
• Orange-crowned Warbler
• Palm Warbler
• Tennessee Warbler
• Townsend's Warbler
• Wilson's Warbler
• Yellow Warbler
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Northern Waterthrush
• Common Yellowthroat

Tanagers (Family Thraupidae)

• Western Tanager

Sparrows (Family Emberizidae)

• Spotted Towhee
• American Tree Sparrow
• Chipping Sparrow
• Clay-colored Sparrow
• Brewer's Sparrow
• Timerline Sparrow
• Vesper Sparrow
• Lark Sparrow
• Lark Bunting
• Savannah Sparrow
• Baird's Sparrow
• Grasshopper Sparrow
• Le Conte's Sparrow
• Nelson Sharp-tailed Sparrow
• Fox Sparrow
• Song Sparrow
• Lincoln's Sparrow
• Swamp Sparrow
• White-throated Sparrow
• White-crowned Sparrow
• Golden-crowned Sparrow
• Dark-eyed Junco
• McCown's Longspur
• Chestnut-collared Longspur

Buntings and Grosbeaks (Family Cardinalidae)

• Rose-breasted Grosbeak
• Black-headed Grosbeak
• Lazuli Bunting

Blackbirds (Family Icteridae)

• Bobolink
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Western Meadowlard
• Yellow-headed Blackbird
• Rusty Blackbird
• Brewers Blackbird
• Common Grackle
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Baltimore Oriole
• Bullock's Oriole

Finches (Family Fringillidae)

• Purple Finch
• Cassin's Finch
• American Goldfinch