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Birds of Alberta

Accidental/Vagrant 
(outside their range when seen in Alberta):

Order Gaviiformes

Loons (Family Gaviidae):

• Yellow-billed Loon

Order Ciconiiformes

Herons (Family Ardeidae):

• Cattle Egret
• Great Egret
• Snowy Egret

Order Anseriformes

Waterfowl (Family Anatidae)

• Brant
• American Black Duck

Order Charadriiformes

Sandpipers (Family Scolopacidae)

• Ruff/Reeve
• Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Gulls (Family Laridae)

• Long-tailed Jaeger
• Glaucous-winged Gull

Order Piciformes

Woodpeckers (Family Picidae)

• Lewis's Woodpecker
• Red-headed Woodpecker

Order Passeriformes

(The most numerous of all the orders of birds)

Warblers (Family Parulidae)

• Black-throated Blue Warbler

Buntings and Grosbeaks (Family Cardinalidae)

• Northern Cardinal 
• Indigo Bunting

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