Birds of Alberta

Year Round Residents:

Order Anseriformes

Waterfowl (Family Anatidae)

• Canada Goose   (Branta canadensis)
  (typically summer residents, but can be found year-round in some areas)

Order Falconiformes

Hawks and Eagles (Family Accipitridae)

• Northern Goshawk   (Accipiter gentilis)

Falcons (Family Falconidae):

• Merlin  (Falco columbarius)

Order Galliformes

Grouse (Family Phasianidae):

• Blue Grouse
• Ring-necked Grouse
• Ruffed Grouse  (Bonasa umbellus)
• Sage Grouse
• Sharp-tailed Grouse  (Tympanuchus phasianellus)
• Spruce Grouse
• Gray Partridge
• Ring-necked Pheasant
• White-tailed Ptarmigan
• Willow Ptarmigan   (Lagopus lagopus)
• Wild Turkey   (Meleagris gallopavo)

Order Columbiformes

Doves (Family Columbidae)

• Rock Dove   (Columba livia)

Order Strigiformes

Owls (Family Strigidae)

• Barred Owl
• Boreal Owl
• Eastern Screech-Owl
• Great Gray Owl
• Great Horned Owl   (Bubo virginianus)
• Northern Hawk Owl
• Northern Pygmy Owl
• Northern Saw-whet Owl
• Short-eared Owl

Order Piciformes

Woodpeckers (Family Picidae)

• Black-backed Woodpecker
• Downy Woodpecker
• Hairy Woodpecker
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Three-toed Woodpecker

Order Passeriformes

(The most numerous of all the orders of birds)

Crows and Jays (Family Corvidae)

• Blue Jay
• Gray Jay
• Steller's Jay   (Cyanocitta stelleri)
• Black-billed Magpie
• Clark's Nutcracker
• Common Raven

Chickadees (Family Paridae)

• Black-capped Chickadee
• Mountain Chickadee
• Boreal Chickadee

Nuthatches (Family Sittidae)

• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• White-breasted Nuthatch

Creepers (Family Certhiidae)

• Brown Creeper

Dippers (Family Cinclidae)

• American Dipper

Waxwings (Family Bombycillidae)

• Bohemian Waxwing

Finches (Family Fringillidae)

• Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
• Pine Grosbeak   (Pinicola enucleator)
• House Finch
• Red Crossbill
• White-winged Crossbill
• Pine Siskin
• Evening Grosbeak

Old World Sparrows (Family Passeridae)

• House Sparrow

 

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