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Checklist of Minnesota Birds   -  Regular Species Part 1
     314 Regular Species
 
  Species   Species   Species
DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS IBISES GULLS & TERNS
    Greater White-fronted Goose     White-faced Ibis     Bonaparte's Gull
    Snow Goose NEW WORLD VULTURES     Little Gull **
    Ross's Goose **     Turkey Vulture     Franklin's Gull
    Cackling Goose HAWKS & EAGLES     Ring-billed Gull
    Canada Goose     Osprey     Herring Gull
    Mute Swan **     Bald Eagle     Thayer's Gull
    Trumpeter Swan     Northern Harrier     Iceland Gull **
    Tundra Swan     Sharp-shinned Hawk     Lesser Black-backed Gull **
    Wood Duck     Cooper's Hawk     Glaucous Gull
    Gadwall     Northern Goshawk     Great Black-backed Gull **
    American Wigeon     Red-shouldered Hawk     Caspian Tern
    American Black Duck     Broad-winged Hawk     Black Tern
    Mallard     Swainson's Hawk     Common Tern
    Blue-winged Teal     Red-tailed Hawk     Forster's Tern
    Cinnamon Teal     Rough-legged Hawk JAEGERS
    Northern Shoveler     Golden Eagle     Parasitic Jaeger **
    Northern Pintail FALCONS PIGEONS & DOVES
    Green-winged Teal     American Kestrel     Rock Pigeon
    Canvasback     Merlin     Eurasian Collared Dove
    Redhead     Peregrine Falcon     Mourning Dove
    Ring-necked Duck     Prairie Falcon ** CUCKOOS
    Greater Scaup RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS     Yellow-billed Cuckoo
    Lesser Scaup     Yellow Rail     Black-billed Cuckoo
    Harlequin Duck **     Virginia Rail OWLS
    Surf Scoter     Sora     Eastern Screech-Owl
    White-winged Scoter     Common Moorhen **     Great Horned Owl
    Black Scoter     American Coot     Snowy Owl
    Long-tailed Duck CRANES     Northern Hawk Owl
    Bufflehead     Sandhill Crane     Barred Owl
    Common Goldeneye PLOVERS     Great Gray Owl
    Hooded Merganser     Black-bellied Plover     Long-eared Owl
    Common Merganser     American Golden-Plover     Short-eared Owl
    Red-breasted Merganser     Semipalmated Plover     Boreal Owl **
    Ruddy Duck     Piping Plover **     Northern Saw-whet Owl
PARTRIDGE, GROUSE, TURKEY     Killdeer GOATSUCKERS
    Gray Partridge AVOCETS     Common Nighthawk
    Ring-necked Pheasant     American Avocet     Whip-poor-will
    Ruffed Grouse SANDPIPERS & ALLIES SWIFTS
    Spruce Grouse     Spotted Sandpiper     Chimney Swift
    Sharp-tailed Grouse     Solitary Sandpiper HUMMINGBIRD
    Greater Prairie-Chicken     Greater Yellowlegs     Ruby-throated Hummingbird
    Wild Turkey     Willet KINGFISHERS
LOONS     Lesser Yellowlegs     Belted Kingfisher
    Red-throated Loon **     Upland Sandpiper WOODPECKERS
    Pacific Loon **     Whimbrel **     Red-headed Woodpecker
    Common Loon     Hudsonian Godwit     Red-bellied Woodpecker
GREBES     Marbled Godwit     Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
    Pied-billed Grebe     Ruddy Turnstone     Downy Woodpecker
    Horned Grebe     Red Knot **     Hairy Woodpecker
    Red-necked Grebe     Sanderling     Am Three-toed Woodpecker **
    Eared Grebe     Semipalmated Sandpiper     Black-backed Woodpecker
    Western Grebe     Least Sandpiper     Northern Flicker
    Clark's Grebe **     White-rumped Sandpiper     Pileated Woodpecker
PELICANS     Baird's Sandpiper

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
    American White Pelican     Pectoral Sandpiper     Olive-sided Flycatcher
CORMORANTS     Dunlin     Eastern Wood-Pewee
    Double-crested Cormorant     Stilt Sandpiper     Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
HERONS, BITTERNS & ALLIES     Buff-breasted Sandpiper     Acadian Flycatcher **
    American Bittern     Short-billed Dowitcher     Alder Flycatcher
    Least Bittern     Long-billed Dowitcher     Willow Flycatcher
    Great Blue Heron     Wilson's Snipe     Least Flycatcher
    Great Egret     American Woodcock     Eastern Phoebe
    Snowy Egret     Wilson's Phalarope     Great Crested Flycatcher
    Little Blue Heron **     Red-necked Phalarope     Western Kingbird
    Cattle Egret       Eastern Kingbird
    Green Heron  

SHRIKES
    Black-crowned Night-Heron       Loggerhead Shrike
    Yellow-crowned Night-Heron **       Northern Shrike

 ** Please report/document sightings of these more rare and hard to find species

 

Checklist of Minnesota Birds  -  Regular Species Part 2
 
  Species   Species   Species
VIREOS MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS     Clay-colored Sparrow
    White-eyed Vireo **     Gray Catbird     Field Sparrow
    Bell's Vireo **     Northern Mockingbird **     Vesper Sparrow
    Yellow-throated Vireo     Brown Thrasher     Lark Sparrow
    Blue-headed Vireo  STARLINGS     Savannah Sparrow
    Warbling Vireo     European Starling     Grasshopper Sparrow
    Philadelphia Vireo PIPITS     Henslow's Sparrow **
    Red-eyed Vireo     American Pipit     Le Conte's Sparrow
JAYS & CROWS WAXWINGS     Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
    Gray Jay     Bohemian Waxwing     Fox Sparrow
    Blue Jay     Cedar Waxwing     Song Sparrow
    Black-billed Magpie WOOD-WARBLERS     Lincoln's Sparrow
    American Crow     Blue-winged Warbler     Swamp Sparrow
    Common Raven     Golden-winged Warbler     White-throated Sparrow
LARKS     Tennessee Warbler     Harris's Sparrow
    Horned Lark     Orange-crowned Warbler     White-crowned Sparrow
SWALLOWS     Nashville Warbler     Dark-eyed Junco
    Purple Martin     Northern Parula     Lapland Longspur
    Tree Swallow     Yellow Warbler     Smith's Longspur
    Northern Rough-winged Swallow     Chestnut-sided Warbler     Chestnut-collared Longspur
    Bank Swallow     Magnolia Warbler     Snow Bunting
    Cliff Swallow     Cape May Warbler  CARDINALS & ALLIES
    Barn Swallow     Black-throated Blue Warbler     Northern Cardinal
CHICKADEES & TITMICE     Yellow-rumped Warbler     Rose-breasted Grosbeak
    Black-capped Chickadee     Black-throated Green Warbler     Blue Grosbeak
    Boreal Chickadee     Blackburnian Warbler     Indigo Bunting
    Tufted Titmouse **     Pine Warbler    Dickcissel
NUTHATCHES     Palm Warbler  BLACKBIRDS
    Red-breasted Nuthatch     Bay-breasted Warbler     Bobolink
    White-breasted Nuthatch     Blackpoll Warbler     Red-winged Blackbird
CREEPERS     Cerulean Warbler     Eastern Meadowlark
    Brown Creeper      Black-and-white Warbler     Western Meadowlark
WRENS     American Redstart     Yellow-headed Blackbird
    Carolina Wren **     Prothonotary Warbler     Rusty Blackbird
    House Wren     Ovenbird     Brewer's Blackbird
    Winter Wren     Northern Waterthrush     Common Grackle
    Sedge Wren     Louisiana Waterthrush     Brown-headed Cowbird
    Marsh Wren      Kentucky Warbler **     Orchard Oriole
KINGLETS     Connecticut Warbler     Baltimore Oriole
    Golden-crowned Kinglet     Mourning Warbler FINCHES
    Ruby-crowned Kinglet     Common Yellowthroat     Pine Grosbeak
GNATCATCHERS     Hooded Warbler **     Purple Finch
    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     Wilson's Warbler     House Finch
THRUSHES     Canada Warbler     Red Crossbill
    Eastern Bluebird     Yellow-breasted Chat **     White-winged Crossbill
    Mountain Bluebird ** TANAGERS     Common Redpoll
    Townsend's Solitaire **     Summer Tanager **     Hoary Redpoll
    Veery     Scarlet Tanager     Pine Siskin
    Gray-cheeked Thrush     Western Tanager **     American Goldfinch
    Swainson's Thrush SPARROWS & ALLIES     Evening Grosbeak
    Hermit Thrush     Spotted Towhee OLD WORLD SPARROWS
    Wood Thrush     Eastern Towhee     House Sparrow
    American Robin     American Tree Sparrow   
    Varied Thrush **     Chipping Sparrow   

 ** Please report/document sightings of these more rare and hard to find species
 
 

Checklist of Minnesota Birds  -  Casual Species - (42 Species) **
 
Black-bellied Whistling Duck Long-billed Curlew Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Brant Western Sandpiper Rock Wren
Eurasian Wigeon Ruff Sage Thrasher
King Eider Red Phalarope Sprague's Pipit
Barrow's Goldeneye Black-legged Kittiwake Yellow-throated Warbler
Neotropic Cormorant Sabine's Gull Prairie Warbler
Tricolored Heron Black-headed Gull Worm-eating Warbler
Black Vulture California Gull Black-throated Sparrow
Swallow-tailed Kite Least Tern Lark Bunting
Mississippi Kite Arctic Tern Black-headed Grosbeak
Ferruginous Hawk Pomarine Jaeger Lazuli Bunting
Gyrfalcon White-winged Dove Painted Bunting
Snowy Plover Burrowing Owl Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Black-necked Stilt Say's Phoebe Eurasian Tree Sparrow

 ** Please report/document sightings of these more rare and hard to find species


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