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| Birds
that are known or likely to breed in the Lower St. Louis River
(including |
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forested uplands). Compiled by Janet Green, Minnesota Ornithologists Union. |
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| Common Name |
Latin Name |
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| Pied-billed Grebe |
Podilymbus podiceps |
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| Double-crested Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax auritus |
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| American Bittern |
Botaurus lentiginosus |
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| Great Blue Heron |
Ardea herodias |
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| Green Heron |
Butorides virescens |
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| Canada Goose |
Branta canadensis |
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| Wood Duck |
Aix sponsa |
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| Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
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| Blue-winged Teal |
Anas discors |
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| Hooded Merganser |
Lophodytes cucullatus |
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| Bald Eagle |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
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| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Accipiter striatus |
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| Broad-winged Hawk |
Buteo platypterus |
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| Red-tailed Hawk |
Buteo jamaicensis |
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| American Kestrel |
Falco sparverius |
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| Merlin |
Falco columbarius |
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| Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
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| Ruffed Grouse |
Bonasa umbellus |
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| Virginia Rail |
Rallus limicola |
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| Sora |
Porzana carolina |
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| American Coot |
Fulica americana |
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| Piping Plover |
Charadrius melodus |
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| Killdeer |
Charadrius vociferus |
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| Spotted Sandpiper |
Actitis macularia |
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| Common Snipe |
Gallinago gallinago |
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| American Woodcock |
Scolopax minor |
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| Ring-billed Gull |
Larus delawarensis |
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| Herring Gull |
Larus argentatus |
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| Common Tern |
Sterna hirundo |
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| Rock Dove |
Columba livia |
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| Mourning Dove |
Zenaida macroura |
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| Black-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
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| Great Horned Owl |
Bubo virginianus |
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| Barred Owl |
Strix varia |
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| Common Nighthawk |
Chordeiles minor |
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| Chimney Swift |
Chaetura pelagica |
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| Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Archilochus colubris |
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| Belted Kingfisher |
Ceryle alcyon |
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Sphyrapicus varius |
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| Downy Woodpecker |
Picoides pubescens |
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| Hairy Woodpecker |
Picoides villosus |
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| Northern Flicker |
Colaptes auratus |
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| Pileated Woodpecker |
Dryocopus pileatus |
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| Eastern Wood-Pewee |
Contopus virens |
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| Alder Flycatcher |
Empidonax alnorum |
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| Least Flycatcher |
Empidonax minimus |
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| Eastern Phoebe |
Sayornis phoebe |
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| Great Crested Flycatcher |
Myiarchus crinitus |
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| Eastern Kingbird |
Tyrannus tyrannus |
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| Blue-headed Vireo |
Vireo solitarius |
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| Warbling Vireo |
Vireo gilvus |
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| Red-eyed Vireo |
Vireo olivaceus |
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| Blue Jay |
Cyanocitta cristata |
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| American Crow |
Corvus brachyrhynchos |
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| Purple Martin |
Progne subis |
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| Tree Swallow |
Tachycineta bicolor |
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| Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
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| Bank Swallow |
Riparia riparia |
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| Cliff Swallow |
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
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| Barn Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
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| Black-capped Chickadee |
Parus atricapillus |
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| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
Sitta carolinensis |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch |
Sitta canadensis |
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| Brown Creeper |
Certhia americana |
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| House Wren |
Troglodytes aedon |
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| Winter Wren |
Troglodytes troglodytes |
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| Sedge Wren |
Cistothorus platensis |
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| Marsh Wren |
Cistothorus palustris |
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| Golden-crowned Kinglet |
Regulus satrapa |
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| Veery |
Catharus fuscescens |
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| Swainson’s Thrush |
Catharus ustulatus |
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| Hermit Thrush |
Catharus guttatus |
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| Wood Thrush |
Hylocichla mustelina |
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| American Robin |
Turdus migratorius |
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| Gray Catbird |
Dumetella carolinensis |
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| Brown Thrasher |
Toxostoma rufum |
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| European Starling |
Sturnus vulgaris |
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| Cedar Waxwing |
Bombycilla cedrorum |
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| Golden-winged Warbler |
Vermivora chrysoptera |
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| Nashville Warbler |
Vermivora ruficapilla |
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| Yellow Warbler |
Dendroica petechia |
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| Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Dendroica pensylvanica |
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| Magnolia Warbler |
Dendroica magnolia |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Dendroica coronata |
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| Black-throated Green Warbler |
Dendroica virens |
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| Blackburnian Warbler |
Dendroica fusca |
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| Black-and-white Warbler |
Mniotilta varia |
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| American Redstart |
Setophaga ruticilla |
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| Ovenbird |
Seiurus aurocapillus |
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| Northern Waterthrush |
Seiurus noveboracensis |
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| Mourning Warbler |
Oporornis philadelphia |
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| Common Yellowthroat |
Geothlypis trichas |
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| Scarlet Tanager |
Piranga olivacea |
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| Chipping Sparrow |
Spizella passerina |
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| Clay-colored Sparrow |
Spizella pallida |
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| Savannah Sparrow |
Passerculus sandwichensis |
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| Le Conte’s Sparrow |
Ammodramus leconteii |
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| Song Sparrow |
Melospiza melodia |
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| Swamp Sparrow |
Melospiza georgiana |
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| White-throated Sparrow |
Zonotrichia albicollis |
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| Northern Cardinal |
Cardinalus cardinalus |
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| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Pheucticus ludovicianus |
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| Indigo Bunting |
Passerina cyanea |
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| Bobolink |
Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
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| Red-winged Blackbird |
Agelaius phoeniceus |
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| Brewer’s Blackbird |
Euphagus cyanocephalus |
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| Common Grackle |
Quiscalus quiscula |
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| Brown-headed Cowbird |
Molothrus ater |
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| Baltimore Oriole |
Icterus galbula |
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| Purple Finch |
Carpodacus purpureus |
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| House Finch |
Carpodacus mexicanus |
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| Pine Siskin |
Carduelis pinus |
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| Evening Grosbeak |
Coccothraustes vespertinus |
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| American Goldfinch |
Carduelis tristis |
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| House Sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
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