USGS PWRC - Bird Phenology Program
Citation
Droege S, Masaki D, Sellers E (2023). USGS PWRC - Bird Phenology Program. United States Geological Survey. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/w4cjwm accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-12-07.Description
The North American Bird Phenology Program, part of the USA-National Phenology Network, was a network of volunteer observers who recorded information on first arrival dates, maximum abundance, and departure dates of migratory birds across North America. Active between 1880 and 1970, the program was coordinated by the Federal government and sponsored by the American Ornithologists' Union. It exists now as a historic collection of six million migration card observations, illuminating almost a century of migration patterns and population status of birds. Today, in an innovative project to curate the data and make them publically available, the records are being scanned and placed on the internet, where volunteers worldwide transcribe these records and add them into a database for analysis. From the close of the program in 1970 Chan Robbins continued to make sure the records were kept safe. In 2008, Sam Droege and Jessica Zelt, with help from the National Phenology Network revived the migration program and dubbed it the North American Bird Phenology Program. The program that started as Wells Cooke’s research in the Mississippi Valley and grew through the help of the American Ornithologist Union to become the Division of Economic Ornithology would later become the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The records are now being digitized and with help from citizen scientists the information will be combined in an online database accessible to the public. What began as a quest to find out how and why birds migrate, turned into one of our Nations greatest and longest running programs.Additional info
During processing of the dataset, because State, County, and Water Body data were not provided in the original, calculated State, County, and Marine Exclusive Economic Zone values were added, where applicable. During processing of the dataset, non-native status information was added, were applicable, in the establishmentMeans field. Two of the original 1,034,888 records were deleted during processing because their lat/lon values placed them (incorrectly) near the South Pole. Total records: 1,034,886. Total number of unique taxa: 537.Taxonomic Coverages
539 bird taxa.
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Avescommon name: birds rank: class
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Acanthis flammea
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Acanthis hornemanni
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Accipiter cooperii
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Accipiter gentilis
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Accipiter striatus
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Aechmophorus occidentalis
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Aegolius acadicus
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Aegolius funereus
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Aeronautes saxatalis
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Agelaius phoeniceus
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Agelaius tricolor
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Aix sponsa
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Alca torda
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Alectoris chukar
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Amazilia yucatanensis
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Ammodramus bairdii
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Ammodramus caudacutus
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Ammodramus henslowii
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Ammodramus leconteii
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Ammodramus maritimus
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Ammodramus savannarum
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Anas acuta
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Anas americana
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Anas clypeata
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Anas crecca
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Anas crecca carolinensis
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Anas cyanoptera
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Anas discors
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Anas fulvigula
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Anas penelope
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Anas platyrhynchos
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Anas rubripes
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Anas strepera
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Anser albifrons
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Anthus rubescens
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Anthus spragueii
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Aphelocoma californica
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Aphelocoma coerulescens
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Aphelocoma ultramarina
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Aphriza virgata
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Aquila chrysaetos
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Archilochus alexandri
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Archilochus colubris
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Ardea alba
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Ardea herodias
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Arenaria interpres
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Arenaria melanocephala
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Asio flammeus
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Asio otus
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Athene cunicularia
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Auriparus flaviceps
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Aythya affinis
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Aythya americana
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Aythya collaris
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Aythya marila
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Aythya valisineria
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Baeolophus bicolor
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Baeolophus inornatus
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Baeolophus wollweberi
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Bartramia longicauda
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Bombycilla cedrorum
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Bombycilla garrulus
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Bonasa umbellus
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Botaurus lentiginosus
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Branta bernicla
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Branta canadensis
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Bubo scandiacus
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Bubo virginianus
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Bubulcus ibis
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Bucephala albeola
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Bucephala clangula
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Bucephala islandica
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Buteo albonotatus
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Buteo jamaicensis
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Buteo jamaicensis harlani
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Buteo lineatus
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Buteo platypterus
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Buteo regalis
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Buteo swainsoni
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Buteogallus anthracinus
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Butorides virescens
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Calamospiza melanocorys
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Calcarius lapponicus
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Calcarius ornatus
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Calcarius pictus
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Calidris acuminata
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Calidris alba
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Calidris alpina
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Calidris bairdii
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Calidris canutus
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Calidris fuscicollis
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Calidris himantopus
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Calidris maritima
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Calidris mauri
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Calidris melanotos
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Calidris minutilla
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Calidris ptilocnemis
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Calidris pusilla
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Calidris tenuirostris
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Callipepla californica
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Callipepla gambelii
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Callipepla squamata
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Calonectris diomedea
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Calothorax lucifer
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Calypte anna
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Calypte costae
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Campephilus principalis
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Camptostoma imberbe
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Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
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Caprimulgus carolinensis
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Caprimulgus vociferus
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Caracara cheriway
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Caracara lutosa
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Cardellina canadensis
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Cardellina pusilla
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Cardellina rubrifrons
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Cardinalis cardinalis
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Cardinalis sinuatus
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Carduelis carduelis
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Cathartes aura
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Catharus guttatus
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Catherpes mexicanus
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Centrocercus urophasianus
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Certhia americana
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Chaetura pelagica
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Chaetura vauxi
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Charadrius alexandrinus
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Charadrius dubius
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Charadrius melodus
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Charadrius montanus
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Charadrius semipalmatus
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Charadrius vociferus
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Charadrius wilsonia
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Chen caerulescens
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Chen canagica
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Chen rossii
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Chlidonias niger
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Chloroceryle americana
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Chordeiles acutipennis
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Chordeiles gundlachii
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Chordeiles minor
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Chroicocephalus philadelphia
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Chroicocephalus ridibundus
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Circus cyaneus
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Cistothorus palustris
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Cistothorus platensis
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Clangula hyemalis
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Coccyzus americanus
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Coccyzus erythropthalmus
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Coccyzus minor
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Colaptes auratus
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Colaptes auratus cafer
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Colaptes chrysoides
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Colinus virginianus
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Columba livia
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Columbina inca
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Columbina passerina
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Contopus cooperi
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Contopus pertinax
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Contopus sordidulus
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Contopus virens
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Conuropsis carolinensis
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Coragyps atratus
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Corvus brachyrhynchos
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Corvus caurinus
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Corvus corax
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Corvus cryptoleucus
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Corvus ossifragus
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Coturnicops noveboracensis
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Crotophaga ani
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Crotophaga sulcirostris
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Cyanocitta cristata
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Cyanocitta stelleri
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Cygnus buccinator
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Cygnus columbianus
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Cygnus olor
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Cynanthus latirostris
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Cypseloides niger
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Cyrtonyx montezumae
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Dendragapus obscurus
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Dendrocygna bicolor
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Dolichonyx oryzivorus
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Dryocopus pileatus
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Ectopistes migratorius
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Egretta caerulea
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Egretta rufescens
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Egretta thula
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Egretta tricolor
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Elanoides forficatus
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Elanus leucurus
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Empidonax alnorum
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Empidonax difficilis
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Empidonax flaviventris
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Empidonax fulvifrons
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Empidonax hammondii
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Empidonax minimus
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Empidonax oberholseri
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Empidonax virescens
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Empidonax wrightii
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Eremophila alpestris
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Eudocimus albus
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Eugenes fulgens
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Euphagus carolinus
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Euphagus cyanocephalus
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Falcipennis canadensis
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Falco mexicanus
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Falco rusticolus
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Falco sparverius
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Fratercula arctica
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Fratercula cirrhata
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Fratercula corniculata
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Fulica americana
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Fulmarus glacialis
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Gallinago gallinago
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Gallinula chloropus
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Gavia arctica
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Gavia immer
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Gavia pacifica
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Gavia stellata
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Gelochelidon nilotica
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Geococcyx californianus
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Geothlypis formosa
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Geothlypis philadelphia
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Geothlypis tolmiei
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Geothlypis trichas
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Glaucidium brasilianum
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Glaucidium gnoma
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Grus americana
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Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
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Haematopus bachmani
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Haematopus palliatus
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Haemorhous cassinii
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Haemorhous mexicanus
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Haemorhous purpureus
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Haliaeetus leucocephalus
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Helmitheros vermivorum
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Hesperiphona vespertina
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Heterospingus xanthopygius
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Himantopus mexicanus
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Hirundo rustica
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Histrionicus histrionicus
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Hydrobates pelagicus
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Hydrocoloeus minutus
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Hydroprogne caspia
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Hylocichla mustelina
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Icteria virens
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Icterus bullockii
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Icterus cucullatus
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Icterus galbula
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Icterus graduacauda
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Icterus parisorum
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Icterus spurius
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Ictinia mississippiensis
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Ixobrychus exilis
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Ixoreus naevius
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Junco hyemalis
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Junco phaeonotus
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Lagopus lagopus
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Lagopus leucura
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Lagopus muta
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Lampornis clemenciae
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Lanius excubitor
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Lanius ludovicianus
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Larus argentatus
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Larus californicus
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Larus canus
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Larus delawarensis
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Larus glaucescens
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Larus glaucoides
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Larus heermanni
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Larus marinus
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Larus occidentalis
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Larus thayeri
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Laterallus jamaicensis
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Leiothlypis celata
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Leiothlypis luciae
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Leiothlypis peregrina
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Leiothlypis ruficapilla
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Leiothlypis virginiae
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Leucophaeus atricilla
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Leucophaeus pipixcan
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Leucosticte atrata
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Leucosticte australis
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Limnodromus griseus
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Limnothlypis swainsonii
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Limosa fedoa
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Limosa haemastica
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Limosa lapponica
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Lophodytes cucullatus
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Loxia curvirostra
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Loxia leucoptera
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Megaceryle alcyon
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Melanerpes carolinus
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Melanerpes erythrocephalus
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Melanerpes formicivorus
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Melanerpes lewis
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Melanitta fusca
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Melanitta nigra
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Melanitta perspicillata
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Meleagris gallopavo
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Melospiza georgiana
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Melospiza lincolnii
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Melospiza melodia
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Melozone aberti
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Melozone fusca
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Mergus merganser
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Mergus serrator
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Micrathene whitneyi
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Mimus polyglottos
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Mniotilta varia
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Molothrus aeneus
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Molothrus ater
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Motacilla tschutschensis
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Mycteria americana
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Myiarchus cinerascens
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Myiarchus crinitus
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Myiarchus tuberculifer
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Myiarchus tyrannulus
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Myiodynastes luteiventris
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Nomonyx dominicus
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Nucifraga columbiana
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Numenius americanus
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Numenius borealis
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Numenius phaeopus
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Nyctanassa violacea
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Nycticorax nycticorax
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Oceanites oceanicus
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Oceanodroma furcata
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Oceanodroma leucorhoa
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Onychoprion fuscatus
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Oporornis agilis
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Oreortyx pictus
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Ortalis vetula
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Oxyura jamaicensis
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Pagophila eburnea
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Pandion haliaetus
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Parabuteo unicinctus
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Parkesia motacilla
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Parkesia noveboracensis
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Passer domesticus
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Passerculus sandwichensis
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Passerculus sandwichensis princeps
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Passerina amoena
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Passerina caerulea
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Passerina ciris
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Passerina cyanea
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Passerina versicolor
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Patagioenas fasciata
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Patagioenas flavirostris
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Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
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Pelecanus occidentalis
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Perdix perdix
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Perisoreus canadensis
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Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
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Peucedramus taeniatus
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Phaethon aethereus
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Phaethon lepturus
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Phainopepla nitens
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Phalaropus fulicarius
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Phalaropus lobatus
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Phalaropus tricolor
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Phasianus colchicus
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Pheucticus ludovicianus
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Pheucticus melanocephalus
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Philomachus pugnax
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Phoebastria albatrus
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Phoebastria nigripes
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Phoenicopterus ruber
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Phylloscopus inornatus
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Pica hudsonia
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Pica nuttalli
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Picoides albolarvatus
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Picoides arcticus
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Picoides borealis
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Picoides dorsalis
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Picoides nuttallii
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Picoides pubescens
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Picoides scalaris
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Picoides villosus
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Pinicola enucleator
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Pipilo erythrophthalmus
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Piranga flava
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Piranga ludoviciana
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Piranga olivacea
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Piranga rubra
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Pitangus sulphuratus
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Platalea ajaja
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Plectrophenax hyperboreus
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Plectrophenax nivalis
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Plegadis chihi
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Plegadis falcinellus
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Pluvialis dominica
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Pluvialis fulva
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Pluvialis squatarola
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Podiceps auritus
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Podiceps grisegena
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Podiceps nigricollis
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Podilymbus podiceps
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Poecile atricapillus
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Poecile carolinensis
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Poecile gambeli
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Poecile hudsonicus
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Poecile rufescens
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Polioptila caerulea
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Polioptila melanura
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Polysticta stelleri
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Pooecetes gramineus
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Porphyrio martinica
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Progne chalybea
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Progne dominicensis
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Progne subis
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Progne tapera
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Protonotaria citrea
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Psaltriparus minimus
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Puffinus creatopus
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Puffinus gravis
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Puffinus griseus
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Puffinus lherminieri
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Puffinus pacificus
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Puffinus tenuirostris
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Pyrocephalus rubinus
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Quiscalus major
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Quiscalus quiscula
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Recurvirostra americana
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Regulus calendula
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Regulus satrapa
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Rhynchophanes mccownii
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Riparia riparia
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Rostrhamus sociabilis
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Rynchops niger
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Salpinctes obsoletus
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Sayornis nigricans
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Sayornis phoebe
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Sayornis saya
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Scolopax minor
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Seiurus aurocapilla
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Selasphorus platycercus
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Selasphorus rufus
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Setophaga americana
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Setophaga auduboni auduboni
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Setophaga caerulescens
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Setophaga chrysoparia
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Setophaga coronata
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Setophaga discolor
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Setophaga fusca
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Setophaga magnolia
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Setophaga nigrescens
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Setophaga occidentalis
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Setophaga palmarum
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Setophaga petechia
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Setophaga pinus
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Setophaga pitiayumi
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Setophaga ruticilla
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Setophaga tigrina
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Setophaga townsendi
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Setophaga virens
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Sialia currucoides
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Sialia mexicana
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Sialia sialis
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Sitta canadensis
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Sitta carolinensis
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Sitta pusilla
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Sitta pygmaea
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Somateria fischeri
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Somateria mollissima
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Somateria spectabilis
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Sphyrapicus thyroideus
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Sphyrapicus varius
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Spinus lawrencei
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Spinus pinus
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Spinus psaltria
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Spinus tristis
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Spiza americana
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Spizella atrogularis
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Spizella pusilla
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Sporophila torqueola
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Stelgidopteryx serripennis
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Stellula calliope
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Stercorarius pomarinus
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Sterna dougallii
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Sterna paradisaea
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Sternula antillarum
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Strix
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Strix nebulosa
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Strix occidentalis
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Strix varia
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Surnia ulula
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Tachybaptus dominicus
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Tachycineta bicolor
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Tachycineta thalassina
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Thalasseus elegans
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Thalasseus maximus
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Thalasseus sandvicensis
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Thryomanes bewickii
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Thryothorus ludovicianus
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Toxostoma bendirei
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Toxostoma longirostre
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Toxostoma rufum
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Tringa flavipes
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Tringa incana
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Tringa melanoleuca
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Tringa semipalmata
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Tringa solitaria
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Troglodytes aedon
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Troglodytes troglodytes
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Trogon elegans
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Tryngites subruficollis
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Turdus migratorius
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Tympanuchus cupido
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Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
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Tympanuchus phasianellus
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Tyrannus dominicensis
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Tyrannus forficatus
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Tyrannus melancholicus
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Tyrannus savana
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Tyrannus tyrannus
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Tyrannus verticalis
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Tyrannus vociferans
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Tyto alba
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Vermivora bachmanii
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Vermivora chrysoptera
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Vireo atricapilla
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Vireo bellii
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Vireo flavifrons
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Vireo gilvus
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Vireo huttoni
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Vireo olivaceus
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Vireo philadelphicus
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Vireo solitarius
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Vireo vicinior
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Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
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Xema sabini
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Zenaida asiatica
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Zenaida macroura
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Zonotrichia atricapilla
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Zonotrichia leucophrys
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Zonotrichia querula
Geographic Coverages
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Bibliographic Citations
- North American Bird Phenology Program Bibliography. - https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bpp/Bibliography2.cfm
Contacts
Sam Droegeoriginator
position: Wildlife Biologist
United States Geological Survey (USGS) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC)USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
BARC - EAST, Building 308, Room 124, 10300 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville
20705
Maryland
US
Telephone: +1 (301) 497-5840
homepage: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/staff/profiles/documents/droege.htm
Derek Masaki
originator
position: Geographer
U.S. Geological Survey
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston
20192
Virginia
US
email: dmasaki@usgs.gov
Sam Droege
metadata author
position: Wildlife Biologist
United States Geological Survey (USGS) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC)USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
BARC - EAST, Building 308, Room 124, 10300 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville
20705
Maryland
US
Telephone: +1 (301) 497-5840
homepage: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/staff/profiles/documents/droege.htm
Elizabeth Sellers
metadata author
U.S. Geological Survey
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston
20192
Virginia
US
Telephone: +1 703-648-4385
email: esellers@usgs.gov
Sam Droege
user
position: Wildlife Biologist
United States Geological Survey (USGS) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC)USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
BARC - EAST, Building 308, Room 124, 10300 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville
20705
Maryland
US
Telephone: +1 (301) 497-5840
homepage: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/staff/profiles/documents/droege.htm
Sam Droege
administrative point of contact
position: Wildlife Biologist
United States Geological Survey (USGS) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC)USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
BARC - EAST, Building 308, Room 124, 10300 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville
20705
Maryland
US
Telephone: +1 (301) 497-5840
homepage: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/staff/profiles/documents/droege.htm