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 PERCHING BIRDS

 Passeriformes

Flycatchers

 Tyrannidae
     
  Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet     Found in south central Arizona  
  Greenish Elaenia      Vagrant to southern Texas  
  White-crested Elaenia      Vagrant, mainly to south Texas  
  Tufted Flycatcher      Vagrant to southeast Arizona & southern Texas  
  Olive-sided Flycatcher Utah Profile    ID / Song  
  Greater Pewee    Contopus pertinax   (ID / Song)  
  Western Wood-Pewee Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Eastern Wood-Pewee      Found mainly in the eastern half of the United States  (ID / Song)  
  Cuban Pewee      Accidental in Florida  
  Yellow-bellied Flycatcher      Mainly in the eastern United States and Canada  (ID / Song)
  Acadian Flycatcher      Found mainly in the eastern United States.  (ID / Song)  
  Adler Flycatcher      Mostly in southern Canada & eastern United States  (ID / Song)
  Empidonax Flycatcher      (photos not identified to the species level)
  Willow Flycatcher Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Least Flycatcher Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Hammond's Flycatcher Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Gray Flycatcher Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Dusky Flycatcher Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Pine Flycatcher      Mainly in Mexico & Guatemala, new in Arizona in 2016  
  Pacific-slope Flycatcher      Mainly in the west-coast states and British Columbia  (ID / Song)  
  Cordilleran Flycatcher Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Buff-breasted Flycatcher      Mostly in southeastern Arizona  (ID / Song)  
  Black Phoebe Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Eastern Phoebe Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Say's Phoebe Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Vermilion Flycatcher Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Dusky-capped Flycatcher      Mostly in sw Arizona, vagrant in other parts of sw US  
  Ash-throated Flycatcher Utah Profile  ID / Song  
  Nutting's Flycatcher      Casual in southern AZ, also seen in sw. CA and w. TX  
  Great Crested Flycatcher Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Brown-crested Flycatcher Utah Profile Song  
  La Sagra's Flycatcher   Myiarchus sagrae  

  Great Kiskadee      Found mainly in the south tip of Texas.  (ID / Song)  
  Social Flycatcher      Vagrant to lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas  
  Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher      Found mainly in the southern Arizona  
  Piratic Flycatcher      Seen in s NM & w Texas near the Mexican border  
  Variegated Flycatcher    
  Tropical Kingbird Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Couch's Kingbird      Found mainly in the southern tip of Texas  (ID / Song)  

  Cassin's Kingbird Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Thick-billed Kingbird Utah Profile    
  Western Kingbird Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Eastern Kingbird Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Gray Kingbird      Mainly in FL & rarely along the Gulf & E. Coasts of the US  

  Loggerhead Kingbird      Vagrant, mainly in the Florida Keys  
  Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Utah Profile  ID / Song  
  Fork-tailed Flycatcher      Found rarely along the South & East Coasts of the US  
  Masked Tityra      Vagrant in southern Texas  
  Gray-collared Becard    
  Rose-throated Becard      Found mainly in southeastern Arizona.  
       

Shrikes

 Laniidae
  Brown Shrike      Vagrant, mainly in the islands of Alaska  
  Loggerhead Shrike Utah Profile    ID / Song  
  Northern Shrike Utah Profile ID / Song  
       

Vireos

 Vireonidae
  White-eyed Vireo Utah Profile    ID / Song  
  Thick-billed Vireo    Vireo crassirostris  
  Bell's Vireo Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Black-capped Vireo      Mainly in central Texas and Oklahoma  (ID / Song)  
  Gray Vireo Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Yellow-throated Vireo Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Plumbeous Vireo Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Cassin's Vireo Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Blue-headed Vireo Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Hutton's Vireo      Along the US border on the w. coast, se AZ, sw NM & w TX  (ID / Song)     
  Warbling Vireo Utah Profile ID / Song  

  Philadelphia Vireo Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Red-eyed Vireo Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Yellow-green Vireo    Vireo flavoviridis  
  Black-whiskered Vireo      Mainly in FL, rarely on Gulf Coast & mid-Atlantic US coast  (ID / Song)     
  Yucatan Vireo      
       

Jays & Crows

 Corvidae
  Gray Jay Utah Profile    ID / Song

  Brown Jay      Found in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas  
  Green Jay      Found in the southern tip of Texas  ( ID / Song)  
  Pinyon Jay Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Steller's Jay Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Blue Jay Utah Profile ID / Song  

  Florida Scrub-Jay      Fount in Florida  ( ID / Song)  
  Island Scrub-Jay      Found on Santa Cruz Island off the coast of s.California.  
  Woohouse's Scrub-Jay Utah Profile ID / Song     (Split from Western Scrub Jay)  
  California Scrub-Jay     (Recently split from Western Scrub Jay)   (ID / Song)  
  Mexican Jay     Fount in SE Arizona and SW New Mexico  (ID / Song)  
  Clark's Nutcracker Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Black-billed Magpie   Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Yellow-billed Magpie       Found in the Central Valley of California. (ID / Song)  
  Eurasian Jackdaw      Rarely along the e. coast of NA from PA to Newfoundland  
  American Crow  Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Northwestern Crow      Along the west coast of NA from AK to WA  (ID / Song)  
  Tamaulipas Crow    Corvus imparatus  
  Fish Crow      In the southeast and east coastal regions of the US   ( ID / Song)  
  Chihuahuan Raven      Mainly in SE Arizona, SW New Mexico and west Texas  (ID / Song)  
  Common Raven Utah Profile ID / Song  
       
Elepaios  Monarchidae
  Kauai Elepaio  (H)      Found on the island of Kauai in Hawaii  
  Oahu Elepaio  (H)                  
  Hawaii Elepaio  (H)      Found on the "big island" in Hawaii  
     
Larks  Alaudidae
  Sky Lark      Mainly near Vancouver, British Columbia  
  Horned Lark Utah Profile    ID / Song              
       
Swallows  Hirundinidae
  Purple Martin Utah Profile    ID / Song    

  Cuban Martin      
  Gray-breasted Martin      Vagrant to southern Texas  
  Southern Martin      
  Brown-chested Martin      
  Tree Swallow Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Mangrove Swallow      Vagrant, seen in Florida  
  Violet-green Swallow Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Bahama Swallow    Tachycineta cyaneoviridis  
  Northern Rough-winged Swallow Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Bank Swallow Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Cliff Swallow Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Cave Swallow    Petrochelidon fulva  (ID / Song)  
  Barn Swallow Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Common House-Martin      Vagrant to western Alaska  
         

Titmice, Verdin & Bushtit

 Paridae, Remizidae, Aegithalidae
  Carolina Chickadee      Found in the southwest United States  (ID / Song)

  Black-capped Chickadee Utah Profile     ID / Song  
  Mountain Chickadee Utah Profile     ID / Song  
  Mexican Chickadee   Poecile sclateri  
  Chestnut-backed Chickadee      From San Francisco,  California  to Anchorage, Alaska  (ID / Song)

  Boreal Chickadee      Alaska and most of Canada except for the far north  (ID / Song)
  Gray-headed Chickadee      Interior of AK & the extreme northwest of Canada  
  Bridled Titmouse      Found in SE Arizona and SW New Mexico  (ID / Song)  
  Oak Titmouse        Found from s. Oregon to s. California  (ID / Song)  
  Juniper Titmouse Utah Profile ID / Song  

  Tufted Titmouse      Found mainly in the eastern half of the US  (ID / Song)  
  Verdin Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Bushtit Utah Profile ID / Song  
       
Nuthatches & Creepers  Sittidae, Certhiidae
  Red-breasted Nuthatch Utah Profile    ID / Song      
  White-breasted Nuthatch Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Pygmy Nuthatch Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Brown-headed Nuthatch      Found in the southeastern United States  (ID / Song)  
  Brown Creeper Utah Profile ID / Song  
       
Wrens  Troglodytidae
  Cactus Wren Utah Profile    ID / Song      
  Rock Wren Utah Profile    ID / Song  
  Canyon Wren Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Carolina Wren      Found in the southeastern 2/3 of the eastern US  (ID / Song)      
  Bewick's Wren Utah Profile ID / Song  
  House Wren Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Pacific Wren  (split from Winter Wren)     Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Winter Wren  (split from Pacific Wren) Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Sedge Wren      Mostly in the eastern US & south central Canada  (ID / Song)  
  Marsh Wren Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Sinaloa Wren      Vagrant to southeast Arizona  
         
Gnatcatchers  Polioptilidae
  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Utah Profile   ID / Song     
  California Gnatcatcher      Western part of southern California  
  Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Black-capped Gnatcatcher      Vagrant to southeast Arizona  
       
Dippers  Cinclidae
  American Dipper Utah Profile  ID / Song           
       
Bulbuls  Pycnonotidae
  Red-vented Bulbul  (H)      Found in Oahu, Hawaii -- native to India                
  Red-whiskered Bulbul  (H)      Found in Oahu, Hawaii -- native to India           
       
       
Kinglets  Regulidae
  Golden-crowned Kinglet Utah Profile    ID / Song         
  Ruby-crowned Kinglet Utah Profile ID / Song  
       
Old World Warblers, Bush-Warblers   Phylloscopidae, Certtiidae
  Japanese Bush-Warbler  (H)      Found on the main islands of Hawaii except Kauai    
  Willow Warbler      Vagrant to the islands of western Alaska    
  Common Chiffchaff      Vagrant to the islands of western Alaska    
  Wood Warbler      
  Dusky Warbler    Phylloscopus fuscatus  (ID / Song)  
  Pallas's Leaf-Warbler    
  Yellow-browed Warbler           
  Arctic Warbler      Found mainly in western Alaska. (ID / Song)  
       
Wrentits  Sylviidae
  Lesser Whitethroat      Vagrant to islands of western Alaska           
  Wrentit      Western parts of California and Oregon  (ID / Song)                                           
       
Reed Warblers  Acrocephalidae
  Sedge Warbler      Vagrant to islands of western Alaska           
     
     
Grassbirds  Megaluridae
  Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler             
  Lanceolated Warbler    
       
White-eyes, Leiothrix  Zosteropidae, Timaliidae
  Japanese White-eye  (H)      Found in Hawaii -- native to Eastern Asia.           
  Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush  (H)    
  Hwamei (Melodious Laughingthrush - H)      Found on main islands of Hawaii except Lanai.  
  Red-billed Leiothrix  (H)      Found on main islands of Hawaii except Lanai.  
     
Flycatchers, Bluethroats & Wheatears  Muscicapidae
  Gray-streaked Flycatcher    
  Asian Brown Flycatcher      Seen on the islands of western Alaska  
  Spotted Flycatcher      Seen on Lawrence Island, Alaska  
  Dark-sided Flycatcher    
  Rufous-tailed Robin      
  White-rumped Shama  (H)      Found in Kauai & Oahu, Hawaii -- native to SE Asia.  

  Siberian Rubythroat    
  Bluethroat      Found along the northwest coast of Alaska.  (ID / Song)
  Siberian Blue Robin    
  Red-flanked Bluetail      Seen mainly in western Alaska  
  Narcissus Flycatcher      Vagrant to the western Aleutian Islands of Alaska  
  Mugimaki Flycatcher      Vagrant to the Aleutian Islands of Alaska  
  Taiga Flycatcher      Seen in western Alaska  
  Northern Wheatear      Found mostly in Alaska and western Yukon Territory.  
  Stonechat      Seen mainly on islands off the coast of Alaska  
       

Thrushes

 Turdidae
  Eastern Bluebird Utah Profile    ID / Song  
  Western Bluebird Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Mountain Bluebird Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Townsend's Solitaire Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Brown-backed Solitaire      

  Omao  (H)    
  Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush     Accidental in the tip on Texas, NM & ND.  
  Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush      
  Veery Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Gray-cheeked Thrush      Mostly in the eastern US, e & n Canada & AK  (ID / Song)  
  Bicknell's Thrush      Mainly e coast of NA up to the St. Lawrence R.  (ID / Song)  
  Swainson's Thrush Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Hermit Thrush Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Wood Thrush Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Eurasian Blackbird      Vagrant, in Newfoundland & possibly elsewhere in Canada  
  Eyebrowed Thrush    
  Dusky Thrush      Found in the western part of Alaska  
  Fieldfare      Vagrant, seen mainly along the middle e coast of NA & in AK  
  Redwing      Vagrant mainly to the northeast coast of North America  
  Song Thrush    
  Clay-colored Thrush   (C.C. Robin)      Mainly in the south tip of Texas  
  White-throated Thrush      Mainly in southern Texas    
  Rufous-backed Robin Utah Profile    

  American Robin Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Red-legged Thrush      Found in Puerto Rico and as a vagrant in Florida  
  Varied Thrush Utah Profile  ID / Song  
  Aztec Thrush   Ridgwayia pinicola  
         

Thrashers

 Mimidae
  Blue Mockingbird      Casual in winter in southeastern AZ  

  Gray Catbird

Utah Profile    ID / Song  
  Northern Mockingbird Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Bahama Mockingbird      In the south tip of Florida & the Florida Keys  
  Sage Thrasher Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Brown Thrasher Utah Profile ID / Song  

  Long-billed Thrasher      Found mainly in south tip of Texas. (ID / Song)  
  Bendire's Thrasher Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Curve-billed Thrasher Utah Profile ID / Song  
  California Thrasher      Mainly in the west half of California  (ID / Song)  
  Crissal Thrasher Utah Profile ID / Song  
  LeConte's Thrasher Utah Profile    
       
Starlings  Sturnidae
  European Starling Utah Profile    ID / Song         
  Common Myna      Found mainly in southern Florida  
  Common Hill Myna      Established populations in Florida, California, and Hawaii  
       
Accentors  Prunellidae
  Siberian Accentor   Prunella montanella         
     
Pipits  Motacillidae
  Eastern Yellow Wagtail     Found in the eastern & northern parts of Alaska  

 

  Citrine Wagtail      Vagrant along the west coast of North America  
  Gray Wagtail      Vagrant to the islands of Alaska  
  White Wagtail   (relumped Black-backed W.)      Found mainly along the west coast of Alaska
  Tree Pipit      Seen off northwestern Alaska  
  Olive-backed Pipit      Seen off northwestern Alaska  
  Pechora Pipit      
  Red-throated Pipit      Around Nome, AK & as a vagrant on w coast of US
  American Pipit Utah Profile   ID / Song  
  Sprague's Pipit      Mainly in the central US & south central Canada  (ID / Song)
       
Waxwings & Phainopepla  Bombycillidae, Ptilogonatidae, Dulidae, Peucedramidae
  Bohemian Waxwing Utah Profile    ID / Song    
  Cedar Waxwing Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Gray Silky-flycatcher      
  Phainopepla Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Palmchat      Found on the island of Hispaniola  
  Olive Warbler      Found in southeastern AZ & southwestern NM  
         

Longspurs & Snow Bunting

 Calcariidae
  Lapland Longspur Utah Profile    ID / Song  
  Chestnut-collared Longspur Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Smith's Longspur      Found in northwest & central Canada & central US. (ID / Song)  
  McCown's Longspur Utah Profile ID / Song  
  Snow Bunting Utah Profile ID / Song  
  McKay's Bunting      Found mainly on the west coast of Alaska  
       
  
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