Western Wood-Pewee

Order: Passeriformes

Sub-oscine Passeriformes

(simple syringeal muscles/simple calls/ear bone structure)

Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)

sally from perch; wide, flat bills with rictal bristles

Say's Phoebe

Order: Passeriformes

(simple syringeal muscles/simple calls/ear bone structure)

Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)

sally from perch; wide, flat bills with rictal bristles

Western Kingbird

Order: Passeriformes

Sub-oscine Passeriformes

(simple syringeal muscles/simple calls/ear bone structure)

Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)

sally from perch; wide, flat bills with rictal bristles

Eastern Kingbird

Order: Passeriformes

Sub-oscine Passeriformes

(simple syringeal muscles/simple calls/ear bone structure)

Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)

sally from perch; wide, flat bills with rictal bristles

Loggerhead Shrike

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Laniidae (shrikes)

impale prey on thorns or barbed wire; wide black face mask

Northern Shrike

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Laniidae (shrikes)

impale prey on thorns or barbed wire; narrow black face mask

Warbling Vireo

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Vireonidae (vireos)

build hanging nests

Gray Jay

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae (jays, crows, ravens, etc.)

"camp robber"

Steller's Jay

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae (jays, crows, ravens, etc.)

big black crest

Blue Jay

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae (jays, crows, ravens, etc.)

blue crest

Western Scrub Jay

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae (jays, crows, ravens, etc.)

Clark's Nutcracker

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae (jays, crows, ravens, etc.)

incredible spatial memory

Black-billed Magpie

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae (jays, crows, ravens, etc.)

American Crow

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae (jays, crows, ravens, etc.)

Common Raven

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae (jays, crows, ravens, etc.)

Horned Lark

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Alaudidae (old-world larks)

Violet-green Swallow

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Hirunidinidae (swallows)

Tree Swallow

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Hirunidinidae (swallows)

Barn Swallow

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Hirunidinidae (swallows)

Mountain Chickadee

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Paridae (chickadees)

alarm calls used to attract female passerines

Black-capped Chickadee

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Paridae (chickadees)

alarm calls used to attract female passerines

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Sittidae (nuthatches)

frequently face downward on trunks of trees

White-breasted Nuthatch

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Sittidae (nuthatches)

frequently face downward on trunks of trees

Pygmy Nuthatch

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Sittidae (nuthatches)

frequently face downward on trunks of trees

Brown Creeper

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Certhiidae (creepers)

long, decurved bill; moves up tree, propping w/stiff retrices

Canyon Wren

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Troglodytidae (wrens)

long, thin, decurved bill

House Wren

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Troglodytidae (wrens)

American Dipper

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Cinclidae (dippers)

dips head under water in cold, fast-moving streams; bobs on rocks beside water

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Regulidae (kinglets)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Regulidae (kinglets)

ruby crown often not seen; white wing bar

American Robin

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Turdidae (thrushes)

Mountain Bluebird

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Turdidae (thrushes)

entirely blue

Western Bluebird

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Turdidae (thrushes)

rufous breast

Townsend's Solitaire

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Turdidae (thrushes)

white eye ring, buffy stripe on wings

Hermit Thrush

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Turdidae (thrushes)

rufous tail, longer legs than a sparrow

Gray Catbird

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Mimidae (thrashers)

rufous undertail

Northern Mockingbird

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Mimidae (thrashers)

Brown Thrasher

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Mimidae (thrashers)

European Starling (breeding)

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Sturnidae (starlings)

change in plumage not due to molt (due to wear)

European Starling (nonbreeding)

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Sturnidae (starlings)

change in plumage not due to molt (due to wear)

American Pipit

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Motacillidae (pipits)

breed in alpine tundra

Cedar Waxwing

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Bombycillidae (waxwings)

Orange-crowned Warbler

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Parulidae (new world warblers)

drab olive green, weak eyeline

Yellow Warbler (male)

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Parulidae (new world warblers)

rufous stripes on breast

Yellow Warbler (female)

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Parulidae (new world warblers)

paler yellow than male

Wilson's Warbler

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Parulidae (new world warblers)

strong black/olive cap

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Parulidae (new world warblers)

yellow throat

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Parulidae (new world warblers)

white throat

Common Yellowthroat

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Parulidae (new world warblers)

bold black mask, bright yellow underparts

Western Tanager

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Thraupidae (tanagers)

Spotted Towhee

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Emberizidae (new world sparrows)

conical bill, plump bodies (sparrows); entire head black

American Tree Sparrow

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Emberizidae (new world sparrows)

conical bill, plump bodies (sparrows); rufous crown and eyeline

Chipping Sparrow

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Emberizidae (new world sparrows)

conical bill, plump bodies (sparrows); rufous crown, black eyeline

Lark Bunting

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Emberizidae (new world sparrows)

conical bill, plump bodies (sparrows); black with bold white wing bars

Song Sparrow

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Emberizidae (new world sparrows)

conical bill, plump bodies (sparrows); brown striped crown

White-crowned Sparrow

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Emberizidae (new world sparrows)

conical bill, plump bodies (sparrows); white crown, black stripes on either side, white supercilium

Dark-eyed Junco

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Emberizidae (new world sparrows)

conical bill, plump bodies (sparrows); black hood, pinkish beak

Black-headed Grosbeak

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Cardinalidae (cardinals, grosbeaks)

Lazuli Bunting

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Cardinalidae (cardinals, grosbeaks)

Red-winged Blackbird (male)

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Icteridae (blackbirds)

Red-winged Blackbird (female)

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Icteridae (blackbirds)

reddish throat

Brewer's Blackbird

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Icteridae (blackbirds)

all black, smaller with smaller beak than common grackle

Western Meadowlark

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Icteridae (blackbirds)

Common Grackle

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Icteridae (blackbirds)

Brown-headed Cowbird

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Icteridae (blackbirds)

Bullock's Oriole

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Icteridae (blackbirds)

Evening Grosbeak

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Fringillidae (finches)

House Finch (male)

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Fringillidae (finches)

House Finch (female)

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Fringillidae (finches)

Red Crossbill

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Fringillidae (finches)

Pine Siskin

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Fringillidae (finches)

small very streaky

American Goldfinch

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Fringillidae (finches)

bright yellow with black crown

House Sparrow (male)

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Passeridae (old-world sparrows)

black "bib"

House Sparrow (female)

Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Passeridae (old-world sparrows)